Re: About the blessing of the nation
James
>Devotional Guide For the Week of November 8, 2009
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>GOD BLESS AMERICA
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>About the blessing of the nation
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>To Know:
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>�ｿｽAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your
>name great, so that you will be a blessing, I will bless those who bless
>you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the
>earth shall bless themselves.�ｿｽ (Genesis 12:2,3)
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>On Veterans�ｿｽ Day Eve in 1938 America might have been officially at peace,
>but Washington saw a gathering storm. Hitler�ｿｽs Germany was flexing it�ｿｽs
>military might. The administration was convinced that war was inevitable and
>began to mentally prepare the nation to fight. Ted Collins was the producer
>of the popular Kate Smith Show. Official Washington asked Collins to feature
>a song calculated to generate a wave of patriotism. Collins called on Irving
>Berlin for help.
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>Russian-born Irving Berlin was brought to the United States in his infancy.
>During rehearsals for his 1918 production �ｿｽYip Yip,�ｿｽ Berlin composed God
>Bless America. The song never did make the show and for twenty years lay
>forgotten in the composer�ｿｽs attic. When Collins�ｿｽ call came, Irving
>remembered the piece. November 10, 1938, the day before Armistice Day, now
>Veterans�ｿｽ Day, Kate Smith first sang the song to the nation. For the next
>fourteen weeks Kate sang God Bless America and hearts were stirred from
>Maine to California. President Dwight Eisenhower presented Irving Berlin the
>Congressional Medal of Honor on February 18, 1955 for composing many popular
>songs, especially God Bless America.
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>To Do:
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>When September 11, 2001 happened, Berlin�ｿｽs God Bless America was revived.
>For Christians it is important that we seek the blessing of the nation in
>which we live. We are to bless the world.
Hello,
Here is what God's word tells us about what He thinks of the nations.
Da 2:44,
"In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom
that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people.
It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will
itself endure forever." (NIV)
Thus when God's kingdom (government) comes in full force, it will not
just 'request' that all the world's governments give all authority to
it, rather God will:
"crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end".
Obviously the world's governments will try to keep their sovereignty
right up to the end. Thus, although real Christians must have respect
for the country they reside in, they give their full support and hope
in God's Kingdom to bring them salvation. As Jesus model prayer shows:
Mt 6:10,
"your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
(NIV)
Sincerely, James
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The great blessing we have for the
>world is the message that Jesus Christ died that the vilest of sinners might
>be forgiven and blessed of God forevermore.
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>To Ask:
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>Father, make me a blessing to the world.
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