Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. July 2021 But Peter and the apostles answered, We must obey God rather than men. And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. Psalm 58 is attributed to David, although not associated with a specific event in his life. In fact, he ultimately will reward them and condemn those who seek to manipulate them. Kenneth Meshoe teaches that righteousness will be restored in government if we pray for those in authority the right way. Help us to use peaceful and legal means to address issues that concern us. Labs We pray for the development of ethics and the fight against corruption because: Prayer brings our hearts, minds and actions closer to God's heart. Lord, by the authority you have given us, we declare and decree that places, where drug trafficking, prostitution, and other kinds of immoral activities are happening, are shutting down. The direct address in verses 1-2 reveals that God is far from passive when it comes to injustice. And you shall not set up a pillar, which the Lord your God hates. and authorityencouraging innovation, releasing energy and spreading influence; Help us realize that teaching and leadership have much in commonas we search for truth and reality; Understanding that at the center of collaboration is a true comfort and sincere valuing of diversity of In some ways, since Adam and Eve rejected Him in the Garden of Eden, He has taken a hands-off approach. Grace Take a moment to reflect on how you felt when you listened to the most recent news report of an ISIS bombing of a Christian church building in some other part of the world, or even the threat of the North Korean dictator to launch a nuclear missile. They exercise their self-serving and manipulative ploys during their reign with complete disregard that there will ever be a day of reckoning, but in the end they will be convinced of Gods justice and forced to publicly recognize and acknowledge that he never forgets his children. And the leaders of other nations as well. We pray for a great spiritual revival to sweep this land, beginning with us, and impacting our nations leaders. He coordinates the Life, Hope & Truth website, Discern magazine, the Daily Bible Verse Blog and the Life, Hope & Truth Weekly Newsletter (including World Watch Weekly). Remember, beloved, we should look at these sinful men and conclude, There but for the grace of God go I. Dont ever forget the grace of God in your own life. 7 Prayer to Raise up A Country Prayer Warriors. Who Is God V We grieve for those that are living in war-torn countries of where there is much blood-shed, corruption and unrest in their governments, and pray that in Your pity and grace You would intervene, by removing corrupt leaders and replacing them with those of integrity. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile everything to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Amen. We pray for these plans of evil to come to nothing. October 2014. And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that everyone would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again.