LIVE For Jesus: Voting with Conviction and Faith

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I figured today we would tackle the topic.
Why should a person vote?
There's many people that duringthis season I'm talking to them
.
Just yesterday I was talking tosomeone and I said who are you
going to vote?
I didn't say who you're goingto vote for, because that's one
of the privileges of this nationyou can make your vote and you
don't have to tell anybody.
That's between you and God.
But to my surprise, the personsaid oh, I'm not voting, I'm

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going to sit this one out.
And I thought to myself you'regoing to do what?
And so I engaged theconversation.
There I am in the bank, I'mstanding on line, I'm talking to
the teller and we just wentinto this conversation of 30, 40
minutes.
I might tell you a little bitmore about that, but today we
want to hear from you.
Should a Christian vote?
You love God, you love his word.

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He's giving you new life.
You live in the United Statesof America.
There's a republic, there's ademocracy, there's a freedom to
choose your leaders, yourpolitical leaders.
And should you vote?
We want to hear from you Alittle bit of music.
We're going to be right backDeep in my soul.
There's a joy.

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I wonder how God feels whenpeople vote or don't vote.
And I know some of youChristians are saying, oh no, I
can't stay on politics.
Listen, we're talking aboutcivic duty here.
We're talking about stewardship.
We're talking aboutresponsibility.
Don't bail out on me under thatword of politics.
You're not going to get awaywith it here at Life for Jesus
this morning, and I still loveyou.
I love that harmonica.

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Stevie Wonder's got nothing onhim.
Man, I haven't even got started.
I got to get it.
You're going to have to excuseme.
I got to set down thethermostat.
I'm already warm.
Down deep in my soul, down deepin my soul.

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Joy down deep in my soul, downdeep in my soul, down deep in my
soul, down deep in my soul.
Hey, good morning, good morning.
So we have in our studio twoladies that love God, they love
God's Word, they love Jesus,they love their country wives,
moms, sisters in the Lord, andso I'm going to allow you to

(02:33):
introduce yourself.
First of all.
Let's start with South Miami.
Good morning, south Miami.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Good morning Pastor Raz, good morning listeners.
My name is Lisa Lorenzo.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
With Faith.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
With Friends podcast.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Good Well, it's good to have you this morning.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Thank you, Pastor.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
On this topic.
Here should a Christian vote.
I can't wait to hear from you.
And then we have another guest.
We want to say good morning toyou.

Speaker 4 (02:53):
Hi, good morning.
I'm Jeanette.
How are you Good?

Speaker 1 (02:56):
It's good to have you with us, pleasant surprise, and
so let's go with Lisa.
Lisa, what do you think?
What do you think the Word ofGod says, or what will be your
experience about should a personvote or not vote?

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Well, I think we have a civic duty, like you said, as
believers, we are supposed toinfluence the world.
We are supposed to be light,our presence is supposed to
affect those around us.
So that leads us right into thevoting polls, and I believe
that Christians not only shouldvote, but are called to
participate in this, where Godhas established us, to put our

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heart into those polls786-313-3115.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
Having a conversation here this morning with Lisa,
with Jeanette, and we want tohave a conversation with you.
I want to see who's going to bethe first person to call Now.
I wrote some notes to myselfand one of the reasons that I
think a Christian should want tovote is because they have a
desire.
They have a desire to live awell-ordered life.

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You know you want to have alife that's well-ordered for
your children.
I think that's one of themotivations to vote.
You know you want to have alife that's well-ordered for
your children.
I think that's one of themotivations to vote.
You know, when a person says Ivote, I don't vote, how's that
going to affect the nextgeneration?
Because the previous generationto us, they voted and it's
affected us.
You know I was able to come tochurch this morning.
There was freedom.
I didn't have to stop at acheckpoint.
You know they didn't ask if Iwas my faith, you know, and all

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of that can change so quickly.
We've seen that change and Iwas born in an island 90 miles
south of Key West.
So I have a lot of passion forthis subject because I believe
that a lot of the people in thatisland they didn't make a good
decision.
They were distracted by therhetoric.
You know, we could maybe talk alittle bit about that.
When you vote, how do you makeyour decision?

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Just the pretty words you hear,or do you look at a person?
Do you look at their character?
Do you look at their trackingrecord?
Do you look at theirinvolvement, you know?
So one of the things I thoughtabout is that man Christians
should vote because they have adesire to have a well-ordered
life for their children, fortheir family and for themselves.

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Lisa, jeanette, please jump inhere.
We're going to have aconversation, you know, I think,
maybe.
I think the listeners of Lifefor Jesus are courageous and
brave, so I'm thinking they'regoing to call 786-313-3115.
It's 712 in the morning and so,lisa, I don't know if you have
anything you want to say aboutthat.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
I just want to say that we have some very important
amendments on this ballot.
This year we have apresidential election and maybe
somebody is listening and saysneither of the people running on
that ballot really represent meor Jesus really represent me or
Jesus, and so to that person Iwould say which person's
policies most represent what youstand for?

Speaker 1 (05:51):
Wow, we got a phone call here.
I like it.
Let's see who's calling.
Hey, good morning.
You're.
Live for Jesus, and whatevertown are you calling from?

Speaker 6 (05:59):
I'm calling from South Miami Heights on my way to
Tamiami.

Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh, my goodness, South Miami Heights is very
close, goodiami, oh my goodness,south Miami Heights is very
close and dear to my heart and Iknow you're the kind of young
lady that your father is veryproud of you and your father
loves you very much, and howyou've blessed you and your
husband, how you bless yourfather with beautiful
grandchildren, two grandsons,which that in itself is a reason

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to vote.
But anyway, we want to hearfrom you, south Miami Heights.
What do you have to say?

Speaker 6 (06:30):
Just very quickly, because I'm very excited about
this topic and even how you weresharing yes, our guest being
there.
So one thought that came tomind as you were sharing the
importance of why we should voteas believers is a quotation
that says what one generationneglects, the next generation

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rejects.
So I just thought, man, if mytestimony, if my fervor, my fire
for the Lord is only going tobe mimicked 50% by the next
generation, let me give it myall, let me give it 200%, so
that the next generation canlove the Lord, their God, with
all their heart, soul, mind andstrength.

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God bless you, guys.

Speaker 1 (07:15):
I can't let you go that easy.
I can't let you go that easy.
Nah, nah, nah, nah.
You got material here to engageand ask questions and answer
questions.
But let me do a quick resethere You're listening to Live
for Jesus, a live program Mondaythrough Thursdays, right here
at God's Way Radio.
There's a phone number youcould call 786-313-3115.

(07:37):
We want to hear from you, thelisteners.
We want to hear.
What do the listeners have tosay?
Should a Christian vote orshould a Christian say you know,
I'm out, I'm out.
So I like what you said, that if, if a generation neglects
something, the next generationis going to reject it.
Man, I think those words areprophetic.
You know, I hear people in, in,in, in, in the college campuses

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that they're they're likesaying man, you know, I don't, I
don't like neither one of them.
They have no idea.
I think maybe a generation hasneglected being informed, being
involved, you know,participating in the process.
You know this honor that wehave, that we could choose those
that are going to implementrules and guidelines that will

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affect Should a how would I saythis?
I'm going to say very carefullyShould a morally confused
person that yet is promoting alifestyle that is against the
word of God, should that personbe given a seat to read a story
to impressionable kids inpreschool.

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So, if you want me to identifyit a little bit more, I can
Should a drag queen, a dragperson, should they be reading
stories?
And yet a pastor or someonethat loves Jesus cannot read the
Bible to that same kid in apublic school system.
And I think the people that arein the school board, they're
going to make decisions that aregoing to influence one way or

(09:04):
another.
So, now that I have you on theline, we have Ms Lisa here, we
have Ms Jeanette here.
They might have a question foryou, you might have a question
for them.
The first part here is should aChristian vote?
And one of the reasons theyshould vote is they should have
a desire to have a world-orderedlife for their children, their
family and themselves.

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Now, this is a scripture that Ithought about.
You should love God with allyour heart, with all your soul,
with all your mind, with allyour strength.
So if you love God, you wantGod to be influenced, the people
, and when you have people thatare maybe not that clear, then
maybe you could go to the onethat's most close to being
influenced by God.
So that would be my questionfor you.
Okay, here we go.
Let's land this plane SouthMiami Heights.

(09:52):
How can a Christian make adecision when it looks like both
parties are really not full onfor God or really loving the
word of God in all subjects,like the unborn child, for
example?
How can a Christian make adecision?
Are we choosing the next pastor, Are we choosing the next

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spiritual leader, or are wechoosing a political influencer
that can maybe open or close toa pastor or to the Christian,
god-fearing JewishJudeo-Christian community?
Do you understand my question?

Speaker 6 (10:33):
I think what we, as believers, need to do is to
remember that, when it comes toleadership of our government, we
are not voting based onpersonality but on character.
We have to look at God's Wordand see what principles a
candidate is willing to uphold,what the track record has been

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and what has been accomplishedin their time in office and in
other responsibilities, andwhich of those results matches
most closely with God's heartfor our country.

Speaker 4 (11:12):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (11:13):
Yes, wow, well, the two guests in the studio and a
very proud father, we're noddingour heads, because our heart is
rejoicing.
I like that character.
You know what is the characterof the person.
How did they get in politicaloffice?
Is it a character that shinesbecause they care about the
community?
They've sacrificed their lifeor are they just being benefit

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from the position?

Speaker 6 (11:37):
Interesting.

Speaker 1 (11:38):
Interesting.
Do you have any question forany one of our guests, miss Lisa
or Miss Jeanette, or Miss LisaMiss Jeanette.
Do you have any questions forour listener?

Speaker 2 (11:46):
I think she made some great points.
She should have been on theshow with us this morning.
Great Well you're going towe're going to have you.

Speaker 6 (11:53):
Speaking of future shows, I do want to see if Miss
Lisa and I can tag team one day.

Speaker 1 (11:58):
I would love to yes yes, you're always welcome at
Life for Jesus, and maybe youcould have Miss Elisa at Threads
of Grace.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
Threads of.

Speaker 6 (12:07):
Grace, yes, and I'm just so thankful for Miss
Jeanette as well, and I can'twait to hear what other
contributions they have to sayfor the show.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
Well, you know, one of the things that I must say
about these two ladies is Idon't know, maybe I'm off around
, but ladies need to get theirsleep, and so these ladies have
sacrificed their sleep, theirschedule.
They've come here very early inthe morning, and I think that
exhibits an example of how weshould be caring about who are
going to be the next politicalleaders.
Over the nation, over the whatwould I say?

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This, our county, our politicalprocess.
But then Ms Lisa broughtsomething else up.
There's some issues on theballot.
What is going to be thenation's heart and character
towards the unborn, towardsusing what used to be illegal
substances to alter theconsciousness?
And now I think we have aballot that are we going to make

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that completely legal?

Speaker 2 (13:04):
Exactly.

Speaker 1 (13:05):
What is that going to mean for people, for the
motivation of young men andyoung ladies?
I mean, what is this cannabisand what does this marijuana do
to your character, to yourmotivation?
And there's nations throughoutthe world that have allowed this
.
There's states Colorado is oneof them and when you look at the
motivation, when you look atthe studies, it really doesn't

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look good for the nation if weapprove this on a government,
nationwide basis.
I don't know if any of youladies here have anything to say
about that, or our guests, andfeel free to disagree with me.
I'm not here to just.
I'm just here thinking andsharing my heart.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
So who's going to speak next.
I think that you said it,pastor.
Let's take a look at the statesthat have approved, which would
be Amendment 3 on marijuana.
Let's look at California.
Let's look at the crime rate,the homelessness, the dropout in
high schools.
Is that what we wanted toinvite into our community?
Is that what we want to give toour children?

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And then, more importantlystill, is amendment four.
Do you want to remove everysingle right that a parent has?
Do you want to allow any child,at any age, for any reason, to
walk in unsupported?
Just think about this for amoment.
You have a young girl that'spregnant and with no counsel,

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with nobody helping her makethis decision, she walks into an
abortion clinic which, by theway, that blood is on our hands
because now we will be payingfor that abortion and walk out
and her mother never find out,her father never find out what
she's been through, the traumathat she's endured, no
counseling, nothing.
Just think about that.
I heard somebody say yesterdayon a commercial I'm pro-choice,

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I am not.
Let me just say that I ampro-life all the way.
But this woman said I'mpro-choice but I'm a mother, and
this is fundamentally wrong.
This is I mean.
This is just a tool of theenemy to promote.
This is not pro-choice, this isa pro-abortion amendment and,
as believers, we should standpro-life period because life is

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important to God.

Speaker 1 (15:14):
You know, throughout the Word of God it's very
clearly that life begins evenbefore the womb, when God has
designed for someone to come tolife.

Speaker 2 (15:25):
That's right.

Speaker 1 (15:25):
You see, with Jeremiah, before you were in
your mother's womb, god says Iknew you.
And so it's important, you thelistener, why should a Christian
vote?
Well, when you go vote on thisamendment number four, right,
yeah, which should be no?
The vote should be no.
If you're a Christian, if youstand for God-like principles of

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preserving life, of standingfor the unborn, is very clear
biblically.
You know, jesus said let thelittle ones come unto me,
because of such is the kingdomof heaven.
And so, south Miami Heights, Idon't know if you have anything
to say about this why should amom that was thinking of sitting
this one out?
You know, I was talkingyesterday to a mom, to a grandma

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, and that's how I spoke to her.
I said listen, don't you wantto?
Don't you want to vote for the?
Look at your granddaughter?
Uh, you know, don't you want tovote for for her to be
protected?
You know, as she grows up andand again, that people would say
I follow jesus, but I'm notgoing to vote, which means that
if you don't vote, the otherpeople that do vote, they're

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going to have to say South MiamiHeights, any closing statements
, any final statements, thatmaybe somebody listening, maybe
a mom that's thinking I'm notgoing to vote, that maybe they
hear you and they would say I amgoing to vote.
You got the mic.

Speaker 6 (16:49):
Even if it's just showing up to early voting or
election day to vote no onAmendment 4, it's worth it, even
if that's the only thing youfill out on your ballot, because
these young ladies can't evenget their ears pierced without
parental consent.
And the ramificationsphysically speaking, emotionally

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speaking of these deadlyprocedures and we're not just
talking about the children andbabies that it affects, we're
talking about these young girlsand their rights and their
health being violated, it is notokay.

Speaker 1 (17:26):
Thank you so, so much .
If you could say just a short,15 second, 20 second mission
impossible prayer.
You got the mic.

Speaker 6 (17:32):
Lord, we beg you for mercy.
We're so thankful for the statethat we live in, for the state
of Florida.
Please continue to cover us andto guide our leaders, and thank
you so much for the guests andthe listeners and the host of
Life for Jesus this morning.
In your name we pray.
Amen.

Speaker 1 (17:52):
Touche.
You got me, girl.
Okay, love you Bye-bye.
Hey, pray about, maybe.
I would love to hear theperspective of a teenager, or
you know, two wonderfulgrandsons.
What do they think should aChristian vote?
Do they want their dad and momto vote?
Do they want grandpa to vote?
Because that's another thing.
It's time to wake up.
It's not about you and yourcomfort, it's what do people

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around you expect and desire?
Thank you for your call.
We're going to go to the nextcall.
God bless you.
Hey, listen, I got somebody onthe line here, according to
phone ID.
You can't imagine who's callingtoday for jesus.
We're gonna be right with you,don't go away.
So he returns or calls me homein the power of christ.

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Oh man, what a great song.
Let's go to this phone call.
Miss lisa.
Yeah, I don't know if you knowthis person.
Hey, good morning You're.
Live for Jesus.
What area of town are youcalling from?

Speaker 8 (18:53):
I'm calling from the Brooklyn of the South, also
known as the city of Hialeah.

Speaker 1 (18:56):
I love it.
I love it.
Brooklyn of the South, this isgreat.

Speaker 2 (19:01):
We have special callers today.
Tune in and don't change thechannel, because guess what?
We're going to have someamazing callers on some special
surprises.
Here is our first one, which isour friend Jeanette, and I's
friend Steve, also known as themayor of the city of Hialeah,
steve Bovo.

Speaker 1 (19:20):
It's wonderful to have you today on Life for Jesus
.
Sir, our subject today isshould a Christian vote?
Should a person vote?
So here we are.
You're not only a mayor I mean,that's part of what you do but
you're also a dad and you're afamily man.
You're a husband.
We want to hear from you yourexperience, your wisdom in life.
Why would you say on thisprogram today that the person

(19:42):
listening, they should vote?
You got the mic.

Speaker 8 (19:47):
Thank you, Pastor, and good morning, Lisa, and good
morning to all those that arelistening.
I look at this simply andpersonally as the role of the
family.
Your government, that I havebeen involved now over 25 years
at different levels ofgovernment, state and local

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government, your government, myfriends, needs an intervention
and needs an intervention bypeople of faith.
There has been a drive down inmany of us that there should be
this disconnection, somehowbetween government and prayer
and faith, somehow betweengovernment and prayer and faith,

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and they've done it soeffectively over the course of
the last, you know, 50, 60 yearsthat many people would say,
well, you know, religionshouldn't be involved, it should
be a taboo subject.
When we talk about government,what they fail to understand is
that the individuals thatoperate government, that
bureaucratic machine, theelected officials that operate
government, that bureaucraticmachine, the elected officials,
the human beings that makegovernment work, many of those
people have faith and many ofthose people have been forced to

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keep their faith underground,in a desk and not and that, I
think, is a fundamental problemthat we've seen growing over a
course of time when you askyourself why so much violence,
why so much situations that wedidn't see growing up, kids
going with guns to school.
All this is a product, asystematic problem of trying to

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take God out of everything, outof the public space, out of
schools, out of the government,and I think that is the
fundamental problem that we'veseen, if I may say, a demise in
this country over the last 30 or40 years.
So I would tell you, Pastor,there are issues on the ballot
here and I won't advocate forelected officials, but I will

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advocate for two amendments thatI think are important to
understand for those that arelistening, and I know you've
been covering them.
Two of the amendments that areon the ballot for all of us that
people of faith need to step upand take charge on this is
Amendment 3 and 4.
And the way I look at these twoamendments, Pastor, is that
it's an assault directly onfamily.

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Anybody that has tried to raisetheir kids tries to educate
their kids on the harms of theuse of drugs and the perils that
drugs can be.
Marijuana has always, alwaysbeen a gateway drug, and what is
being contemplated on Amendment3 only makes it harder for
parents to do their jobs andwhile it says and the ads are

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very misleading responsibleadults at 21,.
All that may be true, but Iguarantee you one thing If
marijuana becomes legal in arecreational basis, our children
, our children, will be smokingmarijuana and you and I, as a
parent, will be disarmed when wetell them you can't do this.
Not just because of the harms,but because it's illegal and

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they're going to literally takea tool away from us.
But because it's illegal andthey're going to literally take
a tool away from us.
And then Amendment 4 is probablyone of the most disingenuous
fronts.
It's awful, Demonic, without adoubt.
To families yes, I heard one ofyour callers earlier talk about
, you know, parental rights forkids to get a piercing, tattoos,

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a Tylenol at a hospital.
All that is valid, All that isabsolutely true.
Again, making it harder forparents to do their job.
Imagine the twist and the devilsin the details, right, Pastor,
when you see where it saysnotification as opposed to
consent.

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Those are two different termscompletely.
A notification could be, by theway, your daughter had an
abortion and that's it.
Yes, After the fact.
Yes, you know, you are noweliminating, and I understand
this is a very personal decisionfor families to make.
I understand that and requiresa lot of prayer, a lot of
counseling.
A lot of soul searchingrequires a lot of prayer, a lot

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of counseling, a lot ofsoul-searching.
But imagine all that happeningand eliminating a parent, a
mother, a father, a couple, frombeing able to counsel their
daughter, or perhaps even theirson, whose girlfriend may be
going through something likethis, and there's conflict.
You are eliminating completelythe role of parent here, and I
think that's why people of faithneed to have clarity in their

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mind.
If we don't like the directionof our country, if we don't like
what's being proposed, the onlytool that we have, the
strongest tool that we have, isthe exercise of voting.
Our founders created a systemnot perfect but near-perfect
system that guarantees ourabilities, our abilities as
residents to guide the direction, whether it's at the local,

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state or federal level, and Iwould encourage all those
listening.
This is our time to voice ouropinions, our faith, and use it
with the power of the vote andgo out and vote.
You could do it today, from 7to 7, and you could do it for
the next week and a half from 7am to 7 pm every day, the

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election day, until November 5th, which is our last chance, and
I would just encourage people donot fall to any other rhetoric.
Go and vote.
Your faith requires it and, forGod's sake, our country needs
you.

Speaker 1 (25:07):
Mr Mayor, so thankful for your thoughts that have
been so clear.
To go very clear, if Iunderstood you correctly.
By the way, let me do a quickreset here.
You're listening to God's WayRadio.
This is the program live forJesus.
Monday through Thursday, 7 or 4in the morning.
We're here.
It's a call-in program.
It's a call-in program, it's atext-in program.

(25:28):
We have subjects and you, thelistener, can call it's a free
marketplace of ideas.
So while we still have thatfreedom, we want to utilize it.
So we're talking to one of ourlisteners today, mayor of the
great city of Hialeah, as healso calls it, the Brooklyn of
the South.
I like that.
But if I understood youcorrectly, there's two

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amendments, and one is tolegalize marijuana and the other
one is to, in a sense, open thegate very wide for abortions
where there's no accountability,there's no responsibility,
there's no freedom ofinvolvement of a parent, a
significant oversight in achild's life, in a young adult's

(26:11):
life.
And so, if I understand youcorrectly, for the listeners,
how do you vote on theseamendments?
What does the yes mean and whatdoes the no mean?
And as you're thinking toformulate your answer, I love
what you said, that one of theproblems we have is, in a sense
this is the way I put it is thatpeople have been brainwashed to
think that Christ is outside ofthe political system.

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And then I would ask thatperson is there any area in life
that God's love and God'swisdom and God's participation
should not address?
And so if every area of lifeGod should have a significant
influence, then that means thatwe can't take God out of
politics.
We should welcome God inpolitics, because, as we've
taken God out of politics, we'renot doing better than we were

(26:57):
doing before.
So the question for you is, ifyou want to answer it.
I mean again, there's freedomhere In these two amendments,
what does the yes vote mean?
What does the no vote mean?
That hopefully the listenerthat loves God and loves Jesus
would know how to vote on these.
And then the other question Iwould say is hey, in God being
taken out of the main square andChristians casting their vote,

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why is it a responsibility forthem to get in the main square,
which you've addressed?
But the specific question wouldbe why should the Christian
that's listening say you knowwhat I'm going to vote.
How do we get God back into thecenter of decisions that will
influence lives to come.
You got the mic.

Speaker 8 (27:39):
Yeah, absolutely, pastor.
Look, I would tell you on thesetwo amendments that we talked
about Amendment 3 and 4, it'sreally a straight-up vote On
these two amendments that wetalked about Amendment 3 and 4,
it's really a straight-up vote.
If you vote yes on Amendment 3,what you're authorizing is the
recreational use of marijuanafor anyone 21 and older.
In essence, what would happenis that you'll start seeing

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smoke dens open up in differentcommunities, very similar to a
cigar shop, a wine bar.
You're going to see placeswhere people are going to go and
smoke.
There will be no restrictionsanywhere.
No restrictions.
Now I want people to understand.
A yes vote begins atransformation of the state of

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Florida into what you see inCalifornia or New York.
And for those that may not know, if you were to walk the city
streets of New York, if you wereto be in certain places in
California Los Angeles, sanFrancisco, for example you will
smell marijuana.

Speaker 1 (28:38):
I have to stop you a second.
I have to stop you a second.
I'm thinking about the listener.
Listeners.
Do you realize what's beingsaid?
That a yes vote on Amendment no3 means that this is going to
break out places throughout ourneighborhoods, throughout the
place where we live, wherepeople gather to smoke like they
do cigars, they gather to smokemarijuana.

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So now you have thisgroup-level influence where a
friend says, hey, let's go smokesome pot, and so it almost kind
of like promotes and permeatesour society with people that
maybe they were on the fence ormaybe they were not going to do
it, and now they're doing it.
The society is approving it.
Am I understanding youcorrectly?
Is this what you're saying?

Speaker 8 (29:20):
Yes, absolutely Absolutely.
What you're, what you willstart seeing, is a business and,
make no mistake, there's a lotof money behind this.
This is an industry that wantsto profit greatly from our
community, and so what you'veheard in some of the ads are you
know there'll be money for lawenforcement, they'll be taxing
it, you know it'll generaterevenue, so people could clearly

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understand we are literallycompromising our values and
morals for money.
That's what it really boilsdown to Selling out.
So while this industry mightprofit and grow, what it does to
our communities could becatastrophic.
And I would tell you, in thecity of Laialeah we already ban

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smoking in public parks.
We've already extended andmarijuana will be included in
that prohibition.
You won't be able to smoke itin public in the city of Hialeah
.
But, as I said earlier, one ofmy biggest fears and concerns is
that it's that group of kids 14, 15, 16,.
They already deal with enoughissues, pastor.

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We're already dealing withvaping issues.
We're already dealing withother kinds of exotic drugs that
try to prey on our children.
You know, we've all grown up inthis community.
We saw what drugs like cocaineand heroin and all these drugs
have done to our communities allover the country, not to
mention fentanyl that has comein.
I mean, imagine you sittingdown with your child at 15, 16,

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who many of them think at thatpoint they already know what's
life all about and they have allthe answers and you trying to
educate your child, or trying toexplain to your child the
dangers of marijuana.
And again, as I said earlier,if that all else fails, you can
say to your kid you know what?
And it's illegal, you can't doit.
And then the retort will be no,it's not.

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So this is problematic.
A yes vote means you're openingthe door to what they've done
in California, in Colorado, inNew York.
I spent last winter in Montrealon a family vacation and I will
tell you, montreal is abeautiful city except for the
constant smell of marijuana allover the streets as people

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casually were walking andsmoking.

Speaker 1 (31:34):
Incredible, incredible.
Mayor, I want to thank you somuch for being a part of our
program this morning.
I got our next guest on theline and I want to wish you like
a great, not only day, but thetime that you have left in
office and that reelection.
And thank you for not justbeing a mayor but someone that

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wants to bring godly moralprinciples to the city that you
lead and you oversee, to thecity that you lead and you
oversee, a man that wants tobring the Word of God and the
Bible to influence the lives ofyour citizens that you represent
.
You know godliness is somethingthat God blesses.

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It's in the book of Proverbs.
You know sin affects a nation,and so I want to thank you for
the years that I've been able towatch you get involved and
participate, and thank you somuch.
I don't know if you have anyclosing statements.
This is your opportunity.

Speaker 8 (32:29):
Pastor, my only closing statement is folks, come
out and vote, do not be shyabout these items.
You need to take the reins ofyour country and begin to guide
it back to health.
And, pastor, I do have arequest from you.
Yes, sir, today, when you closethe program in prayer, I do ask

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you pray for, yes sir, casescompletely thrown out the door.
This is a pivotal moment in ourcountry.
Thank you, we need the prayers.

Speaker 1 (33:09):
Thank you.
I can't let you go.
I'm going to pray.
I'm going to pray right now.
This is the program Life forJesus, and it's wonderful to
hear an elected official say hewants prayer, he wants the
influence of God.
This is how we make ourdecisions and who to vote for.
And he's not running for officeright now, so it's not a
political pitch, it's aprinciple of the heart.
Father, god, we pray right nowfor Mayor Steve Bovo and thank

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you, lord, thank you that you'veplaced him as the mayor in the
city of Hialeah.
Continue to give him wisdom,continue to give him your spirit
, continue to give him yourguidance.
Lord, may your word resonate inhis mind, in his heart, in his
soul, as he is, fatherdeliberating over decisions, as
he's looking at priorities.

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Father, raise up a hedge ofprotection around him his wife,
his children, his family.
Father, his staff that he wouldhave godly staff, the chief of
police, people in key places.
Father, forgive us that we'veso abandoned your influence in
our life and we're paying aprice.
Lord, may we get back, may wesee revival.

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Bless Mayor Steve Bobo and thecity of Hialeah with your word,
with your truth, with the SaviorJesus Christ.
I pray in Jesus' name, amen.
Amen.

Speaker 2 (34:29):
Thank you, sir.
Thank you, mayor Bobo, godbless you.

Speaker 1 (34:31):
Bye-bye, thank you.

Speaker 5 (34:31):
Absolutely Love you both.
Be well Bye-bye, thank you.

Speaker 1 (34:37):
So we had somebody on the line.
I didn't have a caller ID so Ididn't know who it was.
So I hope that they will callback and you're listening to
Live for Jesus.
The program today is Should aChristian Vote?
We want to hear from you,786-313-3115.
You can call in.
We're having some other specialguests call in today.
In our studio we have MissJeanette, we have Miss Lisa here

(35:01):
with us.
Ladies, I just want to thankyou for coming in today and
we're not even done yet.
It's 742.
We still have a little bit oftime.
You know, we can always extendthe program if calls come in and
people should a christian voteand should a citizen vote.
Should people sit this one outin the state of florida?
That's where we live.
So I don't know if any one ofyou ladies want to emphasize.

(35:21):
Why should the citizen here inthis state especially vote, as
we have this election coming up?
Ms Lisa, I have to say to youthat one of the first reasons
that a Christian should vote wasthe desire to have a world
order life.
Well, I think we have anothercaller coming in.
Let's go to this caller.
I got suspense here.

(35:41):
Any of you ladies want towelcome him.
That'll be great.
Go ahead.
Hey, how about you, jeanette?
Welcome the caller.

Speaker 4 (35:48):
Hello, who is Any of you ladies want to welcome him?
That'll be great.

Speaker 5 (35:52):
Go ahead, hey how about you, jeanette?
Welcome the caller.
Hello, who is this?
It's your husband.
Where are you?

Speaker 4 (35:55):
I'm on the show that you're calling in.

Speaker 1 (35:57):
I love this.
I love how United StatesSenator Marco Rubio, even when
his wife says hello, I can seehis heart is still beating.
I love it.

Speaker 2 (36:05):
He wants to know where are you?

Speaker 4 (36:06):
wife says hello.
I can see his heart is stillbeating.
He got.
I love it.
He wants to know where are you.
Why aren't you home making mebreakfast?
Yeah, we'll do it, but dominiceat.

Speaker 1 (36:10):
That's the first important question before he
left sir, thank you for being onthe program today.
Our subject is should achristian vote?
Should a citizen vote?
We want to hear from you yourexperience, your perspective of
life.

Speaker 9 (36:22):
You got the mic well, according to everybody else.
You know we should listen toTaylor Swift, who she tells us
to vote for.
So, for us as Christians, whyshouldn't we be engaged?
Why shouldn't people care Atleast?
Why isn't our opinion just asimportant and not more so?
You know we're constantlylooking for indicators in

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society.
Celebrities have a rightthey're Americans, they all have
a right to give their opinionsabout the direction of our
country and certain issues, butwhy aren't views that are
informed by faith, shouldn'tthose be reflected in the public
square?
They should be and they need tobe.
I would say another thing, andit's something we don't talk
enough about is called thecommon good, and that's
promoting the common good andthat really is.

(37:04):
The purpose of governmentservice is to do things that are
good for the most among us.
You know, for the most peoplepossible among us, what's good
for society, what's good forculture, what's good for your
country that's called good, andso there you promote things that
are that try to help peoplehave both the freedom, the
liberty and the opportunity tofulfill their potential, their

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god-given potential, because godhas given every person uh has a
plan for everyone's life, andyou want to live in a country
that provides both theopportunities and the freedoms
to be able to achieve andfulfill that.
Well, the way you promote thecommon good, among other things,
is through who you vote for.
Who do you pick to be yourleaders?
Are they people that arepromoting the common good, or
are they people that are goingto basically be in favor of

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promoting what's good for asmall group of people at the
expense of everybody else?
So these are important things.
I think it's actually publicservice voting, participating in
civic life.
It's a high calling, especiallyin a free society where we have
the opportunity to actuallypick our leaders.
We're blessed to be able to dothat.
Most people in the history ofthe world did not live in a

(38:09):
place where you got to pick yourleaders.
Your leaders were whoeverkilled the last leader.
Your leaders were, whoever, theson of a previous king, that was
your leader.
You didn't get to pick them,but here we get to actually
choose our leaders at everylevel, and not only is that a
blessing, but it's aresponsibility and a high
calling, and so all these thingsneed to be reflected, but I

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think it is important.
Values are at the core ofeverything what your laws say
what's legal and illegal.
It's informed by values aboutwhat's good and not good, and
there is a set of values that Ithink have been very good for
this country that are based onJudeo-Christian principles.

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I think our history reflectsthat and it's important that
that's reflected in our policiestoday in this country, and one
of the ways to do that is tohave people whose lives are
centered on those values ofparticipating and voting and
participating in public life.

Speaker 1 (39:07):
Well, I want to thank you so much for your
participation and contribution.
First of all, I love what yousaid.
You know, if we're allowingother people to influence our
vote and we're saying, that's OK, I don't even want to mention
the person's name, you know, whyshouldn't we allow people that
believe in God, people thatfollow the word of God, people

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that have been used by God toinfluence our society, our
people?
So, senator, that's a greatpoint.
We talk about this thing ofseparation, church and state,
which is there to really holdback the state from influencing
the freedom of the church and wetotally got it wrong, we

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totally twisted.
And then it's funny because Ibelieve that believers have
acquiesced.
They've kind of like sunk inunder this false motion.
But if I'm a citizen, if I paytaxes, I have the right to
express my opinion and myheartbeat, which needs to be
protected, Please.

Speaker 4 (40:10):
Which needs to be protected?
Which?
Is why we have to go and vote.

Speaker 9 (40:13):
Pastor, if I could add, the next time someone says
separation of church and state,I would ask them to show you
where that is in theConstitution.
Those words separation ofchurch, those words appear
nowhere in the Constitution.
Exactly Interpretation itdoesn't say separation of church
and state.
It says the establishmentclause, which basically means
that we can't have an officialreligion, like nobody can pass a
bill next week saying theBaptist Church or the Catholic

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Church or the Pentecostal or theEpiscopal Church is the
official Church of the UnitedStates.
That's basically what theclause says that there cannot be
an official Church.
Nowhere does it say governmenthas to be hostile to faith
communities, and I think thepeople who wrote those words
would be shocked to learn of thehostility that exists today,
since they reference faith andthey reference a belief in God

(40:59):
in the very founding documentsof this country.
They begin by saying that wehold these truths to be
self-evident that all men arecreated equal, endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienablerights life, liberty and
justice.
Those are the starting words ofthe country.

Speaker 1 (41:15):
Yeah, I do this.
It's 747,.
We want to get you to heaven.
I always do that.
It's 747.
We want to get you to heaven.
I always do that with thesevens.
But I just want you to clarify.
So that means that the peoplethat think that there's a
separation between church andstate, it's a wrong
interpretation.
Those exact words are not there.
So it's time for believers toget back in the game and
participate and share the godlyvalues that they have.

(41:36):
And you said something aboutcommon good.
You said that we should electpeople that are for the common
good, not for a special interest.
That, in a sense, ismanipulating, a direction that a
nation would go.
And then you said values thatwhy should a Christian vote?
Because you have values?
And if you don't elect peoplethat have good values, then what

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is the choice?
What is the result?
Senator, thank you so much.
Your busy time, your schedule,any closing statements, anything
else.
You would want to say thathopefully the person listening
if I have this Miss SallyChristian, you know, or John
Believer and they're thinkingI'm going to sit this one out
why should they, as a citizen ofFlorida especially vote in this

(42:23):
election?

Speaker 9 (42:24):
Well, first, because our faith calls us not to be of
the world, but it does call usto be in.
In essence, we still have tolive life in the community that
we're in and you have to promotethe common good, what's good
for everyone, in the spirit ofcharity, which is a virtue, and
part of it is, you know,participating in neighborhood
groups and church groups,community groups, but part of it

(42:45):
is voting.
It's taking on the civic lifeof saying I'm going to elect
leaders, not that are perfect,not that I believe 100% of what
they believe, not that I agreewith them 100% of the time, but
the people who I think will makethe best decisions for my
country, my community and whereI live.
And as far as values,everything's based on values.
Every time you pass a law,they're all arguing about values

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Do this because it's the rightthing.
Well, what are you basing theright thing on?
What you want to do or what youthink is good?
And we have a set of values inChristianity that are grounded
not just in divine words but aregrounded in human experience,
and are grounded in 5,000 yearsof written history that we know
they make sense, we know theywork because they were written
by the manufacturer.

(43:26):
Just like your car comes with aguide, so does our life.
It comes with a guide.
And, by the way, if you look atthe Ten Commandments, it's at
the underpinning of all of ourlaws, laws and the laws of, you
know, virtually every Westerncountry.
So you know, my request is twothings First, participate in
civic life.
And well, three things.
Participate in civic life it'simportant, I mean that includes

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voting.
Number two, by the same token,of all the people in the world,
the ones who should not bedespaired by bad news all the
time, because it can drive us alittle crazier Christians,
because, ultimately, christiansknow how the story ends Like.
We know the ending of the movie.
Right, it ends with victory,not defeat.
And, by the way, the same wordthat we rely on teaches us that
the road to that final victoryis not going to be paved with

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gold and prosperity.
It's going to be paved withaffliction and persecution and
difficulties.
We know that we are called to across, not to fulfillment,
enjoyment and everything we do.
So we really shouldn't, of allthe people in the world.
The ones who should not despair,no matter how much the news
tells you that the world's aboutto fall apart, are people of

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faith.
And my third is you know, prayfor our country, pray for the
people making decisions and prayfor our leaders, no matter who
they are, that they're elected,that God's hand will help, guide
and influence them in thedecisions they make.
Remember, god can use and hasused and the Bible is full of
examples of it flawed people whohave done extraordinary things
because God has used them atthat time and place for his

(44:54):
purpose.

Speaker 1 (44:58):
Thank you so very, very much.
I pray for you, your family,your wife, and pray that God
would continue to bless you,guide you, give you wisdom
beyond your years influence.
And thank you so much for beingpart of the program this
morning.

Speaker 9 (45:15):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (45:15):
Pastor, I appreciate it.
Thank you, god bless you.
Bye-bye.

Speaker 10 (45:19):
As well as live streamed at calvarymiamicom.
Thanks for listening to God'sWay Radio 786-313-3155.

Speaker 1 (45:28):
We're going to have someone calling another guest.
This is the program Live forJesus.
Monday through Thursdays, 7.04in the morning.
We get started right here atGod's Way Radio 104.7 FM.
On your radio dial you couldalso download the free phone app
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(45:52):
you got connected.
Now you could go beyond theradio signal coverage area and
still be connected.
You know, our subject thismorning is why should a
Christian vote?
Ladies?
What a great caller.
Now I know you're going to havea special bias, of course, ms
Jeanette, but I mean the lastthree things he said.
First of all, participate.
Second of all, don't react outof affliction.

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Don't give up.
A lot of Christians are sayingI don't care, they're both the
same.
Listen, they're both not thesame.
No, they're not the same.
Thank you, go ahead.

Speaker 4 (46:23):
They're not the same.

Speaker 1 (46:23):
They're not the same.
There's different trackingrecord, there's different
performance levels.

Speaker 2 (46:29):
There's different policies.

Speaker 1 (46:31):
Different policies, different interest group backing
them up, and one of the groupswants to bring righteousness to
the nation.
The other group wants todestroy the nation by
permissiveness.
But then I love what thesenator stated.
He said pray for our nation.
If we could get people to pray,I know that they will vote.

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I think one of the reasons ofbeing indifferent and inactive
is that in your prayer life isnot too active.
You know, when you pray, youcare.
I mean Jesus right before goingto the cross.
What's he doing?
He's praying.
Prayer activates interest andaction for God.
So that's very interesting.
So I think I think we have acaller on the line.

(47:13):
We're expecting a caller, 786,whenever they, whenever they
call, we're going to.
But let's go to this phone callright here, right now, and
hopefully the next call willcome in.
Hello, you're listening.
Hold on a second, please Don'tgo away.
Good morning, your life forJesus.
What area?

Speaker 10 (47:32):
of town.
Are you calling from?
Hi, good morning.

Speaker 1 (47:34):
Good morning to you.

Speaker 10 (47:36):
I know that voice?

Speaker 1 (47:36):
How are you this morning Doing well?
So what neighborhood are yourepresenting?
To give people anonymity, weusually go by neighborhood.
So some people say well, I'mfrom Hialeah, I'm from Coral
Gables.
You could tell us theneighborhood.
Or if you want to tell us yourname, we're welcome.
You could go whatever you want.
You got the mic.

Speaker 10 (47:54):
Well, good morning Pastor.
This is Jeanette Nunez and I'mactually out of town today, so
I'm not in Florida, but happy tocall in and happy to chat with
you this morning on such abeautiful day.

Speaker 2 (48:05):
Thank you so much For those who don't know, the
humble Jeanette Nunez, callingfrom out of town, would be the
Lieutenant Governor of the stateof Florida.

Speaker 1 (48:13):
That's so great to have you on the program today.
And the subject today is whyshould a Christian vote, why
should a citizen vote?
I love what you said the otherday.
I think it's a very specialline.
You can't go to church and liftup your hands and say
hallelujah and vote like anatheist the next day.
I thought, man, that convictionexpressed there makes God smile

(48:36):
.
I thought, man, that convictionexpressed there, it makes God
smile.

Speaker 10 (48:43):
So my question to you again would be why should a
believer, a Christian, vote?
Well, I think we all shouldagree that Christians have a
unique and a specialresponsibility on so many levels
, right On the Great Commission,on how we should act, how we
should be the hands and feet ofJesus.
We're called to be the salt andlight of the earth, and so I
think we need to take thosethings to heart.
And when we are going into thiselection season, which we're

(49:05):
very close, two weeks away toNovember 5th Election Day, so
many people are already voting.
It's early voting in mostcounties in the state of Florida
I know Miami-Dade it started onMonday and here we have a
series of candidates, electedofficials to vote for.
Of course, the president at thetop of the ticket, and then on
down to US Senate, congress,state representatives, state

(49:26):
senators, city council, schoolboard members, and then the
amendments, and there's a lot ofcandidates, a lot of issues
that we're faced with.
But, as Christians, I think weneed to go in and we need to
first of all, pray Pray for ourcountry, pray for our state,
pray that the Holy Spirit willgive us the conviction and the
wisdom that we need to voteappropriately and recognize that

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there are no perfect candidates.
We have broken candidates.
They're all sinful people.
They stumble, they fall, justlike every one of us.
But we have to not only we haveto separate the candidates from
their platform, from theirpolicies.
What are they upholding?
Are they upholding Christianvalues?
Are they promoting families?
Are they promoting life?
And then look at it from thatperspective.

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You know, the Book of Romans ischock full of good, solid
biblical wisdom as we moveforward in this season, and I
think what we need to recognizeis that it talks about God's
sovereignty.
It says that all things worktogether for good for those who
love God, that are calledaccording to His purpose, that
everyone should be subjected tothe governing authorities,
because there is no authorityexcept those that are

(50:29):
established by God.
And so I know, oftentimes wethrow up our hands, we lament,
we say, oh, you know, we hopethis person gets elected or that
issue gets supported.
But we have to recognize thatGod is in control and he's
sovereign.
But apart from that, we alsohave to do our responsibilities.
We, as Christians, need to vote, we need to make sure so many
stay home.
There are statistics that willblow your mind that when you

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think of all of the people thatthey prescribe.
They proclaim the truth in thegospel, they proclaim that Jesus
is king and yet they stay homeand I think that's, you know,
utterly irresponsible.
We have so many issues that arein front of us and I know we
talked previously, when I calledin, probably like a month ago,
pastor Russ.
We talked about the issue ofabortion and let's be very clear

(51:16):
they can call abortion whateverthey want.
The left can call it whateverthey want.
The radicals they call ithealth care, they call it
compassion, they call it women'srights.
If you look at what the actualdefinition of abortion is, it is
the intentional killing of anunborn child, it is intentional
murder.
So we cannot justify in ourminds, we can't find excuses, we

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can't, you know, parse words,we cannot try in our minds to
reconcile which is theintentional taking of a life
with women's rights, with choice, with my body, all those things
.
So you know, for me that is the.
There are so many other issuesin Kansas that we could talk
about, about why Christiansshould vote.
But, that really boils down tothe single most important issue

(52:05):
and reason, if you're aChristian, that you should go
out and vote.
So I really do hope thateveryone that's listening I
suspect if they're listening toyour program they already have
made up their minds to yourprogram.
They already have made up theirminds.
But if they haven't, I hopethey realize that this is truly
an example of what we should beensuring that we do not promote
in the state of Florida.
Florida has done great thingsto limit abortion and they also

(52:28):
have.
The other side has given so manylies.
They send out mailers, they putTV ads saying that you know the
life of a mother.
That is totally false.
If you look up the actualstatutes today and I'm happy to
send them to you after theprogram you can see exactly
where there are exceptions forthe life of the mother.
There are exceptions forinstances of rape, incest and
human trafficking.

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So many lies that have beenissued out in this whole
political season.
But I think as Christians,again, we have a responsibility
to not only be truth and to be apart of what you know, what God
calls us to do be the hands andfeet of Jesus, to show
compassion for single mothers oryoung girls that perhaps are
struggling with this decision,to make sure that they know

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they're loved and they'resupported, and there's so many
great organizations that canhelp them walk through a
difficult moment like anunplanned pregnancy.
But there is no reason noreason at all.
You should eliminate parentalrights for minors.
There's no reason why youshould just allow blanket
abortions up until the time ofbirth, and that's what this
amendment will allow.

Speaker 1 (53:31):
Lieutenant Governor, I want to thank you so much for
being part of the program today.
I used to think that every—takeit for granted that every
listener to Life for Jesus wouldvote and they would know how to
vote.
But with 70,000 miles, Irealized that, man, I'm shocked
sometimes, the people that don'tvote.
But that's why I want tohighlight some of the things

(53:51):
that you said Show compassion,that voting is showing
compassion.
I love another thing that yousaid how abortion the definition
is intentional murder of adefenseless unborn child, and so
that should be reason foranybody listening to go out and
vote on Amendment 4.
And one way of the vote isgoing to promote abortion.

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The other way to vote, which isa no vote, is going to defend
the life, is going to allow theinfluence of God, for life
through the word of God tocontinue.
And so if you don't vote, thenwho?
And if you don't vote now, thenwhen?
But then I love what else youhad to say.

(54:33):
You said consider the personyou're voting for, their
platform and their policies, andso how when you say, well, I
don't like either one of them,well, which one has the best
policies and which one has thebest platform?
And if you don't fix it in oneelection, well, be involved in
this election, so maybe in thenext election it gets better and

(54:56):
better and better.
So, Lieutenant Governor, Icannot thank you enough for
taking time from your busyschedule to call in the program
today.
You know that you're welcomehere anytime, and not just
because you're an electedofficial, but because you are a
wife, you're a mom, you're afriend and you're a woman of God
that loves God and loves God'sWord.

(55:18):
Now I have some guests heretoday, so I'm sure that maybe
they want to greet you or saysomething to you so people know
that we're not here alone.
They might say I think PastorRaz said he's got people there,
but he's there by himself, andso, ladies, help me out.
Lieutenant Governor, I thinksomebody wants to say hello to
you.

Speaker 2 (55:35):
Good morning.

Speaker 4 (55:36):
Good morning Jeanette .
Lieutenant Governor.

Speaker 10 (55:41):
Always great to hear you both.
They talk about women that loveGod and women that are always
uplifting and so special interms of how they are constantly
just providing so much hope andso much inspiration and so much
support.
Because, you know, we gothrough life, we go through
seasons, we go through ups anddowns, and to have women that

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are part of your circle, thatyou know are always going to
support you and they help youthrough the difficult moments
and they celebrate you in thehappy moments and, you know,
through every season of life.
It's wonderful to hear boththeir voices and to be able to
share in this very importanttopic.

Speaker 1 (56:19):
Thank you so much.
May you have a wonderful day.
I don't want to put Lisa in aspot, but if you want to pray
for our lieutenant governor, avery short prayer, it would be
great.
Yes, Heavenly.

Speaker 2 (56:28):
Father, I thank you.
I thank you for a woman thatserves you wherever you place
her.
Lord, I thank you for theposition of authority that you
have placed her for.
We are blessed in the state ofFlorida to have so many leaders
that actually love and know God.
I pray that, whatever she doesthroughout the day, you would go
before her, open doors thatonly you can open and use her
Father, as a light for your word.

(56:48):
We love you, jesus.
Bless her, protect her In yourname.
We pray Amen.

Speaker 1 (56:52):
Amen, amen.
Thank you so much.
God bless you.

Speaker 10 (57:03):
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
And to all your listeners, Ihope they really just make sure
that they pray for the nextseveral days as we get ready to
vote for really importantpositions in this election, in
particular these amendments I'mso, so concerned about.
But like I said at thebeginning, God is sovereign and
he's in control, so we have totrust.

Speaker 1 (57:16):
Amen.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you, Pastor Oz.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
God bless you.
Thank you, Pastor Oz.
Thank you, ladies Bye Thank youBye.
And I'm sure that we prayed forthe United States Senator, but
if we didn't, would you pleaselike to pray a short prayer for
the Senator also, please?

Speaker 4 (57:32):
Thank you, heavenly Father, for our Sen senators,
for the elected leaders that youhave given us, father, to
protect our rights and even ourfaith.
I want to pray for my husband,senator Marco Rubio, for who he
is as a father, who he is as ahusband and who he is as a

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leader for this country, that hecontinue doing what you called
him to do, lord, father, andplease protect him.
Protect him from everythingthat comes at him and from
everything, unfortunately, theworld can offer.
Thank you, lord, for everythingthat you do.

Speaker 1 (58:10):
In.

Speaker 4 (58:10):
Jesus' name I pray this Amen, amen.
Amen.

Speaker 1 (58:14):
Yeah, nothing like a wife praying for her husband.
I miss my wife for many reasons,but the main reason I miss her
is that nobody prayed for melike my wife.
786-313-3155.
I think we have somebody elseon the phone here.
We're going to extend theprogram a little bit.
We spoke to our next programmerand he's allowed us to extend
the program.
You're listening to Life forJesus, an extended version of

(58:37):
Life for Jesus.
I just dropped that call.
Or please have her call back786-313-3155.
And so the program today isShould a Christian Vote, and I
think we got our next caller.
Let's welcome them.
Hey, good morning.
You're Live for Jesus, and whatarea of town are you calling

(58:57):
from?
Or, if you want to say yourname, you have two lovely guests
here that they got a smile fromknowing that you're calling.
So you got the mic.
Good morning.

Speaker 7 (59:07):
Good morning.
Good morning, this is StateRepresentative Alina Garcia and
I'm calling from the area ofunincorporated Miami-Dade.
And the reason why I'm callingis because it's really important
that people that do believe inGod go out to vote, because if
we don't go out to vote, if wedon't go out to vote, then

(59:30):
people that don't believe thatare non-believers are the ones
that make the laws.
And you know, if you don'tbelieve in God, then you don't
believe in the Ten Commandmentsand there's a lot of things that
you don't believe in.
You can believe in euthanasiaand all kinds of things that we
really don't want and that arenot good for our society.
So my name is Alina Garcia andI'm the state representative for

(59:52):
District 115.
And I'm also running forsupervisor of elections, because
elections are very important.
Elections are very, veryimportant and our vote is our
voice.
So it's important to have astrong voice and it's important
to vote on all those things thatyou know there's a lot of
things on the ballot.

(01:00:15):
We have six amendments, and youknow.
Amendment number three is tolegalize marijuana for
recreational use for people 21and over and amendment number
four is to extend abortionsuntil it's viable right.

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Abortions are already legal inthe state of Florida up to six
weeks, but they want to extendit until it's viable right.
Abortions are already legal inthe state of Florida up to six
weeks, but they want to extendit until it's viable.
What does viable mean?
You can have an abortion.
You should never have anabortion, in my opinion, but you
can have an abortion at sevenmonths, at eight months.
There's no restriction.

Speaker 4 (01:00:52):
That's right, there's no restriction.

Speaker 1 (01:00:53):
You know I'm so thankful.

Speaker 4 (01:00:55):
Let me do a quick reset here and once it gets in
the Constitution, there'snothing you can do about it.

Speaker 1 (01:01:00):
Yeah, let me do a reset here.
You're listening to God's WayRadio 104.7 FM on your radio
dial.
This is the program Live forJesus, monday through Thursdays
at 7 or 4.
Our subject today is should aChristian vote?
Should a person vote?
We're talking to one of ourelected officials, alina Garcia.

(01:01:20):
She is a state representativerunning for supervisor of
elections and we're getting herheart and her opinion on should
a person vote.
Now let me clarify in a sensewhat you're saying.
You're saying that thisAmendment 4, if it's passed,
this late-term abortion means,like it's already been exercised

(01:01:43):
in some places, that the babycan actually be born and even
after the baby's born, the babycan be set to the side and
allowed to die, because it'sdefined within that late-term
abortion.
In other words, how late termis late term and how do you
define that?
But you're saying to us that,also, the person that goes to

(01:02:05):
vote, if it's not a person oflight, if it's not a person
that's salt, if it's not aperson that knows God and knows
of God, then the people thatdon't know God, they're the ones
that are going to vote, andthen we're going to have to live
under their code instead of thebiblical code, which is, by the
way, how this nation wasfounded.
It was founded by people thatlove God, fear God and read

(01:02:27):
God's word.
So interesting thing thatyou're saying Any closing
statements that you may have, or, ms Lisa, ms Jeanette, if you
have any questions for Ms Alina,please feel free to jump in
here.
You got the mic.

Speaker 2 (01:02:43):
I think it was interesting what Alina and
Jeanette were saying, which Iforgot about that for a second.
If you think, well, I'm goingto sit this one out.
Well, let me tell you whatsitting this one out, when it
pertains to Amendment 4, meansthis will not be on the ballot
again.
This will change theConstitution for the state of
Florida period.
This will not be next year,will be on the ballot again, and

(01:03:04):
I can vote against it.
That's it, it is done.

Speaker 4 (01:03:07):
Our legislators will not be able to do anything about
it.
They won't be able to vote onanything, add or include
anything, because it will be inour Constitution.
And, by the way, just amendmentthree, I mean just on amendment
four, amendment three as wellthere will be no restrictions
the other thing is.

Speaker 7 (01:03:25):
The other thing is about amendment four is that
it's taking away the parentalrights.
Oh, yeah if you go to a hospitaland you're a minor, you need a
parental consent in order forsomebody to give you an aspirin,
but you will be able to have anabortion without parental
consent if you are a minor.
They have to notify yourparents, but they don't have to.
You don't.
The parents don't have toconsent.

(01:03:46):
So it's taking away all theparents' rights.
And if you want to change thelaw of abortion, you can always
lobby your state representativesand your and your, and and your
senators and you could changeit.
You know a lot of people arearguing that it should be 12
weeks.
Well, if you want to change itto 12 weeks, you know you should
go and do it in the legislature, not make it part of our

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constitution, that's right.
You know, in the 21st centuryit's.
You know, we don't want to beknown in the 21st century as as
a community of death, because,at the end of the death, an
abortion is death to a childthat could be born.
Alina Garcia, number 78 on yourballot, please, please, please,
go out and vote.
Go out and vote, vote early,don't wait until the last day.

(01:04:31):
Make plans, make sure your momvotes, your sister votes.
If we vote, we win and we, as apeople of faith, we need to
please go out and vote and votewith our faith.
You know there's a separationof state and religion, but that

(01:04:54):
doesn't mean that we can't loveGod and can't do His work.
So go out and vote.
And number 78 on your ballotAlina Garcia, for Supervisor of
Elections.
And I love those ladies.
Lisa and Jeanette, Thank youfor all you do on behalf of our
community.

Speaker 1 (01:05:10):
Well, if you permit me, we'd like to pray for you,
so give us a second, of courseof course.
Father, we pray for Alina Garcia.
We pray for her and we praythat you would guide her, that
you would empower her tocontinue to contribute to our
society In this position, lord,that we pray that you would

(01:05:32):
grant a supervisor of elections.
How important the electionprocess is, that it would be
untainted, that it would be pureand that it would be fair.
So, lord, give her wisdom, giveher wisdom beyond her years,
and I thank you for a governorthat has taken the Dominion

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machines out of the process.
And, lord, help Christiansstand to the occasion that this
is the time.
There's no next election.
This is the time to vote.
This is the time to stand forrighteousness, because if this
time is not utilized, we mayforfeit the opportunity.
Lord, may this amendment ofdeath to unborn children and

(01:06:21):
lack of accountability on behalfof young girls, may it not pass
under our watch.
Lord, may your people take astand, get activated and do the
right thing.
We pray in Jesus' name, amen.

Speaker 2 (01:06:41):
Thank you, state Representative Garcia.
We're thankful and we arepraying for you.
Number 78.
I just want to say somethingquickly.

Speaker 1 (01:06:46):
Please.

Speaker 2 (01:06:46):
For somebody saying well, all these politicians are
calling.
They have one thing in common,which is the most important
thing, and that's not that theyserve their community.
That is, they love and serveGod.
And that's why we've invitedthem to call, because we know
that they know God, they loveGod, they live for God and we
want to show there are peoplewho love God, that serve our

(01:07:07):
community.
Let's us, the Christians, getout and support those values so
that we can make a difference,so that we can impact the world
around us.

Speaker 1 (01:07:16):
I like that.
I like that very much.
You know, we can make adifference.
We're supposed to be the saltand the light and last I've
heard salt and light does notoperate in a vacuum, and Jesus
said it.
It does not operate under.
You don't light a city, youlight it and you light the city,
you don't put it under.
Exactly so, christian listening, you need to vote, you need to

(01:07:37):
get out there and vote.
Miss Lisa, miss Jeanette, youknow why should?

Speaker 7 (01:07:41):
a Christian vote.

Speaker 1 (01:08:02):
I had here that if they love Jesus, that should be
motivation to vote, becauseJesus said let the little ones
come on to me, because of suchis the kingdom of heaven.
So the whole idea here is thatthe Christian is thinking I'm
going to sit this one out.
How could you not get involvedand stand for the unborn child,

(01:08:23):
which is an expression of yourlove for Jesus?
I don't know if you haveanything to say on that matter?

Speaker 4 (01:08:30):
I would add that, first and foremost, you always
want to go out and vote Becausefirst you want to protect always
their freedom to religiousright, to be able to spread the
gospel, to be able to talk aboutthe Lord.
So, just on that you have toalways go and vote.
And then, of course, you havethe most important amendments

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that we have to stand by becauseof what our faith says.

Speaker 1 (01:08:54):
I so appreciate what you're saying, and what came to
my mind is, if you listeningright now, you're that person
that says I don't get involved,I don't like politics.
Well, if every Christian didwhat you're doing in this
election, what will be theresult within the next 24 hours,
within the next year in life asyou know it?

(01:09:15):
So, what behavior do you wantto take?
Do you want to take thebehavior that other people would
imitate and emulate, or do youwant to show your children that,
hey, maybe the choice isdifficult and you could give me
that excuse, maybe forpresidential candidates or
different candidates.
But listen, if you don't votein this election, you got two
amendments that are going toaffect the community, the life.

(01:09:37):
It's going to affect it, andyou have an accountability,
responsibility to express God'sheart.
What is God's heart on thematter?
And, ladies, maybe you couldhelp me here too.
I also want to clarify thatpeople, sometimes they make the
mistake.
They think that when you'rechoosing a president, for
example, you're not choosing apastor, you're not choosing a
religious leader you're choosing.

Speaker 2 (01:09:58):
We were just talking about this yesterday.
We were saying, okay, let, whatif we just look at who would
slow down the darkness?
Who, which candidate would most?
I'm not saying either one ofthem are going to preach a
sermon on sunday and crack opentheir bible.
But as I look at these twocandidates, which one is
ushering in darkness and whichone is most likely to slow down

(01:10:21):
the progression of darkness?
And you know, is open to theinfluence of believers in their
lives, not, like we spokeearlier, telling somebody oh,
jesus is Lord.
Well, you're in the wrong rally.
Well, thank you for clarifyingthat.
Thank you for clarifying that.
That helps me to understandwhat Vice President Harris
believes Christians should dothey should leave her event and

(01:10:46):
go to the other event if they'regoing to speak about Jesus
being Lord.

Speaker 1 (01:10:50):
It's an interesting observation because it expresses
and you know what gets me Godis so fair, God is so just In
2020, we went through this thingI don't even want to mention it
, we went through this pandemic,you know, or plandemic,
whichever way you want to put it.
But it's interesting to see howsome elected officials their
target was the faith community,so you could have Walmart open.

Speaker 4 (01:11:15):
You could have liquor stores open, but churches had
to remain closed, but thechurches had to be closed.
Which is why I was saying.
That's why it's very importantJust with that alone, it's
important to go out and vote.

Speaker 1 (01:11:27):
And, as we look at it , another thing they were trying
to here.
They got into the situation ofnow you can't sing, even in
church, that's right.
Here you got in this situationand so you, the believer, I mean
I'm not trying to take you, youcould make whatever decision
you want to make, but I want tobring some accountability to our
decisions, that if we say, well, I'm not going to vote, what

(01:11:49):
are you saying?
I mean you could at least makea decision for someone, a
platform that's going to standmore for the people of God and
give freedom for the people ofGod.
And we saw to my two guests herethis morning, ms Jeanette, ms
Lisa, how even Calvary Chapel,miami, how part of the senior

(01:12:09):
pastor's heart was to open.
He says, man, depression isgoing up, suicide is going up,
addiction is going up, and whatdo you mean?
That you're going to close downthe avenue that could bring
light?
You know speak, wisdom, youknow.
And power, you know prayer topower.
So, so important for you toknow that you have an
opportunity to vote.

(01:12:30):
Ladies, do you have any othercomments, any other questions,
anything?

Speaker 2 (01:12:34):
else.
We just want to clarify.
We've talked a lot aboutamendment three and four and the
answer for that vote, becauseit is confusing is no.
Every other amendment you canvote yes on.
I have voted yesterday in theamendment but three and four.
Vote no for three and four.
Close the door.
Shut the door.
Three and four no.

Speaker 1 (01:12:52):
Three and four no I like that because number three
is to legalize the use ofmarijuana publicly and in a
sense promote it in our societyand our neighborhoods like never
before.
It's like an open door to asone of our callers earlier said,
it's a gateway drug.

(01:13:13):
So when a society promotes that, what's going to be the result
on the society, on the kids, onthe children?
And then the other amendment isthe one that says it in a sense
promotes abortion.
In a sense it legalizes theabortion to a point that again,

(01:13:34):
help me out on this what in asense is it doing?
How far is it opening theparameters If there's any
restraint on abortion?
What does this Amendment no 4do that?
It not only takes away, I think, any restraint, but now it
makes it part of theConstitution, which means that
you cannot turn it around in anext election or in legislation.

Speaker 2 (01:13:58):
Right.
You are fundamentally changingthe Constitution of the state of
Florida and it says the wordviable, but there is no
description for the word viable.
So a mother can be in labor andsmoking marijuana high and
saying you know what?
I changed my mind.
I don't want to have the babyanymore and it would be legal
for a doctor to abort, to killthe infant just as she's giving

(01:14:22):
birth.
That is the kind of radicalthat is the country that think

(01:14:44):
about.
That is that?
What is that how you're goingto represent our state like,
like uh, state representative.
Candidate for supervisorelection alina garcia said if
you want to change some things,go to your legislator and try to
change them.
If you believe it should beeight weeks instead of four
weeks or whatever, go and changethat.
But changing the amendment isfundamentally changing our state

(01:15:06):
in entirety, forever.
That's right you know it's sointeresting.

Speaker 1 (01:15:11):
I just thought of Balaam, how this individual was
hired to curse Israel, to cursethe nation.
And every time he tried tocurse the nation, he couldn't do
it because God wouldn't allowthem.
And so Balaam said I can'tcurse the nation, but I will
tell you how to bring them down.
He promoted immorality.
He promoted the behavior that,as they would perform and be

(01:15:31):
activated in that behavior,balak, balaam, god, they would
be so drawn away from God thatdestruction would come.
Florida has been an incrediblestate, and so what I see here is
that, hey, if we can't curseFlorida, let's have the state of
Florida adopt some policies andguidelines that they would

(01:15:53):
withdraw from God, and theblessing that Florida as a state
has had, it will be gone, itwill be diminished.
And so for you, the believer, Iwould say, if that's not enough
reason for you to get in andvote, and on this, this
amendment number four, vote no.
We have no idea therepercussions if these two
amendments pass, not just onwhat is legal but, spiritually

(01:16:17):
speaking, on how it's going toaffect the future of our state.
I just thought about that asyou were talking, you know
you're listening to Life forJesus, an extended version of
this program.
We're talking, you know you'relistening to Life for Jesus, an
extended version of this program, and it's a call-in program.
It's a text-in program.
I haven't been able to evencheck the text messages.
But why should a Christian vote?

(01:16:37):
Another reason that I had here,ms Lisa, ms Jeanette, is
because if you live by theScriptures, you know the Bible
says that to him that knows howto do good and doesn't do it,
well, that's sin.
So if you live by thescriptures and you know what God
approves, what is proper maybeyou ladies can speak about that

(01:17:02):
Is that enough motivation tovote?
If you're living by thescripture, if you're going to be
the salt, if you're going to bethe light, if you're going to
be a preserving agent in oursociety, should that be enough
reason to vote or not?
What do you have to say aboutthat?

Speaker 2 (01:17:14):
Well, I mean throughout the scripture.
Even when we're instructed topray for belief I'm sorry, to
pray for kings and people inauthority God is calling us to
be active in that right and so,as we pray, as we seek you know,

(01:17:35):
if you I'm not trying topromote any organization, but I
think of the Christian coalitionyou don't know how to vote the
Christian coalition.
You can go online and downloada guide and they don't tell you
how to vote.
They show you the difference.
This person stands for abortion.
This person doesn't.
This person stands for openbathrooms to any gender.
This person doesn't.
Educate yourself on.
I'm going to put up today on mysocial media faith with friends

(01:17:56):
podcast.
I'm just going to put up myguide of how I am voting.
You can look at it, you candecide for yourself, but if
you're, if you say okay, I'mgoing to go and vote, but I have
no idea how.
I need a little guidance.
Faith with friends on Instagram.
Or you can go to the ChristianCoalition for Miami-Dade County
and it will show you everysingle candidate that we have,
every amendment and what it does.

(01:18:18):
Educate yourself, do not stayhome.
Open.
Early voting is open right now.
You can go to any place, anypolling site in the county and
vote.
Don't wait till Election Day.
The lines are going to be long.
If we're seeing Georgia, theirnumbers are out of control up
there breaking records.

Speaker 1 (01:18:36):
People are voting.

Speaker 2 (01:18:37):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (01:18:37):
Maybe some people that haven't voted they're
getting involved, which mightturn around again.
The nation, you know, often wepray for revival and I'm praying
for revival, and revivalobviously is when the Spirit of
God moves upon a nation and anation repents and they see God.
But I'm wondering if part ofthat revival would be that
believers that have been sittingout too long, they've been

(01:19:00):
inactive, they haven't beenparticipating in the process, if
maybe they would be inspired to.
You know what?
If you don't speak now, thennot only will you lose your
opportunity to speak, but youractions will affect future
generations that will not enjoywhat we have enjoyed.

Speaker 4 (01:19:18):
I think that sometimes what happens with
voters is they feel like I don'twant to be part of this
political divide, I don't wantto deal with what's happening
out there.
I see what it does to peoplefamily, friends and I don't want
to be a part of that.
But voting is not a part ofthat.
That's not what you're sayingwhen you vote.
What you're saying when you'revoted you're protecting your
god-given right for you to beable to first of all express

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your faith.
That's number one.
Number two, and not only that,but protect our family and our
children, because theseamendments do not protect our
family and our children, doesn'tgive us, as a parent, the right
to be able to, if your childhas a problem, to be a part of
that issue.
And even to protect yourchildren from drugs, because
marijuana is a drug and itaffects families every single

(01:20:02):
day.
People die because of that,children die because of that,
and we're basically sayingthere's going to be no
restrictions on the use ofmarijuana.

Speaker 1 (01:20:13):
Exactly, it's interesting that you bring that
up because again and I have todo this in radio, because radio
studies show that people listenfor a time and then they tune
out, sometimes they tune back,sometimes new people are tuning
in, so that's why I do the reset.
This is the program Live forJesus, monday through Thursdays
at 7.04.

(01:20:33):
We have two guests in thestudio today Ms Jeanette, ms
Lisa.
Our subject this morning isshould a Christian vote?
Should you listening?
Should you get to vote?
There's early voting going on.
If you're going to wait to thelast minute, there's the voting
day but day.
But, miss Jeanette, what youjust brought up is that some
people, it's true, they thinkthis process is so tainted you

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know there's mud being thrown,it's so dirty I'm going to stay
completely out of it but whatyou're saying is that voting
it's different than that.
Voting is not the process.
Voting is the time of decisionmaking and you can be a person
that's part of that decisionthat hopefully we're lean more
to light than to promotedarkness and it's our

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responsibility.

Speaker 4 (01:21:16):
It really is our responsibility to our community,
to our children, like you weresaying, to the generations to
come.
It's, it's important yeahbecause, it does make a
difference.
One vote makes a difference now?

Speaker 1 (01:21:26):
here's the question.
We have somebody the line.
We're going to get to thiscaller here.
Here's the question that we'regoing to come after this call.
Some people say, well, you knowwhat, I'm going to sit this one
out and I'm not going to vote.
Now here's the question.
Isn't that a vote?
Yeah, that's right you knowyou're either going to vote for

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one amendment or you're going tovote yes or no.
But if you're not voting, youthink you're like pontius pilate
.
But let's talk about pontiuspilate.
Pontius pilate washed his handsbecause he says I'm not gonna
get involved with this.
But he was involved in itbecause he could have made a
decision to stay the false umprocessing of jesus christ.
He could have made a decisionfor jesus christ not to have
gone to the cross, but hedecided, hey, I'm washing my

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hands, I'm going to sit this oneout, but biblically speaking,
he still held responsible andaccountable for not being part
of the process.
So again, I'm not trying toadminister any guilt, I'm just
trying to get us to think thatwhen you say you know what, I'm
not going to vote, oh, you arevoting, you are voting, but

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anyway, let's go to this callerhere.
Hey, good morning, you're livefor Jesus.
We got very little time.
It's 829.
So I can only give you 15seconds.
30 seconds, we got to lead theway to the next programmer.
What area of town are youcalling from?
Good morning, from South MiamiHeights.
Good, good to have South MiamiHeights Quickly what do you want

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to say, pastor Raj?

Speaker 5 (01:22:53):
you said it and I'm glad you did, but I thought of
Pontius Pilate, for the personwho would want to just do
nothing.
I didn't go well in thatbiblical example when you just
wash your hands becausesomething still happens.
If we don't take a stand, andif we take a stand for nothing
right, we'll fall for anything.
2 Timothy 1.7 says for God didnot give us a spirit of
cowardice, which I believe therecould be an argument for how
well, this is too difficult, Idon't know what to choose, it's

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not even what I really want, soI won't do nothing.
I could see an argument on howthat could be perceived as
cowardice.
And rather, he gave us a spiritit says in 2 Timothy 1.7, of
power, love and self-control orsound mind.
And so that is, I believe,leading us toward do a hard work
and make a decision.

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And you know, some people mightsay, what if I get it wrong?
That's okay, that's why the Godat the end Romans says he's in
control of all authority.
But I think not doing somethingis now you're the one that it
falls on.

Speaker 1 (01:23:45):
Well, I thank you so much for your call.
I'm sure if I contact yourfather-in-law you've made him
very happy.
You've done well in calling.
It's funny how God did this.
The book ends.

Speaker 2 (01:23:55):
you know the first call and the last call and I
have to say that this young manon the phone has such a special
place in my heart.
I consider myself like.
He's like my brother, but I'm alittle too old, so he's like a
son to me.
I love Adrian.
Thank you so much, adrian, forcalling and I just want to say I
love everything that you do forour community, for our first

(01:24:16):
responders yes you're an amazingyoung man and, yes, how
wonderful that your wife openedthe first call and you are last.

Speaker 1 (01:24:24):
Thank you so much, sir.
God bless you, love you.
Thank you so much, sir.
God bless you, love you, godbless.
Thank you.
So, ladies, we got to wind itup here.
Thank you so much for being ourguest this morning.
I pray, I trust that the Lordused the program, used you, that
if I could just get one personthat was going to sit this one
out to say I can't do it, youknow I'm going to go vote, I
think in closing it'd be good tosay both of you maybe have some

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light on the subject to thatperson that says but I don't
know, I don't know who to votefor, I don't know what decisions
to make.
That's why I said it out.
Hey, there's ways of gettinginformed.
You addressed it a little bit,but maybe you want to address it
again.
Our lieutenant governor saidthat she would even mail out.
You know the information, sodon't allow lack of information
to be a motivation not to vote.

Speaker 2 (01:25:06):
And as a believer, we have another.
We have access to another formof information.
It's called the Holy Spirit.
He grants us wisdom generouslywhen we ask with right motives,
and so, as a believer, you canpray, you can ask God for wisdom
, and I have a feeling that Godwill give you the wisdom to
educate yourself and get out andvote.

Speaker 1 (01:25:25):
Yeah, if you're a believer, if you're a Christian,
if you love your family, if youlove children, if you love your
nation.
There's really no choice here,but the choice of voting, the
choice of life.
Ladies, if each of you wouldsay a short prayer, I can't
think of a better way to end theprogram than to have prayers

(01:25:47):
from you.
So maybe, ms Jeanette, you wantto go first, and Lisa, you
close us off.

Speaker 4 (01:25:50):
Okay, heavenly Father , thank you first and foremost
for today, for waking up andbeing a part of this show, for
being here, and, father, I wantto say thank you for this great
nation, for being able to havethe freedom to vote, to be able
to have the rights that you havegiven us, our God, our

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God-given rights, to be able tospeak your name and to even have
conversations about things thatwe don't agree with.
Many other countries don't havethat opportunity.
Father, thank you so much foreverything that you always do
for us.
Thank you for the Holy Spiritto guide us and to give us the
wisdom and to always rememberthat it is important that we
don't just live for ourselves,but we also live for our

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community, for our children, forour families, and it is
important to continue doing whatis right, no matter whether
it's political or if it's not.
Please, lord, always guide usfor the right principles and,
because of love, father, for thelove that you've given us and
for others.

Speaker 2 (01:26:54):
I thank you, Father God.
I thank you for Jeanettejoining us today.
Thank you, for Pastor Raz, theopen door to share.
Lord.
I want to pray specifically forMayor Bovo of Hialeah, for
United States Senator MarcoRubio, for Lieutenant Governor
Jeanette Nunez and our StateRepresentative Alina Garcia, who
have called in today.
Fill them, guide them, use them, protect them, lord, and I pray
.
If there's anybody sitting athome saying I'm disgusted by the

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candidates and I just won'tvote, I pray that today this
conversation has prompted themto get out and vote and, like
Jeanette Nunez said ourLieutenant Governor, don't vote.
You can't go to church onSunday and worship and then vote
like an atheist.
Vote according to your biblicalvalues.
Vote for the person that'spolicies will best represent you

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Not necessarily all of them,but whose values most represent
and reflect the heart of God.
I just pray for this radiostation, for Pastor Oz.
I pray for every listener, lord.
May today they be filled withyour spirit, may they walk in
your truth, draw them to yourword.
Father, god, in Jesus' name, wepray, amen.

Speaker 1 (01:27:58):
Amen.
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