September 21, 2020 Prayer

Jehovah Shalom, God of Peace, 

We pray for your comfort and peace to be upon the family and those that grieve the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - that your peace that passes understanding would guard their hearts, minds, and spirits in Christ Jesus.  We thank you for the example of courage, strength, and conviction of beliefs that she brought to her professional life, and pray you would give each of us the same conviction and courage to live in the ways you call us to live.  We pray that she called on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and that her eternity is secure in you. We pray that your eyes are open, your ears are tuned, and your heart is with the prayers we give to you.  And we pray for and proclaim a mantle of peace over this nation and over the constitutional process assigned to appoint a new justice at the Supreme Court.  We pray that the new justice would be carefully considered and nominated, honestly and fairly examined, and voted on according to your timetable.  We bind any spirit of violence, chaos, or corruption that would seek to influence the confirmation process. We pray the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit will abound in this nomination process so that this will not be a time of further division, anger, and violence.  Instead we pray for peace in and prosperity for this nation so that it can be a haven for the Kingdom work you have assigned us.  We pray peace over this family and over this nation in Jesus's mighty name.  Amen. 

"There is a time for everything,

    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

    a time to be born and a time to die,

   a time to mourn and a time to dance,

    a time to tear and a time to mend,

    a time to be silent and a time to speak,

   a time to love and a time to hate,

    a time for war and a time for peace." (From Eccl. 3, NIV)

"Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." (Jer. 29:7 NIV)

"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:19 NIV)

“Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” (Rom. 10:13 NIV)

"May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." (2 Cor. 13:14 NIV)

 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there." (2 Chronicles 7:13-16 NIV)