Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalms 119:105 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/psa.119.105.KJV

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Romans 13:1 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.13.1.KJV

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:26 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/jas.2.26.KJV

Day 5 of 5 Days of Prayer for my Nation

The moment you separate body and spirit, the result is a corpse.  Separate faith and works, and you get the same thing—a corpse.  When there is a seamless unity of “believing and doing,” we are exercising faith as God intends.

Much joy comes in our prayers as we listen to God’s urging to “be the answer,” trusting Him to show us how to meet the needs of those for whom we pray. At times, we may be a source of financial provision. This may be as simple as bringing a meal that’s needed, offering words of encouragement, or going to the hospital to pray while someone is having surgery. 

Our praying for others is vital and important; however, if we don’t pair this with listening and responding to the voice of the Father, urging us to become the answer to the prayers, then we are only going halfway in our faith. When the burden is placed upon you to pray, God often will also give you a burden to respond. What a privilege that God chooses to work through His people to be the answer to their own prayers. When we respond in obedience, we learn what it truly means to be part of the body of Christ Jesus, and that is life-changing and culture-transforming.

Give thanks to the Father: Thank you, Father, for the privilege to collaborate with you in behalf of the gospel as you unite my prayer and my walk.

Listen for the Holy Spirit’s prompting for confession: We have often been prayerless in the face of crisis; forgive us. I have sadly, at times, only prayed while looking for others to fulfill my prayers; forgive me.

Join Jesus in prayers of petition:Holy Spirit, I yield myself to your authority and purpose, for “there is no authority except that which God has established” (Romans 13:1).

Proclaim promises from His Word:Lord Jesus, might my prayerful walk with you be consistent with your Word as “a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path” (Psalm 119:105).

Engage with other Jesus-followers in a lifestyle of prayer: Visit momsinprayer.org to discover ways  to join others in passionately praying before God for the lives of our children. Imagine the impact of God answering prayers for a generation of children throughout the nation.

For more devotionals discovering how to pray for your nation, check out 31 Days of Prayer for My Nation at http://www.greatcommandment.net/31daysnation 

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Matthew 6:6 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.6.6.KJV

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. John 17:11 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/jhn.17.11.KJV

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1 Corinthians 1:10 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/1co.1.10.KJV

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Romans 12:5 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.12.5.KJV

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. John 17:21‭-‬23 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/jhn.17.21-23.KJV