Praying for Our President

The President of the United States of America...the obvious place to start this journey of 40 days of intentional prayer for our country.

I pray today for President Obama and the role of leadership he has in our country.  He is faced with information on a routine basis that I can't even begin to fathom.  I pray that in the midst of it all, it become very evident to him that God is alive and working and reigning over every bit of it.  May there be accounts of situations come through that pipeline of information that can only be explained by the fact that God is working.
God, we want You to be the source of his direction and wisdom.  Would you surround him with people and situations that continue to point to you?  As an outsider looking in, it appears the whole Washington bunch has become so corrupt and hungry for power that not one of them can see past their own flesh.  We ask today that you begin a movement there, that your name be spoken in that city in a way that brings out angel armies and win the hearts of the people there.  Today we pray that armies of angels begin with our President, work their way from the White House out into the city.
I thank you, Father, that President Obama is a family man.  Though I don't know what family time looks like for them these days, it is obvious when he speaks of them that he loves and enjoys them.  Protect them all from harm and danger, from selfish desires and corrupt influences, which often times are more detrimental than a terrorist plot.  I pray you would be revealed to each member of that family in ways that cannot be explained away by anything else.  I pray that Obama would lead his family in love and that they in turn would be a blessing to him to come home to.  I pray you would fill his home with laughter, that it would be a place of refuge in the midst of these storms.  I pray that you would give him rest and solitude and that in those times especially Your words, Your truth would be a very clear presence in his thoughts.
I pray that in the midst of many impossible decisions, he would value and appreciate life and recognize that it is only given by You, our creator.  Give him a supernatural measure of respect and insight into each person he comes in contact with.  We won't always agree with our leaders, but we don't want to see them fail.  Failure in any form would mean watching people we know and love in this country hurt in some way.  So I pray for strong leadership, for clear discernment, and for a gracious respect for others.
We know evil loves to linger where there is power, and in Washington there is much power.  Today I pray for enlightenment!  I pray that You and Your desires for every person in this country be LIT UP in Washington.  I pray that Your goodness be so bright in that place that it gives evil no place to hide.  I pray that Your radiance, Your goodness, Your holiness, Your truth BLIND our leaders and that it starts with the one who holds the office of President of the United States of America.
Amen.

If you have more prayers to offer up for our President, please comment below.  I would love to join you in praying for him throughout the day.