3. PSALM 33:12 “BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD.” PROVERBS 14:34 “RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION, BUT SIN IS A DISGRACE TO ANY PEOPLE.”

4. “MAY HEAVEN TO THIS UNION CONTINUE ITS BENEFICENCE.” “IN GOD WE TRUST” “LAUS DEO” (PRAISE BE TO GOD) “Holiness to the Lord” Ex. 28:26 “Search the Scriptures” Jn. 5:39 “The memory of the Just is blessed” Prov. 10:7

6. THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL (IN DEPENDENCE) “GOD WHO GAVE US LIFE, GAVE US LIBERTY. CAN THE LIBERTIES OF A NATION BE SECURE WHEN WE HAVE REMOVED THE CONVICTION THAT THESE LIBERTIES ARE A GIFT FROM GOD? INDEED, I TREMBLE FOR MY COUNTRY WHEN I REFLECT THAT GOD IS JUST, THAT HIS JUSTICE CANNOT SLEEP FOREVER….” “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR....”

7. “Thus says the LORD, cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD. For he will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when prosperity comes but will live in stony places in the wilderness a land of salt without inhabitant.” “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.” Jeremiah 17:5-8

8. GOD’S PLAN FOR BOTH MAN AND NATIONS “I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU”, DECLARES THE LORD, “PLANS FOR BLESSING AND NOT FOR CALAMITY, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE.” Jeremiah 29:11

9. 10 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS THAT CHANGED AMERICA 1925 – Evolution1980 – 10 Commandments 1948 – Religion1987 – Evolution 1962 – Prayer1989 – Nativity Scenes 1963 – Bible Reading1992 – Graduation Prayers 1973 – Abortion2015 – Gay Marriage

10. III. AMERICAS HOPE GOD’S PROMISE

12. IT’S TIME TO PRAY! (Cont.)

13. WE PRAY TO THE GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE! “O LORD GOD, it is you who did make the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.” (Acts 4:24)

14. PRAYER MAKES A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE – WHEN WE PRAY:

17. WE PRAY TO THE GOD WHO HEARS AND ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS AND HELPS US IN OUR TIME OF NEED! “And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered was shaken and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit began to speak the Word of God with boldness” Acts 4:31

18. CONCLUSION