Prayers for our new president

A friend from the Wittenberg Trail sent me these prayers. They're both too good not to share so rather than just pick one I'm posting both. :)

Father God, We lift up to You our newly elected President, even though not a choice for many. Father, we can not always understand Your decisions. We pray that he may have an open ear to Your verdicts that he may make God centered decisions and that he may listen to Your counsel. Father, You have the power to change men's very souls, so we ask Your loving hand be on all of our newly elected officials and we petition You to not lift Your mighty hand of protection away from us. We ask for Your imminent Love and Goodness to engulf our great country and to allow each one of us to be part of the change that is needed and by helping us change our will to Your will. Thank You for our citizenship in this country, but more so for our Citizenship in Heaven. In the Name of our King and Savior, Jesus we pray. Amen

Gracious Heavenly Father, we ask you to bless Barack Obama. According to your good and gracious will, help him be a good president for our nation. Guide President-elect Obama into all truth. Give him wisdom to choose the right, and reject the wrong. Help him bear the sword of justice fairly, defending the innocent and punishing the guilty. Give him strength and courage to defend our nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We pray that you will lead President-elect Obama to do all he can to protect human life, from natural conception to natural death. Protect him as he serves our nation and give all who serve with him wisdom and insight. Use this man to provide for the external safety and security of your Holy Christian Church in this land, so that we may preach the Gospel unfettered, for the salvation of many souls. We ask these things in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.