{"id":3724,"date":"2017-01-05T06:45:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T11:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2017-01-05T06:45:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T11:45:01","slug":"pray-for-our-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2017\/01\/pray-for-our-leaders.html","title":{"rendered":"Pray for our leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span id=\"en-ESV-29701\" class=\"text 1Tim-2-1\">I Timothy 2: 2-5, English Standard Version<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text 1Tim-2-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">2\u00a0<\/span>First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-29702\" class=\"text 1Tim-2-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2\u00a0<\/sup>for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-29703\" class=\"text 1Tim-2-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3\u00a0<\/sup>This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-29704\" class=\"text 1Tim-2-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4\u00a0<\/sup>who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-29705\" class=\"text 1Tim-2-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5\u00a0<\/sup>For there is one God,<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Timothy 2: 2-5, English Standard Version 2\u00a0First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2\u00a0for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3\u00a0This is good, and it is pleasing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smorgasbord"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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