God does not intend that prayer be something you do only when trouble arises. Learn how prayer is a duty and essential to the preservation of your freedoms.
The photo below and the audio are from a video posted on X by @BackThebluecool, on February 7, 2024, and reposted by @laralogan.
First question: How was it possible for our 13 colonies to defeat the mightiest military force in the world, the British Empire? The 13 colonies had no regular army, no navy, and only scant munitions.
Second question: How was our amazing U.S. Constitution created?
The answers to both questions were answered by the “least religious Founding Father,” Benjamin Franklin.
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Mr. President
The small progress we have made after 4 or five weeks close attendance & continual reasonings with each other,”our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes and ays, is methinks a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the Human Understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, some we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of Government, and examined the different forms of those Republics which having been formed with the seeds of their own dissolution now no longer exist. And we have viewed Modern States all round Europe, but find none of their Constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings? In the beginning of the Contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection. ”Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a Superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth- that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments be Human Wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.
I therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of the City be requested to officiate in that service.
Source: Wallbuilders: Franklin’s Appeal for Prayer
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What if a 21st century ‘Benjamin Franklin’ were to arise? Perhaps, just maybe, one has arisen.
I [Moses] spoke to you at that time, saying, “I am not able to bear you by myself. The Lord your God has multiplied you, and surely you are this day as numerous as the stars of heaven. May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times more numerous and bless you, just as He has promised you! How can I myself bear your load and your burden and your strife? Choose wise, discerning, and knowing men, among your tribes, and I will appoint them as leaders over you.” — Deuteronomy 1:9-13
The meaning of the verb elect is to choose or select by vote. Thomas Jefferson wisely observed, “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.“
Brothers, look among yourselves for seven men who are known to be full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this duty. — Acts 6:3
Duty means something that one is expected to do by obligation.
Luke 18:1, the modern English version, says, “He [Jesus] told them a parable to illustrate that it is necessary always to pray and not lose heart.” The King James version says, “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.“
Ought means used to express duty or moral obligation. You have no duty to tour the Grand Canyon. Neither do you have a duty to go on a cruise. Luke 18:1, the words of Jesus, a duty is necessary for you to do.
Why is voting a duty? Our republican form of government is not a monarchy. Presidents are not kings, but subordinates to the citizens of the republic. Our U.S. Constitution circumscribes the duties and limits of authority over lawmakers, executives, and the judiciary. The preamble to the Constitution clearly appoints We the People over all three branches of government.
What is the structure of a republic? Republic derives from the Latin phrase rēs pūblica, the people’s thing. We, the people of the United States of America, enjoy Western civilization. Western civilization rests on Biblical truths and the dictates of our Creator.
Dennis Prager reminds us, “Judeo-Christian values are the moral foundation of Western civilization.“
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Christianity was sociologically pivotal in the development of the West in the sense that it provided the forms of thought without which those institutions defining the West would likely never have come to fruition. Those institutions include rule of law, democracy, capitalism, science, education, and the family.” Dr. Andrew Stebbins, writing for Reasons to Believe: How Christianity Shaped Western Civilization
“If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.”
President Ronald Reagan
We, citizens of the USA, must know that we are one nation under God, or we will be one nation gone under. If you are not a believer, I encourage you to systematically study the Holy Scriptures, learn about our spiritual heritage, and prevent our nation from going under.
John White
Rockwall, Texas
John N. White 