Psalm 85:1-8 – a prayer of the family of Korah

What blessings You pour on Your land, O Lord!

You restored the fortunes of Your people
and forgave their guilt. Yes, You covered all
their sins. You withdrew wrath and fierce fury.
Now restore us again, O God of our salvation.
Put aside Your anger toward us. 

Will You be mad at us forever?
Will Your anger affect future generations?
Or will You revive us, so Your people
can again rejoice in You?

Show us Your ongoing love, O Lord.
Grant us Your salvation.

Help us to listen
carefully to what You say,
for You, Lord, speak peace to faithful people.

 

From the Book of Bible Prayers – actual prayers of the Bible collected from a variety of translations researched on Bible Gateway then paraphrased into everyday English by Mary Sayler

Power Praying with God's Promises

To pray with power for our country, the Ukraine, Russia, China, and every country of concern, let's look for and pray with God's Promises to us in God's Word:

Micah 4:3-5 – “The Lord will judge the nations and decide what is right for great countries, far and near. They will beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning hooks, and fighting between nations will cease, and they will study war no more. People will sit under their vines and fig trees, and no one will make them afraid, for God has said so. For all people will walk in the name of their gods, but we will walk in the Name of the Lord our God forever and ever.”

[Example of a prayer response to God's Promise in His Word.]

Ever since Cain killed Abel, we’ve been at war with one another! Jealousy, pride, and a controlling spirit get in our way – and, oh, get in Your way, Lord!

One tribe sells another into slavery then blames other nations for not doing what’s right. Forgive us, Lord! Help us to admit and learn from our mistakes. Help us to walk at peace with You, each other, and ourselves – forever in the power of Your Name.

Mary Harwell Sayler from her book, Kneeling on the Promises of God