{"id":3100,"date":"2016-08-08T10:19:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2016-08-08T10:19:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:19:45","slug":"prayer-humble-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2016\/08\/prayer-humble-leaders.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Humble Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Psalm 149:4 NLT<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Father,<\/p>\n<p>I ask that you would teach me humility. Give me grace to not simply swallow my pride when I am made aware of it, but rather to repent and receive your forgiveness. Give me a heart that is willing to be known for who I am, strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures.<\/p>\n<p>And, Lord, please\u00a0grant us\u00a0leaders that are humble. Provide\u00a0leaders who are willing to bow to your wisdom,\u00a0to repent and change, and to seek wisdom from others who have sought after true humility. I ask this in Jesus&#8217; Name.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":478,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15,24,7,4,25,1],"tags":[1836,1838,705,1837],"class_list":["post-3100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-bible-prayer","category-current-events","category-daily-prayer","category-god","category-jesus","category-uncategorized","tag-2016-presidential-election","tag-humble-leaders","tag-humility","tag-servanthood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Prayer for Humble Leaders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2016\/08\/prayer-humble-leaders.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Prayer for Humble Leaders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 For the Lord delights in his people; 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