George Washington: The Soldier Who Could Not Die ~ Video by Fortis Media

From the video description:

George Washington was known as “The Soldier Who Could Not Die” because of his entirely miraculous escapes from death all throughout his life.

He had horses shot out from under him, found many bullet holes in his coat yet remained unharmed, and was specifically targeted by many enemy sharpshooters who were unable to kill him.

America is great, in part, because it has never existed unto itself. All throughout our history, our nation has existed to bless others and fight for the liberty of those who were in no position to fight for themselves.

America is great because it was dedicated to the One True God from the moment of its founding, even before its founding.

This video will, I hope, make you proud to be an American.

Sincerely,

JJ

It is JJ McNown's conclusion to this video that I wanted to hear, over and over again! In the last minute or two, and I'm paraphrasing him, he tells us that we were born for a purpose, here in America for just such a time as this. And while we've been born here, at this time in America, we are a protected for a purpose. The Lord's purpose. You have been protected by the Divine Providence.

I ask you to watch this video all the way through, and share or retweet this with your friends. It might help to encourage somebody out there. You never know! Right? Just sayin'...

A Declaration of Dependence ~ By Greg Laurie

In this outstanding article by Greg Laurie, posted on July 11, 2009 at wnd.com, I read the following:

On the Jefferson Memorial are these words from Thomas Jefferson: "God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever." Whenever there is an outbreak of violence somewhere in our nation, people scratch their heads and wonder why. The media interview the so-called experts who offer their opinions. Meanwhile, the Bible offers its own assessment of the problems of man. It doesn't say we are all victims, as some would assert. It doesn't say we all have diseases, as others would tell us. It doesn't say that we are merely dysfunctional. It says that the heart is desperately wicked (see Jeremiah 17:9). We have sin inside of us. That is why we do the things that we do. Because of this, we need to realize that no politician is going to save us. No act of Congress will turn America around again. The answer to our nation's problems is not political; it is spiritual. We need to turn back to God, because although we have forgotten him, he has not forgotten us. A study was done of the world's great civilizations. It looked at various nations that have come into prominence and then disappeared into obscurity. It noted that every nation has an average cycle of 200 years, and each one of the nations went through the following sequence: from spiritual faith to great courage, from great courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, and from dependency back to bondage. We need to get back to God. We need to get back to the God who sent his son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sin. We need to get back to the true and living God who can save America (emphasis my own). [Read the entire column]