Inauguration Day Prayer

O, Lord our God,

You alone are King of kings and Lord of lords. Search us, O God, for you know our desires and our thoughts better than we do. Teach us to seek your wisdom, for in your wisdom and in your timing, you have demonstrated your great love, grace and mercy to us, through Jesus Christ.

Today, Jan. 20, 2021, we pray for Joseph R. Biden, the 46th president of the United States of America, as your Word instructs.

O, Lord, you are the God of reconciliation. Our nation needs healing. We pray that President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the new cabinet and administration, would be agents of peace in a nation of great diversity and division. We pray that our differences would be seen, appreciated and used as a means of establishing a more robust and emotionally healthy country. We pray that our divisions would be known, understood and used to engage civil and productive conversations so that we might further know the meaning of political cooperation for the betterment of the people. We ask you, Father, to give to this president the leadership skills to promote such peace in every sphere of our American life.

We ask, O Lord, that you would provide him wise counsel from men and women who seek not higher office, but the betterment of the citizens and residents of this nation. As president, Joe Biden will face enormous responsibilities as he directs the affairs of our nation, both nationally and globally. Help him discern through your Holy Word what is true, what is honorable, what is just and what is pure. Let him be slow to anger, and quick to hear the council and wisdom of others. Give him an insatiable hunger for truth and justice in every sphere of life and work. Surround him with people of integrity and moral fortitude who seek the good and welfare of our land.

Our Father in Heaven, we pray for the president’s family. We pray for his marriage to Dr. Jill Biden; encourage them as they lean on each other through difficult times and trials. Bless and protect his children as their lives in the public eye will be scrutinized and judged by those who know little about them. By the great work of the Holy Spirit, renew his family’s desire to seek You before and above anything else. Enhance their love for each other as their love for You grows.   

May this presidency and administration bring you praise, honor, and glory.

In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we pray,

Amen.

Selected Scriptures References: 
1 Tim. 6:15, Rev 17:14, Ps 139, James 1:5, 1 Tim. 2:1-2, Prov. 21:1, Prov. 3,13,14,17, Prov. 31:8-9, Phil 4:8.