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Salt and Light Scriptures/Prayers |
Old TestamentJoshua 5:13 - 6:27I Samuel 17:47 Nehemiah: 4:19-22 Psalms 34:8 Psalms 97:10 Proverbs 22:11, 12 Isaiah 8:11-14 Isaiah 30:9-11 Isaiah 59:19 Jeremiah 1:17-19 Ezekiel 3:4-27 Ezekiel 33:6 Zechariah 4:6 New TestamentMatthew 16:18, 19Matthew 18:6, 7 Matthew 18:19 Luke 18:1-8 Luke 18: 40, 41 Acts 4:23 - 31 Romans 1:18 Romans 2: 4 Romans 3:23 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 2 Corinthians 9:8 2 Corinthians 10: 4,5 Ephesians 6:12 Philippians 4:6 Colossians 2:8 2 Timothy 2:24 - 26 Hebrews 7:25 1 John 5:14,15 Jude 1:20 - 23 |
Pray and speak aloud Scriptures (NIV) such as those listed below, and encourage and bless our local government, showing your respect and appreciation for their work and dedication. 1) For those in authority, for their work and for their families. - 1 Timothy 2:1-4 - "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time." 2) Gentleness - 2 Timothy 2:24-26 - "And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will." 3) A Pure Heart - Proverbs 22:11-12 - "He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend. The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful." 4) Weary - Galatians 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." 5) Our Weapons - 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 - " The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 6) Persistence - Luke 18:1-8 - "The Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'" And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" 7) Confidence to Pray - 1 John 5:14-15 - "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him." 8) Christ, the Wisdom and Power of God - 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 - "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength." |
