Today’s Bible Reading:
1 Samuel 11-12; 1 Chronicles 1; 2 Corinthians 11
Journal Entry on a passage from today’s reading:
Topic: Fear of the Lord
SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 12:24-25
24 Be sure to
fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great
things he has done for you. 25
Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.
(1 Sam 12:24-25 NIV)
OBSERVATION:
This was a stern warning to the nation of Israel then and
to godly nations today. The United
States , for most of our 240+ years as a
nation, has been a God-fearing Christian nation; and God has blessed and
prospered us. Today our Christian heritage is being progressively subverted.
Evil is on the rise and abounding. Our king (government leadership) rejects and
turns God away from our public discourse with ever increasing frequency. Our
educators have perverted didactic truth for political dogma. Our people have
been systematically turned away from the One true God to serve other gods even
if they do not call them gods. In the name of progressivism we are ever more
digressing and I fear the USA
is in danger of being “swept away.”
APPLICATION:
My allegiance is to God and I am a patriotic citizen of the United States of America .
As a Christian leader not only in my church but in my community, I must
encourage, and I must vigilantly encourage others, to know, honor and serve the
Lord faithfully. I must pray fervently and effectively for my country.
PRAYER:
Lord, I pray for the United States of America . I not
only pray “God bless America ,”
I also pray “God save America .”
Send wide sweeping renewal and affection for You to our land, that the USA
may continue to realize Your blessings. In the name of Christ Jesus, God the
Son I pray. Amen. -AP
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