AMEN! Oh, did that hurt you?

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Dangerous words: prayer and amen!


Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery declared that the Schultz family and their son would “suffer irreparable harm” if anyone prayed at the high school graduation...he banned students and other speakers from using religious language in their speeches.

There are times when words fail, even me! This is one of those times. Oh, to be profound as the great Ralph Waldo Emerson, to think with the depth of Ted Dekker, but alas, it is not to be! I have but a simple blog. 

Among the banned words or phrases are: “join in prayer,” “bow their heads,” “amen,” and “prayer.”  and....remove the terms “invocation” and “benediction” from the graduation program - His ruling also prohibits anyone from saying, “in [a deity’s name] we pray.”

If they violate the order they will find themselves in legal trouble!  Judge Biery ordered that his ruling be “enforced by incarceration or other sanctions for contempt of Court.  But, the judge did grant students permission to make the sign of the cross, wear religious garb or kneel to face Mecca.

I wish I could just turn my head, or at least put my head in the sand (at the beach).  I wish my feathers didn't get ruffled.....but they do!

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott called the ruling unconstitutional and a blatant attack from those who do not believe in God -- “attempts by atheists and agnostics to use courts to eliminate from the public landscape any and all references to God whatsoever.  This is the challenge we are dealing with here,  (It’s) an ongoing attempt to purge God from the public setting while at the same time demanding from the courts an increased yielding to all things atheist and agnostic.”

Ah, but then, perhaps I do have Dekker depths.  Now I understand!

Now I understand why it caused the student a great deal of anxiety.
Now I understand why the Schultz family and their son would “suffer irreparable harm.

1.  The words we speak are powerful
2.  Life and death are in the power of the tongue.
3.  By confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord and believing in our heart, we can be saved.
4.  Speaking words (with faith) produces power to move mountains.  
5.  Words of worship brings God into the atmosphere of our praise.
6.  Words of praise elevate us into the presence of God.
7.  Praise words are disgusting to the devil and he runs away from them.

Romans 10:10 "...and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Matthew 17:20  "And Jesus said unto them.....for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Psalm 22:3 "Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel."

Judge Biery you have just confirmed what the Word of God has been trying to get us to understand all along!  We owe you a gratitude of debt. 

I am so excited!  My feathers are ruffled...but with the excitement of truth!  I am dangerous to the devil.  So much so...that he can't tolerate a simple word as 'amen' in a high school graduation.
So.  AMEN!  AMEN!  AMEN!  And may we all close with a resounding Amen!

Amen.
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