Please pray

[lunatic11]

for our country

[Keefer]

   Yes indeed and been doing it for quite some time.
We had our very first sit outside since things shut down at our Church this past Sunday and it felt so good on a beautiful morning here in Md.
 The weather was perfect as I sat with my family and we sang old Hymns.

[BenAwhile]

I've been praying for our country for a long time. I used to pray ABOUT Obama and the crap he was doing. I pray FOR Trump, and that God give him wisdom and protection. I've been praying that all the traps the liberal left has been trying to use will backfire on them and they be removed from office, especially after all the riots this past week, that they have been avoiding acting upon. I've been praying for a cure for the virus.
     This has been hard for me the past week, watching a very small percent of the population doing their best to destroy this country I love. I have to confess that most of the time I just want them to be shot as they come out of businesses with their stolen treasures. I fear that this is an indicator that my love is growing cold. I hope I'm wrong.
I hope and pray that even though satan wants to use this to kill and destroy, that God turns it around and uses it to restore our country and draw people closer to HIM. I'm not even sure what else to pray about or for. God forgive me for my hard heart. Lord help us to humble ourselves and pray, and seek your face. Lord forgive us our sins and heal our land.

[Keefer]

Bob,
  You are not alone in your feelings cause I’ve felt the exact same way as you and I pray along with you ....

[Doc Nock]

No Notice of new posts, only once you've posted...so I'm late to the party...

I had a dream about this whole 5G thing last night being our total undoing...Some say it's the best since sliced bread, others say it's the end! Only God knows...

I, Three, am concerned how I see these riots in my "Love for my fellow man", as I look back over a longer life, I see since Watts, Furgeson, etc how One Source of Angst has consistently led to looting and riots!

During the Nam era I saw the demonstrations happening as little more then a chance to party and pass the bottle...

God help us all... but then, it's rather Biblical that such shall happen among men and mankind, as left to his own devices man is seldom kind long...

Lord in your Mercy... 

[lunatic11]

 We all have the right to peaceful protest, but this rioting and looting has gone too far.

[Doc Nock]

key words: Peaceful protest but that doesn't seem to cut it with some...

[Captain*Kirk]

I've been praying full throttle since this whole debacle began and will continue until it's over. 

[Doc Nock]

Kirk,

praying is a great thing! I applaud your decision and behavior

I just wish I could see a more benevolent heart in me regarding all this foofahrah   

[Sam McMichael]

There are two separate groups involved. There are protesters and rioters. They are NOT the same. Protesters are trying to peacefully make a political statement, but the rioters are only interested in mayhem and destruction. The one group should be supported and the other should be quelled by force if necessary. One thing for sure is that our country needs our prayers as much now as ever.

[Doc Nock]

Indeed on the prayers...

Hard to tell them apart when they're carry stuff outa stores they loot, but perhaps a lead injection
would help

[Keefer]

     And now there is this "Group" taking over a 6 block area and the Mayor or whoever this woman is isn't doing squat and making the police look like cowards.
  We are to obey our laws and have respect for them not belittle ,spit and throw bricks at them .
  I say let a cowboy bring in 4 Spanish bulls and release them into every corner into the crowd and I guarantee you will run them out very quickly and gain the streets back.
   No police hurt or innocent "Normal" people harmed in anyway...
 
 

[BenAwhile]

Ya know, maybe if the rioters/protesters had something TRUE to protest, it would be easier to get on board. (Not that I would). And Floyd truly was a travesty and he was treated wrong. And I won't go into his lengthy criminal background. That said, when people end up dying for resisting arrest, that is on THEM, not the cops. At least in my book. And you never hear the protesters screaming when cops are first degree murdered regardless of the color of the murderers. There were 4 cops MURDERED in cold blood here in Tacoma about 7-8 years ago. A group were sitting in a coffee shop on break when a worthless piece of garbage came in and killed them. He then fled to Seattle where he was hidden by other worthless people. Finally he was flushed out and killed. Oh, the blacks complained about that, but not that he killed the cops. And it goes on and on.
Most people don't know that mayor of Seattle made the cops give up their ammo, late last week. A few days later part of the city was taken over, violently. The wonderful mayor is calling the terrorists patriots, and calling this time frame "The summer of love." If it wasnt for the damage done and the people harmed, the arrogant stupidity would almost be laughable, by the people, the mayor and the governor. Oh, and the mayor blames all this on white men, btw. But, it's NOT laughable and it's time that this ends. I know what 2 Timothy 3, and 2 Peter 3 say that people are gonna be like this, and that the end times will be perilous,and people will call good evil, and evil good, but God doesnt say grin and bear it. I believe Trump IS that man for this time, and I also believe that as long as he is in office and continues to support Israel, that the US will  prosper : Gen 12:3.  And, we have one thing that the devil driven left doesn't have, and that IS prayer. So, I pray that this all WILL backfire and the left will be caught in their own traps, and PUNISHED, and I pray that this time the church will get off their butts and vote. And I mean for godly, powerful people will be put in office and the left be defeated and suppressed, till Jesus DOES come back. And I dont think that will be far off.
Guys, please ask everybody you know to vote. And to vote for God's will to be done. Okay, I'll get off my soapbox. 
Take care and God bless.
Bob

[4dogs]

Amen Brother!

[BenAwhile]

Well, it's been two months since we've had any input on this thread. Things still seem to be the same. Maybe even worse. At least on the outside or visible, tangible appearance. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden are the saviors of the left, and that's scary. And crazy. And stupid. And to be expected from the socialist leftists. God says though that they aren't the enemy. It's the spirits with in them that ARE the enemy. So,we need stronger, more fervent prayers to defeat those spirits, and save the worthless flesh that they infest. Though, somehow I'd like to see their flesh punished for inviting those spirits into their flesh.

OK. That said........... This past week, President Trump has set the groundwork for a peace accord in the mideast, starting with Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and hopefully expanding as more countries get the opportunity to get onboard.
I don't believe this to be the treaty talked about in the book of Daniel. ( The one for seven years, that AC breaks.) So, that brings me to this point: Genesis 12:3 says speaking about Israel's future :"I'll bless those who bless you, and curse those that curse you."  So, I take this as an American blessing on the nation of Israel, and my hope would be that God uses and honors HIS word to keep Trump in office and restore the US to the status it had pre Obama. I wanna see the socialist left overcome and that Trump  drain the swamp as he promised. Friends please continue to pray that God restores the US to what it was designed to be by our forefathers, and NOT be destroyed as the left is pushing so hard to do. They can go to Venezuela or Guatemala or Colombia or Peru or Cuba or most other latin american countries that were prosperous before becoming socialist.
Anyway,   please continue to pray for our great nation, and please  pray that the scales be removed from the eyes of the misled and they see the truth. God bless you.
Bob

[BenAwhile]

I just saw on TV that the presidents brother died a little while ago. Please also pray that in addition to protection, that we pray for his peace.
Bob

[Keefer]

   Couldn’t say it any better and I agree 

[lunatic11]

 Amen

[Sam McMichael]

I am less expectant that these civil uprisings will decrease than ever before. These people call themselves "progressive" Socialists, who want to bring equality and prosperity to the average person. I say it is BS. Both Karl Marx and V. I. Lennin said that Socialism is merely a transitional phase from Capitalism to Communism. That, in my opinion, is the aim of the hard-core left. Notice also that they are using tactics (not peaceful) to implement their beliefs. The downfall of our Constitutional government is their aim. We need to pray that their goals are not met and that politically , they are eliminated. What does any of this have to do with traditional archery? Simply this - if they gain control, to the degree they seek, most of out liberties will be greatly curtailed. Hunting itself may be outlawed and even access to public land may be eliminated. Don't think I am a few degrees off center and that this could never happen here. That's what people in a lot of other countries thought. It's a helluva note to think that a friendly archery oriented group needs to become political. We need to pray, and we need to take back the freedoms that we grew up with. I apologize for making a political comment, but, in the long run, I think it is relevant.

[BenAwhile]

Sam: We ABSOLUTELY need to pray. I've read a lot of different opinions that the US is beyond repair. It might be. I don't know. But, if I look at our country as I would a person, I'm encouraged. I don't believe 2 Chron 7:14 no longer applies. God's promises are forever. This is the personal parallel: MOST, no not all, but most of the people I know didnt ask Jesus into their lives until they were going down for the last time. In other words things were horrible and Jesus was the lifesaver to keep us from drowning. And that's where our personal miracles began. OK. For the US parallel..........It would look like the US is going down for the last time, but God can still restore it to it's glory. And HE has given us the man to do it, in our president. Whether someone likes him or not is immaterial. Trump ain't no pastor. But, he IS a leader, and he's probably the only man in the US who can withstand the attacks he's been under and STILL make positive changes.  I don't think we're going down for the third time yet, but we absolutely have to pray like never before.
In my opinion there is no question that the inactivity of the church over the past 60 years has caused the problems in the US today, from abortion to removing God from schools to removing HIM from the government. But, its ALSO the church who can BE active and pray and vote and get God back to where HE belongs and this be one nation under God........but the Christians in the US need to stop being apathetic about our freedoms and and stop that STUPID attitude that thinks"
God's in control, whatever happens is HIS will, and I don't wanna become involved in politics." " HE doesn't need me". Nope, God never uses people for anything. Not to fight wars, not to evangilize, not to farm or pastor or fish, etc.  That laziness needs to stop YESTERDAY and Christians need to fight today. This is the only country in the world that was founded on Christian/Judeo principals and we need to fight to get them back. And that fight is on our knees and at the polls. Anyway, I'm not giving up yet. God Bless.
Bob