“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they that love thee shall prosper. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will say now, peace be within thee. For the sake of the House of the Lord our God I will seek thy good”
Psalm 122: 6-9 (KJV).
Praying for Jerusalem also means praying for peace in the nation, state, city, town and village where you live and the nations of the world. The Church of Jesus Christ is the only restraining power against evil on earth today. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 admonishes the church to make supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks; these are different kinds of prayers we are to make for all men, kings, and all those in authority. The prayer focus is that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. This is the kind of life God wants all men to experience continually. Jeremiah 29:7 says, “And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace” (KJV). It’s important to pray always for your country of residence or earthly nationality and its leaders that they are making godly choices; for example, pray for parents, educators, businessmen and women, politicians, and institutions like the military, schools, prisons, healthcare, and the pharmaceutical industry. The church is called to confront the kingdom of darkness and maintain peace with prosperity in the earth until the church is taken out. We are to be on the alert.
PRAYER
Dear Father, using the weapons of my warfare which are mighty through You, I pull down every imagination and anything that exult itself against the knowledge of You, in the minds of all men; I bring it to the obedience of Christ in the authority of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
WISDOM NUGGET
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” 1 Timothy 2:1-4 (NIV).