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Pray for the Rich and the Poor, your Enemies and your Friends

Intercession 5.20 | NASB

For those who are rich and prosperous in the world, some of whom perhaps need prayers as much as those who request them.

Lord, keep those who are rich in this present world from being conceited and fixing their hope on the uncertainty of riches, and give them to trust in God, who richly supplies everyone with all things to enjoy: That they may do good and be rich in good works, generous and ready to share; that they may store up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future. 1 Timothy 6:17-19(NASB)

Though it is hard for those who are rich to enter into the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 19:24(NASB) yet with You this is possible. Matthew 19:26(NASB)

For those who are poor and in affliction, for such there will always be in this world.

Lord, make those who are poor in the world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, James 2:5(NASB) and give to them to receive the gospel.

O that the afflicted of the flock may wait upon You and may know the word of the LORD. Zechariah 11:11(NASB)

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; good Lord, deliver them out of them all. Psalm 34:19(NASB) And though no affliction for the moment seems to be joyful, but sorrowful; nevertheless, afterwards let it yield the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11(NASB)

For my enemies and those who hate me.

Lord, give me to love my enemies, to bless those who curse me, and to pray for those who despitefully use me and persecute me. Matthew 5:44(KJV)

Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing; Luke 23:34(NASB) and do not hold their malice against them; Acts 7:60(NASB) and work in me a disposition to bear with others and forgive in love, Colossians 3:13(NASB) as You require I should whenever I pray. Mark 11:25(NASB)

And grant that my ways may be so pleasing to the LORD, that even my enemies may be at peace with me. Proverbs 16:7(NASB)

Let the wolf and the lamb lie down together, Isaiah 11:6(NASB) and let there be none to hurt or destroy in all Your holy mountain; Isaiah 11:9(NASB) let not Ephraim be jealous of Judah, nor Judah harass Ephraim. Isaiah 11:13(NASB)

For my friends and those who love me.

And I wish for all those whom I love in truth, that in all respects they may prosper and be in good health; I especially pray that their souls may prosper. 3 John 1:2(NASB)

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with their spirits. Philemon 1:25(NASB)

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Pray for the Young and the Old

Intercession 5.19 | NASB

For the several ages and conditions of men, as they stand in need of mercy and grace.

For those who are young and setting out in the world.

Lord, give to those who are young to remember their Creator in the days of their youth; Ecclesiastes 12:1(NASB) that thereby they may be kept from the vanity which childhood and youth are subject to, and may be restrained from following the impulses of their heart and the desires of their eyes, by considering that God will bring them to judgment for all these things. Ecclesiastes 11:9(NASB)

Lord, make young people sensible; Titus 2:6(NASB) and let the word of God abide in them, that they may be strong and may overcome the evil one. 1 John 2:14(NASB)

From the womb of the dawn, may Your youth be to You as the dew; Psalm 110:3(NASB) and let Christ be formed in the hearts of those who are young. Galatians 4:19(NASB)

Keep those who are setting out in the world from the corruption that is in the world by lust; 2 Peter 1:4(NASB) and give to those who have been well-educated, to retain the standard of sound words, 2 Timothy 1:13(NASB) and to continue in the things they have learned. 2 Timothy 3:14(NASB)

For those who are old and of long standing in profession.

There are some who are disciples of Jesus Christ of long standing; Acts 21:16(NASB) Lord, give them still to yield fruit in old age, to declare that the LORD is upright, that He is their Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Psalm 92:14-15(NASB)

Now the evil days have come and the years of which they say there is no delight in them; Ecclesiastes 12:1(NASB) let Your consolations delight their souls. Psalm 94:19(NASB)

Even to their old age be the same, and to their graying years bear those whom You have made; I beg You, carry, yes, bear and deliver them. Isaiah 46:4(NASB)

Those whom You have taught from their youth up and to whom You still declare Your wondrous deeds, now, also, when they are old and gray, do not forsake them; Psalm 71:17-18(NASB) do not cast them off in their time of old age; do not forsake them when their strength fails. Psalm 71:9(NASB)

Let every gray head be a crown of glory to those who have it, being found in the way of righteousness, Proverbs 16:31(NASB) and give them to know whom they have believed. 2 Timothy 1:12(NASB)

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Pray for the Educational Institutions and Common Citizens of your Nation

Intercession 5.18 | NASB

For all the universities, schools, and nurseries of learning.

Let the schools of the prophets be replenished with every good thing given and every perfect gift from above, from the Father of lights. James 1:17(NASB)

Throw salt into these fountains and purify its waters, 2 Kings 2:21(NASB) so that from them may issue streams which will make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling places of the Most High. Psalm 46:4(NASB)

For the common people of the land.

Give grace to all the subjects of this land, that they may, under the government God has set over this nation, lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity, 1 Timothy 2:2(NASB) dwelling together in unity, Psalm 133:1(NASB) that the Lord may command a blessing upon His people – life forever. Psalm 133:3(NASB)

Let everyone of every denomination that fears God and does what is right, be welcomed to Him; Acts 10:35(NASB) yes, let such as love Your salvation say continually, “The LORD be magnified, who delights in the prosperity of His servants.” Psalm 35:27(NASB)

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Pray for the Ministers of God’s Holy Word and Sacraments

Intercession 5.17 | NASB

For all the ministers of God’s holy word and sacraments, the masters of assemblies.

Teach Your ministers how they ought to behave themselves in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, 1 Timothy 3:15(NASB) that they may not preach themselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, 2 Corinthians 4:5(NASB) and may be diligent to present themselves approved to God, workmen who do not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15(NASB)

Make them mighty in the Scriptures, Acts 18:24(NASB) that from them they may be equipped for every good work, 2 Timothy 3:17(NASB) with purity in doctrine, dignified, and sound in speech which is beyond reproach. Titus 2:7-8(NASB)

Enable them to give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching; 1 Timothy 4:13(NASB) to take pains with these things, 1 Timothy 4:15(NASB) to devote themselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word; Acts 6:4(NASB) to be absorbed in them and to persevere in them, that they may ensure salvation both for themselves and for those who hear them. 1 Timothy 4:15-16(NASB)

Let utterance be given to them in the opening of their mouths, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, that they may speak as they ought to speak, Ephesians 6:19-20(NASB) as adequate ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; 2 Corinthians 3:6(NASB) and let them by the mercy of the Lord be trustworthy. 1 Corinthians 7:25(NASB)

Let the arms of their hands be made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob; Genesis 49:24(NASB) and let them be full of power – with the Spirit of the Lord of hosts – Micah 3:8(NASB) to declare to Your people their transgressions, and to the house of Jacob their sins. Isaiah 58:1(NASB)

Make them sound in the faith, Titus 1:13(NASB) and enable them always to speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine, Titus 2:1(NASB) with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition; and let not the Lord’s bond-servants be quarrelsome but kind to all, able to teach. 2 Timothy 2:24-25(NASB)

Make them good examples to the believers in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity; 1 Timothy 4:12(NASB) and let them purify themselves who carry the vessels of the LORD, Isaiah 52:11(NASB) and let HOLY TO THE LORD be written upon their foreheads. Exodus 28:36(NASB)

Lord, grant that they may not toil in vain or spend their strength for nothing and vanity, Isaiah 49:4(NASB) but let the hand of the Lord be with them, that many may believe and turn to the Lord. Acts 11:21(NASB)

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Pray for your Judges and Judicial Rulers

Intercession 5.16 | NASB

For the magistrates, the judges, and justices of peace in the several counties and corporations.

Make those who rule over my nation righteous, ruling in the fear of God; 2 Samuel 23:3(NASB) and let those who judge remember that they do not judge for man but for the LORD, who is with them when they render judgment, that therefore the fear of the LORD may be upon them. 2 Chronicles 19:6-7(NASB)

Make them able men and men of truth, men who fear God and hate dishonest gain, Exodus 18:21(NASB) that justice may roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amos 5:24(NASB)

Enable my nation’s magistrates to vindicate the weak and fatherless, to do justice to the afflicted and destitute, to rescue the weak and needy, and to deliver them out of the hand of the wicked; Psalm 82:3-4(NASB) and let rulers never be a terror to good works, but to the evil. Romans 13:4(NASB)

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Pray for all who are Employed in the Conduct of Public Affairs

Intercession 5.15 | NASB

For the advisers, cabinet members, members of Congress or Parliament, the ambassadors and envoys abroad, and all who are employed in the conduct of public affairs.

Counsel my nation’s counselors, and teach its elders wisdom: Psalm 105:22(NASB) O give them a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and strength, a spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD, to make them delight in the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2-3(NASB)

O do not deprive the trusted ones of speech nor take away the discernment of the elders, Job 12:20(NASB) nor ever let the things which make for the nation’s peace be hidden from the eyes of those who are instructed with the nation’s counsels. Luke 19:42(NASB)

Make it to appear that You take Your stand in Your own congregation and judge in the midst of the rulers, Psalm 82:1(NASB) and that when the princes of the people assemble themselves as the people of the God of Abraham, the God of Abraham Himself is among them; and let the shields of the earth belong to the Lord, that He may be highly exalted. Psalm 47:9(NASB)

Let there be those from among my nation who rebuild the ancient ruins and raise up the age-old foundations, that they may be called the repairers of the breaches and restorers of the streets in which to dwell. Isaiah 58:12(NASB)

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Pray for the Safe and Righteous Continuation of your Civil Government

Intercession 5.14 | NASB

For the safe and righteous continuation of my nation’s civil government, that a blessing may attend it, that peace and truth may be established in our days and secured to posterity, and that the hopes of our adversaries and all their aiders and abettors may be extinguished.

Lord, preserve to us the lamp that You have prepared for Your Anointed, Psalm 132:17(NASB) that the generation to come may know You, even the children yet to be born, that they may put their confidence in God and keep His commandments. Psalm 78:6-7(NASB)

Let the gospel-believing church abide before God forever: Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve it, so we will sing praise to Your name forever. Psalm 61:7-8(NASB) Thus, let the Lord save Zion and build the cities of Judah, and the descendents of Your servants will inherit it, and those who love Your name will dwell in it. Psalm 69:35-36(NASB)

Let their design who would appoint a leader to return to Egypt, Numbers 14:4(NASB) be again defeated; and let not the fatal wound that has been given to the beast be healed anymore. Revelation 13:11-12(NASB)

Let our eyes see Jerusalem, the city of our appointed feasts, an undisturbed habitation, a tent which will not be folded: Let none of its stakes be pulled up, nor any of its cords be torn apart, but let the Majestic One, the LORD, be for us a place of rivers and wide canals; for the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king, He will save us. Isaiah 33:20-22(NASB)

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Pray for your Head of State

Intercession 5.13 | NASB

For all orders and degrees of men, and all I stand in any relation to.

For my nation’s Head of State, that God will protect his person, preserve his health, and continue his life and government long a public blessing.

Give our ruler Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness, Psalm 72:1(NASB) that he may vindicate the afflicted of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor. Psalm 72:4(NASB)

Let his rule be established with righteousness, Proverbs 25:5(NASB) and upheld with mercy. Proverbs 20:28(KJV) Give him long life and length of days forever and ever; and let his glory be great through Your salvation. Make him joyful with gladness in Your presence: through the lovingkindess of the Most High let him not be shaken. Psalm 21:4-7(NASB)

Clothe his enemies with shame, but let him shine; Psalm 132:18(NASB) and continue him long, very long, as a guardian to Your Israel. Isaiah 49:23(NASB)

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Pray for the Healing of your Nation’s Unhappy Divisions and Success Against your Nation’s Enemies

Intercession 5.12 | NASB

For the healing of my nation’s unhappy divisions and the making up of its breaches.

For the divisions that are among us, there are great searchings of heart; Judges 5:16(NASB) for there are three against two and two against three in a household. Luke 12:52(NASB) But is the breach as vast as the sea, which cannot be healed? Lamentations 2:13(NASB) Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of our people been restored? Jeremiah 8:22(NASB) Lord, heal the breaches of our land, for because of them it totters. Psalm 60:2(NASB)

I beg in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that there may be no divisions among us, but that we may be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1 Corinthians 1:10(NASB)

Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant us to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, so that with one accord we may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Romans 15:5-6(NASB) and promote the common salvation. Jude 1:3(NASB)

Lord, keep us from judging one another and regarding one another with contempt, Romans 14:10(NASB) and give us to pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another; Romans 14:19(NASB) that living in love and peace, the God of love and peace may be with us. 2 Corinthians 13:11(NASB)

Let nothing be done from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let me regard others as more important than myself; Philippians 2:3(NASB) and grant that my gentle spirit may be known to all men, because the Lord is near. Philippians 4:5(NASB)

For victory and success against my nations’ enemies abroad who seek its ruin.

Rise up, O LORD! And let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You, but return, O LORD, to the myriad thousands of Your Israel. Numbers 10:35-36(NASB)

Give us help against the adversary, for deliverance by man is in vain. Through God let our forces do valiantly; yes, let God Himself tread down our adversaries, Psalm 60:11-12(NASB) and make them like dust with Your sword and as the wind-driven chaff with Your bow. Isaiah 41:2(NASB)

Let us be a people saved by the LORD, as the shield of our help and the sword of our majesty; Deuteronomy 33:29(NASB) and make our enemies sensible that the LORD fights for us against them. Exodus 14:25(NASB)

Those who risk their lives for us on the high places of the field, Judges 5:18(NASB) train their hands for war, and their fingers for battle; Psalm 144:1(NASB) give them the shield of Your salvation, and let Your right hand uphold them, Psalm 18:35(NASB) and cover their heads in the day of battle. Psalm 140:7(NASB)

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Pray for the Moral Decency and Civility of your Nation

Intercession 5.11 | NASB

For the success of all endeavors for the reformation of manners, the suppression of vice and profaneness, the support of religion and virtue, and the bringing of them into reputation.

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; for You are the righteous God who tries the hearts and minds. Psalm 7:9(NASB) Spirit many to stand up for You against evildoers and to take their stand for You against those who do wickedness. Psalm 94:16(NASB)

Let the Deliverer come to Zion and remove ungodliness from Jacob; Romans 11:26(NASB) and let the filth of Jerusalem be washed away from its midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning. Isaiah 4:4(NASB)

Let all unrighteousness shut its mouth; Psalm 107:42(NASB) and let the infection of that plague be stayed by executing judgment. Psalm 106:30(KJV)

Let those who are striving against sin never grow weary or lose heart. Hebrews 12:3-4(NASB)

Remove the unclean spirit from the land, Zechariah 13:2(NASB) and give to the peoples purified lips, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD. Zephaniah 3:9(NASB)

Set Your people high above all nations, for praise, fame, and honor, by making us a consecrated people to the LORD our God. Deuteronomy 26:19(NASB)