Weekly Prayer Strategy — Sep 13, 2025
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- Sep 13, 2025
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Saturday, September 13, 2025
As the House of Commons resumes on September 15, Christians are called to remain spiritually grounded amid a challenging parliamentary session. Significant developments will unfold in both the media and on the Hill, but our hearts must remain guarded, encouraged, and steadfast.
James 4 reminds us that unanswered prayers often stem from our attitudes - quarrelling, murmuring, or speaking harm rather than life. James 3 warns that our words reveal our hearts: they can bring blessing or curse, life or death. We must examine ourselves and ensure our speech reflects God's heart.
Pray for our leaders - MPs, MLAs, MPPs, and mayors and municipal leaders - from a posture shaped by the fruit of the Spirit: self-control, faithfulness, goodness, kindness, patience, peace, joy, and love. Let your words and actions reflect these qualities, guarding your heart and speaking life in all circumstances.
“For the fruit of the Spirit is self-control, faithfulness, goodness, kindness, patience, peace, joy, and love.”
Galatians 5:22
This news hit us hard. We didn’t know Charlie Kirk. We had never met him. We didn’t even follow him. Of course, we watched many of his videos and saw him as a champion of truth. We certainly admired his courage. When we got the news that he had died, it felt like a family member had passed. This senseless killing was an attack on all of our freedoms, even for those that disagreed with Charlie.
Charlie Kirk died in battle, not on a foreign field, but in the fight for freedom. He was fighting for one of the most essential freedoms we possess: freedom of speech. His battleground was at Universities but his fight was not with students, but rather for them. His true opponent was an ideology that silences, cancels, and distorts truth. As the Apostle Paul reminds us, “our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12).
In today’s culture, words are wielded like weapons. Labels such as “Nazi,” “Hitler,” “racist”, “right wing activist” and even “libtard”, “snowflake” or “radical left” are carelessly hurled at those we disagree with. Labels dehumanize people. Words without dialogue are not only harmful, they carry the power to condemn, ostracize, and even incite violence. It is like placing a loaded gun into the hands of someone who hears and believes the lies.
We see this tragically with the Jewish people. They are branded with terms like “apartheid,” “genocide,” and “baby killers.” These accusations are untrue, yet they fuel hatred. And hatred, left unchecked, moves some to kill. Isaiah’s warning echoes here: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness”(Isaiah 5:20).
That is why we must take words seriously. For everyone who has carelessly used these labels publicly, we must recognize a sobering truth: we share in the guilt of what those words provoke. The old saying goes, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” But in the world we now live in, words do hurt. Words can wound and divide. It can even kill and destroy lives. James cautions us, “Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire”(James 3:5-6).
Charlie Kirk understood this reality. He fought to keep the dialogue going because he believed that ongoing conversation would lead to mutual respect. He battled against the lies of destructive ideologies so that students might learn to think freely, seek truth, and speak without fear. For, as Jesus declared, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).
It’s about truth and not about being right.
That was Charlie’s battle. And it must be ours, too.
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Weekly Prayer Points
Pray that Christians across the nation remain guarded, encouraged, and spiritually grounded during challenging times.
Pray God protects our hearts from fear, anger, and division in response to media and political developments.
Pray for Members of Parliament, MLAs, MPPs, Mayors and municipal leaders, asking God to guide their decisions with wisdom, integrity, and justice.
Pray that their hearts are influenced by truth and compassion, not personal ambition or fear.
Pray that our attitudes and words reflect life, blessing, and encouragement, not frustration or harm.
Pray God helps us speak from hearts aligned with Him, promoting peace rather than conflict.
Pray for the cultivation of self-control, faithfulness, goodness, kindness, patience, peace, joy, and love in our lives
Pray that these qualities would be evident in our speech, actions, and interactions with others.
Pray for hearts filled with hope, joy, and encouragement, even in uncertain or turbulent times.
Pray God reminds us that transformation comes from walking with Him daily, encounter to encounter.
“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 3:18
Blessings,
Chris & Marilyn Byberg
Executive Directors
National House of Prayer
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