“Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 NASB
A prayer for our community officials:
God, we admit we are at times stressed and confused by the world’s schemes, forgive us for taking our eyes off of You instead of relying on You, yes Lord we seek Your calm, Your peace in the chaos, thank You for the privilege of coming before You on behalf of the nations, we pray for the governmental leaders, we pray their hearts would be turned to serving You, we pray they would come to know You as their Lord and Savior and thereby seek You for wisdom in leading. We pray hope, we pray healing, we pray joy, we pray deliverance, we pray reconciliation, we pray love, we pray rejoicing, we pray salvation, we pray revival, we pray forgiveness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen!