Newsletter for July 1, 2026

Following our meal, we will enjoy a special time together as Elijah Alford shares a selection of patriotic music in celebration of our nation's heritage. Bro. David will also bring a devotional to encourage us as we reflect on the blessings of faith and freedom.

Bring your family and invite a friend.

Don’t miss Brother David’s Mid-Week Devotions.
New messages are posted every Wednesday on our media page—take a midweek moment to be encouraged and refreshed in God’s Word.

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This weekend we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  How blessed we are to live in a constitutional republic that is based on individual freedom and liberty!  Our hearts ought to overflow with gratitude.  Our hearts ought to overflow with gratitude.

But we also approach this time with heaviness and concern.  We see a nation that has turned away from God and is seemingly determined to destroy itself through its moral choices.  We are privately and publicly on the course of economic ruin by spending money we know we will never have.  For decades, both parties have assaulted our freedoms and liberties under the guise of protecting us.  We are in a war that has numerous complexities to end and frightening consequences to continue.  Our celebration carries serious concerns this Independence Day.

What should we do?  Consider the instructions the Prophet Samuel told the Israelites when they longed to be delivered from the Philistines.  In 1 Samuel 7:3, Samuel said, “…If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

If God is going to deliver America, we must first return to God.  We (beginning with believers) must confess and repent of our sins.  We will not be delivered by talking about “those people” committing “those sins.”  We (each of us) must deal with our sins.  
Next, we must remove all our gods.  These are the things that compete with God for first place in our hearts.  They would also be those things that we trust instead of God. Lastly, they would include any concept of God that differs from how He has revealed Himself.  All these must be removed.

Samuel then told them to turn their hearts to the Lord.  One of the key elements of such a turn is prayer.  We need to seek God in prayer for our nation.  He alone can deliver us.  We need to pray as if our nation’s life depends upon it – because it does.
Last, we must serve the Lord.  That means we live our lives in obedience unto Him.  We seek to fulfill God’s will in what we do, how we do it, and in our motivation for doing it.  We must live to serve Him.

Will God respond to a people who make such a change?   Verse 3 ends with the promise of a wonderful deliverance.  The rest of the chapter records the deliverance God gave His people.

God delivers people who truly turn to Him.  May we be such people.  Our nation needs us.