Update: Listen to “Land of the Free, Home of the Saved”
This week the Lord spoke to me early Thur. morning concerning this weekend and the message that I was to deliver on Sunday morning at Bethany North. He spoke 2 different things to me and for the first you will have to be there, get the tape, or watch on the internet. The second part of what He showed me consisted of 3 words that describe our great nation prophetically and the 3 conditions that line up with each.
1. Promise- America is the land of promise. It has been since its conception and has grown in world wide prominence as a place that anything is possible for anyone. Very much like when a person gets saved and the Lord releases them into the great promises of His Word, America is a place of endless possibilities.
-condition: the strict adherence and honor of the Word of God. All promise comes from the Word of God and if we continue to ignore and blatantly disobey His precious Word then we will cease to be a land of desire and will become a land of disaster.
2. Power- America is the most powerful nation in the world. Our military might and technological advantage have given us the position of sole world superpower. This power was given to us by God because of our honor to Him. We must recognize that it is the Lord that lifts one up and puts another down. Our power cannot be taken for granted for it can end in a moment.
-condition: humility before God and recognition of our responsibility in the global arena to use our power for good and not ambition, freedom not tyranny, and righteousness over wickedness. Pride will always come before a fall and if we are lifted up in a pride that ceases to rely and depend on Almighty God then we will be humbled and stripped of power. Ex. Dan. 4 when God struck Nebuchadnezzar and he ate grass for 7 years!
3. Purpose- there is no doubt that God has laid His divine hand of purpose on our great nation for centuries because of our stand for Him. As “one nation under God” we have defeated Hitler, communism, and stood by like a guardian angel for the nation of Israel (which is the apple of God’s eye). The way the Lord has used America for His purposes is undeniable and makes me proud to be an American.
-condition: PRAYER!!! If we want to continue our role as being used for righteous purposes and not positioned for judgment we must continue to pray for our great nation and ask God to begin a fresh awakening that starts in our hearts and moves to the highest seats of power and the lowest haunts of wickedness. Let us not be so caught up in our own lives and prosperity that we forget to lift up the land that has given us the privilege of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in Christ Jesus.
Matt. 24:6-8 And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end wont’ follow immediately. Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. But all of this is only the first of the birth pains with more to come.
WOW!! This is THE most hard hitting word yet Pastor Joel! The Lord has been showing some of my family members the same thing. This is total confirmation…The Holy Spirit is amazing!!
Hope to watch online can’t wait to hear the rest of the Word!
Brad B.
Obedience to the Word, humility before God, & prayer – sounds like trade secrets for success. Must be more conscious of these conditions & pray without ceasing that our leaders & persons of influence are or grow conscious of them, too. God bless you. Glad to see assurance of a kidney with your name on it.
I just listened to the sermon on this and it was Outstanding! Powerful! and Cutting Edge!
Gods word is indeed sharper than any two-edged sword!! Just reading part of the sermon was like wow, its amazing how everythig has a meaning to it. Cant wait to hear the full sermon!!
God Bless =]
I thought it was an outstanding sermon that completely supported to need to pray for our nation and leaders to make right decisions. We must pray for Americans on the fence to understand that “America can’t continue as the breadbasket of the world in an environment of chaos and confusion”. Any elementary plan of attack to delay or stop an achievement begins with little distortions of the truth, and the spirit of sexual confusion has moved into a whole new phase of battle from GBLTs as victims or cultured to a way of life promoted as normal. Part of the problem is that there are so many wicked non-GBLTs, but it must be said again & again that the unthinkable sometimes happens, and faith in the Word of God must be held firm. As you said, American Christians need to know the Bible is “not a self-help book”, and “we must be careful not to scoff at the word of God” or our “Jerusalem can turn into Babylon”. (beg pardon if these quotes are not exact; my notes aren’t perfect.) I think you are dead on that the spirits of Baal and Ashtoreth are hard at work building forces in our nation to destroy the God-fearing backbone of America to weaken the spread of the gospel in the hope that God will cast us out from his presence. Our role concerning the Nation of Israel is one that needs relentless prayer as we indeed do not want to be on the wrong side of that alignment. For both of these issues, it is so true that we should not “sit back and let future generations fight what we could have deterred.”
Zeal with knowledge and a Prophetic anointing :D In awe of God!
I wasn’t able to be there Sunday morning, but i caught the podcast. The first part of the message really spoke to me. To me Egypt isn’t going back to sin, but my Egypt is a season and place that the Lord has clearly delivered me from, yet in moments of doubt in the desert , I tend to look back and long for the comfort and familiarity of that past season…..but I know that God has a promised land for me if I will continue to walk by Faith. It was just a very timely word for me. The Holy Spirit never ceases to amaze me. :-)
This Land of the Free Home of the Saved blog answered a lot of my questions about whats going on right now. Thank you sooo much. God bless!
After reading what you wrote on the 4th of this month, I’ve come to realize that America is in big trouble if she can’t change her course and realize that Jesus is the only way to heaven. I’ve noticed that nowadays it’s been the norm to brag about the freedom that we’ve got, however, what we fail to realize is that we have no freedom without Christ.