If a Nation So Blessed by God Should Turn Away from Him, What Then?

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“Genesis 12:3 3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you

I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
New International Version

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“And America has done much good. And there’s no shortage of nations far exceeding any of its faults or sins. But no nation in the modern world has ever been given so much. None has been so blessed. To whom much is given, much is required. If a nation so blessed by God should turn away from Him, what then? It’s blessing will be replaced with curses? Yes. And has America turned away from God? I asked. It has turned and is turning. How? In the same way Israel turned. It started with a spiritual complacency, then spiritual confusion, then the merging of God with idols and then, ultimately, the rejection of his ways. Just as with ancient Israel, America began ruling God out of its life, turning, step by step, against His ways, at first subtly and then more and more brazenly.
As God was expunged from American life, idols came in to fill the void; idols of sensuality, idols of greed, of money, of success, comfort, materialism, pleasure, sexual immorality, self-worship, self-obsession. The sacred increasingly disappeared, and the profane took its place.”

~  Jonathan Cahn, The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America’s Future

Messianic Jewish Minister, Author, Novelist, Founder & Leader – Beth Israel Worship Center & Host – Jonathan Cahn: The Book of Mysteries

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Trusting GOD While Suffering

“You have to realize you can trust God when you’re submerged in suffering.”

~ Jentzen Franklin,
Author & Senior Pastor – Free Chapel

I Like America, Anyway.

“I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they meet they bow and bow and bow. They keep bowing without exchanging a word. Here they slap each other on the back and say: “Hello, old man, how goes everything.””

~ Sessue Hayakawa
Actor, Founder – Haworth Pictures Corp. Production Company, Academy Award Nominee – Best Supporting Actor The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) & Zen Buddhist Priest

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Storing Up ‘Smart’

“When you learn a thing a day, you store up smart.”

Gunsmoke’s
~ Festus Haggen,
Deputy Marshall – Dodge City

portrayed by

~ Ken Curtis,
Actor, Dancer, Singer & Western Performers Hall of Fame – National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1981)

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A Tolerance for Everything Opposed to God

“Some would call it tolerance, I said. “Yes.”, he replied, “the same tolerance that overtook ancient Israel … a tolerance for everything opposed to God, a growing tolerance for immorality and a growing intolerance for the pure – a tolerance that mocked, marginalized and condemned those who remained faithful to the values now being discarded. Innocence was ridiculed and virtue was vilified. Children were taught of sexual immorality in public schools while the Word of God was banned. It was a tolerance that put the profane on public display and removed Nativity scenes from public sight … contraband, as if somehow they had become a threat-a strangely intolerant tolerance.” “But still”, I countered, “how does all that compare to what happened in ancient Israel? America doesn’t offer its children on altars of sacrifice?” “Does it not?”, he said. “Ten years after removing prayer and Scripture from its public schools, the nation legalized the killing of its unborn.””

~ Jonathan Cahn,
The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America’s Future
Messianic Jewish Minister, Author, Novelist, Founder & Leader – Beth Israel Worship Center & TV Host – Jonathan Cahn: The Book of Mysteries

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The Fruit of the Messiah’s Grace

“What was the fruit of the Messiah’s grace? Rest—a rest pertaining to my existence, most assuredly superior to passing minutes of stillness or peace I may have experienced in meditation. I have come to appreciate that this new life is something Jesus wants for everyone, irrespective of race or religion. It is a unique and eternal boon available to everyone who turns to Him with confidence. So, today I walk on in gratitude.”

~ Sid Roth,
Founder – Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural! (ISN), Author, Talk Show Host & Telly Award (2010)  & ISN App

Fellars with Character

“When a fellars got character … he ain’t never gonna be nuttin but a whole heap of pure o-l-d joy to his momma and daddy.”

Gunsmoke’s
~ Festus Haggen,
Deputy Marshall – Dodge City

portrayed by

~ Ken Curtis,
Actor, Dancer, Singer & Western Performers Hall of Fame – National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1981)

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Loving & Liking Your Spouse

“Hopefully you marry someone who you not only love, but who you like as well.”

~ Tom Selleck,
Actor, Film Producer, Co-Founder of the Character Counts Coalition,
Honorary Doctorate for Outstanding Character and Ethic- Pepperdine University (2000),
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1986), Golden Apple Awards (1983),
People’s Choice Award (1984 & 1985 (2x)), Emmy Award (1984), Golden Globe Award (1985),
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum (2010)

There’s a Reality to Achieving Our Dreams

““We’re all dreamers, but there’s a reality to achieve our dreams. And I think that’s what separates the successful dreamers from the people that lay in bed and dream, that when we open up our eyes, we see clearly what we have to do to achieve our dreams.””

~ Sean Combs,
Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Record Executive, Actor, Entrepreneur,
Grammy Awards (3X), MTV Video Music Awards (2X), Philanthropist,
Founder – Sean John, Founder – Daddy’s House Social Programs,
Council of Fashion Designers of America Award (2004) & NAACP Image Awards (2009),

Your Financial Philosophy

“The key factor that will determine your financial future is not the economy; the key factor is your philosophy.”

~ Jim Rohn,
Entrepreneur, Author & Speaker

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Magnetic Mind

“Your mind is a magnet.”

~ Carlos Santana,
Musician, Songwriter, Bandleader, Author, Kennedy Center Honoree (2013), Co-Founder – Milagro Foundation
Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award (2011), Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year Award (2004),
International Latin Music Hall of Fame (2002), BMI Latin Awards BMI Icon (2005),
Grammy Awards (10X) & Latin Grammy Awards (3X)

Avoiding Financial Mistakes

“Financial Literacy is an important part of avoiding financial mistakes and planning for a strong, secure financial future.”

~ Timothy James Pawlenty
Attorney, Businessman, Politician, Author, & 39th Governor of Minnesota (2003-2011)

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When Your Money Masters You

“Money is in some respects like fire – it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master. When you have it mastering you, when interest is constantly piling up against you, it will keep you down in the worst kind of slavery. But let money work for you, and you have the most devoted servant in the world.”

~ P.T. Barnum
Showman, Businessman, Politician & Co-Founder – Barnum & Bailey Circus

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Money Soon Gone!

“Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.”

~ Robert Toru Kiyosaki,
Investor, Businessman, Author, Speaker, Financial Literacy Activist, & Commentator

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Letting Little Things Crush You

“If you live in an oppressive society, you’ve got to be resilient. You can’t let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make yourself larger, rather than allow yourself to be diminished by it.”

~ James Earl Jones,
Emmy Award (3X), Tony Award (2X), Golden Globe (1970), Grammy Award (1970),
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2008), Academy Honorary Award (2011),
Voice Arts Icon Award (2015) & Harvard University Honorary Doctor of Arts (2017)

How Many Generations Can You Pass Your Money To?

“It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.”

~ Robert Toru Kiyosaki
Investor, Businessman, Author, Speaker, Financial Literacy Activist, and Commentator

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Paying Good Wages

“I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.”

~ Robert Bosch
Founder – Robert Bosch GmbH

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Financial Literacy to Scale the Businesses

“Many entrepreneurs struggle to understand payroll taxes, health care and other thorny issues… In other words, they don’t have the financial literacy to scale their businesses and attract investors.”

~ Daymond John,
CEO – FUBU & Sharktank Host

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Financial Literacy: Childhood to Retirement

“Financial literacy is not an end in itself, but a step-by-step process. It begins in childhood and continues throughout a person’s life all the way to retirement. Instilling the financial-literacy message in children is especially important, because they will carry it for the rest of their lives.”

~ George Karl,
NBA Coach (27 seasons: Cleveland Cavaliers (1984-1986), Golden State Warriors (1986-88), Seattle Supersonics (1992-1998), Milwaukee Bucks (1998-2003), Denver Nuggets (2005-2013) and Sacramento Kings (2015-2016)

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Manage Your Money Well

“The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It’s simple: to master money, you must manage money.”

~ T. Harv Eker,
Author

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Understanding Compound Interest

“I think people don’t understand compound interest because typically no one ever explains it to them and the level of financial literacy in the US is very low.”

~ James Surowiecki,
Journalist & Author

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Adequately Organizing Finances

“Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.”

~ Ron Lewis,
United States Representative (May 24, 1994-January 3, 2009)

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Marriage: Better Than Your Dreams

“You know you’re in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

~ Dr. Seuss

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It’s Always ‘We’

“As successes come your way, remember that you didn’t do it alone. It is always we.”

~ Colin Powell
Politician, Statesman, Diplomat, United States Army 4-Star General (1989) & 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005)

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Marriage: A Flower for Every Thought of You

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.”

~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet & Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (1850–1892)

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