Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God. In the midst of adversity, when all appears lost and darkness surrounds is thanksgiving the first thought that comes to mind? Prayers remain unspoken as we gossip, doubt, grumble, blame others, kvetch, accuse, but give thanks, pray!?!!!  

But I trust in You, LORD; I say, "You are my God." My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies,  from those who pursue me. Let Your face shine on your servant; save me in Your unfailing love. Not so in America; Americans by the millions no longer trust God.  Standing on the sidelies, detached, unresponsive; by their silence supporting abomination, perversion, greed, murder, immorality. Rejecting God this nation stands condemned.  

Radical reprobates who live as enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction...their glory is in their shame, have taken control of America without a shot being fired. This is what the LORD says: ... I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. None of them repent of their wickedness, saying "What have I done?" Each pursues their own course like a horse charging into battle. Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrust observe the time of their migration. But My people do not know the requirements of the LORD. For the LORD our God has doomed us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against Him. We had hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror. The choice is yours. Will you stand in the gap for the nation? Will you pray, will you repent, will you turn? Will you stand idly by waiting for Donald Trump to "Make America Great Again'? Will you fall upon the Rock that you might be broken, or will the Rock fall upon you that you be crushed?

How many times has 2 Chronicles 7:14 been repeated; all to no avail? IF My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. How many times must Holy Spirit remind us of our sins and our need to repent and be reconciled to God. Time and time again He has spoken yet America continues to fall further and further from God, embracing evil, refusing to humble themselves, refusing to repent. America, to her shame, continues to stand stiff-necked, proud and far removed from God. 

Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 

The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.