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It must have been exciting to the Rowan County Commissioners to see the large crowd gathered to support them in their fight for their right to pray in Jesus name at their meetings. What a blessing to know that so many people are willing to take their stand publicly and show that they are not ashamed of Jesus and want to support others who are not ashamed of Him.
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With all that is happening on the national scene, it is exciting to hear of something encouraging and something right. Christian News Network tells about a judge who tossed out a lawsuit that was brought by atheists who wanted to have the motto "In God We Trust" removed from American currency because it made them "feel discriminated against and rejected by society because they have rejected the Creator."
To read more click here to go to the article. Thank God for this good news and please keep praying for our country. The following are good verses for America to ponder. Are we not such a nation as this? Have we not become great and waxen rich and forgotten God in our prosperity? What about our spiritual leaders? Have they led our people into truth or do they do things there own way? What about the rest of us? Do we love to have it so? Then will not God visit us for these things?
22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? 23But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. 24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 25Your iniquities have turned away these things , and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. 29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; 31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jeremiah 5:22-31) Consider these words. As a nation, do not we worship the earth and credit it for our good things instead of crediting the Lord who made it? And is it not those who claim to name the name of Christ who "set traps and catch men"? They charge money to send out healing oil or lay their hands on sick people that they cannot heal. They take from the poor by convincing them to give to them to receive a blessing. They live in richness and pleasure. And we, as a nation who claims to be Christian, support their deceit year after year. What about our judicial system? Does it judge uprightly or does it judge in favor of those who have the most money or influence? What about those who are less fortunate? Does our judicial system help us, or does it just throw out those cases? What about the pastors and spiritual leaders? Do they preach the true word of God or a message that makes people feel good? How many of them do not even preach out of the Bible? How many churches have standards inside that are little different from the world outside? As a nation, do we not love to have it so? We are on a path to destruction, and "What shall we do in the end thereof?" Let us then confess these sins, repent and return to God, and fear Him before He visits us for these things and is avenged on "such a nation as this." O, that America would hearken to God's commandments! Our foundations were built on Biblical principles, and now it seems that we feel that we no longer need God. But God desires to teach us how to profit, to lead us in the way that we should go. If we had hearkened to God's commandments, we would be righteous, and God truly would bless us from sea to shining sea. But now we are in danger of being cut off and destroyed because we have forgotten God. O let us come back to God today and hearken to His commandments! Let us choose blessing and not cursing.
Note: Although this passage was written specifically to Israel, God said that the things written in the Old Testament were written for our learning. God's character has not changed. He still blesses obedience by faith and punishes disobedience and unbelief. "16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me." (Isaiah 48:26-19) These verses from the book of Psalms make a great prayer for America. 8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake... 13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. Psalm 79:8,9,13 |
AuthorI am a concerned citizen of the United States of America. And I am a Christian who believes in salvation by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I pray this blog will honor the Lord.
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. Hosea 4:12
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