Remembering the First Landing

Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time.
Deuteronomy 4: 39-40

It was on the shores of Cape Henry on April 29, 1607 that Pastor Robert Hunt read from Deuteronomy and dedicated Virginia-America to God.

We do hereby dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with these generations take the Kingdom of God to all the earth. May this Covenant of Dedication remain to all generations, as long as this earth remains, and may this Land, along with England, be Evangelist to the World. May all who see this Cross, remember what we have done here, and may those who come here to inhabit join us in this Covenant and in this most noble work that the Holy Scriptures may be fulfilled.

Given by Parson and Minister of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Robert Hunt,
April 29, 1607 at Cape Henry,Virginia-America (now Virginia Beach, Virginia) Paraphrase from Old English to modern language provided by Jan Bauder

Grace and Peace,

Ed

A Quote from President Ronald Regan

"Above all, let us remember the mountain of strength that offers the greatest hope and inspiration for all. I believe with all my heart that standing up for America means standing up for the God who has so blessed our land.

We need God's help to guide our nation through stormy seas. But we can't expect Him to protect America in a crisis if we just leave Him over on the shelf in our day-to-day living. There's a lovely old hymn which says: When morning lights the eastern skies, O Lord Thy mercy show, on Thee alone our hope relies, let us Thy kindness know.

Trusting in Him, believing in each other, working together, we will rebuild America -- the land of our dreams and mankind's last great hope."— Ronald Reagan, November 16, 1982

While this quote is 27 years old, it still rings true today. The answer to man's problems. The answer to man's questions. The answer for the United States of America and the answer for Christian Education is "on Thee alone our hope relies, let us Thy kindness know."

May God Bless America!

Grace and Peace,

Ed

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