We come to You, confessing our sins and recognizing our need for the Savior who paid the price for our transgressions. When we ponder the depth of the sacrifice that was made for us and the extent of our sinfulness, we are contrite and we are humbled. Yet Your love and mercy keep us from despair. We are grateful for Your forgiveness and for Your constancy. How wonderful it is to serve a risen Savior, a Lord who walks with us and talks with us, guiding us through each day. We lift our voices in praise to You, the Lord God Almighty!
Lord, seldom, if ever, have we seen a man so assailed from all sides as George W. Bush. Though he, like all of us, is imperfect, we have seen that his heart is filled with compassion and his loyalty to You and Your Word is strong. This brother in Christ calls upon Your Name and speaks openly of how You have changed his life. We come before You on his behalf, asking that You bless him and lead him, O Lord. Let him hear Your voice above the clamor and heed Your direction for his life. Place Your wisdom within him that his decisions might be in Your will. Father, we are grateful for our gracious First Lady and seek Your blessings upon her also. Comfort her as she sees her husband attacked viciously with lies and distortions. Let their marriage be ever stronger that it might be a refuge from the brutal political world in which they live. We pray also for the President's parents -- how deep must be their pain as they witness the verbal assaults on their son. Provide the President and all his family with strength and consolation as they face the storms swirling around them. Let them turn to Your Word and draw ever closer to You that they may grow in grace through these trials. Father, watch over and protect them all from all who wish them harm.
As the Constitutional election in Iraq draws nearer, guide the people to exercise their newly-won liberty well. Be with our military and the troops from other nations who have sacrificed so much to gain this precious freedom for the Iraqis. Let this mission be recognized for its nobility as hope is offered to millions of people who have known oppression and brutality for generations and let those who fought for this new country's liberty be hailed throughout the world as the heroes that they are. Bless all who serve in our military and give them the courage and skill to carry out their missions.
Lord, we cry out in anguish at the division and enmity and bitterness that pervades our beloved America these days. It hurts us to see that which is good called evil and that which is evil called good. We know that such strife and debauchery come only from the Evil One and at times we become quite discouraged. But when we turn to Your Word and see Your promises, we are once again heartened. You have overcome the world through the death and resurrection of Your Son Jesus, our Lord and our Savior. The victory is already Yours, O Lord. Help us to keep this vision before us and to act as Your children, the children of the Victor who has conquered evil. Revive our nation, O Lord, and plant in all our hearts a desire to seek Your will and to follow Your commandments. In the Name of Jesus. Amen.
May God comfort and strangthen President Bush, and may the voices of anger be calmed.
In the Name of Jesus,
Amen.
Thank you so much for this prayer.
I prayed a similar but much less eloquent prayer today..
Amen
Agreeing with you, kayak. Many thanks for your prayer and for leading us tonight.
"May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever Amen."