{"id":1408,"date":"2016-11-06T17:39:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T23:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:36:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:36:27","slug":"vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?p=1408","title":{"rendered":"Vote!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early voting is open,\u00a0and my\u00a0wife and I voted early\u00a0as did many others by all accounts. The lines were short and the process was straight forward and easy. I recommend you do it if possible to avoid the possibility of long lines on election day or something coming up that would preclude you exercising this important opportunity and responsibility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VtDEnd37TW8\/WA_FyK21UfI\/AAAAAAACabA\/5BCNY1IKmSQ0wcCVKmm9w4OGD8soEFfZQCLcB\/s1600\/DSC05333.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VtDEnd37TW8\/WA_FyK21UfI\/AAAAAAACabA\/5BCNY1IKmSQ0wcCVKmm9w4OGD8soEFfZQCLcB\/s320\/DSC05333.JPG\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Country Has Opportunity to Take Flight Again&#8230; Which Direction Will We Choose?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebastiancountyar.gov\/Departments\/County-Clerk\/Election\/Sample-Ballots-2016-Primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for a sample ballot to avoid surprises at the voting booth if you&#8217;re from our area. You can\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/arkansasvotersguide.com\/?page_id=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here\u00a0<\/a><\/u>for information and guidance from Arkansas Family Council on state candidates and \u00a0issues in Arkansas. And you can\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/billygraham.org\/decision-magazine\/september-2016\/two-visions-two-americas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for information on national candidates and platforms. As discussed recently at our home group, for many of us\u00a0<b><i>the vote has come down to platforms and not candidates<\/i><\/b>\u00a0at the national level, voting for the most good, and against the most evil.<\/p>\n<p>VOTE! Soon!! Do it!<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Blessed is the nation whose God is the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Lord<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">&#8230;<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span>\u201d (<span lang=\"en-US\">Psalm 33:12<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Righteousness exalts a nation,<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">But sin is a disgrace to any people.<\/span>\u201d (<span lang=\"en-US\">Proverbs 14:34<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth- that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?&#8221; <em>Benjamin Franklin<\/em> Request for prayer to Constitutional Convention 1787<\/p>\n<p>Eventually&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8230;<span lang=\"en-US\">,<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">\u201cThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0(<span lang=\"en-US\">Revelation 11:15<\/span>) \u00a0Amen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early voting is open,\u00a0and my\u00a0wife and I voted early\u00a0as did many others by all accounts. The lines were short and the process was straight forward and easy. I recommend you do it if possible to avoid the possibility of long lines on election day or something coming up that would preclude you exercising this important [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friendoftheking","category-be-a-leader","category-be-a-man","category-understanding-our-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}