'The Prince of Darkness Is Powerfully at Work in World Affairs,' Says Franklin Graham
The Rev. Franklin Graham recently addressed the state of the world's affairs and urged Americans to pray for their leaders, whether they agree with them or not.
"The prince of darkness is grimly and powerfully at work in world affairs, and prayer is a great battlefield especially as we pray for those in leadership," said Graham in his Sept 30 commentary for Decision magazine.
He also went on to explain the effectiveness of prayer.
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A "sovereign God can turn the heart of a king at any time and in any way," he continued. "If there are policies and platforms that don't conform to biblical ethics, the intercession of Christians can be used in a powerful, transforming way."
"We should be praying for God's will to be done for our leaders to seek God and listen to Him," said Rev. Graham. "We should pray that they would be surrounded by godly counsel and, most important, that our leadership would personally know God and the salvation found through faith in Jesus Christ.
Graham went on to question how the world would look if each Christian engaged in the practice.
"I can't help but ask myself if all Christians had fulfilled this admonition and been faithful to pray for our leaders, would our nation — even our world — be different today," he said. "Prayer is the Christian's greatest weapon in a world that seems to be coming apart around us."
He believes prayer has the ability to halt the passing of any legislation that hinders the advancement of the Gospel. He also discussed the possibilities of Americans' religious freedom being taken away.
"The day may soon come when that freedom no longer exists, thus all the more reason to pray for God's mercy to turn the hearts of our leaders now," he said. "The reason the Bible instructs us to intercede on behalf of our leaders is so that they might come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ."
Graham is the CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and is the CEO of Samaritan's Purse, an international humanitarian aid group.
He also recently spoke out about gay marriage in the state of North Carolina where 61 percent of the voters who supported a ban on it were overturned by what he called an "activist judge."
"It's sad when a judge is able to overrule the will of the people. This is a democracy and people spoke. We're seeing that activist judges across the country are overturning the will of the people," Graham, a native of the state said in an interview with NBC Charlotte. "We saw that in California. We're seeing it here in North Carolina now. I don't know what will take place.
