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Lent - Day 22, March 18

Today's readings are: Psalms 81, 82; 119:97-120; Jere 8:18-9:6; Rom 5:1-11; and, John 8:12-20

Completely deviating from Lenten musings of late, I ran across an interesting article today online. In a New York Times article President Obama's faith life came to the surface with a description of "Five Prayer Partners" that have come alongside of him since coming to the presidency. You can access the article for yourself at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/politics/15pastor.html?scp=1&sq=president%20obama%20prayer%20partners&st=cse

For myself, it's important to note that God calls me as a Kingdom citizen to pray for the President, consistently, to bless him and to ask God to come alongside of him in his leadership.
I've often felt that we Christians make a mistake when we enter into the political arena with the purpose of seeking political power or influence. Since the late 70's when I was a young(er) pastor I felt the need to maintain that stance, regardless of who happens to be President at the time.

Lent is a time to humble ourselves before God. We need Him, and so does our President. Let's pray for him.

A Prayer:
"Father we lift up before your throne of grace our President. Give President Obama wisdom in all that he does. Would you surround him with your angels, keep him safe physically, mentally and spiritually. Watch over his marriage and his children. Give him grace that he might have grace towards others. Give him courage to face danger, and speak into his soul that he might always acknowledge you. Amen."

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