How Do Christians Know How to Vote?

The news is recapping presidential debates and local election statistics daily.  Flyers and billboards feature the faces of candidates and their slogans.  Our neighbors are sticking yard signs in their front lawns staking their political stance and to whom their vote belongs.

When we’re bombarded with political media messages and neighborly voting advice, how do we decide who to listen to?  

As Christians, how do we choose who to vote for?

Be informed. It’s important that we know information about local office and presidential candidates beyond what is shared on the evening news or what our friends tell us over coffee. Find out what platforms they stand on. Attend a local rally. Look into their past experience.

Know the facts so you can wear that “I Voted” sticker like a badge of honor.

Be praying. I found an old prayer from Derek Prince Ministries dating back to the 1980’s election.  It concluded with these instructions, “remember to pray, ask God to show you how to pray, remember to cast your vote and do not be afraid of the battle.”  One of the best tactics for effectively fighting for America in an election season is prayer. If we can pray for our country, God will reveal who we should elect to lead it.  

Your one vote may seem small, insignificant even.

However it’s a big part in the story that God is writing for America.  So start doing some research on who might fit as a leading character in this chapter for our country. And go to the polls prayerfully, believing God has something great in mind for the United States. 

In the 2016 election, your voice as a Christian matters so “cast your vote and do not be afraid of the battle.”