You are a part of a tremendous strategy to bring more Christians to the polls in November–but, how?

Vote Your Values 2020 is the interactive initiative that brings the power of personal prayer for non-voting believers.  Before your eyes glaze over thinking about the elections and “one more voting program,” let me tell you what makes Vote Your Values different.

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First, Vote Your Values is built on the God-directed premise that PRAYER can make a difference in the elections.  Instead of only praying for outcomes or candidates, we felt God directing us to pray for those believers who hold biblical values but are not making it to the polls for one reason or another.  To pray that they would be moved to go to the polls in November and vote for candidates that support their biblical values.

You’ve heard the statistic–only 25% of those who call themselves believers even make it to the polls to vote.  By not voting, we as the Church are abdicating our opportunity to align our government and those who represent us with the biblical values we hold!

By visiting VoteYourValues2020.com, you can actually see dots on the map that represent Christians who haven’t made it in to vote in recent elections.  Pray for them by name–they represent real, live people!

Let me share this wonderful letter we received from Carole, who not only “clicked the dots” to pray for some of these folks, but was moved by God to go a step beyond.  Here is an excerpt from her sweet letter:

Dear IFA,

When I began praying for Christians to vote, I didn’t quite know how the map and uncovering names worked. So I uncovered one name, and prayed for the person. That wasn’t enough. So then I uncovered 50 names and prayed but I didn’t have a really good handle on it. Saying a quick prayer for 50 individuals didn’t seem like enough. Saying a quick prayer for one individual at a time, really didn’t drop into my heart.  I needed a better method in which I could pray Scripture into the names and do it over and over ~ knowing the LORD heard me.
So, I got a bound notebook and entered a morning prayer:

“In the morning O LORD, You hear my voice;

In the morning I lay my requests before You and wait in expectation.

To the LORD I cry aloud and He answers me from His Holy Hill;

My cry comes up before Him into His ears.”

“Father that these Christians who are called by Your name would vote their values in the 2020 election.”

I put the above prayer in my notebook. I then made 7-10 columns under the above prayer and as I click each new name on the map on my computer screen, I enter it in my notebook. I have just under 200 names listed. Then I begin my morning prayer and speak each name out loud that is listed. Sometimes I divide the names. After the first group of names, I pray:

“May Your unfailing love rest upon us O LORD, even as we put our hope in You. We sought the LORD and He answered us; He delivered us from all our fears.”

Next, I pray into the next group of names, and end with:

“Be strong and take heart all you who hope in the LORD. If God us for us, who can be against us? May His favor rest upon us and establish the work of our hands.”

I plan to continue to pray for these Christians, speaking each name daily before the LORD until the election. We’re in a war and praying a name once doesn’t seem like enough to me. I also have found that once I had this organized, praying over the names went a lot smoother. I’ll be adding more to my list ~ but prayerfully.  “Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.”

Signed,
Carole from Wisconsin

What a wonderful way to let the Lord direct you HOW to use the information on the VoteYourValues2020.com site.  You could say that Carole “adopted” those people to repeatedly pray for through the elections.

IFA provides the names of people who need prayer, so you can easily click and pray, or use another strategy that the Lord puts on your heart.  I want to encourage you to pray as you begin this effort–ask the Lord how He would have YOU interact and participate. Make VoteYourValues2020 your own!

I look forward to hearing other stories from intercessors of what they are doing to pray for these non-voting Christians. Thank you for your obedience to pray.  I hope you will get excited about this prayer strategy we feel the Lord gave us at IFA. After all, we are all about praying for PEOPLE.

Share the ways you have interacted with Vote Your Values 2020 below in the comments.  We encourage you to check back onto the site regularly.  We are adding new states for prayer every month. Let’s see what God is doing–and let’s join Him!