• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

John Hembree

An Everyday Expression of Hope and Its Potential

An Everyday Expression of Hope and Its Potential

  • Home
  • About John Hembree
  • Blog

Wednesday Prayer

August 25, 2015 by John Hembree 2 Comments

child praying
I believe that confrontation can be positive and that we as Christians, must set the agenda.
We, we being Christians, have become so bogged down with matters that are unimportant and made them important.
But also, as a nation, we have lost our way and have been losing our way for decades now.
This is not a recent development.
Where the leaders go, whether as a nation, or the church at large, people will certainly be influenced, but they may not choose to follow.
One of my favorite lines from the movie Brave Heart is, “Men do not follow titles.  They follow courage.”
Recently I told my son-in-law that there is a vast army of the hopeless that is waiting in the wings preparing for someone to stand up and lead them.
To give them true hope.
And a cause to fight for.
A true cause.
Not for oil, not even for democracy, nor, if you will allow me, even freedom of religion.
Christ did not come to defend the First Amendment, nor did he come to establish the United States.
He came so that one man, one woman, one child, one at a time, as individuals, could declare their personal freedom, found through the cross.
Religion can be taken away.
 
Redemption can not.
Any leader, either spiritual or not, that says there is no ongoing war of historical and eternal consequence has either lied or they are ignorant and arrogant.
And ignorance and arrogance in a pulpit, behind a podium, or among common men and women is a certain weapon of mass destruction.
“God, give us leaders, both in the Body of Christ and in our nation who will use their titles to declare their courage.”
john
Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Filed Under: General, Words

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Al Sheneman says

    August 20, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    Thanks John. Profound!

    Reply
  2. Patricia DeStefano says

    August 22, 2014 at 1:38 pm

    Amen John….

    Reply

Leave a Reply to Patricia DeStefano Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CAPTCHA
Refresh

*

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Email Newsletter

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required

Recent Posts

The Task Ahead

Heed The Signs

Dinner With My Grandchildren’s Grandchildren

Practicing To Be A Billionaire…

Things Left Unsaid

What We Could Have Been

Trying To Leave Something Behind

Recent Comments

  • John Hembree on One Last Look
  • Steve Adams on One Last Look
  • Ann Bailey on First Dance
  • John Hembree on One Last Look
  • Joyce Adkins on One Last Look

Copyright © 2019 · Metro Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in