Go,In His Name

St. Augustine once said,

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”

In regards to prayer, it seems as if lately God is holding up a mirror to our prayers and saying “Yes, you go….”

Micah 6:8 “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”


Ecclesiastes 12:13 “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”


This is how I feel God is responding to our prayers;

“Father, raise up godly leaders to positions of influence and help us through these corrupt and troubled times”

God is saying “Yes, you go and raise up godly leaders. Mothers and fathers teach your children. You have the ability to do this in my name.

Proverbs 22:6 “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”


Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”


“Father, rescue the poor and the homeless”

God is saying “Yes, you go and rescue them. Create an environment where they can legitimately become part of the market place and be productive citizens earning there own living with dignity. You have the ability to do this in my name.”

1 Thessalonians 4:11 “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you”


2 Thessalonians 3:10 “Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: "Those unwilling to work will not get to eat”


Deuteronomy 25:15” Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.”


Matthew 7:12 “Therefore, whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them, because this summarizes the Law and the Prophets."


“Father, bring peace to a troubled people in the Middle East and throughout third world countries."

God is saying “Yes, you go and bring the peace I have given you to these nations and teach everyone my commandments.”

Matthew 28:19 “Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”

Matthew 28:20 “Teach them to do everything I have commanded you. And remember that I am always with you until the end of time."


“Father, rescue those who are being sold as slaves in the markets throughout the world”

God is saying “Yes, you go and rescue these people and bring the criminals before the court to stand trial and receive their punishment. You have the ability to do this in my name.

Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;”


Psalm 82:4 “Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”


Isaiah 1:17 “Learn to do good. Seek justice. Arrest oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows."


“Father, help us to protect the un-born and allow them to live fulfilling lives.”

God is saying “Yes, you go and protect the un-born. Create a culture of life that embraces all humanity as a sacred creation endowed by me with un-alienable rights. You have the ability to do this in my name.”

Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."


Psalm 139:16 “your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”


Malachi 4:6 “And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”


“Father, help us turn away from sin and protect our children from a violent and narcissistic culture.”

God is saying “Yes, you go and change your culture into a reflection of all that is good. Create beauty and embrace truth and excellence in all learning, redeem the arts and pursue godly knowledge and wisdom. You have the ability to do this in my name.”

Philippians 4:8 “And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”


1 Peter 2:12 “Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”


Romans 12:2 “Do not be conformed to this world, but continually be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is-what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.”


“Father, bring healing and comfort to those who are ill and hurting and need your touch”

God is saying “Yes, you go and bring comfort to them. Minister to their injury and sickness and pray with them and for them that they may know my presence and my healing power. You have the ability to do this in my name.”

Hebrews 3:13 “On the contrary encourage one another, day after day, so long as To-day lasts, so that not one of you may be hardened through the deceitful character of sin.”


James 5:16 “Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”


Acts 4:29-30 “And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”


“Father, help us to live godly lives to know your will and to do it”

God is saying “Yes, you go and live godly lives and be holy and teach others the same. You have the ability to do this in my name.”

2 Peter 1:3 “By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.”


2 Peter 5:7 “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.”


James 1:22 “But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.”


Perhaps, God has been holding up a mirror all this time, waiting for us to move obediently in His name, with faith that in His name, our prayers offered up in His name, will be answered.

Philippians 4:13 “For I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength.”

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Cleaning up shop - not much time to write lately - so the content will be sporadic and generally focused on recent events, political and cultural.

However,the next essay,as promised,will be about the failed attempt of the Pilgrim settlers at living out a communist lifestyle. They had failed so miserably at producing a harvest that the winter following claimed many lives due to malnutrition.

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Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves

There is a threatening cry of frustration coming from the extreme religious right against President Obama and his liberal socialist agenda. Tony Norman of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette writes in a recent article,

“Earlier this year, the Rev. Wiley Drake of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, Calif., instructed his followers to pray for Obama's death. Presidential candidate Alan Keyes' former running mate called down curses on Mr. Obama, based on prayers of vengeance from the Psalms.
In Tempe, Ariz., Pastor Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church called for Mr. Obama's death on the eve of his visit to Phoenix earlier this year."

Some of the so called “Christian faithful”, having no foundation from which to pursue opposing or reforming the policies of the political behemoth of liberalism, have resorted to speaking threatening words which could certainly be classified by some as hate speech. True followers of Christ should be quick to rebuke those who resort to this type of dissent. It is not Christ-like, does not help resolve the situation or advance a civil debate and attracts those who have no instruction in civil discourse. In short it is dangerous and helps no one but the enemy.

We must look at this question however. Why should there be this deep sense of frustration? President Obama and his Socialist-Marxist views should come as no surprise. In Scripture, Hosea 10:12 reminds us of the dangers of turning away from truth and righteousness.. “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness on you. You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies:" Yes we are eating the fruit of lies, and we are not brave or humble enough to seek the remedy.

What are we to expect from the generations we have trained and schooled for years in the philosophies of vain deceit. The Christian community has stood by and witnessed the gradual fall from righteous instruction to instruction in lies. Many have made the exodus from the leftist run educational systems and institutions realizing the immediate threat to their children and the future. In many instances most people have not been aware of a threat or not able to make a move, others are un-willing to make the sacrifices needed to insure the proper transfer of instruction and education to our young people. Thus we have reaped the fruits of our labor or lack thereof. Leaders who have no understanding of the concepts and ways of justice, liberty and freedom and personal responsibility are now in control of the political realm.

Let’s not fall prey to the tempter who would entice us to resort to acts of violence, but let us pray for our rulers even for those who oppress us. We should pray for wisdom in responding using the tools of our political structure to its best and highest use.

Recently a group of religious leaders signed a historic document called the Manhattan Declaration. This document affirms the commitment of religious leaders across the denominational spectrum to the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and religious freedom. I encourage you to read this important document and sign on in agreement.

http://manhattandeclaration.org

Our duty is to watch and pray and to continue in the way that God has instructed us.

Col 3:16
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom,teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord"

2 Timothy 2:22-25
"Keep a strong curb, however, on your youthful cravings; and strive for integrity, good faith, love, peace, in company with all who pray to the Lord with pure hearts. But avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, knowing--as you do--that these lead to quarrels; and a bond-servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be inoffensive towards all men, a skillful teacher, and patient under wrongs. He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth"

We need to embrace once again the spirit of humility and thankfulness that our Pilgrim Fathers did; embracing the understanding and faith which brought forth the fruits of righteousness, a free self-governing people and a foundation for government based upon biblical principles.

Next Post; Pilgrims vs Puritans and Communism

Ideas Have Consequences

As we grieve for the loss of brothers and sisters at Fort Hood, Texas, and pray for Gods peace and comfort for their families and the community, may we consider the urgent need to come to our senses regarding the folly of political correctness.

How many tragic events will it take before we realize that our current battles are not unlike the battles of yesterday? Why are we so often surprised by the actions of people who have a clear and dangerous ideological distinction from us? Many of us remember the stories of the Nazi occupation of European countries, the concentration and death camps and the determination of the followers of one ideology to extinguish all others. It took tremendous resolve and sacrifice to win this war. We faced a similar threat after World War II and fought the Communist in Korea and Vietnam and a Cold War with an arms build up and a somewhat diminished ideological debate. That debate like many others has been abandoned by the embracing of the new tolerance and moral relativity.

We are witnessing the fruits of ideological capitulation on the part of our religious, educational and political institutions. Nurtured by our intellectual political enemies in the universities and agencies of social change "Political Correctness" has become the defining quality of the New Progressive American. Not willing or able to take a stand against ideologies that destroy the liberating qualities of a moral absolute we are now unwittingly falling for anything, surrendering security and freedom. PC has neutered our ability to engage in a reasonable debate regarding the validity and consequences of philosophies and ideologies that shore up or tear down the God given freedoms we have been blessed with in America.

Kerby Anderson, of Probe Ministries International explains the problem.

“Much of the confusion stems from our country's misunderstanding of democratic pluralism. Our founders wisely established a country that protected individual personal beliefs with constitutional guarantees of speech, assembly, and religion. But undergirding this pluralism was a legal foundation that presupposed a Judeo-Christian system of ethics. Thus, in the area of personal ethics, people are free to think and believe anything they want. Moreover, they are free to practice a high degree of ethical pluralism in their personal life. To use a common phrase, they are free "to do their own thing." But that doesn't imply total ethical anarchy. Not everyone can "do his own thing" in every arena of life, so government must set some limits to human behavior.”

We are called time and again to stand up and engage the enemies of this freedom at all levels, spiritual, intellectual and physical. By necessity this will entail a healthy discussion unfettered by the touchy feely relativity of the PC intellectual. This will entail a healthy loving evangelical proclamation of the absolutes found in scripture with the hope of the propagation of the forgiveness and grace of Jesus Christ. This will entail a strong posture of defense in our government and military that stands to defend the rights of all who do good, and punishing those who do evil while maintaining the highest capacities and qualities of justice and liberty. (Romans 13) This assumes that we are able to freely discern and express what is good and evil without the interference of those who would destroy our freedoms.

This first great battle was lost in the Garden of Eden. (Genesis chapters 2 and 3) When Eve was approached by the serpent, his first strike was to her intellect. He questioned Eve as to the validity of Gods word. “ Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’? As the devil twisted the words of God, Eve accepted his premise that perhaps God was not revealing all the beneficial attributes of his creation. Having captured Eves mind it was a short step to corrupting her will. You know the rest of the story. The concept is clear in scripture “as he thinketh in his heart so is he” (Proverbs 23:) the mind and heart control the will. “A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.” (Matthew 12: 35)

In many countries, Muslim thinking, based on studies of their religious text the Koran, is perceived as anti-Christian and consequently follows that it is anti-American. Many Muslims assume incorrectly that all Americans are Christian, much like we assume incorrectly that all Muslims are either followers of a peaceful religion or terrorist. Our lack of understanding the extremes in both the Christian and Muslim world adds to our confusion and ability to reason correctly. In fact sin has no boundaries; the Muslim and the Christian are equally plagued with sin and its tragic consequences. The great distinction (that we are in danger of losing) is the fact that our foundation of freedom is based on scriptural principles and the freedom by which Christ has set us free. (Galatians 5:1) In comparison many extremist believe the Koran calls for death to infidels and un-believers (Jews and Christians included), Christianity calls for speaking the truth in love and extending the grace and forgiveness of our lord Jesus Christ to those who are lost. We have no mandate to force our faith upon the others by the sword but to explain the mercy and grace of the gospel, and to teach all things that has been revealed to us in His word. (Matthew 28:20)

This battle is not to be taken lightly and we ignore its necessity to our peril. As we grieve with those who grieve and pray for the souls that suffer in this loss let us not lose faith in God. May He empower us in His Spirit to engage the enemy at all fronts intellectually, spiritually and physically to preserve our freedom and the freedom of others to pursue God without doing harm. For we truly believe that “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
(Hebrews 11:6)

If You Lived Here!

Many road weary travelers have seen the large billboard above the thruway that reads “If you lived here you would be home by now!” The text is usually splashed across a beautifully inviting view of the surrounding landscape. You may be familiar with the popular saying “home is where the hearts is” There is a similar saying from the Bible that says “where your treasure is there your heart will be also”.

God in heaven has placed within each of us a longing for that home. This is not the home you have grown up in although it may have a special place in our hearts and we long to return there. You may have grown up in a place that you would never call home and would never want to return. The longing for the home that God has provided for us is deeper and more persistent than any other longing. Our hearts have an emptiness that only God can fill. Our desire is for the perfect home of love, mercy, grace and forgiveness, the place where you are welcome as you are, but loved too much to be left that way.

When the prodigal son returned home to his father he was a mess. Smelling of swine and rotten food, dirty and sweaty yet his father ran out to him and embraced him. After the boy had placed his life in his father’s hands, repented of his foolish behavior and surrendered all his rights as a son in the hope of being employed as one of his fathers servants, his father spoke words of love. He called for the servants to bring his son to wash and be clothed in the finest clothes he had. He called for the servants to prepare a great banquet for his son and placed a signet ring upon his finger. There he became once more his father’s son and in his mercy and grace he found his place at home.

Are you on your way home? Do you see the sign that God placed in your heart? If you lived here you would be home by now! Will you allow God to change you into the complete and perfect child He created you to be?

This is the treasure, the complete makeover. He will pull you out of the miry clay, out of the overwhelming floods of pain and guilt. In the Bible book of John we read that God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believed on him would not perish but will gain eternal life. We also read that He came unto His own but His own received Him not but as many as received Him to them He gave the right to be called the sons of God. In miraculous displays of who He was, Jesus gave evidence of His deity, God and man, rejected by many and embraced by more, crucified, died and buried, He rose from the dead and appeared to over 500. Eyewitnesses testified unto death as they declared His truth. Jesus said “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30) Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me” (John 14:6)

The apostle Paul writes in Romans 6:23 “the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” This gift is the great treasure that we embrace. This is the treasure that draws our hearts to the place we call home.“And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus”. (Ephesians 2:6) We have a place in the heavens and there, where your treasure is, your heart will be also. This is the home where your heart longs to be. Do you hear Jesus calling you home?

Are you a road weary traveler? Are you longing for that wonderful warm and peaceful place you can call home? Do you see the sign God has placed in your heart? Receive Jesus, the gift of God, as the treasure, surrender to Him, embrace Him with your heart and you will be home!

I’m OK, are you?

I recently approached a vehicle and was soon contemplating the prominently displayed bumper sticker that read “Born OK the first time”. That’s strange I thought, apparently this person either believes he is immortal or is OK with what this mortal life has to offer including death. "OK" is a very subjective term. I can think of a few murderous kings and leaders who thought they were OK too. By the way, fortunately for us the villains I had in mind are now dead. But somehow we never quite have a shortage of them.

In reality none of us will escape death. The moment we are born we begin our journey to the grave. Perhaps this "Born OK" person is OK with that and expects nothing more from his existence, in a senseless reality. But what if there is something more? What if there is something that makes sense, which gives us hope? What if there is something that fills the deep longing in our hearts, something that restores us and commands death to release us?

Has this person heard the good news, that eternal life is available and is a choice we all can make? It appears that he has made the choice to decline the offer and live in his reality intent on savoring every desperate attempt to enjoy the journey to the grave. How sad to toss away such a generous offer.

“But what makes you so sure about this offer?” you say.
“After all if something sounds to good to be true it's probably not.” You are a wise skeptic and not easily led astray. Perhaps if our ancient ancestors had been more skeptical we would be in a different situation. I am certain of this offer exactly because our current condition testifies to the fact that we have disobeyed God and very often choose the deception without first verifying the facts.

It is at this point that I begin an explanation of what in the world I am writing about. It is at this point where you decide either to do something else with your time, or invest it in the search for hope, exploring the words of God. The Bible says God will reward those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6

The good news of God is as real as the bad news of our current death journey. In the Bible book of Genesis chapter 3, we read about Adam and Eve and the choice they made. Adam had been instructed by God to enjoy all the fruit of the garden but the fruit from one tree, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The choice was simple obey God or disobey God.

But Eve soon heard an offer that was too good to be true. I’ve always wondered about that statement. If an offer is really good, how could it be a lie? Is anything good if it is not real? If the offer is a lie, then it is not good at all! The one making the offer is a liar.

In the book of John 8:44 we read that our enemy is the “father of lies”. He comes to steal and to destroy. In Genesis 2nd chapter, God tells Adam that if you “eat of this tree you will die” The devil, our enemy, calls God a liar and tells Eve “you will surely not die….you will become like God”. So the devil tempts Eve with a new perspective. The choice now appears to be eat and die, or eat and be like God. Hmmmmm looks like Eve forgot one thing when she looked at these options. Both of these statements cannot be true! All truth claims are not equal and or true. She allowed the devil to twist the truth and present her with false options. The original choice was obey God or disobey God.

Perhaps she would have been wise to bring the question to Adam and together bring the question to God. Adam fell for the lie just like Eve did. He should of spoken to his Creator about this new idea that contradicted what God had said. But he did not. Adam took the offer, willingly disobeying God and putting us all in the same predicament. Suddenly, Adam recalled God saying “the day you choose to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil is the day you die” Adam certainly must have felt sick in his stomach as he recalled God’s command. The pangs of death already at work in his body made him fearful. It was a long and laborious death but eventually Adam and Eve died. Their descendants have been dying to this day. In fact you might say death runs in the family, it’s in our DNA.

Thankfully, this is not the end of the story. We can put away all thoughts of the inevitable destiny we face for only so long. At some point we must confront reality. The God of reality has provided a means for humanity to be reconciled to Him. Yeah, we still have an appointment with death, that is our present reality. But God, in His mercy will grant us a “do-over” right now! He will allow us to become “born again” into righteousness and everlasting life. Because we are not “Born OK the first time”


Next Post “Good News”

Can’t wait? read John 11:25 then read the whole book of John.

1 Corinthian 15:22

As everyone dies because of Adam, so also everyone will be made alive because of Christ.

Psalm 32:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord...

Minnesota 1857,

Preamble: We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings:

Oregon 1857,

Bill of Rights, and Article I. Section 2: All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences...

Effective Protest ?

The original tea party protest was the spear head event of a tax protest movement by the American colonist which quickly brought the English tea merchants to the brink of ruin. Like the tea party protest of old, our current protest may only be effective when the impact of our displeasure is felt in the pockets and investment portfolios of Washington politicians and bureaucrats. Of course the government can always print more money, as it has recently become accustomed to doing with abandon, to soften the blow of an actual tax revolt.

However is an effective tax revolt possible? If all conservative patriots decided to no longer pay any tax at all, how would that work?

The original tea party had teeth because the economic structure of a free market had yet to be tampered with by self seeking socialist ideologues.

Our current tax policy is a great multi-tentacled octopus reaching into every area of life. Try to avoid paying your local, state and federal tax on fuel, it is impossible; it is built into the price at the pump. Try to avoid paying your local, state and federal taxes on your telephone and utility service. These also are built into the cost and billed monthly. You will find the same problem with trying to not pay your payroll and income tax. Taxes are included in the cost of goods manufactured and sold. Large corporations pass on their tax burden to the consumer. There is no place to hide from taxes, and individuals who refuse to pay taxes will be prosecuted. A tax revolt that is waged in the form of non-payment of taxes is not likely to happen.

Tea party and anti-socialism protesters whose aim is to bring about serious debate and or change in government tax and spend and control policy will only be laughed off by the current mainstream media and Washington pundits and then silenced by ridicule and intimidation. The power of mainstream media has been demonstrated by its ability to place in office the most radical left wing president ever in the history of America.

The rallying cry of no taxation without representation is no longer taken seriously because taxation has been institutionalized and codified into the market and every economic segment of society. This is our problem; we have over-abundant taxation with little to no effective representation. The cry of the patriots has fallen on deaf ears. Politicians no longer hear the American patriots, they have attained powers that allow them to pay lip service to all constituents yet remain un-accountable.

Because of the lack of accountability in our representatives, a radical left leaning press and the impossibility of a tax revolt to help bring substantial pressure to force the issues, Americans are no longer able to effectively protect and maintain their liberties.

Protesting conservatives will not be taken seriously by those in power whose ends are to destroy the free market economy and establish an all encompassing nanny state built on the phony philosophy of compassionate socialism.

Freedom loving Americans are at the edge and need to be reassured that they have leaders who will fight to protect their social liberties and economic freedom. Leaders may emerge by-passing the mainstream media, gathering support via the web and other neutral means of communication. Unless conservative leadership organizes soon American patriots will feel abandoned. Left alone to fend off this socialistic encroachment into all aspects of life will they surrender quietly or will they stand united as true American patriots?

We must understand that the strength needed for overcoming the advance of despotism is not earthly. We must stand in the strength of the victory we have in Christ Jesus. Many people do not understand this and will be determined to use force and all types of strategies to bring about change. Early American patriots understood that the battle was the Lords and the outcome was in His hands. All action or inaction on the part of the true patriot should stem from a heart felt devotion to the word of God as truth and the guide to all of life. For a truly effective protest and stand against tyranny we must be engaged in the spiritual battle through prayer and spirit led action. We must engage ideas in the realm of policy and philosophy head on in a direct and thoughtful debate. Taking captive every thought that stands against the knowledge of God and Christ.

Eph 6:12

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .

Col 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

2 Cor 10:5

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Gal 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.


Psalm 32:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord...

Iowa 1857

Preamble: We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings establish this Constitution.