Prayer for the Nations: United Kingdom

With an ever-increasing conviction, we believe we are being called by the Spirit to pray, pray, and pray! In these days, it is something the Holy Spirit is clearly calling the Church to do and when we hear the call we must respond. This is why towards the end of last year we were guided once again to hold online prayer events, to gather people together to intercede for the nations. This is not a new thing, but the urgency and call to greater depth is increasing.

In November we held our first prayer event of this kind, and together with 80 people gathering, we prayed for the United Kingdom. Taking heed of our teaching, Healing the Land, we took time to stand in the gap and confessed before the Lord the sins that have brought defilement upon our land. With many pray-ers, we called on the Lord to have mercy, forgive our sins and cleanse our land from the wickedness that seems to be prospering in many ways. Faith grew as we interceded together, knowing that our mighty, gracious and compassionate God heard our prayers!

The following prayers were prayed collectively. Lots of these prayers and inspiration of the prayers were taken from a marvellous book of prayer, Your Nation Needs You by Jill Gower and Robbie Bain. These prayers are for you to use. Take them to your churches, to your prayer meetings, and use them in time you have alone with God. Together, we pray for His Kingdom to come!

Prayer of confession for the sins of the United Kingdom
Father God Almighty, we praise you because you are faithful, just and true. You know all things, and we don’t want to keep things hidden from you, Lord. We confess that we, the people in the United Kingdom, have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and rejected your holy ways and disobeyed your laws. We and our kings, our governments, our rulers, our ancestors, and the people, have sinned against you. We, the church, have strayed from you and from the most holy faith. We confess that we have sinned, and we repent where we have sinned ourselves.

Lord, we do not judge those who have sinned, but we forgive them as you have forgiven us. Lord our God, you are merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy. We ask that through the sacrifice of Jesus and His blood shed for the whole world, that you would show us mercy, forgive our sins and heal our land. Listen as we plead. For your own sake Lord, do not delay. Forgive us, cleanse us, and heal us, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Prayer to return to the Lord
Father, in the name of Jesus we thank you that you are the God of heaven and earth, the Creator, Sustainer and King of the Universe. Lord, we thank you that, as your people pray, you will hear from heaven and heal our land. Father, we ask that you, the righteous judge, forgive the sins of our fathers, the transgressions of your righteous laws, and the wrong decisions we have made. We humble ourselves before you as we seek your face and turn from our wicked ways.

Lord, we pray that as our land is healed a great awakening will shake the nation and that our society will be transformed by the power and presence of your Holy Spirit. Lord, we ask that you release the wind of your Spirit, the rain of your presence and the glory of who you are; that we will see your Kingdom come in every sphere of society. We prophesy that your Church will hear a trumpet call in the spirit to stand against the forces of evil holding captive our nation, allowing your love and blessing to flow into our communities, Amen.  

Proclamation
We declare that, as God’s people pray, He will hear from heaven and heal our land. We declare that as we repent for our individual and corporate sins and humble ourselves, healing and wholeness will once again be the foundation of justice and righteousness in our nation.

Warfare prayer against evil ruling spirits 
In the mighty name of Jesus, the name that is above every name, we renounce the sins committed on this land. We resist and reject the spirit of lawlessness from our land. We resist and reject every spirit of idolatry, false worship and human pride that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. Holy and heavenly Father, drive out from this land the evil ruling spirits, in the mighty name of Jesus. Lord Jesus, cleanse our land with your precious blood, your blood that forgives our sins, delivers us from all demonic power and redeem us to God. Father, in your mercy, release upon the United Kingdom the Spirit of the fear of the Lord, the Holy Spirit, that He will convict this land of sin, righteousness and judgement, and with the spirit of revelation and wisdom, that the people would know the Living God.