Welcome to our new First Family! It's one week later and some are happy and others, not so happy. What do we do now that the elections are over? We have a new President and God has given us these responsibilities:
I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity-the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:1-5 (NLT)
I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity-the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:1-5 (NLT)
So what are we to do?
- Pray for them as they lead
- Pray that God would meet their needs
- Thank God for them
And notice that what we are to live in ways that are pleasing to God, marked by "godliness and dignity" so that the end result will not bring praise to an office or a country but to the only One worthy of true praise and honor, our Mediator who is the One who can "reconcile God and humanity - the man Christ Jesus." Why? "So that everyone will be saved."
Our true salvation is in the Lord and there is no other. Let us then join together and do our part as we first, live righteously and then out of that life, pray for those in authority over us.
Amen.
Pastor Steve
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