Title: Pray for our country

Series: From Pastor’s Desk
Number: Vol. 15, No. 6

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours abundantly from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the second week of the month of June 2026. My prayer is that God will continue to keep you and all that is yours from being victims of the wickedness of these last days. Amen.

One of the instructions given by God to His people is that they must continually pray for the peace and prosperity of wherever they are living. And it does not matter whether where they are is their native land or a foreign land, as long as they are living there, God wants them to pray for it. Why? The reason is that their own prosperity and peace are dependent on it to one degree or another.

For example, here is what God said to the Jews that were taken as captives to Babylon during the days of King Nebuchadnezzar:

“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” (Jer 29:7NIV)

Did you see that? Even though those Jews were taken as slaves to Babylon against their wish, God still commanded them to seek the peace of the place and to be praying for it. Why? The reason was that the degree of peace and prosperity they would enjoy in the place depended on how peaceful and prosperous the place was.

In like manner, one of the reasons many of us are not enjoying greater peace and prosperity than we are enjoying now is that our country is not peaceful and prosperous as it should be. And unless God intervenes and deals with everything hindering the peace and prosperity of the country, many of us will remain stagnant and unhappy for life.

Therefore, it is not enough for you to be praying for yourself; it is equally important that you are praying for this nation. And your prayer for the nation should not be occasional; rather, it should be something that you will be offering all the time. That is because if the country is peaceful and prosperous, you too will enjoy its peace and prosperity.

But then, if you have been lazy in praying for yourself, how can we expect you to be praying for the country? Or if you have been selfish in your prayer life or if all that you think about is your own peace and prosperity when you pray, how can we expect you to take praying for our country seriously?

In any case, the word of God is coming to you now and telling you to take praying for our country seriously, instead of accepting the stagnation it is imposing on you or thinking all the time about running to another country. Remember that some people made the countries you are thinking of running to great. You too can be among those who will make our country great through your fervent prayers for it. And may the Spirit of God strengthen you to take this matter seriously, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Have a lovely week.

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