PRAYER TO KNOW THE TRUTH
Lord our nation has had a wakeup call to realize truth has fallen in the streets and we need to know what is true and what is false. We lack discernment, spiritual eyes to see, spiritual ears to hear and a heart to understand what our natural eyes and ears tell us. We acknowledge that only You are the Source of truth. We are totally dependent upon You to establish truth so that we may know Your way.
Lord we ask forgiveness for all forms of stubbornness where we have nurtured falsehoods to the point we trust in our own knowledge more than leaning on You to reveal the truth. We ask for forgiveness for any bent or misalignment of interpreting the facts, because our hearts are misaligned. Lord remove old scars that form barriers to knowing the truth. Where bitterness and cynicism have taken root, we give You permission to excise. Where doubt and unbelief shade the goodness in people’s motives, we give You permission to ax it out. Let there be nothing inside of us that twists the truth into our own mold of compromise. Lord remove the accuser from our hearts and words because we want nothing of him in us.
Lord please grant us Your eyes to see, Your ears to hear and Your heart to understand truth as it really is. Grant us grace to believe the truth and accept it. Grant us grace to receive the truth so that we may be set free. Whatever truth You reveal, grant us grace to change – so that we may align with Your purpose. Finally let us settle into and stand upon what truth You say, so that we are no longer children tossed to and fro. In Jesus Name we pray.
Psalm 85:11-13 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield its increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name.
Proverbs 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
