Joey’s Take: Unprecedented Action

Although my congressional campaign is truly unprecedented, I promise not to overuse that word when I'm stumping -- given how much our current president has abused and misused it. Unfortunately, he has devalued that word as much as he has the dollar. (See Politico article.)

But enough jabs. Another unprecedented part of my campaign is that I’m not going to ask for your money. What I want are your prayers. Not for me, but for our country. Instead of throwing tea bags around in frustrated anger, we should be joining together in earnest, humble prayer -- all across this nation -- for our leaders.

Our prayers should not be about how right we are. And they should not be pleas that God show our leaders the error of their ways. Instead, we should ask God’s forgiveness for our lack of love toward those who disagree with us. We need to ask Him to raise up candidates on the local and national level who will stand for what’s right rather than bow to what is politically convenient. We need to continually remind our congressional delegates and local officials that we are praying for them; there is accountability in prayer. And while we’re on our knees, we also need to pray for the media.

Just picture it: God’s people, in every state, joining together and humbling themselves in prayer for the future of our country. Now that would be unprecedented.

“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. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14-15