10 Things To Think About On July 4th

Happy Birthday America. . .10 things to think about on July 4th and every other day.

1.         Psalm 33:12 says: 

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”

 2.         Patrick Henry said:

 “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!”

3.         George Washington said:

"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."

Great story about General Washington’s faith in God.

During the dark days of the American Revolution, when the Continental Army had experienced several setbacks, a farmer who lived near the battlefield approached Washington’s camp unheard.

Suddenly his ears caught an earnest voice raised in agonizing prayer. On coming nearer he saw it was the great General, down on his knees in the snow, his cheeks wet with tears. He was asking God for assistance and guidance.

The farmer crept away and returned home. He said to his family, "Its going to be all right. We are going to win!" "What makes you think so?" his wife asked. "Well," said the farmer, "I heard General Washington pray out in the woods today—such fervent prayer I have never heard. And God will surely hear and answer that kind of praying." And the farmer was right! It happened because Washington put his hope in God.

4.         John Wayne said:

"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be."

5.         2 Chronicles 7:14 says:

“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.”

6.         General Omar Bradley said:

"America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America."

General Bradley also said, "We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount… The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants."

7.         Proverbs 14:34 says:

“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.”

8.         Separation of Church And State Has Been Confused Over The Years.

“My County, ‘Tis of Thee" was written by a Baptist minister, Samuel Francis Smith.

The Pledge of Allegience" was written in 1892 by a Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy.

The words "In God We Trust" are traced to the efforts of Rev. W.R. Watkinson.

29 of the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence had a seminary degree.

9.         President John Quincy Adams said:

"I speak as a man of the world to men of the world; and I say to you, Search the Scriptures! The Bible is the book of all others, to be read at all ages, and in all conditions of human life; not to be read once or twice or thrice through, and then laid aside, but to be read in small portions of one of two chapters every day, and never to be intermitted, unless by some overruling necessity."

10.       Happy Birthday America and Happy Birthday to my fine wife Bev. I love you both with a never-ending, ever-growing passion.