Exhibit 23(h)(4)(b)

                   AMENDMENT TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

   This Amendment to the Fund Participation Agreement ("Agreement") dated the
1/st/ day of May, 2003, by and between Lincoln Variable Insurance Products
Trust, an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware
statutory trust (the "Trust"), and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company,
an Indiana insurance company (the "Company") is effective as of May 1, 2009.

                                   AMENDMENT

   WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend Schedule 2 to the Agreement and replace
it in its entirely.

   NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the Company and
the Trust agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

   1. Schedule 2 of this Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with the
attached Schedule 2.

   2. All other terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to
be executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized officer on the date
specified below.

                                        LINCOLN VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
                                        TRUST

Date:  April 13, 2009                   By:  /s/ Kevin J. Adamson
                                             ---------------------------------
                                             Kevin J. Adamson
                                             Second Vice President

                                        THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
                                        COMPANY

Date:  April 13, 2009                   By:  /s/ William P. Flory, Jr.
                                             ---------------------------------
                                             William P. Flory, Jr.
                                             Second Vice President



                                  Schedule 2

                                     Funds
                               As of May 1, 2009

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund
LVIP Capital Growth Fund
LVIP Cohen & Steers Global Real Estate Fund
LVIP Columbia Value Opportunities Fund
LVIP Delaware Bond Fund
LVIP Delaware Foundation Aggressive Allocation Fund
LVIP Delaware Foundation Conservative Allocation Fund
LVIP Delaware Foundation Moderate Allocation Fund
LVIP Delaware Growth and Income Fund
LVIP Delaware Managed Fund
LVIP Delaware Social Awareness Fund
LVIP Delaware Special Opportunities Fund
LVIP FI Equity-Income Fund
LVIP Global Income Fund
LVIP Janus Capital Appreciation Fund
LVIP Marsico International Growth Fund
LVIP MFS Value Fund
LVIP Mid-Cap Value Fund
LVIP Mondrian International Value Fund
LVIP Money Market Fund
LVIP SSgA Bond Index Fund
LVIP SSgA Developed International 150 Fund
LVIP SSgA Emerging Markets Fund
LVIP SSgA International Index Fund
LVIP SSgA Large Cap 100 Fund
LVIP SSgA Small/Mid Cap 200 Fund
LVIP SSgA S&P 500 Index Fund
LVIP SSgA Small-Cap Index Fund
LVIP T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund
LVIP T. Rowe Price Structured Mid-Cap Growth Fund
LVIP Templeton Growth Fund
LVIP Turner Mid-Cap Growth Fund
LVIP UBS Global Asset Allocation Fund
LVIP Wilshire Aggressive Profile Fund
LVIP Wilshire Conservative Profile Fund
LVIP Wilshire Moderate Profile Fund
LVIP Wilshire Moderately Aggressive Profile Fund
LVIP Wilshire 2010 Profile Fund
LVIP Wilshire 2020 Profile Fund
LVIP Wilshire 2030 Profile Fund
LVIP Wilshire 2040 Profile Fund