I teach in a Christian School; therefore, it is acceptable, expected and normal that we pray in our classes every day. My hat goes off to our Christian Teachers in the Public School system who are true missionaries functioning in ministry under true restraints upon their freedoms analogoud to those working in Communist, Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist nations! Please consider the following paryerfully. ~ Bob

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[Editor’s Note: The poem below has been circulating through the internet for quite a few years now. Whether you agree with every portion of it or not, please read through it carefully and then the Editor’s Comment and Call to Prayer that follows. Thank you, and God Bless!]


NEW PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Since the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer are not allowed in most public schools anymore, because the word "God" is mentioned.... A kid in Arizona wrote the attached
NEW School prayer:

Now I sit me down in school Where praying is against the rule For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen

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Editor’s Note: Brethren, the evangelical church slept through a number of situations and attacks upon our religious freedoms over the past 40+ years for which we must sincerely repent. In addition, it is time for us to awaken to our calling and our responsibility to bring Christ and His Kingdom to this nation and to the nations of the world! Jesus did not say that we should hope to hear our Father say to us after we have lived out the course of our lives here, “Well thought . . .” or “Well intentioned . . . .” Rather, we must live in such a way as to hear Him say, “Well done good and faithful servant!”

It is time for us to become passionately involved in this culture, so as to be the true light and salt that Christ said we are (Matthew 5:13-16). We must pray daily for those in authority and call God’s Spirit to move upon them with the blessings of righteousness, to pray for their salvation and to cry out for a call to change and conform them to His will, whether we agree with them or not! We must pray for our President daily, both now and in the future regardless of his/her name and/or party, now and in the future. We must pray for our Supreme Court Justices, our Senators and our Representatives in Congress. We must also pray fervently for those in authority in our state and local governments. Finally, we must become actively involved in some area of service to the society we live in, wherever that may be for each one of us as the Father has called us.

Let us truly be and live as Ambassadors of Reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:20) speaking life, blessings, salvation, healing, deliverance, and provision to every person and situation we encounter every day of our lives, to the Glory of God, in Jesus’ Holy Name! Amen!!

May God richly bless you and your loved ones, Beloved!
May the Lord guide and keep you as we enter into this new year 2011.
May we be people who know, live and express true thanksgiving for all that we have and all that He has done for us. May we approach the celebration of this year with awe and wonder. Refresh and renew us, we pray, O God.

Shalom! ~ Bob Preston