My family and church are devastated by the results of the election. I know of more people who were praying for our country and for Mitt Romney to be elected than at any time in my life. What happened to the 2Chronicles promise? If the result ... ...
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SPEAKING OF LOVELY, WE'VE
GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT
THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT
IN.
ANITA SAYS, "MY FAMILY AND
FRIENDS ARE DEVASTATING
ABOUT THE RESULTS OF OUR
ELECTION.
I KNOW MORE PEOPLE WERE
PRAYING FOR MITT ROMNEY TO
BE ELECTED.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 2
CHRONICLES.
IF THE RESULT OF PRAYER
ISN'T GOD'S WILL, THEN WHY
BOTHER PRAYING?"
Consuelo:
Gordon: THE LORD'S
PRAYER IS THAT WE SHOULD
PRAY THAT GOD'S WILL WILL BE
DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN.
THE REASON WE'RE ASKED TO
PRAY IS BECAUSE GOD'S WILL
IS NOT BEING DONE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THAT
LENS, YOU SHOULD BE
ENCOURAGED TO PRAY EVEN
MORE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR
LEADERSHIP AND OUR
GOVERNMENT, REGARDLESS OF
WHO WON.
GOD IS NOT A REPUBLICAN AND
HE IS NOT A DEMOCRAT.
HE IS ABOVE ALL OF THAT.
IF WE WANT HIS BLESSINGS, WE
NEED TO PRAY IN HIS ACCORD
DANCE.
1 TIM 2: "THEREFORE I EXALT
FIRST OF ALL SUP
SUPPLECATIONS, AND PRAYERS
AND INTERCESSIONS BE GIVING
OF THANKS BUT MADE FROM ALL
MEN.
THAT WE MAY LEAD QUIET AND
PEACE OF A LIFE IN ALL
GODLINESS, FOR THIS IS THE
GOOD AND THE ACCEPTABLE IN
GOD OUR SAVIOR, WHO DESIRES
ALL MEN TO BE SAVED AND TO
COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
TRUTH."
THAT SHOULD ENCOURAGE OUR
PRAYER LIFE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND
ANYONE DISAPPOINTED IN THE
OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION,
PRAY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
GIVE THANKS FOR HIM.
ASK GOD TO GIVE HIM WISDOM.
ASK GOD'S MERCY TO BE OVER
HIM.
IF WE DO THAT -- AND THERE
IS PLENTY OF PRECEDENT FOR
IT.
WHEN YOU GO BACK TO SAMUEL,
HE SAID, I WON'T SIN AND NOT
PRAY FOR YOU.
HE DIDN'T PICK PARTICULAR
PEOPLE IN ISRAEL TO PRAY FOR
AND NOT TO PRAY FOR.
HE PRAYED FOR ALL OF THEM
AND THAT GOD WOULD HAVE
MERCY ON ALL OF THEM.
WHY?
BECAUSE HE WANTED THEM
SAVED.
IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT IS
GOD'S WILL FOR ALL TO BE
SAVED, THAT WILL INFORM YOUR
PRAYER LIFE.
SO DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
UNDERSTAND THAT GOD'S PLAN
AND PURPOSE IS STILL BEING
DONE.
AND WE'RE HIS AMBASSADORS,
AND WE'RE TO PRAY THAT HIS
WILL WILL BE
DONE ON EARTHS
IT IS IN HEAVY.
Kristi: FANTASTIC
ANSWER.
Gordon: PRAY FOR
OBAMA.
WE WERE DOING IT DURING THE
WHOLE TIME OF PRAYER UP TO
AND DURING THE ELECTION.
I PRAY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WE NEED TO PRAY FOUR HIM.
WE NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR
LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE FACING VERY DIFFICULT
TIMES, FROM AN ECONOMIC
STANDPOINT, FROM A TERRORISM
STANDPOINT, WHAT IS GOING ON
IN SYRIA, IRAN, AND ISRAEL.
WE NEED TO BE PRAYING.
Kristi: YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND WE NEED TO CAUTION
OURSELVES BECAUSE SO OFTEN
WE PUT OUR HOPE IN LEADERS
AND THE GOVERNMENT, WHEN WE
NEED TO REMEMBER THAT OUR
HOPE LIES IN THE LORD AND
THE LORD ALONE.
Gordon: MEN WILL ALWAYS
LET YOU DOWN.
THEY'LL MAKE MISTAKES.
LEADERS WILL LET YOU DOWN.
BUT WHEN YOU YOUR HOPE IN
HIM, YOU'RE IN A GOOD
PLACE.
Kristi: ABSOLUTELY.
IF I HAD A TAMBOURINE, I'D
BE SHAKING IT.
Gordon: CAN I GET A
WITNESS.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM 1 PETER 4: "ABOVE
ALL THINGS, HAVE FERVENT
LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, FOR
LOVE WILL COVER A MULTITUDE
OF SINS."
FOR KRISTI, FOR LEE, FOR ME
AND ALL OF US, GOD BLESS
YOU.
BE IN PRAYER FOR OUR NATION,
BE IN PRAYER FOR OUR
PRESIDENT, AND LET'S SEE
WHAT GOD WILL DO.
GOD BLESS YOU.