Righteous and Merciful God,
Today we pray for the ungodly who hold positions of influence and authority and power in our local, county, and state governments. No matter what political persuasion or what position, pour out your Power on and around each and every one of them. We pray in the name of Jesus that they would find themselves surrounded by Christian Believers who would witness to them the Truth of the Gospel. May their godly influence be mighty and powerful on these ungodly officials. We pray the Holy Spirit draw these unbelievers into a right relationship with you that would then carry over into all parts of their lives, including their civic duties. May they be caused to walk in your Truth, your Justice, your Way and turn away from the former influences of all unrighteous ideas and actions. Forgive them for their sins as they confess them and free them to live in the peace and joy of relationship with you. Guide their families into all Truth so they can serve you together as families. We pray in the name of Jesus that any ideas or influences that lead them to corruption, untruth, or evil and wicked actions would be bound and cast far away. We pray that their resources for evil – money, support, help, etc. – would completely and totally dry up. As Elijah followed your leading and proclaimed there would be no rain in the land, we pray and proclaim there will be NO RESOURCES for evil in our state, in Jesus’s name!! Amen!
“Now Elijah…said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” (1 Kings 17:1 NIV)
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:19 NIV)
“Do everything readily and cheerfully—no bickering, no second-guessing allowed! Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message into the night so I’ll have good cause to be proud of you on the day that Christ returns. You’ll be living proof that I didn’t go to all this work for nothing.” (Philippians 2:15-16 MSG)