Verity Christian Fellowship

Pray this way for kings and all others who are in authority…

1Timothy 2:2

Following the last posting I gave a talk in a similar vein at church on Sunday. We finished the meeting by praying that the leaders of all the political parties would be guided by God and try to reach some sort of agreement. We prayed for Gods will to be done on Earth as in Heaven.

Now this was something we do not regularly do. Paul gave Timothy express instructions for this and said that this was a necessity so that ‘we can live in peace and quietness, in godliness and dignity’. Now this is how we all want to live but how many of us actually take time to regularly pray for our political leaders?

I have been a Christian for approximately twenty years but can only clearly remember attending one meeting in all that time where we prayed for the Queen and the government. I remember at the time that when the preacher suggested it, it received a pretty negative response.

If that is our general attitude then do we get the government we deserve?

Are we just lazy, or do we have problems with praying for those we may not generally agree with?

Paul did not differentiate and said we should pray for all leaders.

I know these articles are read across the world. Do you regularly pray for your leaders?

Do you think it makes a difference?

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