2 Tim 2:1-4—Pray that office-holders will turn to Christ for salvation. Pray that believers may live peaceful, godly lives without persecution or abuse.
Acts 24:25—Pray that officials will act justly and righteously. Pray that they will be morally self-controlled. Pray that they will think about standing before God as their judge in the future.
Psalm 72—Pray that our civil leadership ensure justice in their sphere of responsibility. Pray that they would defend the unjustly treated from those who wrong them.
Rom 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17—Pray that office-holders recognize that they are servants of God with the task of promoting righteousness and punishing wickedness. Pray that they would seek to be faithful to these responsibilities.
Matt. 6:10—Pray for God’s will to be done on earth in public policy matters as it is done in heaven. Pray that Jesus will quickly come to establish his righteous rule on earth.