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

Did you know that the Bible contains a specific word about how to handle rioters and arsonists in cities? It’s true! That word is found in Proverbs 29:8:

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“Scoffers set a city aflame, but wise men turn away wrath.”

Pray for your fellow intercessor.

Over the last few years, we have seen rioting and burning of cities at an unprecedented level. Rioting and burning has been used as an unholy political tool—one which God’s people MUST disavow and reject with all our hearts. We are not to participate in such activities.

But God HAS given us a solution—a solution not only to stopping the rioting, but also a solution that will stop all the other wicked and lawless activities in America today!

The solution is His wisdom! Proverbs 29:8 tells us that scoffers set a city aflame, but it also tells us that  people who are full of God’s wisdom can turn away the wrath of the scoffers. Can you imagine what would happen if every government official, community organizer, and activist were filled with the wisdom of God?

James 3:17 says, “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.” If every person at every level of government and community leadership were filled with the wisdom from above, then we would have peace. Righteousness would rule and reign; mercy and kindness would cover our nation from sea to shining sea.

Although it may feel like we don’t see God’s wisdom active very often in government or leadership right now, as intercessors we can pray it into existence.

We can stand in the gap before the Lord, asking Him to pour out His wisdom on our nation by His Spirit.

Will you join me in praying for an outpouring of wisdom today?

Pray this:

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

Father God, thank You for Your Word. Thank You for giving us all the solutions we need, even when we think Your solutions are too simple to be effective. Thank You for Your mercy, for You are ever teaching us how to pray and stand in the gap before You for our land.

Abba Father, Your Word says that wisdom is the principal thing we need. Your Word tells us that wisdom is from Your Spirit; You are Wisdom Itself. And since You are all we need, and Your Spirit of wisdom is a manifestation of You, we intercede before You today for America in this matter.

Lord, we need wisdom. In Jesus’ name, we ask that You would pour out Your Holy Spirit of wisdom on America. Let every person in every government seat be suddenly filled with wisdom. The kings’ hearts are in Your hands, Lord, and You turn them wherever You wish; so let them be filled with wisdom even if they don’t want Your wisdom. Like Balaam, even if people desire to reject You and Your wisdom, turn their hearts to embrace it instead.

Father, we also ask that, as You pour out wisdom on America, You would remove unwise counsel from the ears of every person. Surround every person in America, particularly those in government, with wise counselors. Deliver them from every unholy counselor. Let the righteous who operate in Your wisdom increase in influence and favor, but remove every bit of influence and favor that the wicked, lawless, and foolish have.

Father, we pray also for wisdom and discernment for the American people.

Let us see things how they really are. Give us understanding according to Your Word! Let the wool no longer be pulled over our eyes, Lord; let us see through every plot, trick, lie, and machination of the enemy with the wisdom You give us—the wisdom from above.

Father, we ask that, as You pour out Your Spirit of wisdom upon this nation, You would bring great revival.

Your wisdom always points to Christ, so we ask for a massive visitation of Jesus as You do give us Your wisdom. Let Jesus, the Man in white, appear to every person who has rejected Him but still has a chance at salvation. Let every lost soul bow the knee and make Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior. Turn every ungodly activist, community leader, government official, and influencer of every kind toward Your wisdom and toward Your Son.

Father, we ask that Jesus would be lifted up in every home in America:

• Let every adult and every child have dreams and visions of Christ while they sleep at night.
• Appear to people at home, at work, on the road.
• Break through drug highs and reveal Jesus.
• Break into hurting marriages and reveal Jesus, bringing conviction, salvation, and restoration into those homes and families.
• Break through depression, hopelessness, and despair and reveal Your Son.

In Jesus’ name, Holy Father, we ask that You would pour out Your Spirit of wisdom in every home, church, school, store, and office in America:

• Let prayer meetings and Bible studies begin at offices, stores, restaurants, and coffee shops.
• Let the revivals and worship services that have begun in the parks and parking lots spread like wildfire. Let it be Your WORSHIP that spreads, instead of rioting, looting, burning, and every form of ungodliness.
• Let employees, business owners, and workers at every level begin testifying to those around them of their saving faith in Christ.
• Let healings, miracles, signs, and wonders go forth as You work with Your people, confirming their witness with Your mighty deeds.

Father, we need Your wisdom from above.

Your wisdom from above “is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.” It is Your wisdom, and Your wisdom alone, that can turn America around. So do it, Lord. We ask; we believe; we take and receive Your promise for our very own—that if we ask for wisdom, You will give it generously and without reproach.

Thank You for Your wisdom, Father. We give You all the praise and all the glory, and we thank You for saving America.

In Jesus’ name we pray, amen!”

Beloved, we need an outpouring of wisdom in America. If wisdom is the principal thing that each individual believer in Christ needs to obtain, then certainly it is the principal thing our nation needs as well! Will you continue praying for the Spirit of wisdom to be manifest in our nation every day?

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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.