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Proverbs 29:2 “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”

Daniel Webster went on to say (see the previous post):

“If [our] government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine Commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the Laws.”

Webster reminds us that our public prosperity and happiness are based upon our votes. The electoral tally determines all. As Christian citizens, may we not neglect the Divine Commands.

But what can we do a year out from the election? We can pray to uplift the right candidates and purge the wrong ones. We can pray that the Christian voice would be heard in all electoral decisions. We can vote in primaries to cultivate and cull the field of candidates. We can pray for revival and repentance on the campaign trail (in both parties). We can pray that faithful Christian candidates will rise to the top (in both parties). We can let our voices be heard such that all the candidates know that Christians will not stay home on Election Day, and instead we will vote en masse in accordance with Biblical values.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE ENTIRE AMERICAN ELECTORAL PROCESS. If we fail to do so, then we are neglecting our most basic citizenship responsibilities and neglecting God’s commands.

II Samuel 23:3 “The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of the Lord.”

Christian citizen, we are exactly a year out from our next general election! Daniel Webster, the Father of American Scholarship and Education, said:

“When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, ‘just men who will rule in the fear of God.’ The preservation of [our] government depends on the faithful discharge of this Duty; if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded.”

We are approaching an election that will determine whether we are a country that is destined to rise or fall based on the justness of those we elect. Our votes will determine whether our Bible-based form of government is to be preserved or ruined. Our selection will determine whether our Constitutional rights are to be uplifted or violated. The choice is ours, and it is not too early to pray. In fact, our prayers for the upcoming election should have started long ago. Any further delay may cause them to be too late.

PLEASE FAITHFULLY AND FERVENTLY PRAY FOR THE 2016 AMERICAN ELECTION. We must not neglect our duty. The preservation of our government is at stake!

SET YOUR ALARM: If you’re ENCOURAGED (by the 2015 election results that indicate an awakening of the Christian electorate), set your alarm (to pray for our nation)!

NOTE: Please see this prior post for related thoughts: https://prayatlunch.us/the-choice-of-our-rulers/

Job 42:12-13 “So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters.”

As Christians, we need to have the long view of life. The results at the end are far more important than our position at the beginning. No matter where our paths take us, we must retain our trust in the LORD and maintain our sights on the end.

Job faced some extreme highs in life and some severe lows. From the perspective of select periods in his life it seemed as if he were a failure. Yet, he endured in prayerfulness and faithfulness. He retained his trust in the Lord and maintained his sights on the end. From the perspective of the entirety of his life, Job was a marvelous success.

As individual Christians, we may have select periods in our lives where we seem like failures. Yet, our sustained prayerfulness and faithfulness are what is required to be marvelous successes in God’s eyes.

Similarly as a nation, we are experiencing a period where we seem like a failed experiment. Yet, our sustained prayerfulness and faithfulness can allow us to successfully return to God.

PLEASE PRAY FOR AMERICA TO SEE GREATER BLESSINGS THAN EVEN THOSE IN OUR PAST. The latter end of America can still be more than its beginning.

Job 42:10 “And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.”

Job went through a deep and tortuous valley in his life. He was blessed with peace and plenty before the valley and almost lost everything. At times, his situation looked hopeless. Yet, he endured in faithfulness and prayerfulness. As a result, the trial was only temporary. In fact, Job ended up with twice as much as he had before.

America is going through a deep and tortuous valley. We were blessed with peace and plenty before the valley and currently look like we are loosing it all. At times, our situation looks hopeless. Yet, if we endure in faithfulness and prayerfulness we may find that the trial is only temporary. In fact, we may find that we end up with twice as much as we had before.

I want what we had before in America. Even more so, I prayerfully yearn for even more than that. PLEASE PRAY FOR FAITHFULNESS AND PRAYERFULNESS IN THE MIDST OF OUR NATIONAL TRIAL. God gave Job twice as much as he had before. We should desire the same.

SET YOUR ALARM: If you’re alarmed (that American students continue to fall behind in spite of common curriculum and testing), set your alarm (to pray for our nation)!

Esther 4:14 “For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Esther 5:3 “Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou queen Esther? And what is thy request? It shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.”

God could have sent Esther to 21^st century America to stand up to the kings of this world. Though it took a bit of prodding for her to stand up for her people and her God in her country, she courageously did so and her courage was rewarded.

It may take a bit of prodding for us to stand up for our people and our God in our country. Consider this the prod. We have been placed here for such a time as this. We have nowhere else to turn. We have no one else to rely upon. We are it, and God desires that we would courageously stand up to the kings of this world. Our courage will be rewarded.

PLEASE PRAY THAT EACH CHRISTIAN WOULD RECOGNIZE OUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO STAND FOR GOD IN OUR LAND. When we courageously stand up to the king, we may find our requests given unto us. Esther did.

Please see these prior posts for similar thoughts:
https://prayatlunch.us/this-time/
https://prayatlunch.us/who-knoweth/