{"id":26613,"date":"2022-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-democracy-and-human-rights-5815\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:58:01","slug":"prayer-diary-democracy-and-human-rights-5815","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/prayer\/prayer-diary-democracy-and-human-rights-5815\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Democracy and Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07379c4e00c43c88e95835c16c296393.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday this week, 15 September, the world celebrates the International Day of Democracy. Human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, flourish in democracies where everyone has a say &#8211; the word \u2018democracy\u2019 literally means rule by the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every day this week, pray the Bible verse provided here over the countries you\u2019ve read about in this Prayer Diary. Pray that God would raise up people of righteousness, wisdom and justice to work towards the ideals of democracy, including freedom of religion or belief, in their countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sunday 11 September<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away. You will live in peace, and terror will not come near.\u2019 &#8211; Isaiah 54:14 NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 12 September<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Because of me, kings reign, and rulers make just decrees. Rulers lead with my help, and nobles make righteous judgments.\u2019 &#8211; Proverbs 8:15-16 NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 13 September<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.\u2019 &#8211; Psalm 67:4 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 14 September<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The king\u2019s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.\u2019 &#8211; Proverbs 21:1 NRSV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 15 September<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.\u2019 &#8211; 2 Samuel 8:15 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 16 September<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Choose for each of your tribes individuals who are wise, discerning, and reputable to be your leaders.\u2019 &#8211; Deuteronomy 1:13 NRSV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 17 September<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Sovereign Lord, you reign over all the nations of the world. We ask you to bring democracy, human rights, freedom and peace to all the peoples who are living under injustice and oppression \u2013 because even though this world is not our home, we long for your Kingdom on earth. Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2022-09-10-prayer-diary.pdf\"><b>Download a printable copy of this week&#8217;s prayer diary<\/b><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s prayer diary is on<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8421,"template":"","regions":[],"class_list":["post-26613","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41283,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26613\/revisions\/41283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}