Hi there,
So I just wanted to bring to your attention two things, that I think are important to the health and wellbeing of the nations: the youth and the leadership.
The youth of today have a lot of challenges: there is a poor culture around porn, there is very little elder input into their lives and there is no tradition of coming of age. What any youth needs to do, is to know how to come under the authority of the nation. If the youth can learn this, everything else will work out alright. Coming under authority, means submitting to the guidance and character of those in positions of authority - like schools and government ministers and workplaces. Ideally this would come from their own parents too. The point is to learn to obey. The specific authority is not so important, as the consistency of the authority, in its exercising that authority. This takes prayer! We should be praying that the youth come under authority "well".
The leadership of today has a lot of challenges: the constant threat of being voted out, disasters like the COVID virus, managing funds while making the right investments. Ideally negotiating these challenges would be made easier by leaderships friends. For friends you need a way to gather together, and Church plays that role. But this too takes prayer! You might not think so, but a leader should feel spiritually encouraged to come to the House of the Lord. We should be praying that the Leaders of their respective nations feel more than welcome to come to the House of the Lord.
These two things, will secure a nation, from within (which is where they should be secure). As such praying these things, brings a friendliness and a great strength - no one ultimately wants the youth to go without leading and no one ultimately wants a leader to keep failing. The Devil will try to drive a wedge between the youth of today and the broader population, and to bring down the leader into disrepute or death. Since we are praying these things, we ought also be praying against the Devil, in respect of deliverance together under God. There is power, in such a prayer!
I hope this has been some encouragement. I could go on about the joys of Heaven that welcome such prayers, but suffice it for now, that we simply ought to be praying.
God bless.
So I just wanted to bring to your attention two things, that I think are important to the health and wellbeing of the nations: the youth and the leadership.
The youth of today have a lot of challenges: there is a poor culture around porn, there is very little elder input into their lives and there is no tradition of coming of age. What any youth needs to do, is to know how to come under the authority of the nation. If the youth can learn this, everything else will work out alright. Coming under authority, means submitting to the guidance and character of those in positions of authority - like schools and government ministers and workplaces. Ideally this would come from their own parents too. The point is to learn to obey. The specific authority is not so important, as the consistency of the authority, in its exercising that authority. This takes prayer! We should be praying that the youth come under authority "well".
The leadership of today has a lot of challenges: the constant threat of being voted out, disasters like the COVID virus, managing funds while making the right investments. Ideally negotiating these challenges would be made easier by leaderships friends. For friends you need a way to gather together, and Church plays that role. But this too takes prayer! You might not think so, but a leader should feel spiritually encouraged to come to the House of the Lord. We should be praying that the Leaders of their respective nations feel more than welcome to come to the House of the Lord.
These two things, will secure a nation, from within (which is where they should be secure). As such praying these things, brings a friendliness and a great strength - no one ultimately wants the youth to go without leading and no one ultimately wants a leader to keep failing. The Devil will try to drive a wedge between the youth of today and the broader population, and to bring down the leader into disrepute or death. Since we are praying these things, we ought also be praying against the Devil, in respect of deliverance together under God. There is power, in such a prayer!
I hope this has been some encouragement. I could go on about the joys of Heaven that welcome such prayers, but suffice it for now, that we simply ought to be praying.
God bless.
