How to Pray for the Election

One month from today we will go to the polls here in the States in a hotly contested presidential election. As Christians, we need to be praying for the entire election process. Here are some things you can be praying as the election approaches:

Pray that we, as a people, will humble ourselves before God. If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Pray that whomever is elected will know that he is accountable to God. 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. Romans 13:1
Pray that whomever is elected will have a heart that is sensitive toward God’s leadings. The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. Proverbs 21:1
Pray that our president will be covered in prayer by the Christian church. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone– for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 1 Timothy 2:1-2
Pray that whomever is elected will pursue justice for the oppressed. Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Psalm 82:3-4
Pray that whomever is elected will love God’s Word and submit to it’s teachings. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. Psalm 119:16
Pray that whomever is elected will have wise and godly counselors. Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1-2
Pray that whomever is elected will worship and serve Jesus Christ. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.1 Timothy 2:3-5