Praying for leadership…

 Prayer for leadership….

As we have recently seen and not so recent seen ….people in leadership are targets for evil…Malachi 2 speakers of the cursings written way back in Deuteronomy….but, this one is especially written to the priests….a messenger of the Lord Almighty….whom we seek instruction….

This may have been written in Old Testament times but it still stands true today…

In response, we as the congregations need to uphold our leaders in prayer…just as Paul and Peter requested in their writings…

The need is still so great …the same evil, choices still plague us…maybe a new title, revamped …but the same…

Thank YOU ….

 “And now, you priests, this warning is for you. If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me. 

“For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth. 

But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,” says the Lord Almighty. “So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

 Mal.2.1-2,  .2.7-29

 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Eph.6.18-20

 for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.

Phil.1.1

 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.

Col.4.3-4

 Brothers and sisters, pray for us.

1Thess.5.25

 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith.

2Thess.3.2

 Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

Heb.13.18

 For,“Whoever would love lifeand see good daysmust keep their tongue from eviland their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good;they must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteousand his ears are attentive to their prayer,but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

1Pet.3.10-12

Deuteronomy 28, has dire consequences….a partial list…none of it good….

 “However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you: You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed. The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out. The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him. All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.”

Deut.28.15,Deut.28.16,Deut.28.17,Deut.28.18,Deut.28.19,Deut.28.20,Deut.28.45,Deut.28.46,Deut.28.47,Deut.28.48,Deut.28.49,Deut.28.53,Deut.28.64,Deut.28.65

Evidence…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6jD7N1HvbI&list=RDQ6jD7N1HvbI&start_radio=1&pp=ygUVZXZpZGVuY2Ugam9zaCBiYWxkd2luoAcB