A Prayer for a Candidate for President

The following blog was inspired by a tweet conversation with @Ericatwitts. Thank you Erica.
 
Newt Gingrich has stated that as President he would put policies in place that he believed will bring the price of gas down to $2.50 a gallon. While I pray at different times of the day, I thought it might  be appropriate to offer a prayer for our candidates at 2:50 PM Eastern Standard Time everyday until we elect a new President.  I hope some of you will join me in doing the same.

A Prayer for a Candidate for President

Lord our God, King of the Universe,

God of Mercy, God of Compassion, God of Forgiveness.

We know no man is perfect though we all strive to be more perfect.

We know our elected leaders are just men and not Gods and therefore they are not perfect.

We are thankful that you have endowed man with wonderful unalienable rights. The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

As a nation, in fact as a world, we seek to have leaders that will protect our God given rights.

We are now engaged in a battle to elect such a leader.

We pray to you for your help.

Give us the wisdom to see such a leader when he or she appears.

Grant us the strength to battle to elect such a leader.

Defend us from attacks to silence and ridicule us.

Let this time in our history not be an end to this land of liberty but a rebirth of the Judeo-Christian values that make the United States of America a beacon of liberty for all the world to see.

Amen