American Minute for June 30th:
The first European settlement in North America was Fort Caroline at St. John's River in Florida, founded by French Christians known as Huguenots. On JUNE 30, 1564, they set a day of Thanksgiving and offered the first Protestant prayer in North America: "We sang a psalm of Thanksgiving unto God, beseeching Him that it would please Him to continue His accustomed goodness towards us." Rep. Charles E. Bennett sponsored a bill, September 21, 1950, establishing the Fort Caroline National Memorial. In 1989, Rep. Bennett recited the history: "The 425th anniversary of the beginning settlements by Europeans...renamed from Fort Caroline to San Mateo, to San Nicolas, to Cowford and finally to Jacksonville in 1822...Three small ships carrying 300 Frenchmen led by Rene de Laudonniere anchored in the river known today as the St. Johns." Charles Bennett continued: "On June 30, 1564, construction of a triangular-shaped fort...was begun with the help of a local tribe of Timucuan Indians...Home for this hardy group of Huguenots...their strong religious...motivations inspired them." Rep. Bennett related the colony's unfortunate end: "Fort Caroline existed but for a short time...Spain...captured...the fort and...slaughtered most of its inhabitants in September of 1565."
Endnotes
Florida, St. Johns River Settlement. June 30, 1564, as recorded by French Huguenot leader, Rene de Laudonniere. Diana Karter Appelbaum, Thanksgiving: An American Holiday, An American History (NY: Facts on File Publications, 1984), pp. 14-15. Gary DeMar, America's Christian History: The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision Publishers, Inc., 1993), p. 22. http://www.keyshistory.org/FL-Fla-Fr.html http://www.famousamericans.net/renedelaudonniere/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Caroline
Congressional Record, Page: E2481, 425 Anniversary of Jacksonville, Florida, July 12, 1989, Rep. Charles Bennett. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r101:79:./temp/~r101USE1Ac::
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
DAY 36 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (COMPASSION) - JUNE 29, 2011
June 29
Psalm 103:8 (NIV)
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
Psalm 103:8 (NIV)
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
DAY 36 - DAILY PRAYER (LOVE) - JUNE 29, 2011
June 29
FOR THOSE WE LOVE
O Thou who hast ordered this wondrous world, who knowest all things in earth and heaven; So fill our hearts with trust in thee, that by night and by day, at all times and in all seasons, we may without fear commit those who are dear to us to thy never-failing love, for this life and the life to come. Amen.
A Prayer Book for Soldiers and Sailors (1941)
FOR THOSE WE LOVE
O Thou who hast ordered this wondrous world, who knowest all things in earth and heaven; So fill our hearts with trust in thee, that by night and by day, at all times and in all seasons, we may without fear commit those who are dear to us to thy never-failing love, for this life and the life to come. Amen.
A Prayer Book for Soldiers and Sailors (1941)
DAY 36 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 29, 2011
American Minute for June 29th:
"I would rather be right than President," stated Henry Clay, who died JUNE 29, 1852. The son of a Baptist minister, Henry Clay was elected Speaker of the U.S. House 6 times, having served in Congress over 40 years with Daniel Webster and John Calhoun. The State of Kentucky placed Henry Clay's statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Struggling to hold the Union together prior to the Civil War, Henry Clay stated in 1829 to the Kentucky Colonization Society in Frankfort: "Eighteen hundred years have rolled away since the Son of God...offered Himself...for the salvation of our species...When we shall...be translated from this into another form of existence...we shall behold the common Father of the whites and blacks, the great Ruler of the Universe." In an obituary address upon his death, Representative John C. Breckinridge recalled Henry Clay as saying: "The vanity of the world, and its insufficiency to satisfy the soul of man, has been long a settled conviction of my mind. Man's inability to secure by his own merits the approbation of God, I feel to be true." Henry Clay concluded: "I trust in the atonement of the Saviour of mercy, as the ground of my acceptance and of my hope of salvation."
Endnotes
Clay, Henry. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie & Co., 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 3, p. 1472. Clay, Henry. 1829, in a speech at Frankfort to the Kentucky Colonization Society. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, OR: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, TX), p. 87. http://www.wintektx.com/freeman/hen_clay.htm
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"I would rather be right than President," stated Henry Clay, who died JUNE 29, 1852. The son of a Baptist minister, Henry Clay was elected Speaker of the U.S. House 6 times, having served in Congress over 40 years with Daniel Webster and John Calhoun. The State of Kentucky placed Henry Clay's statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Struggling to hold the Union together prior to the Civil War, Henry Clay stated in 1829 to the Kentucky Colonization Society in Frankfort: "Eighteen hundred years have rolled away since the Son of God...offered Himself...for the salvation of our species...When we shall...be translated from this into another form of existence...we shall behold the common Father of the whites and blacks, the great Ruler of the Universe." In an obituary address upon his death, Representative John C. Breckinridge recalled Henry Clay as saying: "The vanity of the world, and its insufficiency to satisfy the soul of man, has been long a settled conviction of my mind. Man's inability to secure by his own merits the approbation of God, I feel to be true." Henry Clay concluded: "I trust in the atonement of the Saviour of mercy, as the ground of my acceptance and of my hope of salvation."
Endnotes
Clay, Henry. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie & Co., 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 3, p. 1472. Clay, Henry. 1829, in a speech at Frankfort to the Kentucky Colonization Society. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, OR: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, TX), p. 87. http://www.wintektx.com/freeman/hen_clay.htm
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DAY 35 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (PRAYER) - JUNE 28, 2011
June 28
Isaiah 56:7
New International Version (NIV)
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.”
Isaiah 56:7
New International Version (NIV)
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.”
DAY 35 - DAILY PRAYER (PRAYER) - JUNE 28, 2011
June 28
Heavenly and Supreme Father,
Together as a nation, we the people of the United States of America come before Your throne this day. We humbly seek Your guidance on the direction of this country, and implore Your great mercy upon these people. Might we always begin each day, and session of
our governmental establishments (Your elected authority) in heartfelt prayer. Might every elected official of these United States of America turn from their wicked ways, and seek you with all their hearts. Might the people of this land repent of their many sins, and accept the blood offering given by Your Son for their eternal salvation. Father, return this nation to a humble and repentant character, where our forefathers spent time with you on there knees in fervent prayer and fasting. Might this nation once again be known singly as a Christian nation, and might Your great blessings be upon us. We ask Your guidance and strength in this restoration of our founding temperament, and a swift return to a posture of prayer and seeking across this great nation.
In the name of Your One and Only Son, Jesus Christ. Amen!
Wally Ziolo
40DAYPRAYER4USA
Lancaster, Ohio
Christian
DAY 35 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 28, 2011
American Minute for June 28th:
The Constitutional Convention was in a deadlock over how large and small states could be represented equally. Some delegates gave up and left. Then, on JUNE 28, 1787, 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin spoke and shortly after, the U.S. Constitution became a reality. As recorded by James Madison, Franklin stated: "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." Franklin continued: "In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for 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...And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?" Franklin concluded: "We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.'...I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed...no better than the Builders of Babel."
Endnotes
Franklin, Benjamin. June 28, 1787. James Madison, Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 (NY: W.W. Morton & Co., Original 1787 reprinted 1987), Vol. I, p. 504, 451-21. James Madison, Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1966, 1985), pp. 209-10. Henry D. Gilpin, editor, The Papers of James Madison (Washington: Langtree & O' Sullivan, 1840), Vol. II, p. 985. George Bancroft, Bancroft's History of the Constitution of the United States vols. I-X (Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1838), Vol. II. Albert Henry Smyth, ed., The Writings of Benjamin Franklin (NY: The Macmillan Co., 1905-7), Vol. IX, pp. 600-601. Gaillard Hunt & James B. Scott, ed., The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Which Framed the Constitution of the United States of America, reported by James Madison (NY: Oxford University Press, 1920), pp. 181-182. Andrew M. Allison, W. Cleon Skousen, & M. Richard Maxfield, The Real Benjamin Franklin (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Freeman Institute, 1982, pp. 258-259. John Eidsmoe, Christianity & the Constitution - The Faith of Our Founding Fathers (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, A Mott Media Book, 1987, 6 printing 1993), pp. 12-13, 208. Tim LaHaye, Faith of Our Founding Fathers (Brentwood, TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., 1987), pp. 122-124. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, OR: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, TX), p. 159-160. D.P. Diffine, Ph.D., One Nation Under God - How Close a Separation? (Searcy, Arkansas: Harding University, Belden Center for Private Enterprise Education, 6 edition, 1992), p. 8. Stephen McDowell & Mark Beliles, "The Providential Perspective" (Charlottesville, VA: The Providence Foundation, P.O. Box 6759, Charlottesville, Va. 22906, Jan. 1994), Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 5-6.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
DAY 34 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (WORKS OF GOD) - JUNE 27, 2011
June 27
John 9:1-41 ESV
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ...
John 9:1-41 ESV
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ...
DAY 34 - DAILY PRAYER (DISABILITIES) - JUNE 27, 2011
June 27
Almighty God and Father,
Thank you for Your loving creation of life, and for making each of us unique in our design. We are each fearfully and wonderfully made in your image, and celebrate the beauty of your workmanship. Father, as we are each uniquely blessed with special talents and gifts, allow us to glorify You through the fulfillment of Your plan for our lives. Give grace to those with specials needs, for Your great blessings may not always be apparent in our earthly view of our bodies. Allow our handicaps to not limit, but enhance our special ministry in this world. For those who live with a disability, allow them to be encouraged by Your great love. Your word tells us that you wish to prosper us, not to harm us. Father, through all of life's circumstances, and bodily limitations, allow us to joyfully serve in Your kingdom.
In Jesus' name. Amen
Wally Ziolo
40DAYPRAYER4USA
Lancaster, Ohio
Christian
Almighty God and Father,
Thank you for Your loving creation of life, and for making each of us unique in our design. We are each fearfully and wonderfully made in your image, and celebrate the beauty of your workmanship. Father, as we are each uniquely blessed with special talents and gifts, allow us to glorify You through the fulfillment of Your plan for our lives. Give grace to those with specials needs, for Your great blessings may not always be apparent in our earthly view of our bodies. Allow our handicaps to not limit, but enhance our special ministry in this world. For those who live with a disability, allow them to be encouraged by Your great love. Your word tells us that you wish to prosper us, not to harm us. Father, through all of life's circumstances, and bodily limitations, allow us to joyfully serve in Your kingdom.
In Jesus' name. Amen
Wally Ziolo
40DAYPRAYER4USA
Lancaster, Ohio
Christian
DAY 34 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 27, 2011
American Minute for June 27th:
Helen Keller was born JUNE 27, 1880. At the age of two she suffered an illness that left her blind and deaf. Her parents took her to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell who recommended the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. There, at age of 7, Helen was tutored by Anne Sullivan through the sense of touch. Eventually Helen Keller learned to read Braille and began attending Radcliffe College, where Anne Sullivan interpreted lectures. Helen became concerned about all the blind, especially those blinded in war or by poor working conditions. She received numerous international honors for her efforts. Helen Keller learned to type on a Braille typewriter and wrote many books between 1903 and 1941, including: The Story of My Life, Optimism, The World I Live In, The Song of the Stone Wall, Out of the Dark, My Religion, Midstream, Let Us Have Faith, and The Open Door. Helen Keller stated: "The Bible is one mighty representative of the whole spiritual life of humanity." Helen Keller wrote: "I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God." Helen Keller concluded: "Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry...To love everybody sincerely...To act in everything with the highest motives...To trust God unhesitatingly."
Endnotes
Keller, Helen Adams. Bless Your Heart (series II) (Eden Prairie, MN: Heartland Samplers, Inc., 1990), 3.2.
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Helen Keller was born JUNE 27, 1880. At the age of two she suffered an illness that left her blind and deaf. Her parents took her to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell who recommended the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. There, at age of 7, Helen was tutored by Anne Sullivan through the sense of touch. Eventually Helen Keller learned to read Braille and began attending Radcliffe College, where Anne Sullivan interpreted lectures. Helen became concerned about all the blind, especially those blinded in war or by poor working conditions. She received numerous international honors for her efforts. Helen Keller learned to type on a Braille typewriter and wrote many books between 1903 and 1941, including: The Story of My Life, Optimism, The World I Live In, The Song of the Stone Wall, Out of the Dark, My Religion, Midstream, Let Us Have Faith, and The Open Door. Helen Keller stated: "The Bible is one mighty representative of the whole spiritual life of humanity." Helen Keller wrote: "I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God." Helen Keller concluded: "Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry...To love everybody sincerely...To act in everything with the highest motives...To trust God unhesitatingly."
Endnotes
Keller, Helen Adams. Bless Your Heart (series II) (Eden Prairie, MN: Heartland Samplers, Inc., 1990), 3.2.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
DAY 33 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (HONESTY) - JUNE 26, 2011
June 26
2 Corinthians 8:21
English Standard Version (ESV)
21for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man.
2 Corinthians 8:21
English Standard Version (ESV)
21for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man.
DAY 33 - DAILY PRAYER (HONESTY) - JUNE 26, 2011
June 26
Oh! Almighty and Everlasting God, Creator of Heaven, Earth and the Universe.
Help me to be, to think, to act what is right, because it is right; make me truthful, honest and honorable in all things; make me intellectually honest for the sake of right and honor and without thought of reward to me. Give me the ability to be charitable, forgiving and patient with my fellowmen - help me to understand their motives and their shortcomings -- even as Thou understandest mine!
Amen, Amen, Amen
Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States of America
Baptist
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/kids/prayer.htm
President Harry S. Truman, in 1950, stated:
“But all of us – at home, at war, wherever we may be – are within the reach of God’s love and power. We all can pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of God’s will. We should ask for courage, wisdom, for the quietness of soul which comes alone to them who place their lives in His hands.” - 1950. Mrs. James Dobson (Shirley), chairman, The National Day of Prayer Information Packet (Colorado Springs, CO: National Day of Prayer Tack Force, May 6, 1993).
Oh! Almighty and Everlasting God, Creator of Heaven, Earth and the Universe.
Help me to be, to think, to act what is right, because it is right; make me truthful, honest and honorable in all things; make me intellectually honest for the sake of right and honor and without thought of reward to me. Give me the ability to be charitable, forgiving and patient with my fellowmen - help me to understand their motives and their shortcomings -- even as Thou understandest mine!
Amen, Amen, Amen
Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States of America
Baptist
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/kids/prayer.htm
President Harry S. Truman, in 1950, stated:
“But all of us – at home, at war, wherever we may be – are within the reach of God’s love and power. We all can pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of God’s will. We should ask for courage, wisdom, for the quietness of soul which comes alone to them who place their lives in His hands.” - 1950. Mrs. James Dobson (Shirley), chairman, The National Day of Prayer Information Packet (Colorado Springs, CO: National Day of Prayer Tack Force, May 6, 1993).
DAY 33 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 26, 2011
American Minute for June 26th:
The United Nations Charter was signed JUNE 26, 1945, by 51 member nations. Two months earlier, President Truman addressed the delegates: "At no time in history has there been a more important Conference than this one in San Francisco which you are opening today...We beseech our Almighty God to guide us in the building of a permanent monument to those who gave their lives that this moment might come." In 1953, President Eisenhower addressed the UN: "The whole book of history reveals mankind's never-ending quest for peace and mankind's God-given capacity to build." On June 10, 1963, Dwight Eisenhower told the Convention of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce in Minneapolis: "The United Nations has seemed to be two distinct things to the two worlds divided by the iron curtain...To the free world it has seemed that it should be a constructive forum...To the Communist world it has been a convenient sounding board for their propaganda, a weapon to be exploited in spreading disunity and confusion." Former President Herbert Hoover told the American Newspaper Publishers Association in 1959: "I suggest that the United Nations be reorganized...with those peoples who disavow communism, who stand for morals and religion, and who love freedom...What the world needs today is a definite, spiritual mobilization of the nations who believe in God against this tide of Red agnosticism." Hoover ended: "It is a proposal for moral and spiritual cooperation of God-fearing free nations...rejecting an atheistic other world."
Endnotes
Harry S Truman, Address to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, April 25, 1945, 7:35 p.m., Delivered from the White House by direct wire and broadcast over the major networks. Dwight Eisenhower's Dwight Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" Address to the UN General Assembly December 8 1953, Congressional Record, vol. 100, January 7, 1954, pp. 61-63. Hoover, Herbert Clark. April 27, 1950, speech to American Newspaper Publishers Association. Charles Hurd, ed., A Treasury of Great American Speeches (NY: Hawthorne Books, 1959), pp. 289-291.
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Friday, June 24, 2011
DAY 32 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (HARMONY) - JUNE 25, 2011
June 25
1 John 3:17
17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
1 John 3:17
17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
DAY 32 - DAILY PRAYER (HELP OTHERS) - JUNE 25, 2011
June 25
A Prayer to Help Others
For we are given power not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people. Help us to remember it, Lord.
The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us; so that He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways... that all peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
Inaugural address, January 20, 1989
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A Prayer to Help Others
Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and thank You for Your love. Accept our thanks for the peace that yields this day and the shared faith that makes its continuance likely. Make us strong to do Your work, willing to heed and hear Your will, and write on our hearts these words: "Use power to help people."
For we are given power not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people. Help us to remember it, Lord.
The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us; so that He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways... that all peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–93)
Inaugural address, January 20, 1989
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DAY 32 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 25, 2011
American Minute for June 25th:
The Korean War started JUNE 25, 1950. Communist North Korea invaded South Korea, killing thousands. General Douglas MacArthur was given command of the U.N. Forces and after a daring landing of troops at Inchon, MacArthur recaptured the city of Seoul. Political involvement prolonged the war, resulting in high casualties. President Truman stated in his 1952 Christmas Message: "Our hearts turn first of all to our brave men and women in Korea. They are fighting and suffering and even dying that we may preserve the chance of peace in the world." Truman continued: "Let us remember always to try to act...in the spirit of the Prince of Peace. He bore in His heart no hate and no malice - nothing but love for all mankind. We should...follow His example...As we pray for our men and women in Korea...let us also pray for our enemies...Through Jesus Christ the world will yet be a better and a fairer place." To the Salvation Army, December 12, 1951, General Douglas MacArthur said: "History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse, or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster."
Endnotes
Harry S Truman, December 24, 1952, in a nationally broadcast address upon lighting the National Community Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C., Public Papers of the Presidents. MacArthur, Douglas. John Stormer, The Death of a Nation (Florissant, MO: Liberty Bell Press, 1968), p. 128. John Eidsmoe, God & Caesar-Christian Faith & Political Action (Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, a Division of Good News Publishers, 1984), p. 68. George Otis, The Solution to the Crisis in America, Revised & Enlarged Edition (Van Nuys, CA.: Fleming H. Revell Co.; Bible Voice, Inc., 1970, 1972, foreword by Pat Boone), pp. 41-42.
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DAY 31 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (PROTECTION) - JUNE 24, 2011
June 24
Deuteronomy 33:27
27 The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,
saying, ‘Destroy them!’
Deuteronomy 33:27
(NIV)
27 The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,
saying, ‘Destroy them!’
DAY 31 - DAILY PRAYER (NATIONAL PROTECTION) - JUNE 24, 2011
June 24
National Protection
Most High God, I come to You in the Name of Jesus, asking for divine protection for the people of this country. I pray for the safety of every man, woman, and child. Keep us from harms way and provide protection from plans of destruction that our enemies have plotted. Stop their plans before they are evoked. Give wisdom, understanding and discernment to those who provide us protection. Help us to be watchful and alert to signs of wrongdoing. Please provide insight to national and local authorities on ways to guard, defend, and insure the safety of all American citizens both home and abroad. Helps us to unite with government leaders and law enforcement personnel in making this country a safe place to live, work, and play. Allow Americans to enjoy our freedom without fear. Amen.
http://www.2heartsnetwork.org/america.htm#foreign
National Protection
Most High God, I come to You in the Name of Jesus, asking for divine protection for the people of this country. I pray for the safety of every man, woman, and child. Keep us from harms way and provide protection from plans of destruction that our enemies have plotted. Stop their plans before they are evoked. Give wisdom, understanding and discernment to those who provide us protection. Help us to be watchful and alert to signs of wrongdoing. Please provide insight to national and local authorities on ways to guard, defend, and insure the safety of all American citizens both home and abroad. Helps us to unite with government leaders and law enforcement personnel in making this country a safe place to live, work, and play. Allow Americans to enjoy our freedom without fear. Amen.
http://www.2heartsnetwork.org/america.htm#foreign
DAY 31 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 24, 2011
American Minute for June 24th:
His travels were exceeded only by Lewis and Clark. He led expeditions up the Missouri River with such characters as keelboatman Mike Fink. He discovered the South Pass through the Rockies and the first land route to California. He led settlers across the Santa Fe Trail, the Mojave Desert, the Sierra Nevadas and up the Oregon Coast. His name was Jedediah Smith, born JUNE 24, 1798. Jedediah operated a successful fur trading company out of Salt Lake City. Jedediah noted in his Journal: "Then let us come forward with faith, nothing doubting, and He will most unquestionably hear us." On December 24, 1829, from Wind River on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, Jedediah Smith wrote to his parents in Ohio: "It is a long time since I left home & many times I have been ready, to bring my business to a close & endeavor to come home; but have been hindered hitherto...However I will endeavor, by the assistance of Divine Providence, to come home as soon as possible...but whether I shall ever be allowed the privilege, God only knows. I feel the need of the watch & care of a Christian Church. You may well suppose that our Society is of the roughest kind. Men of good morals seldom enter into business of this kind-I hope you will remember me before the Throne of Grace...May God in His infinite mercy allow me soon to join My Parents is the Prayer of your undutiful Son, Jedediah S. Smith." In a letter to his brother, Ralph, December 24, 1829, Jedediah Smith wrote: "Many Hostile tribes of Indians inhabit this Space...In August 1827, ten Men who were in company with me lost their lives by the Amuchabas Indians...In July 1828, fifteen men who were in company with me lost their lives by the Umpquah Indians...Many others have lost their lives in different parts...My Brother...I have need of your Prayers...to bear me up before the Throne of Grace." On May 27, 1831, Jedediah Smith was ambushed by Comanches near Sante Fe and killed. Just four months earlier, January 26, 1831, Jedediah Smith wrote to his brother Ralph in Wayne County, Ohio: "Some, who have made a profession of Christianity & have by their own negligence caused the Spirit to depart, think their day of grace is over; but where did they find Such doctrine? I find our Saviour ever entreating & wooing us."
Endnotes
Smith, Jedediah Strong. December 24, 1829, in writing to his brother, Ralph Smith in Richland County. Dale L. Morgan, Jedediah Smith - & the Opening of the West (Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, Bobbs - Merrill Co., 1953; Bison Books, 1964), pp. 352-353.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
DAY 30 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (HARMONY) - JUNE 23, 2011
June 23
Colossians 3:12-14
12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Colossians 3:12-14
12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
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