Prayer Guide

 

 


PRAYER GUIDE


Pray for our Nation

For us to be a Godly nation, ask God to help:

  •   Make the Gospel known in word and action
  •   Raise up Godly leaders in all areas
  •   Truth to prevail
  •   Christians to stand firm on God’s Word
  •   People to come to Christ

 

Pray for Federal Leaders

For them to have God’s wisdom and discernment, ask God to help:

  • President: Donald Trump
  • Vice President: Mike Pence
  • Secretary of State: Michael R. Pompeo
  • Secretary of Defense: Mark Esper
  • Secretary of the Treasury: Steven Mnuchin
  • Attorney General: William Barr
  • Secretary of the Interior: David Bernhardt
  • Secretary of Agriculture: Sonny Perdue
  • Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur Ross
  • Secretary of Labor: Eugene Scalia
  • Secretary of Transportation: Elaine L. Chao
  • Secretary of Energy: Dan Brouillette
  • Secretary of Education: Betsy DeVos
  • Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Robert Wilkie
  • Secretary of Health & Human Services: Alex M. Azar II
  • Secretary of Housing & Urban Development: Ben Carson
  • Secretary of Homeland Security: Chad Wolf
  • All Branches of the Armed Forces and U.S. Supreme Court

 

Pray for State Leaders

For them to know how to lead our State, ask God to help them:

  • S. Senators John Cornyn & Ted Cruz
  • S. Representative
  • Governor Greg Abbott
  • Governor Dan Patrick
  • State Senator
  • State Representative
  • State Supreme Court Justices – Nathan Hecht, Jimmy Blacklock, Debra Lehrmann, John P Devine, Paul Green, Jane Bland, Jeffrey S. Boyd,Brett Busby, Eva Guzman

 

Pray for Local Leaders

For their service to be good for our communities, ask God to help them:

  • County Officials
  • Court Official
  • City Officials
  • Judges
  • Mayor
  • Police Department
  • Fire Department
  • School Authorities (public & private)

 

Pray for Our Troops

For them to serve well, ask God to help them:

  •   Be protected and safe
  •   Have continued strong connections with their family at home
  •   To have peace when deployed
  •   Believers to be a light during their service

 

Churches and Ministry Organizations

For their courage and strength in this time, ask God to help them:

  • Stand strong in their convictions
  • Be bold in their witness
  • Meet America’s spiritual needs
  • Be a place of hope and healing
  • Open for their community

 

The Imprisoned and Persecuted

For their protection and unity, ask God to help them:

  • Endure their hardships
  • Find joy in the midst of trials
  • Encourage and minister to one another
  • Find God’s peace and comfort in their faith

 

Mass Media and Social Media

For their wisdom and knowledge, ask God to help them:

  • Reflect Godly values in their work
  • Be accurate and fair in their presentations
  • Place a high value on truth and decency
  • Be responsible with their influence

 

Families

For them to follow God’s design for marriage and family, ask God to help:

  •   Husbands to love wives & Wives to submit to husbands
  •   Trust God in the difficulties
  •   Wisdom for school decisions
  •   Children to obey their parents

 

Children & Youth

For their growth to be physical and spiritual, ask God to help them:

  •   Be a good example and not be led astray by lies of the devil
  •   Care for others before themselves
  •   Seek the Lord and have strong Christian parents leading them

 

Businesses & Jobs

For our economy to be thriving benefitting all, ask God to help them:

  •   Be good stewards of what God has provided
  •   Have million dollar ideas that come to fruition
  •   Glorify God in their work

 

Scriptures to help us pray

II Chronicles 7:14

If My people, who are called by My name, will 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.

Psalm 33:12-22

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He chose for His inheritance (v. 12).

Matthew 18:19-20

I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My name, there am I with them.

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told His disciples…that they should always pray and not give up.

Philippians 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I Timothy 2:1-4

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

I Thessalonians 4:17

Pray without ceasing.