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This page revised, 2/22/05
LIBERTY NEEDS PRAYER
Prayer played a very important role in America’s beginning. In 1775 the governor of Connecticut issued a proclamation urging the colonists to pray that “God would restore, preserve and secure the Liberties of this and all the other British American colonies…” This just happened to be on April 19th of that year,
the first day of the Battle of Lexington.
The prayers for liberty began.
President Lincoln called the entire nation to prayer during the Civil War. That war often drove him to his knees. His 1863 proclamation appointing a National Fast Day, urged Americans to humble themselves “before
the offended Power, to confess our national sins,
and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.”
Liberty is for everyone!
General George Patton asked his chief chaplain if he had a good prayer for weather. The constant rains were hampering his efforts in battle. The chaplain quickly drafted a prayer and instructed every fighting man to pray for clear skies. A whole week of clear skies is what they got, and the Allies defeated the Nazi forces who had depended
upon the fog and rain for protection.
Liberty is worth praying for!
"There is only one
force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment,
and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the
decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom."
...President George W. Bush
Inaugural Address, January 20, 2005
If we are to keep this treasure, this liberty, we must keep on our knees, asking God for direction and protection, and recognizing Him as our Creator and Sustainer.
"I cannot tell you how inspired and sustained and comforted I am by the
fact that millions of people, many of whom I will never see, are praying
for me. It's one of the most unique aspects of the presidency. I don't
know any other world leaders who can say that about the people of their
country, which speaks volumes about America."
--President George W. Bush
Our Liberty Bell is a great symbol of our treasured freedom. Included in the instructions for the forging of the bell, the Pennsylvania State Assembly asked that the following Scripture be inscribed: “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.”
Leviticus 25:10
To gain liberty for the new-found sod,
The Founding Fathers turned to God.But once precious freedom seemed here to stay,
The people all went their merry way. Now the nation knows horror and trembles in fear,
Will the people turn back and draw their Maker near?
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