Please Help America

PLEASE HELP AMERICA

INTRO.- I am concerned about our country. I don’t believe America is as good as she once was. She is not as good politically, socially, morally, patriotically, and spiritually. And perhaps every generation feels the same.

1- POLITICALLY. America is politically divided. It’s the Democrats against the Republicans. The right against the left. The liberals against the conservatives. There is anger on both sides and it’s awful. They don’t know how to disagree without being disagreeable and angry.

ILL.- Comedian Kathy Griffin recently had a picture taken of herself holding a bloody head replica of President Trump. And there has been a lot of backlash even though many people don’t like President Trump. Many TV companies have canceled her appearances and shows. Now she’s blaming Trump, saying it’s his fault, not her fault. COME ON NOW, KATHY GRIFFIN, YOU ARE REAPING WHAT YOU’VE SOWED. She thought she was being funny but it backfired.

I don’t like all the hatred in the political world. Neither side is trying to find some common ground and neither side is completely right on everything.

Politicians need to try as best they can to find some common ground on the issues that divide this country. What’s that old saying? UNITED WE STAND. DIVIDED WE FALL. It’s true for a marriage, a family, a church, and a country. Our politicians need to wake up and start using some common sense and some spiritual sense.

2- SOCIALLY. When I was a kid it seemed like people were more sociable and neighborly. Neighbors visited with neighbors and even helped one another.

ILL.- I remember when my cattle truck driving dad decided to build a bathroom on our house in Webb City, MO.

While my dad was working to frame the bathroom a neighbor came over and helped my dad one day. DO PEOPLE STILL DO THIS KIND OF STUFF? Maybe in Chaffee, MO and smaller communities but it seems more rare these days.

And do people take time to visit with one another? Or are we always in a hurry and don’t have time for others? Do we care about one another as much as people did in the past?

Galatians 6:9-10 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

Romans 12:16 “Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.”

We need to be good to one another...willing to visit and help one another. Jesus said, “Love your neighbor as yourself...” And your neighbor could be your neighbor or anyone else.

3. MORALLY. I believe that morality is lower in America than it has ever been. Many years ago it was considered indecent and perhaps immoral if people used any kind of cuss word on TV or in a movie. NOW IT’S STANDARD FARE. It’s getting harder to find a TV show or a movie where there is no vulgarity, or where they don’t use the “f” word or use the Lord’s name in vain or where there is no nudity and violence.

AND WE AMERICANS HAVE LET IT HAPPEN. We have not insisted on better TV shows and movies by refusing to watch those that are filled with garbage. If Americans would stop attending certain movies than perhaps Hollywood would get the idea and start making better movies.

American has gone down morally because people are very bold and brazen about their immorality. The LGBT movement (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) is growing and they are very open about their sexual deviation. I believe they are in the minority but they are very bold and boisterous about their sexuality. I DON’T HATE GAY PEOPLE BUT I STILL BELIEVE THEY ARE WRONG. And I still believe God’s Word over man’s word.

Romans 1:18-28 “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.”