Do you know what President Abraham Lincoln's favorite hymn was - and by the way he had many! Our church sponsored an event over the weekend with Dr. Edward Spann, a Dallas hymnologist, who has written a book entitled PRESIDENTIAL PRAISE. In it he tells of over 40 U.S. presidents who loved singing hymns and what their favorites were. One of President Lincoln's was "How Tedius and Tasteless the Hours" written by John Newton.
It's Presidents Day and our verse for the day is actually the motto of our U.S. money - coins and currency. It was adopted in l864 during President Lincoln's term because his Secretary of the Treasury believed that "...no nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in his defense." President Ronald Reagan said "if we ever forget we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." These are difficult days for our country...our society has become critical, selfish and hard to govern. I want a president who will seek strength and wisdom from God...I believe our current president does.
We have a great privilege to be able to not only trust God for our country's welfare, but to be able to pray directly that He will give wisdom and guidance to those who govern our country. Our nation was founded on reliance upon God's wisdom and power and it is imperative that not only our leaders, but ourselves as well, trust God every day with every part of our government. We have elections coming up...I will be voting for the one who seeks his wisdom from God.
For further study: Psalm 20:7, Psalm 56:4, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Isaiah 8:12-17, Romans 9:33, Romans 13:1-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Titus 3:1-2, Hebrews 13:17, James 1:5
Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.
Love,
Holly
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