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Lord, anoint us to use this season of political transition to speak truth boldly — and in love — to those who have been thrown by election results.
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We just voted ourselves permission to talk about why more than 70% of people in exit polls said they were “dissatisfied” or “angry” with “the way things are going in the country today.” Let’s seek wisdom from Holy Spirit and the Word of God to respond with respect to those who are “satisfied” or “enthusiastic” about where we’ve been heading.

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We live in New York City, where there was a surge in votes for Donald Trump, making it the “closest New York has come to turning red in 30 years.” Still, we’ve heard quite a bit of disappointed ranting in the halls. We know of someone seriously considering a move to another country. I saw a video on social media of a woman just screaming, and on another video a fellow concluded that America is steeped in white supremacy. Some have even reportedly committed suicide over the results.

Clearly these folks still believe the news.

The rest of us voted legacy media is no longer trustworthy.

We don’t believe the spin that Donald Trump is Hitler, and we know his legal convictions come from lawfare directed by political opponents.

How do we respond?

As friends and relatives try to process with us we should consider the Apostle Paul’s advice to his mentee, Titus: Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you (Titus 2:15).

What are the things Titus is to speak? Paul lays them out in verses 1-14. In summary, Titus is to disciple Christians from various walks of life to live virtuous lives.

Then he pretty much sums up the Christian walk in a single sentence:

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:11-14).

First Century Crete and 21st Century America

Titus was called to speak this into a very pagan culture. He was stationed in Crete when he received Paul’s letter, and the Greek island was known for sexual corruption, greed, and lying. Falsehood so infused their culture that kretismos, which literally means “Cretan behavior,” became the Greek word for “lying.”

Those reading Titus 70 years ago may not have seen much similarity between ancient Crete and America. In 1607 (13 years before the Pilgrims arrived) Robert Hunt dedicated our nation to the Lord at Cape Henry:

We do hereby dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with these generations take the Kingdom of God to all the earth. May this Covenant of Dedication remain to all generations, as long as this earth remains, and may this Land, along with England, be Evangelist to the World.

Our first colleges were founded to train pastors, and the Bible was our textbook. The Church made great headway in abolishing slavery, and Christians have led the way in erasing the stain of slavery — racism.

Marxism

But in the 1940s Marxists came to America. They knew they couldn’t force communism on us, so they infiltrated our institutions. They wanted government to be god, so they undermined the Church and Scripture.

We’ve been hurtling back ever since to a pagan culture similar to ancient Crete.

Titus was to “exhort” Christians to counter-cultural lifestyles. Some translations use the word “encourage.” The Message says it this way: Build up their courage. … The Christians of Crete needed to be brave in order to live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, as we do today! But, as Blaise Pascal wrote, “The serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world next to the power of God.”

May we remember in this season of transition that we’re being watched from a new angle. We can’t try harder to live holy lives. We must call upon the One who set us free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).

Lord, help us to live soberly, righteously, and godly.

And let us boldly live for Christ, even if we’re mocked. Someone passionate about exposing and ending the persecution of Christians in other nations mocked me because I was expressing concern for the persecution of Christians in America. In Janet L. Folger Porter’s book The Criminalization of Christianity she pointed out in 1997 how we’re on a trajectory for greater persecution if we don’t speak up.

Now is a great time to do so.

Paul urges Titus to rebuke with all authority. He gets his authority from Paul, Scripture, and God. Let us not rebuke with our opinions, we must stay in the Word.

We have plenty to rebuke in our day. We certainly hit the big three from ancient Crete, which have all been exacerbated by Marxists:

Lying – “Accuse the enemy of doing what you are doing to confuse the conversation.”

Greed – “Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent, and it will be easier to take (tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.”

Sexual corruption – “Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as ‘normal, natural and healthy.’”

We should be calling these things out, especially when those who bear the name of Christ are engaged in them.

Some say the Gospel is so important we shouldn’t get involved in politics.

Ungodliness, worldly lusts, and lawless deeds certainly infuse politics!

As we walk closely with the Lord, in the world but not of it (John 17:15-16), Holy Spirit living within us will give us a platform to speak with His authority what we know to be true.

Verse 15 finishes with this: Let no one despise you. The Passion Translation puts it this way: Be willing to expose sin in order to bring correction with full authority, without being intimidated by anyone.

So if people ask you why Donald Trump won, don’t be afraid to let them know Marxists have been corrupting our culture in order to take over, and we the people put a stop to that.

Now we must pray revival and awakening spring up!

Jonathan Cahn recently said about this season, “If we change the laws but don’t change the hearts, the unchanged hearts will change the changed laws back again.”

Though we shouldn’t be intimidated by those who disagree with Scripture, we must remember they are Image-bearers, and speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15).

Post your prayers that we can reach those we disagree with in this pivotal season.

Rich Swingle has presented in 42 nations on six continents, mostly with his own one-man plays. He plays Wesley in Janet Porter’s What’s a Girl to Do? He and his bride Joyce Swingle have 41 screen children. The Swingles live in New York City. www.RichDrama.comPhoto Credit: Christina Morillo/Pexels.

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Lynn Pruett
November 18, 2024

Lord, we honor you for Your Great Plan, Jesus Christ. We thank you for many answered prayers for Safety for our President Elect while he was campaigning. Now, we continue to ask for protection and health for Trump, Vance and their families, and for those other leaders who play vital roles in our land regardless of political stance.. We ask with authority that YOU will be the One to call to repentance those who have not recognized You. Those who remain stubborn and continue to malign with their words or act corruptly we ask that YOU remove them and make it very clear why they were removed. I especially ask that the mainstream media will not be able to malign the President Elect,, Vice President Elect by twisting these men’s words during media reports or putting out a biased opinion about any leaders’ actions. Let the American people be able to discern the whole truth from the distortions. Let trust-worthy reporters be raised up and be broadcast to fill the void when the traditional mainstream media is taken out of the way. Let newspapers publish opinions from more than one stance to honor Freedom of Speech. We rely on You, Holy Spirit; and I ask that You, Holy Spirit will infuse this prayer with God’s Love for Humanity as God continues to work in people’s hearts.

Dr. Alma Van Nice
November 14, 2024

By the Name of Jesus, His Holy Blood, the Covenant of God, His Word that does not return void but accomplishes all that He said, we call out all the traitors and all the criminals in our government and in our land. We call them out with a shout and call for their full exposures.

What God is going to do far exceeds the victories we’ve seen thus far. Our God is ripping the establishment out of power.

The financial bondage over this nation shall be broken. God is cleaning out the agencies and the entities that don’t belong. The Corporation that enslaved us will be torn apart and every corporation controlled entity will be annihilated. The Federal Reserve, God is coming for you. God is cleaning out your resources and all you control. God will rip apart the interest rates. “You are nothing compared to Me”. says the Lord. Jerome Powell, God will remove you and expose all who were on the Board at the Federal Reserve, who are there now and who have been there before. God will completely expose all of you and what your purpose is. “Judgment is coming and your removals are at hand”, says the Lord of Hosts.

House of Representatives, God will show every bill that’s been passed that was full of crimes against this nation. God will expose every establishment and representative who took part in paying foreign governments and spies to weaken this country.

The Obama regime with the U.N. and other leaders, the establishment, will collapse under all the exposure and the truth. The Obama regime will annihilate itself and its existence in this nation. God will restore everything they have taken from it. God will tear apart everyone in our nation, foreign and domestic, that was trying to kill this country and our freedoms.

We thank God for the exposure and the removals of our enemies. God is completely healing our land of the evil that’s tried to enslave it.

We take back our nation, our freedoms, our peace and joy. We take back our children and out of the hands of the deceivers.

We call down our enemies, we hold the line, we pray for the protection of Israel and for President Trump, their families and their administrations, and for the full restoration of our nation.

Behold, our God comes with vengeance; with the recompense of God He comes and saves us (Isa. 35:4b).

[We give] praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good; for His mercy and kindness and steadfast love endure forever! “For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed and return to be as it was at first,” says the Lord (Jeremiah 33:11b)

This shout out declaration and prayer is based on prophecy from Julie Green THE ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE RIPPED FROM POWER Word Received and Posted: November 7, 2024 on Rumble.

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MN
November 13, 2024

Legacy media, which among many is more accurately referref to as “leftist media”, has stolen people’s minds as it has degenerated the last 2+ decades. I read a “good news” report today that a well known, tough conservative & podcaster…along with investors, are looking into buying MSNBC. If true, that would be another large step in a return to truthful media.
Truth is valued. Christians banding together & unwilling to buckle under the barrage of lies that is nonstop from much of the media & the dem party…can help change the direction of our nation.
The 24 election was a major battle victory but we have to be real that there will be minor battles & much resistance. Our reaction to those who are not pleased with election results will go a long way in the future of our nation. God has showed us great mercy but He fully expects us to use that mercy properly & extend it to others. That doesn’t mean there’s no justice for others who have criminally damaged our nation…it just means we don’t turn our backs on them.

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Saji Varghese
November 13, 2024

Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord . I declare this verse on Ameruca .

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Darlene Estlow
November 12, 2024

Thank you, Rich. Father, may we have courage to speak your truth, your word against the evil in our culture. May we not just tell, but show the love of Christ and walk in godly ways that people may be drawn to you. Change hearts to follow you and learn the truth. We praise you, Father.

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Mary Beth S
November 12, 2024

Thank you, Rich! Because of the vitriolic atmosphere of this election cycle, many probably needed to hear this message right now. “Speak the truth in love!” The Truth is God’s Word, and is what gives the things we speak true authority. I am constantly reminded by Holy Spirit that my opinion does not have the weight of authority, nor does the opinion of any other human being. But His Word stands forever! If we check our hearts at the door, and ask the Lord to inspect our inner motives and agendas – He can purify and cleanse and remove anything that isn’t rooted in love. May there be many God-honoring and transformational conversations in the days to come.

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Patty
November 12, 2024

And we need to pray daily for a hedge of protection around President-elect, Donald Trump and his family and pray that God will bring each of them to saving faith in our Lord Jesus.

We also need to pray that people of God’s choosing will be named to all Cabinet positions and for RFK, Jr for protection as well.

Most of all I thank God that Mr Trump was elected, and that VP Harris was not. Her Marxist background is truly scary.

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Carol
November 12, 2024

Precious Heavenly Father….We thank you and are always grateful for your love and care for your people. We are so thankful for President Trump being elected as our President and humbly ask that you protect him and assist our President and his staff in the peaceful transition taking place before his official swearing in on January 20. We are so grateful for his life being spared so he can clean up the wicked deep state that exists in Washington DC. We know this can only be accomplished by Heavenly means as our elected officials depend on YOU each step of the way. Amen.

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Delores
November 12, 2024

Change our hearts O Lord starting with the hearts of your people. Cause us to get rid of the moral filth and evil that is so prevalent , humbly accepting the Word of God planted in us that is able to save us!

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RICH
November 12, 2024

DEAR GOD
PLEASE END THIS TRAVESTY OF TREASON SEXUAL PERVERSION ANDDEAR LORD I THANKYOUFOR A REASONABLY HONEST ELECTION

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judy hansen
November 12, 2024

A WAVE OF LOVE WILL FLOW
THRU THE LAND
IF I HAVE A HELPING HAND.
I heard this this morning as I awoke.

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Susan Eddlemon
November 12, 2024

Thanks for this, Rich! We need this type of encouragement in our family, where there are differing views on the election just gone by.
Thanks for the encouragement to stand boldly and to speak up.

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    Rich Swingle
    November 12, 2024

    Bless you, Susan! Praying for your family! Praying this will be useful to many families, especially with Thanksgiving approaching.

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Bo Cheng
November 12, 2024

Last Tuesday, the nation overwhelmingly voted for the values and positions of the Trump administration. Many GOP Senators were elected because of it. I want to weigh in on the Senate leadership election being called for on Wednesday. It is my understanding that there are candidates for this leadership role who have not represented these values in the recent past, and if elected, may be a hindrance to the smooth operation of the Senate–offering gridlock once more and frustrating the change the American people voted for. I urge you to elect a leader who truly stands for conservative values so we can see positive change for the American people flow through the U.S. Senate.

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    JoAnne
    November 12, 2024

    In my opinion, we should be contacting our Senators and urge them to vote for Rick Scott for Majority Leader.

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      Jennifer
      November 12, 2024

      I did contact my Senators through email. The phone lines were so busy they couldn’t take anymore messages. Unfortunately, my Senator, Cornyn is up for Majority Speaker and may he nor Thune get it!
      We need to keep praying for this transition of power to be peaceful as well as weaning out the EVIL! Keep praying for the vote and the transfer of power!

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David
November 12, 2024

Father in Heaven,
Please destroy evil censorship. Please open up avenues of communication between opposing viewpoints so that discussion, debate and free speech can flourish throughout our land among friends, families, and all people!. And please let your Holy Spirit filter all the words in love and truth that hearts and minds are enlightened with the truth and light.

In Jesus’Name,
Amen!

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France Marie Gelinas
November 12, 2024

May we humble ourselves by allowing the Holy Spirit to show us where we need to adjust ourselves first, as we enter into holy times of intercession with Jesus who intercedes alongside us for all that concerns and burdens our hearts, whether challenges within our families, places of Worship, our leaders, policies, Government, the World at large and more.. we submit to and agree with God’s Authority and Will in all things according to His Sovereign purposes.

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bobhuseby
November 12, 2024

Praying with you Rich !! New York City and rural east Texas is about as polar opposite as you can imagine. However, Satan has equally infiltrated our schools , community and many churches with his inch by inch agenda of appealing to our humanness !!
Father we fast and pray for YOUR boldness and strength to be your warriors in this great battle and returning to YOU!!! Hallelujah

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    Jennifer A. Kuhlman
    November 12, 2024

    I pray for your Spirit to embolden your people here in Colorado to speak truth and life into a pagan culture. God, please raise up strong, godly leadership in my state. Bind the ability of the deceiver to deceive, especially in the church. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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