God’s message to America

By John Stallings

I’m writing this blog on June 6th, 2007 which of course is D-Day, 63 years later. I’d like to share with you a prayer that was prayed on national radio by then President Franklin Roosevelt on that fateful day in 1944. As you read the prayer, ask yourself if our school kids will ever hear this prayer or even have a clue it was ever prayed.

Also as you read, ask yourself if any present day president would deign to read such a prayer on radio or T.V. If President Bush read such a prayer politicians from all quarters would be on him like a pack of ravenous dogs. When our president prayed this prayer it was considered by Americans to be perfectly proper. Here’s the prayer;


“Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness to their faith.

They will need thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again & again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.

They will be sore tried, by night and day without rest until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men’s souls will be shaken with the violences of war.
For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and goodwill among all thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.

Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants into Thy kingdom.

And for us at home—fathers, mothers, children, wives, and brothers of the brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them—help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great service.

Many people have urged that I call the nation into a single day of prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let the words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.

Give us strength, too—strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.

And’ O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events of temporal matters but of the fleeting moment—let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country and with the sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace—a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.

Amen.

Franklin D. Roosevelt-June 6, 1944


The second Psalm contains God’s prophetic message to our nation in this hour.

Here’s the Message Bible translation and I believe you’ll agree that no other comment is really needed.


“Why the big noise nations? Why the mean plots peoples?
Earth-leaders push for position,
Demagogues and delegates meet for summit talks,
The God-deniers, the Messiah –deifiers:
“Let’s get free of God!
Cast loose from Messiah!”
Heaven-throned God breaks out laughing.
At first he’s amused at their presumption;
Then he gets good and angry.
Furiously He shuts them up:
“Don’t you know there’s a King in Zion? A coronation banquet is spread for him on the holy summit.”


Let me tell you what God said next.
He said “You’re my son and today is your birthday.
What do you want? Name it:
Nations as a present? Continents as a prize?
You can command them all to dance for you,
Or throw them out with tomorrow’s trash.”


So, rebel-kings, use your heads:
Upstarts-judges, learn your lesson:
Worship God in adoring embrace,
Your very lives are in danger, you know:
His anger is about to explode,
But if you make a run for God---you won’t regret it!

John