A prayer for Barack Obama:

Psalm Psalm 109:8

{look it up}

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Psalm 108

13 With God we will gain the victory,

and he will trample down our enemies.

BiggDawg

I'm not lifting up Obama, just worshiping the Lord.

Individual verse from the Bible can proclaim anything.

The word of God needs to be recieved by His children, not used as political satire.

Prayer works for the faithful, and only by the Will of God.

The Word of God is only received by the annointed ears of His children.

Crap dude, that OP was weak.

NEW YORK - Sting isn't a religious man, but he says President Barack Obama might be a divine answer to the world's problems.

"In many ways, he's sent from God," he said in an interview, "because the world's a mess."

Sting believes that Obama is the best leader to navigate the world's problems. In an interview on Wednesday, the former Police frontman said that he spent some time with Obama and "found him to be very genuine, very present, clearly super-smart, and exactly what we need in the world."

AP

Got nothing against Sting, but humbug.

Sting's a douche celebrity. Why the hell do douche celebrities think we give a rat's ass what they think?

because they douche with gold-laced douche water?

I care what Pauley Perrette, Forensics Specialist Abby Sciuto, thinks. Not philosophically, but stylishly.

OP kinda chumps out on the curse. One line has no meaning out of context. You can't just invoke part of a Psalm, its all or nothing. So you can't forget the whole part cursing his children to be orphans begging on the street because he's dead and everything he owns has been stolen from him.

But he's earned it, right? he's failed to show kindness and instead pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted and put them death, right?

Yeah, maybe not what I would pray for.

euodias

ditto

BiggDawg

Wear art thouw

Pauly Shore says: "obama is the A #1 dude", and when Pauly Shore speaks everyone listens.

JonR

Have another hit on the crack pipe Pauly, why idiots like this are even allowed to share their opinion with the rest of us is beyond me!!!

the whole book is very frequently taken out of context, one verse at a time.

lighten upe, dude, it's a JOKE.

{joke: look it up}

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1 Timothy 1-4

1 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 2 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.

Romans 13:1-2

1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

Colossians 1:15-17

16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

...I get the joke...and wouldn't be upset to see Obama not serve another term, personally, but continue to pray for our "leaders" and government...

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Romans 13:1-2

1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

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Well, of course!

GOD established the Obama administration.

No wonder they call him "the annointed one."

and I guess God made Pelosi the "elected," too.

Please. That may have been a reasonable position in the theocracy of Palestine in the centuries BCE; or even in the Roman Empire where they may have accepted the emperor as divine.

We might expect it from the extremists in the Middle East who are, after all, still living in the 7th century...

But are you serious, trying to assert that whoever is currently in power is there because god wants it?

I guess then that god also established the Nazis,

and the Marxists (that would be a REAL laugh to Marx...),

and let's not forget that god must have appointed G.W. Bush and Barney Frank, too!

But then, god lives people of Barney's persuasion, too, the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka says so!

Gimme a break!

You are absolutely right that verses of the Bible get taken out of context all of the time. But the whole 'everybody does it, therefore it's okay' argument has never held water.

You have to remember that from a Christian perspective God is the ultimate cause of everything. If God didn't want something around it would simply would not be. God is the reason there is anything at all. Yes, that includes Nazi's, Marixists, Barney Frank, Westboro Baptist, Obama and George W. This is not to say that their ends are God's ends, just that their presence is God's will. The warning of judgement for acting against authorities doesn't have an implied verdict so its not like you can never act against the government. Its a warning that even if you are not accountable to the government you are still accountable to a higher power.

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sounds good.

No I do not believe God put Obama, GW, or any other person in office because He liked one or the other. As mentioned above, as a Christian one needs to believe that God is sovereign and in control of everything...whether you like the current situation or the outcome.