Pray the Scriptures, July 20
Zechariah 5-6
Sovereign Lord,
We pray together that you will purify us. We ask you to lift the iniquity and wickedness and remove it far from us, as if it were being sent to a distant land. We pray that every thief and everyone who swears falsely, everyone who sins against God and man, may be brought to justice. Remind us all that your righteous judgment against sin can reach into our very homes and consume them.
We pray that the four powerful spirits of heaven would go out from standing in your presence, the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. We pray that they will give your Holy Spirit rest in our land by overcoming the principalities and powers arrayed against you and against us.
In Jesus’ name, I pray for ______________________ as well as for myself. I pray that you will set your crown upon our heads that we may reign with you and exercise your authority in every place where we live and move. By your mercy, please grant us increasing influence that each of us may branch out from our own places in order to build the temple of the Lord, the church of Jesus Christ, and advance the work of your kingdom.
I ask you to clothe us with your majesty and seat us at your right hand in the heavenly places that we may rule with you on your throne. May we enter into our heritage as priests and kings. I pray that we will diligently obey you, the Lord our God, so that others may come from far away to help us build your temple in this city and land.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.