After we have suffered a week of violent riots, hijacked by anti-American forces, I'd like to remind you of the words to America the Beautiful, followed by a Word from the Lord.
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above thy fruited plain
For purple mountain majesties
Above thy fruited plain
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness
America, America
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self control
Thy liberty in law.
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self control
Thy liberty in law.
America, America, how
I weep over you as I did Israel and Jerusalem. You started out with such high
ideals and godly goals, but you have lost your way on the journey. Many have
abandoned me and sacrificed to false idols of pleasure, which have led you into
addictions of all kinds – power, money, success, drugs, alcohol, sex, over
eating, over shopping, over emphasis on entertainment and other worthless
pursuits. Now your enemy desires to tear you apart, but My son is interceding for you.
Though I see your
repentance and I am pleased, more needs to be done. Repentance involves three areas: change of heart, declaration of the mouth and deeds that show your repentance. Wash yourself clean. Seek to rebuke the oppressor of body, mind and spirit. Care for the fatherless, the orphans and widows. Be achampion for good not evil. Continue on this path in your pursuit of Me.
Don’t be fooled by false idols and put them away. I am still setting you free,
but be careful not to be led back into captivity. Guard your hearts and your
mind as the new day dawns upon you.
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