Below are six powerful prayer points every citizen of any country or organisation should be praying for their leaders
1. That they be honest in financial, tax
and ethical matters – 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:6-10
You can agree with me that most of the revenue our country, states and
Local Government councils generates are no where to be found as they are either
embezzled are mismanage by our so called leaders. But if every one of us will
devote five minutes each day to pray for them to lead aright, then we will see
are new revolutions in our country.
2. That they recognize their own inadequacy and
pray and seek the will of God. - Proverbs
3:5-8
The best teacher we can employ is ourselves. Leaders need to recognize
their inadequacies and make amend on them.
3. That they have courage to resist
manipulation, pressure, and the fear of man. – Proverbs 29:25.
A courageous man is a powerful man. Our leaders need our
prayers to be able to resist temptation from the things around them. Most
times, they are manipulated to do against their wish. In a country like our here,
Nigeria, you know that godfatherlism is the order of the day, when some man
some where will sponsor somebody out there to emerge a particular position and
thereafter, manipulate the man to do against the wish of the people who he is
leading.
This is the time we will pray for our country. They need the
prayers now more than ever.
4. That they be honest and faithful to spouses
and children. – Malachi 2:15-16
The Bible said in 1 Timothy3:4-5, that a leader must be the
one that rules his house very well, having his children in subjection with all
gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, …)
Let’s start praying for the leaders to be able to know how to
first rule their house. If they are not able to rule their own house, that
means they will not be able to rule the people outside.
5. That they be prepared to give account to Almighty God. – Hebrews 9:27
This is the most important aspect of
we must not neglect to pray for them.
Let’s remember that every action we take in life, we must give account of
it. Also know that being a leader is not an easy thing especially in political
and religious aspects. In this context, you are leading people from different
background and ethnic groups with people with different view of life. Preying
for our leaders is therefore very important.
6. That they be God fearing and
recognize that they are accountable to Him for each decision and act. – Proverbs 9:10
If our leaders will recognize the fact they are will give account to God
on the last day, I think, they will work hard to ensure that they work very
hard.
Let us start to pray for our leaders rather than criticising them at any slit mistake and then watch our country and the society at large better than it is now.
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