Doula Faith

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

When I was an undergraduate in the 80s I took American History. I learned a lot about how our country was formed. We were assigned an essay assessing what we’d learned. The instructor formed the essay question with a liberal slant, asking us to determine whether or not the US was driven to separate from England because of imperialistic pursuits or for other reasons. We were to use the events leading up to the proclamation for Independence to prove our point.  So I prayed. I asked the Lord to give me the theme for this approach. When I went to bed that evening I woke up with a vivid impression of an unborn baby developing within a womb. The womb represented Mother England and the baby was America, a developing Republic not yet born. The developing country was looking less and less like mother England, having unique characteristics of its own. Until it no longer resembled the mother country and was born. The umbilical cord tying the infant nation to its tyrannical roots was severed when it proclaimed its independence. Thus, the United States of America began to thrive on the rights of self-government, religious freedom, and the pursuit of happiness.

The Constitution was written to guarantee all citizens this right and acknowledged God as the guardian of those rights. In the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence, it states:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Many of the founding fathers had a religious foundation with roots in Biblical scripture concerning the law of morality and the structure of the new nation’s constitution  paralleled those truths:

“Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In America, the foundational religion was Christianity. And it was sown in the hearts of Americans through the home and private and public schools for centuries. Our liberty, growth, and prosperity was the result of a Biblical philosophy of life. Our continued freedom and success is dependent on our educating the youth of America in the principles of Christianity.” Noah Webster

 The earliest American public schools incorporated scripture, with handwriting, reading, and other core subjects.

The alphabet made biblical references such as examples:
A-Adam-In Adam’s fall, we sinned all.”  The Lord’s Prayer, The Creed, etc.,

Moral teachings based on the Ten Commandments were also incorporated into the reading assignments. So from the earliest beginnings of formal education to the establishment of higher learning our institutions maintained a biblical foundation in its core learning.

Our Independence and sovereign protection germinated from the divine seed of trusting in the Lord.  Thenceforth, our nation prospered and influenced other nations.

Alexis de Tocqueville a French historian and statesman visited the United States to discover what made  America great and reported the following, from His quote:

“I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers—and it was not there. . . . . in her fertile fields and boundless forests—and it was not there. . . . .in her rich mines and her vast world commerce—and it was not there. . . . in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution—and it was not there.
Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.  America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.”
Alexis de Tocqueville 1838

                                                                         My Prayer
“Lord, forgive me for remaining silent when having the opportunity to speak. As I have come to the end of myself I look up and see your arms outstretched ready to receive me back, honoring the Father, by lifting up my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, His Word, whenever the opportunity presents itself.” Doula Faith  

There is only One God and His Son is Jesus Christ. We do not pray to other gods, but to the one who has brought us salvation through His shed blood,  Jesus Christ.
May revival in our nation start with every one of us, called by His Name.

National Day of Prayer

Resources
Noah Webster Quote- Noah Webster
One Nation Under God- Christian Defense Fund- Alexis de Tocqueville 1838