Much time was spent at our recent prayer meeting discussing what it would take to convince people to sign up for Renewal of America and then motivate them to influence their sphere of influence to do the same. Always the optimist I confidently remarked that I believed that people are so fed up with the way our country has become a bastion of immorality that Christians would jump at the chance to finally be a part of doing something about it.
Boink! – Wrong!
In spite of the fact that:
- It only takes about 30 seconds to signup
- Costs nothing
- Promises never to reveal your name or information
- And importantly is poised to finally do something to improve this country
Some folks that I know to be Christians who are just as sick and tired as I am of those who wish to destroy our way of life and want to see change come to America have not signed up. I was appalled to learn yesterday that even one of own sons has not signed up (much less attempted to sign anyone else up).
He told me that he’d been busy and that he’d even pulled the site up and started to join, but was interrupted. (It only takes 30 seconds to enter name, e-mail, and zip code) He told me that he only uses a computer at work and doesn’t use his computer at home at all, and when he gets off work he goes to baseball games and other places with his kids. In other words he is just too busy with other things . . .
Sigh . . . I hope this is not the norm. A couple of the prayer leaders mentioned at the meeting that we should omit the words: “Are you fed up?” indicating that it might be too provocative.
Hmmm . . . I felt it might stir folks to action to ask questions like:
Are you fed up with what is going on in this country?
Would you like to do something about it?
Are you willing to stand up for Christ?
Are you willing to pray for our country?
Maybe I should say instead: “Puh-leeeeze just take 30 seconds to sign up and encourage your friends to do likewise, so we can begin to do something about our desperate situation”.
I’ve got news for you, we cannot change this country alone or through an election alone; it is too far gone. We need God to intercede. In 2 Chron. 7:14 God did not say if a few leaders will humble themselves, seek His face, pray and ask forgiveness, repent, and follow Him that He would heal our land. He said “IF MY PEOPLE”, meaning those in His church; those of us who have been born again – Christians!
So you aren’t that concerned with the direction America is taking and don’t really think things are that bad? Check out this series of headlines that recently appeared in the media presented by Michael Snyder – Economist Magazine:
#1 ‘Many going to Super Bowl for child sex’ in New Jersey: The Super Bowl has been called the “largest human-trafficking venue on the planet” with many attending the event not to watch football but for sex with men, women and children.
#2 A 13-Year-Old Boy Who Murdered His Cousin Because Of An XBox: A 13-year-old boy who allegedly killed his sleeping 16-year-old cousin after an argument over a video game system was ordered held in custody today by a juvenile court judge, authorities said.
The teen shot his cousin, Raymond Galloway, in the head at around 5:50 a.m. Sunday while Galloway slept in the teen’s bedroom in the 500 block of East 38th Place, according to Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors.
#3 District man charged with fatally stabbing wife during argument over cable bill: A man charged with fatally stabbing his wife in a Northeast Washington apartment had been arguing with her over an unpaid cable bill, which led to a violent confrontation, according to court papers filed in D.C. Superior Court on Monday. A friend found the body of Claudia Hall, 51, on Friday lying on her bed in her residence in the 300 block of 18th Place NE. Police said she had been stabbed in the abdomen and choked, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
#4 Surveillance Video Shows Bystanders Walking Over Dead Body in Convenience Store Entrance: Disturbing surveillance video shows the body of 24-year-old Jheryl Wright lying in the doorway of a convenience store in Kalamazoo, Michigan while customers walked by unaffected.
Wright had been gunned down at the entrance of the convenience store just minutes before what’s shown in the video, and according to reports, the store clerks didn’t even check to see if he was alive or dead. People came in and out of the store, stepped over him, and acted as if there wasn’t a dead body in front of them.
#5 Pizza delivery man arrested after ‘being caught on hidden camera having sex with family dog’: A Papa John’s delivery man in Florida has been arrested and charged after he was allegedly caught on hidden camera having sex with the family dog.
Joshua Lee Werbicki, 22, was taken into custody on Friday at the Palm Bay restaurant where he works and charged with felony cruelty to animals and misdemeanor criminal sex act with an animal after a video was handed to the police. Werbicki’s roommate set up the camera after she became suspicious when the dog, a German Shepherd mix, began limping and became startled around people.
#6 Stockton Couple Accused Of Dismembering Roommate, Burning Torso In Campfire: A couple is accused of a grisly crime, killing a man and then dismembering the body. Stockton police say the suspects left a trail of blood that led them to the remains.
#7 Man Accidentally Recorded Himself Installing Hidden Camera to Secretly Record Coworkers Using Restroom: According to the San Antonio Express-News, police said Ray De la Cruz, 44, was arrested Thursday after a coworker found a recording device “taped to the back of a shelf of a storage locker located directly in front of the toilet.”
#8 N.Y. Group Applies To Build Satan Statue At Oklahoma State Capitol: The Satanic Temple unveiled designs Monday for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan it wants to put at the Oklahoma state Capitol, where a Ten Commandments monument was placed in 2012. The group formally submitted its application to a panel that oversees the Capitol grounds, including an artist’s rendering that depicts Satan as Baphomet, a goat-headed figure with horns, wings and a long beard that’s often used as a symbol of the occult. In the rendering, Satan is sitting in a pentagram-adorned throne with smiling children next to him.
#9 First Grade Teacher Tells Young Child That “Jesus Is Not Allowed In School”: On December 13, 2013, first grader Isaiah Martinez took Christmas gifts intended for his teacher and classmates at Merced Elementary in the West Covina Unified School District. Each gift consisted of a traditional candy cane with a message attached that recited the legend of the candy cane. The legend references a candy maker who created the candy cane to symbolize the life of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah’s older sister told him about the legend of the candy cane and Isaiah asked if he could share it with his teacher and his classmates. Isaiah and his sister then purchased candy canes, printed the candy cane message and tied a copy to each candy cane.
When Isaiah brought his Christmas gift to school, his teacher took possession of the candy canes. After conferring with the school principal, the teacher told Isaiah that “Jesus is not allowed in school” and, at the apparent direction of her principal, ripped the candy cane message from each candy cane, threw the messages in the trash, and handed the candy canes back to Isaiah for delivery to his classmates. Isaiah then nervously handed the candy canes to his classmates in fear that he was in trouble for trying to bring a little Christmas cheer and “good tidings” to class.
#10 A Man Who Planned The Sexual Abuse Of His Own Daughter Before She Was Even Born: Evidence at Adleta’s trial showed that he abused his son and daughter and the child of another woman, children who ranged in age from 1 to 4.
He also ordered his wife and girlfriend to abuse children and recorded the acts; then he distributed the images as child pornography. Adleta said nothing at the hearing except to answer, “No, your honor,” when asked by the judge if he had anything to say.
#11 Coroner: California priest beaten to death with wooden stake, metal gutter pipe: A beloved priest who was killed in the Northern California city of Eureka was beaten to death with a wooden stake and a metal gutter pipe, his autopsy shows.
#12 Hundreds of teens trash mall in wild flash mob: A wild flash mob stormed and trashed a Brooklyn mall, causing so much chaos that the shopping center was forced to close during post-Christmas sales, sources said Friday.
Mr. Snyder wrote: “Whenever I do an article like this, a few people out there will try to dismiss it by claiming that these are just a few isolated “anecdotes” and that most Americans are “good people” and that we really don’t have a problem at all.
I don’t understand how anyone can possibly come to that conclusion, but for those thinking along those lines I would encourage you to check out the hundreds of other examples of advanced moral decay in America that I have discussed in previous articles. The following are five of my previous articles to help get you started . . .
1. “Nation Of Sickos: Should We Be Concerned About The Moral Collapse Of America?”
2. “12 Signs That The Decay Of Society Is Accelerating”
3. “The Knockout Game Is Just A Preview Of The Chaos That Is Coming To The Streets Of America”
4. “There Are 747,000 Registered Sex Offenders In The United States”
5. “20 Shocking Examples Of How Sadistic And Cruel People Have Become”
Of course most people out there already know that this nation is heading in the wrong direction. Most people out there already know on a very deep level that something has dramatically “shifted” in this nation. The American people no longer have the same character that they once did.
So what has happened?
Why is there so much social decay all around us?”
Mr. Snyder America has turned her back on Christ and is no longer following His commands. If this trend continues we will keep declining until God abandons us entirely as He has done to Israel on several occasions when their society abandoned Him in favor of immorality.
We are working very hard at Renewal to reverse what is happening. I ask you to join us, and also to encourage others to do so too. www.RenewalofAmerica.org If you find an effective way of signing up your friends please share it with us. Decent God fearing folks outnumber those who hate God by large numbers, but are being unduly influenced by a small minority. Do something for your kids, grandkids, and yourself. Pray for this nation and for those of us who are trying to renew faith in God throughout our land.
Psalms 74:23
Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
July 7, 2014 – Click here to listen