{"id":1347,"date":"2020-09-23T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/leanna\/v1\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2024-01-22T10:13:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T10:13:44","slug":"heal-our-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/leanna\/v1\/heal-our-land\/","title":{"rendered":"HEAL OUR LAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our nation \u2013 and the world \u2013 is experiencing one of the most momentous times in history. While the Covid-19 shutdowns have magnified poverty in developing nations, the racial unrest in the US has spilled over to other nations. Meanwhile in India, a nation into which I have invested 20+ years of my life, radical discrimination constantly threatens minority groups and faiths including my own spiritual sons and daughters.<\/p>\n

We grieve with the family of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who at age 87 passed away on Sept. 18 \u2013 which happens to be the Jewish Rosh Hashanah or Feast of Trumpets. There is now the opportunity to appoint in her place a judge who will promote life.<\/p>\n

The choices that Americans makes in this season could have as dramatic implications as did our decisions two other times \u2013 during the Civil War when our nation could have split apart, and WWII when the world could have been overrun by the Nazis. In both of those historic moments America and other nations made the right decision. But in those days we were in many ways more aligned with our roots than we are today.<\/p>\n

The world is watching, and the powers of darkness stand poised to pounce while a nation which has halted terrorism, promoted peace, built civilization, and carried Christ\u2019s love throughout the world is bleeding, being torn apart from within.\u00a0This is not about politics nor is it about political parties. This is a crisis of VALUES, of PRINCIPLES<\/strong>.\u00a0Will the people of this nation continue to stand upon our foundation \u2013 the Bible and a Judeo-Christian worldview? Or will we close our eyes to the lessons of which History tries to remind us, and go the way of other fallen empires, conquered by our own vices?<\/strong>\u00a0Those lessons tell us\u00a0a nation\u2019s prosperity and peace lie in its alignment with freedom guarded by truth and Biblical morality.<\/strong>\u00a0Those lessons warn that a peoples\u2019 ruination lies in the way of rebellion against personal responsibility, in the way of relativism replacing truth, and the exploitation of the voiceless.<\/p>\n

KIDNAPPED<\/strong><\/p>\n

The other day a friend named Jace sent me a letter. He recently spent two years working for the Iraqi government and also has served on our Board and worked with us in India. I will summarize but to read his full letter go\u00a0here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jace was in India visiting a village with a pastor. Walking through the narrow alleys between huts, they reached the center courtyard of the village. There, Jace witnessed a heart wrenching sight: A young woman was lying on a bench weeping uncontrollably. Those standing around her could not console her, so deep was her grief. The pastor informed Jace that this mother and her family had been attending a wedding when they suddenly realized their young daughter was missing. After days of desperate searching the girl was never found and it was concluded she had been kidnapped, possibly to become a sex slave.<\/p>\n

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But another possibility was equally gruesome: \u00a0\u00a0Jace wrote, \u201cIn India, many believe that their gods will look favorably on the construction of a building or bridge by the sacrifice of a young child. They do this by throwing a child into the concrete while it is being poured,\u00a0burying them alive<\/em>\u00a0in the foundation. Young children are kidnapped and murdered every year all over India in this ritual sacrifice to appease their gods. The government officials know this is happening and turn the other way allowing it to continue to this day.\u201d It is likely that the weeping mother\u2019s daughter suffered such a fate.<\/p>\n

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But in our very own nation will we also continue to turn the other way? We allow the atrocity to continue every time we do not take a stand for the life of the unborn or newly born unwanted child. At least the little girl had loving parents who tried to find her and hoped to bring her home safely. But the unborn child \u2013 and now,\u00a0even the newly born \u2013 is willfully sacrificed by his or her own parents on the altar of convenience to appease the false god of self.<\/strong><\/p>\n

GRACE AND TRUTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus made this ominous statement:\u00a0\u201cBe careful that the light within you is not darkness.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(Luke 11:35) Right now there is such strong deception that well-meaning people think they are representing the light, when the \u201clight\u201d they represent is actually darkness. This is a dreadful thought, and worthy of deep introspection. Paul warned,\u00a0\u201cSatan himself masquerades as an\u00a0angel<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0light<\/strong>.\u201d (2 Cor. 11:14)<\/em>\u00a0How can we know the difference? How can we know which is the truth? The media has become the worst deceiver today. (Go\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for a fairly balanced media source.) Today, truth is rarely found in a quick Google or Hey Siri search.\u00a0There is only one way to know truth from error, light from darkness: To know the Word of God. The Bible holds the words of LIFE. When we know the Bible and the heart and character of God, then we know what is light and what is darkness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A TIME TO RETURN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ten days between the Jewish Feast of Trumpets (Sept 18-20) and the Day of Atonement (Sept 27-28) are a time of introspection and repentance. Sept 26th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 40 days before the US presidential election \u2013 happens to fall within this time period.<\/p>\n

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These are only a few of the reasons for which I felt led to arise from comfortable, peaceful, beautiful western Colorado and plan to drive four hours over the mountain to Denver, then fly to Washington DC where I hear that violet rioters are a constant threat, to participate in a momentous\u00a0solemn assembly<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0called\u00a0The Return<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday Sept. 26<\/strong>. Let all of us, no matter where we are, in what nation or in what state, take this opportunity to pray. Whatever nation you represent, repent on behalf of your nation and your people. God desires to HEAL and RESTORE, and He will do it as His people RETURN to Him in prayer, repentance, and alignment with His love, mercy and truth.\u00a0(2 Chron. 7:14)<\/em><\/p>\n

I aim to come on Facebook on Saturday afternoon LIVE from the Washington DC Mall area, so you can be a part of the actual event too!<\/strong>\u00a0Follow us!\u00a0@WeIgniteNations<\/a>. See you there\u2026 and please, use this time to pray and to ask what part you can play. Don\u2019t be complacent! ALL lives matter! Your influence matters! Your prayers matter! Let us return to our God, embrace His Truths, and allow God to heal our hearts and our land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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