How Should We Pray for America?

Westside Gazette › January 04, 2010

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It's never too early for children to start praying. The following brief prayer comes from 4-yearold Gale: "Dear God: Keep the ocean and the cowboys safe." Because the kids who wrote the prayers for this column live in a suburb of Dallas, I wonder if the second half of this prayer is for the Dallas Cowboys. After all, injuries could prevent them from making the playoffs.

"Dear God: I pray that the President gets more ideas," wrote Johnathan, 6. Yes, we should pray that government officials receive Godly advice from wise counselors, but we can also pray against evil plans and people. When King David learned that Ahithophel had joined his son's rebellion to take over his throne, he prayed, "O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!" God answered that prayer.

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