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LISTEN NOW! It was this day, 152 years ago; that the 16th President of the United States, President Abraham Lincoln, found himself in the midst of a nation that needed a divine answer to a divided nation. During the chaotic events of the Civil War, President Lincoln concluded that the answer could not be found in none other option than God. His resulting decision was to call a nation to a day of prayer and fasting. The observations that President Lincoln witnessed in the fledgling nation of America, brings a revealing reminder to where we find ourselves today, “we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. …….Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.”
These humble words came from a President, 152 years ago, that are still applicable today. Any individual desiring to lead a nation with these beliefs and understandings would be expected to uphold and keep this Judeo-Christian Heritage, and not the antithesis of it. As the chaotic and intensifying moments are increasing throughout the land, it is important for us to find our answer in God; to humbly turn to God in praying and fasting, as Abraham Lincoln did, and not to government. Hear the full call to prayer and fasting and the encouraging truths behind this powerful date in our nation’s history, and so much more. Also shared in this segment: humility, call to prayer, Civil War, division, President Abraham Lincoln, polarization, and repentance. John and Greg shared in this segment.
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