We Pray For America!
- Following God’s Lead
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. – Proverbs 21:1
God sent Moses to Pharaoh to demand that he let the Israelites leave Egypt. God had also told Moses that He would harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he would refuse to heed Moses. Why did God do this? The Lord wanted to display His mighty power, both as a judgment on Egypt and to bolster the faith of His people. God planned to establish a reputation for Himself that would serve His people when they invaded Canaan. God’s ways of dealing with Pharaoh must have baffled Moses and Aaron, but they remained faithful and obedient nonetheless.
On this day in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge stated: “I, therefore, urge upon all the voters of our country, without reference to party, that they assemble tomorrow at their respective voting places in the exercise of the high office of American citizenship, that they approach the ballot box in the spirit that they would approach a sacrament, and there, disregarding all appeals to passion and prejudice, dedicate themselves truly and wholly to the welfare of their country. … When an election is so held, it sustains the belief that the voice of the people is the voice of God.”
When you vote, you help determine who will govern the nation and your respective state and jurisdiction, those who will make the laws and protect your liberties. As a follower of Christ, it is important for you to choose representatives who will embrace and uphold biblical and godly values. If your state or city has elections tomorrow, and you have not already cast your ballot, be sure to fulfill your responsibility and privilege as a Christian citizen. Pray for voters across the nation to engage in the election process, for the smaller elections as well as the presidential ones. Then trust the Lord as the ultimate guide of the political forces of this world.
Today’s Verse: Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will.All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: 1 Samuel 12:1-14
1 And Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have obeyed your voice in all that you have said to me and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walks before you, and I am old and gray; and behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day. 3 Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you.” 4 They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.” 5 And he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”
6 And Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is witness, who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous deeds of the Lord that he performed for you and for your fathers. 8 When Jacob went into Egypt, and the Egyptians oppressed them, then your fathers cried out to the Lord and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place. 9 But they forgot the Lord their God. And he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them. 10 And they cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. But now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve you.’ 11 And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety. 12 And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the Lord your God was your king. 13 And now behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, the Lord has set a king over you. 14 If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
TODAY’S NATIONAL LEADER FOR PRAYER
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- James Walkinshaw, Representative for Virginia
James Walkinshaw, Representative for Virginia
- Born – October 1982 in Arlington, Virginia
- Education – B.A., New York University
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Politician, government official
- Political Experience – Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, congressional aide
- In office since – 2025
- Family – Married to Yvette, 1 child
- Religious Affiliation – Undisclosed
- James Walkinshaw, Representative for Virginia
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