Pray for Bush Day 638 & the Children of America

Deuteronomy 6

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.

Dear Heavenly Father,

I thank You for this day and for the blessings You have given me. I thank You for this land I love and for the freedoms that we enjoy. Father, I thank You for a forum such as Free Republic that allows us to use their space to petition You for our President and nation every day. I thank You for people such as Jim Rob and John Rob and the monitors who try to make this site a high quality site and who allow for discourse that we sometimes do not get anywhere else. Thank You, Father, for such a blessing. Man could never have foreseen such things, but You have had even this little Web Forum in Your mind in in Your plan. Thank You for such a blessing!

Lord, I lift up to You President Bush today and I ask that You would go with him throughout the day. As President, even on weekends, his job is never done and there are always issues which press upon his mind. Lord, help him to have wisdom in all of the areas that he deals with today. Help him to have discernment when dealing with various people. Let him only accept wise counsel and reject that which is destructive. Give him the courage to stand for that which is right and reject that which is wrong, regardless of political expediency. And protect him, Lord, from every form of evil - making him into the man You want him to be and the man this nation needs him to be.

I lift up to You the children of America, Lord. I pray for the unborn as well as the born, that their lives will be protected and that You would be glorified in the upcoming generation. I pray for missing children, Lord, who have been separated from those who love them. Lord, let their cases suddenly burst forth with a well-spring of information - leading the authorities to solving their cases and, if possible, reuniting them with their families. I pray Lord for those children who are neglected and abused in homes. Father, be the Father to them that they do not have. Be the Father to the fatherless, embracing those who are literally orphaned as well as those that are emotionally orphaned. I pray for the teenagers in this land and the school aged children. In this information age, they grasp many things very quickly and are bombarded with information each and every day of their lives. Not all of this information is good, or even true. Help them to know the Truth, Lord, and may the Truth set them free. Help Satan's work in their lives to be defeated and raise up a new generation of people who will stand on Your Word and transform this land from the top to the bottom.

Go with us the rest of this day, Lord. Let it be a glorious day and a glorious weekend. For it is in the precious and holy name of Christ Jesus my Lord and Savior that I pray, Amen.

Heavenly Father,

We praise You this day for being our refuge and strength, our very present help in time of trouble. Thank You, Lord, for helping us to not fear, no matter what the circumstances; for You are in the midst of us. We shall not be moved because You will help us. You, our God, are a refuge to us; You are our glory and the lifter of our heads.

Merciful Lord, we confess that the sins of this nation are many and of tremendous consequence. Our consciences have nearly been driven from our hearts, and we have become adept at rationalizing every evil. Nearly one in four of our unborn is lost to abortion. We have allowed a militant group of feminists to attempt to speak for all American women, even though they speak only for themselves. We have promoted the idea that American mothers cannot be fulfilled unless they work outside the home. We have feminized the American male and have taught him he is unnecessary in raising children. We have been soft on child predators to the point where they have become sufficiently emboldened to steal children even from the shelter of their own homes. We have placed our children in second, third, even last place amongst our priorities. We have allowed our school systems to dictate what our children will believe about abortion, premarital sex, and homosexuality. Let Your mercy be upon us, Lord. Hide not Your face from us, Father, but send forth Your Spirit upon us to restore us.

Father, You are the God of second chances. You are our hiding place and our shield. You have given us children as Your special gifts---Your commitment to the continuation of Your creation. Help us to return to Your Word, for therein lies our hope. Let our lives be filled with Your wisdom, Your joy, Your peace, Your faith and Your guidance so that we may always continue to abound in hope through the power of Your Holy Spirit. Help us to provide safe, loving homes for our children, with You as the head of each household.

Father, we pray that You would help our President to trust in You for every need he has. You have promised that if he trusts in You, You will make him like a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river. You have promised to direct his paths when he trusts You will all his heart, and to encompass him with Your great mercy. Help him to continue in supplications and prayers night and day. Let him never place his trust in uncertain riches or any other thing, except You, our God, for You richly give him all things to enjoy. You are the source of all his security. You are his confidence; his strength and stronghold. Help him to take his stand upon Your Word, which is forever settled in heaven. Let Your Word fill his heart and mind whether he is awake or sleeping. Fill his mind with Your vision for America, Lord, and may Your will be done in this country.

Hear the prayers of Your children, Lord. Help us to be still and know that Your are God. May Your Holy Name be exalted among the nations and in all the earth. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

Bless our President and Laura, this weekend, I pray. Let this be a time of resting, waiting and watching, as you renew their strength for endurance. May your plans unfold for them. Restore them with your felt love which refreshes and encourages as nothing else can. Be Jehovah Shammah to them, The Lord is There.

I pray for children, Lord, today specifically for the endangered missing ones. I ask you to call many intercessors to pray for them. Call in angels to every situation of danger, and place Your laborers, heavenly and earthly, personally at every juncture that they could help in locating the missing or in bringing compassion and comfort. Supernaturally impart peace and the knowledge of your love. Visit by the Spirit with the message of the gospel, those that do not know you. As to the spirits that motivate their captors, subdue them Lord. I ask that every knee shall bow. I ask that you change their hearts or tie their hands.

Father God, You have blessed the United States with freedom to worship without being harmed or stopped. Thank you, Lord. May we not take this privilege for granted, or abuse it. May the blessing you have given us be upon our brothers and sisters around the world. Grant these brothers and sisters an anointing of light and the power to follow Jesus and yield to His Spirit. In Jesus' name.

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