Opening Prayer
12/06/2011
Reverend Bryan Thiessen
Father, we thank You for this Nation, Your love, and, most of all, Your forgiveness of sins.
We acknowledge, as Scripture states in James 1:5, that You are the giver of all wisdom. May You give these men and women, whom You have placed in leadership over this Nation, Your wisdom in all their deeds and discussions.
According to Romans 13, ‘‘Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.'' May these here be good stewards of this responsibility, leadership, and Your gift of freedom for our Nation.
We ask for Your special protection over our military and blessing for their families. We pray for our enemies, as You instruct us in Matthew 5:44. May their plans be thwarted, and may they come to the love and grace that You offer.
In the only name through whom man can be saved, Jesus Christ. Amen.