A month of praying for our government leaders:
Saturday, May 9: Lord, we pray that you would pour out your Spirit on us all.
“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls” (Joel 2:28-32).
Sunday, May 10: Lord, may we as your people, citizens and leaders alike, humble ourselves before you and seek your face.
“…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land“ (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Monday, May 11: Pray that those in authority over us would lead us in turning from darkness to light
“… to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins” (Acts 26:18).
Tuesday, May 12: Pray that our leaders would know that they are called to maintain justice and righteousness.
“Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness” (2 Chronicles 9:8).
Wednesday, May 13: Pray for those in authority who are Christians. Ask God to help them be strong and courageous, standing firm in their faith.
“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong” (1 Corinthians 16:13).
Thursday, May 14: Lord, remind your people that they engage the world not with worldly weapons but with your divine power.
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5).
Friday, May 15: May our leaders know that they are God’s servants to do good.
“For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good” (Romans 13:4a).