Prayer For God's Blessing On Canada and All Nations

Wednesday July 1, 2020

Today in Canada we celebrate our nation’s birthday. As with other countries, history shows that the founding principles of the nation were rooted in belief in God and a commitment to building a nation of people who lived in His will and under His blessing.

Written on the wall outside the Peace Tower of our Parliament Buildings in Ottawa are these words.

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;

But happy is he who keeps the law.

Proverbs 29:18

He [God] shall have dominion also from sea to sea,

and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Psalm 72:8

No matter where in the world we live today, we all need to grow in our conscious awareness of God’s plan for us and our country, and together with faithful people across the earth live and work so God is honoured in every territory and country.

Let’s pray:

Heavenly Father, Thank you for my own country, this land of Canada.

No matter where in the world we live, we pray to seek to live in peace with our neighbours and to look to You for direction in all our affairs. We ask that Your favour rest on us, on governments who seek justice and truth and that people in every country on every continent may be guided by Your wisdom so peoples may flourish and prosper.

Endow the king with your justice,

O God, the royal son with your

righteousness. May he judge your

people in righteousness,

your afflicted ones with justice.

May he defend the afflicted

among the people and save the children

of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.

In his days may the righteous

flourish and prosperity abound

till the moon is no more.

May he rule from sea to sea

and from the river to the

ends of the earth.

Psalm 72:1-2,4, 7-8

With King David of old we pray for our leaders that they will be filled with your justice and righteousness. May they judge your people in righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice. May they defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy. May they crush the oppressor. In their days, may the righteous flourish and prosperity abound until the moon is no more. May your righteous rule go out from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth.

Send Your Spirit, Lord, and let Your Spirit be poured out on our leaders and on those being raised up, that they will honour the God who created us and who will make laws that honour His ways. We pray they will be filled with courage and conviction and vision so they give protection and shaping to a culture that allows it to flourish under the blessing of God rather than languishing under the attack and curse of the evil one when given opportunity to do so through rebellion against God’s way and laws.

Lord, keep our land glorious and free. Help us to do our part as individuals to live as persons who honour You, who bless our families and neighbours by living responsibly today with grace and joy. Give us generous hearts to look beyond our individual worlds to seek Your heart for others and to give our lives in humble surrender to You and in faithful service to caring for those around whom we live and interact.

As we face these uncertain times in our nation and the world, we ask you, Lord, to come and be with us with healing and blessing and deliverance from those things that harm. We entrust our nation to your loving care. among us.

Give us Your light and

Your truth to guide us i

n all our ways so that

we seek Your will in our lives

and impact the world in

life-giving ways for the sake

of Your Kingdom.

In Jesus' Name we pray.