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Fast and pray for America.
O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. (Daniel 9:8)
We need to pray for revival, a Third Great Awakening — that God would pour out His Holy Spirit and work repentance and revival in our land and give us the knowledge and fear of the Lord.
Fast and pray for America: Our Founding Fathers called numerous fasts. Christians should fast and confess personal and national sins in the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7:14: If my people who are called by my name 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 (ESV).
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12) We can’t lose. They can’t win.
“And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the LORD to anger.” (Judges 2:12)
The Lord has removed the hedge protecting our nation.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. (Romans 1:28 ESV)
Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. (Psalm 2:10-12)
Why I Am a Christian: My Testimony
Today’s Scripture: Nothing on Earth I Desire Besides You
Peter Cartwright (1785-1872) was ordained by the famous Methodist circuit-riding preachers Rev. Francis Asbury and Rev. William McKendree, who fought in the Siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War and is the namesake of the oldest university in Illinois.
Cartwright served as a chaplain during the War of 1812.
Carrying on the religious movement known as the Second Great Awakening Revival, Rev. Cartwright was one of the most famous Methodist camp meeting evangelists.
As a circuit-riding minister, he preached nearly 15,000 sermons and baptized almost 12,000 converts.
Peter Cartwright planted churches in the Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Illinois.
He helped found McKendree College in Lebanon, IL, the oldest college in the State of Illinois. In 1824, Peter Cartwright left Kentucky and Tennessee because of his disdain for slavery, and moved to Illinois, where he was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1828. Cartwright was re-elected in 1832, defeating a Kentucky store clerk named Abraham Lincoln. In 1846, Peter Cartwright ran for the U.S. Congress, but this time, was defeated by Abraham Lincoln.
Read the rest.
John Jay
The judicial history of the American courts corresponds; in its Christian features, to the earlier ages of the republic, in the other departments of the Government. Before recording the decision of the courts of the United States in favor of the Christian religion being the religion of the Government as well as of the nation, it will be instructive to notice the eminent Christian characters of a number of the chief judges.
Eminent on the roll of Christian judges is John Jay. He was the first Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and presided as such with unsurpassed integrity and wisdom. [Noah] Webster, in alluding to him, said that “when the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay it touched nothing less spotless than itself.”
Check out: The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States, 1864 book by Benjamin F. Morris. Read it here.
Cartoons from Townhall
Websites I check
AmericanMinute.com
WorldNetDaily
Gatestone Institute https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org
Townhall.com
Todd Starnes
Wall Builders by David Barton
Wall Builders Historical Documents
Founders Online National Archives: Correspondence and Other Writings of Seven Major Shapers of the United States: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. Over 184,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects.
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
39 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[g] 45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, 46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.” (Luke 22:39-46 ESV)
http://www.amerisearch.net/american_minute.php
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. BibleGateway.com
On this date in history
Feb. 6
1649: The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland.
1685: James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
1778: American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
1788: Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1819: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
1820: The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
1833: Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
1840: Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
1899: Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
1922: The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France and Italy.
1952: Britain’s King George VI dies. Elizabeth II becomes queen. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
1998: Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
USChristianHeritage.com
Thanks to all who have visited our website as we pass the three quarters of a million visit mark.
Watch my sermons and other videos here.
Fast and pray for America.
O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. (Daniel 9:8)
We need to pray for revival, a Third Great Awakening — that God would pour out His Holy Spirit and work repentance and revival in our land and give us the knowledge and fear of the Lord.
Fast and pray for America: Our Founding Fathers called numerous fasts. Christians should fast and confess personal and national sins in the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7:14: If my people who are called by my name 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 (ESV).
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12) We can’t lose. They can’t win.
“And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the LORD to anger.” (Judges 2:12)
The Lord has removed the hedge protecting our nation.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. (Romans 1:28 ESV)
Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. (Psalm 2:10-12)
Why I Am a Christian: My Testimony
Today’s Scripture: Nothing on Earth I Desire Besides You
Peter Cartwright (1785-1872) was ordained by the famous Methodist circuit-riding preachers Rev. Francis Asbury and Rev. William McKendree, who fought in the Siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War and is the namesake of the oldest university in Illinois.
Cartwright served as a chaplain during the War of 1812.
Carrying on the religious movement known as the Second Great Awakening Revival, Rev. Cartwright was one of the most famous Methodist camp meeting evangelists.
As a circuit-riding minister, he preached nearly 15,000 sermons and baptized almost 12,000 converts.
Peter Cartwright planted churches in the Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Illinois.
He helped found McKendree College in Lebanon, IL, the oldest college in the State of Illinois. In 1824, Peter Cartwright left Kentucky and Tennessee because of his disdain for slavery, and moved to Illinois, where he was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1828. Cartwright was re-elected in 1832, defeating a Kentucky store clerk named Abraham Lincoln. In 1846, Peter Cartwright ran for the U.S. Congress, but this time, was defeated by Abraham Lincoln.
Read the rest.
John Jay
The judicial history of the American courts corresponds; in its Christian features, to the earlier ages of the republic, in the other departments of the Government. Before recording the decision of the courts of the United States in favor of the Christian religion being the religion of the Government as well as of the nation, it will be instructive to notice the eminent Christian characters of a number of the chief judges.
Eminent on the roll of Christian judges is John Jay. He was the first Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and presided as such with unsurpassed integrity and wisdom. [Noah] Webster, in alluding to him, said that “when the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay it touched nothing less spotless than itself.”
Check out: The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States, 1864 book by Benjamin F. Morris. Read it here.
Cartoons from Townhall
Websites I check
AmericanMinute.com
WorldNetDaily
Gatestone Institute https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org
Townhall.com
Todd Starnes
Wall Builders by David Barton
Wall Builders Historical Documents
Founders Online National Archives: Correspondence and Other Writings of Seven Major Shapers of the United States: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. Over 184,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects.
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
39 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[g] 45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, 46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.” (Luke 22:39-46 ESV)
http://www.amerisearch.net/american_minute.php
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. BibleGateway.com
On this date in history
Feb. 6
1649: The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland.
1685: James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
1778: American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
1788: Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1819: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
1820: The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
1833: Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
1840: Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.