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His control of this country goes back to the beginning. There was a covenant made aboard the Mayflower ship, binding America and The LORD together. In the same way the nation of Israel has a covenant with God, the United States does, too. And just like He held every Jew responsible for how the nation of Israel responded to His prophets and His direction, He holds Christians responsible for America. Ordained and Separated Let’s compare what The LORD said in Romans 13:1-3 with how God established the United States: Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers [or “civil authority” in the Greek text]. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. Years ago, I learned about America’s covenant with God and I approached The LORD about the ungodly leaders in this country at the time. I wondered how these leaders could be ordained and separated unto us by Him. Everywhere I looked I saw more ungodliness. God reminded me of Israel’s King Saul. He had never planned for Israel to have a king. It was only because of Israel’s covenant with God and their request for a king that He gave them what they desired. Even later, King David’s leadership was not in God’s perfect will because He never planned for Israel to have a king. But out of His mercy, He fixed a bad situation with Saul and called David to be king. In the same way, God showed me that the ungodly leaders in this country were put in place because His people—Christians—chose them, either by voting for the ungodly or by not voting at all. He said: 'A lot of My people did vote, but they ignored the sin side of that administration on account of money. But it was not that political party nor that person in office that brought financial prosperity to this nation. It was because more people had begun to tithe…since so many people had been preaching about it and preaching about heaven’s economy. That’s the reason the economy began to get right. But when My people gave politicians the credit for it, down it went.' If this nation is seeking God, then peace, prosperity and goodness can grow and the gospel can go around the world. This nation has to prosper spiritually, because we have to take The WORD of God to the world. Other nations are also called to do this, but because of how America was founded and because of God’s work here, our nation has become the cradle of the gospel and the cradle of democracy. It’s Our Responsibility Government is serious business. Politics, prosperity and the economy have never been political matters. They are spiritual matters because prosperity comes from God. 10 : BVOV

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