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Original Christian artwork: Patriotic image showing the United
States flag: Old Glory.
The United States of America is my country, and I am proud to be
an American citizen. I stand with America. I pray
for my country, that God will continue to show His kindness to
us all. We are not a godly people. We are not a
people of faith. But many Americans, young and old, do
take their stand with the Lord Jesus Christ. Many do trust
in the Lord and look to Him for leadership and help. As
Israel always had a faithful remnant, so also there is a solid
inner core of men, women and young people in this country who
bow the knee to Jesus Christ, and who pray to God for wisdom,
help and leadership.
I wish I could say that all of our leaders were righteous men
and women. We seem to always be finding out, however, that
the people we look to for representation and honorable
leadership are not as sincere and trustworthy as we had hoped.
Even so, God is able to use anyone, and he is able to work His
will in and through any kind of instrument, as both the Bible
and more recent history demonstrate. It's my prayer, then,
that the Lord will guide our land safely through the treacherous
waters we are in right now.
The Bible shows us that God judges nations. He is both
wise and caring in all His ways, and even in judgment the Lord
shows mercy, love and a will to save. He will always set
things right in time or in eternity. As a citizen of the
United States, I am concerned about our future as a people.
I trust God to help us. But the Lord concerns Himself with
more than our physical well being. He will do what is
truly best for each human soul, even if that means the loss of
all earthly things. It is better, after all, to lose all
we think we own in order to gain what only God can give.
Jesus Christ died on the cross many centuries ago to save
sinners. He took away the sin of the world. The
Bible says that God so loves the world that He gave His only
Son. That means that God so loves America (and every other
nation of people) that He has already gone to extraordinary
lengths to rescue us all from the foolishness of our ways.
It also means that we must respond in faith to the light of the
good news of Jesus Christ. We cannot, as individuals or as
a nation, continue to reject God's kindness and hope to receive
good things.
I thank God for America and all that it has meant to millions of
people all over the world. Our stand for liberty and
justice, while not always perfect and not always understood by
others, is a beacon of light and hope to the whole world.
I pray that we will remain free and independent. I also
pray that every land will have the opportunity to enjoy freedom
from oppression and hatred and war. May God bless America,
and may the Lord bring peace, liberty and justice to all peoples
in our lifetimes. In Jesus' name, amen and amen.
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