A Prayer for Our Government

First Timothy 2:1-2 says that we are to pray, intercede and give thanks for kings and all people in authority. This is God's command to every believer today. Here is a confession for you to use in prayer for our nation and its leaders. Pray it in faith, believing, and remember God watches over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12, The Amplified Bible).

Father, in Jesus' Name, I give thanks for our country and its government. I bring before You the men and women in positions of authority. I pray and intercede for the president, congressmen, senators, judges, policemen, governors and mayors of our land. I pray for all people in authority over us in any way. I pray that the Spirit of the Lord rests upon them. I believe that skillful and godly wisdom has entered into the heart of our president and knowledge is pleasant to him. Discretion watches over him: understanding keeps him and delivers him from the way of evil and from evil men. Father, I ask You to encompass the president with men and women who make their hearts and ears attentive to godly counsel and who do that which is right in Your sight. I believe You cause them to be men and women of integrity, who are obedient concerning us. I believe that they lead us in a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty. Your Word declares, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." I receive Your blessing and declare with my mouth that Your people dwell safely in this land and they prosper abundantly. It is written in Your Word that the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord and that you turn it whichever way You desire. I believe the heart of our leader is in Your hand and that his decisions are divinely directed of the Lord. I give thanks unto You that the good news of the gospel is published in our land. The Word of the Lord prevails and grows mightily in the hearts and lives of the people. I give thanks for this land and the leaders You have given to us, in Jesus' Name. I proclaim that Jesus is Lord over the United States of America!