Day 26 of 40 Days of Prayer

13 If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. (James 3:13-18 NLT)

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your wisdom and understanding that you give to your children. We know we are righteous only by the blood of your Son, we know we are truly foolish and we can never comprehend the majesty of your thoughts and designs – you created the Heavens and the Earth, you knew us before we were born, you knew time before it was imagined. We ask for forgiveness for our sins, sins of foolish people who are not worthy of your mercy, yet you wash us white as snow - and by your love and grace you blot out our transgressions. 

Thank you God for the blessings you have given our nation, we pray for your continued hand of favor upon our country. We pray for the people to return to you, to humble themselves and seek you out, we pray for hearts to be changed and lives to be dedicated to you and your will. We pray for each and every believer that joins with us in prayer for our country – we pray for their peace, strength and comfort – that there would never be any lack, but only an abundance of every good thing. 

We pray for the leaders, that the veil would be removed from their eyes, that they would see the direction our country is heading and know that changes must be made before it’s too late. We pray for the lost to know you, for laborers to be sent to those that have never known you and those that have ran away from you God. We pray for each heart to know their worth, to know they were worth God’s only Son dying on the cross for their sins – so each person on this earth is loved so much that they were worth dying for. We pray for lives to be different – lives to be better than they were before, lives to be free to follow you and worship you God. We pray for each and every heart to know you, to know your peace, your love, and your comfort – to know that you are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, you are the Great I Am. We worship you dear God, we love you and we want to honor you – we pray these things in your Son Jesus’ name  ~ AMEN!