Jesus loves you and so do we
Pastor's Sunday Sermon
July 2, 2023
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The good and the bad we face as a nation.
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We are told and reminded that we were informed of what God has done!
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David states that the position of Isreal, at this time, is due to the glory of God, not because of the people involved.
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What about America? The only reason we can boast is because God has blessed this nation!
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Look at the individuals God has chosen to lead our country from the beginning. God has given us victory after victory in almost every conflict we have been involved in. God has given us plentiful land and fair weather to produce the food we need.
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As we celebrate our country this 4th of July. We need to do as David does in Psalms 44:8, we need to boast in God all day long and praise His name. We need to be in His word so His word can be in us.
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When we are not living according to His commandments, He does not give us that same amount of grace. We suffer shame because of our disobedience to His word.
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Like the prodigal song, we must return to God to see His glory once again as a country. As part of that we must repent, for going astray.​
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Bible Passage:
Psalms 44
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We have heard it with our ears, O God;
our ancestors have told us
what you did in their days,
in days long ago.
2 With your hand you drove out the nations
and planted our ancestors;
you crushed the peoples
and made our ancestors flourish.
3 It was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face, for you loved them.
4 You are my King and my God,
who decrees[c] victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back our enemies;
through your name we trample our foes.
6 I put no trust in my bow,
my sword does not bring me victory;
7 but you give us victory over our enemies,
you put our adversaries to shame.
8 In God we make our boast all day long,
and we will praise your name forever.[d]
9 But now you have rejected and humbled us;
you no longer go out with our armies.
10 You made us retreat before the enemy,
and our adversaries have plundered us.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep
and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sold your people for a pittance,
gaining nothing from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
the scorn and derision of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations;
the peoples shake their heads at us.
15 I live in disgrace all day long,
and my face is covered with shame
16 at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,
because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17 All this came upon us,
though we had not forgotten you;
we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;
you covered us over with deep darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do you hide your face
and forget our misery and oppression?
25 We are brought down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up and help us;
rescue us because of your unfailing love.
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