Paul encourages prayers of all kinds and that prayer be made for our civic authorities.
How often do you complain about civic authorities? How often do you pray for them?
Prayer is mentioned in the context of God’s desire to bring people to salvation. How much of your prayer life is devoted to asking God to bring people to Himself?
Elijah’s prayer that there would be no rain, which put him in a difficult situation. How often do we not pray because we fear what God may do in response to our prayers?
