For American youth: to thirst and desire fellowship with God, No. 3

***That American students would have a thirst for God, like their forefathers.

Psalm 42:1
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

We come on behalf of American Youth. Since the election, they have been swept by a spirit of fear. Many of Your church are making fun of them and minimizing the situation. Many of Your children are ridiculing the students, rolling their eyes and laughing... when the situation is providing incredible opportunity to demonstrate the love of Christ.

We are passing up open invitations to offer Christ as a solution. Forgive us. You are the God who says:

1 John 4:18
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Father, You are perfect love. Thank You. Your love overcomes fear. Thank You. You give us Your peace. You have told us so:

John 14:27
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Thank You for Your provision of peace instead of fear. Pour out Your peace upon Your church that we may bring it to those in need. You have clearly admonished us:

Ephesians 6:12
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Forgive us:

• for ridiculing the response that students have had regarding the election.
• for reacting and pronouncing judgement without searching for opportunity to present the Gospel of Christ.
• for laughing at those who are afraid and seeking comfort.
• for not immediately taking up the weaponry You have given us and going to prayer on behalf of these individuals.
• for not finding them, listening to them, and bringing the peace You have placed within us to them.
• for diminishing their pain and gloating over their loss.

Convict us of our error and redirect our thinking.

Father, it seems that many in Your church are still infants in our soldier training. Grow us, mature us, and form us into an army of the Gospel of Christ and open our eyes that we may seize opportunity and demonstrate Your love for all people.

For these who are suffering...let us join in prayer that they would thirst for comfort from You. May the Body of Christ bring that comfort to them. Fill us with compassion for them. Show us how to embrace them in ways that honor You. Form our hearts that You may send us. Enliven our bodies that we may be excited about being sent!

Father, give us all a thirst and desire for fellowship that surrounds us with comfort, peace, and security. This is the true love that comes from You and casts out all fear.

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 these prayers on this topic:
For American youth: to thirst and desire fellowship with God, No. 1
For American youth: to thirst and desire fellowship with God, 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 American youth: to thirst and desire fellowship with God, No. 2

***That American students would have a thirst for God, like their forefathers.

Psalm 42:1
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You have created us in Your image and You have created us as body, soul and spirit. Thank You. We seem to have lost touch with our spiritual development. Surely, some of our current day philosophers seem to have taken over our thinking to determine our souls no longer exist. Restor them, that they too can enjoy You.

Our youth live in dire spiritual famine. Believing they are only thought and body, they seek what they do not know—they seek spiritual relief, spiritual filling. They seek relationship with their Creator and don't know that You are there for them. (Forgive us, who know You, for not seeking Your protection on our freedoms. Forgive us for not praying more for our leaders and lawmakers. Forgive us for falling asleep in our diligence. Grant us prayers. Help us to be diligent again.)

Father, we need You. Our Youth need You. Truly, they are seeking relief from their intense need to make sense of the world they live in. They need peace and don't know to seek out the Prince of Peace. Raise us up. Those who know You, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.

Raise us up as an army of demonstrators that there is Peace to found in this world and it is only through You. Give us a message and place us where we can shout it from the rooftops. Establish us in platforms where youth, students of life, will see Your Peace within us and follow. Give us messages of salvation that resonates with them. May they have ears to hear and hearts to follow. May their eyes be opened and may they see that You are the One True and Living God and You are who they seek to fulfill the intense desire within them.

May they be reborn spiritually and find relief. Father, they suffer. They are hungry for food they cannot find. They are thirsty for the Living Water they do not know even exists. May they not settle for any other option. Strengthen them to continue seeking to find the "real" answer to their desires: Jesus Christ.

Father, may their trek be short. May they not wander in the desert, but come quickly before You and find grace to help in their time of need.

Plant these messages before them. May they search for, identify, and embrace the true Bread of Heaven. May they pass everything else that promises relief. Raise their bar on what they seek. May temporary answers from drugs, passing relationships, and unhealthy spiritual diversions be seen as cheap and unacceptable. Give them an appetite that holds out for the genuine...for Jesus Himself. Grant them a spiritual discernment to recognize Truth and embrace Him.

In Jesus’ Name.

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 American youth: to thirst and desire fellowship with God, 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/

For American youth: to thirst and desire fellowship with God, No. 1

***That American students would have a thirst for God, like their forefathers.

Psalm 42:1
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Hallelujah to the Most High God! Hallelujah to Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! You are the God of Salvation. You are the God of Holiness. Praise be to Your Name. O God of righteousness, You have sent Your Son; Jesus, You have joyfully given Your life, and Holy Spirit, You have graciously invited us into the inner sanctum of fellowship.

You have made Yourself available to all people through the sacrifice of Jesus. Thank You. Glory be to the Name of Jesus, who has covered and dismissed our sin.

Do we thirst to stand before the throne o grace? Do we begin our day before the throne of grace? Do w stop in the midst of our day to reinvigorate our strength? Do we close our day before You, that our rest would be sweet?

Give us a thirst—especially our youth. We spend so much time “doing” and so little time “being.” Surely, this is the place where we are healed.

Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Philippians 3:10
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Give us a thirst to know You. Show us this path. Mighty Holy Spirit, fr the youth, may they feel the dryness of their existence and diligently seek Jesus. May they not stop to be sated by emotional gratification, but forge ahead to living spiritual peace that comes only through the righteousness of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Give us all a need to daily come before Your throne of grace and take the time to know You. To put aside all other concerns and focus on You: who You are and who You have made us to be. Teach us the wonder of this place of worship and fellowship. May our thirst be so great, and our desire so intense that we run to stand before You.

Have mercy on us, Father. We get so caught up with the “stuff” of the day. Forgive us when we say that we get caught up with “life”…when Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). Forgive us when we replace our life and its business, for Your Truth.

Give us all a willingness to make sacrifices in our lives to find the time to be before You, to develop relationship by spending time in fellowship. Especially our youth. Show us how to reach out to them and to welcome them. Give us words to communicate well by first listening to understand. Grant us focus to find fellowship with You before Your throne of grace that when the time of need comes, we know the way.

In Jesus’ Name.



Please also consider this prayer For American youth: to thirst and desire fellowship with God, No. 2.

***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/

For American students to desire God

*** That American students would have a thirst for God, like their forefathers.

Psalm 42:1
1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for this day and for the opportunity to com before Your throne. Lord Jesus, You are a King. Thank You for the privilege to come before You on behalf of this nation. Please encourage Your church to rise up in prayer. Holy Spirit, please equip us, daily to stand before the Throne of Grace and petition the One True and Living God. Teach us that the battle is not ours, but Yours.

Our youth flounder. They desire to be loved and many feel they must prove themselves worthy of Your love. Father, it isn’t true. Teach us to receive the Gift of Your Love, Jesus Christ. Jesus, the Gift of Your Sacrifice.

Holy Spirit, there are so many lies out there. The enemy permeates and barrages us with perpetual lies and uses truth against us! We are told that we are not worthy —and this is a truth! Cause us all to be driven to Your Word to know the rest of Your demonstration of Your Love.

Hebrews 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Father, we read those words but choose not to believe them. We do not practice Your Truths in our thinking. Forgive us. Holy Spirit, I ask for a call to repentance. Place a deep thirst within us, especially our youth, to dig deeply into Your Word and understand Your love for us. Show them the passages that Your love is individual as well as for humanity. Issue a “Wake up call” to all believers to know that Your love is real, it is personal and it is true.

Where will we find this knowledge…In the Word of God. Gracious Holy Spirit, may we thirst for the Word. May we hunger for Truth. We go about our day and do not make time for Your Word….forgive us. Then, in our haste, we are not aware that our spirits are calling out for spiritual food and drink. We become emaciated and do not notice. Please raise the vail! Cause the scales to fall from our eyes and to see our need.

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Change our hearts and give us spiritual sensitivity on our condition. Open our understanding to see the answer is in Your Word. Establish habits of daily reading in Your Word in all American Youth. May it be the driving force in our lives, especially our Youth. Cause Your Church to put Your Word as a first priority in our lives…to study and to know You. May we set an example for our youth. May they see the connection between our behavior, the quality of our lives and the time spent in our Bibles.

Grant the church, especially our youth, to feed their desire deeper relationship with You. May we not stray from our moment of salvation. May that experience be foundational to having a heart to serve You, in gratitude and joy in our salvation.

Hear my prayer, in the Name of Jesus,

***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/