Standing Tall, Falling Hard

Is it too late for America?

Week 10

October 23, 2016 Carl Schneider, Senior Pastor

Judges 21:25 (ESV) — In those days there was no king in

Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

 

1 Samuel 3:1b (NIV) — In those days the word of the Lord

was rare; there were not many visions.

 

Psalm 11:3 (NIV) — 3 When the foundations are being

 destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

 

1 Samuel 1:11 (NIV) — 11 And she made a vow, saying,

“Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s

misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give

her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of

his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”

 

1 Samuel 8:4–5, 7-8 (NIV) all the elders of Israel gathered

together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him,

“You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now

appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations

have.”...“Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is

not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their

 

king. 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out

of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods,

so, they are doing to you.

 

Have we ___________ a nation like Israel?

Are we setting aside our __________?

Romans 13:1 (NIV) Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

 

The founding fathers of America ___________ that Governments

are established by ______ for the _______ of the nation.

 

Psalm 33:12 (NIV) —Blessed is the nation whose God is the

Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.

 

OUR founding fathers of America believed: The nation was

__________ where GOD is ______ and ______________ as LORD.

 

Is it too late for America? I might be, but it doesn’t have to be!

 

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV) — 14 if my people, who are called

by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my

face and turn from their wicked ways,

then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their

sin and will heal their land.

 

Our Story as a nation has changed dramatically in the last

50 years and but it can change for the better today, but IT

starts with you and me and it requires all of us who believe...

 

. To _________ our __________ in Christ boldly before the world.

. TO _____ our Christian ____________ courageously.

 

 

Acts 5:29 (ESV) “We must obey God rather than men.

 

. TO speak the truth in love to a world who needs to hear the

truth, and know the world’s Savior - Jesus Christ. Ephesians 4:15

 

It is NOT too late for America…but it is time for us _______

together now…to

 

Joel 2:13 (NIV) Rend your heart and not your garments. Re-

turn to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents

from sending calamity.

 

The Cross __________ God is gracious and compassionate.

 

The cross ______________ God’s love for us and His world.

 

The Cross ________ that our Father will forgive our sins for

Christ sake.