Praying For Our President.

A little over two years ago, Barack Obama was elected to be my nation's president. I have always viewed his election as the hand of God placing him as our leader. Romans 13:1-2 (Amplified Bible) states: "Let EVERY person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authories. For there is no authority except from God [by his permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God's appointment. Therefore, he who resists and sets himself up against the authorities resists what God has appointed and arranged (in divine order). And those who resist will bring down judgement upon themselves [receiving the penalty due them]." Barack Obama is our President. As a follow of Jesus, we are called to pray for Him (I Tim. 2:1-2) and for all those in authority over us. II Peter 2:10 states that those "who walk after the flesh and indulge... in scorn and despise authority are presumptious, daring, self-willed, and self-loving. They scoff at and revile (which means to "Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner") dignitaries without trembling. It is appalling to me that so many Christian are engaged in attacking our President as though God has appointed them to do so. God has raised up our President to "pull the covers back" on racism, hatred, and our lack of discipline in bringing ourselves into accountability." America is at a crossroad... it's not about republican or democrat positions. It's about "whether we obey God's word or not." The church is to take the leadership in leading the way by repenting of our own "wicked" ways II Chron. 7:14 not blameshifting and pointing the finger at our leaders. Pull the beam out of your own eye... so you can see clearly the spect in your brothers eye.