Meat for the Hungry

  robert-linder-fcFEnjBmm14-unsplash In a few days, we will celebrate the moment our fledgling nation declared its independence from Great Britain. On July 4th , many will display the A m e r i c a n F l a g , fondly known as Old Glory. But how many of us know the history and meaning of our flag, the banner we A m e r i c a n s rally around?   Our A m e r i c a n F l a g “…comprises two basic elements: the canton or union (the blue corner with the stars) and the field , composed of red and white stripes.   The canton is a rectangle of Old Glory Blue overlaid with 50 white 5-pointed stars, representing the 50 states of the Union. The field comprises 13 stripes, 7 in Old Glory Red and 6 in plain white, representing the original 13 colonies founded in the 17th and 18 th centuries. After the federal government designed and officially used the Great Seal of the United States for the first time, they gave the colors on the A m e r i c a n F l a g a meaning: ...

  Our prayer for DAY TWO:   Father God, as we boldly enter into Your throne room through the torn veil, the body and shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, [1] we humble ourselves in Your presence. Thank you for allowing us to enter and Lord Jesus, for dying on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin. [2]   You alone are Holy, good, and true. [3] Only You deserve our honor, praise, and worship for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved, but Jesus Christ. [4] Thank you for sealing us, Your servants, with and by the power of Your Holy Spirit. [5]   O Lord, my God, we beseech you today. You are the One who made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground. You did this by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm. You alone have the right to give it to whom it seemed proper to You. [6]   Right this moment, we again humble ourselves and acknowledge Your right, authority, and sovereignty to perfo...