In God We Trust?

Our Schools are failing — We forbade Him in the classroom

Our Courts — Many of our courts have removed the Ten Commandments

Our Homes — We often complain our children can’t pray in schools yet fail to pray with them  in our homes.

Our Law and Order — When we have no respect or fear of God we will have no respect for any authority of police, schools or parents.

Our Sexuality — Even the very core of our creation by God as male and female is being challenged.

Our Gift of Life — We loose respect for life when we murder the unborn. As you read this there will be 3,700 babies murdered today. Since 1973 there have been 58 million babies legally killed in the U.S.A.

In all aspects of our lives we have tried to delete God’s law of sowing and reaping, leaving us with an immature  society void of personal responsible.

Political correctness is strangling our laws and the very breathe of our nation as we abuse the words “Separation of Church and State which are not even in the constitution.

So where did the words “Separation of Church and State.” come from? They can be traced back to only a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote back in 1802. In October 1801, the Danbury Baptist Association of Connecticut wrote to President Jefferson, and in their letter they voiced some concerns about Religious Freedom. On January 1, 1802 Jefferson wrote a letter to them in which he added the phrase “Separation of Church and State.” When you read the full letter, you will understand that Jefferson was simply underscoring the First Amendment as a guardian of the peoples religious freedom from government interference.

When Thomas Jefferson wrote his letter to the Danbury Baptist Association he never intended the words “Separation of Church and State” to be taken out of context and used as a substitute for the First Amendment, but for all practical purposes that is exactly what the courts have done.

“I tremble for my country,” said Thomas Jefferson, “when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.” –

A sobering warning from George Washington on April 30, 1789, when he delivered his famous Inaugural Address to both Houses of Congress. “We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” He had just taken the oath of office on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, with his hand upon a Bible opened to Deuteronomy, Chapter 28:And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

George Washington also wrote this about what he felt made America great:

“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”

To make America great again we need God back in our government, society, homes, schools, and our lives.

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Give The Great Physician Permission

A few weeks ago I fell and broke my hip and was warned that if I didn’t have surgery as soon as possible I would never walk again. As I was being wheeled into surgery to have the hip replacement I remember Dr. Darren Friedman taking the time to put his initials on the hip he was going to replace. He would only be putting a new hip on the leg with his name.

The Lord used this as a window to my soul.

Likewise The Great Physician also writes His Name on the foreheads of those that He will be working on as we go down to the Potter’s house and place ourselves on the wheel of transformation. This is where He will remove our heart of stone and give us a heart of flesh.

Just as I signed a paper to give the doctor permission we must also voluntarily give the Lord permission to perform surgery on our hearts. He will only work on those hearts with His Name engraved.

Revelation 14:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

Jeremiah 18:3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

Ezekiel 36:26 6 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 

CHALLENGE: Are you broken today? Give the Great Physician permission to perform the surgery and He will give you a new heart that will enable you to walk a new way.

Live One Day At A Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As we enjoyed a serving of dumplings at our favorite Chinese restaurant we had no idea that an hour later I would be on my way to New York Presbyterian hospital after a fall for an emergency surgery on my hip!

Surely we need to be in the moment and enjoy the present as truly a gift from the Lord. Now I am not saying that The Lord is not with us in the valleys as well as the mountain tops. As I look back on the past five weeks I see evidence of His presence and care in many ways as I begin to recover and learn to walk again. But it is the level of our appreciation during those happy moments that give us the unwavering faith to walk with Him through the valleys He allows in our lives.

Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

CHALLENGE: Enjoy the gift of every moment today. Walk with the King and be a blessing!

We Need Fathers after God’s Heart

Dad, walk in love and integrity for you are your child’s first earthly concept of their heavenly Father.

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Time Began In A Garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the first time since my hip replacement surgery 4 weeks ago I was able to do some planting in my garden today even if it was only in a pot. I am beginning to find “me” again for it is while  working in my garden I meet with my heavenly Papa as He speaks Kingdom parables to my heart. I have found that the best place to meet with Him is in my garden for after all Time Began In A Garden!

Genesis 3:8-9 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

I share many of these parables in my book “DEVELOPING A SECRET HISTORY WITH GOD”