Be Sure to Cast Your Vote.
Everyone who is eligible to vote needs to vote in the November Elections. Voting is both a privilege and a responsibility. When we cast our ballot we help determine who will be running the government of our country.
Why is it important to vote?
Scripture tells us that we are to be subject to the governing authorities.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. (Romans 13:1-2 ESV)
Scripture also tells us that we are to pay our taxes (to finance the government).
Then the Pharisees …. sent their disciples to him (Jesus), saying, “…Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” …. Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (Matthew 22:15-21 ESV)
We are to pray for our leaders.
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. (1Timothy 2:1-2 ESV)
We are to be subject to the governing authorities, help finance the government, and pray for our leaders. Certainly we should take part in the process that determines who will be running our government.
NOTE: Regardless of the outcome of this current election, or any election, it is crucial to know that our hope in not in Republicans, Democrats, or third party candidates. Our hope is in the Lord.
Our hope is in the Lord.
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. (Psalm 39:7 ESV)
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. (Psalm 62:5-6 ESV)
My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 121:2 ESV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:3-5 ESV)
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! (Psalm 33:12 ESV)
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