Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Pray for America - Day 31



This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
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up through the general election on November 6, 2012.

Vision
Suggested Scriptural references ...
You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Matthew 5:14,16
His life brought light to everyone.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never be extinguished.  John 1:4-5 
Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.  Proverbs 29:18
I am about to do something new.  See, I have already begun!  Do you not see it?  I will make a pathway through the wilderness.  I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.  Isaiah 43:19

Suggested prayers ...
Thank you, L-rd, that in You America can once again become a "City on a Hill" - Your beacon to the world.
We petition You, L-rd, to lead us according to Your plan, in Your timing, with the power of Your Holy Spirit.  We know You are infinitely bigger and brighter than the darkness before us.
We ask that You remind us to keep our eyes and minds focused on what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise.  Help us to elevate conversations and relationships to those higher things.  May You be the prompter and completer of any daunting tasks before us.  In You only may we find our voice to speak, our strength to move.
G-d in heaven, we pray that America may become a great beacon of Your standards.
As the world sees Your ways and Your love demonstrated in this great country, may they be drawn to Your Son.
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Also, Father, I pray America will be drawn to and turn to Your holy ways according to Your Torah because Your ways are life giving.  Our Founding Fathers believed in You and based our founding documents on Your Word.  May we return to their vision when they founded America.
I offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.



Monday, July 30, 2012

Prayer for America - Day 30



This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
 e-mail box.  I encourage you to join us in praying daily for America
up through the general election on November 6, 2012.
Citizens/Voters
Suggested Scriptural references ...
Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart. Proverbs 11:11
I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds  Hebrews 10:16b 
We will no longer be immature like children.  We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching.  We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.  Ephesians 4:14 
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask G-d, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting  James 1:5-6a
Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.  Romans 13:7

Suggested prayers ...
Teach us, L-rd, to value our role as citizens.  Awaken in the electorate a desire to know the true principles upon which this country was built, and draw us to Your vision for the restoration of our beloved country.
We ask for leaders and a citizenry who truly understand our accountability before You as the ultimate and sovereign Authority.
As our citizens go through the process of deciding how to vote, we ask L-rd, that You guide our thoughts with Your desires for our nation.
We ask You to grant our citizens the wisdom to discern truth from deception.
G-d Almighty, we plead with you to guide, guard, convict and correct all candidates, campaigns, consultants, political operatives and staff members.  We ask You to draw them to integrity before the voters of this country.  Give them the will to honestly place their values and visions before the voters, free of manipulation and deception.  We ask You to expose and defeat those who lie. 
We pray, L-rd, against the voter fraud that has so crippled our confidence in the electoral process.  We ask You to expose and bring to justice those who would undermine free and fair elections.
Rid our system of corruption, we pray.
O L-rd, give me the wisdom and the courage to confidently and winsomely take a stand for Your Truth with my fellow citizens.  Use my voice, L-rd, I pray.
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Yes, Father, I agree and offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Pray for America - Day 29





This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
 e-mail box.  I encourage you to join us in praying daily for America
up through the general election on November 6, 2012.

Immigration/Immigrants
Suggested Scriptural references ...
Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice. Deuteronomy 24:17

Suggested prayers ...
Allow us to hear and respond to Your desires for those who would be Americans.
As a country who believes you created all men equal, we pray for Your guidance and wisdom in how we treat those who would want to be American.  Guide our leaders to an honorable and wise policy for immigration.
As a nation built by immigrants, we pray for Your protection and direction for the newest immigrants to our country.
We pray that our immigrants will be a part of restoring America to You, instead of part of the effort to transform America away from our founders’ intent and vision.

Yes, Father, I agree and offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.


Saturday, July 28, 2012

Pray for America - Day 28




This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
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up through the general election on November 6, 2012.

International Relations
Suggested Scriptural references ...
But the L-rd sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for justice, and He judges the world with righteousness; He judges the peoples with uprightness.  Psalm 9:7-8
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!  May they be secure who love you! Psalm 122:6
You who put the L-rd in remembrance, take no rest, and give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.  Isaiah 62:6b-7

Suggested prayers ...
We ask for Your wisdom, discernment and strength in all our dealings with other nations.
L-rd, as we pray for the restoration of America, we pray that You would make America a light to the world.
Father in heaven, allow us to restore a sense of national dignity.  Teach us once again to be a virtuous people, worthy of respect.  Allow the world to see Your truth displayed in our citizenry.
G-d of our Fathers, forgive our failures to seek Your guidance as we interact with the nations of Your world.
Please give Your perspective on this world and Your wisdom to all those who represent America in official dealings with other nations.
As our citizens travel abroad, L-rd, we ask You to quicken us to represent our nation honorably.
We pray that America would take the lead in ending greed and corruption around Your world. 
May we be a blessing to all nations, L-rd, but we especially ask You to lead us in our attitude and dealings with the nation of Israel, and to pray for the peace of Jerusalem in accordance with Your Holy Scriptures.
We ask You to lead and convict those who set foreign policy with a full understanding of Your Scriptural mandate to bless Israel.**
We would ask, L-rd, for favor from other nations who have benefited from the sacrifice of American blood and treasure.
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Yes, Father, I agree and offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.
**The Scriptural mandate is found in Genesis 12:3
And I will bless them that bless you and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.



Friday, July 27, 2012

Pray for America - Day 27




This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
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up through the general election on November 6, 2012.

Health Care/Healing
Suggested Scriptural references ...
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask G-d, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting,  James 1:5-6a
But the wisdom from above is first pure, than peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.  James 3:17
Trust in the L-RD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.  Proverbs 3:5-6

Suggested prayers ...
Guide us, L-rd, to Your model for health care and healing in our country.
Thank You for all You have given us through the gifts and talents, compassion and creativity of our health care professionals in America.
L-rd, we are in desperate need for Your guidance in how best to serve everyone in need of health care.  Please lead those who are working to bring that about. Guide and guard them from greed, self interest and corruption.
As Our ultimate Healer and L-rd, we ask for You to intervene and guide our country to do the right thing in Your eyes for those who need medical help.
We beseech You, on behalf of every American to lead us to health care that honors You and Your desires for Americans.
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Also, L-rd, You have given us laws for health for our bodies, minds, and spirits.  May we see Your truth about health, including those non-kosher foods listed in Your Torah.  May we seek and obey Your Torah which brings us life and health.  
I offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.



Thursday, July 26, 2012

Pray for America - Day 26




This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
 e-mail box.  I encourage you to join us in praying daily for America
up through the general election on November 6, 2012.
The Economy/Business/Labor
Suggested Scriptural references ...
Reverence for the L-rd is the foundation of true wisdom.  The rewards of wisdom come to all who obey Him.  Psalm 111:10
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. Proverbs 2:7
Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.  Titus 2:6-8

Suggested prayers ...
We ask, L-rd, for Your divine solutions for America's moral and financial rebirth.
Creator of heaven and earth, Your splendor is evident in the ability You give us to think, create, and solve challenges.  Please give those in business, labor and government the guidance and wisdom they need.
L-rd, we plead for You to lead us to G-dly, inspired and creative solutions for our out-of-control relationship with money and debt.
We ask You to restore ethics, morality and fair dealings to business, labor and government.
We pray for those in business, finance, economics and government to recognize and adopt Your principles and priorities, asking that You prosper and give favor to those who do.
We ask You L-rd, to restore us to full adherence to fiscal responsibility in the public and private sectors.
We ask for a system of fair taxes that supports appropriate government services while encouraging economic opportunity.
We pray for the rebirth and restoration of free market principles. 
We pray for those who are caught up in dependency on government, asking that they be set free.
We especially ask You to bless believers the work of their hands.  Guard their hearts and minds from greed and allow them favor as they conduct their business.
L-rd, we ask You to cultivate in us an “attitude of gratitude” about provisions of life gained and shared honorably, and give us the strength to resist a culture of materialism and covetousness.
We ask you to expose and destroy the business of sex trafficking and other businesses that profit from the destruction and abuse of others.  We pray for the rescue and healing of the victims and for the healing and transformation of the perpetrators.
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Yes, Father, I agree and offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Pray for America - Day 25



This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
 e-mail box.  I encourage you to join us in praying daily for America
up through the general election on November 6, 2012.
The Culture/Media/Journalism/Entertainment/Arts
Suggested Scriptural references ...
For we do not war against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.  Ephesians 6:12
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience   Ephesians 2:2
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.  Philippians 4:8

Suggested prayers ...
Father, we ask for Your help in reclaiming our culture from the strongholds of the enemy, praying for You to strengthen, broaden and deepen Christian influence on the culture.
We admit to often being discouraged at a growingly irreverent culture that flagrantly abuses Your Holy Name, mocks the Cross, and easily buys into the lies that defy Your natural order. Protect our culture, L-rd, from all attempts to belittle and make fun of Your Gospel and Your people.
We ask you, L-rd, to open greater and greater opportunities for Your Gospel to flow freely across our airwaves.
We ask, L-rd, for You to grant Americans the wisdom to discern truth from deception.
We pray for those in the entertainment industry that they may better serve the families of our country by creating programs and movies that are uplifting in nature and extol positive virtues.
We especially pray Your blessings upon those in media, entertainment, the arts and journalism who are driven by loyalty to You.  We ask for favor and acceptance for their work.
We ask You to raise up, equip, and abundantly provide for Your true disciples in the media, the arts, entertainment and journalism.
We pray for honesty in journalism.
We pray for those who would intend to bring our country down by bringing our culture down.
We ask you to foil the plans of those who would bring others down in any form.
We ask for Your transforming power in the lives of those who would divide, deceive and destroy.
We pray for Your protection from pornography and the indecency that plagues our communities, harms our families and undermines morality.
We pray for an end to the surge of pornography.  We ask You to loosen the chains that bind the hearts of so many men, women and young people.  We ask You to replace deadly desires with a true desire for righteousness and purity.
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Yes, Father, I agree and offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.


Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Pray for America - Day 24




This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
 e-mail box.  I encourage you to join us in praying daily for America
up through the general election on November 6, 2012.
Youth/Education
Suggested Scriptural references ...
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.  Ephesians 6:4
Yeshua said, “Let the children come to Me.  Don’t stop them!.... And He placed His hands on their heads and blessed them.  Matthew 19:14-15

Suggested prayers ...
We lift up our youth, asking for Your divine intervention and protection over their lives.  Guide their teachers and their parents, O G-d, to train them up in Your ways.  Give them wisdom and courage in this godless culture.
We ask You to protect our children from the influence of evil.
We pray for the rising generations, asking You to guard their hearts and minds, and give them a desire for true wisdom.
Help our young to recognize the negative influence of our culture, and give the believers among them strength to stand strong in their faith as Your witnesses.
Our loving L-rd, help us to realize that our young people are children.  Protect them from the ungodly influences of this world, and establish them with firm convictions based upon Your truth.
Protect our children from lies, deception and manipulation.
We pray for sexual purity to be the new standard for our youth.
We ask You to replace deadly desires with a true desire for righteousness and purity.
We pray for America’s schools, that they recognize the importance of not only teaching young people academic basics, but to affirm the necessity of character development.
We ask for a removal of restrictions against Your Word in our schools.
We pray for Your Word to regain prominence as the Gold Standard for education, character & conduct.
Master Teacher, guide us by Your Word and allow us to impact our educational system with the Truth. 
Please raise up teachers who will honor Your Word as they teach our children.
Expose any enemy working to influence our children, and give us the strength and wisdom to act with authority and effectiveness to protect our young.
May our children demonstrate your love to their teachers and classmates.
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Yes, Father, I agree and offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.



Monday, July 23, 2012

Pray for America - Day 23




This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
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up through the general election on November 6, 2012.
Relationships/Race
Suggested Scriptural references ...
And you shall love the L-rd your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  There is no other commandment greater than these.  Mark 12:30-31 
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  Galatians 3:28 
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of G-d; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;  Hebrews 12:15
When you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.  Mark 11:25     
For G-d shows no partiality.  Romans 2:11

Suggested prayers ...
Thank You, L-rd, for clearly demonstrating the importance of relationships.  We ask for Your protection over all our relationships, and for the wisdom to know how to love as You love.
Thank You, Father, for forefathers who established this country on the fact that You created all of us equal.
Thank You, dear L-rd, for every loving relationship in our lives.  Thank You for the profound blessings and goodness we experience through loving one another.
It is abundantly clear, L-rd, that you designed us to be in relationships.  We ask for the wisdom and insight and courage to love as You love, and to approach every relationship with You in mind.
We ask You to destroy the enemy’s attempts to destroy relationships.
Give us, L-rd, appreciation and respect for the ways You created us different, one from another.
Forgive our judgments against others and place in our hearts generosity of spirit toward others.
Give us the grace to forgive each other’s mistakes, as You forgive ours.
Heal the wounds of our past, L-rd, and set us free from division, dissension, deception & manipulation.
We pray for racial reconciliation, and we ask that true healing begin in the body of believers.  May the watching world see how, under the banner of Christ, true unity can be found.
We ask You to guide Americans into understanding, acceptance and love between the races.
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Yes, Father, I agree and offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.



Sunday, July 22, 2012

Pray for America - Day 22


 
This post is part of a 31 day series from the American Prayer Initiative
You can sign up at the link and have the prayers sent to you daily in your
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up through the general election on November 6, 2012.
Manhood/Womanhood
Suggested Scriptural references ...
So G-d created man in His own image; in the image of G-d He created him; male and female He created them. Gen 1:27

And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of G-d, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children  Ephesians 4:11-14

She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.  When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness.  She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.   Proverbs 31: 25-27   

Suggested prayers ...
We pray for healing and restoration of true manhood and womanhood in America.  We ask for Your wisdom and protection against attempts to re-define our very identity as men and women.
We pray for Your design for abundant and fulfilled manhood, womanhood and marriage to gain preeminence in America.
We pray for a full restoration of the image and definition of manhood and womanhood in America.
We petition You, G-d for Your healing for those who struggle with same-sex attraction.  My they come to know Your power, Your mercy and Your love as You replace unnatural affections with ones You Yourself designed.

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Yes, Father, I agree and  offer these prayers in the name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach. Amain.
Also, Father, may we remember what Your Holy Word says about homosexuality: You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 18:22