Prayer for President Obama

[And Such Were Some Of You]

I received this in my email, thought it was good to post and remember.


JANUARY 20 2009

Prayer for President Obama

Father, according to Timothy 2, Paul exhorted that "supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and for all that are in authority that we may lead a quiet peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior". In obedience to Your Word, we join together this day, January 20 2009, with our GOD TV family all across the United States of America and join in one heart and one mind in prayer and intercession for our new incoming President Barack Obama. Father we ask this day that as Barack Obama is inaugurated here in Washington DC, that You would look down from Heaven and in Your great mercies upon America look down this day upon President Barack Obama and grant him exceeding wisdom in these crucial days ahead facing him and the new administration. Oh mighty Father we pray as a united body to You, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that You may grant to Barack Obama the spirit of wisdom and revelation of the knowledge of Yourself this day. That the eyes of President Obama's understanding be enlightened that he may know what is the hope of his calling and the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of Your power to us-ward who believe and to himself, according to the working of Your mighty power which you wrought in Christ, when You raised Him from the dead.

Father we pray that the overshadowing fear of the Lord would start to rest upon this new administration. We pray for Your sovereign hand to guide the President and those in his cabinet. We release YOUR purposes, we release YOUR plan, we release YOUR strategies and YOUR wisdom, we release YOUR governance. We pray for visitation in the President's night hours and revelation in his waking hours, that as he enters the pressures and the challenges of office in 2009 that he would be driven to trust in You as his mighty fortress, that he would find refuge and wisdom under Your wings, that he would seek Your face before he seeks man's wisdom and Father, that You would pour out word after word in season upon him from on high.

Father, we thank you that even as Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson ruled in generations before Barack Obama, that You have placed upon President Barack Obama's shoulders a mantle to root out and tear up wickedness, thank you Father, that by Your sovereign mighty hand, You would imbue him with zealousness and righteousness to rout out evil men and sinister schemes. Grant President Barack Obama the courage to rule with justice and the wisdom to rule under God. And Father, as the body of Christ that we commit to You to lift him up faithfully and fervently. That we may consistently petition Heaven on Barack Obama's behalf and petition President Barack Obama on YOUR behalf. Father, we also ask that You minister to him in the night hours regarding the issue of abortion that he may know Your heart and Your mind on these issues so important to H eaven. And finally we ask divine protection and blessing over his family and upon his physical life. Preserve his life from being cut off prematurely, Father preserve him from sinister schemes and the schemes of wicked men. Thank you that as President of the United States he will run the course that is laid out for him in this time and this season.

Thank you for joining with us and our GOD TV teams all across America to pray for President Barack Obama today and in the months and years ahead. God Bless America!

With our love in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ,

Rory and Wendy Alec.

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OBAMA: FINALLY!
by Najuma Smith on Jan 18, 2009
“And then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds…” Philippians 4:7

Peace of heart and mind best captures how I feel right now at this moment in time as the world prepares for the USA to swear in our President Elect Barack Obama. I thought I would feel excited, anxious, ready to party and maybe even a little nervous, but for the past few weeks as I’ve tried to put my emotions into words….Peace of heart and mind best describes how I feel.

This peace is rooted in the thought that after such a long time, the change that billions of people over centuries have cried out to God for has Finally come. My friend Rev. Stephanie Butler taught at my church on Sunday and did wonderfully break-down of the word Finally for us; but for the sake of this blog and expressing the peace I feel, I’d like to scratch and re-mix her message just a little to add that…

Finally after centuries of slavery, human degradation and humiliation, Jim Crow Laws, black lynching and brutal rape of our black women and girls, the denial of human and Civil Rights, unlawful yet tolerated police brutality and murder, unequal justice, denied economic empowerment, systematic disenfranchisement of black people, unequal wages for blacks and minorities, forgotten communities, the governments failure to secure and support housing, health and education services for poor people, corrupt politicians that have come into black communities and black church’s to pimp the people for their support yet leaving them on the streets to die, systematic railroading of black men, boys and now our young girls into prison versus applying a systematic approach to rebuilding people and communities…in President Barack Obama we see the highest symbol of hope and more importantly change.

Finally, the change our forerunners, trailblazers and ancestors sang about, prayed about, read about, talked about, fought for, died for, suffered for lack of, went to jail for, hung and were burned for…this change has finally come in a most significant manner. This gives me a great sense of Peace of heart and mind!

Finally a black man is raised to the highest position in this country and he is not a rapper, ball player, a sell-out or one of America’s gangsters as seen on cable…but He is an honorable and wise man, evidenced in his family, his work, his decisions and choices. He is the manifestation of Dr. King’s words “Content of Character”. This gives me a great sense of Peace of heart and mind.

The peace does not come from any false understanding that everything is going to be perfect come January 21, 2009, but the peace comes from knowing that the travailing, fighting, praying, waiting, working, organizing, marching, and believing of people is never in vain. It may take a long time, but in time ‘Finally’ will come.

Finally Lord, Finally!

Najuma Smith is a preacher, world traveler, writer, and proud parent. She currently serves as the full-time Sr. Pastor of St. James AME Church in Los Angeles. Unapologetically saved and full of purpose, she enjoys sharing words of encouragement with anyone who will listen, bringing a fresh look at life in light of the Word of God. Her collection of motivations and observations are exclusive to Urban Thought Collective. Visit her at www.myspace.com/revjuju.