Hope & Glory

24/7 Global Prayer Week

This week is designated Global Prayer Week by the 24/7 Prayer Movement.

I, Kate, signed up to an hour of prayer today as part of that initiative.

One hour of prayer

Yesterday I realised that, although I pray for people and situations regularly, I wasn’t really praying for the nations in the same way. I do focus on national and international issues, but often I fail to turn my shock and concern about the happenings in my nation and across the world into prayer.

So, this afternoon I am here to ask the Holy Spirit to help me focus and pray in the way that Jesus wants me to. I want to pray in His Name to our Father in heaven.

Turbulence and trouble

I am drawn in this time of prayer to focus first on areas of unrest here at home. Specifically the illegal breaching of our national borders.

On illegal migration and its consequences in our nation of the UK

Lord, I see those who are entering the UK in real need of love, support and sanctuary here, contrasted with those who are infiltrating our nation as part of a darker agenda and bringing unrest and unhappiness to many towns and cities.

Grace and Truth

Lord, You are full of grace and truth. We need both in the UK right now. We speak Your goodness and righteousness into our nation. We desire Your righteousness to exalt our nation, but we confess that we have sinned and so You have allowed our borders to be breached by enemies – our sin has become a disgrace to this nation.

Please forgive us, Lord. We ask our Father in heaven to have mercy and to help us in resolving this critical issue of illegal migration into our nation. We need wisdom from above. We need discernment by Your Spirit and we need good leadership governmentally, undergirded by Your praying church or ecclesia.

Called as a nation to bring glory to God

You designated our nationhood, Father. You desired us to be a people who would worship the true and living God in the Name of Jesus.

You gave us men and women of faith and courage to bring Godly leadership in the past when we repeatedly failed to live according to Your righteousness. We thank You for them and the legacies they gave us.

A Petition to the Father for the United Kingdom

We ask You now. Father, to send forth Your Holy Spirit to convict Your people in the UK – and those who You are calling into Your Kingdom at this time in history. We need Your Spirit to turn the tide of Godlessness in this nation, so that Your people can step into the places of need and leadership and bring the reality of Your love, grace and truth into our society.

The Words of the Lord

As I have been writing this prayer, I have been reminded of many scriptures – God’s Words for every challenge and issue that we face individually and as a nation. We declare His Words today over our nation of the United Kingdom.

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/113/jhn.1.14.NIVUK

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭26‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/113/rom.8.26.NIVUK

“And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭13‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/113/jhn.14.13.NIVUK

“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14‬:‭34‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/113/pro.14.34.NIVUK

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/113/jas.1.5.NIVUK

“and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭10‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/113/col.2.10.NIVUK

“The sceptre of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭125‬:‭3‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/113/psa.125.3.NIVUK

Your comments & prayers

Please do respond to this post. I want to pray in oneness with my Kingdom family on earth and your prayers and comments are welcomed. Please forgive me if I have expressed anything in a way that does not glorify our Father in heaven.