My guy won the election(or my guy lost) so what do I do now?

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AN ELECTION WEEK CHALLENGE TO BELIEVERS:

PRAY FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS

PRAY WITH A FRIEND WITH WHOM YOU DISAGREE.

PRAY FOR GOD'S PEOPLE TO SHOW LOVE REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME.

If you would like to look at a passage online, go to: http://www.biblegateway.com/

Colossians 3:12-17: Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

No matter how you may have voted, or if you did not vote, there is a significant portion of the population with whom you have significant differences. Since the election news is fresh, those differences are raised up everywhere you look.

There are those with whom you disagree but like very much, and there are those, well, you may not find so likable. People outside the faith may struggle with civility, manners, politeness, or whatever social pressures that cause them to behave well, in order to behave well. Others just do not behave well.

But church! We have a different, significant, specific, Kingdom calling. We are, as anyone who accepts Christ is, God's chosen!

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved;

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another;

Forgive as the Lord forgave you;

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity;

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace;

And be thankful;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly...as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly...and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly...with gratitude in your hearts to God;

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus;

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Brothers and sisters, whenever there is disagreement, whenever there is division, those of us who believe God's promises to be true have the ability, occasion, and responsibility, to show Christ to the world. It is, He is, light in that darkness.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Cor. 4:18)

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Questions:

1. What role does God play in your political thinking?

2. What part does the church play in unifying people?

3. Is your church unified?

THOUGHTS ON UNITY AND WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER
"One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization
do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team.
The first requisite is life, always."

A.W. Tozer

"Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all
tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other?
They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other,
but to another standard to which each one must individually bow.
So one hundred worshippers meeting together,
each one looking away to Christ,
are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be
were they to become unity conscious
and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.
Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified.
The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier.
The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life."

A.W. Tozer

"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God,
and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen,
they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth."

John Wesley