The Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free!
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he country we live in has many freedoms and privileges, which have cost many lives and much sacrifice. Every year on July 4 we celebrate our independence from tyranny. We believe that every citizen has this right to live and enjoy this freedom. We have become so used to these freedoms that we take them for granted, thinking that they will always be there. God had given Israel the land of Canaan after traveling through the wilderness for forty years and being in Egypt for so many years as slaves, but they became lethargic, forgetting the God by whose strength they were able to overcome all their enemies.
The leaders are becoming more and more bold in denying the Bible, but it is not the leaders first of all who are the problem. God has given them to us because that is what we asked for. God has sent and is sending us warnings in nature, but there is no repentance: “Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein” (Jer. 6:16 KJV)
And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. (Judg. 2:8–12) Our country was founded on the Word of God, and like Israel we have forsaken the Lord who has blessed us so richly. There are still many churches that worship the god who they believe is the true one,
but not the God of the Bible. At this time of year many flags are flying. Outwardly things appear to be good, but many people are not happy. Why is this? We have lost the sense of what freedom is and what it costs to keep it, but even more the God who made us the most powerful nation in the world is not needed any more. This is sad. Why were we created and put here in this world? The leaders are becoming more and more bold in denying the Bible, but it is not the leaders first of all who are the problem. God has given them to us because that is what we asked for. God has sent and is sending us warnings in nature, but there is no repentance: “Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein” (Jer. 6:16). We pray that the Lord would send his Spirit into our hearts and cause a great revival in our land. We live on this earth for only a short time, because
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