“ “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.””
My people here refers to believers. So it’s required that we pray.
Pray that the church will humble themselves before God.
Pray that the church will seek God
Pray that the church will ask for mercy and will turn from wickedness so that God may hear us and heal the land.
Ezekiel 22:30 “And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.”
Pray that God will locate you and put his burden for the nations and leaders in your heart. Tell God that you have answered the call to intercede for the nations. Ask him for the grace to continue to stand.
1 Timothy 2:1-3 “1 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior.”
It’s the expectation for believers to intercede for those in authority. Answered prayers lead to peace, quietness, and holiness in our communities. God gets all the glory and we are blessed. Let’s pray & Ask God for the grace to intercede.
Psalm 28:2 “Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
Pray that God will show Mercy over the nations and leaders both government and spiritual leaders.
Proverbs 21:1 “The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.”
Pray that God will turn the hearts of leaders towards his will for the nations.
Daniel 2:21 “He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.”
Pray that the Spirit of the Lord will go through the nations in his time and displace leaders who need to go and equip new leaders with wisdom and knowledge to serve the people.
Hebrews 13:17 “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.”
There is so much disrespect for leaders in the church and circular world. Pray that people will come to the realization of God’s word.
proverbs 28:2 “When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order."
Pray for the spirit of knowledge, discernment, and understanding upon the leaders so that they can maintain order in the nations.
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”
Pray that we all the people of God to reach repentance speedily so that we can also see the fullness of God’s promise fulfilled in our lives speedily.
Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Although we cannot really say it, many of these leaders are not believers and thus possess a huge challenge to God’s purposes. Pray for the salvation of these leaders.
Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!”
Isaiah 60:12 “For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.”
Can you just imagine if leaders of nations were surrendered unto to God? God really knows how to bless his people if only they will allow him to be their God. Pray that the Lord will have mercy over the nations. Pray that he will raise prophetic intercessors who will hear his voice and war in the spirit for the deliverance of these nations.
Micah 4:3 “He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”
With so many problems and wars going in the nations, one will begin to wonder when and if at all this Micah 4:3 is possible. Our God is a God of impossibilities. Pray that his word for the nations comes to pass.
Revelation 7:9 “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.”
Pray for the deliverance and salvation of the nations because one day we are all expected to stand before the mighty God and worship with one voice. How God will do it we may not know, but his word cannot lie.
Mathew 28: 18-19 “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
Psalm 22:27 “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.”
Isaiah 60:3 “And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”
There are so many people in the world who have not heard the gospel. Some right around our homes. Pray that believers will have a desire and a passion for the lost souls in the nations of the earth. Pray for increased evangelism and missionary into the nations.
Thank God for hearing our cry.