A prayer for Inauguration Day:
Almighty and Everlasting King,
We humbly bow before you today,
honoring you as the one true king
of the only kingdom that has already begun
and will last eternally.
Until the day comes when we live with our king
in the new heavens and the new earth
you have set us here as citizens of different countries of this earth
and you have clearly directed us to pray for our human leaders and authorities.
Oh how we long to live in a country with harmony and kindness,
where tranquillity reigns in “all godliness and dignity” (1 Timothy 2:2).
As we in America inaugurate a new president today,
may we obey your command and pray for this man,
President Joe Biden, whether we voted for him or for someone else,
or whether we didn’t vote at all.
And may we continue to pray for all of our human authorities,
even as we long for the day when Christ our King
will return and establish his peaceful reign on this earth
forever and ever.
In the name of our one true King. Amen.
Read 2 Timothy 2:1-2; Revelation 20:1-5; Psalm 45:6; Psalm 145:13
