Hope for America comes through only one way!

We are in a political fever here in Iowa. Democrats and Republicans are flooding the state this weekend. All together there will be 15 candidates here this weekend. It might has always been this way, but there is an extreme difference between the two parties this time around. But like always the Republicans are pandering to the Evangelicals. I am sure the battle cry at the Family Leadership Summit will be let's change America. The Des Moines Register quoted:

" Spirituality will be at the heart of the GOP conference. Don't be surprised if you hear a lot about revival. Evangelical Christians and conservatives are increasingly realizing that solutions they seek to America's ills are not political, but spiritual." said Drew Zahn, communications director for the Family Leader. Heart Change, not policy change. Just winning elections isn't going to cut it. It will  take cultural transformation. 

As my title indicates I think this is a no duh. What we need here in America is another Great Awaking. First the Church needs a great revival through the Holy Spirit. To go back to the basics. Keeping the main thing the main thing which is Jesus Christ. We also need to hold up the Bible as the Word of God and truly do what it says. Watering down the gospel of Jesus Christ has done no good. Trying to look like the unsaved world while trying to save them through Jesus Christ has gotten lost through translation.

I am going to the Family Leadership Summit with much skepticism. My question is does the GOP candidates share the same view as Drew Zahn and myself? I would guess a few of them would, but what about the front runners that will be there? It is easy to agree to an agreeable crowd that America needs God. It's easy to say that we need to go back to the basics, but what happens after the fan fair leaves Ames? As Christianity becomes less and less popular in America how easy it might be to abandon this call of spirituality and revival.

The fact is that if you have not put your head in the sand you know that we are in a cultural war. It might have been a battle years ago, but today it is a war all round us. The question is what do I do as a Christian? Well, first of all let's be involved with the political process. We are American's and we need to be involved in the process by voting for a man or women who has our values. More important than that let's start acting like the person we represent. I am not talking about politicians, for they represent or should represent us. The person we represent is Jesus Christ.

What did Jesus do while being tempted by the devil in the dessert? He quoted scripture back to him after each time the devil challenged Him with out of context scriptures. So, we need to know scripture! We need to read and memorize scripture. The Bible is God's Word to us. We then need to pray. We see that Jesus prayed and he prayed often. This is not hard things to really do. But we have walked away from the basics. We have replaced the basics with colorful programs and busy work within the Church. If we as Christians want to gain ground it is not by our power at all. We need to cry out to the Lord in prayer asking Him that the Holy Spirit would do a great work. It is only by the Spirit that we can accomplish anything.

Yes we need a revival! And then we need a great awaking here in America!! Let's pray, read and watch what the Lord can do if we have willing hearts.

Note: I will be doing live podcast from the Family Leadership Summit all day on Saturday July 18th starting at around 9:45 am. You can listen at http://www.spreaker.com/show/gary-eaches-peaches-show