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Proverbs chapter 21 verse 1

the king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord. He turns it wherever he will.

What a verse. I listen to that. I'm gonna read that one more time. The King's Heart, so the heart of the King, the heart of a

ruler in a country, leader in a country. The King's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord.

He turns it wherever he will.

Like is there any clear statement of the sovereignty of God,

the authority of God, the reign and rule of God as king over all kings, all leaders,

all rulers in the world. You think about any leader in the world,

picture their heart and it's in the hands of the Lord. Is this not

confidence-giving? to know that ultimately, ultimately every leader is under the sovereignty of

God, the rule and the reign of God, even leaders who defy God,

he holds their hearts in his hands. And just think about how this leads us to pray for our current

leaders in different countries and future leaders. This Proverbs leads us to praise God for his sovereignty

and to pray that God would turn their hearts and their lives for the good of many people and ultimately for the glory of his name.

This proverb drives us to intercession for those who lead us to pray and bleed for the hearts

of those who lead us. We're talking to the God who holds

their hearts in his hands and God has called us to pray according to his words. So let's do this. God, we come to you, we come to you, we come straight to you through the blood of Jesus Christ,

we praise you for this privilege of prayer you've given us, for access to you you the fact that right now we're not just saying words

that are just kind of going up into the air that you the Lord King Sovereign over all the universe are listening to us right now and we are

praying for our leaders. God we pray for current leaders, for future leaders in our countries.

And specifically here in the United States

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