High-Priority Call
Theme of the Week: How to Pray for Those in Power
Sunday, November 9, 2008
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Who Said It … Paul Borthwick
Paul Borthwick trains leaders in the under-resourced world with Development Associates International. He teaches missions at Gordon College and mobilizes others for cross-cultural missions as a consultant and professional counselor, speaker, and author.
Paul and his wife, Christie, a microbiologist, are avid bird-watchers. During their travels to more than 100 countries, they've seen over 1,100 species. What He Said … High-Priority Call
Early on a Monday morning, my phone rings. "Mr. Borthwick, this is the White House calling. Please hold for the president of the United States."
"Is this a joke?" I ask, but another voice begins: "Paul, this is the president. I've got some huge decisions to make this week, both domestically and internationally. Would you pray that I'd have wisdom so that my decisions foster the greatest long-term good in our country and across the world?" I hang up, stunned.
Sound far-fetched? In one respect it is. Neither the president of the United States nor any other world leader has ever called me to request prayer, and I'm pretty sure they never will.
But they don't need to. God already has. Paul exhorts us, in 1 Timothy, to pray "for kings and all others who are in authority, so that we can live in peace and quietness, in godliness and dignity." He adds that praying for officials—including the ones we didn't vote for—pleases God. But most of us could use some pointers on exactly how we're supposed to go about this.
Adapted from Discipleship Journal (11-12/05) by permission. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2008 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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Give me confidence, patience, and tenacity, Lord, in praying for your purposes to be accomplished through our leaders.
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