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When we wrote our Constituition, it was the first time in history that a nation had the freedom and privilege to do make those kinds of decisions.
Our Constitution was put together on Biblical principles and that is why this country has been blessed and prospered as it did.
That Consititution was a covenant - if you will - with God, and it still stands. As long as it is still in force, God will bless the USA, but His patience with us turning our back on Him seems to be wearing thin.
A loving parent will discipline a wayward child, and as I see it, God is going to do the same with us.
The fouth should be celebrate with prayer and abundant thanksgiving to God for what He has allowed us - our freedom of Worship to Him!
Take that away - nothing else we have is worth anything.

A quote:

Book: The Light and the Glory, by Peter Marshall, Pg. 348

The Constitution is the finest contract ever drawn by man for his own self-government. But as precious as the Constitution is, it is nonetheless a secularizing of the spiritual reality of the covenant. It can thus never be the substitute for a covenant life totally given to the Lord Jesus Christ. And there is an enormous difference between the two, as Richard Niebuhr points out: “Contract always implies limited [commitment], covenant unlimited commitment. Contract is entered into for the sake of mutual advantages; covenant implies the presence of a cause to which all advantages may need to be sacrificed.”

Compliments of elect777

How to Celebrate the Fourth of July

Born in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, America has had only one form of government. Neither our closest allies nor our fiercest enemies have experienced the stability with which God has blessed America.

When the Founders approved the Declaration of Independence in 1776, John Adams suggested the way in which the day should be celebrated. We still follow his suggestion that the Fourth "be solemnized with pomp and parade -- with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other," but we seem to have forgotten his recommendation that the day "be commemorated as a day of solemn deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty."

The spiritual element in celebrating the Fourth was important to the Founding Fathers and was practiced by Americans for generations afterwards. In fact, in his 1837 Fourth of July speech, John Quincy Adams observed:
In the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior. It forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation. The Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth -- it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.
According to John Quincy Adams, on the Fourth of July the Founders took the precepts of Christ which came into the world through His birth and incorporated those principles into civil government.

This is an excellent year to recover the original spirit of the celebration of the Fourth of July. We therefore recommend that in this year's celebration:
1. Take time to honor and thank God on the Fourth -- make it a day celebrated "with solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty."
2. Read the Declaration of Independence. Shortly after the Founders originally approved the Declaration, they took it outside and read it aloud to the assembled crowd; and George Washington also had it read aloud in each regiment of the Continental Army. Even then it was important to know the reasons for our founding, and it remains no less important today.
3. Read John Quincy Adams' fabulous 1837 Fourth of July oration.
4. Honor the memory of those (past and present) who sacrificed so much for our country. In fact, take one name that you do not know from among the 56 signers of the Declaration (you can find the list of signers here) and look online for a brief biography of that one signer and thus familiarize yourself with yet another early patriot.

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Thank you "SweetPeach"

Thank you!

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Happy 4th Everyone!! I will be gone from Thursday to Saturday! Have a very safe one!!!

Happy 4th.
Be safe and watch for fires.

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