This song is as much at home being sung in stadiums packed with thousands of sports fans as it is in churches filled with reflective audiences.

God Bless America

It's as much at home being sung in stadiums packed with thousands of sports fans as it is in churches filled with reflective audiences.

Regardless of the where we are, "God Bless America" has become our nation's prayer and rallying cry since the events of September 11, 2001.

God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Through the night with a light from above. From the mountains to the prairies To the oceans white with foam, God bless America, my home, sweet home. God bless America, my home, sweet home.

The Words...

This "solemn prayer" for America has already been answered in countless ways and in millions of lives. We are so blessed to live, laugh, and love in America-and we are free to enjoy all that our hearts hold so dear.

God has generously blessed America, from the peaceful Pacific ocean beaches to the Atlantic ocean in the east. We have great big beautiful Great Lakes in the north and the Gulf of Mexico in the south.

America has thousands of unique cities and towns that speckle our landscape. And we have the rolling hills, the spacious plains, the majestic mountains. Truly this is our "home, sweet home."

Our people are from diverse backgrounds

We are a diverse population, gathered from the four corners of the earth, working together to make America a unique and unparalleled nation in which to live.

But in the midst of these benefits we often fail to recognize the greatest blessing that we, and all people of the world, were created for-a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

And this can only be possible through true repentance. That is doing the opposite of what we have been doing. The Bible says, "Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish" (Luke 13:5). And in Acts 17:30 we read, "God . . . commands all people everywhere to repent." The meaning of the word repent is "change your mind." It's doing a complete turnaround. Instead of going away from God, we must turn toward Him and accept His plan for our lives.

Here's His plan

First: Recognize and confess to God that we all have sinned before Him. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him [Jesus] the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:6).

Second: Realize that Jesus paid our sin-debt by dying on the cross. Three days later God raised Him from the dead. Jesus wants to save you from an eternity separated from God. "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God" (1 Peter 3:18). "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him [Jesus] should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16).

Third: Receive Christ as your personal Savior. "To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" (John 1:12). "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" from eternity in hell (Romans 10:13).

If you will pray this short prayer and sincerely mean it in your heart, the Lord will hear you and make you one of His own children. You will be forgiven and receive God's gift of eternal life. And that's the most wonderful blessing from God you'll ever receive in this blessed country!

Dear God, I confess I have sinned against You. I accept what Christ did for me on the cross as payment for my sins. Please cleanse my heart from my sins and save me right now. Amen.

 

A reminder from the flag The white stripes of the flag shine so brightly, uncorrupted by any dark stain. But no person can boast of such purity. The Bible says, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). This sin leaves a deadly stain on our hearts that separates us from God, a stain that cannot be wiped away by any human effort. Only Jesus Christ, God's Son who became a man, has ever lived a pure, sinless life. And this perfect man is the only one who can remove the stain of sin from our hearts and make us pure in the sight of a holy God. Red stripes remind me of the result of sin. The Bible says, "without shedding of blood is no remission" of sins (Hebrews 9:22). Moral living, charity, good works, even baptismal water cannot wash away the stain of sin. Because of His great love for us, God sent His Son to earth to accept our sin upon Himself and be punished for it in our place. Thus, it is this blood, "the blood of Jesus Christ... [that] cleanseth us from all sin" (1 John 1:7). The book of Isaiah in the Bible puts it this way: "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5). But Jesus' human body did not stay bruised and broken. He rose to life again, conquering death. Like standing under the evening sky, gazing at the star-scattered blue of the U.S. flag reminds me of Heaven, a place of ultimate freedom--from sin, sickness, and death--and a place of eternal communion with God. The Bible promises that in Heaven we will shine like stars forever (Daniel 12:3). But Heaven cannot be entered just by wishing, or by working, or even by chance. Instead, you must believe in Christ's sacrifice for you, turn from your sins, and live wholeheartedly for God. The Bible tells us that "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" (John 3:36). Would you like to experience the greatest freedom of all--the freedom from sin and death? Does your heart yearn to live forever with God in Heaven? If so, pray something like this: Dear Heavenly Father, I know that I have sinned. I am truly sorry and repent from my sins. I believe that Your Son Jesus took my punishment by dying on the cross, then conquered death by rising to life again. Please purify my heart from the stain of my sin and help me to live to please You. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

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2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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