> > >>JUST SUPPOSE that at every ball game, > graduation, prom, etc., that > someone > > >>who has had enough of stupid, anti-historical > court decisions had the > guts > > >>to start reciting the Lord's Prayer loudly, and > others joined in, then > > > >>more, > > >>until hundreds participated. > > >> > > >>And JUST SUPPOSE this spread all over our land > until this became > standard > > >>practice in hundreds of schools--then > thousands--then tens of > thousands > > >>Just what would local school boards do? Expel > half of the student > body? > > >>(They need their jobs and federal funding far > too much to do that.) > What > > >>would a Federal district court do? Order > hundreds of non-violent, > decent > > >>minors jailed? Or thousands? Just what would the > Supreme Court do > about > > >>it--issue more edicts? What if millions decided > the Supreme Court was > out > > >>of its league and said, "So what?" > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of brave school board > members, local judges, and > > > >>other > > >>elected officials refused to intervene, > realizing that we have already > > > >>tried > > >>it the other way, and the result was a > modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah > of > > >>immorality and senseless violence. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE this then spread next into > classroom after classroom, and > > >>either a brave student or a brave teacher > started the Lord's Prayer > (or > > >>Psalm 100, or a Bible reading, etc.) each > morning, until hundreds of > > >>thousands stood up and did their part and > stopped cowering before the > > >>destructive, God-hating secular attitudes of the > pagan minority who > parrot > > >>the media line. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE every God-fearing Christian > participated--peacefully, > > >>non-violently, but firmly and continually. Where > would they get > enough > > >>jails to hold us all? How would they prosecute > hundreds of thousands? > It > > >>is far more than the government can do to even > stop the flow of > illegal > > >>drugs, despite their best efforts and > overcrowded jails. Hardened > > >>criminals > > >>walk after doing only half of their sentence to > ease jail crowding. > Even > > >>if > > >>they try to pick on a handful to make examples > of them, what if > hundreds of > > >>thousands stood up to the tyranny of the > minority and demanded their > > >>freedom > > >>of religion back? They can't build enough jails > or courts to begin to > deal > > >>with such a movement. During the Civil Rights > battles of the 60s, > some of > > >>the black people decided they had had enough and > stood up to the > system--a > > >>few dozen here, a few hundred there--and > eventually, the whole country > > >>heard, and repented, and changed. Racial > repression was an evil whose > time > > >>was over. But now, there is another battle--and > the stakes are even > > >>higher. > > >>The future of all children, white, black, and > otherwise, is at stake. > No > > >>other country on earth allows a tiny minority of > impractical > anti-religious > > >>bigots to censor their people's rights to free > religious expression. > Even > > >>Russian public schools show videos of the life > and teachings of Jesus > now. > > >>We tend to get exactly the kind of government we > deserve. If you make > a > > >>time line or a graph, you will see that the > exponential increase in > public > > >>school violence, pregnancy, and foul language > all started at exactly > the > > >>time the Supreme Court threw prayer and Bible > reading out of the > schools. > > >>We told God we didn't need Him and the results > speak for themselves. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of Christians passed this > message on to all > their > > >>friends, leaders, and contacts. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of churches, > organizations, and ministries > passed > > >>this > > >>message on to their constituencies with a > request to reprint, repost, > and > > >>repeat it wherever possible. Once upon a time > the Church was the > moral > > >>conscience and spiritual lighthouse of the > nation. Now, most > congregations > > >>are impotent minor-league social welfare > agencies or mutual comfort > > >>societies with no impact on the world around > their little enclave. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE--What do you suppose you should do? > Luke 11:2- And He > said > > >>unto them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father > which art in heaven, > Hallowed > > >>be > > >>thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as > in heaven, so in > earth. > > >>Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive > us our sins; for we > also > > >>forgive every one that is indebted to us. And > lead us not into > temptation; > > >>but deliver us from evil.'" > > >>Matthew 6:9- After this manner therefore, pray > ye: "Our Father which > art > > >>in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom > come. Thy will be done > in > > >>earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our > daily bread. And > forgive > > >>us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And > lead us not into > temptation, > > >>but deliver us from evil. > > >>--Pastor Jim Menke > > >> > > >> > > >>P.S. Pass this on to every pastor, youth pastor, > and youth group that > you > > >>know...let's cover America with the Lord's > Prayer. Don't be afraid of > > >>it...it unites people of all denominations. > Everyone knows it...and > Jesus > > >>is the one who said to do it. Let's challenge > the world of darkness!! > > >> > Bill Reed