100 Days of Prayer

Day 60 of 100

Father, we come before you like Isaiah, interceding for the people of your kingdom and the lands on which we live. We ask for you to protect and restore us, for your grace to surround us and your glory to reflect in and off our lives so there will be no question that you are the one true God and we are your well loved people. We pray for your intercessors that you would fill us with passion and persistence and hear from us as we pray for the glory, spread, and permanence of your kingdom, for your people’s continued obedience and love for you, for the wellness, protection, and promotion of your people, for you to keep your good good promises to us. So be it!

Isaiah 62:1-9 (ICB)

Because I love Jerusalem, I will continue to speak for her.

For Jerusalem’s sake I will not stop speaking.

I will speak until her goodness shines like a bright light.

I will speak until her salvation burns bright like a flame.

Jerusalem, the nations will see your goodness.

All kings will see your honor.

Then you will have a new name.

The Lord himself will give you that new name.

You will be like a beautiful crown in the Lord’s hand.

You will be like a king’s crown in your God’s hand.

You will never again be called the People that God Left.

Your land will never again be called the Land that God Destroyed.

You will be called the People God Loves.

Your land will be called the Bride of God.

This is because the Lord loves you.

And your land will belong to him as a bride belongs to her husband.

As a young man marries a woman,

so your children will marry your land.

As a man is very happy about his new wife,

so your God will be happy with you.

Jerusalem, I have put guards on the walls to watch.

They must not be silent day or night.

You people who remind the Lord

should never be quiet.

You should not stop praying to the Lord until he builds up Jerusalem.

Don’t stop until he makes Jerusalem a city all people will praise.

The Lord has made a promise.

And by his power he will keep his promise.

He said, “I will never again give your grain

as food to your enemies.

I will not let your enemies drink the wine

that you have worked to make.

The person who gathers food will eat it.

And he will praise the Lord.

The person who gathers the grapes will drink the wine

in the courts of my Temple.”