In God We Trust: Happy 4th of July!

As you listen to our National Anthem consider the 4th and final verse and pray for our poor country. We will only continue to be the "land of the free and home of the brave" to the degree that we honor the "Power" that has "preserved us a nation." Pray that all patriots put their trust in God and obey his laws which were made for our happiness. When we throw out the laws of God, we guarantee the misery of our country and our people.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved home and the war's desolation!

Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Do You Know the Four Verses of the Star Spangled Banner?

One more nail in the coffin of the myth that this land was NOT founded on godly principles. Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner in 1814 as he viewed the bombardment of Fort McHenry from the deck of a British warship in the Chesapeake Bay. The song consists of four verses and the one sung by the marine in the video below is the fourth verse. Here are the complete lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner and a little about the history of the real banner, tattered and torn, which now rests at the Smithsonian Institution.

Semper Fi to this marine and a big thanks to him for a goosebumps performance. Notice the spontaneous rising to their feet by these tea party patriots. God bless them every one.