Christian responses to election results

Whether you voted for Barack Obama or not,  the reality is that God is sovereign and in His wisdom has placed Obama in office for another term.  As a Christian, we are commanded to pray for those who hold the highest offices, not to demonize them.  I pray that Christians will respond with grace and humility, whether they voted for Obama or not.  We can continue to fight for issues of human life and religious liberty while at the same time respecting the differences of elected officials. Here are four insightful posts to help you process through moving forward from the election results:

How to respond to the election results

Christians, Let's honor the President

Dear angry evangelical, have you prayed for your President today?

The people have spoken--what should Christians do now?

What about you?  As a believer, how do you respond to the election results?

Thoughts on Inauguration Day

Here are my quick thoughts on the events of yesterday:

• Someone went into a lot of details to put that together.
• Someone went into a lot of details to KEEP it together.
• Watching it live on cnn.com and Facebook was really cool.
• There was a TON of energy in the crowd!
• Rick Warren got a lot of criticism from some people, but his prayer was awesome.
• You can read a great commentary and full text of the prayer here.
• John Roberts should've used notes.
• Someone on the radio said there were more security personnel on hand at Inauguration than troops in Afghanistan. USA Today said there are 30,000 in Afghanistan. Wow!
• Obama looked calm
• Bush looked ragged. I wonder what Obama will look like after the weight of being President takes its toll.
  
• Goofy Hat Award: Bush Sr. Second Place - Aretha.
• Yo-Yo Ma was off the chain!:)
• Dick Cheney pulled a muscle moving boxes and had to be in a wheelchair. Really? Really??
• The poem read was horrible!
• Obama can deliver a speech.
  
• His speech at DNC had more energy.
• I noticed a lot of comments made yesterday that were extreme in BOTH directions.
• Whether you agree with Obama or not, if you love Jesus you are commanded to PRAY for Him.
• 1 Timothy 2:1-3
• We are witnessing a shift in our culture.
• GOD IS STILL ON HIS THRONE!
• This is a great time for the church to share the true source of hope: JESUS!