{"id":1298,"date":"2014-06-09T09:55:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T13:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2014-06-09T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T13:55:21","slug":"a-prayer-for-obama-day-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2014\/06\/a-prayer-for-obama-day-three.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Obama. Day Three."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">The past few posts have outlined the prayer objectives found in <strong>Psalm 72<\/strong> to raise up a praying army for our political leaders. We encourage you to read the whole Psalm; we have listed some prayer points from the chapter written by Solomon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Lord, hear our prayer for President Barak Obama&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">That He would rescue the poor and listen to their cries. (vs. 12)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>That the poor would have a voice in his administration. (vs. 12)<\/li>\n<li>When no one else is available to defend the poor, the he would step forward and be their voice. (vs 12)<\/li>\n<li>That he would be truly empathic and sympathetic to the weak and needy. (vs. 13)<\/li>\n<li>That his compassion would move him to action on their behalf. (vs. 13)<\/li>\n<li>May he value and improve of the lives of the oppressed and abused in society so that they can live well. (vs. 14)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Amen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past few posts have outlined the prayer objectives found in Psalm 72 to raise up a praying army for our political leaders. We encourage you to read the whole Psalm; we have listed some prayer points from the chapter written by Solomon. 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