Heavenly Father, we give thanks for our government (1 Tim 2:1),
we pray for all men and women having authority over us in any way. (1 Tim 2:2)
Pour out Your Spirit upon them and make Your Word known to them (Prov 1:23).
Cause them to be men and women of integrity, obedient concerning us (Ps 25:21),
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty (1 Tim 2:2).
Let wisdom enter their hearts, and let knowledge be pleasant to them (Prov 2:10).
Let discretion preserve them and understanding keep them (Prov 2:11),
To deliver them from the way of evil and from evil men (Prov 2:12).
Make their hearts and ears attentive to godly counsel (Psalm 1:1),
Doing what is right in your sight (2 Chron 20:32),
Let the upright dwell in our government (Prov 2:21).
Cause there to be shaking in all areas (Heb 12:27).
Let those completed and blameless before You stay (Prov 2:21).
And cut off the wicked. Let the unfaithful be rooted out (Prov 2:22).
Bring to light what is hidden in darkness (1 Cor 4:5),
And expose the secret aims of the hearts (1 Cor 4:5).
Let this nation remember from where they have fallen (Rev 2:5),
Repenting, and returning to doing their first works (Rev 2:5,
Setting their hearts and their souls to seek the Lord (1 Chron 22:19),
Humbling themselves, praying, and turning from their wicked ways (2 Chron 7:14).
Turn, hear us O Lord, and forgive our sins and heal our land (2 Chron 7:14).
Open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light (Acts 26:18).
Soften the hearts that are hardened through the deceitfulness of sin (Heb 3:13)
Deliver them from their destructions (Ps 107:20).
Father, You have been longsuffering toward us (2 Peter 3:9),
Not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9),
But that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
Raise up a standard in this nation (Is 49:22).
Cause the rains of Your Spirit to flood this land (Zech 10:1)
And revive Your work in the midst of us (Hab 3:2).
Raise up intercessors for this nation (Is 59:16)
To pull down strongholds over this land (2 Cor 10:4).
And let the glory of the Lord be revealed! (Isaiah 40:5)
(Source: Pastors Jared and Jessica Baker, Glad Tidings Church, Lubbock, TX)
