 our word for today comes from first chronicles chapter 27 where david trusting in his own strength rather than trusting in god takes a census of israel's warriors verse 7 and god was displeased with this thing therefore he struck israel so the lord sent a plague upon israel and 70 000 men of israel fell 70 000 men died because of david's sin now this should be more than enough motivation for us to pray for our leaders because we all pay the price for their sinful decisions