Church 7/2/2022
Offertory scripture:
James 5:14-16
Sermon message: Independence Day
Thesis: things can change
Our founding fathers changed things, and our spiritual fathers in the Bible changed things also.
Point #1: they dreamed
The following men had the following dreams:
Abraham: father of many nations
David: king
Moses: deliverer
George Washington et al.: a free nation with freedom of religion
Thomas Edison: electricity
The Wright brothers: aviation
Martin Luther King Jr: civil rights
Dream big.
Proverbs 29:18
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams.
Point #2: They believed. They believed the unbelievable.
Our founding fathers believed they could overthrow England, the #1 nation and military power in the world at the time.
Believe the impossible.
Matthew 19:26
With God all things are possible.
Dream it. Believe it.
Mark 9:23
“…with God’s help.”
Our founding fathers: “all men are created equal…” a bold dream they dreamed and believed.
Point #3: they then spoke it.
Our founding fathers signed their names on the Declaration of Independence. They spoke and made their voices heard.
Moses stood up to pharaoh and said “let my people go.”
David stood up to Goliath and told him he would defeat him.
Dream it. Believe it. Speak it.
Mark 11:23
13 colonies came together and declared that they would be a free nation.
Point #4: They prayed.
Our founding fathers prayed. Our spiritual fathers prayed. There is power in prayer.
Ben Franklin in 1776: “let us pause and pray and call on almighty God and ask His help” during a meeting among the founding fathers where things had gotten contentious among the men.
Ben Franklin in 1787 at age 81: (paraphrased) “when we were dealing with England we prayed. And it worked. God answered our prayers. The longer I live the more evidence I see that God is directly involved in the affairs of men. Without God’s help our nation and dreams will fall. We will be divided and our ambitions will fail. We need to stop infighting. We will be like Babylon if we don’t stop, and pray, and inquire of God.”
Point #5: They fought for change.
David fought Goliath.
Joshua fought unconventionally to take down Jericho.
Paul’s said to fight the good fight of faith.
Our founding fathers also fought for change.
We are now living out their dreams.
Ephesians 6:13
Our spiritual fathers and founding fathers did this.
Yet the world still has a lot of wrong things. And so we must fight. Dream. Believe. Speak. Pray. And fight.
Our spiritual fathers won. Our founding fathers won. We can win also.
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