Shirlee Abbott

Don’t Forget to Remember

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

What did you do to honor Armistice Day?

Went to a memorial service
Thanked a Vet
Prayed for peace
I forgot

God knows how easily we forget. That’s why Scripture includes repeated messages, specific holy days and memorial stones. God knows, we forget.

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Safe from War

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

Armistice: arma (weapons) sistere (come to a stop).

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. An armistice was signed, ending the “Great War,” the “war to end all war.”

Only it didn’t. There have been more wars.

Matthew 24:6 (NIV)
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Armageddon (Revelation 16) will be the war that ends all war. When the Prince of Peace comes to establish his kingdom, weapons will come to a stop.

Even so, Lord Jesus, come.

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Too Many Words

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

Campaign commercials. Reporters with questions. Chanting protesters. Endless news stories. Round-the-clock coverage.

Elections come wrapped in too many words. We’re sick and tired of all those words.

People who struggle to read are sick and tired of too many words. For their sakes, keep it simple.

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The Winning Prayer

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

1 Timothy 2:1-2 (MSG)
The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well …

Note: It doesn’t say to pray only for the winning candidates you like. It doesn’t say to pray that something bad happens to the winning candidates you don’t like. It says to pray that they “rule well.”

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Next-Day Grace

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

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Pray the Vote

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

Transform my voting booth into a prayer closet, Lord–one where I whole-heartedly say, “Your will, not mine, be done.”

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Not a Secret

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

How do you vote?

Touch a screen
Punch a chad
Check a box
Push a lever

In private. Or not.

Hebrews 12:1 (NIV)
We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses.

Heavenly eyes are on your earthly vote.

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Safe Shelter for God’s People

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

Psalm 122:6 (NIRV)
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Say,

“May those who love you be secure.
May there be peace inside your walls.
May your people be kept safe.”

Amen.

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God and Politics

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

God first, then politics.

“He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself.”
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

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2nd Place

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ.

We are–foremost and eternally–citizens of the Kingdom of God. Our place within national, state and locals boundaries is at best a distant second.

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