BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

You see, if by prayer we will invite God into our governments, He’ll take control of those who’ve been put in positions of authority. As Proverbs 21:1 says, “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” Think about that for a moment! God has reserved the right to override the will of a nation’s leader, if need be, to see that His people are governed according to His will. What’s more, God will hear the prayer of any government leader. Even if he’s the worst reprobate in the whole world. He heard the prayer of old King Nebuchadnezzar. And, believe me, that means He’ll listen to any leader! When you have time, I’d encourage you to go to Daniel 4 and read the account of Nebuchadnezzar because it’s a powerful example of what we’re talking about here. You see, Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He was an ungodly ruler of an ungodly nation. He’d taken captives, however, from the land of Judah. He had some of God’s people under his authority. So, God began to deal with him. Again and again, God warned him, 'Nebuchadnezzar, you’re going to lose your mind if you don’t straighten up.' But Nebuchadnezzar refused to listen. And, sure enough, he went just as crazy as could be. He stayed that way for years, too. Ran up and down through the woods like a wild man. Then one day he cried out to God and God heard him. Despite his status as a heathen king of a heathen nation, God intervened repeatedly in Nebuchadnezzar’s life and heard him when he finally cried out for help. Why? Because he had God’s people under his control! If We’ll Pray for Them... That same principle still holds true today. If we’ll open the way through prayer, God will deal with our leaders! He’ll turn the hearts of everyone from the White House on down to make sure His children are governed justly. In fact, if we’d just be obedient to 1 Timothy 2:1-2, there’s no council of any kind on earth—no king, no president, no congress—not anyone who could overthrow God’s purpose for His people. The Constitution of the United States is a tremendous document, a Holy Ghost-anointed document in its original form. But, I’m telling you, it doesn’t hold a candle to The WORD of God. The Bible is heaven’s constitution! And if we’ll start believing it, praying it and acting on it where this nation is concerned, its power will whip this country back into line with the will of God. And there won’t be anything or anyone on earth that can stop it. But if we’re ever going to see that happen, we’re going to have to take The WORD of God and go to war in prayer and in faithful intercession. And, unfortunately, most of us don’t know the first thing about fighting such a war. For, as Ephesians 6:10-12 says, it’s not a battle of flesh and blood, but of the spirit. In fact, let’s look at those verses and see exactly what they say about this fight. BVOV : 23

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