We Are The People

Nehemiah 13:25-26 “²⁵ So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves. ²⁶ Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless pagan women caused even him to sin.”

Welcome to our Sunday evening edition of “We Are The People”.  Tonight we will pray in agreement concerning three focused needs in America today.  We ask that you spend a minimum of 15 minutes in intercession between the hours of 6 and 9pm (all time zones).

Nehemiah was very demanding concerning marriage relationships and we should be serious about the subject.

Prayer Focus #1:  Pray that Christian parents be courageous enough to not give their children to unsaved people in marriage and explain to them why.  When there is an unequally yoked marriage there is so much pressure for the Christian to compromise traditional family values.

Prayer Focus #2:  Pray that Christians be committed to marry in the Lord and not fall for lies like “after we are married they will come around.”  Marriage is a type of Jesus and the believer being man and wife.  This is not possible for one believer and one non-believer whether it be to a non-believer (a heathen) or a person who is part of a religion that denies Jesus being God.

Prayer Focus #3:  Pray that the church understand that an unequally yoked marriage like with Solomon is sin as we are told in verse 26.  Even Solomon the King was wrong in his relationship with women who were not believers for they led him into idolatry which is an abomination to God.

Special Prayer Focus:  Please pray for families of loved ones lost on the recent airline crashes and the one shot down in Ukraine. Pray that the situations be handled wisely by the world community, especially by our country.  Pray that truth be revealed concerning who was responsible.

Also pray for the crisis in Israel concerning Gaza and Libya, Iraq, Syria, etc.  Pray for the protection of innocent lives and that the world community will see the situation through the eyes of truth.  Finally, pray that the United States continue to support our strongest ally in that area of the world, Israel, for in doing so we will be blessed.  Genesis 12:3