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I received an email from a family member who is Christian and hasn't seemed to figure out that I'm not. It makes the claim that this year is the Scariest Election Ever, and they're right, but not for the reasons they think. It is precisely because of this email and the people who send it. Now if only they would rely solely on prayer and leave out organizing and marketing, we might be safe from them.
The email originally came with a political slant that the last forwarder deleted (she said so in her preface to the forward). I actually wish she had left it in so I could read which side this email was for. I sort of want to attribute this to Palin/McCain supporters, because those are the nutjobs, but my family, although they are Christian, are not evangelicals and some of them actually support Obama (who is himself, Christian). Plus, there are quite a few factions of Christians who do not want to be associated with the radical tip-of-the-right-wing End Times fundies and who actually believe in separation of Church and State while simultaneously believing God is on our side. So I'm not actually positive what side the political viewpoint slanted.
Either way, however, it's a sign of how dangerously ignorant our society is in general. All of our democracy and science and technology has not taught us yet that Allah will not guide the bullet.
One Minute Each Night
This is the scariest election we as Christians have ever faced - And for all who practice any faith which holds our Creator God in its center.
We all need to be on our knees. Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders to behold.
This scripture gives us, as Christians, the ability to call upon God to heal it this land. I challenge you to do so.
We have never been more desperate than now for God to heal our land.
This election is the scariest I remember in my lifetime. 2 Chronicles
7:14...'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.'
During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of
people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and
peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped.
There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America
The United States of America and our citizens need prayer more than ever!
If you would like to participate, each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, for peace in the world, the upcoming election, that God's Words will remain the basis for the laws governing our land and that Christianity and other faiths will grow in the U. S.
If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along.
Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we
have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have.
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Date: 10/13/08 02:12 pm (UTC)From:The Crusades led to more than a century of theocratic darkness.
Why, why, why are we doing THAT particular number again!?
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