NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital on Friday for heart bypass surgery, a statement from his office said.

"Former President Bill Clinton is being admitted into New York Presbyterian Hospital today and is scheduled to have bypass surgery," the statement said.

No time frame for the surgery was given.

The 58-year-old former president, a Democrat who served two terms from 1993 to 2001, had gone to Northern Westchester Hospital on Thursday afternoon after experiencing mild chest pain and shortness of breath, his office said.

Initial testing was normal and he spent the night at home in nearby Chappaqua, New York. After additional testing on Friday morning at Westchester Medical Center, doctors advised Clinton should undergo bypass surgery, it said.

Clinton's wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was traveling in upstate New York on Friday, and his daughter, Chelsea, were to be with him for the operation.

Before heading back to Manhattan, Mrs. Clinton said doctors advised her husband to do the surgery "as soon as he could."

ABC News reported Clinton was found to have multiple lesions and other television reports said he would undergo a quadruple bypass.

CNN quoted a source close to the former president as saying the surgery could take place as early as Saturday.

Clinton, the 42nd U.S. president, promised at the Democratic National Convention in July to be a "foot soldier" in Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's race against Republican President Bush. He received a rousing welcome from delegates after being introduced by his wife, a Democrat representing New York.

Kerry, campaigning in Ohio, sent Clinton "our best wishes, our prayers, our thoughts" and asked supporters to give Clinton a cheer he would hear "all the way to New York."

In West Allis, Wisconsin, President Bush said, "We send him our best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery."    White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said Bush was informed about Clinton's condition by White House staff while on Air Force One.

Clinton, who had a reputation for having a big appetite and for fighting a weight problem, showed no signs of heart problems during rigorous health examinations that were made public during his presidency.

Still popular despite the sex scandals that dogged his presidency, Clinton, a former governor of Arkansas, has been active giving speeches and completing and promoting his best-selling memoir since leaving office in 2001.

In a recent interview, Clinton called his successful fight against impeachment a "badge of honor" and his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky "morally indefensible.

His charisma and political clout were seen as a big potential asset to Kerry in the coming hectic weeks of the presidential election campaign.

Jesus, Bill Clinton needs a new heart, both the physical heart and his spiritual heart. He needs Salvation and healing! Holy Spirit, I free You to work in Bill Clinton's life and heart for his Salvation! Bring him to repentance and Jesus quickly! Do not allow this man to die without Jesus as his Lord and Master!

In the Name of Jesus I rebuke the spirits of infirmity on his life and body, I loose you from his body and life and bindyou, remanding you over to Jesus for punishment.

Thank You Lord! Thank You Jesus! AMEN!

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Lord, please heal our former president. Give him a good, strong, healthy heart that will provide his body with life and also a spiritual heart that will let the Holy Spirit come in and that will help him to accept the Lord as his savior and to receive Eternal life.
In Jesus name I pray this,
Amen

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My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you" (Jn.15:12,17, 13:34,35).

Lord, we have been praying for Bill Clinton..Not long enough, however. Father forgive us for not praying for him while he was President. Lord we ask you to Touch him in your power and lead him to You. Lord we pray for his salvation and a mighty touch from you. Lord We claim every prayer that has ever been prayed for his safety and healing will be brought to rememberance, and the prayers multiplied by millions. Father show him the way before it is too late. Lord, every prayer that JeriRose has prayed I renew and refresh and multiply exponentially. Lord protect him during the surgery and bring him through with a new life.
Father we ask for his Salvation in the name of Jesus. Amen and Amen

Lord, I pray that no weapon formed against William Jefferson Clinton shall posper! This is a lie! You have a huge plan for his life. He is to be a strong Christian leading others to You, leading this nation to repentence. Keep Your hand upon Him for healing and salvation. Call former President Clinton unto Yourself. Deliver him and set him free. I pary he says, with Abraham Lincoln of old, "It behooves us to repent in sackcloth and ashes." Raise him up as a mighty man of God, who is leading this nation into an old-fahsioned, Spirit baptized revivial! Thank You, Lord, for rasing him to his postition of greatness in Your kingdom by humbling him and teaching him to be the servant of all. We stand in agreement and belive for it, in Jesus Name, amen.

~JeriRose~
Finding YOU in 2004

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24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:24)

Lord Jesus, I agree with JeriRose's Prayer. The power of your anointing is so strong upon that prayer, that we know you have it "under control" and awaiting the moving of your Holy Spirit. Father, soften the heart of William Jefferson Clinton, and work your miracle in his life. Father, cause him to call upon you and repent and be saved. Lord, for him, and for America we claim all that JeriRose has prayed. Amen

Heavenly Father, you are a kind and merciful God. I stand in agreement with JeriRose. I pray you work through the hands of the doctors repairing William Jefferson Clinton's heart. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.

Father, in Jesus' Name, we ask that Your mind be the mind of President Clinton's doctors, surgeons, nurses, etc. Let them know things to do that they wouldn't have knowledge of without Your Presence. Let his healing be quickly done with and allow him to go be with his wife and daughter soon. Let every medication he is given be the perfect medication for him. Holy Spirit, give comfort to the former President, and former First Lady, and their daughter Chelsea, that everything is going to be OK. We ask that You wrap Your arms around them and let them have peace. In Jesus' Name, we give You praise. Amen.

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Trust God.

Lord, this is a wake up call to President Clinton. I pray, when he is laying in that hospital, in the middle of the night, he will have time to think. I pray his thinking will turn to the purpose of life. May he sincerely ask that question of himself -- and untlimately of You -- "What is the meaning of life?" Don't let him be able to just go on. I pray he really, really, really wants to know the answer to that question. And I pray he realized YOU are The Answer!!! In these next few days, may he contemplate on his life. May he realize he is a sinner, that the sins he has committed are grievious. Oh, dear Lord, bring him to the place of KNOWING he is a sinner who needs a Savior. I pray he finds YOU as his Savior. I pray he becomes a Christian in this time of life, and I pray he steps up to do the call on his life of leading this nation to repentence and to You. I thank You for saving him and healing him, that he may remain alive to move into the ministry You have for him. Thank You, Jesus, for this miracle, in Jesus Name, amen!

~JeriRose~
Finding YOU in 2004

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24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:24)

Yes, I agree in prayer with JeriRose! May President Clinton become a fanatic for You Lord. Let him be the one who calls this Nation back to you! Let him along with President Bush seek forgiveness of this nation. Let him know that he knows that he knows that life is meaningless with-out You Lord! Amen and Amen

Lord, may former Presdient Clinton arise from his hospital bed a new man. Dear Lord, change him totally in the days he is in the hospital. I pray that he will meet with You in a dramatic way. Move into his life, Lord, and turn it upside down. May he NEVER be the same!!!

I will never be the same again
I can never return
I've closed the door
The glory of God fills my life
And I will never be the same again

Let the words to this song be Bill Clinton's prayer (even though I can't remeber all the words). Thank You for saving him, in Jesus Name, amen!

~JeriRose~
Fiding HIM in 2004

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24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:24)

Lord, deal with Bill Clinton through all of this and let him know it is time to repent of his sins, time to make it right with You. Save him, Lord God, and call him into the ministry You have for him. I ask in Jesus Name, amen.

~JeriRose~
Finding YOU in 2004

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24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:24)