Father, my Father, as we enter this voting season, we lift up the candidates who seek to lead our nation. You alone set up kings and take kings down—You hold all authority in Your hands.
I confess we often look to earthly leaders for solutions only You can provide. Grant these men and women wisdom beyond their understanding, integrity when temptation comes, and courage to choose what is right over what is profitable.
Remove from them the spirit of pride and replace it with humility. Let them remember they answer first to You, not to polling numbers or political parties. Shape their hearts toward justice, mercy, and truth, even when the cost is steep.
Help us as citizens to pray for them, not merely vote them. Begin with us, for Jesus' sake. Amen.
Verses for Today:
Then the King will say to those on his right, "Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world..." For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me... Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. (Matthew 25:34–40)
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways. (Proverbs 28:6)
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment. (John 7:24)
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! (Psalm 72:1–2)
