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Pastor Stanley walks with the Lord as Enoch did, for such a time as this he was born. Otherwise, I know God would have taken him Home!
1 posted on 05/05/2018 3:03:08 AM PDT by Patriot777
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Unpopular opinion here, but whoever stands with Israel will fare better than those who stand against.


2 posted on 05/05/2018 3:05:45 AM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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Pastor Stanley, if you're referring to Charles Stanley, has gone off the rails in recent years, doctrinely. I do not trust him or his ministry much anymore, nor do I trust anyone who broadcasts on any of the so-called Christian cable networks.

That said, I think it can be said that God once blessed America, but that His hand of blessing AND PROTECTION has definitely been taken away and now we're in a state where the only reason His divine judgment has not fallen is because of the faithful few that are still amongst the American population.

But once those few are taken out of the way, just as Lot and his daughter's were taken out of Sodom and Gomorrah, this nation will finally receive its "just rewards" for spitting on His blessings and the freedoms He gave us.

3 posted on 05/05/2018 3:24:32 AM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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We don't bless God. He blesses us.

We're very lucky. God continues to bless us despite our sinful nature. That doesn't mean He always will.

7 posted on 05/05/2018 3:56:22 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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The Lord is merciful, kind and patient with humanity but is not shy about delivering a corrective kick in the butt when necessary. Those who reject Him get to stew in their own corruptions unless and until in hopes of turning to Him. Unfortunately some never will and choose eternal separation instead of His salvation gift.


8 posted on 05/05/2018 4:27:06 AM PDT by tflabo (Varmints)
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Maybe; maybe not but God has blessed America by sending us President Trump.


9 posted on 05/05/2018 4:29:10 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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a nation that condones infanticide and homosexual conduct is damned by God though out history. USA is doomed.


10 posted on 05/05/2018 4:32:09 AM PDT by maddogtiger
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Fifty-two of the original 55 founding fathers who wrote our Constitution were Christians, and they established our country on Judeo-Christian values.

They created a secular and republican form government, but one which can only be maintained if the citizenry is God fearing.

It will not survive if the godless in this nation continue to advance their secular religion of homosexuality and perversion.

11 posted on 05/05/2018 4:34:52 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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A Nation can’t do anything - it’s individuals that God looks at - when you get to a Nation, you are just using statistics to represent what polling and observation tell you is a ‘most likely’ indication.


13 posted on 05/05/2018 4:38:39 AM PDT by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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So now as a reward for all our blessings, Christians are persecuted in America by hate filled, bigoted atheists, corporations, the military, anyone who wants a little attention. One person feels bad about a cross on public land and gets it torn down, military chaplains are told not to mention Jesus outside of their chapels, business people are persecuted for standing for traditional marriage, prayers in schools are ancient history and on and on and on. So our problems continue to mount up and we wonder why.


14 posted on 05/05/2018 4:47:00 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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America’s always had a strong religious streak, but whereas it used to find its expression in Christianity, now all the zeal and fire is with the intolerant SJWs and liberals, who seek to impose their religion (totalitarian socialist doctrines) on the rest of us.


15 posted on 05/05/2018 4:52:04 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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When I got to this part of the post --> ".... Jonathan Edwards, George Whitfield, John Wesley, and Charles Finney. ..." I stopped taking the article seriously.
Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield paired with John Wesley and Charles Finney just doesn't work for me. They are the opposite poles theologically of each other, that wouldn't have anything to do with each other if they lived now days in the 21st century.
16 posted on 05/05/2018 4:53:28 AM PDT by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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Message ignore; messenger roundly attacked.

Message worth better consideration than shown here on FR.

Messenger imperfect but loyal to his calling.


18 posted on 05/05/2018 5:13:05 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Patriot777; Faith Presses On
America has plenty of homegrown issues. That said, the enemy hates the soul of America (charity, good deeds) and has been busy sowing tares among the wheat.

Matthew 13

24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Here's the explanation of the parable:

A person in whom there is arrogance will ultimately be diminished.... "They will wither like the tops of the ears of grain" (Job 24:24)..... It is like the man who enters his field and picks the tall ones. (Sotah 5a)

A father and son were walking through a field of golden wheat at harvest time. "Father" said the boy, "why do some of the stalks stand tall and straight, while others bend their heads?"

"The bent stalks" replied the father, "are full of ripe, healthy kernels, the weight pulls them down. They are like humble people full of wisdom and good deeds. The stalks that hold their heads high are empty, like worthless people who act superior."

Our Gemara, too, likens the arrogant to tall stalks of grain. A farmer walking through a field of full, bent stalks will uproot and discard any tall, empty ones so that they will not be harvested together with the rest.

Empty Heads Held High

The woman caught in adultery was not without sin, but neither were her accusers, yet they were quite eager to 'stand tall' and stone her. That's not how it works.

Defiled, denigrated America will shock the world, forcing all enemies (foreign and domestic) to shut their mouths. It's like the President has been saying: "Make America Great Again". There's the guy with the grain of faith.

22 posted on 05/05/2018 5:35:23 AM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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Dr. Charles Stanley doesn't whoop and holler. He doesn't beg for money. He doesn't put on that phony preacher voice like so many TV preachers do. He is plain spoken and bible believing, one of the few like that on television. He doesn't promise worldly riches or Cadillacs, or an easy life. His videos are on youtube.
 
29 posted on 05/05/2018 6:31:26 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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IS AMERICA BLESSING GOD?

Yes.

33 posted on 05/05/2018 7:10:51 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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38 posted on 05/05/2018 1:48:19 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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**IS AMERICA BLESSING GOD?**

NO! Not as long as abortion is allowed in the United States!


39 posted on 05/05/2018 1:49:23 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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No The US does not bless God.


40 posted on 05/05/2018 6:21:40 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Mueller, Obama, Hillary and Holder each made millions selling US uranium to Putin.)
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