Though this video was made specifically with Fathers in mind the story behind the hymn Stand Up for Jesus is amazing. The author’s friend had just that week been forced from his pastorate because of his sermon against slavery. While being out at a farm the following week he died as the result of a freak accident, but his final words encouraging his friend to take a stand for Jesus resulted in the hymn we sing today; Stand up stand up For Jesus. It reminds us that standing for God does not always lead to popularity or success nevertheless it is what Jesus asks. God bless you this week. May God grant each of us the courage and willingness to stand for the truth!
America
Still a Revolutionary Idea!
On this National Day of Prayer I thought it appropriate to return to where the founders began on July 4, 1776.
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Declaration of Independence
- As we pray we must humbly remember that everything we have comes from God
- As we pray we must believe that God will hear and answer prayer just as he did for the signers of The Declaration of Independence.
- As we pray we should ask not only for God’s help for us but also for what He would want us to do to help for others.
- As we pray we must always remember that we are His creation and that without Him nothing else matters. No prosperity will ever be enough, no success can be final and no joy will last unless we put our trust in Him.
In God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11
On this 7th of May in 2020 in the middle of the Corona Virus Pandemic, it continues to be true that trusting God is still a revolutionary idea!
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Pray for America
God bless America. Land that I love.. Stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above! Irving Berlin
Having camped out a lot as a teenager I learned in the evening the first star to appear is not a star at all it is the planet Venus. Likewise in the early morning the last light still shining is the very same. That is our Lord Jesus who is both the first and the last and the bright morning star. How we need to pray that His light may shine in our hearts through this dark spiritual night.
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