{"id":3060,"date":"2008-11-04T10:33:16","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T15:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T00:09:53","slug":"election-day-2008-prayer-for-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/election-day-2008-prayer-for-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day 2008, Prayer for America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transchurch.org\/sguide\/praybk.htm\">Orthodox Prayer Book<\/a>Nov. 4, 2008<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orthodoxnet.com\/graphics\/Jesus_Christ_blessing_01.jpg\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 4px 4px 9px;\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Almighty God, the Father of mercies, Lord of all Creation, and Spring of all comfort, hear our prayers, come to our defense, and deliver us from the dangers and evil that besets us and threatens to enslave us and our children. Oh Master, Jesus Christ, we beseech You to save this land and have mercy on Your people, for the days are dark and our hearts are troubled.<\/p>\n<p>We believe Lord, that all trials of life are under Your care and that all things work for the good of those who love You. Take away from us fear, anxiety, and distress. Help us to face and endure these difficult and dangerous times with faith, courage, and wisdom. Grant that these trials may bring us closer to You for You are our rock and refuge, our comfort and hope, our delight and joy. We trust in Your love and compassion. For unto Thee are due all glory, honor, and worship: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Oh God, our help in time of need, Who are just and merciful, and Who inclines to the supplications of His people. Look down upon us and have mercy on us and deliver us from the trouble that now besets us. Deal with us not according to our iniquities, but according to Your manifold mercies, for we are the works of Your hands, and You know our weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>We pray to you to grant us Your divine helping grace, and endow us with patience and strength to endure our hardships with complete submission to Your Will. Only You know our misery and sufferings, and to You, our only hope and refuge, we flee for relief and comfort, trusting in Your infinite love and compassion, that in due time, when You know best, You will deliver us from this trouble, and turn our distress into comfort. We then shall rejoice in Your mercy, and exalt and praise Thy Holy Name, Oh Father, Son and Holy Spirit, both now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>. . . <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transchurch.org\/sguide\/praybk.htm\">more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orthodox Prayer BookNov. 4, 2008 Almighty God, the Father of mercies, Lord of all Creation, and Spring of all comfort, hear our prayers, come to our defense, and deliver us from the dangers and evil that besets us and threatens to enslave us and our children. Oh Master, Jesus Christ, we beseech You to save &#8230; <a title=\"Election Day 2008, Prayer for America\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/election-day-2008-prayer-for-america\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Election Day 2008, Prayer for America\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-orthodox-christianity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}