Almighty Jehovah, You are the Sovereign God. You are trustworthy and faithful. We come in all humility, to pray for those chosen to lead the nations of the world. We see corruption. We know the narratives and the lack of integrity. Father, we ask that You call men of truth to govern. We pray for Your will to be done for You set the leaders, and You judge righteously and govern the nations of the earth. As we worship in truth and Spirit, may our leaders operate in truth and righteousness. We bring our petition in the name and authority of Jesus, who will one day judge us all, according to Your good and perfect will. Amen.
“Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you: Stand before God for the people, so that you may bring the difficulties to God. And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do. Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you. If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace.” (Exodus 18: 19-23 NKJV)
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Joy S Taylor is a follower of Christ, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her workdays were spent using the Master of Science in Accounting degree that God graciously allowed at the age of, well, greater than 40. She led a divorce recovery support group sponsored by her church for seven years, and spent more than a decade in leadership roles for Celebrate Recovery and Care Net, using what God had done in her life to point others to the healing only Jesus gives. Now retired, she concentrates on writing for Jesus from her beloved hickory grove in Indiana, yet devotes some of her time to volunteering.