{"id":1304,"date":"2014-06-10T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2014-06-10T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T18:55:02","slug":"a-prayer-for-obama-day-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2014\/06\/a-prayer-for-obama-day-four.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer For Obama. Day Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Psalm 72<\/strong>\u00a0outlines a beautiful prayer for a political leader. We have been praying through this Psalm for the past few days with President Barak Obama in mind.<\/p>\n<p><em>Our Father, we lift up our President to you&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May he have a long and healthy life. (vs. 15)<\/li>\n<li>May people pray for him. (vs. 15)<\/li>\n<li>May we use our words to bless him through each day. (vs. 15)<\/li>\n<li>May the crops of our land be abundant. (vs. 16)<\/li>\n<li>May all fruit trees in our land flourish. (vs. 16)<\/li>\n<li>May every individual under his leadership thrive. (vs. 16)<\/li>\n<li>May all the nations of the world benefit from his leadership. (vs. 17)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>We ask these things in the Name of Jesus, Amen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 72\u00a0outlines a beautiful prayer for a political leader. We have been praying through this Psalm for the past few days with President Barak Obama in mind. Our Father, we lift up our President to you&#8230; May he have a long and healthy life. (vs. 15) May people pray for him. 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