Our Flag Was Still There!

Greetings my Friends:

“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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (New King James Bible, 2 Chronicles 7:14).  As the United States is preparing to celebrate it’s 250th anniversary of a nation under God, there are small signs of a shift back towards God in our nation.  It may be small but, but it is a step in the right direction!

It still moves me whenever I hear or sing our national anthem.  Francis Scott Key had no idea how big his amateur poem would become when he wrote it in 1814.  He was inspired to write the anthem after seeing Old Glory still waving over Baltimore's Fort McHenry following an intense 25-hour British naval bombardment.  This speaks to the strength and resiliency of our great country.  We owe so much to God, our Founding Fathers, and to our great military-past and present.

Let us greet July with praise for God and our country.  Without God our country would not be the success it is today.  Without God we would not have our personal success.  Without God everything grows dark and dreary.  May we celebrate the anniversary of our nation as well as any personal gains through the name of Christ.  When we claim our victory in Jesus, we place the honor and glory right where it belongs.  Stay safe, enjoy, and God Bless.

Led by the Spirit,

Pastor Loren