# America’s Christian Heritage

Key Passage: Deuteronomy 6:10-12
Date: June 7, 2024

If you would turn to Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy chapter number six. We are leaving our normal Bible study, the Life of David. We are going to start the Fourth of July a little early and have a patriotic service tonight. Friday night a tour group will be here, and Dr. Jorgensen will do a great job. And Sunday, Brother Aaron Snyderly will do a great job.

I got to get a little patriotic service in here myself, you know. And so I take advantage of the Wednesday night. And we’re going to do that. I was out of town last week. Brother Anthony did a great job. And so we’re kind of out of sync anyway. We’ll get back to the life of David, Lord willing, I believe next Wednesday night. But tonight, we’re just using Deuteronomy really as a springboard into talking about our godly heritage we have in America.

And this passage we’re going to read is God talking to Israel. I understand we’re not Israel; I’m using a comparison there. But he’s telling them, look, when you get into the promised land, I don’t want you to forget who got you there, if you will. And you’ll get into houses and lands you didn’t build.

Our generation, and really the last several generations, have inherited a great America that they did not build. And if we take lightly what we have, we’re liable to treat America lightly. And we’ve inherited just the greatest nation on the face of the earth. So just a little comparison. We’ll dive into American history a little bit tonight. Just a different service on the Wednesday night.

But Deuteronomy chapter number six, we’ll start verse number 10. Would you please stand if you’re able just to show the word of God respect? We try to show all the respect we can. Deuteronomy 6 and verse number 10 of God’s word:

“And it shall be when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great goodly cities, which thou buildest not; and houses full of all good things, which thou fillest not; and wells digged, which thou diggest not; vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantest not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full: Then beware, lest thou forget the Lord.”

Oh, we live in a prosperous nation. They got more than any generation has ever had. Never not careful will forget the Lord. That’s what he’s warning them there, verse number 12.

“Then beware, lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.”

Let me just read two other passages. Notice the word “remember” in these. We’re going to remember God’s goodness on America tonight. Psalm 105, verse number five: “Remember his works that he hath done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth.” Psalm 77:11: “I will remember the works of the Lord; surely I will remember thy wonders of old.”

And we’re going to pray. Brother Richard, right after we pray, we’ll get that screen going on that. Let’s pray. Would you pray and ask the Lord to use this to encourage you and to challenge us just to pray for America and not to give up on America? Would you pray with me as I pray? They’re saying, Lord, we come.

I’m undeserving, Lord, of such a great nation you’ve given us. And Lord, all the miracles you’ve done to make America great. Father, forgive us, forgive me when I forget. Lord, you’re the one that has truly blessed America. Thank you for that. Thank for the godly men and ladies you’ve used to give it to us. Thank you, Lord, for the military and others, Lord, that you’ve used over the years. But Lord, tonight, help us to focus on you once you’ve done our country. And Lord, would you, Lord, just let the fire in our hearts burn again for America, and Lord, for you to work in America. Father, we thank you and praise you for what you do. It’s in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Thank you so much for standing. You may be seated.

I’m going to turn off a little bit more lights here. Can y’all see that fairly good? Let me just see how that does right there if I can still—you see, we’re going back really to the very start of the New World, in Christopher Columbus, October the 12th, 1492, when Christopher Columbus discovered the new world.

Now, I would not even say North America, but the new world. Maybe if you go to the next slide, if you would, please, Columbus’s voyages. There it is right there. You’ll notice his first voyage there, 1492, was around there right south of us, south of Florida, where he landed. But he found the new world. It was the beginning of America and Christopher Columbus.

Now let me just—let me just—that’s the start of our nation as we know it. Let me just read for you a little bit about Christopher Columbus in his book, Book of Prophecies. I’m going to quote a little bit. By the way, when you get to history, be so careful. If you listen to professors, not always, but many times they’ll tend to rewrite history. But if you go back and you read what those people, the actual founding fathers and others, wrote, you’ll get a more true picture of what things are going. So I’m reading, for the most part, tonight a lot of what these men have said.

And I read from his Book of Prophecies: “I prayed to the most merciful Lord about my heart’s desire, and he gave me the spirit and the intelligence for the task.”

He goes on and says, “It was the Lord who put into my mind—I could feel his hand upon me—the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies.”

It goes on and says, “There’s no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit because he comforted me with the ray of marvelous illumination from the Holy Scriptures. Our Lord Jesus desired to perform a very obvious miracle in the voyage to the Indies to comfort me and the whole people of God.”

It goes on and says, “No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior. It is just, and if the intention is purely for His Holy Service.”

Now, friend, that’s pretty good for the start of America right there. I mean, he said God gave me the wherewithal. He gave me the intelligence. His hand that guided me, the Holy Spirit, our Savior, Jesus Christ—pretty good for the start of America. Amen. It’s not like the start of a godly nation to me. I don’t agree with maybe the ever doctrine of Christopher Columbus, but he was for sure asking God’s leadership and saying the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ led him.

A little bit later on, according to Columbus’s personal logs, his purpose in seeking the undiscovered worlds was—now listen, this is the man that found the new worlds, this is what he says—was to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the heathens. Pretty good for the man that found the new world, America. He goes on and says, “to bring the word of God to unknown coastlands.”

They don’t tell you that in history class nowadays. And praise the Lord, our nation, the beginning of it, started with a man who said, “Hey, God’s led me here. The Holy Spirit has guided me. The purpose of it is for the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Friend, that’s what we call soul winning. I’m going out and making this voyage because I want to tell people about Jesus. Pretty good deal. 1492. You remember that date?

Now, 128 years later, in 1620, November 11, 1620, if you go to the next one, please, sir, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. And before they ever unloaded—thank you, brother, I got some water here, I’m good, just a little cough. I’m getting over my crud, but the coughing thing is still there a little bit—but before they ever unloaded off the Mayflower, the boat, before they ever, they had to sit some parties out. Before they ever unloaded, though, they decided we need to make a governmental, if you will, the first governmental document of the United States. It’s called the Mayflower Compact. Before they ever land, and they say, “Let’s make a compact here, and before we actually unload on America.”

Now, let me read for you. Let me read for you. I’m curious how much this is in our modern-day history books, but let me read for you. Starting off, he says, “In ye name of God, amen.” I like the start already. You’ve got an amen right off the bat. Any preacher likes that, you know. “In ye name of God, amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign, Lord King James.” That’s interesting too. “By ye grace of God.” Pretty interesting. Mouth of bat they’re saying by the grace of God.

He goes on and says, “having undertaken for ye glory of God an advancement of ye Christian faith.” Now we got the guy that found the new world; he said, “Look, the purpose of this saying God guided me, the purpose of us is to give the gospel of Jesus Christ out.” Now we got the first governmental document before they ever actually land, and it says, “Hey, it’s for the—for the Christian faith, for the advancement of it.” Sound like to me we started as a Christian nation, what do you think? Yeah, we did. Sure we did. No doubt about it.

Now the colonies in those coming years began to form, and we know eventually 13 of them. And let me just mention one of them, Rhode Island, and a man named Roger Williams. He actually was a preacher, Baptist preacher. Many say he started the first Baptist church in America. And one of the cardinal doctrines of Baptists is separation of church and state. And I say that term by that—oh, do not mean what the media means in our day and time, that you can’t have the Ten Commandments on the courthouse. What that statement meant is that we don’t want a government-ran religion. And you realize Rhode Island was the first colony that had total religious freedom. You could decide what you were or were not going to be. That was in Rhode Island. Roger Williams.

And he started that colony. Actually, if you study that, we don’t have time to get into it, in the First Continental Congress, the debate, it was the Baptists said, “No, no, no, no, we don’t want our taxes to pay tithes and whatever church you select. We want separation of church and state. We want freedom and no government.” That’s what we had in England. We don’t want a government running our religion. That’s separation of church and state.

But anyway, that’s a little side note about Roger Williams. I wanted to get it in there. A little bonus for the Baptists, amen. You can study it out. It’s awesome. Praise the Lord for it.

But these 13 colonies, and of course Britain, they wanted their control. And their control of these colonies grew, and by 1773 now, or a little bit later on, 1773, taxations of these colonies just became overwhelming and the control. And so in 1773, December 16th, if you go to the next one, we have what’s called the Boston Tea Party. And some colonists, they dressed as Indians, went on board the British East India Company ship and they threw 342 chests of tea overboard. And I’m sure, I’m sure Miss Stacy’s ancestors go back that they were in the harbor and they drank tea. That’s why she’s addicted to tea, sweet tea nowadays. And I’m joking. She’s overcame that thing pretty good. I’ll tell you what, I’m joking with her. But the Boston Tea Party. And that was our—say, “Hey, we’re not going to follow every little bit of detail. We want some representation and so on and so on about all that.”

And so Parliament of Great Britain, they put a blockade. If you go to the next line there, put a blockade of the Boston Harbor. And it destroyed, really, our trade. And it really the inhabitants of the city—that’s we—we get everything shipped in that way. And so it equaled in many ways starvation of the inhabitants of the city. Very detrimental and a great effect on it.

So the Boston committee we had at the time sent word to the rest of the colonies, “Say, hey, we got a blockade going here.” And here’s what they did. Now this is a forming of America. This is your heritage. So they got word—they got word that they’re blockading Boston, sent the word out to the rest of the colonies. And so they, the committees, the rest of the colonies, they responded by calling—this is what they did. It’s interesting what it did. They responded by calling for a day of fasting and prayer.

That was a response. This is early America. June 1st, 1774, that’s the day the blockade would start. And all the colonies, they’re supposed to fast and pray for God—this is what they’re supposed to fast and pray—to seek divine direction and aid. That’s the way we responded in the beginning of America to crisis. Let’s have a day of fasting and prayer to seek divine direction and aid.

Now the towns around Boston, they began to send in relief. And by August of 1774, William Prescott—you can go to that next slide—William Prescott, here’s the statue. We got another picture of him there somewhere. We got another picture of him maybe? Maybe go back a little bit there. Oh, we missed one. That’s my bad, my bad. That’s William Prescott. There’s another one. He was in the military in the Revolutionary War. But this is what he wrote. We impressed Scott, 1774, Pepper Hill, Massachusetts, wrote. And notice what he says. He says, “Let us all be of one heart and stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. And may he of his infinite mercy grant us deliverance out of all our troubles.”

Now we’re talking about some of these men that God used to form America. And they said, “Hey, let’s look to Jesus Christ. He’s the one that’s given us true liberty.” Pretty good deal. I wish we had a president like that today.

In that time frame, one Crown-appointed governor—not sure which one, but we know the right—wrote back to the Board of Trade in England, and this is what he said. Now listen to this. This is right around the start here of America. He said, “If you ask an American who is his master, he will tell you he has none, nor any governor but Jesus Christ.” Many say the cry across the colonies became, “No king but King Jesus.” Well, I like that. Notice we don’t have a king; we have a president. No king but King Jesus.

As a result of the crisis, colonies began to come together in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress, September 5th, 1774, and talk about the crisis and how to handle it. Now here’s the interesting thing. They came together September the 5th. The first official act the next day, September 6th, it wasn’t to ramp up the military or form a military yet. The first official act was a call for prayer, for a prayer meeting. After just receiving news that the British troops had attacked Boston—they got that news; more than a blockade now, they’re attacking—and the first official act, “We need a prayer meeting.”

September the 7th, they had a preacher in, Mr. Dutch. And Mr. Dutch, he came in and he spoke from Psalm 35 and led in prayer. I’d encourage you to read Psalm 35 sometime, not now, we’re going to keep going. But this, just every angle we can get, God really moved in that prayer meeting in an amazing way. And some of the people that were there wrote letters and talked about how God—God moved in that prayer meeting. It’s awesome.

John Adams, our second president, the next slide. This is what he wrote to his wife, Abigail. Let me just read for you what he wrote. He said, “I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seemed as if heaven had ordained the Psalm to be read on that morning. It was enough to melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave Pacific Quakers of Philadelphia.” Many able to write and talk about how God moved in that meeting.

There’s a painting of this day by T.H. Matheson. And if you go to the next one, you see many of the delegates on their knees. And he’s painting about that day when they met and had that prayer meeting in the Continental Congress and when God moved on that day in a great, great way.

Now that was September the 7th. And then later on, a good while later on, on July the 4th—that was a couple years earlier, 1774—then July the 7th, 1776, the delegates voted to accept the Declaration of Independence. Actually, we talk about the signing. The signing didn’t actually happen that day. The unanimous vote and all agreed to accept or adopt the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Let me read for you. Let me read for you a little bit. Sometimes we forget. I won’t read it all, of course, but “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Notice they didn’t say evolved equal.

“That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator”—not even by their country where they endowed within history, but from their Creator—“they are endowed with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” By the—that’s important, you realize that’s from their Creator, not from your country. Higher than you can praise what we got a country that’s followed our Creator.

Then August the 2nd, 1776, we have the signing of the Declaration. They voted July the 4th, then August the 2nd, we have the signing. The next one, there’s signatures. You go to the next one there, and you’ll see John Hancock among others, the signers of the Declaration of Independence, signed by 56 men.

Samuel Adams said this about that day. I quote: “We have this day restored the Sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun. Let his kingdom come.”

These 56 men, they signed and pledged their lives, their fortune, and their sacred honor. These were not ragamuffins and uneducated men. Over half—now listen—over half of these men were lawyers, wealthy then, landowners, plantation owners, ship owners. Nearly all were much poorer at the end of the Revolutionary War than at the beginning. There’s some debate about Carter Braxton of Virginia, wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts. Notice, to pay his debts. Died very, very poor, rags of some sort. You’re talking about men that signed. They weren’t out to get profit. They knew they were putting their lives on the line, their fortunes. And they did so, these 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Now when the war for independence began, George Washington was selected as general of the Army of the United States. If you go to the next one, please. Thank you, Brother Richard. You’re doing such a good job. General George Washington, there he is. The day after he took charge—said, what did you do the day after? This is just the founding of your great country God’s blessed us with. Then after he took charge, he issued orders requiring—notice it was requiring—all officers and soldiers not engaged in actual duty, if they’re not engaged in actual duty, to attend divine services, to implore blessings of heaven upon the means used for their safety and defense. Did you get that? If they weren’t doing something in the military, get to church somewhere and start praying that God would bless their efforts. That’s what it is. That was required.

Fooey on this separation of church and state we’ve gotten early in times, friend. That’s not where our country was. They’ve changed it. And they’ll say they’re going back, but they’ve changed what it was.

Then General George Washington—there’s a story told. If you go to the next slide here, there’s one—you’ll see him there in the snow by his horse. There’s one more, Brother Richard. That same thing, just a little more detail, I think. There’s another one that same thing. There’s right there. There’s a story told. So many try to discredit anything, but nobody’s proven these are not true. And there’s so many paintings of this, I really believe this day happened, and nobody’s discredited it in any way.

But General George Washington, Valley Forge is a very, very rough winter. And we did not have the food rations. We really didn’t have the boots and socks for these men to wear a lot of times. And some of them, many of them died. It was just someone to quit and give up. But General George Washington, he was known for his prayer. And that valley, the landowner, his name was Isaac Potts. He’s an old Quaker. They didn’t really believe in war. And he’s letting them use that valley. And the story is told that Isaac Potts walking over his land just happened to come upon General George Washington out in the snow alone, away from everybody, on his knees praying.

And Isaac Potts, he said, “I think I’ll just kind of watch a little bit.” And he felt like, man, when I come upon General—he said, “I felt like I was”—I’ll read for you what he said, but if you read in between the lines, like you walk into just a sacred prayer meeting. Went back and he tells his wife, Isaac Potts tells his wife about, “Hey, I’ve seen General George Washington in the snow praying.” And this is what he says: “If George Washington be not a man of God, I am mistaken. And still more shall I be disappointed if God does not through him perform some great thing for this country.”

Now that’s after he walked up on this man alone praying. That’s what we often call him the Father of America. That’s what when somebody just happened to catch him in secret. It wasn’t some scandal like a Bill Clinton or somebody. He’s out in the woods, praying. The man said, “I think God heard his prayers. I believe he was a man of God.” That’s the founding of our country. General George Washington.

God did so many miracles during the Revolutionary War. It’s a wonderful, wonderful study. Just read about the Revolutionary War. One of the most famous ones, or many of them, you’ve probably known better than I, but one of the most famous ones is the crossing of the East River. And you’ll often see this picture of it or painting of it, General George Washington Crossing. Let me read it for you. If you would, just try to stay focused in. I’m not the best reader in the world, but I’ll do my best to read about the crossing the East River.

“During the fight on Long Island, British General Howe and his 32,000 well-trained troops had inflicted heavy losses on Washington’s army, but had not succeeded in capturing or destroying it. General Howe then prepared to attack the 8,000 American troops on Brooklyn Heights. The British army had Washington’s army surrounded in a great semicircle with their backs to the mile-wide East River. Notice that mile-wide East River. General Howe remained in this position for two days and did not attack. Had he attacked, victory would have been certain for the British force. It is not known even to this day why he delayed. The British completely blockaded and blocked any route on land, which left only the wide East River. The American army could have easily been surrounded by the British, but providentially adverse weather conditions kept British ships from sailing up the East River.”

“To make sure the British did not discover their retreat, Washington set out to evacuate his army in great secrecy. He ordered every rowboat, sailboat, and sea-going vessel to be collected in the area. At 8 p.m. on the night of August 29, 1776, the evacuation of the troops commenced. Heavy rain was falling as evacuation began, and the adverse winds which hindered the British ships continued. In this weather, the sailboats were of little use, and only a few rowboats were employed in the retreat. At this rate, evacuation seemed impossible. But at 11 p.m., the northeast wind, which had raged for three days, amazingly stopped, and the water became so calm that the boats could be loaded with extra weight. A gentle breeze arose from the south and southwest which favored their travel across the river to New York. The retreat continued throughout the darkness of the pre-dawn, but as the sun began to rise, many troops were yet to be evacuated. Their death seemed apparent, but again an astonishing thing occurred.”

“Major Benjamin Talmadge was still on the island, and he recorded what happened in his memoirs. After dawn the next day approached, those of us who remained in the trenches became very anxious for our own safety. And when the dawn appeared, there were several regiments here on duty. At this time, a very dense fog began to rise out of the ground and off the river. It seemed to settle in a peculiar manner over encampments—both encampments, excuse me. I recollect that this peculiar providential occurrence perfectly well. It was so very dense was the atmosphere that I could scarcely discern a man six yards distance. We tarried until the sun had risen, but the fog remained as dense as ever. The fog remained until the last boats left on the island.”

Friend, there’s many instances of God’s hand in the Revolutionary War. Historian Christopher Ward points out that freakish nature had again favored the Americans. Friend, what he called freakish weather conditions is just the hand of God protecting the start of our country.

Friend, we have the greatest government, the greatest form of government this world’s ever seen, apart from maybe Israel in the Old Testament. I’m talking about the greatest government. The Constitution is just matchless. You go to the next slide, just the Constitution there. Godly men gave it to us. Of the 55 that wrote it and signed it, 47—47 went to, and I’m not just talking about one denomination, but 47 went to a Christian church. 47 of the 55, pretty good deal. Only one—listen—only one was an open Deist; only one. That’s the 55 men that God used to give us the Constitution. Only one was open to us. Just godly men for the vast, vast majority of that.

Benjamin Franklin, he was there at the beginning and here now also. Benjamin Franklin, the Constitutional Convention, they were at a deadlock. They couldn’t get anything accomplished. And for weeks, four or five weeks, they just argued and just couldn’t get anything accomplished. Now, Benjamin Franklin is one of those guys. He’s one of the least religious of the Founding Fathers. It’s a great debate whether he’s saved or not. Brother Humphers, he’s great at this stuff. He probably has some thoughts on whether he’s saved or not. I’m not sure. I’ve read some and tried to study it. It’s amazing. Some points he’ll say great things about Jesus Christ and he knows he’s real and his morals and so just the highest and the best and whatnot. Then he’ll make other statements to make you think he wasn’t saved. I talked to Brother Humphers if you’re curious whether he was saved or not. He’ll give you an answer on it. I’ll let Brother answer, Brother Humphers’ answer on that thing there.

But look, we’re talking about one of the least, one of the least religious, the least Christians at this Constitutional Congress convention. And he stands up, and this is what he says. I’m not reading what somebody says about him; I’m reading what he says. He says this:

“In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. All of us who engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor. I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of heaven and the blessings on our deliberations be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service.”

And, friend, they had that prayer meeting, and God began to move again, and we had the Constitution.

Just a couple side notes, and we’re done. I’m going to ask you to pray for our country. I thought I’d just slip a couple—just one more thing in here, really. You know where the first Bible that was printed, if you go to the next slide, in America? Often called the Aiken Bible, as a man, the printer. I think it’s from Scotland that printed it. But if you read on that right there: “The Holy Bible, as printed by Robert Aiken, and approved and recommended by the Congress of the United States of America in 1782. Twenty thousand of it to be used in public schools.”

There are some that are getting them printed, and they’re using them a touch in public schools today. They can only reference them as a history book, and they can show them what was printed, but at least somewhat we’re beginning to get Bibles back in schools. They’re using it as a history angle. And they are printing them. They’re working on it in the state of Tennessee, to be honest with you. Noah Webster, often called the schoolmaster of the public, said, “Education is useless without the Bible.” The Bible was America’s basic textbook in all fields.

Friend, I’m just saying we’ve got a great godly heritage. Don’t let people that are rewriting history take away from our godly heritage. We’re grounded, grounded in the Bible. Godly men. Oh, it’s according how you said it, but there’s maybe 250 Founding Fathers. You’d be hard-pressed to find over a dozen of them that were not Christians. They’ll point out a couple of them, and that’s their goal, but you’ll have a hard time finding more than a dozen. Godly men and our great nation.

I’m going to ask you to do this. I’m going to ask—just a little different service tonight—I ask all of us as a church family to come and pray. First of all, I want us to thank God for our country. America is made great because God made America great. Let’s thank him for it. Then I want you to pray for America. Pray for mercy. We don’t need justice right now, friend; we need mercy. You pray for mercy. Pray for a fair election. Yeah, I need to pray about that. Start early, start now. Pray for revival. Someone said it already in the prayer request, old-fashioned, Holy Spirit-filled revival. You pray for that.

I was at a preacher’s meeting a couple years back, and the evangelist was preaching. He said, “I usually ask”—he did not ask at that meeting. He said, “I usually ask in a lot of the services I’m in, ‘How many pray for revival?’ You’ve prayed for revival the last 24 hours?” And he said, “I’ll be honest with you, usually I don’t get hardly any hands, maybe one or two the most.” And that was very revealing for me. A little shocked. Let’s pray for revival. Pray that God puts his hand back on America and turns us back to him.

Would you please just come on down to the altar? Please stand. Everyone’s welcome. Even our guests, you’re welcome. Would you please stand? Let’s just come. Let’s just make an old-fashioned altar. Our church family is Wednesday night, our core group. It’s not going to hurt us to come down. Some, I know some physically you can’t get on your knees. You might want to sit on the front row or something. I understand all that. But if you’re able to, if you’re able to, let’s just come. And let’s just thank God for our country, first of all. Let’s ask for mercy, grace, fair election, revival. Would you do that? Would you do that?

I’m going to start off with a word of prayer. Then I want to ask you just to stay for a moment or two, and you pray. Then I’m going to have some men lead us in prayer. And let’s just seek the Lord’s blessing on our country. I’ll pray. Maybe you’ll just play real softly for a moment or two. Then I’ll get some men to close us out in prayer. But let’s pray for our country. This is the hope of America: people like you right here all across the country. You’re the hope of America. Thank God for you.

Let’s go to the Lord. Lord, I really, Father, probably did a poor job of showing your hand. It’s so often an evident in our nation. Thank you for that, Lord. Lord, we realize we have a great nation because of you. Lord, have mercy. Forgive us our pride. I’m so sorry sometimes we act like we got it all together. Father, without you, we wouldn’t be here. Thank you, Lord, for our country. Lord, you have mercy on us. Forgive us for our abortions, supporting sodomy, spreading filth around the world, so many things, greed, love of money. Father, would you have mercy on us? We need it. Father, we realize without your mercy, we don’t stand a chance. Would you give us a great country again? Would you raise up great churches all across this land, Lord? Father, would you give us fair elections? Would you intervene? Would you overturn the wicked, put righteous in authority? Father, would you bring revival? Lord, would you let it start? I need it, Lord, I need it so bad. Let it start in me and in our people and us here tonight. Lord, in our area and our church. Lord, the churches all across the land. Would you send a spark of revival? Lord, we need you. And Father, would you again give grace to this great country? Lord, would you—would you meet with us in these few minutes as we seek your grace and mercy on our country? And Father, we’ll thank you, we’ll praise and brag on you for what you do in Jesus’ name we pray.

Would you just take some time and pray? I have some in closing some prayer just a moment as you pray for our country. I just want to thank you. We want to thank you for this country, Lord, and I pray that we all can recognize that we have this country because of you. There’s no accident, Lord. You have blessed America since the beginning, Lord, and I pray that we recognize that. Lord, forgive us where we fail you, Lord. Forgive us for abortions and things that are said, some of the behavior throughout our country, Lord, is shameful. Lord, forgive us for that. But Lord, America still is the greatest country in the world, and we want to thank you for that. Father, I want to pray for our country, our military, our police force. Lord, let them know we love them. Lord, I want to pray for just our citizens, Lord, and I pray that we can recognize how great and special this country is, Lord. It’s often forgotten. It often just kind of fades away each generation a little bit, Lord. And I pray that our country can recognize how truly special it is. Heavenly Father, I pray specifically for a revival, Lord. I pray that Christians can come together, Lord, and rally around you and our great country that you gave us, Lord. And Lord, I pray that we never let the next generations forget how blessed we are, Lord. Heavenly Father, I want to thank you again and give you all the praise for this great nation. We pray this in Jesus’ name.

Father, as we continue in prayer, Lord, we’re humbled. We’re humbled, Lord, thinking of the sin that is in our country. I read Romans 1, and you’ve given them over to their own lust, given them over to reprobate minds, Lord. It’s all around us, Lord. It’s to the point where they’re calling us as Christians the minority in our country, and that’s not right. Lord, help us. Help us to be strong, Lord, as Christian soldiers here in this church to share the light, to share the gospel. Lord, that’s what’s missing. Help us to have that burning desire, Lord, to share to the lost so that more minds and more hearts won’t be turned over to their own lust. Lord, I love our country. I hate the situation that it’s in, Lord, from the leaders on down, they don’t recognize you. I pray that you’d pierce hearts, starting in my heart, starting in our family, so that we could turn to you, turn back to you, Lord, as we should. Lord, we need you. Our country needs you. As Pastor gave a good lesson tonight, Lord, it was founded on your principles. And oh, how so many people have forgot that. But, Lord, I pray that you’d have mercy. I pray that you would remember the great men and women, Lord, that stood up for you in our past to make the country as great as it is. And bring that back. Turn hearts back to you. Forgive us, Lord. Forgive us for the abortions, the homosexuality, just the reprobate minds that have been turned. Forgive us. Help us to turn back to you, Lord, as a country. And we’ll give you the praise, we’ll give you the honor, Lord, that you deserve. Work in our own hearts, Lord. I need it. I need it in my own heart, that you would work strong and pull me to you even more and more so that I would be a light in this dark world. And Lord, again, we’ll give you all the praise as we continue in prayer for our country in Jesus’ name.

Lord, Father, as we continue to pray, Lord, I just want to thank you for this wonderful country that we do live in, Lord, the freedoms that we have, Lord, that I take for granted, Lord. Lord, Father, I do want to pray for our military, Lord, lift them up to you, Lord, and the families that have lost loved ones in these battles, Lord. And, Lord, please forgive the ones that are kneeling for our anthem, for our freedom, Lord, disrespecting the country like that, Lord. Forgive us for that, Lord. Father, pray that you deal with them in your way in your time, Lord.

Lord, Father, the families that have lost loved ones, Lord, for our freedom, for our country. Lord, I pray that you give them comfort and peace. Lord, Father, do lift up our police, Lord. They get zero respect. Lord, forgive us for that. Lift them up to you, Lord, just to please keep them safe, Lord. All of our responders, Lord. Lord, Father, I want to pray for our churches, Lord. I pray that more churches will be open on Wednesday night preaching the gospel, Lord. More pastors to stand up to lead his people the way that this church is being led. We’re open on the Wednesday and Sunday nights, Lord. So thankful for that. Well, we can have our tent prayers outside in the open, Lord. Lord, Father, please forgive us for the watered-down versions that we hear that people accept, that’s not the truth, Lord. Lord, I pray just that we continue getting the gospel out, the truth of Jesus, let you, Jesus, change the hearts of all these, Lord. Lord, Father, we love this country. We know that you’re going to just take care of us, take care of your people, Lord. I pray that we can turn me any more to you, Father.

Lord, Father, just lift this country up to you. Please continue blessing it the way you have been in the past, and I know you’re going to handle it in the future, Lord. Lord, Father, we love you and praise you. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Thank you for coming and praying. Thank you for coming and praying.

Amen, amen. Let’s stand if you would. We’re going to pray and go home. Some will be gone for the weekend, DeLin Arnos and others. Let them know you love you, you’d be praying for them. Thank you for coming and praying for our nation. That’s just the key. That’s what our nation needs right there. And praise God for you. I think about that side of the more, just ten—just ten righteous, and let’s keep that quota up. I don’t know what it is. Let’s just do our best to get the gospel out and be salt and light in the earth. If you have any questions about what all I presented tonight, ask David Humphers. He’s a better historian than me. Brother Humphers, would you dismiss us with the word of prayer? Please, sir.

Original File: Americas Christian Heritage - Pastor Paul Chisgar Wednesday 63021