ICS Daily Devotions
Kings Need Your Prayers

1 Timothy 2:1-2 (NKJV) Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

Whether we lament on the deteriorating values in society depends on how much we value what the Bible teaches us. We live in a society that is becoming increasingly anti-Christian and anti-God by the day. However, we are not called to be indifferent. Instead, we have been exhorted to pray.

There is an urgency to intercede, make supplications and prayers for those in authority whether it is the king or president of a country, the chairman or CEO of the company, the principal of the school, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the district head or the mayor of the city, because they are the decision makers in the different spheres of societal influence. Whether we will live quiet and peaceable lives will greatly depend on the policies they set. If they establish policies, constitution and by-laws that are very liberal, the peace or quietness in our lives as believers and for the society at large will be compromised. We need godly people, who are God-fearing, just and righteous to be in positions of influence and authority whether it is in the home, the school, the company, the district, the city, or the country.

Matthew 18:18-19 (NKJV) Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

There is power in agreement when we pair up to pray. Because we have the power and the vested authority to bind the work of the evil one, we can pray in agreement to loose on earth by praying for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. The wonderful thing about prayer walking is we can walk in pairs and pray in agreement over what we are seeing and experiencing when we walk. We are enforcing the victory of Jesus Christ in the spiritual realm when we take authority over those spirits of influence over the different facets of society.

We need to pray for those in authority so that the policies they make will be favourable for the family and for the church. Our prayer life should not be just centred around our personal needs or the needs of our family. Instead, we should sow in prayer for the city and take time to do prayer walking or driving so that we will be able to pray with insight when we are onsite. Prayer changes things.

Sermon Series: A Quiet and Peaceable Life