The following is an excerpt from our daily devotional series Intercessors Win.

Recently, the American stock market has seen extreme volatility as retail investors—everyday American families—have grouped together to support companies they believe in by purchasing those companies’ shares en masse. This process initially caused hedge funds and Wall Street billionaires to lose mass amounts of money as the negative bets they made against these companies failed to play out.

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In response, it appears that something of a war has broken out between institutional investors (traditional Wall Street players) and retail investors (made up of everyday Americans). Companies are continuously being shorted not because they deserve it, but rather because Wall Street is trying to “get back” at retail investors for their debilitating losses.

This entire process has exposed a lot of potential corruption amongst various stock market players.

In many cases, various brokers and trading platforms have halted certain profitable trades by “the little guy” after regular Americans began to make money—and after the hedge funds began losing. These trading restrictions have been ongoing in various instances, but insiders are usually able to trade freely.

All of these things have exposed, more clearly than ever before, how much we need the Lord to step in and expose and eliminate corruption at high levels of business, and finance.

These market conditions impact everyone. Our whole economy suffers when corrupt people exploit the system to enrich themselves. Therefore, would you join with me to pray over this situation today?

Let’s pray together:

“Dear Heavenly Father, we come to You in Jesus’ name.

Father, we thank You that You have allowed us to live in the United States of America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. We thank You for giving us so many opportunities to prosper by the work of our hands. And we thank You for every financial blessing You have bestowed upon this great land.

Father, in recent days it has become obvious that wicked and evil men have been manipulating the economic markets in order to prosper themselves and harm American families. Father, we come to You today asking for help to stop these things. Specifically, Father, we ask:

1. Let all corrupt practices on Wall Street be exposed.
2. Let the American people become incensed enough about the corruption to actually vote against it, instead of voting in agreement with it.
3. Let every bit of insider trading, both in the government and the business sectors, be exposed.
4. Let every corrupt governmental influence over the markets be exposed and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
5. In every place where bribery is occurring, let it be exposed and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
6. Give American families wisdom to invest well. Keep us from making bad investment decisions.
7. Give us wisdom, Lord, to handle Your money wisely—for the earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains.

We pray also for the federal banking and reserve systems, Father God. We ask in Jesus’ name that those who control the strings of our economic markets would have extreme wisdom to do what You want them to do. We ask that You would bring them godly counsel and deliver them from wicked counsel. We ask also that they would manage the economy following Your wisdom, Father, even if they don’t know or care that they are obeying You.

Father, we also ask that You would send angels to help us in this situation. Wherever You desire to rectify problems in the markets, release Your angels to do Your work there—those angels whom You have placed in the economic sphere.

Father God, the situations we have seen with stock market volatility are beyond our ability to fix. Nevertheless, we believe that You will make a way for us, Your people, to be the head and not the tail; above only, and not beneath. We believe You that we shall lend to many nations, but we shall not borrow. And we claim and receive Your promise that the enemy may come against us one way, but he will flee before us seven ways (Deuteronomy 28).

Lord God of hosts, we seek Your mercy. Together, we fall at Your feet, Lord, and we ask that You would heal our land in every way—including healing us economically and defending our ability to conduct business freely. Thank You, Heavenly Father. We give You all the praise.

In Jesus’ mighty and precious name we pray, amen.”

Beloved, if you haven’t been involved in stock market investing lately, it’s easy to gloss over the issue of corruption in the markets.

However, many American families have lost fortunes because of this situation. Many have had opportunities and even jobs stolen from them because of recently-exposed corruption in the markets. Your prayers not only move the hand of God, but also make a difference to real moms, dads, and their families who are struggling financially and doing their best to find their way in a mid-pandemic world.

Will you pray today for a free and prosperous economy to be restored to America, made available to every American family? God’s will is for us to prosper in this nation, and He can make it happen!

Jamie Rohrbaugh is the founder and CEO of From His Presence, a global discipleship ministry. She has written over 40 books, including The Way Forward: 10 Prayers for Your Journey Into the Promised Land, All Things New, Finding Deep Soul Healing 101, and Healing from Father Wounds. She seeks to equip you to carry God’s manifest glory everywhere you go. Her resources have been published by YouVersion Bible Plans, The Elijah List, Crosswalk, and various other ministry outlets. You can find free mentoring and encouragement on her website or YouTube channel. Download her free prayer tool, 25 Prayers That Will Build Your Life, here. Photo Credit: Pedro Lima on Unsplash.