Charisma Magazine, a Christian publication, has been kind enough to run a piece by Kimberly Daniels titled, “A Prayer for Barack Obama.” It starts out fairly decent.
Father, You instructed us to pray for those in authority, and we lift up Barack Obama. We thank You for the anointing that has abided over the office of the president of the United States since the time our forefathers dedicated this country to Jesus Christ. We pray that our president will abide under that same covering. We extend the common honor to President Obama that has been ascribed to all in his position.
Granted, she’s only praying for him because she was “instructed” to, but I suppose a prayer is a prayer.
God, we thank You for placing favor on the highest office in our land. We ask for Your protection for Obama and his family. We bind every attack from the Aryan Nation, covert Nazi organizations, skinheads or any other racist group that specifically hates and targets people of color. We bind all terrorist assignments from local, national and international conspiracies against our president, government and other political leaders.
Safety issues… makes sense. I’m glad she’s concerned about that. However, the next paragraph perplexed me a bit.
Father, we ask You to reveal Your Son, Jesus, to our president as the only way to God. We ask You to cause him to have a Saul-to-Paul experience. Release the pricks and goads upon his heart at an accelerated pace so that his heart will turn to the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Deliver him and let him experience a genuine new birth in his spirit. God, deal with our president about the innocent bloodshed of the unborn and the sanctity of marriage.
Huh? I thought he was already a Christian. If you watched the inauguration, you’d get the definite impression he was. However, I don’t suppose he subscribes to the writer’s particular brand of Christianity, hence this (and the following) paragraphs.
Open doors for true prophets to speak to Obama in the White House. We bind the ministry of psychics, the teaching of black liberation theology, and every New Age and secular humanist doctrine away from the White House.
I haven’t heard about any of this happening in the White House, but I may be wrong. I recall President Reagan consulting psychics, but not our current president. Hmmmm…
God, put Your angels around the White House. Let the angels fill in the gaps, in Jesus’ name.
What gaps? Now she’s really losing me.
Lord, we come against every stronghold that keeps the president from the truth. We break every soul tie and vow that has been established between him and Harvard, secret societies and the Illuminati.
We declare that even the cabinet that is around him will bow to Jesus. We plead the blood of Jesus over Obama’s head so that the pressure of the office will not keep him up all night. Every tormenting spirit sent by a witch or warlock is bound in Jesus’ name.
Good grief. Don’t pray they’ll do their jobs well. Nope. Let’s pray about imaginary societies and (gasp!) the Illuminati.
Lord, expose the work of every witch, sorcerer, spiritualist or person from the dark side operating through his cabinet members or through anyone else closely associated with him. We block the power of the influence of the Yorùbá religion and all other groups of black people who worship their ancestors, in Jesus’ name. We put barriers around the United States that will bind and block the witchcraft coming from Kenya to influence our president in Jesus’ name. Let the power of every dedication of his past be broken, in Jesus’ name.
I wonder what this person thinks is going on in Washington? Sorcerers? Dark side? Yoruba?
We ask You, Lord, to shut the door to every spiritual leader who desires to frequent the White House for fame and glory. Shut the doors and shut their mouths. Let their words hold no weight in the Spirit. Remove every compromising, lukewarm Christian leader who wants to whisper sweet nothings in our president’s ear. Send spiritual leaders who have kingdom mindsets and hearts for the nation.
That would silence most of the religious folks. Oh, and let’s not ignore our overseas friends:
We drown every spirit traveling from overseas to wreak havoc. We bind the spirit of havoc and chaos from birthing martial law in the land. We bind spirits that would cause us to lose our constitutional and civil liberties. We declare that the gospel and those who preach it shall have free course in the earth.
And then we have this:
In closing, Lord, we ask You to supernaturally intervene concerning the laws that will affect the civil liberties of believers. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Yup. Forget the civil liberties of anyone else. Let’s just make sure the “believers” are covered.
I should probably add that this “prayer” was written by this Kimberly Daniels (get ready to tap your toe if you click this link) who is also a councilwoman for the city of Jacksonville, FL.
