A President Speaks

I was challenged this morning as I read some words taken from the writings of President Lincoln. There has been debate about President Lincoln's relationship with Jesus Christ. But the following words reveal a portion of this man's heart as he noticed America drifting away from their recognition of God and even their dependence on God. I truly believe that these words are applicable to our nation in 2015. Take a moment and read this statement and listen for the Voice of God to speak to you.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation designating April 30 as "a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer."  Why?

According to the president, "We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven.  We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity.  We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown.  But we have forgotten God.  We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.  Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us!"

WOW!! Can you sense the convicting presence of the Holy Spirit as we reflect on the condition of the heart of America in our present day and time? Is it possible that we are living with that attitude of arrogance and selfishness that has causes us to push God and His principles out of our lives. Oh God, forgive us today and restore to us the joy of our salvation.

Do not wait until next Thursday (National Day of Prayer) to pray. TODAY IS THE DAY TO PRAY!! TODAY IS THE DAY TO CRY OUT TO GOD FOR HIS MERCY AND GRACE TO BE RELEASED UPON AMERICA!! 

WILL YOU TAKE THE TIME AND MAKE THE EFFORT TO PRAY FOR A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING TO SWEEP OVER OUR LAND ONE MORE TIME?