national prayer

December 27, 2024
L'Angelus
Published by Emily Tomko at December 27, 2024
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“The Right Arm of the Lord does valiantly”: remembering God’s faithful intervention

Do you keep a prayer journal? Even if you are not much of a writer, this is a good time to start. Jotting down a key scripture, a persistent thought, and an answered prayer from day to day are excellent means to remember how the Lord has faithfully guided your steps and led you to pray His transformative promises into being.
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July 9, 2024
pray for your nation, intercession for country
Published by Emily Tomko at July 9, 2024
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Have we neglected God’s heart of prayer for our homeland?

Why does Paul attach so much importance to praying for those holding positions of authority in the land? Should we really even bother with those corrupt kings, prime ministers, presidents, judges, magistrates, and legislators? The answer comes in the verse that follows. "This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." (1 Timothy 2:3-4, ESV).
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March 19, 2024
spiritual gifts, pastoral, prophetic, Christian nationalism, church controversy current events
Published by Emily Tomko at March 19, 2024
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Can your gifting impair your vision? Why some pastors won’t talk about current events

One major stream of gifting in the Body of Christ (the prophetic/intercessors) sees the absolute chaos of our nation as a result of what God is doing in this hour: disciplining the Church for her prayerlessness, compromise, and disengagement from the world and culture in the guise of keeping to the exclusiveness of preaching the Gospel. The other major stream of gifting (the pastoral/teaching) sees the passion in Christians to engage the culture through being salt and light in the political and governmental gates of influence as Christian nationalism and political idolatry. How do we reconcile this?
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October 22, 2017
Samson, Judges 16, authority, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, church's authority
Published by Emily Tomko at October 22, 2017
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“Lift up your heads, O gates, that the King of glory may come in!”

For the last twelve months the Lord has highlighted, impressed upon me, and essentially flooded my consciousness with the word “gates.” Everywhere in scripture I keep seeing it pop up. […]
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September 5, 2017
Intercession, pray for the nation, interceding for the nation, pray for America
Published by Emily Tomko at September 5, 2017
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Three Things You Hear When You’re Burdened to Pray for the Nation

If you’re passionate about the direction of the nation, and if you hunger and thirst for righteousness in your land, perhaps at some point you’ve been chided for your zeal. […]
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August 17, 2017
Pray for the President; national prayer; intercessors for America
Published by Emily Tomko at August 17, 2017
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Called to Intercede for Your Nation

Some things require care when mixing, such as ministry and money, pastoring and politics. As such, there’s a tendency simply to play it safe and keep them separate. John Newton, ex-slave […]
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March 5, 2016
the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God, Romans 14:17, Isaiah 32:17, the Father's heart
Published by Emily Tomko at March 5, 2016
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Christ’s Government: Establishing His Kingdom on Earth

God’s supreme objective is the establishment of His kingdom on earth. Jesus told His disciples to pray this way: “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth as it […]
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February 20, 2016
spiritual warfare, islamization, islam and the west, Bruce Bawer, 2 Thess 2:6
Published by Emily Tomko at February 20, 2016
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Christ’s Government on Earth: Physical or Spiritual War?

Gay author and activist Bruce Bawer left the US to escape what he described as the influence of conservatism and Christianity. Moving to Europe to live with his lover, he […]
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November 29, 2015
kings and priests, royal priesthood
Published by Emily Tomko at November 29, 2015
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Christ’s Government on Earth – Reigning As Kings and Priests

In C.S. Lewis’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the Narnian mouse Reepicheep says of Lucy, “She’s not a little girl! She is a queen!” The statement serves as a […]
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