The Prayers of the Righteous Proverbs 12:10-11

THE UPRIGHT UPHOLD THE CITY (11:10–11):The godly succeed and bless others.

¹⁰ When good people are successful, the whole city is happy, and they all shout with joy when evil people are destroyed.

Here we are looking at the prayer life of the Godly.  A fruitful prayer life blesses the individual, the family, the city, the state, the country, the land.  A healthy prayer life is a minute by minute existence of conversation with God. It is being in constant communion with the creator…interceding for others.  

Sometimes we get a discerning word about someone else. We know they are lying, or that they are operating out of hurt.  This discernment is not so that we can judge them, but so that we can pray for them- interceding on their behalf.  How great is our God, that he reveals tings so that we can join, heart to heart, with our brother and pray for them.

Prayer changes situations, people and nations.  By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted.  This is a major election.  Our cities have never needed our prayer as much as it is needed right now.   Will you join us in praying for our nation, through His promises that the land will be blessed?

¹¹ Blessings from the honest people living in a city will make it great, but the things evil people say can destroy it.

On the flip side of the prayers of the upright are the curses of the wicked. Our land has made many accommodations for tolerance.  You have to stand for something or you stand for nothing. It seems that we have begun standing for nothing as a nation.