Clarion Call – Isaiah 55:7

December 10, 2011
 

We must continue to sound a clarion call to the United States of America to humble itself before the Lord. God gives grace to the humble but resists the proud. (James 4:6, I Peter 5:5) If we, the people who are called by His name, will humble ourselves before the Lord, turn from our wicked ways, and pray, then He will heal our land. (II Chronicles 7:14) 

There is much confusion on this subject right now with many different opinions about judgement and what that looks like and what that means. Think of it like this. Remember the Israelites wandering in the wilderness for forty years? Well, during that time, the Lord watched over them, protected them, provided for them, and led them. He was a pillar of fire by night and a cloud by day. With that imagery in mind, think of our nation that way. This nation was formed as a Christian nation, thereby invoking the blessings of God upon it. He is our pillar of fire by night and our cloud by day. 

The Israelites were supposed to pick up and go when the cloud moved and stay when the cloud stayed. Why? Because if they stayed with the cloud, all their needs would be met, because God was in the cloud.

It is the same with us. Except that with every step we make to rebel against God’s laws, God’s ways, and God’s name, we take a step outside the cloud. Pretty soon, even the shadow of that covering will no longer protect us. When we rebel, we step outside of God’s mercy, His protective covering.

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What Humbling Ourselves Does NOT Look Like 

December 10, 2011

 

Following are some ways in which we, as a nation, are NOT humbling ourselves before the Lord.

Please act, pray, and invoke the blessings of God upon this land again.

Tracy

 

I pulled this information from the Family Research Council’s website (www.frc.org), in the section entitled “Washington Updates.” This will give you some idea of how we are pushing God out of our country and stepping outside of His cloud:

“Consider this inventory of decisions from the Obama administration, which date back to June of this year.

•Navy officials ban Bibles and religious materials from Walter Reed Military Medical Center as part of new patient guidelines for wounded warriors (9/2011)

•The Pentagon releases new regulations, forcing chaplains to perform same-sex "weddings" despite their religious objections (9/2011)

•Secretary Hillary Clinton demonizes other countries' religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights (12/2011)

•The Department of Veterans Affairs censors references to God and Jesus during prayers at Houston National Cemetery (6/2011)

•Officials at Health and Human Services denied funding for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' successful program for sex trafficking victims because of the church's teaching on human life (11/2011)

•The Marine Corps consider tearing down a Camp Pendleton cross meant to honor fallen heroes (11/2011)

•Air Force officials strip religious curriculum from a 20-year-old course on "just war theory" (9/2011)

•HHS unveils new health care rules that ignore basic conscience protections for medical workers with faith-based objections to abortion and contraception (8/2011)

•Administration officials refuse to intervene in the closing of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (12/2011)

•President Obama lobbies for the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which tramples on the faith of employers in hiring, firing, and promotion decisions (10/2011)

•The Air Force Academy turns its back on needy children because a charity has religious ties (11/2011)

All of these decisions were made in the last six months. If this isn't a steady drumbeat against religious liberty, I don't know what it is.”

Not mentioned here is the Senate’s passage last week of the repeal of the military’s ban on sodomy and bestiality. That bill is now in the House. Act and pray!