LEADERS AND LAWS THAT GLORIFY GOD

Lord God, our leaders desperately need Your wisdom. You have given us a great country. We need leaders who will honour You, trust You, and lead us once again back to You. We pray for more servant leaders who love the things You love and who care more about others than themselves. Give us leaders with discerning hearts, bold faith, and wise minds that model Your character. Teach them - and us - not just what is good, but what is best. Guide them in the way our country should go. Give them purity in their intentions, and godliness in their convictions. Raise up leaders with the greatest potential of Godly leadership. You alone hold the power to turn the hearts of leaders, but You listen to and use our prayers to move our leaders to perform the right actions. Encourage our leaders to choose wisely, and when they don't know what to do, help them keep their eyes on You. Let them take a firm stand on issues that truly matter to You. Make them God-pleasers, not people-pleasers or puppets; leaders filled with conviction, not corruption. As a nation, God, help us to desire righteousness more than rights, and to mirror sacrifice more than selfishness. Turn our leaders' weaknesses into strengths; bathe them in Your grace and mercy. Fill our leaders with the boldness to choose the kind of freedom that will benefit all, rather than a few. Make us a great nation who honours You. Help us make wise decisions that move our country in the right direction. Help us do our part in praying and in staying with what we know is right according to the truth of Your Word. Teach us to make our actions count and our words matter, and align them to Your sense of rightness and justice, not ours. Guide us with Your eye; grip us with Your strong arm; teach us what we need to know to make our lives - and our nation - count for You. We pray for our leaders, but we ask You to make us both Godly leaders and Godly followers: leading in the way of Truth, and following those who honour You. We ask this in the precious and powerful Name of Jesus. Amen. - Pastor Sandy Williams, Christian Fellowship, Tel: 018 293 0239.