Presidents' Day

There’s been a lot of debate lately regarding whether or not some of our nations greatest presidents were Christian or not and if they supported Christian beliefs. This is an interesting topic and I ran across a website that discusses George Washington’s faith, which you can read here, George Washington, a Christian?

However today, I’d like to look at how divided our nation as become. You may be at odds with the current administration, or you may not have support the previous administration. Possibly you haven’t been happy with any presidential administration since Herbert Hoover. As a nation, we seem to be aligning more strongly to our political parties, and less along the lines that we are all Americans. After the last elections, there were a few very vocal people who said they planned on leaving the country as the results of the election. We’ve seen these divisions throughout our past. In June 16, 1858 Abraham Lincoln warned against an even deeper division between the people of the United States, over slavery. As the Republican Senate candidate for Illinois, Mr. Lincoln gave his famous House Divided speech where he states, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Where can people of opposing views rally together?

In 1 Timothy 2:1-2 NIV Paul urges us to pray for our leaders and in Romans 13:1 NIV he writes, “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.” Another way stated, God is in control and no one is placed in a position of authority without him/her being placed there by God. This must have come as quite a shock to the Christians of the time since, they were being severely persecuted by government and religious leaders a like. If we must submit the authority, would it not be in our best interest to pray for the authorities that have been placed over us? The website Presidential Prayer Team offers ideas on how we can pray for our president. Be sure to add all of our leaders, political, spiritual, bosses, and others, to your prayer list.