[Please join me in praying for our state, nation, and world on Tuesdays this year.]
“Those who contend that government is irrelevant to our mission and cause – that we should only focus on saving the lost and “not be political” – are not only ignorant of scripture, they are grossly ignorant. God IS government: Judge, Lawgiver and King (Isaiah 33:22). The war over planet earth is a governmental war – who will rule the earth? The battle for humankind is governmental – who will be their lord and master? The battle for the heavens is governmental – who will be the Most High? God is not into politics- the political spirit is a perversion of government – but He IS into government, big time. To believe otherwise is to forfeit His righteous influence on earth.” – Dutch Sheets**
Righteous Judge, Lawgiver, and King,
We give thanks to you and proclaim your greatness, telling everyone about your wonderful deeds. We exult in your name and remember the wonders, miracles, and rulings you have done. You, O Lord, are supreme over all the earth; you are exalted far above all other gods or systems of humanity. We pray that you will bring Truth and Justice to the governmental systems of our day. Only you can work miracles, so we pray for barricades and roadblocks against all elected and non-elected officials who are working to wreak havoc or to continue wickedness. May those with evil intentions for now and for the future be stopped, in the name of Jesus. Protect and uphold those righteous men and women who you have positioned for such a time as this to are working for you and your good plans. Give them divine strategies, grit, holy backbone, and Holy Spirit-led fury. May you develop strategic teams, intercessors, and organizers to further your Kingdom’s cause. We pray for financial resources for those who fight. We pray that organizations working for Truth and Justice will have an overflow of donations, seemingly coming out of the woodwork, and that godly donors would come out of the backgrounds to say, “I have been prepared for such a time as this. Where can I invest?” You own the financial kingdoms and resources beyond our wildest dreams so we pray for an outpouring of resources from heaven. We pray that you would give strategies to those on the front lines of prayer for government. May we always take the upper road when it comes to developing and implementing strategic, long-term, Kingdom-minded plans. May this county, this state, this nation, and each nation of the world be governed by men and women whose continually search for the Lord, his wisdom, his strength, and his plan. We pray that miracles will abound in this area of godly governmental influence — that even non-believers will say, “This has to be God… I want to know Him more.” We ask this in the strong name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. *
“For the Lord is our judge, our lawgiver, and our king. He will care for us and save us.” (Isaiah 33:22 NLT)
Let the whole world know what he has done.
Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.
Exult in his holy name;
rejoice, you who worship the Lord.
Search for the Lord and for his strength;
continually seek him.
Remember the wonders he has performed,
his miracles, and the rulings he has given, you children.” (1 Chronicles 16:8-13 NLT)