February 15, 2021 Prayer - Communicating Good News, Thwarting Evil in Communication, Awakening

Word of God,

We join with the psalmist in proclaiming that, from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, your name is to be praised.  We praise you for the gift of abundant life you offer us when we put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ as Savior.  We thank you for your wisdom and guidance you pour out on those who seek you.  Today we pray for wisdom, knowledge, and guidance to overwhelm those who seek to communicate the Good News of your Gospel and spread the Light of your Way, Truth, and Life.  Give breakthroughs very quickly to those who seek to communicate your Truth and Righteousness in the tech area, that they may build platforms and craft messages that can be used by you to bring the Lost, Broken, and the Prodigals to faith.  Give these builders creativity, wisdom, financing, and technological breakthroughs so quickly that other platforms that stifle free speech, the free exchange of ideas, and, most importantly, your Gospel message, will be quickly inferior.  We want to honor you with our voices and communication - to tell of your righteous deeds and saving acts, to proclaim and declare your power and love to new generations of Believers.  So, in the name of Jesus, we pray you would bind every evil spirit that seeks to keep your Gospel message from going forth.  We know the arrogant cannot stand in your presence, you hate all who do wrong, and you destroy those who tell lies, are bloodthirsty, and deceitful.  Where their vindictive and controlling natures have been emboldened to try to throttle or even attack the message of your Truth, break the power of the wicked, we pray in Jesus's name.  We pray that their communication - whether in half-truths, twisted words, or outright lies - would be scrambled, ineffective, and totally unable to confuse people that you want to reach.  Instead, we pray for Holy Spirit to be released in power and glory upon your Church for Reformation and upon this nation for Awakening.  We call out to you for revival so that, when hundreds of millions of citizens have powerful encounters with Holy Spirit and He takes up residence within them, their beliefs and passions will change to reflect your Will and your Ways.  May this revival weaken the hold of anti-Christ ideas of secularism, humanism, socialism, and communism and turn this nation back to the original intentions you had for her.   So we pray you would give your communicators the tools they need to be about the spreading of the Good News in and for this day and time.  You are our God forever and ever; you will be our guide even to the end. In the powerful name of Christ we pray, Amen!

"From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised." (Psalm 113:3 NIV)

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." (John 10:10 NKJV)

"Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6 NIV)

"He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding." (Daniel 2:21 NKJV)

"My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.

I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord;

    I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.

Since my youth, God, you have taught me,

    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.

Even when I am old and gray,

    do not forsake me, my God,

till I declare your power to the next generation,

    your mighty acts to all who are to come." (Psalm 71:15-18 NIV)

 

"Even when I am old and gray,

    do not forsake me, my God,

till I declare your power to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come." (Psalm 71:15-18 NIV)

"The arrogant cannot stand
    in your presence.
You hate all who do wrong;

    you destroy those who tell lies.
The bloodthirsty and deceitful

    you, Lord, detest.

But I, by your great love,

    can come into your house;
in reverence I bow down

    toward your holy temple." (Psalm 5:5-7 NIV)

"For the power of the wicked will be broken,
    but the Lord upholds the righteous." (Psalm 37:17 NIV)

"For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide even to the end." (Psalm 48:14 NIV)

February 6, 2021 Prayer - For State leaders and influencers

Wonder-Working God,

    Thank you that in all seasons you are God alone; you are on your throne and you are continually working toward the fulfillment of your plans.  We rejoice today for all you are and all that you do within us, our communities, and the greater world.  We give thanks in all circumstances because we know you can use all things together for your good.  Thank you for the civic leaders you have placed in authority in this state.  When we agree with their policies and actions it is easy to thank you for them, but when we don't agree, it is more difficult.  Give us hearts to pray unceasingly, no matter what party affiliation or what ideology they espouse. 

    Today we pray for each person in elected government - from the township officials, to the county officials, to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General and others at the state level - to be men and women of righteousness, men and women after your own heart, seeking to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.  We pray that their ideas, policies, and actions would be pleasing to you, that the counsel they seek would be your godly wisdom, and that any weapon formed against your Will, your Truth, and your Way would not prosper.    We pray for roadblocks, barricades, and financial stoppages to be poured out on those in government who seek to enslave people to government, instill fear, cause economic hardship, release chaos, or otherwise further their power.  Instead, we bind, in the name of Jesus, any bad idea or policy that is not of you, and we proclaim NO MORE to those spirits of darkness.

    We pray for strength, courage, strategy and prevailing power for those godly men and women who are standing up to the powers of darkness in our state government.  May the state legislators, elected officials, lawyers, staff, and others who are fighting for Truth and Godliness have tough skin, grit, and stamina as they ask questions and press in for breakthrough.  May the hold of evil and wickedness - in government and in structures that influence government - be broken and shaken loose so that this state can be freed from the aggressive and pressuring forces of darkness.  In Jesus's name we bind them and proclaim NO MORE to these powers of darkness.  

    Give godly leaders and influencers strategies to counter the attacks of the enemy of our souls.  Help your people to reflect our God of Heaven and to take the higher road to implement a strategic plan that would benefit our state for the near future and for the long term. Give them courage and wisdom to fight this battle.  Cause their hearts to be turned toward you and their eyes not to turn to the right to the left from your Goodness.  Give them great financial outpouring to counter those financing the enemy's ideas.  May the organizations working to fight for truth and righteousness have an OVERFLOW of donations, including big donors that want to invest because you have prepared them to influence "For such a time as this."  You own all the financial kingdoms and resources, so we pray you would pour out resources to fund righteousness and dry up the resources that fund wickedness.  In Jesus's name we bind the financial resources of wickedness and declare that NO MORE will you have power in our state. 

    Today we specifically pray for the election in the state Republican Party.  We do not put our hope in any particular party or person, but we know that you call us to choose righteousness and holiness and godliness.  So, we pray that these elections would cause righteous men and women to be elected into office that would work toward your Justice, Mercy, and Godliness.  Thank you that even now in our state Republican Party you would be cleaning house, undoing bad choices, unwinding generational curses, rebuilding good foundations, reforming poor thinking, and redeeming the many years of prosperity the locusts of evil influence have stolen.  Reform and remake this influential group of people so that their hearts, ideas, platform, and deeds are according to your Will and Ways.  We pray that Holy Spirit will guide all decisions made today and we bind any spirit of evil that seeks to disrupt your guidance.  We say NO MORE to a spirit of chaos and dysfunction that traps this group of people.  

    We continue to stand in the gap for our state, partnering with you so that you can do here on earth what you need and yearn to do.  We pray that miracles will abound in this state - that even non-believers will say, "This has to be God! I want to know Him more!"  Break the power of the wicked and uphold the righteous!  Pour out your wisdom, discernment, courage, and Spirit on the leaders in state government, we pray in Jesus's name.  Amen!!

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil." (1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 ESV)

"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28 ESV)

"It is He who changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and [greater] knowledge to those who have understanding!" (Daniel 2:21 AMP)

"'No weapon formed against you shall prosper,

And every tongue which rises against you in judgment

You shall condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,

And their righteousness is from Me,'

Says the Lord." (Isaiah 54:17 NKJV)

"The law of the Lord is perfect,

   reviving the soul;

the testimony of the Lord is sure,

    making wise the simple;

the precepts of the Lord are right,

    rejoicing the heart;

the commandment of the Lord is pure,

    enlightening the eyes;

the fear of the Lord is clean,

    enduring forever;

the rules of the Lord are true,

    and righteous altogether." (Psalm 119:7-9 ESV)

"And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left." (2 Chronicles 34:2 ESV)

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

“So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,

The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.
26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
And praise the name of the Lord your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
And My people shall never be put to shame.
27 Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel:
I am the Lord your God
And there is no other.
My people shall never be put to shame." (Joel 2:25-27 NKJV)

"For the power of the wicked will be broken,
    but the Lord upholds the righteous." (Psalm 37:17 NIV)

h/t Amy Hawkins, MI Prayer Warriors 2/4/21 & 2/5/21