Let's Pray for leaders of the world

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A CALL TO PRAYER FOR CHRISTIANS! I have been reading again and thought about St. Paul. Our world would be a better place if we would pray, as God asked us to pray; If we would do what the Bible says then God makes a promise. We must do this FIRST according to God's Word, the Bible: 1 Timothy 2, verses 1-6 [1] I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; [2] For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. [3] For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; [4] Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. [5] For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; [6] Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. Too many believers have read this verse to pray only for their own nation's Leaders,yet that is not what theverse in the Word says. ALL MEN! All LEADERS! Another verse says: Isaiah 56:7 " My house shall be called a house of prayer for all people." Jesus saw so much thievery in His house in His day that he did not even finish the verse. I made a list of Leaders that we could pray for:

Angola - Mr.dos Santos Aruba- Koolman, Olindo Australia-Hollingworth, Dr Peter, Rt. Rev. Albania-Moisiu, Alfred Algeria-Bouteflika, Abdelaziz Afghanistan- Karzai, Hamid Armenia- Robert Kocharian America-Mr. George Bush Azerbijan- Aliyev, Heydar Austria-Klestil, Thomas Argentina-Nestor Kirchner

Belarus-Lukashenko, Aleksandr Bolivia-Sanchez de Lozada Bustamante, Gonzalo Bangladesh-Ahmed, Iajuddin Belgium- King Albert 11, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt Bhutan---NDE- Wangchuck, Jigme Singye Bulgaria- Geogi Parvanov Burundi- Buyoya, Pierre Botswana- Mogae, Festus Gontebanye Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarovic, Mirko Bahrain- King Shiekh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa Belize-Young, Colville, Sir Benin- Kerekou, Mathieu Burkina Faso- Compaore, Blaise, Capt. Brazil-Da Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula Burma -THAN SHWE, Sr. Gen. .

Cameroon- Biya, Paul Central African republic- Patasse, Ange-Felix, yesterday a coup-Gen. Francois Bozize- New president Czech republic- Havel, Vaclav Costa Rica-Pacheco, Abel Cambodia-Norodom SIHANOUK China -Hu Jintao Cook Islands- Maoate, Terepai, Dr. Cuba- Fidel Castro Chile-Lagos, Ricardo Cote d'Ivoire - Gbagbo, Laurent Congo- Joseph Kabila Republic of Congo-Denis Sasson Ngresso Chad- Deby, Idriss Canada-Clarkson, Adrienne, Martin, Paul Columbia-Uribe, Alvaro Croatia-Mesic, Stjepan Comoros- Col. Assoumani Azali

Dominica- Shaw, Vernon Denmark- Queen Margrethe II Dominican Republic-Mejia Dominguez, Rafael Hipolito Djibouti- Ismail Omar Guelleh

East Timor- Gusmao, Jose Alexander Egypt- Hosne Mubarak El Salvador-Flores Perez, Francisco Ecuador-Gutierrez Borbua, Lucio Ethiopia- Girma Woldegiorgis, p m Meles Zenawi Eritrea- Isaias, Afworki Estonia- Ruutel, Arnold Equatorial Guinea- Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro

France- Jacques Chirac Finland-Halonen, Tarja Fiji-Iloilo, Josefa

Great Britain- Tony Blair & Queen Elizabeth The Gambia- Jammeh, Yahya Ghana- Kufuor, John Agyekum Guinea Bissau- Yala, Kumba Germany- Rau, Johannes & Schroeder, Gerhard Georgia-Shevardnadze, Eduard Gabon- Bongo, El Hadj Omar Greece- Stephanopoulos, Konstandinos "Kostis Guyana-Conte, Lansana, Gen Grenada- Williams, Daniel Guatemala - Portillo Cabrera, Alfonso Antonio Guinea - Conte, Lansana, Gen.

Holland- Beatrix, Balkenende, Jan Peter Hungary- Madl, Ferenc Honduras-Maduro, Ricardo Haiti-Aristide, Jean-Bertrand

Ireland- McAleese, Mary Italy- Ciampi, Carlo Azeglio India-Kalam, Abdul, PM Vieg pie Iran - Hoseini Khamenei Indonesia - Megawati Sucarnoputri Iraq- Sadddam Hussien Israel- Sharron Iceland - Grimsson, Olafur

Japan- Mr.Junichiro Koizumi Jamaica - Cooke, Howard, Sir Jordan- King Abdulla II

Kazakhstan-Nazarbayev, Nursultan Kenya- Kibaki, Mwai Kyrgystan-Akayev, Askar Kiribati - Iuta, Taomati Korea, North-NDE - Kim, Chong-il, Mar. Kuwait - Sabah, JABIR, al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al

Laos-KHAMTAI Siphandon, Gen. Lithuania-Adamkus, Valdas Luxembourg-Henri Litchenstein-Hans, Adam II, Prince Latvia- Vike-Freiberga, Vaira Liberia- Taylor, Charles Lesotho Letsie III - Lebanon- Lahud, Emile Libya Qadhafi, Muammar Abu Minyar al-, Col.

Mozambique- Chissano, Joaquim Alberto Madagascar- Ravalomanana, Marc Malawi- Muluzi, Bakili, Dr. Malaysia-Tuanku SYED SIRAJUDDIN ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail, PM- Mahathin Mohamed Mali- Toure, Amadou Toumani Moldavia-Voronin, Vladimir Mongolia-Bagabandi, Natsagiyn Mauritania- Taya, Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Morrocco-Mohamed VI Macedonian-Trajkovski, Boris Mexico- Vicinte Fox Marshall Islands - Note, Kessai Malta - De Marco, Guido Maldives - Gayoom, Maumoon Abdul Mauritius - Offmann, Carl Auguste Micronesia, Federated States of - Falcam, Leo A. Monaco - Rainier III, Prince

Nepal-Gyanendra, [Bir Bikram Shah Dev] North Korea- Kim Jong IL Netherlands Antilles-Goedgedrag, Frits Nauru-Harris, Rene Nicaragua-Bolanos, Enrique Nigeria- Obasanjo, Olusegun Norway- Harald V Niger- Tandja, Mamadou New Zealand-Cartwright, Silvia, Dame Namibia- Nujoma, Sam

Oman-Said, QABOOS, bin Said Al

Palestine- Yasar Arafat, Ahmed Qurei Poland- Kwasniewski, Aleksander Portugal- Sampaio, Jorge Paraguay-Gonzalez Macchi, Luis Angel Papua new guinea-Atopare, Silas, Sir Peru-Toledo, Alejandro Palau - Remengesau, Tommy, Jr. Panama-Moscoso, Mireya Elisa Philippines-Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria Pakistan- Musharraf, Pervez, Gen.

Qatar-Thani, HAMAD, bin Khalifa Al

Rwanda- Kagame, Paul Russia- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Romania- Iliescu, Ion

Seychelles-Rene, France Albert Syria- Asad, Bashar al- Sao Tome and Principe-De Menezes, Fradique Sri Lanka-Kumaratunga, Chandrika Bandaranaike Switzerland- Villiger, Kasper Slovakia- Schuster, Rudolf Spain- Juan Carlos I, King Saint Kitts and Nevis- Sebastian, Cuthbert Montraville Serbia- New Prime minister-Zoran Zivkovic Saudi Arabia - king Faud Sierra Leone- Kabbah, Ahmad Tejan Swaziland- Mswati III Senegal- Wade, Abdoulaye South Korea- Kim, Dae-jung South Africa- Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa Sudan- al-Bashir, Umar Hasan Ahmad, Lt. Gen. Somalia- Abdikassim, Salad Hassan Sweden-Carl XVI Gustaf Suriname-Venetiaan, Runaldo Ronald Slovenia-Drnovsek, Janez Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Ballantyne, Frederick Nathaniel, Sir Samoa - Malietoa, Tanumafili II San Marino - Stolfi, Fiorenzo Singapore - Nathan, Sellapan Rama (S. R.) Solomon Islands - Lapli, John Sir Saint Lucia - Louisy, Perlette, Dr.

Turkey-Sezer, Ahmet Necdet Tanzania- Mkapa, Benjamin William Togo- Eyadema, Gnassingbe, Gen. Tunisia- Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine Taiwan-NDE-Chen, Shui-bian Tajikistan-Rahmonov, Emomali Tonga-Tupou, IV, Taufa'ahau Tuvalu-Puapua, Tomasi, Sir, M.D. Trinidad and Tobago-Robinson, Arthur Turkmenistan-Niyazov, Saparmurat Thailand-PHUMIPHON Adunyadet

Uruguay-Batlle, Jorge Uzbekistan-Karimov, Islom United Arab Emirates-Nuhayyan, ZAYID, bin Sultan Al Ukraine- Kuchma, Leonid Uganda- Museveni, Yoweri Kaguta

Venezuela-Chavez, Frias, Hugo Vanuatu-Bani, John, Father Vatican- Pope John Paul II Vietnam-Nong Duc Manh

Yemen - Salih, Ali Abdallah, Fd. Mar. Yugoslavia- Kostunica, Vojislav

Zambia-Mwanawasa, Levy Zimbabwe-Mugabe, Robert

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Great idea! I offer my prayers up for the leaders of the world. This is something we do every Sunday as a community, but should do every day in our personal prayer. Just think of all the lives affected by the decisions of a lot of these leaders. May they be guided by the Wisdom of God.

-- Andy (aszmere@earthlink.net), April 16, 2004.

Andy I did a study of thr Words of St. Paul in that verse SUPPLICATION---begging for HELP-To make a humble entreaty to; beseech. PRAYERS--there are some in Ephesians CHAPTER 1 about the eyes of their undersatnding being opened: "17: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:Ephisains 1: "18: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19: And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20: Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21: Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: " INTERCESSIONS--Asking God to save them from their sin and from destruction, Like Abraham did for the city Sodom and his Nephew- Lot GIVING THANKS--thanking God for all men, even the Wicked He has allowed to grow up.

St. Paul says to pray with out ceasing.

-- marcus radin oliver (olivers@juno.com), April 16, 2004.


Thanks for that insight Marcus.

-- Andy (aszmere@earthlink.net), April 17, 2004.

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