Monday, November 5, 2012

URGENT: Vote!

During one of the many 20th Century wars, a village was bombed and the statue of Jesus in the middle of town was damaged. The stone hands of Jesus were blown off.

As the village recovered after the battles, the people began to raise money to repair the statue … but they never completed it. Why? The people changed their mind after a mysterious sign appeared one night. It read, “Jesus has no hands but yours.”

That’s a good reminder for us as voting day approaches. As a congregation and as individual Christians, we call on God to bless our world. But tomorrow he will rely on our hands to pull the levers and vote his priorities for our world.

Tomorrow the lines may be long. Please don’t let that discourage you. Jesus is counting on your hands. And if you have to wait in line, remember to use that wait as holy time, folding your hands in prayer to the Lord of life!

Below are prayers we used for Saturday’s prayer service. Consider printing them out and bring them with you (along with a Bible) as you wait.







Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord   Psalm 33:12

Billy Graham’s Prayer for the Nation
    Our Father and Our God, we praise You for Your goodness to our nation, giving us blessings far beyond what we deserve. Yet we know all is not right with America. We deeply need a moral and spiritual renewal to help us meet the many problems we face. Convict us of sin. Help us to turn to You in repentance and faith. Set our feet on the path of Your righteousness and peace. We pray today for our nation’s leaders. Give them the wisdom to know what is right, and the courage to do it. You have said, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” May this be a new era for America, as we humble ourselves and acknowledge You alone as our Savior and Lord. This we pray in Your holy name, Amen.

Praying For The Government
1Tim 2:1            Heavenly Father, I give thanks for our government.
1 Tim 2:2          I pray for all men and women having authority over
                         us in any way.
Prov. 1:23         Pour out Your Spirit upon them and make Your Word
                        known to them.
Ps 25:21           Cause them to be men and women of integrity,
                        obedient concerning us,
1 Tim 2:2           that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all
                        godliness and honesty.
Prov. 2:10         Let wisdom enter their hearts, and let knowledge be
                        pleasant to them.
Prov. 2:11         Let discretion preserve them and understanding keep
                        them,
Prov. 2:12         to deliver them from the way of evil and from evil
                        men.
Psalm 1:1         Make their hearts and ears attentive to godly counsel,
2Chr 20:32        doing what is right in your sight.
Prov. 2:21         Let the upright dwell in our government.
Heb 12:27         Cause there to be a shaking in all areas.
Prov. 2:21         Let those complete and blameless before You stay.
Prov. 2:22         and cut off the wicked. Let the unfaithful be rooted
                        out.
1Cor 4:5            Bring to light what is hidden in darkness,
1Cor 4:5           and expose the secret aims of the hearts.
Rev 2:5             Let this nation remember from where they have fallen,
Rev 2:5             repenting, and returning to doing their first works,
1Chr 22:19        setting their hearts and their souls to seek the Lord,
2Chr 7:14          humbling themselves, praying, and turning from
                        their wicked ways.
2Chr 7:14          Then hear them, O Lord, and forgive their sins and heal
                        our land.
Acts 26:18        Open their eyes and turn them from darkness to
                        light.
Heb 3:13           Soften the hearts that are hardened through the
                        deceitfulness of sin.
Ps 107:20         Deliver them from their destructions.
2Pet 3:9            Father, You have been longsuffering toward us,
2Pet 3:9            not willing that any should perish,
2Pet 3:9            but that all should come to repentance.
Isa 49:22           Raise up a standard in this nation.
Zech 10:1          Cause the rains of Your Spirit to flood this land
Hab 3:2             and revive Your work in the midst of us.
Isa 59:16           Raise up intercessors for this nation
2Cor 10:4          to pull down strongholds over this land.
Isa 40:5             And let the glory of the Lord be revealed!

Scriptures for Elections
    II Chronicles 7:14 – If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, will heal their land.
     Acts 17:30 – Pray for repentance for yourself and for our nation.
     Psalm 32:6-7 – Pray that Christians will be motivated to pray faithfully for this election and that the Lord would deliver us from the wrong leaders.
     Proverbs 16:13 – Pray that our nation will listen to the truth and not be led astray.
     Psalm 125 – Pray that those who trust in the Lord will not be shaken.
     Psalm 86:14-17 – Pray that the Lord would defeat those who have no regard for Him in this election.
     II Kings 13:16 – Pray that the Lord would put His hands on the man of His choice for president (and his team) and guide them in this election.
     Luke 12:54-57 – Pray that God’s man and our nation will be discerning and do what is right.
     Psalm 16:7-8 – Pray that the Lord would give wise counsel and guidance to His choice for president in this campaign.
     Proverbs 1:5-6 – Pray that God’s man will listen with discernment, add to his knowledge, and receive wise counsel in this campaign.
     John 16:33 – Pray that the man of God’s choice would be given wisdom and ability from the Lord to overcome any obstacle or difficulty during this campaign.
     Philippians 4:13 – Pray that the Lord’s choice for President will have special strength and unusual ability from God.
     Psalm 18:32-36 – Pray that the Lord would arm the man of His choice with strength; would guide him in battle (this election); and would sustain him and give him victory.
     Hebrews 11:32-34 – Pray that God’s man could, through faith, persevere and maintain his courage throughout this election.
     2 Corinthians 12:9 – Pray that the Lord would empower and enable his man in any area of weakness.
     Habakkuk 1:5 and 3:2 – Pray that the Lord would do something that would utterly amaze us.


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