Prayers for the world

 

I have been interceding for intermittently since January, 2025, as follows. It is sometimes hard to discern how God is responding to these prayers. Will you join me in this prayer?

Father, we praise You as the unchanging God, the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). You are King of kings and Lord of lords (1 Timothy 6:15), and Your plans for nations cannot be thwarted (Job 42:2).” We look to you for direction, for Your almighty power to rescue our nation from its godlessness and rebellion. We know that we have not faithfully served you as a nation for many decades. We have individually sinned and fallen short of what You have called us to. We plea for humility—both individually and nationally. As Scripture says, humility precedes forgiveness and healing. May we seek Your face and deny our rebellious ways but instead submit to You and learn from You the ways we should walk. Hide us in Your arms of safety as we continue to seek You. 

 Heavenly Father, we plead in the name of Jesus that you would call and appoint godly leaders in our country. We pray for both elected and appointed leaders, including President Trump, vice-president Vance, the cabinet, congressional leaders, and the host of other officials in the government. Father, we ask You to speak to them, and intervene in their lives with Your power to direct them to seek godly counsel and make decisions that are based on justice, wisdom, compassion, prudence, and love for You.  We ask You to work in their hearts to seek Your will for both themselves and this nation. Just as Daniel influenced Nebuchadnezzar and Darius, just as Abraham Lincoln turned to You in the midst of the war between the states, whether they know you or not, by Your sovereign will compel them to honor and serve You.

 We pray, Father, for the people of this nation, that they would recognize Your hand at work in the Sodom and Gomorrah called Hollywood, that they would turn back to You. We ask:

·         That those in church fully commit themselves to You;

·         That You convict those who believe but are not actively practicing their faith of their need to return to Your people and Your church;

·         That You reveal Yourself to those who doubt Your existence or Your nature and character to remove all doubt and confusion about Yourself; and

·         That You make a fresh presentation of Your offer of grace to those in rebellion or under the power of the enemy - please deliver them, Lord Jesus.

We pray for souls to come into Your Kingdom, hearts to melt from anger, & that what is being done in darkness come to the light. We pray that Your standards and Your laws and Your ways become normal for us in our nation. That justice and mercy and holiness and love would be the goal for all of our lives. As it is written, “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” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

 

Lord, we ask that You heal divisions within Your church and among Your people. May we be united under the banner of Christ, showing love for one another so that the world will know we are Your disciples (John 13:35). Let revival start within us, Your people, and spread outward to transform our communities and nation.”

 

Father, we pray for peace in the Mid-East. We thank You that Israel is able to defend her people, and that You have inflicted confusion and weakness on her enemies. Let those who seek evil be defeated and destroyed. We ask You to give grace to any who will receive it from You, and separate them from those who are irredeemably committed to evil. We ask that the leaders of the nations see their need to end the war and that Israel will emerge stronger and safer than ever before. Remove those who will not honor You. Father, glorify Your name through all that happens in war and international affairs. Father, we ask that even the Islamic nations recognize Your hand and Your power, Your nature and character, Your very essence in this situation.

 We ask You, Father, to intervene in the war in the Ukraine, to end it on Your terms. Defeat the aggressors by Your mighty power. Empower those who honor and serve You with the means of victory. Comfort and heal the victims of evil aggression, and hold to account with justice those evil people who have created this war. We ask that the world would see Your justice displayed.

 Make haste, Lord Jesus, to prepare the way for Your return. Lord, while we long for Your return, help us to stay faithful in serving You. Equip us to shine as lights in a dark world (Philippians 2:15), sharing the gospel boldly and living lives that glorify You. Father, we ask for Your mercy on those who are blinded by the enemy.

 Lord, we pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ who face persecution for Your name. Comfort them, sustain them, and remind them of Your promise: ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’ (Matthew 5:10). And yet we also pray for the persecutors’ redemption and transformation, those caught in deep sin or opposition to God. Open their eyes to Your truth, soften their hearts, and give them the gift of repentance (2 Timothy 2:25-26). Let Your love and grace reach them, so they may turn from darkness to light and glorify Your name.