Oct 26 08 Sunday prayer
Our nation, O LORD, is in the thick of a political campaign … and the whole world watches … LORD, you have given to us a place of influence among the nations – our wealth and innovation, our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution – LORD, you have given much to us …
We bless and praise you, and we pray for our nation today … we pray for John McCain and Barak Obama; Joe Biden and Sarah Palin …
Bless our president and his family … Congress and the Courts … our governors and our mayors – for CEOs and Wall Street brokers … for newsmakers and those who report it … for the right and the left, and all in between …
Help us, we pray, as Christians, to be a light within our nation … to set the bar high for love and compassion, justice and kindness - to lead the way for acceptance and understanding of others, as Jesus himself welcomed everyone, turned no one away – healed the blind and touched the leper.
Help us, we pray, to have the character of Jesus … guide us with his words and wash our lives in his grace … help us to do more than just believe, but to follow him … to embrace the highest of all visions - to do justice, to love kindness, to walk humbly with you, O LORD our God.
We are grateful, dear Lord, for the unfinished world you’ve given to us … for great tasks yet to be undertaken; for noble deeds waiting for noble hearts … to join with you and others of good will to bring this world to completion.
In the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray, saying, Our Father, who art in heaven …
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