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: Good Morning Peeps!
: How are you doing this morning, good I hope?
: It is Friday for me and I am very much so
: looking forward to the long 4th of July
: holiday weekend! I hope that you have a good
: and very Blessed Independence Day weekend!
: But remember what this holiday is really
: about, the fireworks, the food, and getting
: to see family you’ve not seen in a while is
: good, but this day is about celebrating our
: Nations Independence Day! Have a good and
: very Blessed Thursday and Independence Day!
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: God Bless You and Yours!
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: In observance of this special day in our own
: nation’s legacy, and the continued
: timeliness of these reflections in viewing
: world events in so many places struggling
: with political, economic, and religious
: upheaval, I am sharing a devotional shared
: previously, July 3, 2009 – “Of God and
: Governments.”
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: It is increasingly imperative that we look
: to God more than governments. “I exhort
: first of all that supplications, prayers,
: intercessions, and giving of thanks be made
: for all men, for kings and all who are in
: authority, that we may lead a quiet and
: peaceable life in all Godliness and
: reverence. For this is good and acceptable
: in the sight of God our Savior, who desires
: all men to be saved and come to the
: knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:1-4
: NKJV.
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: “Are You not ruler over all . . the
: nations?” 2 Chronicles 20:6 NAS
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: “Above pride of nation, be loyal as a
: servant and soldier of the Lord Jesus.”
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: My thoughts today are “of God and
: Governments.”
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: By Pastor Allen Randolph
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: As we celebrate our nation’s birthday and
: heritage, it seems an appropriate time to
: consider present world realities. You cannot
: listen to the news even a little without
: wondering and worrying about the things
: happening around the globe.
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: And what is happening? Global politics,
: accusations and threats from world leaders,
: heads of governments strutting across the
: world stage with boast and bravado, bitter
: political and religious differences, growing
: terrorism and brutal violence, ideological
: alliances and fearful attempts to balance
: military powers, international rivalries and
: jealousies, lust for power with the threat
: of nuclear and biological weapons, apparent
: impotence of most treaties, truces, and
: international sanctions, as well as angry,
: military hostilities in too many diverse
: locations – all combine to create concern
: for today and uncertainty for the days
: ahead. Can governments provide the remedy?
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: Conflicting voices and partisan opinions
: tell you the solution to all of this is your
: vote for their candidate or political party,
: promising you greater security and
: prosperity for yourself and family. Isn’t
: that what every citizen wants, whatever
: their nationality, language, religion,
: economy, or governmental system? But has
: that ever worked yet?
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: Where is God in all of this? Here’s what the
: Bible says. “He made from one man every
: nation . . having determined their appointed
: times and the boundaries of their
: habitation.” Acts 17:26. Ultimately
: political summits do not shape the geography
: of countries. Nor do political leaders alone
: determine the future of nations. God does!
: Your informed vote in the political process
: is important; your faith in God and fervent
: prayer is yet more consequential and
: powerful - more far-reaching to influence
: the fate of nations. “The prayer of a
: righteous man is powerful and effective.”
: James 5:16 NIV. See 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV.
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: God caused Israel’s oppressors to fund their
: exodus from captivity with Moses. Exodus
: 3:21. Generations later, God opened the
: heart of Cyrus, King of Persia, to return
: Israel’s captives to Jerusalem. Ezra 1:1. In
: more recent history, was it the world’s
: nations that carved out territory and
: national boundaries in 1948, again returning
: the Jewish people to their homeland? Or was
: that the hand of God, and His promise from
: centuries before? Job confidently declared,
: “God makes nations great, and He destroys
: them; He enlarges nations, and disperses
: them.” Job 12:23-25 NIV.
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: Here is the sum of this matter of security
: and prosperity in this day and world. “I
: will both lie down in peace and sleep; for
: You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
: Psalm 4:8. God promised to every nation and
: generation, “For unto us a Son is given, and
: the government shall be upon His shoulder .
: . of the increase of His government and
: peace there will be no end . . the
: passionate commitment of the Lord Almighty
: will guarantee this!” Isaiah 9: 6-7. Is it
: God, or governments? I will go with God! See
: Philippians 3:20.
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: My prayer for you today is this: above pride
: of nation, be loyal and prayerful as a
: servant and soldier of the Lord Jesus Christ
: and His Kingdom.
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: K-Love’s Encouraging Words:
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: I am praying to you because I know you will
: answer, O God. Bend down and listen as I
: pray.
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: Psalm 17:6 (NLT)
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: Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you
: for refuge.
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: Psalm 16:1 (NLT)
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: Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus
: Christ!
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: ~Long Live Real Cowboys~
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