A Prayer For The President Of The United States

 

"But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper,
and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you
shall show to be in the wrong."
Isaiah 54:17

We Pray, Lord Jesus for our President.

We are deeply concerned that he may know 

the will of God, and that he may have

  the spiritual courage and grace to follow it.

Deliver him, we pray, from all selfish considerations.

Lift him above the claims of politics.

Fill him with the Spirit of God

that shall make him fearless 

to seek, to know, and to do right.

Save him from the friends who,

in the name of politics or even friendship,

would persuade him from that holy path.

Strengthen and empower his advisers.

Bring them, too, to their knees in prayer.

May their example and their influence spread,

that we, in these United States,

may yet have a government of men

who know Thee, the Almighty God,

as their Friend,

and who place Thy will first in their lives

as well as in their prayers.

Hear and answer, we pray Thee,

forgiving us all our unworthiness;

cleansing us from every ignoble thought

and unworthy ambition,

that we may be renewed in

spirit and mind and heart,

through Jesus Christ, our Lord

Amen.

"A Prayer For the President Of The United States"
Reverend Peter Marshall Sr.
(1902-1949)
Twice-appointed Chaplain of the United States Senate