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Standing Tall, Falling Hard
Is it too late for America?
Week 10
October 23, 2016 Carl Schneider, Senior Pastor
Judges 21:25 (ESV) â In those days there was no king in
Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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1 Samuel 3:1b (NIV) â In those days the word of the Lord
was rare; there were not many visions.
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Psalm 11:3 (NIV) â 3 When the foundations are being
 destroyed, what can the righteous do?â
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1 Samuel 1:11 (NIV) â 11 And she made a vow, saying,
âLord Almighty, if you will only look on your servantâs
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.â
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1 Samuel 8:4â5, 7-8 (NIV) all the elders of Israel gathered
together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him,
âYou are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now
appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations
have.â...âListen to all that the people are saying to you; it is
not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their
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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.
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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.
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The founding fathers of America ___________ that Governments
are established by ______ for the _______ of the nation.
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Psalm 33:12 (NIV) âBlessed is the nation whose God is the
Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.
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OUR founding fathers of America believed: The nation was
__________ where GOD is ______ and ______________ as LORD.
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Is it too late for America? I might be, but it doesnât have to be!
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2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV) â 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.
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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...
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. To _________ our __________ in Christ boldly before the world.
. TO _____ our Christian ____________ courageously.
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Acts 5:29 (ESV) âWe must obey God rather than men.
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. TO speak the truth in love to a world who needs to hear the
truth, and know the worldâs Savior - Jesus Christ. Ephesians 4:15
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It is NOT too late for AmericaâŚbut it is time for us _______
together nowâŚto
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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.
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The Cross __________ God is gracious and compassionate.
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The cross ______________ Godâs love for us and His world.
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The Cross ________ that our Father will forgive our sins for
Christ sake.
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