"Prayer For The Nation" by Nancy Dufresne
On one occasion, Brother Hagin stated that he was concerned about the direction the nation was going, and one of the primary reasons he started Prayer School decades ago on the Rhema campus was to pray for the nation. Just as he saw a need of praying for the nation, we too see a need to continue praying for the nation.
A few years after Dad Hagin went home to be with the Lord, God spoke to me and said, “Brother Hagin’s prayer life held some things in check in this nation, but since he has moved to Heaven, there has been a void in prayer for the nation, and as a result, wrong people have gotten into office. Pick that up.” We in the Body of Christ are responsible to pray for the nation so that there is no void or deficiency.
As we pray, we want to pray in line with the Word and with skill in exercising our authority.
There was a precious woman I knew who was mighty and skillful in prayer. She told of the occasion when she saw two angels in her room talking to each other. One angel asked the other one, “Can we tell her about the political needs of this nation?”
The other angel replied, “Yes, because she doesn’t speak against the nation or its leaders.” They could trust her with revelation about the nation because she didn’t speak against the country or leaders. We may not always agree with our political leaders or with things going on in the nation, but we must be certain not to speak inappropriately against our nation, state, city, or leaders. We must watch our words, for bitter and sweet waters can’t flow out of the same fountain. If we speak wrong, our faith won’t work as it should. Even if we don’t agree with our leaders, we must make certain we don’t harbor any offense against any public official. To have an air of offense about us will hinder our faith from working.
Matthew 6:6 records that Jesus instructed, "...pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." There is a reward for praying. When we pray for our nation, the reward will manifest in our country, state, and city, as well as in our lives.
The Word shows us God’s interest and involvement in the nations. First Timothy 2:1-4 reads, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all (make it a priority), supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour (God is our Savior, not government); Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
God would not instruct us to pray for the highest offices in the land if our authority didn’t reach there. Our authority reaches to the highest office in the land, for it stems from the highest seat in existence – God’s Throne. The authority of the elected officials is temporary, lasting only as long as their term. But ours is eternal, for our authority is our birthright, granted at the new birth.
Matthew 16:19 records that Jesus stated, “And I will give unto thee the keys (dominion, authority) of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (This means that heaven will back us up. – Kenneth E. Hagin) We don’t ask God to do something He has authorized us to do. WE bind & WE loose. God works through us. There are things that won't be bound until we bind them, and things that won't be loosed until we loose them.
Dad Hagin taught us to bind Satan from the economic, political, and social arenas of our nation. I also have included binding Satan from our education system, judicial system, and media.
PRAYER FOR THE NATION
I Timothy 2:1-4 — I exhort therefore, that, first of all (make it a priority), supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour (God is our Savior, not government); Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
I pray for all those that are in authority on the national, state, and local levels. I lift up the president, vice-president, senate, congress, gov't agencies, Supreme Court justices, judges, governor, mayor, law enforcement officers, military, and all in authority.
For those leaders that are unsaved, I ask You to send laborers across their paths. Satan, you take your hand off their minds, so that the light of the Gospel may shine in.
Father, I ask You to give wisdom to those in authority to govern in a way that fulfills Your will in the earth and blesses the people — that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
I pray that Your anointing be strong upon them to help them accomplish their task. Give them strength for the task, and keep them by Your power to fulfill Your plan. Surround them with the right people, right words, and right counsel, and expose, protect, and deliver them from wrong people, wrong words, wrong counsel, and from all evil. I say that no weapon formed against them, this administration, or this nation shall prosper. I pray that they and this nation be kept by the power of God, and that the angels of Heaven keep them and this nation safe from every harm and strategy of the enemy.
I pray for divine rest, strength, refreshing, joy, and peace for President Trump, First Lady Melania, and their family.
Protect our military, police, and firemen, and help them to be victorious over those causing harm.
II Thessalonians 3:1,2 — Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
I pray and believe for Your Word to have free course and be glorified in this nation, state, and city, and that unreasonable and wicked leaders will be exposed and removed from office, and You raise up right men to serve in those positions.
I pray that unrighteous laws be overturned, including the abortion law, and that righteous laws be enacted and upheld. I pray for the hidden things to be revealed. Expose and deliver us from all evil and corruption in our government, judicial system, education system, and media.
I bind the agenda of socialism and any other agenda that would rob this nation of freedom and pray that You deliver us from it, in Jesus’ Name.
You have appointed and anointed men to occupy seats of government, so I pray for victory for all the right candidates in the next elections, that Your will be done. I call for the right men, men of God’s choosing, to come forward to lead, and I seat them in their office. And I remove the wrong ones from their positions. They are dismissed, in Jesus’ Name.
Matthew 16:19 — And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven (dominion, authority): and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (This means that Heaven will back us up. — Kenneth E. Hagin)
Satan, I bind you and command you to take your hands off this nation, off this state, and off this city. Take your hands off the social, political, and economic arenas. Take your hands off the educational system, judicial system, and media. I loose the power of God to accomplish the will of God, in the Name of Jesus.