Prayer for Flag Raising Ceremony

PRAYER FOR GOVERNME MENTEMP MPLOYEES

Publ i s he dbyWi l l i am Val l e s

Lovi ngand Gr aci ousHe Hea v enl yFat her ,weacknowl edgeYourHol y Pr es encet oday .Wet hank You f orYou ar eouri nfini t esour ceofPeace, LoveandWi Wi sdom. m. Weknow t hatYourHol ySpi r i tgui desanddi r ec t sus.  YourLov eenf ol dsusandy ourLi ghti l l umi nat e sus.

Lord,weent rustt o You ever yt hi ng i n ourl i ves. I n spi t eoft he  v ar i ous c hal l enge st hatwe ar ef aci ng i n oursoci e t yt oday ,we r e mai n st eadf astt ocl i ngt oYourWo Wor dsbecausewe webel i evet hatYou wi l lal ways makeawayf orus.Aswes t artt odoourj oboft heweek,weal wayspr ay f orYourspi r i t ualgui danceanddi r ect i onbecausewearenot hi ngwi wi t hout  You.WeneedYouFat he rGodnotonl yi nmo ment sofgr eatdi ffic ul t yand dang e r ,buti ne v e r ys e co ndo fo url i v e s .

Lor d,wepr ayf orourl eader sf r om t hePr esi dentdownt ot hel owest posi t i on i nt he gov er nment . Gr antt hem wi t h Yourheav enl y wi sdom, m, hel pt hem t ol ead and gov er n wi t hi nt egr i t y and al waysgi v et hem t he s t r e ng t ht odowh whati sr i g htf o rt hebe ne fito fe v e r y o ne .

 As empl oy ee s of t he gov er nment , we l i ke wi se pr ay f or Your gui danceand di r ec t i on.Gui deusi nt hewor k wedo,t hatwema maydoi t notf ors el fal one,butf ort hecomm mmon good. Teach usal wayst oper f orm o urj o bf ai t hf ul l yanddi l i g e nt l ys ot hatwewi wi l lal wa y sbeabl e s s i nganda sour ceofi nspi r at i on t o ourcoemp mpl oyees;especi al l yt ot hepeopl ewho needours erv i ces.

Gi veusal wayst hest r engt ht o do;pat i encet o bear ;and l etour c our a g ene v e rf ai l s .

 Al loft he set hi ngs,weaskandpr ayi nJes us ’mi ght yname.Amen!