Today's Daily Lesson is a prayer for Inauguration Day:
On this the Inaugural Day of our 45th President of the United States of America, we pray now for President Trump, for our country, and for our world.
As President Trump places his hand on the Bible and takes the Oath of Office, we pray your blessings upon him as he vows to serve and protect the people and the rights afforded them by our Constitution.
As President Trump assumes the role of Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces, we pray that he will solemnly consider the weight of this responsibility and never forget or take for granted the great sacrifices made on the altar of this nation.
We pray now for the character of this our new President. We pray for his spirit and well being. Teach him now grace, humility and kindness, that vice might wane, virtue wax, and wisdom prevail.
We pray also for the character of our country. We are one nation under you our God. May we prove ourselves so by striving always to be that city on a hill, freedom's beacon, a nation where there is truly liberty and justice for all.
And we pray also for this world. May you raise up leaders who dedicate themselves to peace and the protection of human rights in all corners of the globe. And may you level tyrants and despots and all those who would seek to enslave or oppress. This world is your world and we are all your children. May we learn then to be our brothers' keepers and our sisters' friends.
This is the day that you have made, O LORD. May those who rejoice and are glad in it prove the goodness of this day with charity towards all and malice towards none. And may those who are anxious or dismayed on this day lift up their heads and be not afraid to speak their own truth in love for the sake of this our beloved country and world.
God bless this day. God bless this President. God bless the United States of America. And God bless all these that they might in turn be a blessing unto the nations.
Amen.
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