God once shed His grace on America. Is it not a shame to no longer be in favor with God?

Question

In the year 1904, Katherine L. Bates coined it oh so well:
What happened to this zeal for America and God?

O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain;
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self control,
Thy liberty in law.

The dream in the hearts and minds of our founding fathers was that America become "one nation under GOD."

girl, President John Adams was on the committee that helped draft our Declaration of Independence. He said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other." Today, we are no longer "one nation under God" because our individual lives are not "under God." It really is that simple.

Melty, The dream is lost because we're lost. The pursuit of happiness has turned into a self-centered quest. The Bible says, "There is none righteous, no, not one" (Romans 3:10).

fox, There is an obvious absence of GOD in many of America's corporate boardrooms. Open your eyes, son.

ten, Their god is money. Profits are all that matter. The collapse of Enron and the shredding of documents by their accounting firm demonstrate a complete disdain for any kind of moral, legal and ethical responsibility.

c, Individuals in radio, television, movies and the internet constantly promote illicit sex along with the lie that there are no emotional and spiritual consequences. Their god is lust.
Where do YOU fit into the equation?

heathen,.........'nough said.

dances, That's it? Maybe You should have wrote our history books.
Dr. Richard A. Swenson, in his book Margin paints a dark depiction of our decline when he says, "Forty years ago our nation's school children were being disciplined for talking, chewing gum, making noise, and running in the halls. Today the biggest discipline problems are rape, robbery, assault, vandalism, drug abuse and murder." THAT'S the reality of this mess.

"world", let me help you with what you'r missing:
When you have a nation full of great people, you have a truly great nation. Greatness is carried inside you. It's a matter of the heart. It's about how you think, how you feel on the inside, and the way you think and act toward others. Great people live by God's standards. Since many of us have been taught for so many years to value self above others, many of us are going to need reprogramming. Making God's ways "our ways" is the key that unlocks the secret of life.

Curtis, Amen! "What doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul" (Deuteronomy 10:12).
Only GOD can change our hearts, our nation, and get back our dream.

Answer 1

Part of the problem is just as you see by our first answerer...kids in our schools today are not taught the truth. They wholeheartedly believe that this nation is not and never was Christian. They have been deceived. They simply don't know the truth. I don't believe that God has totally removed his hand from us yet even though we are systematicly pushing Him out of every vestage of our public life. I believe we can turn it around if we as believer will fall on our knees before Him and plead for revival and for the truth to shine and the lies to be exposed. I recommend One Nation Under God by David C. Gibbs....

"America seeks no earthly empire built on blood and force. No ambition, no temptation, lures her to thought of foreign dominions. The legions which she sends forth are armed, not with the sword, but with the cross. The higher state to which she seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God."

~ Calvin Coolidge, 30th American President

1 Chrisropher Columbus was motivated by his Christian faith to make his difficult voyage.
2 The Pilgrims clearly stated that they came to the New World to glorify God and to advance the Christian faith.
3 The Puritans who followed the Pilgrims to New England, created a Bible based commonwealths in order to practice a representative government that was modeled on their church covenants. Their more than 100 governmental covenants and compacts essentially laid the foundation for Americas Constitution, which was drafted in 1787 and ratified in 1789.
4 This nation was founded in large measure as a sanctuary for religious dissidents, seeking asylum from religious pesecution and seeking the opportunity to live in freedom under the laws of God.
5 The education of the settlers and the founders of America was uniquely Christian and Bible based.More than 40% of the signers of the Declaration of Independence had seminary degrees.
6 The Great Awakening, areligious revival, was a key factor in uniting the seperate pre - Revelutionary War colonies and increasing communication among them.
7 Many of the clergy in American colonies "preached liberty" The pulpits of New England were especially important in helping to bring about independence.. Long before the general population understood the threat to American liberty, some colonial ministers saw what was coming and boldly spoke out about it from their pulpits.
8 Biblical Christianity was the driving force behind the men who championed American independence.
9 Christianity played a significant role in the development of our nations birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence.The Declaration of Independence metions God four times.
10 The Biblical understanding of the sinfullness of man was the guiding principle behind the United States Constitution.. The framers of the Constitution drew their inspiration from the Bible. They intended America to be one nation under God.


George Washington
Taken straight from George Washingtons prayer journal..
O most glorious God in Jesus Christ, my merciful and loving father, I acknowledge and confess my guilt, in the weak and imperfect performance of the duties of this day..I have called on Thee for pardon and forgiveness of sins...sounds pretty Christian to me.Unless diests pray to Jesus.Not!

official actions of Jefferson -
legislative and military chaplains
establishing a national seal using a religious symbol
including the word" God " in our national motto
official days of fasting and prayer at the state level
punishing sabbath breakers
punishing marriages contrary to biblical lawpunishing irreverent soldiers
protecting the property of churches
requiring oaths saying "so help me God takenon the Bible
granting land to Christian churches to reach the Indians
granting land to Christian schools
Allowing government property and facilitiesto be used for worship
using the Bible and non denominational religious publications to be used in public schools(He was involved in three different school districts and the plan in each one of these required that the Bible be taught in each our public schools
Allowing clergymen to hold pubic office, and encouraging them to do so
Purchasing religious books to stock public libraries
funding clergy salaries in Indian mission schools
Funding construction of church building for Indians
Exempting churches from taxation
Establishing professional schools of theology( He wanted to over fromGeneva, Switzerland the entire faculty of Calvin's theological seminary and establish it at the University of Virginia)
Treaties requiring other nations to guarantee religious freedom
including religious speeches and prayers in ceremonies
Doesn't sound like the actions of one who would remove the freedom of worship or "separate church and state." The separation of church and state IS NOT in our Constitution!

John Adams proposed that when Americas future citizens celebrated The Declaration of Independence, they should have religious services to thank God for what He had brought about. President Adams said Independence Day should" be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival, commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward and forevermore."

John Adams wrote and distributed a book for 10 year olds that was to teach them how to read the Bible while he was in office.

John Adams warned his countrymen:
We have no government armed with power capable of controlling with human passions, unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strong cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholy in adequate to the government of any other.

The vast majority of delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention were professing Christians. Only Ben Franklin and James Wilson of Pennsylvania were known to be Deists.

Ben Franklins speech at the Constitutional Convention:
Mr. President. The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance and continual reasoning with each other - our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ayes, is me thinks a meloncholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding.
We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of government, and examined the different forms of those republics which, have been formed with the seeds of their own dissolution, now no longer exist.And we have viewed modern states all around Europe, but find none of their Constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
In this situation of this assembly, groping as it were in the dark, to find political truth and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understanding?
In the beginning of the contes with Great Britan, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection - Our prayers,Sir, were heard & they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor.
To that kind of Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity.And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend?Or do we imagine that we no longer need His assistance?
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God governs in the affairs of men.And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice , it is probable that an empire can rise without His aid?
We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that "except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it"(Psalm 127:1) I firmly believe this; I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel: we shall be divided by our partial local interests: our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages.
And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war and conquest.
I therefor beg leave to move - that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of heaven, and it's blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service."

Here was probably the least religious of the Founding Fathers calling for prayer and quoting scripture
Congress has opened every session with prayer from the first (September1774)to the most recent.

I am always astounded at the amount of partial truths that have been used to rewrite our history and how some statements are taken out of context and used to give a totally false impression of their meanings... for example George Washington's opting out of communion.. It is being used to try and give the impression he was anti communion. Nothing could be further from the truth...He decided at one point that it was not fitting for him to take communion while he was fighting the war against the British and killing soldiers. They use this one instance to make their case. However the truth abut him is that he was the kind of Christian who at one time journeyed a long distance, to the home of a Presbyterian pastor to ask if he could take communion in their church(some churches did not allow others to participate in communion if they did not belong to their church, and he was Anglican and there were no Anglican churches in the town he was at.) Washington did join them in communion and there is a record of this.The very first act of George Washington as president was to bend down and reverently kiss the Bible after being sworn in.He would retire to hislibrary with a candle from 9:00 till 10:00 every evening for prayer and bible study. A fact that is well documentedTher were many times that certain emergencies arose and people would have to seek his attention and would find him on his knees praying before an open bible. Those that knew him closely wrote of him as a devoted Christian.

I hear people say that Lincoln was an atheist...yes he was just as I used to be but I am now Christian.Listen to what Lincoln himself said..."When I was in Springfield I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, I was not a christian But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ. Yes I do love Jesus." Those are Lincolns own words. No one can tell me he was an atheist no more than they can tell me that I am one.

These questions always drive me crazy because there just wouldn't be enough space allotted to say all that I have to say about it. There are always the folks that throw out a few quotes to make their point, just as our revised History books do, never realizing, that for every quote they use, most taken out of context, there are thousands upon thousands to the contrary.

I hope that you will join me in my prayer to see our nation return to the God who has been our strong tower. May God bless America again.

Answer 2

god shed grace america shame longer favor god

Answer 3

Isaiah 14:12

Answer 4

What? Proof please?

Oh wait, first you have to proof that this god exists
Then prove that he once gave special favor toward America
Then figure out exactly when it left, and why

Or you could admit that the whole "god's favor" thing was just a bunch of propaganda.

After all, every country has its ups and downs. The civil war, slaughtering indians, lawlessness, the great depression, natural disasters, slavery, oppression, WWII.....yeah we've had it real easy up until now.

Answer 5

God has created the Universe, God is running the Universe. God will destroy the Universe. God is the Origin of Universe. God is the Destination of Universe. Spirit can neither be created nor be destroyed. It moves from one body to another. Your body dies, not spirit. Your spirit gets new body after death, based upon your actions in this life. Your target is to make your spirit pure, so that it can merge in Super Spirit (God). Remember wherever there is Happiness in Life, there will be Sorrow. To get Happiness, you must master Sorrow.

Answer 6

I learned in college that propaganda is one of the most effective tools in getting people to do what you want, even if it against their best interest.

Most people are inherently lazy and will do whatever you tell them to do if you wrap it up in a neat little package and have their favorite celebrity either endorse it or attract your attention away from paying attention to troubling aspects of it.

So what I'm trying to say is that a lot of these "Praise Jesus" Republican types (who know nothing about morality) whip out the Godless nation card to get the hysteria going while off to the side they subvert more of the actual Constitution for more war powers.

Answer 7

How can God honor a country where killing of infants is legal? Where sin is flaunted and people will not stand up for what is right and when they do those in power try to harm them. God still loves this country and the people in it but God is a God of justice. Yes it is sad that we as a country are letting ourselves be lead away from the light. That is why all Christians need to pray for our leaders that they may no longer be lead by greed but do what is right for the people of this nation.

Answer 8

Under God was actually added in like the 50s as a response to godless communism.

I believe in God, but it probably would have been better for public discourse if they had just left it out so people couldnt use it as an arguing point.

If you wont say the pledge simply because it says under god though, get a life. If you dont believe in God then just dont say that part.

Answer 9

God has got nothing to do with it. It is all what you want to believe. The founders of our nation were wise and they sought to make this a secular country with freedom of beliefs.

Edit: With response to your comment to me. I don't need your help, thank you. I am fine and a decent person. I just choose not to believe in the god that people make up. I believe in myself and in the theory that what I do will come back to me whether good or bad. I am not prejudiced against anyone, I carry no hatred towards anyone, I love my country just as much as any so called "God-fearing" person. I repeat, God has nothing to do with it. Would you like for our country to be like the Middle Eastern countries? To them, God is everything and look at where they are. No freedom, subjugation of women, etc., etc. If you would like to go back to those days (yes, it existed in our own country) then feel free to do so but leave me out of it.

Answer 10

America isn't a Christian country. Wasn't then, isn't now. This country's strength is in our diversity.

Most of the Founding Fathers were Deists, and the Declaration was inspired by the writings of Thomas Payne, another Deist.

"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced an inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth."
- Thomas Jefferson

"I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved-- the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!"
- John Adams

"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."
- Benjamin Franklin

"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason."
-Benjamin Franklin

I have more.

Answer 11

You mean the U.S. has been blacklisted by God?

To answer your question (and surely not receive the points):

It is not a shame. I believe it's better to build yourself up on your own than to rely on the whim of another. If you believe our country is losing some of its luster and you believe that's because we are no longer in His grace, that would prove my point. This country will be at it's best when we rely on our fellow citizens to make this a better country than if we rely on the fickle whims of some arbitrary diety.