City, State and National Leaders, No. 2

***That our city, state and national leaders would be presented with the Gospel and loving Christian witness.

Romans 10:14
“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?”

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are the Go of mercy and of grace. You are the God who has upheld this nation from its inception and You have established tremendous riches that have blessed us since its birth. Thank You.

We have become a proud nation and we have turned from You. We have become proud of our accomplishments and our forsaken Your Guidance. We have become a nation that believes we can rule ourselves without You. Forgive us for forgetting Your mighty works. Forgive us for turning from bounty of our past and for believing that we are able and capable of managing and handling our affairs without Your guidance.

Forgive us, that believe in You, when we have not lifted up prayers for our leaders. Forgive us when we have not delivered a testimony and loving Christian witness. Truly, we have the government that we deserve. Hep us to see that You are the True and Living God and revitalize our eagerness to be Your witness.

Raise up those who would seek to have a voice to those leaders in city, state and national offices. Fill them with words that would move the hearts of these leaders! May these spokespersons find open hearts, willing minds, and people who don't have answers and are looking for them. Work within the hearts of these leaders to realize that they don't know how to lead or to govern.

May our leaders find themselves inept and impotent to do the job that they have agreed to do....and place a longing within them to do a good job. Father, please show them their need for You, for Your guidance, and for Your mercy. At such time, may there be a god-chosen witness in their presence.

Father, please place an urgency within the hearts of Your faithful to pray for our leaders. May church leaders rise up and visit civic leaders. Give Your people influence and open their eyes to realize they can make a difference. Raise up congregants who have influence to bring together teams of prayer warriors to pray intentionally for their civic, state and our national leaders. Pour out prayers into these prayer warriors...prayers that would move Your heart, that You would open the hearts of our leadership....prayers that would energize, change lives, and redirect this nation to serve You once again.

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 City, State and National Leaders, 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 judges to uphold the sanctity of life, No. 2

*** That judges would endeavor to restore the sanctity of life in our nation.

Psalm 139:19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are the Giver of Life. We all have received the gift of life and breath from You. Thank You. You have created us to need air to breathe. We need food and water to live. Our bodies are finite and we all have immediate needs to survive. Thank You.

You are the Giver of Life. As our "science" progresses, many have determined that with our genetic understanding, we are somehow able to create a living being. On the one hand we tamper with Your creation with our limited understanding and experiment with it. On the other hand we have sanitized death. We have made it convenient to take the life of others. Father, crush our arrogance. Restore our humility.

You are the Giver of Life. We look across the tapestry of the world's political agendas and see many who eagerly take the lives of others in the name of their beliefs. We see the gruesomeness of it. Yet, when we turn to our own landscape, here in the U.S., we seem to overlook our abortion issue. We seem to pass over the "beam in our own eye."

Matthew 7:5
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

At the highest level of power in our nation, our very own judges have not preserved the truth that You are the Giver of Life. Cause them to think differently. Cause us all to think differently. Bring us to our knees before You and may we each take responsibility for our part in this travesty. I have not prayed diligently for our leaders, including our judges. Forgive me and fill me with prayers before Your throne of grace.

Raise us up as prayer leaders on behalf of those who make the laws, those who have responsibility to hold us all accountable for it, and those are caught in the mix.

Father, so many people have been caught in the abortion industry. You know their hearts. The laws of our land make it convenient to be a part of the death spiral—the sensitization and convenience of taking life. It is so well hidden from others that it is easy to ignore. Help us to focus. Help us to pray.

For those who are directly involved, open their eyes, their hearts to know that You are the Giver of Life. Help us all to subject our selves to Your Truth. Lead us to find Jesus Christ, who gave His life that we might live. Raise up advocates and spokespersons before lawmakers, parents, citizens, and bring this atrocity to light, Fill us with prayers that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.

In Jesus’ Name.

Please also consider this prayer For judges to uphold the sanctity of life, No. 1.
http://ernestprays.blogspot.com/2016/02/for-judges-to-uphold-sanctity-of-life.html

***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/

That companies in America would flourish, No. 2

*** That companies in America would flourish with new creativity, and practice honorable work ethics.

Proverbs 22:29 (KJV)
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are the Creator of the earth and all that is here. We praise You for You are worthy to be praised. Only through You can we truly be all that You intended us to be. Thank You!

The United States is at a crossroads. Truly, perhaps we are past it. Yet, it cannot be too late to turn to You.

Businesses and business practices have changed. There was a time when businesses closed on Sunday to honor You. It was part of being "One Nation Under God." It was the law of the land. It has changed. Yes some businesses still close on Sunday and they do it to honor You. Please bless these businesses and pour out Your financial security on them.

Yes, it used to be the law that businesses would close. You look at the heart of a person.

1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)
7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

Look into the heart of business owners across this nation and pour into us a spirit of creativity. We need Your creativity. We need Your direction, Your words, Your strength.

Many businesses are being targeted by focus groups that defy You, oppose You and hate all that You have put in place for our protection! Father, You see that business people are asked to celebrate that which You have forbidden. Truly, we are in the midst of voracious wolves. They hate You. They are organized and wield weapons that threaten our livelihoods. They desire our destruction.

We need Your words, Your heart, Your wisdom. You beckon us to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 (KJV)
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

How can we do this? Only by Your hand. Only through Your Holy Spirit. Come to us. Fill us with effective ways to approach these people. Fill us with forgiveness when we are targeted. Make us advocates for them before Your throne of grace. Help us to sacrifice all that we are to You—in exchange for these lost souls...as Jesus did for us!

Help us to organize. Help us to organize our thoughts and align our hearts and our will with Yours. Create an army of prayer warriors to come before Your throne of grace on behalf of those who persecute us. Grant us prayers that move Your heart for them.

Father, we need creativity in our companies to flourish. In spite of the "business climate," help us to flourish financially. Pour out creative ways for us to do this. Show us how to manage our businesses to reflect Your creativity. Grant us ideas! WOW!

YOU see the picture from above. YOU are not constrained by time so YOU see the future! Hallelujah! From Your comprehensive knowledge of our immediate future, give us ideas and open our minds to find innovation in our businesses! Innovations in our internal processes, our products, our marketing, and our customer service! Show us how to craft our businesses to serve those who come for services! Yes, make us true servants of the Most High God! Hallelujah!

Teach us to love others through our businesses. This would include everyone who walks through the door, and everyone who works within. Teach business owners to love our employees and serve them. Teach us to love our vendors, our consultants, our colleagues, and our competition. Teach us to love our customers in inordinate ways that is astonishing!

Help us to be Your presence in their lives. And Father, may we flourish because we live by Your Word:

Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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 companies to flourish, No. 1.
http://ernestprays.blogspot.com/2016/01/that-companies-in-america-would-flourish.html

***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/



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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 our leaders would be prepared to give and account to Almighty God

***That our leaders would be prepared to give an account to Almighty God

Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for Your Word that so clearly outlines that our days are numbered. We know this from history. Our bodies will all die. Yet, Your Word also indicates that we are more than just our body; we are soul and spirit as well.

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.

You tell us that after our body dies, we will be held accountable to You, our Maker. How can we ever stand before Your as we are? We are all sinners. Of our own accord, we cannot possibly justify ourselves, our actions, our thoughts.

Father, leaders have a particularly difficult time. They are in the spotlight. Their decisions are often public. The ramifications of their actions affect those they lead and oftentimes, for years to come. They need Your help. They need insight. They need to hold dear and close, that they will stand before You.

Yet, You did not leave leaders without guidance. They do not have to make decisions alone. You have given us wise counsel, and You have offered Your wisdom, if we will ask.

Proverbs 24:6
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors there is safety.

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

Father, help us to ask. Give our leaders and insatiable desire to seek You and ask for wisdom in the decisions that they make. Give them an ear to clearly hear Your voice. Touch their mind so that their hearing can lead to understanding. And grant them strength to follow through, that they may stand blamelessly before You.

Truly, we are all sinners. So there is no way we that any of us can stand blameless before You at the time of our judgement. But You have made a way. You have given us Jesus Christ, Who has died for our sins and and offered salvation to each of us, if we will admit our sin to You and receive Your Gift. How can our leaders lead, without access to Your wisdom? How can they access Your wisdom without first admitting their need?

Father, cherish our leaders. Give them questions to ask You! Give them wise counsel. Grant them discernment to choose wisely. Compel them to read Your Word, to find relationship with You and to seek You so that they may lead in such a way that they are ready to give account at the time of their judgement.

Help us all, 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 God-fearing accountable leaders.

***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 those in business: to cherish honesty, integrity, and loyalty, No. 2

***That those in business would cherish honesty, integrity, and loyalty.

Psalm 26
1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
7 that I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honor dwelleth.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 in whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You alone define honesty, integrity, and loyalty. Thank You. You have established these standards to guide us in our thinking and in our lives. You have published these standards so that we are protected and can live free from psychological, emotional and physical harm. Thank You. Finally, You have made all of this available to us through Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for us, that we may have strength and power to live as You have designed. You are gracious, merciful, loving, and Your care of us extends our comprehension. Thank You.

Father, leadership is so important. As leaders lead, so goes the country. In the US, integrity seems to have gone by the wayside. Where is it? Those who walk in integrity as You define it are now viewed as the enemy of justice. Help Lord! Raise up those who trust in You and strengthen us that we not slide. Help us to see the value of aligning our businesses with Your values, Your standards, and Your oversight for every part of what we do and who we are.

Businesses, at every level - Business to Consumer, Business to Business seem to exercise poor quality and insist on finding ways not to act with accountability. At every step, the focus seems to have turned to "get the money" and without any intention of delivering the value that was promised. Many (most?) businesses have lost a desire for honor and integrity in business transactions. Forgive us. Convict us. Lead us.

Father, we have turned away from You as a nation. Forgive us. Our business transactions no longer reflect the standards You have put in place for our safety. Forgive us. Accountability in business transactions seems rare and the path to hold people accountable is so onerous that it seems impossible to navigate without making it a full-time occupation. Forgive us. Have mercy on us, and turn us from our errant ways.

Have You kept back those business owners and business leaders who walk in Your truth? Please gather them together to stand strong and encourage and strengthen each other that they not walk in the company of those that refuse Your guidance. Father, it is so easy to see how others manage their business and determine that because, "Everyone is doing it that way...." that it is right. That the way of the majority makes right. Forgive us. Open our eyes and hearts to seek Your way.

Prosper those businesses that seek You. Prosper them with loyal customers who speak their virtue to everyone they know. As we manage customer dissatisfaction, may the Light of Christ come through and be so remarkable and impressive, that testimony is established and Christ is served with excellence.

Guide, call, pull all business owners that know You to dedicate themselves and their businesses to serve You and to serve every customer as they would serve Jesus Christ Himself. Excite and ignite us to do this thing as an alternative to others. May our businesses be so successful that others desire You, seek You, find You, and establish their lives and businesses to serve Jesus Christ.

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 those in business: to cherish honesty, integrity, and loyalty, 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 the US, Leaders, and those in authority, No. 3

***That the body of Christ in America would fervently pray for our nation and its leaders.

1 Timothy 2:1-2
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Grant us prayers for this nation. Prayers that would move Your heart. Mercy Lord. Have mercy on us for we are a rebellious nation that has turned from You with great vehemence.

Thank You that we have tasted freedom. Forgive us that we have not protected it and now our freedoms are at risk. Thank You for the bounty that You have blessed this nation with—agriculture, ingenuity, technology, a strong armed forces, and a spirit of productivity.

Forgive us for not valuing and protecting these blessings. We have used our freedoms to protect those that hate You and who hate everything associated with You. We have elected leaders and officials who hate You and those who serve You. Forgive us for not praying for them. Show us the path to repentance and to You be the glory.

Father, we are now a fractured nation. Division reigns. Our culture is fractured and fear has permeated communications between citizens and authority. Our police forces are fearful as colleagues are killed. Black people are fearful as they are gunned down without reason. The list goes on and on...

So many people are fearful of their future. Young adults do not see a pathway to earn a living. So many people have lost their jobs, their savings, their homes and their hope for a future. Yet our leaders tell us that everything is moving in the right direction and we are fine. Leadership has deteriorated and those in authority use manipulative fear to justify using force.

Father, upgird us! Raise up Your army of prayer warriors. Suit us up for battle! Armor on! Hearts and minds quiet. Let us hear from Your Spirit to pray for this nation! Pour out Your Spirit upon us, upon churches that we would repent on our knees and plead the cause of this nation, its leaders, and those in authority. Fire us up! Encourage us. Show us how to encourage each other.

Raise up new leaders, fire up those who are in position now to speak truth. Give those who would hear a heart to listen. Open up communications that this nation can return to the greatness YOU bestowed upon us if we will repent and return to You. Please give us a humble spirit to seek You and once again worship You and You alone.

Humble us. Humble our leaders. Humble those in authority. Open our minds and hearts to take careful inventory of our past and to see when we were "one nation under God" and the changes that have led us to this place. Show us how that, step by step, we have turned from You and melt our hearts to return to You.

Only Your Holy Spirit can open our eyes to see this thing. I plead this cause. Help us turn from our ways. Help us to see the wickedness of our ways and also see that You have been the source of Truth and source of our prosperity. Help Lord!

Father, again, humble those in authority. Out of fear they have taken up arms and vehemently seek to take away our right to protect ourselves. Raise us up to speak the peace of the Prince of Peace: Jesus Christ our Lord.

Our leaders and those in authority have forgotten that they serve You. They have forgotten that they are the ambassadors that are in Your service to protect and govern. Humble them. Humble them. Humble them that they may see that You are the One True and Living God.

Our government has become fat. It has expanded to become powerful and it no longer serves the people, but exists to become more and more powerful and reign over us. Smite it down!

Raise up leaders who will serve through the truths and guidelines that You have given us. Smite down those leaders who are power-hungry, self-serving, and who have formed alliances to crush this nation. Smite them down!

We need You. We have gone the way of rebellion.
We need You. We have lost our way.
We need You. We have lost our freedoms.
We need You. Our leaders seek their own desires.

You are our only hope. Melt our hearts.
You are our only hope. Strengthen our will to return to You.
You are our only hope. Raise up Your Word that it be spoken in humility.
You are our only hope. Raise up leaders who serve you and recognize that YOU are Authority...and our only Hope.

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
For the US, Leaders, and those in authority, No. 1
For the US, Leaders, and those in authority, 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/

Our Judges, Ten Commandments, Teachings of Christ, No. 2

***That our judges would value and regard the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Christ.

Psalm 19:7-11
7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Becuse of Your love, the Love of Jesus Christ, because Your Holy Spirit is within, we have hope. We are sinners, all of us, and evil seems to prevail all around us. Yet You have given us guidance! We are not without hope. We have Your Word on how we shall live and Your Spirit to lead, guide, and strengthen us. Hallelujah!

Your law is perfect. Help each American to cherish it deeply, that every soul be converted. Enliven us to demonstrate the love of Christ, that others may desire to be converted as well.

Your testimony is sure. Help Lord, that we seek out Your testimony. Open our eyes that we not miss Your work—either in our own hearts, or in our nation. Open our hearts that we desire to join You in the work that You are doing in our lives, our neighborhoods, and our nation. Show us how to receive the work of the Holy Spirit that we may be strengthened to complete each day, living completely for You.

Show us how to avail ourselves for Your work. Teach us to put Your work ahead of our own.

You make wise the simple. Father, please open our eyes to see the simple. You have not hidden Your work from us. You have not made it difficult nor have You concealed Your path. Your wisdom is available for the asking. Grant us an insatiable curiosity to seek Your wisdom and to find it in the simple.

Surely, Your creation reveals that You are God and that You are the Creator. Help us seek You out in hope, knowing that You desire to give us wisdom that we may thrive.

Hear this prayer for the United States and our Judges. Father, as we have abandoned Your Word—may our judges not do so. May they see their wisdom fall short. May they look back through their work and realize that the wisdom of man leads to destruction.

Every day, as judges and justices read and hear the news, may they realize their own impotence. May they see their inability to do their jobs and live their lives effectively. May we all realize our impotence as we move on our own wisdom and strength. May it not be enough. Grant us a hunger and thirst for righteousness.

Your directions about relationships and behavior is clear. You have given them for our protection, and yet we go our own ways. Convict us, convict our judges to see Truth: the Ten Commandments, and to seek out the teachings of Christ. Jesus Christ—You are Truth. You are the Way, and You are Life. Father, in Your mercy, may we find our way back to You. Have mercy O God of justice.

You are to be desired than all the wealth of the world. Truly, Your Word, Your way, Your justice, Your righteousness, Your holiness, Your purity...give us a desire for these. May the American people, and especially our judges see the filth and disgust that comes from our own wisdom. Lead us to deeply repent of following our own ways and to seek You as we see the results of our sinful choices.

Give us a dream, a vision, a desire for something better! May we desire Your wisdom and judgement that is better than fine gold and sweeter than honey.

May all Americans, and those in our judicial system be warned and hear Your forewarning, that Your commandments and the teachings of Christ are for us. They are there to keep us safe. May we seek the reward that You have stored for us, that we may be re-stored.

Help LORD, 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 our Judges to regard the Ten Commandments and Teachings of Christ, 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 God-fearing, Accountable Leaders of Action, No. 2

***That our leaders would be god-fearing and recognize that they are accountable to Him for each decision and act.

Proverbs 9:10
10“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
You are gracious and slow to anger. Thank You. You grant us free-will and even though we repeatedly ignore Your admonishment to follow Your ways, You continue to love us. You continue to be patient. Thank You. Individuals in positions of leadership, around the globe, choose the path to power and influence at any cost. Hatred of those who follow Your ways is on the rise and they leave death, destruction and fear in their wake. They are intentional in their methodology to destroy the fact that You are the One True and Living God.

Father, disobedience to You is now embraced. Those that desire this disobedience do so with great fervor and their expressions are now open, public, and commonplace. The movement has grown so quickly and effectively that those who follow Your ways have openly become the enemy and the target.

No longer are these rebellious souls asking to be welcomed,they are asking that those who follow you be silenced and exterminated. Help Lord! Father, this movement has permeated every crevice of the global society. Every area where You have given us guidelines of behavior, there is a movement to silence You and those who follow You.

Have mercy on us and on them. Their scope exceeds our imagination as they call for the destruction of marriage and sexual conduct, prayer and any reference that is specifically to You, Jews and Christians at large, common decency and self-control in dress, speech, and expression of thought. Truly, we seem to reflect the time of Noah with a desire for self-fulfillment. Truly, their leaders have become effective at every level of society.

But You have not left us defenseless! You have given us the weaponry to fight these trends which are quickly multiplying in every area of our lives:

2 Corinthians 10:4-5:
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Turn us to the weaponry that YOU have provided. Teach us how to use these weapons. Let us first learn these weapons in our own hearts and minds. Give us a desire to become a leader for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Grant us an unquenchable desire for purity and holiness as You define it. Strengthen us to focus on our spiritual health and fitness that we can become effective soldiers for Christ.

Then, Father, with the armor You have provided, teach us to wield it. Give us an ear to clearly hear Your Holy Spirit and hearts that follow without hesitation. Help us to embrace Your Word - the Sword of the Spirit and do so in ways that cause others to drop what they are doing and follow Jesus.

Immerse us in Your love and give us the expressions of Your love for others, that Your message not be diluted or compromised. May the joy of being in Christ and His work on the cross for us, be so remarkable that we are seen as leaders and can lead others to find You through Christ.

May those You have called be the new leadership. May we take our place to complete the work You have assigned us in the spiritual realm. Shield us from discouragement. May leaders across the globe have eyes to see Truth and courage to follow.

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 God-fearing, Accountable Leaders of Action, No. 1.

***This prayer 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/