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"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.+ Ephesioans 6:12

Our Father in Heaven, give us the strength and wisdom to discern light from dark, individually and as a people. Pour out thy Spirit upon us, and open our hearts to the promptings of the Spirit so we may be able to do so. Help us, oh Father, to turn to Thee and Thy Son, Jesus Christ, and His salvation and the salvation for our country through His atoning sacrifice and His eternal, fundamental moral principle as He taught, and as His disciples taught and teach. Help us, as thy children to turn to Thee, even as we have been encouraged to do by thy scripture, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." - II Chron 7:14. For it is in Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Townhall Columnists Doug Giles

Praying for This Nation Like Our Butts Depended on It
9/25/2011

For the Christian who has been paying even minimal attention to the state of our union and its current crappy condition, it’s easy to see that our nation is in deep weeds from a God blessed standpoint.
We’re pretty much past the point of no return. If you don’t believe me, read this book. We’re in trouble, folks—and on every front. Our kids will be particularly screwed.
Yep, from an economic, political, cultural and spiritual perspective, if something is not done to reverse this nation’s course (and muy pronto) then my advice to you is to start taking yoga because one has to be fairly limber, I hear, to kiss one’s own butt good-bye. Oh, and another “suggestion” would be to teach your kids Chinese, TexMex and Farsi because those’ll be the main languages of the conquered on our continent.
If things do not change both dramatically and quickly (and to be specific, amended back to our God-honoring intent and constitutional infrastructure) then this country will cease to be the greatest experiment in self governance this planet has ever seen and will morph into a godless tourist spot driven by socialists wet nursing entitlement freaks. Greece is the word.
-No civilization has lasted long when there was:
-This kind of insane debt and spending,
-A bizarre notion of entitlement,
-A death of faith,
-A degeneration of morals,
-A collapse of civility,
-A paralysis of the will,
-A decline in native born population,
-And unopposed foreign invasion.
Google it if you don’t believe me, as the aforementioned is well known 411 regarding formerly great nations that have devolved into tacky travel destinations.
Hey, America: We’re not invincible. I know it looks like it, but believe it or not, there have been powerful civilizations that are now a cartoon of what they used to be, and it would be the height of hubris to think that this party will never end no matter what we do.
So, what’s a Christian to do? Well, there’s a lot the brethren can do, but to keep this column short I’m going to focus on the power of prayer for the USA. And when I say “prayer” I mean praying for our nation like you’d pray if you were wearing Lady Gaga’s meat dress and had to pass through a pride of peckish lions in the Matetsi.
With the Bible as a guide I say we pull out the prayer of Jabez found in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 and shout it up to heaven for God to rain His favor back down on the States.
Basically, Jabez, whose name means “pain,” didn’t let the bad hand he was dealt keep him from calling out to God for great things. And y’know what, patriots? Neither should we.
Just because we’re in real pain as a nation doesn’t mean we roll up in the fetal position and wet our red, white and blue Pampers. Oh, heck no. Instead, we must go back to our roots, become a vocal and voting threat to all politicians, bolster our commitment to God and country, and pray what old Jabez prayed—namely, to be blessed, to have increased opportunities, to have His hand be with us and to be kept from evil.
Take the next 30 days or 30 years and put your personal prayers on the back burner and do this:
1. Pray to God that He would reverse this curse we’re under and leave a blessing instead.
2. Pray this land of opportunity we’ve inherited would continue to be a land of opportunity.
3. Pray that His mighty hand would be with us instead of against us.
4. And pray that the evil which is en vogue would cease to be that which characterizes our culture and would be replaced with that which is holy, just and good.
And maybe, just maybe, God will stay our execution and shed His grace on us again.
Please check out this music video that puts the above sentiments to song.
God help us.

http://youtu.be/c5_wV-_G20w

I find this posting encouraging. I left the Catholic church when a priest told us that we should not be reading the bible and that we could not understand it; that the priest would tells us what we need to know about the bible. I attended 12 years of Catholic schools, went to mass every morning before school, attended mass most Saturday's and always on Sunday. I taught CCD for a few years, but because of the priest as well as other things, I felt God was leading me elsewhere. I attend a Christian church that believes we must fight satan (the world) with God's word and live by God's word. We can't pick and chose what we want to believe in God's word (Cafeteria style) but know God left us His word to live by. The Old Testament showed us how man tried to reach to God, but messed up every time. The New Testament was God reaching to us; giving us His son, because no matter how hard we try, we cannot live a perfect sinless life that is required to see the Father (He cannot look upon evil) When I trusted Jesus & not myself, lived for Him and not myself, I was made righteous because of His sacrifice. I would love to see the lines between Catholics and Christians be erased, so we can be a force in this world that loves it back to God. I do have one concern and that is other man-made religions who call themselves Christians. (Mormon's) God's word said do not add and to not take away from my word. If an angel comes and gives you a new message; do not beleive them. That is exactly what happened to John Smith. A 14 year old boy who said an angel appeared to him. I feel sorry and pray for those who believe these lies. Besides, who want to have there own planet?