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"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" from Joshua 24:15

What a great song and it captures the heart of what I've long mourned over and what I yearn to see.  God is amazing; He can do anything.  It's never too late to hold out hope and faith; and to petition God for a thing.
My family, we are Christians.  We were born and live in America and are Americans.  We know what right looks like, and we are going to ask for it; but we are going to live it amongst ourselves and amongst those who are with us.

I am extremely thankful for the numerous protections God has provided here for us; were those protections not in place, an overwhelming tide of evil intentions would long ago have swallowed us alive.  And yet there is so much to do, and it's no time to stop fighting.  Prayer is needed on every front.  It's not about them, it's about the spirit behind what they do.  We need to war in prayer against that evil, and against the Babylonian and Antichrist spirit waging war on God's children.  When we allow Christ to walk rightously in us, there is no way we can be defeated.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

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"But don't just take my word for it" :

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness—these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. . . . reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.”
– George Washington

“God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.”
–Thomas Jefferson



“[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People in a greater Measure, than they have it now, they may change their Rulers and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting liberty.”
– John Adams

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 “...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 labor in vain that build it.’ ”
– Benjamin Franklin


“Were my soul trembling on the wing of eternity, were this hand freezing to death, were my voice choking with the last struggle, I would still, with the last gasp of that voice, implore you to remember the truth: God has given America to be free.”
– Patrick Henry



“And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.”
– Abraham Lincoln


“Let us look forward to the time when we can take the flag of our country and nail it below the Cross, and there let it wave as it waved in the olden times, and let us gather around it and inscribed for our motto: ‘Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever,’ and exclaim, ‘Christ first, our country next!’ ”
– Andrew Johnson



“We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic. Where we have been the truest and most consistent in obeying its precepts, we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity.”
Franklin Roosevelt


“Without God, there is no virtue, because there’s no prompting of the conscience. Without God, we’re mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
– Ronald Reagan

(found at http://www.patriotuniversity.org/index.php?mod=Articles&action=show&menuid=111&id=173 )

From the site where this song is found:

More music by Taunia L. Henry: forhisglorypublishing.com
"A Cry For Freedom" is a beautiful NEW PATRIOTIC HYMN written by Taunia L. Henry. Watch this heartfelt presentation and Get Inspired! Let's stand up for America and the Christian principles it was founded upon by getting down on our knees. God Bless America!
Lyrics:
In the air there is "A Cry For Freedom"
From a nation born in Liberty
For there's A Battle that is waging for her children
That can only be won upon her knees.

CHORUS
America, envy of the nations
For long ago, you answered freedom's call!
If in God we trust, we shall stand in victory.
America, America, stay free!
(Last time: For this battle that is waging is only won upon our knees. America, America, stay free!)

In the heart there is a beat for freedom
From a soldier on that lonely distant shore.
He is willing to give his life in honor.
We must pray like we've never prayed before!

In the soul there is a shout for freedom
From a nation being burdened from within.
If we seek the Lord and follow, he will heal us.
And our country can be blessed once again!



(A Cry For Freedom written by Taunia L. Henry. ASCAP.
Copyright 2009 by Taunia L. Henry. All rights reserved.
This recording of A Cry For Freedom is sung by Heartland Quartet on the album, "Liberty" available at www.forhisglorypublishing.com. This album was produced for charity fundraising for various charity organizations such as Apostolic Christian World Relief, Christian Aid Ministries, Lifesong for Orphans and Shared Hope International.)

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Amen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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