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This will likely not be a word for everyone but – regardless of your faith tradition, if you believe in God and in prayer – the most important election decision you make will not be who will get your vote. The most important decision will be to begin your day in prayer.

The old adage is true – "religion and politics make strange bedfellows," but when it comes to being a person of faith – your belief system should guide your politics, not the other way around.

If you listen to the pundits and politicians, you would think that the future of humankind rests in the hands of who will be elected to the highest office in our land, but as Pastor Max Lucado likes to say, "We don’t know what the future holds, but we know Who holds the future."

A man fills out a ballot at a voting booth on May 17, 2022, in Mt. Gilead, North Carolina. (Getty Images)

With that small bit of wisdom, prayer opens the door to the kind of direction and wisdom we all need when stepping into the ballot box.

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For what should we pray – before voting? Take a cue from King David in the Hebrew Scriptures – "Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior and my hope is in you all day long" (Psalm 25:4-6).

That little prayer says a lot does it not? If we have made up our minds about who gets our vote without consulting the One Who put us on planet Earth, then our vote is based upon the impotent wisdom of the person in the mirror. But if we seek first the direction of the Almighty, it is not hyperbole to suggest we have the opportunity to enter into a kind of divine partnership with the fate of our nation.

And, if "my hope" – to use David’s words –........

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