Prayers for our President and President-Elect

Prayers for our President and President-Elect
Matt Bowers
Nov 5 2008

Today many are rejoicing and many are mourning. Whether you are pleased or not, we have a new President-Elect assigned to us for prayer. We must pray for wisdom, guidance, protection, and most importantly, for a fear of the Lord.

We have a weighty task. The President-Elect is not a pro-life candidate. He has said that his first task will be to pass the Freedom of Choice Act, removing restrictions on abortion. Let us pray for a change in his heart and continue to pray for the protection of the unborn.

President Bush is still in office for a short while. Do not forget him! Pray for him, the transition, and of course the nation.

God Bless. Do not be dismayed, prepare yourself and arise, and speak the word of the Lord.

In Christ,
Matt Bowers
PrayErie.org

Jeremiah 1:16-18 (New King James Version)
16 I will utter My judgments
Against them concerning all their wickedness,
Because they have forsaken Me,
Burned incense to other gods,
And worshiped the works of their own hands.
17 “ Therefore prepare yourself and arise,
And speak to them all that I command you.
Do not be dismayed before their faces,
Lest I dismay you before them.
18 For behold, I have made you this day
A fortified city and an iron pillar,
And bronze walls against the whole land—
Against the kings of Judah,
Against its princes,
Against its priests,
And against the people of the land

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PRAYERS FOR THE PRESIDENT

I pray that You, O Lord will continually bring goodness and sweetness into the President's life rather than sorrow, causing him to know that taking joy in You makes him strong.--Nehemiah 8:10

I pray that the President will delight himself in You, Lord, knowing that You will give him the desires of his heart.--Psalm 37:4

I pray that the President will trust in You, Lord, with all his heart, and lean not on his own understanding. I pray that in all his ways he will acknowledge You, and You will direct his paths.--Proverbs 3:5-6

I pray that you will always help the President to have a gentle answer that turns away wrath, keeping him from harsh words that stir up anger.--Proverbs 15:1

O Lord, remind the President continually that You alone are His strength, and that it is You who allows him to accomplish any high and lofty goals.--Habakkuk 3:19

I pray than when the President faces obstacles he will remember that victory comes not by might nor by power, but by Your Spirit.--Zechariah 4:6

I pray that the President will always love You O Lord, with all his heart, with all his soul, with all his mind, and with all his strength and that he will love his neighbor as himself. Make him aware that there is no greater command than this.--Mark 12:30-31

O Lord, grant that President Bush and President-Elect Obama remembers often Your deep and abiding love for him, knowing that he will ultimately be victorious spiritually because You died for him.--Romans 8:37

I pray that President Bush and President-Elect Obama will put bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and evil away from him with all malice. I pray also that kindness, tenderheartedness and forgiveness will characterize him, just as they do God and His Son Jesus Christ.--Ephesians 4:31-32

I pray that the President will turn to you for his strength, knowing that he can do all things through Christ who strengthens him.--Philippians 4:13

I pray that you will grant the President the passion and the will to do all his work heartily, remembering that he is serving You and not men.--Colossians 3:23

O faithful Lord and God, strengthen and protect the President and guard him from the evil one.--II Thessalonians 3:3

I pray that the President will submit willingly to You, O God, resisting the devil so the enemy will flee from him.--James 4:7

I pray that the President, by doing good, may silence the ignorance of foolish men.--I Peter 2:15

I pray, God, that President Bush and President-Elect Obama will resist the temptation of pride and will humble himself under Your mighty hand, that in Your time you may lift him up.--I Peter 5:6

Lord, I ask You to help President Bush and President-Elect Obama to confess his sins before You, remembering that You are faithful and just and will cleanse him from sin and forgive him for all unrighteousness.--I John 1:9

O God, let the President always be confident in approaching You, remembering that You hear his prayers when he asks in accord with Your will. May he always pray this way, with confidence.-- I John 5:14-15