Shalom,

Deuteronomy 26:16-19:

16 This day the Lord your God has commanded you to do these statutes and ordinances. Therefore you shall keep and do them with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being. 17 You have [openly] declared the Lord this day to be your God, [pledging] to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes and His commandments and His precepts, and to hearken to His voice. 18 And the Lord has declared this day that you are His peculiar people as He promised you, and you are to keep all His commandments; 19 And He will make you high above all nations which He has made, in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a holy people to the Lord your God, as He has spoken.

In reading this passage in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today, I was reminded of the beginning days of another nation, the United States of America! The original documents of the many founding fathers of our nation show the same commitment to the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible that is expected of these Israelites. Don't believe the lying propaganda and rewritten history of those who would deny HIM! The original documents are available and tell the story of WHY this nation grew to become the most blessed, most prosperous and most powerful nation on the face of the earth! Reading them will also show exactly why this nation is in the condition it is in today! The good news for us is that it does NOT take an entire nation, only the people of God, to turn it around! Look at 2 Chronicles 7:14:

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

AMEN! There ARE more of us than there are of "them", if we would simply stand up. speak up and PRAY! The good news is that repentance takes only a moment! It is a decision, NOT an emotion! If YOU have been guilty of hiding your light and being silent in the face of evil, take yourself to 1 John 1:9 and deal with it immediately! 

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

NOW you are ready to make a DIFFERENCE in YOUR world! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "The Difference":

"The Difference"

You are the difference in us
You have broken the past
And set us apart
You caused the darkness to end
You lifted our heads
To know You again

Lord You bring us to life
In You our hope will arise

We are found
There's nothing that can hold us down
With anything against us
We know Your love will be the difference
Be the difference
You give and take
Still we will go Your way
All our fear is in the distance
We know Your love will be the difference
Be the difference

You defied reason with love
Took the fall meant for us
You alone are enough
Though we were destined to fail
You opened the way
And broke every chain

Lord You bring us to life
In You our hope will arise

We are found
There's nothing that can hold us down
With anything against us
We know Your love will be the difference
Be the difference
You give and take
Still we will go Your way
All our fear is in the distance
We know Your love will be the difference
Be the difference

You awaken our hearts
To You we owe what we are
You're the change in us
The change in us
We know
You awaken our hearts
To You we owe what we are
You're the change in us
The change in us
We know
You awaken our hearts
To You we owe what we are
You're the change in us
The change in us
We know

We are found
There's nothing that can hold us down
With anything against us
We know Your love will be the difference
Be the difference
You give and take
Still we will go Your way
All our fear is in the distance
We know Your love will be the difference
Be the difference
Be the difference 

Shalom in Him!