Terror in Las Vegas...the prayers of one sinner

***Prayers following the terror of the Las Vegas shooting ...a call to unity

Verse
Psalms 73:19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

Psalms 91:5
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

I give You thanks for You are the God of Life and not of death. I give You thanks that I can come to You in my sorrow for the condition of the United States. I come.

I praise You, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God. You know the condition of this nation, You know our hearts, our fears, our needs. You know our spiritual condition and You know the decrepit condition of our thinking and our hearts. You know the sickness of our spirits. Thank You ...for You are the answer and You are willing to give liberally. I come asking for Your answers.

Our nation suffers another hit. This terror is different for it is clearly the work of one human against another. It was premeditated. It was carefully planned and executed. It's purpose was death of innocent people. Father, one moment all was well, and in another moment, terror reigned without ceasing. Help Lord. You know the details.

First I ask for Your definitive presence with those who are suffering. Many came to the fore as the event unfolded. Many were taken to medical facilities for needed attention. And many have returned home and sit with the reality of their experience. Invigorate Your church to keep reaching out—especially to those whose wounds are mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual. Help these victims to rise up, seek You and find Your grace, mercy, and peace.

Many are asking for answers. We turn to our police and our government for answers. We demand they respond. We demand they tell us the details and we demand they bring us answers that we want to hear. We demand that they "do something." Forgive us for every time we have not turned to You. You have the answers.

For those that seek, may they turn to You. May they find relevant churches that know Your Word. Father, may Your Word proliferate through the minds and hearts of these people who are seeking answers. Rise up Your army of believers, establish their credibility through an out-flowing of Your peace and hope within them. Establish their demeanor with true empathy for those in pain and seeking some kind of answer. May they find the path to Your Word.

Raise up Your Word in this situation and in this nation. May it be spoken out loud that it may be heard. Please call those who would hear Your Word to find it, hear it, listen intently and internally, and diligently seek You for the only answers that will bring surety.

Father, I pray for churches to wake up and heed the call. Is not the harvest ready? Are the laborers few? Please raise them up. Raise up testimonies that call to the heart of the hurting. Raise up credibility of Jesus Christ—Lord and Savior. Soften the hearts of the hurting who would blame You for not preventing this situation. May they find their own free-will and realize that the shooter had free-will too. Holy Spirit, convict thousands across our nation to utilize Your gift of their free-will and make a decision to receive and follow Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Hallelujah!

May this time of grieving be turned to dancing. Up-gird our nation to seek You intently. Raise up warriors to enlist and join the spiritual battle. Teach us to come before Your presence and delight You with the intentions of our hearts. Holy Spirit, descend on us and establish us before the Throne of Grace. Sculpt us to be the prayer warriors that know this not a battle of flesh and blood. Holy Spirit, please lead our prayers.

Father, many people are demanding the government move on gun control. Yet we know, that if guns are banned, other means will surface. Father, it avoids the problem...the problem of our spiritual condition. Raise up churches and pastors, raiser up YOUR message that we will answer to You and that the proliferation of sin is what is beleaguering our nation. Father, may Your church rise to the surface and attend to Your business that You desire that every person come to the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 2:4
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

...and the media. Father they promote terror and their agendas. They even use this event to put down and criticize our president. Place Your hand of protection on him and his family. Silence the media that uses anything available to promote their agenda. Expose the lies and raise up truth. You are Truth. Jesus Christ is Truth. Let us proclaim truth. We desperately need discernment and wisdom, and words of Your leading. We cannot do this on our own. Help Lord. I cry out to You. May many cry out.

Hear my heart before Your throne of grace and mercy,

In Jesus’ Name.

Please consider these prayers for the revival of our nation:
For the U.S.
For the Trump Administration
For Leaders and Decision Makers
For Pastors, especially in the U.S.

***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization. They are offered in good faith that others may find them helpful in their prayer life and that the Church of Jesus Christ may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

For encouragement and guidance, consider being a part of Intercessors for America. Join this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

That those in the media would resist manipulation, pressure, and the fear of man. No. 2

*** That those in the media wold resist manipulation, pressure, and the fear of man.

Proverbs 29:23-25
23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

You are the ultimate communicator. You know the very hairs on our heads as well as our thoughts, our failings and our successes. You communicate with us through so many venues: Your Word, Your creation, people that are around us, and through the toil of our daily lives. Thank You.

Now we live in a time when technology has developed to give us means to communicate quickly with each other. Many people have developed their careers and even their lives around our ability to communicate through various means. We are pelted by their messages at every turn. As a nation, our freedom of speech has been abused because we have chosen not to proceed with wisdom and sound judgement. We have become a nation where self-regulation, self-control, self-management has gone amuck. Forgive us. We need Your help.

We are tempted to blame the media for their lack of judgement, but it seems this is a problem with our society as a whole and the media is merely reflecting who we have become. Truly, we have become a society that manipulates our surroundings and those in it to achieve our selfish desires. We have become a society that pressures and threatens to get what we want. Somehow we justify our actions. Forgive us. We need Your help.

Father, as a nation, we have chosen to desire power and influence, perhaps at all costs. Even our children engage target, tease, and threaten their fellow students. We have an industry around bullying which permeates many if not every area of our society. Forgive us; we need Your help.

Raise up values within us that honor You and honor each other. Grant us judgement to value that which uplifts, edifies, and transforms for the better. Grant us strength that we can stand up to manipulation and pressure. Rebuild our hearts to search Your Word that we can dismiss the fear of man from influencing us in unhealthy directions.

Father, may we value humility once again. May we humble ourselves before You and seek Your face and Your presence. Lead us and teach us to discern and wisely choose what we communicate. Change our hearts, that our minds and thoughts are controlled and that we can truly honor You in thought, word and deed. Therein shall we find safety.

We need Your help. Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please consider these prayers:
That those in the media would resist manipulation, pressure, and the fear of man. No. 1
That the media would report facts without bias, No. 1
That the media would report facts without bias, No. 2:

***This prayer is based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

For the media to report the goodness of God to our nation

***That those in the media would report the goodness of God to our nation.

Isaiah 61:1
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

Thank You that we live in a nation where there is still some freedom of speech. Thank You that there are so many media platforms from which to express our thoughts and concerns. There are many of them! truly we are blessed with resources and technology for communication. Thank You!

Communication! Through the media we can reach out to the world. Thank You! This isn't new to You! You are consummate communication! You set the example and the standard. That's exciting! You gave us Your Word, You have sent hundreds of messengers throughout time—writers to record the Scriptures, proclaim the good news, and bring relief and comfort to those who seek You.

Your communication is everywhere —including the earth itself, which daily proclaims a gracious Creator who loves and cares for us. Let our hearts rejoice and be glad, for You have revealed Yourself to us in Word, through Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, and through Your Holy Spirit! Thank You and praise be to Your Name, the One True and Living God. Amen an Amen.

Father, You know we now have "the media" ...technology. There is such power at the fingertips of "the media"...but truly WE are the media as well as the professional media writers and managers. We all choose what to report. And the potential to "go viral" throughout all the earth is an ominous thought. Help us all to choose wisely.

Help us choose wisely:
We are choosing "media" every day. Professionals choose what they push before millions of people. Open their eyes to find goodness—Your goodness. May it delight them! Father, may that delight overcome them and satisfy a need that is deep within them.

May the professionals proclaim Your goodness. May they find "godly goodness" in the details of their investigations. May these details satisfy a longing within themselves to believe in a good and loving God who is real and personal. Please nourish this need and desire and may their findings well up within them until they proclaim it to our nation.

Father, please help us all to choose wisely what we say and what we put forth into the media-sphere. May our desire for Your goodness lead and guide us to find You, to locate the goodness all around us and to proclaim it! Ugh! We look for the "juicy news"... the gossip, when we could nourish our souls with Your goodness. Forgive us and help us to change our appetites.

Help us all to choose goodness and to abhor manipulative media. Encourage and guide each of us to attend to the media that nourishes our souls through Your goodness. You have given us the responsibility to choose what we digest. May we choose wisely—especially the "professionals."

Help us protect the vulnerable, especially children:
Father, the media guides and steers this nation. We need discernment from You. It seems the pool of vulnerables increases and extends throughout our society. Children are trying to wade through the barrage of messages that comes at them. And we ALL have this challenge and only Your wisdom from above can help us.

James 3:17
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Grant us discernment and a heart to take appropriate action. Grant us the urgency and strength to move swiftly. Help us to identify the vulnerable and protect them and ourselves from manipulation. Grant us all a hunger and thirst for Your goodness. Show us how to find it, and may we spend time with You, enjoying and contemplating Your goodness.

Help us embrace Your goodness:
Some are professionals and very good at what they do and they choose daily how they will use talents and skills. Help them to find and embrace Your goodness and offer it to their readers, listeners, and watchers. May the sweetness of Your goodness be so enticing that we all look for it each day.

Draw us to Your goodness and help us to see the vastness of it. Surely, You have placed it right in front of us...may we not miss it. May we embrace it and report it. Yes, WE are ALL part of the media.

Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please consider these prayers:
That the media would report facts without bias, No. 1
That the media would report facts without bias, No. 2:

***This prayer is based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

That those in the media would resist manipulation, pressure, and the fear of man. No. 1

*** That those in the media wold resist manipulation, pressure, and the fear of man.

Proverbs 29:23-25
23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You have made us social and we seek community. Thank You. Thank You that You have provided for us to have community with You through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Thank You, that You are always available for every need and concern.

You are interested in every detail and You receive us when we come to You. Thank You that we don't need any technology to find and converse with You. Thank You that You already know our every thought and action.

You have created us with social needs and You have given us community with others, and connectivity through language that is mass produced through our media. Information is available to us every moment of each day. We know what is passed on to us. Thank You for the technology that brings You closer to us.

Thank You for the godly podcasts, websites, and publishing and distribution companies that proliferate Your Word throughout the world. Thank You for the availability of the Good News, Truth, Jesus Christ! Protect them. Protect each person that works in these places. Protect their families and their homes and grant them good health and faith that You will provide for their daily needs. Protect their hearts from fear of the enemy and may they stand firm in their faith.

There is so much pressure here in the US to drive You out of the public media. Much of our media attempts to manipulate every person in this nation and turn them against You. Father, in the election, we even have to have "fact checkers" because so many assertions are made that are distorted and miss-represented.

Change hearts in this country so that we have an insatiable appetite for Truth. Open our minds and hearts to discern by Your Spirit what and who to believe. And then, gracious Lord, gift us with persuasive language to direct others to Truth. Cause lies to fail and to fall.

Those who are in the media are under intense pressure to support the agendas of powerful people. Resisting the pressure could mean their lives. They are tempted on every front to succumb to the pressure. Cause the manipulation to be easily recognized and shunned. Give these professionals (at every level) a staunch resistance to the hidden agendas. They need Your wisdom to know how to respond to those that seek to manipulate them. Give each person a cunning response—so remarkable that they know that You are equipping them in every situation.

Cause the lies to fall to the ground and be impotent. Open eyes across this nation to see the folly of those who wield tremendous power and use it for evil. Pull them to the ground, destroy the lies, humble them, and may they know that You are the LORD.

Father, so much of what we do is motivated by fear. Secure us in Your Word and may the only fear within us be a fear of You. May we be courageous with a presence of mind to respond in ways that turn others towards you and may Christ be served with excellence.

Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

***This prayer is based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

Hollywood, Negative Influences, Media Creations, No. 2

*** That those in Hollywood would be convicted of any negative influences of their media creations.

Colossians 3: 5-8
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for Your communication with us on so many dimensions.

Your creation speaks loudly of Your reality and goodness. We see You in the plants and animals, the food chain, the order. The weather patterns speak of Your power and ecosystems are filled with wonder. Open our eyes to see these wonders.

Your Spirit speaks to us. You have made it clear that we are body, soul and spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:23
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Your Holy Spirit speaks to our spirit. Help us to tune in and to clearly hear Your voice.

You have sanctified Your army of believers to demonstrate and speak the Gospel. You have Your media communications and You are there to speak directly to us through all our senses and our spirit. Thank You.

Father, we have invented our own media communications. We especially disperse messages through Hollywood, movies, books, and now social media platforms. We need Your guidance. Many have misused the power that comes through these platforms. Many have ignored the affect their work has on their audiences. Many are interested in the power and the money that can be gained, and it seems obvious that the enemy is clearly at work through the media to subvert anything that brings You glory.

Truly, this battle belongs to You. Yet, we are in the midst of it every day as we are pelted and assaulted by media from every direction—to sway us from our faith. Help us to do more than hold strong. Empower us and upgird us to be hold our place and advance the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.

Give us prayers that would compel You to act. You are a God who desires that all men be saved, and the media directly opposes You. Have mercy Father.

Turn the hearts of the creators in the media world. Turn their eyes and open them so that they can see the ill effects of their work. Save their souls and sanctify them for Your purposes.

Raise up believers in Christ to spend our time and our resources to support healthy, wholesome, and godly media creations: movies, all broadcast productions (podcasts, videocasts)...Father, these have been brought to the grassroots level through technology. Give us wisdom to use it wisely. Give us courage to proclaim Jesus in all our work each day. Enliven us with a vision of how technology can be used to proclaim Christ and move our hearts, and press upon us to use our resources to focus on Jesus, and find inroads to those who are lost. Craft us into an effective army to demonstrate and proclaim the Gospel.

Prepare us for His coming and the moment we will stand before Jesus Christ...that we are prepared and that You are pleased. Help us, that we may stand strong and that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please also consider this prayer for Hollywood, Negative Influences, Media Creations, No. 1.

***This prayer is based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/

That the media would report facts without bias. No. 2

***That those in the media would report facts without any bias.

2 Thess 2:30
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Our entire nation seeks out and engages through media coverage. Every part of our lives is saturated with some kind of media coverage. Surely it is a constant barrage and it is used by the enemy as an effective weapon of mass destruction.

Many of us have become addicted to news. And the availability of instant information has caused many of us to spend much of our energy looking, monitoring, and scouring the plethora of media that is available to us. Truly it can be addictive. At the very least, it is a distraction.

We are ALL engaged in the media:
EVERYONE is affected by "the media" today. We are the media!

At least in the United States, most of us have a role. We have accounts with Twitter, with Facebook, with Pintrist, with many social media platforms. Even the professional communities engage through LinkedIn. It is everywhere and we are all involved.

Even if we do not actively participate in the social arenas, we are surely targets. The social platforms are used by the enemy at every level...our desires, our appetites, the size of our houses, fashionable clothes, the newest entertainments, new experiences of every imagination.

We are under a constant onslaught. The enemy attacks us continually to influence us in every area of our lives: physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual. There is no way to even begin to sort it all out. The arrows of the enemy are constant and never let up.

With Your discernment, we need not be deceived. With Your protection, we need not be "innocent bystanders." Surely, of ourselves, we cannot manage all the the subtle manipulations that pelt us every moment of the day through these media platforms. Help Lord! Grant us discernment. Open our spiritual eyes and fill our minds with Your Scripture to win the moment-by-moment battle for our attention.

Father, when we engage with the media rather than with You; when we spend more time listening and watching the media rather than listening and watching for You; when we read from our media sources, before we read Your Word. ... open our eyes to understand that we are in error and that we are quickly slipping to destruction. Bring us to confess, to repent and in Your mercy forgive us.

Show us that when we embrace the media as an "other god"...and remind us that You have said, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Forgive us. Help us align with Your Word. Strengthen us to shun the media when it becomes an idol. Have mercy. Help us to turn our attention, with great determination, to put You first, and to then use the media for Your purposes.

Whether we are a professional in the media, or a participant, we are all targeted by this powerful weapon. Teach us our part to be stealth warriors. Teach us to use these weapons for the Kingdom or Christ. Show us how to use these weapons to engage the world to know the Truth of Jesus Christ. Let us not be sucked down into this maelstrom of abhorrent pleasures.

Engage Your army to spread the Good News. Help us to engage in battle with Your discernment and effectually pray for Truth to shine forth! Raise us up—armies of millions to fight utilizing these tools that are available.

For media professionals:
Father, bring us deeper into this battle!

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Open our eyes and our ears. Quicken our spirits to pray for the media professionals. May the wiles of the enemy not be subtle, may they slip up and be exposed. Plant the desire for truth within the media professionals. Give them an appetite to expose the truth rather than drive the agendas that they are pressured to promote.

Father, these media professionals are the carriers of these weapons of mass destruction. They are being used by the enemy to bury truth rather than expose it. By Your Word, they can be awakened...please speak. By Your Spirit, awaken them to realize they are being used...surely, they are like the suicide bombers that destroy the body. When the media presents lies and partial truths; when they bow to the agendas of those who hate You— truly the media professionals destroy spiritual integrity.

Father, awaken them. Give them a heart, mind and spirit ...an insatiable appetite for the truth. Present them with an understanding of their influence and that You will hold them accountable for what they deliver. Have mercy Lord! Instill in them that they are watchmen! You have given watchmen a warning. May they take heed.

Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind, All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

May the watchmen awake!...all of us. May we be diligent and proclaim Christ...all of us. May Christ be served with excellence.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please consider continuing this prayer here: Prayer No. 1: That the media would report facts without bias, No. 1

***These prayers are based on the encouragement and guidance from Intercessors for America. These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of Intercessors for America. These are published in good faith and for general information purpose only. Please consider joining this army of prayer warriors. Consider visiting their website to learn more. http://ifapray.org/