November 05, 2004

Morning coffee - November 5

John Michael Talbot

As morning breaks I look to you, O God,
To be my strength this day

Dr. James White's most recent post on his blog casts light on one of the practical benefits of biblical calvinism. Now that the presidential election is in the past and we know who will lead the free world for the next four years (Lord willing), many of us are praying for God's guidance in the coming years. We pray that God will cause George Bush to make judicial appointments of judges who respect our consitution and are not in opposition to the religious principles laid out in the Bible. We pray that God will set our president and his cabinet on a course of action that will glorify God and will lead our nation toward righteousness.

Because of Calvinism's acceptance of the biblical doctrine of God's total sovereignty, calvinists believe that God controls the actions and plans of the world's leaders. Those who reject this doctrine cannot pray for God to guide our nation but only pray that God will try to influence the leader's direction, but if that leader rejects God's influence we're all in trouble.

I praise God that He "turns the hearts of kings."

Pray for our president as he chooses his cabinet and as he prepares his plan for the next four years. May God bless this nation through the leadership of the man He has chosen to lead us at this time.

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