America.....

I want to start by saying I am not very political, at all.  I know my beliefs, I know what I stand for and I'm not afraid to share them, but I do not believe in bullying or pressuring those who believe differently than I do.  I stand for God, liberty, and America, but this great Nation is under attack.  Not only by man, but by the very enemy of our souls.  He would like nothing more than to take this great nation and all it stood for and strip it bare until there was no resemblance to what it once was.

I am not shy in my belief that this great nation I am blessed to call home needs to return to God.  Now a lot of you may say that America was founded on religious freedom, and you would be right.  However, the thing you are forgetting is that they were fleeing to what would become America to worship God.  That's right, they believed so strongly that they set out for this new uncharted world.

I believe that if America has any hope, it is in God.  Just look to the Old Testament for example.  Time and again it shows us every time the Israelite people lost sight of God or turned their backs on God they suffered. There was famine, war, strife, and captivity and it was almost always caused by unbelief.  They refused to give God the respect and honor he deserved.  To concerned with self, they listened to the enemy instead of remembering the promises and commandments.  God is one of free will, he will not force someone or a nation to serve him.  We shouldn't either, however we shouldn't let others just push us over.  We should be able to stand firm in our beliefs while being pliable enough to listen and respect others.  Even if they don't respect us.

This nation needs God.  He blessed us for a very long time, then we much like OT Israel became too concerned with self and lost sight of God.  We took him out of our schools and courthouses and why?  So we wouldn't offend anyone?  How about the people who offend us?  It seems that now Christians are supposed to "stand still look pretty".  We are consistently abused, and stripped of our rights.  We aren't allowed to do that, but they are???  How is that even fair?  No it seems that Christians are never going to get "fair".  Just look at early Christianity, how they were persecuted.  They still stood firm in their beliefs and even died for them.  How long are we going to sit back and watch as they strip us of our rights and slowly set our beloved America at odds with God?  How long are we going to let ourselves be abused and often ridiculed for our beliefs?  It's time we stood up for God and put him back where he belongs!  In the drivers seat!

It is this simple, if we do not return to God as a country, we are going to continue to suffer.  We don't need a Democrat or Republican, the time for politics is over.  This is a cry to all believers to hit their knees and pray for God to move in a mighty way, pray for his leadership and wisdom to guide this election, and pray that he protects us and America as a whole....