This Thursday is the National Day of Prayer. The theme for this year is ‘America, Honor God’.
“Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God” - Thomas Jefferson
Hear Rebecca talk about the power of prayer…
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“…everybody can relate to the concept of the world seeming very out of control.” - Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard commenting on the reason for the popularity of their song ‘World Wide Suicide’
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Two eyes
One tongue
I’ve come undone
I’m no victim
I’ve paid these dues
I came to lose
I don’t want to fight about it now with the whole world upside down
I don’t have a soul to trust in now with the whole world upside down
We are one tonight and we’re singing it out
We are one tonight and we’re dreaming out loud
Though the world is flawed these scars will heal
We are one tonight
I don’t want to lose the common ground with the whole world upside down
I don’t want to fight about it now in a world that’s burning out
Switchfoot - ‘We Are One Tonight’ 
Why is it so easy and comfortable for our hearts to become calloused,
and so hard for them to be made tender again?
Sin: we so easily go down its path. Once there, hopefully we’ll see that we’re somewhere we’re not meant to be. But the problem still remains - how do we get back to where we need to be? Such is the nature of sin: we can cause the problem, and cannot do anything to solve it on our own.
Thankfully, God can do it, and wants to…
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
