From: MaxLucado.com <email@maxlucado.com>
Date: November 7, 2012, 7:09:44 AM EST
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Subject: UpWords · 11/07/2012
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UpWords · 11/07/2012
The Power of Election Prayer
Nov 06, 2012 12:01 pm
Let others lose sleep over the election. Let others grow bitter from party or petty rivalries. Let others cast their hope with the people of the elephant or the donkey. Not followers of Jesus. We place our trust in the work of God.
How many kings has he seen come and go? How many nations has he seen stand and fall? He is above them all. And he oversees them all. So, while others get anxious, we don't. Here is what we do: we pray.
"First of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." (1 Tim.2:1-4 NIV).
It is time to take this job seriously. Over the next hours and days ahead, turn your heart toward heaven and ask God to:
- Unite our country
- Strengthen us
- Appoint and anoint our next president
God's promise is clear:
"If my people, who are called by my name, will 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 and will heal their land." (2 Chron. 7:14 NIV).
Only God can unite the nations. On this election day, let's ask him to do just that with ours.
Dear Heavenly Father,
You have given us this promise: "If my people, who are called by my name, will 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 and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
So, we pray to you. We turn from evil and look to you, our God. Please:
Unite us
Strengthen us
Appoint and anoint our next president
In the name of Christ we pray,
Amen
His Grace
Nov 06, 2012 10:01 pm
Today's MP3I had planned to nap during my trip. But the fellow next to me had other ideas! Knowing I couldn't sleep, I opened my Bible.
"What ya' studying there, buddy?" I told him, but he never heard.
"The church is lost," he declared. "Hellbound and heartsick." "Christians are asleep. They don't pray. They don't love. They don't care." With that he began listing all the woes and weaknesses of the church.
I shouldn't have let it bug me, but it did. God's faithfulness has never depended on the faithfulness of his children. He is faithful even when we are not. When we lack courage, he doesn't.
I'll probably never see that proclaimer of pessimism again, but if you do, will you give him a message for me? God's blessings are dispensed according to the riches of his grace, not according to the depth of our faith.
That's what makes God…God! And that is what makes the church strong.
From A Gentle Thunder
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