No other nation like the USA

Psalms 147:20

1.                  In her Founding Proverbs 14:34

a.      Gold or God—of those that came to the Americas many came to plunder but the pilgrims came to build a godly communities

b.      Dissolution or Diligence—some looked for the fountain of youth and developed sexual diseases from their illicit sex while others worked II Thessalonians 3:10-12

c.      Convenience or Conviction your country has the churches and original documents to prove how and why she was formed

2.                  In her Freedom Psalm 33:12, 16-22

a.      Faith

                                                              i.      His word has run swiftly through our country 147:15, 19

                                                            ii.      Laws based on his word 147:15

                                                          iii.      No State church. Baptists who helped write the constitution and give freedom of religion, expression, no state church. State church taxes in Germany and other European countries

                                                           iv.      Expression

b.      Financial blessings 147:14 compared to real inflation

3.                  In His favor

a.      Provision Blessed our children 147:13

b.      Peace in our borders 147:14

c.      Preaching. The Word going forth and being blessed. On our money, in our pledge, in our original documents,

4.                  In her Failure

a.      To thank God and praise him 147:1,

b.      To think-- seek God and be faithful to him Psalms 10:4

c.      To trust --Forgetting God and looking to their own strength and wealth 147:10