We praise Your name, Father, for You are the God of all creation. You are the God of power, the God of love, and the God of our salvation. Let our hearts be joyful in You as we give You all the praise and the glory due Your mighty Name.
Again we thank You for allowing us to live in a country where we can worship You as we please. We are Your people and the sheep of Your pasture. We know that we are undeserving of all the good gifts You provide us, Father, but we thank You for them, and we praise You for Your faithfulness to us.
Father, we commit our country to You and ask that You would shine forth the light of Your Word upon this nation. Help us to seek Your forgiveness for placing other gods before You, and help us to humble ourselves and pray that You would restore us. We need You, Father, lest we become encompassed by the materialism and the attitudes of this world. Help us to truly be reborn in You, that our lives would be changed to reflect Your love and Your teachings.
Hear our prayers for our President, Lord. Thank You that Jesus Christ dwells in his heart by faith and that he is rooted and grounded in Your love. Please let the eyes of his understanding be enlightened all the days of his life. Let him know You as his hope and heed the calling You have given him. Help him to seek the inheritance You have prepared for him in eternity and to know the mighty power of Jesus Christ in his life. Please give him all wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You, Great God. Help him to resolve all issues as he seeks You in prayer. Please place in his heart Your will and help him to want his own will to conform to Yours.
Father, we lift up to You Elizabeth Smart and her family and pray that You would be the one, true hope for all of them. Give them strength in the midst of this darkness, Lord, and help them to draw close to You until these calamities pass. Please bring Elizabeth home, Father, and let your justice rule.
We also pray for Israel that You would blanket her with peace and guide her in Your truths. Protect Your children there during the midst of this latest turmoil, Lord.
Again we pray that Your hand would move in the Senate and that men and women of faith and honor would be approved for appointment to judicial office.
We need You and love You, Father. Thank You that You first loved us and that You have called us by name to be Yours. Please make Your presence known to us in America in a mighty way. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.