God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her and guide her,
Through the night,
with YOUR
Light from Above……
Words written almost one hundred ago...
a prayer, set to music, asking God to bless to guide and to protect this great nation. Words that seem shallow now as we stand back and honestly access all that we the people have allowed to happen in this nation since Irving Berlin penned those words back in 1918.
We have elect politicians that tickled our ears, accepted unbiblical teachings from liberal pastors and televangelist. Accepted homosexuality within our military and within the clergy, condoned abortion and joined hands with non-believers in the quest for ecumenicalism.
We the people have turned our back on God.
*American’s spend $2.8 billion per year on Internet pornography.
*American’s divorce rate is higher than any other nation in the world.
*American's consume more than one-half of all illegal drugs produced in the world.
*American’s spend hours in front of the television laughing as God’s Name, His Word, His Son and His people are belittled and blasphemed in the media.
[stats provided by Dr. Dave Reagan, Lamb/Lion Ministries]
We stand proudly proclaiming: “America is a Christian nation.”
While 85% of Americans claim to be Christian there is little if any evidence of Biblical Christianity in our families, our communities or our nation.
Born into a Christian home, raised going to church, these 'professing christians' rarely attend church, read the Bible or spend time in prayer. Their time is spent pursuing the American dream, a better this, a bigger that. They purchase lottery tickets in hopes of a big win to make the dream a little sweeter, frequent R-rated movies, watch trash TV and laugh at vulgar comedians. A few go to church on Sunday morning, put a dollar in the collection plate, and leave proud of themselves for having done their duty.
God is patient, but His patience is wearing thin. Our hearts have become hard against our God, we have turned our back on Him.
Nahum reminds us:
The Lord is a jealous and
avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his
adversaries and keeps wrath for his
enemies. The
Lord is slow to anger and great in
power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
American's have become like Eve, believing the lie.
Will we the people persist in our rebellion? Two roads face the people of America ~ one leads to repentence, restoration and our return to God, the other to deception, destruction and to our doom as a people and a nation.
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