Casting Crowns - If we've ever needed you

Please take a moment and worship Jesus with me.  This is one of my favorite songs, and I often just get lost in thinking about HOW MUCH I NEED HIM.

The Lord has been so merciful, not only to each of us as individuals, but also to this country as a whole.

Please remember to pray steadfastly for our nation, and for our leaders.  America needs Jesus desperately.  Its people have turned their backs on the Lord and thrown Him out of their system almost entirely and if they do not repent, they will fall and be demised.  God cannot continue to reside where He is adamantly not welcome.  (He lets us choose!)  People have chosen to reject Him, and His blessing does not remain where He is not allowed to rule.

I really believe that this is a dangerous and critical time for our country and we must run, full speed, to the arms of Jesus, to escape the ever-encroaching pollution of sin.

I like the line in this song, "we're reaching out"... As Christians, we have a major duty to step up to in America!  We are to "reach out" to grasp the loving hand of Jesus to save us; then, in His name, reach out to others with the same hand of love that comes from the Lord.  We are called to come out from among the filth of world, to be pure and separate!  We are to stand up and be different, to defy the majority, and to eagerly proclaim the name of Christ no matter how unpopular it may seem. 

Jesus Christ is the Hope of the nation... the Hope of the World!  A glimmer of light in a dark, and perverted world.  We are so honored to be able to take His precious name with us wherever we go!

Read this verse carefully:

"...it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.  The night is far spent, the day is at hand.  Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.  Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
"But put on the LORD JESUS CHRIST and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts."
Romans 13:11-14

Lord, we need you!  YOU are mighty to save!!!