The Real Battle for America 

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     Does yours truly need a kick in the pants...a wake up and get with it? Yes, and yes and yes. 

     We are awakened by a pastor we have seen on TV, Jack Hibbs, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel in Southern California. He says, "After 250 years, America needs the church more than ever." 

     He claims "we are not the nation we once were. We've drifted from the Biblical principles that shaped our founding. Truth is under attack. Evil is called good, and good is called evil." He believes God is calling his people to wake up.

     "The real battle for America isn't being fought in courtrooms or newsrooms. It's being fought in the prayer closets of God's people."

     This blogger is retired and enjoys our lounge chair, with Kleenex close at hand. Not a sin. But Hibbs says, "As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called to do the hard work of fervent prayer, while contending for truth in a world that's trying to silence it."  

     But, Pastor Hibbs, isn't this the job of you pastors and missionaries? 

     "Paul urges us to 'pray without ceasing' and to 'shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life.' One verse calls us to our knees. The other calls us to our feet. In this moment in our nation's history, we need both like never before." 

     Hmmm. As in sports? There are coaches, but players do the work? 

Tomorrow: Warfare is spiritual