JOSIAH COVENANT: the Covenant of a Generation
OTTAWA PARLIAMENT, AUG. 23RD, 2005 (also declared in Victoria (Aug. 11th), Edmonton (Aug. 14th), Reging (Aug. 17th), Winnipeg (Aug. 19th) and Toronto (Aug. 21st)
Briefing: We are gathered here today not as a protest before man or human government nor for a prayer rally in the normal way. We are gathered here to declare a covenant before the Lord as a generation. We believe that God is looking for a voice. A voice of righteousness and justice that will speak forth a message of truth in love in public places of influence our nation. Today we want to commit as a generation to being that voice. We stand here today in this public place to declare a personal commitment before our God.
In that spirit we declare together…
As a member of this generation in Canada I commit today to be a voice of righteousness and justice in the nation. My covenant today is not before man and is not before a human government but is before you and you alone Lord. I commit to lift my voice both in the spirit and in the natural for the glory of your name. I commit to lift my voice in the spirit, in intercession, bringing fervent prayers and petitions before you for my leaders, my province and my nation until we see the full manifestation of your Dominion come from sea to sea. I commit to lift my voice in the natural as well. I recognize today that as a member of this generation I have an opportunity, and responsibility before God, to make my voice heard for the sake of righteousness and justice. I covenant before you today to speak the truth to my local leaders in love, I commit to making my voice heard clothed not in a spirit of pride or rebellion but in a spirit of honour, love and bold truth. As I commit to fervent action in this way I know that I stand, ultimately, before you and you alone Lord so with this in mind I covenant to keep the fruit of the spirit in all things without compromising holy zeal and truth. I commit to being one of those in this generation that will, by the power of the Holy Spirit, stand in the place of influence in society—be that politics, community, business, education, law, medicine, arts, media, sports or the like I commit to stand unashamedly as a light in this generation. I commit to being one of those that will, by the power of the Holy Spirit, impart righteousness in the spheres of influence in Canada and to being one of those that will re-establish the righteous foundations laid up by our righteous forefathers.
Father we ask for your forgiveness on behalf of ourselves, our generation and our nation where we have allowed unrighteousness to prevail in the land—where we have "winked" at sin. Lord we repent for a spirit of apathy and selfishness where we have idolized our comfort, possessions and our reputation—we ask for your forgiveness when we have put these things above you and the glory of your name in the land. We ask for your forgiveness where we have overtly gone against your laws and your righteousness or for when we have stood back and allowed others to implement ungodly standards in the land. Today we pray that you would cleanse our land of the guilt of unrighteousness and injustice and that you would set us free, give us the power by the Holy Spirit and the grace to build righteous foundations for the generations to come. Father forgive us for our shortcomings in the past and we ask you would baptize us today with a holy wisdom, favour, authority, power that confirms your work, zeal and fire that will consume us until we see your Dominion come in the nation. Today we commit to being a righteous force in the land. We stand today in this place of influence in our nation and we say it is you, and you alone we honour and lay down our lives before. For you and you alone we stand—as a generation.
Finally, Lord we pray that you would raise up a radical and righteous army in Canada that will carry your name with bold truth, love and Dominion from sea to sea. We ask that you would now dispatch the angelic armies of heaven against the works of darkness in our nation to ????ute your dominion. We ask that you would restore every thing the enemy has stolen in life, destiny and fullness from our generation and our land. We love you Jesus. Amen.
