Today is Saturday, April 9th, 2011; Karen's Korner #2039
(A Saturday 'korner' to help make up for none on Monday and Tuesday; look for another 'korner' on Sunday to make the magic 'five' per week.)
Taken from a 365-daily devotional, "In God We STILL Trust" by Dr. Richard G. Lee:
God's Place
"The LORD God...sent warnings to them by His messengers."
2 Chronicles 36:15
"On June 27, 1962, two days after the Supreme Court declared prayer in schools unconstitutional, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd warned Congress about such disastrous decisions:
'Inasmuch as our greatest leaders have shown no doubt about God's
proper place in the American birthright, can we, in our day, dare do
less?....In no other place in the United States are there so many,
and such varied official evidences of deep and abiding faith in God on the
part of government as there are in Washington....
'Every session of the House and the Senate begins with prayer.
Each house has its own chaplain.
'A small room in the Capitol, just off the rotunda, (is) for the
private prayer and meditation of members of Congress...The
room's focal point is a stained glass window showing George
Washington kneeling in prayer....(and) these words from Psalm
16:1: 'Preserve me, O God, for in Thee do I put my trust.'....
'"In God We Trust" appears opposite the vice-president of the
United States. The same phrase.....backdrops the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
'Above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court are the
Ten Commandments, with the great American eagle protecting them.
Moses is included among the great lawgivers in Herman A. MacNeil's
marble sculpture group on the east front.....
'To remove God from this country will destroy it."
Patriot's Prayer:
"God, watch over and reawaken this nation to Your power and glory."
Patriot's Promise:
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD."
(Psalm 33:12)
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