At last night’s closing celebration for the fall 2008 Bakersfield 40 Days for Life campaign I shared these thoughts about the eternal impact of our vote:
Jesus said that all authority in heaven and on earth comes from Him, and He also said that we will be accountable for how we have used what He has given us, and that those who make good use of what He has given will be rewarded.
Our vote is a form of authority. It may be a small amount of authority, but we are personally accountable to God to use that authority in a way which glorifies Jesus. In reality, our vote probably matters more to God than it does to the nation. Continue reading →
I just received this from our friend and intercessor Marti McCraw.
…Barack Obama speaks to the nation who has the power to make him President. In essence, regarding abortion, he is saying, “There is an odd set of people in our nation who don’t fit in… elect me for president and I will give orders to have them destroyed.”
Barack Obama has declared that the first thing he will do when elected is… remove every abortion restriction that has been passed since Roe V. Wade.
Will you join the Esther’s and Mordecai’s of this land to fast and pray for the lives of these innocent children? Who knows? Maybe you were made queen (part of a voting democracy) for just such a time as this.
Read Marti’s full post calling for prayer and fasting…