As a Bible believing Christian, I am called to not only hold my elected officials accountable, I am to pray for them. That is so hard when you don't like the people you are supposed to be praying for. When they just don't care about you, it's hard to pray for them.
BUT, I know that I have to. And so, I'm going to give you a sneak peak into how I pray for my elected officials. (disclaimer ~ I'm not a theologian, or expert, but this is just how I do it).
Every morning in school (99% of the time) my guys and I do our Bible class and then we pray. Two of my guys each take a different 'brand' of government to pray for ~ We break it down by federal and state. We pray for Governor Cuomo, state legislators, local officials. Then we pray for President Obama, VP Biden, Speaker Boehner, Senate Majority/Minority Leaders, and secretary of State. We ask God to give them safety {and their families}, wisdom, discernment, sound judgment, and we pray that they will come to be humbled before HIM. And we even pray for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, and the Defense minister of Israel ~ that God will supernaturally protect Israel, give her leaders wisdom and discernment! And I pray every day that President Obama will have his Nebuchadnezzar moment.
When I ask God to give Obama his Nebuchadnezzar moment, I'm referring to when God humbled Nebuchadnezzar and made him completely insane ~ where he spent 7 years in the field like an animal and when he was no longer full of himself God gave him his sanity and clarity back. And he glorified the God of heaven and told his entire kingdom. That is what I long for for our president. That God will use whatever means necessary to bring our leaders to HIM. And bring our country back from rejecting HIM. Daniel 4
How do you pray for our country's leaders?
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