Voting Right for Us and For Our Nation

As the Introduction to Superman came the announcer would say Superman fought for Truth, Justice and the American Way. Now the reality is as Christians we need to stand for Truth, God’s Justice and God’s Way. As responsible Christians praying for our nation should be as important as praying for our families, our children and our fellow Christian brother and sisters.

A famous preacher was quoted recently “What this nation does affects the whole world—we need to pray for our nation...we have to take a stand, our stand is our vote and our vote has a voice…you have to pray and you have to vote.”

We have become a nation that places the blame on everyone else and wants someone else to pay for our errors. We spend endless hours watching politicians wag their tongues about what they are and are not going to do, what the other politician has not done and what was a lie. We have listened to the news media on their take of what was really said in a debate. Then every where you go a person has an opinion on who should be leading our nation.

It was not any one politician or one administration that put our nation in the shape it is in. The bottom line is we have sinned against our Holy God. We have compromised our beliefs and accepted half truths.

In studying the Old Testament we find there is not much difference in the shape we are in and the shape the Children of Israel were in. More times than not you will see that our Holy God placed an evil ruler to bring them back to Him. And you will also see there were those who stayed on their knees and interceded on behalf of the Children of Israel asking God to not only forgive them, but to set them free from the very bonds that they put themselves in.

Today there are Christians and Godly men and women of God on their knees interceding for our nation, for us.

I read this today and believed it is worth passing on to you:

Before the pilgrims set foot on the shores of the New World in 1620, they made a covenant with each other...and they made a covenant with God. They agreed to join together as a civil body “for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith....” Their intent was to establish and run a government on the principles of God.

That covenant was called The Mayflower Compact. Today, that covenant—signed nearly 400 years ago—is ratified every time you as a believer step into a voting booth and cast your vote. But that holy covenant has also come under fierce attack like never before. After all, it is in effect a declaration of war against Satan and every devil of hell.

America is the cradle of democracy. She is also the cradle of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

That’s why it’s so vitally important that we as Christians band together to preserve our God-given nation.

History has proven time after time in this land that it only takes a faith-filled few to make a difference—whether in the battlefield or in the voting booth. And given the last presidential election, we of all people should know the power we carry in just one vote. With Election Day just around the corner, NOW is the time to prepare to vote.

First, if you are not registered to vote, then do so as soon as possible.

Second, pray over the election. Pray over all the candidates, as well as the “political platform” on which they stand.

Ask God to show you how to vote. Then, obey and get out and vote!

A ballot is just a piece of paper until you hand it over to God. When you give it to Him—and He puts His hand on it—it becomes a holy covenant. It affirms what men and
women of faith did centuries ago.

I challenge you to take the following prayer and pray it through out the day, not only for the election coming up but for future elections.

Heavenly Father, we come before you in the Name of Jesus on behalf of all our leaders in the United States of America-our local, state, and national leaders, our judicial, legislative and executive leaders, our law enforcement officers and all civil servants.

We plead the blood of Jesus over our leaders and their households and we stand in that covenant blood on behalf of this entire nation.

God your Word say in Proverbs 21:1 that the heart of the king is in Your hand—and You turn it whichever way You choose. So we ask You to direct the hearts and minds of our leaders to make decisions that will lead our country in Your ways, according to Your Word.

Lord we ask You to remove from position of authority those who stubbornly oppose righteousness. Replace them with men and women who will follow You and Your appointed course for our schools, our cities, our counties, our states and our nation.

Now, we declare the power of the Living God over every election held in this country—from border to border and coast to coast. We declare that your people, Your choice, Your men and women –whatever political party they are in—get into office.
Father, thank You for bringing change to the politics of America. We say that righteousness will prevail in our political process. And we thank You for it. In Jesus Name Amen