In all my life I have never seen such fear and concern for the future of America
as I do now. I have thought long and hard back into my childhood, wondering if
there was something I have overlooked. Was there a time when Americans were
truly afraid of losing their constitutional freedoms and rights? Was there a
time when Americans feared their own government so much that they began building
safe houses within their homes, food storage rooms, and making plans for the
worst possible scenario? Was there a time in my childhood when the American
people feared the government would take over a majority of the industries
pushing the nation to a socialistic state? If there was I was not at all aware
of it. I would consider myself to be fairly aware of my surroundings and current
events. Nonetheless, here we are, the year 2009 coming to an end. Next year will
bring us to another election year that has many Americans on edge. Anytime a
nation is at war the economy will be unstable as well as the minds and security
of the citizenry. However, there is more at play here. Yes, we have a new
Commander in Chief that is quite different than any we have had. I am not
referring to race or color here either, that is obvious that he is our first
president not of Anglican decent. I am excited that our nation was able to move
past that hurdle. However, I sincerely believe he was the wrong man for the job.
There were and still are, other great choices out there representing other
nationalities. Again, so much more is going on in this big picture. Shall we
take a look?
We need to travel back in time a bit to see where things began
to change. While it is true that there has always been civil unrest in the
Middle East, the same is not true for the western side of the world, at least
not for the United States. The pilgrims and our founding fathers searched for a
land of freedom, a land where they could have freedom of religion, prosperity,
and civil liberties. If we skip forward a bit to the pioneer days and a little
later, you will see a much different family dynamic than you will today. Looking
back in time, the family dynamic was such that the father was most often the
head of the home, and the mother was the caretaker and reared the children. The
father most often led in spiritual readings and family prayer. The community
regularly joined in fellowship and worship services together. In the schools the
teachers incorporated lessons with biblical stories and principals. School days
were opened with prayer. Most often the students went home for lunch unless it
was too far of a walk, in which case prayer was most often said corporately.
Fast forward a little more and we are looking at the 40’s and 50’s. Yes, times
have changed and technology has come a long way. The family structure for the
most part had remained the same. Discipline was also much the same in the home,
school, and church. Sure, society had its problems. When did things really begin
to plummet though? In 1962 when the atheist
mother of six fought to have prayer and religion removed from public school
and received a victory, America sustained a most devastating blow. I am sure you
will recall Woodstock, the hippie
stage, sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and feminism. As we
separated ourselves further and further from God succumbing to the demands of
the atheist and politically correct, we lost control of our homes, schools,
churches, and eventually our nation. Look back a little later than the 1970’s
and what do you see? We now have homes being led without a father figure, babies
born out of wedlock in record numbers, abortions skyrocketing, drug abuse
continues, teen sex age begins earlier and earlier, homosexuality became
popular, AIDS and STDs are still on the rise, sexual promiscuity, children not
showing respect for parents and authority figures, schools losing authority and
the ability to discipline, parents losing the authority in the home to fear of
being criminally charged, date rape, physical abuse, gang violence, drug wars,
and on and on. Are you seeing the trend here? As our youth lose sight of
focusing on their futures and making good choices for themselves, they are
focusing their desires and goals in other areas. As they watch reality
television, multi-million dollar athletes, musical artist flaunting their wealth
in material possessions their eyes are set on goals and dreams that are based
merely on self-gratitude and social status. Lacking the guidance they once had
the youth of today are blindly seeking a life-style void of substance and
spiritual discipline.
Meanwhile, across the globe, many youth of the same
age in Islamic and rogue nations are focused on something entirely different.
The youth of some of the Middle Eastern nations focus their eye on a life-long
devotion to Allah. These young boys and girls devote their day to prayer,
spiritual training, and training
for Jihad. Other young men and women, boys and girls really, who are not
training for Jihad, are very devoted to
their spiritual studies, to becoming a better Muslim. Their devotion to
spiritual studies will most likely put you and me to shame. In fact, not only is
this happening in Middle Eastern countries, but it is happening right here in
America as well. A high school in Richardson, TX faced a situation with one
Muslim student in particular requesting a place to pray. The school, at first,
was unwilling to meet the student’s needs and in fact was willing to punish the
student for leaving the class room to meet their religious practice of prayer
five times a day facing Mecca. You can read the entire story here. I do not
want to focus just on the negative. We do have plenty of terrific youth in our
nation. It can be difficult to stand out and stand firm against the current in a
society that tells you to be the opposite of what you are. Kandy Kyriacou
is a Christian and came across a professor who was ill. She asked the professor,
while in her office, if she would like her to pray for her. The professor
indicated she would like for the student to pray with her. Another professor
entered the office and told her to stop praying. Click on her name to see the
rest of the story. My point being that Christianity is not supported nearly as
well, even in our nation, as Islam is. So while our youth are being weakened
spiritually, distracted socially, and decayed morally, Radical Islam is wasting
no time in preparing their youth for what is to come. Is it really any wonder
that our society is where it is at today? Can we truly blame the terrorists? Can
we truly blame those in office? As I am learning, shifting blame away from one
self does nothing in the way of solving the problem. Sure, many of our elected
officials are corrupt. Absolutely, many of our pastors and church leaders are
morally bankrupt. Let us face the facts however, we continue to elect these
officials into office, attend the churches, pay the tithes, support the pastors,
and do nothing in the way of standing up against what is wrong other than
complain. Until now that is. Occasionally it takes a fall to the bottom to
realize that a change is needed. More and more Americans are getting involved
every day. We have no choice. If we want to regain control of our Republic we
must stand for principal and truth. We must stand against corruption and
tyranny. As we begin to see more and more of these so-called sleeper cells
awaken we will either see America taken by them, or we will rise to the call of
duty and be prepared to fight in the spiritual warfare that it will be. In order
to see a victory we have a lot of work to do. We have a lot of preparations to
make and catching up to do. Our enemy has been preparing. Radical Islamic groups
have been recruiting
men that are in the prisons. We have lost our way and our ground. Recognizing
first, that we, as a nation, have humiliated God by turning our backs on Him; we
must repent and pray for the full armor to spiritually fall upon us in a
miraculous way, igniting an inner passion and desire to serve Him and Him alone.
We must muster up a divine strength allowing us to never grow weary in the
fight. We must embrace His holy might and power in facing the darkness that lies
ahead. We must welcome robust courage to stand in the face of corruption and
tyranny shielded by truth, never wavering. If we are going to protect this land,
we must unite as one under His authority and divine leadership and council.
Praying without ceasing, we must encourage one another and carry one another.
The road ahead is unclear and not yet routed. We must be prepared for anything
at this point, as we have allowed our gates to be open and guard to be down for
far too long. The security has been breached and our safe haven has been
compromised. It is time to secure the perimeter and clean out the house.
Learn the constitution, the history of this country, stay up to date on
current events world-wide, and learn about the enemy. You need to know what you
should be prepared for and what you should be looking for. The more of us that
pull together, the lighter the load will be for each of us to carry. May God
bless you and may God bless this great nation, America, the beautiful.
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Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves
and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from
heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
