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Heavenly Father,

You are the one and only God, Creator of Heaven and Earth and all that is in them, Almighty and Eternal. Though we are unworthy except through the blood of Jesus Christ, please accept our humble praise and use us to Your service that Your Name might be glorified.

Lord, we grieve once again for the loss of some of our finest when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan. We praise You for men such as these, willing to lay down their lives for others. Bring the comfort that only You can bring to their families. Even as some in our nation, even in our government, are making statements that put our troops in yet graver danger, we ask You to lift the morale of those in our military. Encourage them and strengthen them as they fight against those who wish to destroy us.

We pray for their Commander-in-Chief, a man whose love, pride, and confidence in our military was so obvious as he addressed them and our nation last night. Father, place Your wisdom within him that his words and deeds may be from You. Let his goodness silence those whose mission seems to be his destruction at whatever cost to our nation. Let Your truth shed light on their lies and deceits that they may be revealed for what they are, men and women lusting for power rather than the betterment and the security of our nation. Protect our President, his family, and his administration from those who wish them harm.

Lord, at times we fight despair and discouragement as we see the outrages in our society today. We are appalled at those who champion the destruction of the unborn; we are confounded at the licentiousness and debauchery that runs rampant in our land as many put their own pleasure ahead of all else; we regret the loss of integrity and honesty that we see so often around us; we are shocked at those who seek to deny even the mention of Your Holy and Precious Name and who seek to hide Your Commandments from public view. Lord, we throw ourselves on Your mercy, pleading with You to forgive our nation and set us back on the path of righteousness. Watch over Your remnant, faithful to You and striving to do Your will. In the Name of our Savior, Jesus, the Christ. Amen.

Our Most Gracious and Kind Heavenly Father, we thank You for blessing received and answered prayer.

We gather now to pray for President Bush. We pray You will give him wisdom and strength for all the decisions he has to make for this great country which we are privileged to live in. We thank You for allowing us to have a Godly person in charge.

Now we pray also for the military men and women who are fighting to help in the fight for our freedom. Watch over them and may they all return home safely, soon. Bless their families.

We ask all these blessings in Your Son's Precious Name, Amen.

Amen, Kayak.

Thank You, Lord, for being our President's Shepherd, for leading him beside quiet waters and restoring his soul; Guide him in the paths of righteousness for Your name's sake. Even though he may walk through the valley of the shadow of death, he can fear no evil for You are with him. You prepare a table before him in the presence of his enemies. You have anointed him and his cup overflows. Together we confess that surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow him all the days of his life and he will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.