July
2 0 2 4 / P A R T N E R L E T T E R
What a wonderful time of year!
Picnics, families getting together—it's
the Fourth of July. Freedom Day!
Let's open our Bibles to Genesis 17:1:
Dear Partner,
toward heaven,
Washington made a
vow to lead our nation and honor the
GOD of ISRAEL and His Covenant.
After Washington invoked his oath and
covenant and sealed it with, "
So help
me God," he bowed his knee to the
ground in reverence and kissed the
Bible. Afterward, Washington called
the senators and newly elected
officials to join him, as they walked
arm-in-arm down the streets of New
York City to St. Paul's Chapel. There,
they bowed together and prayed.
They dedicated this land, our beloved
America, to God! The day that George
Washington was inaugurated was the
day that covenant was Invoked.
AMERICA BELONGED TO GOD
ALMIGHTY!
So the first act of Congress was to
make covenant with Almighty God.
Remember now, first covenants count,
so the United States is based solidly
upon our covenant with the God of the
universe, Creator of heaven and earth!
Well, all of that is just magnificent! But
the party is OVER. Matthew 24:6 says,
"Wars and rumours of wars." So the
most powerful nation the world has
ever seen is sitting between two
oceans—the Atlantic and the Pacific.
President Washington designed the
American flag with 13 stars for the 13
1 AND WHEN ABRAM WAS NINETY
YEARS OLD AND NINE, THE LORD
APPEARED TO ABRAM, AND SAID
UNTO HIM, I AM THE ALMIGHTY GOD;
WALK BEFORE ME, AND BE THOU
PERFECT.
The day was April 30, 1789. It was a
day of making covenant with
Almighty God for the United States of
America. A proclamation was made
for the sacred gathering at Federal
Hall. "Come and see your president
take his oath and pray that God will
accept this land as His."
At 9 a.m., the bells rang throughout
the city. Washington took his official
oath of office in New York City. He laid
His hand on the Bible (and not just
merely upon his Bible—he specifically
opened it up and laid his hand upon
the covenant God had made with
Abraham in the book of Genesis.)
Then, lifting his other arm upward
