Prayer Initiative
Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart. Proverbs 11:11
...I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds Hebrews 10:16
Like a trampled spring and a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Proverbs 25:26
We will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and
blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced
when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the
truth. Ephesians 4:14
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask
God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given
him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting... James 1:5-6
Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue
to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom
honor is owed. Romans 13:7
Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Mark 12:17
Teach us, Lord, to value our role as citizens. Awaken in the
electorate a desire to know the true principles upon which this country
was built, and draw us to Your vision for the restoration of our beloved
country.
Let us never take for granted the free land You have
given us. Please show us, Lord, how to do our part to secure the
blessings of liberty for ourselves and those to come.
We ask
for leaders and a citizenry who truly understand our accountability
before You for every vote we cast, or do not cast. Help us to wisely
evaluate every candidate and policy against your Word. We ask for the
wisdom to vote as You would have us vote.
We ask You to grant our
citizens the wisdom to discern truth from spin and deception. Give us
radar to know when a candidate or policy is counterfeit to the true
founding principles and Constitutional roots of this land, borne out of
faith in You and Your word.
Move our leaders and our citizens
to rightly divide the responsibilities of government vs. the
responsibilities of citizens as defined by You.
God Almighty,
we plead with you to guide, guard, convict and correct all candidates,
campaigns, consultants, political operatives and staff members. We ask
You to draw them to integrity before the citizens of this country. Give
them the will to honestly place their values and visions before us,
free of manipulation and deception. We ask You to expose and defeat
those who lie.
We pray, Lord, against the voter fraud that has
so crippled our confidence in the electoral process. We ask You to
expose and bring to justice those who would undermine free and fair
elections. Please help us to restore integrity to the election process
in America. Rid our system of corruption, we pray.
O Lord, give
me the wisdom and the courage to confidently and winsomely take a stand
for Your Truth with my fellow citizens. Use my voice, Lord, I pray.
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“Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the
character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and
corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and
corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the
people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national
legislature...If the next centennial does not find us a great
nation...it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the
culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the
political forces.” President James Garfield
