PRAYER FOR GOVERNMENT
As shakings occur across our political and economic, the scriptural exhortation from 1 Timothy 2 to pray for our governments and those in authority becomes increasingly vital. Below are scriptural references for your benefit to pray for those in authority.
1 Timothy 2:1-4- I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peacable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Chronicles 7:14- If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Jeremiah 29:7- And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
1 Peter 2:17- Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Daniel 2:20-23 - Daniel answered and said, "Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his, and He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him. I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, for You have made known to us the king's demand.
Proverbs 21:1- The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Titus 3:1-2- Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
Psalm 22:28- For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.
Job 12:23-25- He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations and guides them. He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in pathless wilderness. They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them stagger lik a drunken man.
Proverbs 11:14- Where there is no counsel, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Daniel 9:18-19- O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and :Your people are called by Your name.
Psalm 2:1-4- Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed saying, ""Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us." a He who sites in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath. And distress them in His deep displeasure: "Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion."
Matthew 12:25- And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
Romans 13:1-14- Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. Love Your Neighbor
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Put on Christ
And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Chronicles 7:14- If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Jeremiah 29:7- And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
1 Peter 2:17- Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Daniel 2:20-23 - Daniel answered and said, "Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his, and He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him. I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, for You have made known to us the king's demand.
Proverbs 21:1- The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Titus 3:1-2- Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
Psalm 22:28- For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.
Job 12:23-25- He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations and guides them. He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in pathless wilderness. They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them stagger lik a drunken man.
Proverbs 11:14- Where there is no counsel, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Daniel 9:18-19- O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and :Your people are called by Your name.
Psalm 2:1-4- Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed saying, ""Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us." a He who sites in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath. And distress them in His deep displeasure: "Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion."
Matthew 12:25- And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
Romans 13:1-14- Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. Love Your Neighbor
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Put on Christ
And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
