Monthly Message
by Dean Allen
Dean Allen serves as a deacon at SRVBC and is the author of SRVBC's Monthly Message
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Dean Allen serves as a deacon at SRVBC and is the author of SRVBC's Monthly Message
Previous Messages:
January 2024
February 2024
Blessed Is The Nation Whose God Is The Lord
July 2017
The patriotic song “America The Beatiful” says, “America, America God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea.” God has established us, protected us, and blessed us over the years. All the glory goes to Him. We have fought for our freedom; we are fighting for it today, and we will always fight for it. America’s roots go down deep in the Lord, and the only way for America to survive is by turning back to God and once again honoring Him, putting Him first, and trusting Him every day.
Our first President George Washington prayed for the nation, “Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection, that Thou wilt incline the heads of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of sub-ordination and obedience to government, and entertain a brother-affection and love for one another and their fellow-citizens of the United States at large. And finally, that Thou will be graciously pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion and with a humble imitation of whose example in these things we can ever hope to be a happy nation. Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.”
Some years ago, an illuminated copy of this prayer was placed upon the altar of the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge. Sadly, prayer is not even allowed in so many places in our country today. Our only hope is to pray for our nation with the same fervency that our first President prayed and to pray daily for this great land. God is able, and more able, to raise up the citizenry of our nation to say enough is enough of the atheistic, humanistic, secular, and demonic influences on our nation. It is time to rise up and to bow down to our heavenly Father and yield ourselves completely to Him. God bless America! America bless God!