Rev Bill

I have finished and posted my sermon for tomorrow. It’s a “July 4″ type sermon based on 2 Chronicles 7:12-22; Galatians 5:1; Galatians 5: 13-25, and Mark 12:13-37.

Here’s a portion of it:

For God to bless America – we as Americans are going to have to repent – and begin following God.
Humble ourselves – as God says – and pray.
Pray for God to forgive us of the times we follow our ways instead of God’s ways.
Pray for God to forgive us of our hard headed, sinful ways – as individuals and as a country — and commit ourselves to living in God’s ways instead of our own – in God’s will instead of our wills.
This takes repentance.
This means confessing that we are wrong and that we need God in our lives and in our country.
Repentance is never easy.
Confessing sins is never easy.
But – it is necessary.
But — repentance does not just mean saying we are sorry – it – also means living in new ways.
Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street signs. It’s easy to get lost walking through the desert. You become aware that the countryside is strange. You finally say to yourself, I’m going in the wrong direction. That’s the first act of repentance.
The second act of repentance is to go in an alternate direction.
Repentance on our part.
Finding new ways to live.
That’s what’s needed for God to bless us – and for God to bless America.

You can read the sermon here.

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