A nation cannot be right with God if it does not acknowledge God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A nation cannot be blessed by God if it does not trust in God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A nation cannot trust in God if its people do not spend time with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A national altar is where the leader and the people bow before God to repent of sin and acknowledge His sovereignty and accept His direction in everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We cannot truly have a national altar without a God-pleasing church altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We cannot have a church altar without a family altar at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We cannot have a family altar without a heart altar, where each person spends time with God daily, reading the Bible and praying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In this country we had all that from the start, and for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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IN GOD WE TRUSTED<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOD BLESSED AMERICA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But now . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IN EVIL WE TRUST<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EVIL DESTROYS AMERICA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We have come from: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To: “The wicked shall be turned into hell—and all the nations that forget God.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, can the United States of America turn back from precariously plunging over the cliff of calamity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just now edited this article to make everything singular instead of plural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The heart—my heart—your heart—one heart at a time changes and turns to God in repentance and surrender—heart altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the family—one family at a time worships God together in the home, and becomes the most powerful force for good, for change, in the world—because God honors what pleases Him—family altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the church—one preacher at a time—returns to the secret that made America great within a half century of our beginning—“pulpits aflame with righteousness”—church altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we can again have a national altar—with leaders who call the people to national days of prayer and repentance and humbly pleading with God to restore our trust in Him and our God-Blessed land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cIn the end, the state of the Union comes down to the character of the people. … I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, and it was not there. I sought for it in the fertile fields, and boundless prairies, and it was not there. I sought it in her rich mines, and vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.\u201d—–Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(Word of acknowledgment to Daddy for emphasizing the national altar depending on the church altar, the family altar, and in turn the heart altar.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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