More Billy Graham Inaugural Prayers

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks on January 20, 2009

As Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, we present a few more inaugural prayers from Billy Graham:

“Help them always to see the office to which they’ve been elected as a sacred trust from you. We pray that you will bless their wives who will share so much of the responsibility and burdens. Make President-elect Clinton know that he is never really alone but that the eternal God can he his refuge and he can turn to you in every circumstance. Give him the wisdom you’ve promised to whose who ask and the strength that you alone can give.”(1993 Inaugural Invocation for Bill Clinton)

“We recall that the Bible says, ‘Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it’ (Psalm 127: 1). You also said that to whom much has been given, much shall be required.

“We look gratefully to the past, and thank You that from the very foundations of America You granted our forefathers courage and wisdom, as they trusted in You. So we ask today that You would inspire us by their example; where there has been failure, forgive us; where there has been progress, confirm; where there has been success, give us humility; and teach us to follow Your instructions more closely as we enter the next century.” (1997 Inaugural Prayer for Bill Clinton

More:

• Presidential Inauguration Prayers & Sermons by Billy Graham
• Billy Graham’s Inaugural Prayer for Richard Nixon
• Billy Graham and Barack Obama
• Billy Graham and the Rick Warren/Barack Obama Flap
• The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House