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Are You Praying for Your Nation?

Published Friday, August 14th, 2009 in Prayer

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

I received this an e-mail newsletter from Kenneth Copeland Ministries this morning. The title, “Don’t Underestimate the Power of Prayer.” I want to share an excerpt of it with you because it’s a powerful reminder. Here it goes:

“That verse is clear, isn’t it? The instruction is plain. Yet even in these tumultuous days when our nation is so desperately in need of God’s guidance, most of God’s people don’t do what that verse commands.

Why not?

I believe it’s because most of us are overwhelmed by the problems we see around us. “How could my prayers make a dent in the national debt?” we think. “How could my faith affect foreign policy?”

In other words, we fail to pray because we fail to realize just how powerfully our prayers can affect this country.

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It’s time we caught hold of that. It’s time we realized that if we’d just be obedient to 1 Timothy 2:1-2, there’s no council of any kind on earth, no king, no president, no congress, no anything that could overthrow God’s purpose for His people.

God has called us to intercede. He has commanded us to pray for those in authority. He has given us His Word, His power, His Name, His authority, and His faith. We have all the tools necessary to pray effectively for our government and its leaders.

I urge you to intercede. It is your responsibility as a believer to get involved in the affairs of your country. God wants this great land of ours, and the only way He’s going to get it is through His ambassadors, you and me.

Pray for this nation. Every day. And never again underestimate the world-changing power of those prayers.”

How many of you can say ‘amen’ to that? As I see it, it doesn’t matter whether you agree with our Senate, our House of Representatives, our President, or even our local officials. We have a mandate to pray for them, and there’s a direct benefit for us if we do: a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. So what are you waiting for? Begin praying for your nation today.