September 19, 2020 Prayer

 When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily; but with honest, sensible leaders there is stability. Proverbs 28:2 TLB

In time of civil war there are many leaders, but a sensible leader restores law and order.  Proverbs 28:2 CEV

When a nation sins, it will have one ruler after another. But a nation will be strong and endure when it has intelligent, sensible leaders.  Proverbs 28:2 GNT

“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)

Leading God, 

Your Word says that you put leaders in place to govern over us and we are called to pray for them.  So today we pray specifically for the leaders in our nation.  May there be godly leaders in government at all levels, in the Church, in arts & entertainment, in media, in business, in education, and in families. We pray in the name of Jesus that every single one would be a man or woman after your own heart.  If a leader is not a Jesus follower, move them to a place of repentance and humility to seek your will and your ways.  Do not give us the leaders our sinful natures might deserve, but give us leaders who are honest, intelligent, and sensible - tuned into your Holy Spirit for your wisdom and guidance.  May this nation not be one known for her sins, her civil war, or her moral rot, but for the Light and Life that her leaders and people exemplify.  May this nation not topple or come to outright civil war, but may she be strong and endure because of your godly people praying for lawlessness to be broken and your righteousness to endure.   May your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered today for this place.  We pray in the strong name of Christ, Amen. 

September 18, 2020 A New Year

 “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)

God, your Word says that when we are believers we become Temples for your Holy Spirit.  Since you have chosen and consecrated us to be your Children, we come to you in prayer, knowing Your eyes and heart are always with us.  Thank you for hearing our prayers.  With believers in every place, today we seek You and call on You for the furthering of your Kingdom.  You word calls the thirsty and hungry to your Living Waters and we cry out to you for an even greater hunger to fall upon your People and your Church.  Revive them for this day.  And cleanse and renew us; align our thoughts and our ways to seek and follow Your thoughts and ways. We speak and declare your Word so that it is fruitful in our families, our communities, the churches, our nation, and the world.  May your Word accomplish what you desire and achieve the purpose for which You sent it.  Help us to speak with discernment, intention, courage, and faith the Truth that you have revealed to us about your Love and Grace. May Your People go about life with your Spirit's JOY in their hearts, may they be led in Your PEACE.  And may Your renown endure forever. We pray in the strong name of Christ, Amen. 

1 “Come, all you who are thirsty,

    come to the waters;

and you who have no money,

    come, buy and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk

    without money and without cost.

2 

Why spend money on what is not bread,

    and your labor on what does not satisfy?

Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,

    and you will delight in the richest of fare.

3 

Give ear and come to me;

    listen, that you may live.

6 

Seek the Lord while he may be found;

    call on him while he is near.

7 

Let the wicked forsake their ways

    and the unrighteous their thoughts.

Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,

    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

8 

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.

9 

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

    so are my ways higher than your ways

    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 

As the rain and the snow

    come down from heaven,

and do not return to it

    without watering the earth

and making it bud and flourish,
    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

11 

so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

12 

You will go out in joy

    and be led forth in peace;

the mountains and hills

    will burst into song before you,

and all the trees of the field

    will clap their hands.

13 

This will be for the Lord’s renown,

    for an everlasting sign,

    that will endure forever.”  (Isaiah 55 NIV)