{"id":1290,"date":"2014-06-05T13:32:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T17:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2014-06-05T13:32:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T17:32:28","slug":"a-prayer-for-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2014\/06\/a-prayer-for-obama.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer For Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 72 outlines a beautiful prayer for a political leader. Let&#8217;s pray for the President of the United States today&#8230;and everyday. Sadly, I know of Christians who find it difficult to pray for leaders outside of\u00a0<em>their<\/em> political party.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pardon us, Lord. You are not partisan.<\/strong>\u00a0You have asked us to pray for our political leaders, and we will simply obey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over the next few days we will outline the prayer objectives in Psalm 72 to raise up a praying army for our political leaders. Please read the whole Psalm; we have listed some prayer points from the chapter written by Solomon. Pray these\u00a0<i>out-loud<\/i>\u00a0today for our leader, President Barak Obama.<\/p>\n<p>DAY ONE OF PRAYER.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May he be an advocate for justice (verse 1)<\/li>\n<li>May he exhibit right judgement in his decisions and in the legislation he puts forward. (verse 1)<\/li>\n<li>May he treat the poor with fairness (verse 2)<\/li>\n<li>And promote prosperity for ALL, not just the elite in society (verse 3)<\/li>\n<li>Ask that our land would be fruitful under his leadership (vs. 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an amendment to this prayer if you&#8217;ve been neglectful in your prayers for this man:<\/p>\n<p><em>My Father, forgive me for not praying your word over our President. I have been slack and my motives have been selfish. I haven&#8217;t wanted him to succeed because I didn&#8217;t vote for him. This is wrong, and I repent. I commit myself to pray for him daily and to bless him as your Word instructs &#8220;all day long.&#8221; Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 72 outlines a beautiful prayer for a political leader. Let&#8217;s pray for the President of the United States today&#8230;and everyday. 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