A prayer for election 2012 USA
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:14)
For all Christians the verse above tells us what should constitute our prayer lives: We should pray properly, purposefully and persistently. When all three elements are a part of our prayer lives, they work. We are to align ourselves with God’s will. We are to ask for what we want; we are to be specific. We are to pray persistently. The apostle Paul tells us to pray without ceasing. Every time we pray, God’s mighty power is released and made available to bring victory and breakthrough into even seemingly impossible situations.
Dear heavenly Father,
We love you Lord. You are an awesome and amazing God. You are faithful. You have placed us in the greatest nation in the world. The land of the free! You have blessed us mightily. You are generous beyond anything we can imagine or deserve. We praise you Lord for you are worthy to be praised, you are the King of all Kings, you are above any authority in heaven or on earth, You are creator, redeemer and sustainer.
We confess that we have not bowed before You. We confess we have not acknowledged Your rule in our lives and over our leaders and our nation. We have gone along with the ways of the world and failed to give You glory. Forgive us and raise us from sin, that we may be your faithful people, obeying the commands of our Lord Jesus Christ, who rules the world and the universe.
Father, watch over us this day. Dear Lord, please guide us and strengthen us as we confess our sins to You. Fill us with compassion as we pray for one another and as we pray for the leadership of our great country. Please fill us as we pray for the needs of the world. Please help us to not be judgmental, condemning and prideful. Fill us dear God with your love. Draw us close to you Father; create in us a desire to come to you in prayer every day for Your leadership, love and protection to reign in our lives and throughout our land. We come to you once again and ask for you divine intervention and protection on our national election. Dear God, please heal our land.
Through Jesus Christ we pray, AMEN.
