Interceding for the seven pillars of the nation
As intercessors, we study and arm ourselves with the Word of God, ensuring that we are always ready to stand in the gap and not create the gap.
According to 2 Timothy 2:15, “Study to show yourself approved unto God, a work man that needs not be ashamed, but rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Knowledge of the Word of God is also knowledge of God, having an intimate relationship with the LORD, so we can confidently go to Him in prayers. Hebrews 4:16 says “Come boldly unto the throne of grace, that you may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
We know who the High Priest is -Yeshua Hamashiach. He is touched with the feelings of our infirmities, weakness, humanity and our short comings. He understands us more than we do ourselves and is willing to help restore us to the image of God. He is willing to anoint, appoint, and activate us for divine enterprise; using us as His battle Axe to deliver our nation and all that dwell therein from the stronghold of the wicked one, Satan, and all his emissaries.
Let us now pray.
FAMILY: Dear LORD, we place the family unit in Your mighty Hands. We cover them with Your blood for sanctification, protection, and preservation. Please, LORD, fill the parents – fathers and mothers – with wisdom, compassion, and strength to train and nurture the children for the Kingdom of Christ, the nations, and the world. Please provide for all the needs in every family. Keep plenty of love in their hearts and homes…in Jesus’ holy name, we pray. Amen.
We know that children are the heritage of the LORD, according to Psalm 127: 3. They belong to God. Today, LORD, we ask for complete coverage, protection and preservation of their souls. We ask that You surround the children with Your power, truth, and presence by day and by night! Their angels are released on special assignment, and any force of evil, wickedness, and satanic manipulations against them will be judged, overturned, and destroyed by fire, in the name of Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God!
CHURCH: We present the church before the mercy seat of Christ. We repent of all known sins – in-fighting, lukewarmness, compromise, distractions, sexual immorality, pride, self-glorification, disobedience, sins both of omission and commission. We repent for not standing up for righteousness and for not standing against the works of the wicked firmly enough. We ask for Your forgiveness. Bring us to a place of unity and togetherness in love and service. Help us to move the agenda of Your Kingdom forward in the seven pillars. May Your church be filled with wisdom and knowledge, and may Your Bride have a deeper relationship with You, face to face and mouth to mouth, so that righteousness and peace shall kiss each other.
Let the church remain faithful till the end. We pray our faith will increase and remain rooted for all eternity, so that our answer to this question, “Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the Earth?” (Luke 18:8) will be “Yes,” as we wait patiently at the altar for our Bridegroom!
GOVERNMENT: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.” Psalm 33:12
O LORD, deliver our nation from corrupt and wicked leaders. Place your face upon our nation and cause our leaders to rule in the fear and admonition of the LORD. Dear LORD, we overturn every crafty work of darkness in our government. Deliver us and our leaders from evil, satanic, and occult powers, and from their influences and manipulations, in the name of Jesus Christ of the Son of the Living God. We stand against greed and corruption in our government, and resist nepotism and quota system in all appointments. We uproot injustice and manipulations of the justice system, and stamp out strategies to change our constitution, laws, and rules without due judiciary process.
MEDIA: Print and electronic, social and other communication systems. LORD, we ask that You raise up righteous men and women in our media. We overturn all the negative information, lies and deceptions that have come through the media; and we also overturn all bribery, corruption, and deliberate withdrawal of important information from the public.
We pull down all media biases and the promotion of unholy contents. LORD, we pray for all born-again Believers in the media to be strong in upholding righteousness and we also ask for the salvation of the unsaved in media and other communication entities. Please, LORD, save their souls. Through Your tender mercies, establish clean content in the media and our communications channels. 1 Corinthians 15:33. Jehovah Jireh, please financially support and provide for all righteous media networks in Jamaica and the world.
EDUCATION: Oh LORD, behold the wicked have captured our education system! Please, LORD, arise and rescue all the stakeholders in this pillar from distractions, deceptions, manipulation, evil and corrupt practices. Let our education system be free from all negative political and evil global interference. Let Godliness prevail in our schools. Help teachers to be bold and strong in their calling as educators of the nation’s children. Help parents and children to trust in the LORD always for their educational pursuit, and be not afraid or intimidated. Prov. 16:16; Prov. 22:6
ECONOMY: Dear LORD, show us mercy in our economic activities. Help us to be prudent and become effective and active producers, and not consumers only. Grant us, as a nation, the wisdom to put our hands back to farming and growing food for ourselves.
Lead us to green pastures and help us to utilize our resources fairly. Let the poor and needy, widows, widowers, and orphans be effectively catered for. Prov. 22:16; Deut. 28: 1-68
CULTURE: LORD, please show us all our cultural practices that are not in line with Your Word and teachings. Help us to make a roundabout turn to You and use Your WORD as our GUIDE. Romans 12:2; 1 John 2: 15-17. Lead us to a wholesome and Christ-centered culture.
In summary, Dear Abba Father, please give us a re-birth/new Jamaica, nation and nations with Born again leaders, parliamentarians, and heads of the seven pillars and mountains of our nations who are dependent and obedient to You, our True and Living YHWH…leading in righteousness, holiness, and truth for prosperity and posterity in the life and living of millions of generations.
We pray and ask in Your mercy, love and grace, in Jesus’ holy and mighty name.
Hallelujah! Ephesians 3:20-21; Isaiah 11:11; Psalms 80:3; Jeremiah 33:6-13
Dr. Patience Bazuaye-Alonge, Pastor and Co-Host of the ‘Voice of Evidence – the Midnight Cry’ on TBC Radio, and Morning Joy- Conversations Programme. She is also Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Biology at Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica.
