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The First Thanksgiving Day
Proclamation
(From a tract by Faith, Prayer & Tract League)
"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of
Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly
implore His protection, aid and favors... Now, therefore, I do recommend and
assign Thursday the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of
these states to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the
Beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be that we may
then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind
care and protection of the people of this country, and for all the great and
various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us." George
Washington, 1789.
George Washington said: "It is impossible to rightly govern the world
without God and the Bible." Our founding fathers openly recognized God.
They knew that if the nation was going to work, its people needed to voluntarily
live by God's rules. Times have changed. We may be the only culture in the world
that openly acknowledges God in our constitution, on our money, and on
Thanksgiving, but refuses to allow God to be named in any of our public
institutions. As a nation we are working hard to push God out of our lives.
Ignoring God isn't unusual. The history of the world is a story of people
turning away from God. Amazingly, God hasn't turned away from us - yet. But if
we do not repent, He will.
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; Behold, the eye of the
Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy." Psalm
33:12,18
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Government cannot turn us back to God.
Turning back to God requires a change
of heart. |
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within
you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you
an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you
to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them." [Ezekiel
36:26]
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." [2
Chronicles 7:14]
"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget
God." [Psalms 9:17]
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