A Prayer for
the Election
(from John Piper)
Father in heaven, as we approach this election on Tuesday, I pray
1) that your people will vote,
2) and that they will vote with a sense of thankfulness for a
democratic system that at least partially holds in check the folly and evil in
all our hearts so that power which corrupts so readily is not given to one
group or person too easily;
3) that we would know and live the meaning of
being in the world, but not of it,
doing politics as though not doing
them,
being on the earth, yet having our
lives hidden with Christ in God,
rendering to Caesar the things that
are Caesars, and to God the things that are God’s;
4) that we would discern what truths and values should advance by
being made law and which should advance only by the leavening of honest influence;
5) that your people would see what love and justice and far-seeing
wisdom demand in regard to the issues of education, business and industry,
health care, marriage and family, abortion, welfare, energy, government and
taxes, military, terrorism, international relations, and every challenge that
we will face in the years to come;
6) and above all, that we will treasure Jesus Christ, and tell
everyone of his sovereignty and supremacy over all nations, and that long after
America is a footnote to the future world, he will reign with his people from
every tribe and tongue and nation.
Keep us faithful to Christ’s all important Word, and may we turn to
it every day for light in these dark times.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
(thanks for pic, Paula, I love it)
