Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.”
As we come to an end of Independence Day weekend, I think about the Liberty and Freedom that our Founding Fathers fought for and established some 233 years ago. The Patriotism and love for God & Country are an example and inspiration for all of us today. The founding of this Christian nation is well documented in the records, quotes and writings of our nation’s beginnings, though many secular revisionists attempt to deny despite the facts. Even the United States Supreme Court ruled on February 29,1892, in the famous Trinity Decision: “Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian. No purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any legislation, state or national, because this is a religious people. This is historically true. From the discovery of this continent to the present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation. ... These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.”
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountains majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for men of faith Who founded this great land; Proclaimed for us, "In God we trust," And held to God's strong hand. America! America! God shed His grace on thee Till lives confess His righteousness From sea to shining sea.
O beautiful for men of faith Who founded this great land; Proclaimed for us, "In God we trust," And held to God's strong hand. America! America! God shed His grace on thee Till lives confess His righteousness From sea to shining sea.
Pretty clear isn’t it? But I know that our National Anthem is the Star-Spangled Banner. Well, look again at the first and last verse of this vocal symbol of this great nation.
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.O say, does that star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
O thus be it ever when free-men shall standBetween their lov'd home and the war's desolation;Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued landPraise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,And this be our motto: “In God is our trust”And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.O say, does that star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
O thus be it ever when free-men shall standBetween their lov'd home and the war's desolation;Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued landPraise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,And this be our motto: “In God is our trust”And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Need I say anymore? In God We Trust! As the attacks on religious liberty, the Holy Bible and Jesus Christ, rear their ugly heads and deny the Truth, may we stand firm in the faith. And I finish this post with one last Great American Patriotic song:
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer." God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with the Light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home. God bless America, My home sweet home."
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer." God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with the Light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home. God bless America, My home sweet home."
God bless you and God bless America!
Brian
Brian
2 comments:
God has so graciously blessed America. Now if we could just get to blessing His name in return!
Great post.
America bless God. America know God. America love God. America follow God. America trust God. America obey God. The God that made us & blessed us. This is the objective of this ministry and outreach of the Great commission. May a light shine in the darkness and many life be touch & changed for Christ. Awesome point Jennifer. Thanks for sharing.
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