Intercession, Thrilling and Fulfilling by Joy Dawson

Author:Joy Dawson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Bible, Religion, Christian Life, Christianity, Intercessory Prayer, General, Spirituality, Prayer, Devotional
ISBN: 9781576580035
Publisher: Y W A M Pub
Published: 1997-09-27T22:00:00+00:00

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Praying for the Conversion of Leaders in Authority and Influence

Having established the priority of praying for spiritual leaders in the previous chapter, we now look at other important aspects of leadership.

Leaders function in two main categories: authority and influence. People follow both. The president or prime minister in a nation has great authority, while film stars have great influence. The mass media in general have enormous influence to shape people's thinking and subsequent actions. When we understand that God wants righteous leaders serving in both categories, we get to cooperate with Him in unusual and exciting prayer adventures.

We see from the Bible how God delights in promoting and establishing righteous leadership in a nation. Because of this, we have a responsibility to pray consistently for righteous leaders to be placed in positions of authority and influence in every nation, as salt and light (Proverbs 29:2). The following leaders were powerfully used of God to alter the course of their nation's history.

Joseph became second in authority to the reigning pharaoh in Egypt and instructed his leaders in wisdom.

Daniel became third in command to the reigning monarch of Babylon and exercised his prophetic ministry under four kings. Both men were prepared by God for their positions of authority from their youth.

Mordecai became next in authority to the king of Persia.

Nehemiah was authorized by King Artaxerxes to take a leave of absence from the palace to carry out God's mandate to lead God's people at a crucial time in their history.

Deborah, as a judge and prophetess, led Israel with righteous authority.

Queen Esther, as wife of the king of Persia, exercised great and godly influence in her nation.

God always has His chosen men and women in place at the right time. But what about unrighteous leaders in authority and influence in the nations? Is God interested in them? Do we as intercessors have a part to play in altering the course of their lives, and the fulfilling of their destinies? This is where a prayer adventure starts.

When Richard Nixon was the president of the United States, Chuck Colson was known as "the hatchet man" among a group of men close to the president. Colson matched the title well as a hard-hitting, unchurched, successful lawyer who was involved in the Watergate scandal. He was subsequently imprisoned for over a year—seemingly one of the most impossible-to-be-converted people in America at that time.

However, before going to prison, Colson became exposed to the genuine love, fellowship, prayers, and consistent Christian witness of a group of men in Washington, D.C. After some time, Chuck Colson found the strong force of the Holy Spirit's influence to be irresistible. One night, as he sat behind the wheel of his car, Colson broke down and wept before God. He gave up the right to do his own thing and capitulated to a new Commander-in-Chief—the President of heaven and earth! Colson's life story, including his remarkable conversion is detailed in his first book Born Again.1

He not only has authored a number of other

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