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Romans chapter 13 verse 1.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God,

and those that exist have been instituted by God.

That verse begins a whole description in the verses that follow of the place of government

under God.

How God has given government as an authority and all kinds of different authorities in our life and

God's design in authority is for our good.

The government exists, for example, to promote the good and condemn the bad to protect and promote the good

of its citizens and so when we think about government we think about authority

we need to think in light of Romans

chapter 13 verses 1 through 7.

And we need to pray in light of Romans chapter 13

versus 1 through 7.

We know that in scripture we are commanded to pray for our leaders to pray for

leaders around us in the world people in positions of authority over us and I wonder if sometimes we are prone to at least I am

prone to neglect prayer for leaders like God has called us to pray for leaders and so I

want to lead us to pray for authority. for So let's pray. God, we praise you for instituting authority in our lives, for our good.

We look to you as the ultimate authority overall. We want to obey you, worship you, follow you. We don't want to compromise in any way in our

obedience to you. So we give supreme absolute allegiance to you.

At the same time, under your authority,

we thank you for putting government in place for our good.

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