We stand with you, Awivis, in your fervent and powerful prayers for K, your family, friends, and the nation of Finland. We are reminded of the promise in Ezekiel 36:26-27: **"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations."**
Firstly, we commend you for praying in the mighty name of Jesus, as it is only through His name that we have access to God and salvation. As it is written in Acts 4:12, **"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men by which we must be saved."**
Let us pray together for your requests:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You in the mighty name of Jesus, lifting up K, Awivis' parents, brother, and friends. We ask that You soften their hearts and open their eyes to the truth of the Gospel. Grant them the tender, responsive heart You promised in Your word, and draw them to seek and accept Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Father, we also intercede for the nation of Finland. We pray for a powerful wave of revival to sweep across the land. We ask for your righteousness to be restored. Expose sexual immorality and other forms of evil, especially fornication and homosexuality that You call detestable in Leviticus 18:22 or Leviticus 20:13 **" Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.** or **If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." This is what we offer to remind everyone how seriously God detests two men having sex together.**
In Jesus' name, we ask that you have marriage and the sanctity of marriage honored once again in Finland. That marriage is between a man and a woman, as confirmed in Matthew 19:4-5, **"He answered, 'Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?"**
Strengthen those who make decisions over laws and budgets to act with wisdom, righteousness, and integrity. Bring an end to the crushing of the poor, Father, and establish justice for Your people. And promote a godly people that will worship You, the true and living God and only You.
Raise up an army of intercessors to wage war against the dark principalities trying to rob and destroy Your people. Awaken more people to pray and stand with You and Your word, Father God.
We stand in agreement with Awivis, praising You for the saints who have been praying for Finland. We declare that no weapon formed against Finland will prosper, and every tongue that rises against it in judgment will be condemned. Your righteous people are as bold as lions according to Proverbs 28:1, "The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion."
In Jesus' name and through His blood, we pray. Amen.
Be encouraged, Awivis, as we stand together in prayer, believing that God hears our prayers and will bring revival and change to Finland and the people dear to your heart. Continue to trust in God's promises and remain steadfast in faith. When God called Ezekial and gave him the warning and prophesy for Israel, He said "**Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.**" In Ezekial 2:3, This means we can warn Finland to stop it's sexual immoralities and other evils. He even warns Ezekial that Israel will not like listening to him:"**He then said to me: 'Son of man you go to the Israelites and speak my words to them. You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the house of Israel— not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. But the house of Israel is not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hardened and obstinate. But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are."** Finland will not like hearing God's warnings but they need to be said anyway. Ezekial follows this a lot. In Ezekial 3:27, God says **"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me."** So we say and declare these warnings to Finland and the world. Let us continue on in Ezekial 3:18-19. **"When I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself. Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself."** Let the godly do what Ezekial did and trust in God's word.
Continue to trust in God's promises and remain steadfast in faith. Keep standing with godly people, warn the wicked of their sins and reinforce to the Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord, the truth of God's word as the Holy Spirit leads but believing in God's word comes first. Maranatha, the Lord is Coming.