I recently opened a meeting in prayer with a message laid on my heart. Many thanked me for the message because they needed it. God uses us when we are willing. These are His words impressed upon me.
I’ve been praying a similar prayer for our great state of Montana and our country. Let us repent and seek your forgiveness and mercy, Father, and pour Your favor on us even though we are undeserving. Let us have fair elections, let Christians vote like never before, and let Your chosen people be elected into office. Finally, may CI 128 be soundly defeated. In your precious name, Amen.
Prayer without action clearly explained is not God’s will. Anyone with the constitutional right (and responsibility) to vote, but doesn’t? Those who rebel by not voting will bring anguish down on their neighbors and their descendants.
Beautifully written! Just perfect! It brought tears to my eyes because I’m so very worried for our country. My parents (published authors) were leaders of a ‘Prayers for Our Nation’ group at their church in Central Oregon for many years... My mom will love this. And I’m going to print this out and share it with my pastor this Sunday, too. Thank you for your fine work. I’m going to read & say this every night. 🙏
Recently I posted two separate articles to my own blog in an attempt to counter the popular idea that Christians are supposed to engage in politics to influence the culture. You can see them here.
As Christians, we are supposed to remain unspotted from the world (James 1:27), yet we are supposed to also influence the world (Matthew 13:33). Keep yourself pure, but also make your voice, opinion, and belief known.
The question I have is how we are to accomplish this and still remain true to each principle.
Voting for the lesser of two evils will not do it because evil will still triumph. It may be a slower form of evil, but it will eventually manifest. Kicking the can down the road does not solve anything and, when the consequences catch up, they will be worse than if the problem had been addressed in the first place.
Unfortunately, most Christians think that by voting for the "lesser of two evils" is the godly thing to do. They never consider that withdrawing from The System (yes, the emphasis is deliberate), they have influence over it by refusing to participate in it. Voting for the lesser of two evils is an endorsement of evil and supports it in its advancement. Eureka! Four years later, the same process occurs, except that we are a little bit further along the road to absolute destruction.
Government is evil. It is based on a concept that the most powerful can prey on the most innocent with impunity. It is, at its most base level, theft on a societal level. Every single political government which has ever existed has done so because it was able to take and confiscate from its citizens what rightfully belonged to them. Official theft, in other words, which raises the question. If individual theft is forbidden and government is comprised of individuals, then how does it happen that collective theft is allowed simply because any specific number of individuals decided that it should be so?
I’ve been praying a similar prayer for our great state of Montana and our country. Let us repent and seek your forgiveness and mercy, Father, and pour Your favor on us even though we are undeserving. Let us have fair elections, let Christians vote like never before, and let Your chosen people be elected into office. Finally, may CI 128 be soundly defeated. In your precious name, Amen.
Amen!!
Amen! 🙏
Prayer without action clearly explained is not God’s will. Anyone with the constitutional right (and responsibility) to vote, but doesn’t? Those who rebel by not voting will bring anguish down on their neighbors and their descendants.
Beautifully written! Just perfect! It brought tears to my eyes because I’m so very worried for our country. My parents (published authors) were leaders of a ‘Prayers for Our Nation’ group at their church in Central Oregon for many years... My mom will love this. And I’m going to print this out and share it with my pastor this Sunday, too. Thank you for your fine work. I’m going to read & say this every night. 🙏
Thank you! I know they are not my words.
Recently I posted two separate articles to my own blog in an attempt to counter the popular idea that Christians are supposed to engage in politics to influence the culture. You can see them here.
https://poorrogersalmanac.com/2024/10/12/should-christians-be-involved-in-politics/
https://poorrogersalmanac.com/2024/10/19/the-practice-of-politics-continued/
As Christians, we are supposed to remain unspotted from the world (James 1:27), yet we are supposed to also influence the world (Matthew 13:33). Keep yourself pure, but also make your voice, opinion, and belief known.
The question I have is how we are to accomplish this and still remain true to each principle.
Voting for the lesser of two evils will not do it because evil will still triumph. It may be a slower form of evil, but it will eventually manifest. Kicking the can down the road does not solve anything and, when the consequences catch up, they will be worse than if the problem had been addressed in the first place.
Unfortunately, most Christians think that by voting for the "lesser of two evils" is the godly thing to do. They never consider that withdrawing from The System (yes, the emphasis is deliberate), they have influence over it by refusing to participate in it. Voting for the lesser of two evils is an endorsement of evil and supports it in its advancement. Eureka! Four years later, the same process occurs, except that we are a little bit further along the road to absolute destruction.
Government is evil. It is based on a concept that the most powerful can prey on the most innocent with impunity. It is, at its most base level, theft on a societal level. Every single political government which has ever existed has done so because it was able to take and confiscate from its citizens what rightfully belonged to them. Official theft, in other words, which raises the question. If individual theft is forbidden and government is comprised of individuals, then how does it happen that collective theft is allowed simply because any specific number of individuals decided that it should be so?
You tell me.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed this and the point that we are to be the influence through Christ's leading.