Lord, are the elections the way they are today because of my lack of prayer? I know that prayer makes the difference. Did I fail to live up to my part in making the difference?
Lord, can they count now? Can you convict all of us to pray and to keep praying about the USA and change us to believe and behave as though we are truly one nation united Under God? Can you help us turn from our wicked ways and live the godly way? Can you help us Christians to quit living the comfortable faith we want to live and live the uncomfortable faith where we are under you, Lord, in every way? And can you help us submit to you and your sacred word, the Holy Bible?
Can you help us get serious about our faith because what we have been doing is not working as is sinful? We cannot live as a nation apart from you, Jesus.
Help us to quit being so busy, so career-focused, so self-focused, and turn to you and your sacred word. Can you help us stop being so spiritually lazy?
Lord, help the United States be one a nation under God again. Help us vote for strong biblical values, not for a person, but for the platform. Help us not be lazy and vote.
Helps us also to unite in unceasing prayer for the United States of America from now until the elections in November. Help us to pray, and keep praying, and remain in the Holy Bible and live for you alone once again.
Help us to remember how important it is to constantly and consistently pray for the biblical values of the USA.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Prayer for Super Tuesday and the U.S. Presidential Elections
Lord God, you are the Almighty. You are holy, holy, and holy. You are above all. You are the God of gods, King of kings, and the One above all idols. You are our one and only. Father, help all Americans remember all these things and live them, in general, but especially today.
Today is Super Tuesday and it is the most important Super Tuesday in the history of the United States of America. And this is the most important presidential election in U.S. history.
After all, this election will determine if the United States remains a free democratic nation Under God... and free to be Christian... or if we become a socialized republic that loses the rights of being Christian.
This election determines if we remain a Christian nation or one of the gods and idols.
We are to take our stand as Americans.
However, we need to take one, far more importantly, as Christians.
Everyone. Every strong conservative, which is the only way to vote if you believe the Holy Bible is true, needs to go vote. Even if this isn't for the final ballot, whoever wins tonight is the one who represents conservative values. Therefore, every vote for matters far more than ever.
Forget the people, the men on the ballot. They are politicians. Can we truly like any of them? Rather, look at what they stand for. Look at the their record. Truly. Don't trust what others say about their record. Check it out for yourself.
Lord, help us to go out and vote. It truly matters more than ever.
In the name of Jesus, help us pick the one who has the record of standing for you and doesn't just say they are Christian.
This is why we need to vote. Help us to actually go out and do so and not just leave it for the other guy... or think what will be will be.
Part of rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar's is actually voting.
Lord, help heal course land and wake all of us up that we need to reverse the course and become Under God once more. We have not been in years. This is why every true believer in Jesus Christ, and Holy Bible reader, should vote tonight... if their state is holding taking part in Super Tuesday.
This is why we need to vote tonight and in the presidential elections... and without fail. Lord help us keep this in mind. Help us take a stand and to choose you, not our own agenda. Please guide us and help us get rid of opinion in our minds and hearts and look at the facts. Personality and words do not matter. Their record matters. Help us to stand for you and the Holy Bible again, not what we want. Our wants do not matter. Yours, God, matters. What do you want? Help each of us to know.
You alone are the King of kings. Help us pick the one in this election, especially tonight, who will truly seek he in all does.
2 Chronicles 7:14 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
2 Chronicles 7:14 New Living Translation (NLT)
14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
2 Chronicles 7:14 Expanded Bible (EXB)
14 Then if my people, who ·are called by my name [belong to me], will humble themselves, if they will pray and seek ·me [L my face] and stop their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven. I will forgive their sin, and I will ·heal [restore] their land.
Expanded Bible (EXB). The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.
2 Chronicles 7:14 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
New American Standard Bible (NASB). Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
2 Chronicles 7:14 New Century Version (NCV)
14 Then if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, if they will pray and seek me and stop their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven. I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.
New Century Version (NCV). The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
And in context:
2 Chronicles 7:12-22 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Lord’s Response
12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:
I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a temple of sacrifice. 13 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on My people, 14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 15 My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place. 16 And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My name may be there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times.
17 As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man ruling in Israel.
19 However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have sanctified for My name I will banish from My presence; I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. 21 As for this temple, which was exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple? 22 Then they will say: Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They clung to other gods and worshiped and served them. Because of this, He brought all this ruin on them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
To you, God, be the glory.
Image credit: Stacy Duplease and Remembering Your Present, LLC
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Love of God, Country, Military, and Voting: Family Tree
I was raised to have love of God, country, military, and voting.
I was always taught that these are the minimum values a person should have. Ideally, we would apply the Bible to our lives and love our neighbor as well.
I also was taught that every American should vote. No exceptions. Period. How many have died for the opportunity to vote?
I was raised to love God first.
I also was taught to love the military. They put their lives on the line every day, by choice, for me--someone who has not made the same decision. The military are the ones who are the true heroes because they make it so we can live free.
This was my passionate value system before I discovered my family tree this spring. No one had any idea that we had four family members live in Jamestown in 1607--and that does not count the several others who lived in Jamestown, or nearby communities, from 1607-1623.
So, imagine how passionate I am about these values today.
It's rather odd when I have to fill out my ethnicity. Not one form ever gives the option of checking AMERICAN. (How wrong is that?) I am all-American. Can't get much more American. Since 1607. (Actually since 1585 in Roanoke, but he didn't stay.)
I've had family members fight in EVERY American war.
Today means more to me than it ever has.
Today shows how the United States of America is the greatest country on earth. We can vote. And we are not killed for it. And, the next President goes into office without armed conflict. It's a peaceful transition.
How fortunate are we?!
God bless the United States of America.
(Image Credit: Microsoft Images Online.)
(Image Credit: Microsoft Images Online.)
Stacy Duplease
Thriller Historical Fiction Writer
Thriller Historical Fiction Writer
The Storykeeper of Roanoke: The Family Treez of the USA Series, Book #1
Email: familytreezusa@gmail.com
dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez USA
06-07 November 2012: Two Big days in American and NaNoWriMo History
Today and tomorrow are two gigantic and important dates in the history of the United States of America.
Make sure to vote!
A NANOWRIMO WRITE-A-THON CHALLENGE
This vote is so critical that I am going to stay up as long as possible--even if I pull an all-nighter--until the President is declared. Hence, I am turning it into a NaNoWriMo Write-A-Thon. As I stay glued to the news I am going to write and see how many words I can get pumped out for my book.
Care to join me?
(Image Credit of 1st two images: Microsoft Images Online.)
(Image Credit of 1st two images: Microsoft Images Online.)
Stacy Duplease
Thriller Historical Fiction Writer
Thriller Historical Fiction Writer
The Chronicler of Roanoke: The Family Treez of the USA Series, Book #1
Email: familytreezusa@gmail.com
dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Family Treez USA
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