Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, was murdered today in Utah.

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11. 0:34Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
12. 0:36It is with a heavy heart that we come to you today
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14. 0:46Some of you may be aware.
15. 0:47Some of you may just be learning this now.
16. 0:54Husband, father, Christ follower, according to his public witness,
17. 1:05a man whom I do not know personally, but I know several people
18. 1:08people who do know him who have affirmed that he is in fact, or he was in fact a godly man,
19. 1:16a devout Christian man, founder of Turning Point USA. Charlie Kirk was murdered today in
20. 1:26Utah. He was kicking off his and we'll get into kind of the news of it in a moment, but
21. 1:33he was kicking off what he called the American comeback tour, his college tours. And I'll explain
22. 1:39a little bit more about what he what he does and what he did at Utah Valley University. According
23. 1:45to reports, it is the most populated university in Utah. I didn't know that. I learned that today.
24. 1:50But at about 1 20 p.m. our central time, he was shot in his neck one shot. And shortly thereafter,
25. 2:04it was announced that he succumbed to those to that wound and has passed away at the young age of 31
26. 2:11years old, is survived by his wife and his two children, and many around the country
27. 2:22are grieving this brother in the faith, this brother in the faith. It is hard to
28. 2:36grasp the kinds of words that could be appropriate, should be appropriate in this time,
29. 2:42but I will do my best to do so. To the word of God we go, Romans chapter 12 is where I'm going to
30. 2:49I'm gonna go, Romans 12 verses nine through 16.
31. 2:53Romans 12 verses nine through 16.
32. 2:56That's right, it's two children or two daughters.
33. 3:01My wife has been deprived of her husband.
34. 3:06Two precious little girls have now been deprived
35. 3:08of having their father who was murdered,
36. 3:14who was murdered today.
37. 3:18Romans 12 verses nine through 16.
38. 3:23This is what the word of God says.
39. 3:26Let love be without hypocrisy, a bore, or hate, hate what is evil.
40. 3:34Cling to what is good.
41. 3:37Be devoted to one another, and brotherly love.
42. 3:41Give preference to one another in honor.
43. 3:44Not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
44. 3:51Rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer.
45. 4:00contributing to the needs of the saints,
46. 4:03practicing hospitality or endeavoring to show hospitality.
47. 4:08Bless those who persecute you.
48. 4:10Bless and do not curse.
49. 4:13Rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.
50. 4:21Be of the same mind toward one another,
51. 4:25to not be hardy in mind, but associate with the lowly.
52. 4:30do not be wise in your own estimation.
53. 4:39I'm pointing us to this passage of scripture
54. 4:42for one primary reason.
55. 4:50The entire epistle of Romans, Paul's Epistle to the Romans,
56. 4:54is written to believers.
57. 4:56These are instructions that are given to believers
58. 5:02because Charlie Kirk, by his public witness
59. 5:06and by those who know him best, who affirm it is evident
60. 5:11that he was a passionate Christ follower.
61. 5:15It is appropriate to say that Charlie Kirk's faith
62. 5:19has now become sight.
63. 5:24Charlie Kirk is more alive than any of us could ever hope to be.
64. 5:28Well, not ever hope to be.
65. 5:30He's more alive than we can attest to being right now.
66. 5:34And Lord willing, we will enjoy a similar living prospectively.
67. 5:42Well, at the exact same time, as I mentioned,
68. 5:46his wife and those two baby girls,
69. 5:49His wife also professed to be a believer.
70. 5:55It is appropriate to be reminded that the scriptural admonition to rejoice with those who rejoice
71. 6:06and to weep with those who weep, that is a family phenomenon.
72. 6:14What am I talking about there?
73. 6:17This is something that the scripture bears out.
74. 6:20That is what we do within the eternal family of God.
75. 6:26It's not to say there shouldn't be an appropriate expression of compassion with those who are
76. 6:32unbelievers, but the scripture is replete with expressions that the believer is to do good
77. 6:40to everyone, but especially to the household of faith.
78. 6:48I'm going to talk about this during the show, but I'm going to ask you to do something.
79. 6:52And I am asking this sincerely that you would pray for the Kirk family and for those two
80. 7:01baby girls. It's not two girls. Oh, I'm sorry. I apologize for that. A son and a daughter.
81. 7:14I apologize for that. I know I'm glad I get that wrong. I'm going to explain this more as
82. 7:22we go to the program. We also need to pray for our country. You have a young man who started
83. 7:37turning point USA in 2012, who as I understand it, he was in college, but became exasperated,
84. 7:47that I'm in school, but we not learning anything.
85. 7:50At a minimum, I'm not learning how to think,
86. 7:55who truly modeled for the country,
87. 8:01what used to be a value and a virtue
88. 8:07that we celebrated in our country, which was,
89. 8:09and which is civil discourse.
90. 8:14Civil discourse.
91. 8:20With everyone, especially with those with whom you disagree,
92. 8:23within guys of our own Providence, Charlie Kirk's profile in the nation increased as we
93. 8:35started out as a very small organization and a very small initiative grew over time to where
94. 8:42he exhibited outsized influence most recently demonstrated in his campaigning efforts on behalf
95. 8:48of President Trump, who was for the 45th and now 47th president of the United States.
96. 8:58And we were told, we were always told that the response to poor speech, unreasoned speech,
97. 9:13bad ideas, it's not censorship.
98. 9:16It is more speech.
99. 9:17It is by engaging you expose the flaw in your counterparts.
100. 9:25Understanding, yet in the process of doing that very thing, Charlie Kirk was shot and
101. 9:40killed today.
102. 9:42reports indicating that the shot came from some 200 yards away. Obviously, I cannot confirm
103. 9:48that at this very moment. That is one of the things that is being reported because this is
104. 9:53so early in this process. More factual information will be disseminated subsequently. But today
105. 10:15is a day where a lot of that is being turned on and said, this is rejoice with those who
106. 10:33rejoice, weep with those who weep. When you have a circumstance like this, and I'm starting
107. 10:48here in this way intentionally, a lot of the weeping and the mourning are not necessarily
108. 10:57for Charlie Kirk, as I said, his faith has become sight. But the weeping and the mourning
109. 11:05is appropriate for his family, for his loved ones, loved ones, his church family, and plainly
110. 11:22for our nation. Though we were we have been told repeatedly that civil discourse is the
111. 11:31way forward. I have on my on my show here encouraged a reasoning with people who disagree
112. 11:38with you. We're also taught that one of the clear evidences of when someone recognizes that
113. 11:49they are not fairing very well in civil discourse is that they may begin to talk louder, which
114. 11:57I've often said, just because you're loud doesn't make you right.
115. 12:04This what I think can be appropriately described as an assassination is the violent iteration
116. 12:19of shouting louder when you're losing the debate.
117. 12:24There were people who may very well have disagreed with Charlie Kirk, did not like what he stood
118. 12:31for, did not like what he represented publicly, but instead of stepping to the microphone to
119. 12:35express that disagreement. You have a would be assassin would rather allow a bullet to do
120. 12:53the communicating. This is a sad day, a sad day, but I want to be clear about it. The sadness
121. 13:06is not for Charlie Kirk personally because the testimony of scripture is clear.
122. 13:14the sadness for those who mourn his passing and the sadness is for our country.
123. 13:26I truly pray that this will turn.
124. 13:35We have the account in scripture.
125. 13:37We have Joseph who has the revelation from God as to what his future will entail.
126. 13:42He shares his dreams with his family,
127. 13:47But he has brothers who just would not abide
128. 13:52Joseph's dream coming to fruition. So they do what they thought they would could do to thwart
129. 13:58Division that God had given Joseph in the dream
130. 14:03capture him sell him into slavery
131. 14:06Joseph follows slavery
132. 14:09by
133. 14:11being a slave
134. 14:12Falsy accused
135. 14:13Incarcerated yet nevertheless God purposes off of field and into Joseph's life
136. 14:18life.
137. 14:20And the events come full circle to a Joseph serves as a lifeline for not only his relatives,
138. 14:24but the entire Hebrew people in his lineage.
139. 14:28And he makes the statement, with you intended for evil, God has turned for good.
140. 14:38I pray that this will be a moment catalyzes a massive return to our most abiding and enduring
141. 14:52need as a nation which is repentance.
142. 15:01A discipleship minute with Joseph Parker.
143. 15:04Looking in the book of Romans 12, beginning at verse 1,
144. 15:09I beseech you there for brethren by the mercies of God
145. 15:12that you present your bodies a living sacrifice,
146. 15:14holy, acceptable to God which is your reasonable service.
147. 15:19And do not be conformed to this world,
148. 15:21but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
149. 15:25which you may prove what is that good and acceptable
150. 15:27and perfect will of God.
151. 15:30For I say through the grace given to me,
152. 15:32to everyone who is among you,
153. 15:33not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,
154. 15:36but to think soberly as God has dealt to each one,
155. 15:38a measure of faith, and individually,
156. 15:41members of one another.
157. 15:44Father, we thank you once again for the wisdom,
158. 15:46the powerful grace, the powerful understanding,
159. 15:48and insight that is ours,
160. 15:50as we spend time with you one on one in your word,
161. 15:53each and every day.
162. 15:54We thank you, and we praise you in Jesus' name.
163. 15:57We do pray.
164. 15:58Amen.
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183. 17:12Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner, Abraham Hamilton the 30th. You're just tuning in.
184. 17:18We've started the show by discussing and lamenting the fact that 31-year-old Charlie Kirk,
185. 17:28husband, father of two children, two children, conservative political activist, founder of
186. 17:34Turning Point USA, but most importantly, a Christ follower was murdered today. Really an
187. 17:43assassination. If you look at, it seems to be, I'll say it that way. At about 1.20 p.m. Central
188. 17:50Times when he was shot. He was shot on the campus of Utah Valley University, where he was
189. 17:59is endeavoring to kick off his America comeback tour.
190. 18:05If you are unfamiliar with Charlie Kirk,
191. 18:08he started his organization, Turnipoint USA,
192. 18:11after deciding while in college that this is not for me,
193. 18:16that this place is not helping people learn how to think.
194. 18:19It is training people to be mind numbed robots
195. 18:22and I want no part of it.
196. 18:24He then launched the founding of his Turnipoint USA
197. 18:29organization in 2012.
198. 18:31And one of the things he would do
199. 18:34is to travel to college campuses around our country
200. 18:38and have conversations with college students
201. 18:42about civic matters, political matters, history,
202. 18:47and religion.
203. 18:48You name it, they would have conversations about it.
204. 18:50He would give the person in the audience a microphone.
205. 18:56They would dialogue about an issue
206. 19:00And oftentimes, almost always, Charlie Kirk
207. 19:05would be more armed with facts than the people
208. 19:08he was conversing with.
209. 19:10And in doing so, he ended up really changing hearts
210. 19:14and minds all around our country.
211. 19:17His station and our country grew to the point
212. 19:20to where he was a significant component
213. 19:22of President Trump's election in this most recent election.
214. 19:28And he was in the process of doing that very thing today
215. 19:32at Utah Valley University, according to reports
216. 19:37and hearing from the student there at Utah Valley University.
217. 19:42Charlie Kirk engaged in a conversation with one student first,
218. 19:46the first student to talk to him had a question
219. 19:50or really was trying to persuade Charlie Kirk
220. 19:52to embrace Mormonism, to which according to their all reports,
221. 19:56Charlie Kirk respectfully declined and simply said,
222. 19:59listen, I am a Protestant Christian.
223. 20:01I believe the evidence of firms,
224. 20:06Protestant Christianity, however, I have love and affinity for everyone.
225. 20:11You know, and I love people who are Mormons.
226. 20:14I'm a believer in Jesus Christ, but I am not here to debate or persuade
227. 20:20you concerning your religion.
228. 20:22I am all about exulting Jesus Christ, but I respect you.
229. 20:26And obviously I'm paraphrasing.
230. 20:28And his respectful conclusion of the conversation led to the crowd to applaud fervently.
231. 20:38Then there was a second question.
232. 20:41And when the second question began, according to reports of people who were physically there
233. 20:50that just learned NPR is trying to say something else, listen, NPR, they lied so much, please.
234. 20:58The second question, the second questioner asked about transgenderism.
235. 21:06And according to the reports, as Charlie Kirk was beginning his answer, that is when
236. 21:13the one shot rang out that struck him in the neck.
237. 21:18I'm going to show you video of this, but I want to tell you plainly.
238. 21:22There's lots of, there are lots of videos that are far closer than what I'm going to
239. 21:28show you because I know there are children who watch this show. I'm not going to show that close video that shows the the profuse blood spilling from Charlie
240. 21:39Kerchneck. I'm not going to show that video. So I want you to be warned about that. But I am going to show you a video that kind of gives you a perspective as to what transpired earlier today is audio and video, but it's not much dialogue. So I apologize for those who are merely listening.
241. 21:57But I think you also get an interesting understanding of this event solely by listening
242. 22:07Listen to and watch this is only about seven seconds long. Let's do a watch clip number one clip number one go
243. 22:20So you can hear as you'd imagine at an event on a college campus
244. 22:27There are lots of college students with cell phones and cell phone videos that are taken you heard
245. 22:33one of the attendees to say, run, you know, it's time to run.
246. 22:43I can't stop thinking about his wife and his children. I can't stop thinking about
247. 22:56on the scene. There was and I'm going to cut to some breaking news here right now.
248. 23:01That's literally breaking as we're on the air on the scene.
249. 23:04There was a man detained on the campus, but it was quickly determined that the
250. 23:11immediate person detained was not the shooter. As we are on the air right now, the FBI is announcing
251. 23:21that they have arrested the man who they suspect is the shooter. As this is breaking right now,
252. 23:30I don't have the capacity to do any additional research, but this is being reported right now.
253. 23:34There is a news conference where FBI agents are in orum Utah describing and announcing that they have
254. 23:43detained who they suspect to be the shooter. The FBI descended upon Utah almost immediately
255. 23:54after news broke or after information broke of the shooting. It's been announced by FBI
256. 24:02director, Cass Patel, that the suspect suspected shooter is in fact in custody. I can't stop
257. 24:12thinking about his wife and his children. I can't stop thinking about it. We understand
258. 24:24from a legal standpoint when violence is perpetuated, specifically, in furtherance of or response to
259. 24:34political discourse, it is described as terrorism. This appears to be a domestic exercise of terrorism.
260. 24:53I've explained to you many times before, many times before, and Moses Mordecai,
261. 25:00Mark's Levy is not the inventor of
262. 25:03sociallistic thought. I've shared
263. 25:05that Mark's actually was a disciple of
264. 25:08George Waugh Wilhelm Frederick
265. 25:10Heigle. Heigle. Sorry, Heigle.
266. 25:13Frederick Heigle from whom the
267. 25:17Hegelian dialectic comes from. Mark's
268. 25:19contribution to the sociallistic
269. 25:21framework of thought was the
270. 25:24utilization of violence as a
271. 25:25mechanism to accomplish one's
272. 25:27political objectives. This is
273. 25:31This is something we're seeing all too often.
274. 25:36This is not an exhaustive list, but these are just some of the most prominent violent displays.
275. 25:42Many of you may recall when family research campaigns offices were invaded by a man who
276. 25:47brought Chick-fil-A sandwiches because he wanted to shoot everybody in Family Research Council's
277. 25:53offices.
278. 25:56Struck the security guard who happened to be on duty, thankfully, he was able to subdue
279. 26:00the shooter and his wounds were not fatal.
280. 26:04Remember the shooter who attempted to kill Steve Scalise in Washington DC?
281. 26:14Last July, 2024, President Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania.
282. 26:27Today, Charlie Kurt.
283. 26:36Guys, there is a palpable display of evil in our country that is transpiring with repetition
284. 27:00just this week in North Carolina.
285. 27:07The brutal murder of arenas is a root scout, brutal murder over the Labor Day weekend, earned
286. 27:21the shootings all over our country.
287. 27:23Guys, we are not going to press forward as a society unless we come face to face with
288. 27:39the objective reality of evil.
289. 27:44This is very early in the investigation process in Charlie Kirk's murder.
290. 27:55The governor of Utah is speaking right now as I'm talking to you on television.
291. 28:00And he said, Governor Spencer Cox, that this is a political assassination, a political assassination.
292. 28:18When I say there is palpable evidence of evil, I don't want anybody to be misconstrued what
293. 28:28I'm saying.
294. 28:30This evil is being spurred by Satan himself.
295. 28:37I know some people get uncomfortable when we talk about this, but much of the recognition
296. 28:42has come into understand that we have moved beyond the donkeys and elephants that we're
297. 28:48talking about good versus evil.
298. 28:50You've heard me say repeatedly, but a part of the rules, a part of the rub here is you
299. 28:55You have people who are misunderstanding what exactly evil is.
300. 29:03And we can ignore reality if we want, but demonic agitation is real.
301. 29:13It's real.
302. 29:16The assassins bullet, as Utah's governor described this as a political assassination,
303. 29:21the assassins bullet to Charlie Kirk's neck is the physical demonstration of your inability
304. 29:27to overcome what his arguments may be,
305. 29:30then you want to conclude the conversation
306. 29:32by shouting him down.
307. 29:35Or dare I say, shutting him up, shutting him up.
308. 29:49Guys, we cannot progress forward.
309. 29:54We cannot, if we try to address the evidence
310. 30:00of the grotesque spiritual tasm that is in our country,
311. 30:05solely by political and rhetorical means.
312. 30:09Let's get another tariff.
313. 30:10Let's lower some taxes.
314. 30:12Let's do some funding for this initiative.
315. 30:13Let's pass another bill and we ignore the fact that men are desperately wicked.
316. 30:21We're going to miss the whole boat.
317. 30:24We're going to miss the whole boat.
318. 30:32I pray as I mentioned earlier, as it was as Joseph declared this, that what
319. 30:41the wicked enemy intended for evil that God turns us for is good.
320. 30:47I'm reminded of September 11th.
321. 30:50I was in college at the time and I remembered the response to the other carnage of September
322. 31:0111th.
323. 31:06It seemed like the whole nation recognized, oh, we need God.
324. 31:15September 12th, you saw full churches, church bells ringing all over our country.
325. 31:23And I also saw American flags all over our country, but then what happened?
326. 31:32progressed, we had some, I'll just say it, imprudent servant leaders, and we drifted,
327. 31:50drifted so far. So we went away from calling on God to embracing a violation of his institution,
328. 32:01saying, would God declare it to be abominable, should be given legal protection, and is not lost
329. 32:11on me, that the assassin's bullet was discharged at the very moment, that Charlie Kirk is about
330. 32:20to tell the truth about transgenderism. That's not lost on me. But the demonic
331. 32:29screed was shut up. We don't want to hear this. You had despicable persons. I didn't
332. 32:42even realize Bobby told me this. Like Matthew Dowd on MSNBC. He basically suggests Charlie
333. 32:50Kurt is his own fault. He had this coming listen to you and watch clip number three go.
334. 32:56But following up with what was just said, he's been one of the most divisive, especially
335. 33:01device of younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate
336. 33:07speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to hateful thoughts, lead
337. 33:14to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.
338. 33:26To be fair, he said this before, Charlie Kirk was confirmed dead, but he also said it after
339. 33:32he learned he had been shot. The only way to describe the willingness to make those kind
340. 33:39in the comments after man was shot in the neck.
341. 33:46It's the lovelessness, the waxing cold of hearts
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367. 35:07Recently at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, a young man who was so confused
368. 35:11that he falsely believed he was a woman, took multiple firearms to the school, and sadly
369. 35:16killed two children and injured 17 others before killing himself.
370. 35:21While the media blamed guns, the reality is that this young man's confusion about his gender,
371. 35:27use of marijuana, and focus on satanic darkness or the contributing factors.
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406. 37:17Abraham Hamilton III here.
407. 37:19Guys, you have to understand that this consistent
408. 37:22penchant to describe truth-telling as hate speech
409. 37:24is just a rhetorical device that shuts you up.
410. 37:27That's what it is.
411. 37:28And this is made an image of God,
412. 37:31so I'm not gonna call him any names.
413. 37:35But this wicked plebeian who's using his mouthpiece
414. 37:37to be a spout of wicked verbiage,
415. 37:45to describe an expression of an opinion
416. 37:47that you disagree with as hateful,
417. 37:50is nothing more than an effort to silence as well.
418. 38:04I understand, I understand more than many people
419. 38:13might even recognize.
420. 38:16As I mentioned some of the things that transpired
421. 38:24around the country showing the increase in violence.
422. 38:29I remember the day when AFA's head of security
423. 38:32walked in my office and came in with measuring tape
424. 38:35and I said, what is that for?
425. 38:36And say, oh yeah, everybody need to measure you
426. 38:38for a bulletproof vest.
427. 38:41I was like, what?
428. 38:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
429. 38:46I can see the looks on the faces of people
430. 38:48as I travel around the country to speak
431. 38:50and they see who we're traveling with
432. 38:52and they, hey, who's this guy?
433. 38:54And they're saying, oh, you have to travel with security.
434. 39:00I remember having to go home and tell my wife
435. 39:04we have different travel protocols we have to implement now.
436. 39:09So what I'm about to say now,
437. 39:10I don't want anybody to think that I'm unaware
438. 39:11of what is at stake.
439. 39:17But I want to encourage you as you're listening to me
440. 39:19and I'm saying this quite soberly
441. 39:22and honestly counting the cost myself.
442. 39:27Resist that temptation to dumb yourself down.
443. 39:33Resist that temptation not to speak the truth
444. 39:41because what Satan would love more than anything else
445. 39:43is for this to be an occasion that results in people
446. 39:45who have the truth and they now refuse to proclaim it
447. 39:49because of fear.
448. 39:52This is one of the main reasons why the Apostle Paul wrote
449. 39:56to Timothy from his Roman prison,
450. 39:59that God has not given you Timothy a spirit of fear,
451. 40:03but He's given you a spirit of power,
452. 40:07and of love and a sound mind.
453. 40:08And I want you to notice that Paul doesn't say,
454. 40:10love and a sound mind first.
455. 40:12The first thing he says is,
456. 40:13but God has given you power.
457. 40:17He's given you love, and He's given you a sound mind.
458. 40:23I keep reflecting on Charlie Kirk's wife and his children,
459. 40:30because I think about my own wife and children.
460. 40:38I think about how we pray when I have to travel
461. 40:40and speak somewhere, how we pray when we're traveling together and how we, I'm just going
462. 40:51to keep it all a whole buck with you guys, we firmly believe in the Second Amendment, firmly.
463. 40:58And not just believe it as an intellectual exercise, but as a practically applied
464. 41:05right that is God given. Don't allow the enemy to intimidate you into taking yourself out of the
465. 41:15the game. And I do not say that casually or callously, callously. I say it as one who
466. 41:31is counting the cost myself. If I would sit here and say the thought didn't cost
467. 41:38a mind and say, hey, you know, hey, maybe you should, you got some speaking events, maybe
468. 41:41you should consider. And then the Lord nudged me by his spirit. The very same way I'm talking
469. 41:51to you, but I haven't given you a spirit of fear. And if God hasn't given us a spirit of
470. 41:55fear, then why will we embrace it? Of course, we should be sober minded. We should be vigilant.
471. 42:02should be thorough and thoughtful, above all, prayerful, but one of the features that is
472. 42:13a byproduct of being indwell by the Spirit of God is boldness, one of the most important
473. 42:22iterations of boldness.
474. 42:24And I don't think this is a coincidence because God in his divine providence is never surprised
475. 42:33the card of God.
476. 42:36There ain't no such thing as sneaking up on God with a surprise.
477. 42:43Just Monday, just Monday at the Museum of the Bible, President Trump stood with HUD Secretary
478. 42:52Scott Turner and he later addressed the attendees at the Museum of the Bible at a meeting of the
479. 42:59Religious Liberty, Religious Liberty Commission in which HUD Secretary announced the Trump
480. 43:09administration's America Praise initiative, in which the president of the United States
481. 43:18and his cabinet is inviting believers all over the country to gather with at least 10
482. 43:26people once a week from now on through July 4th, 2026, which would be the 250th anniversary
483. 43:38of our declaration of independence,
484. 43:47inviting our nation, more specifically
485. 43:49to believers in our nation,
486. 43:53to commit ourselves once again,
487. 43:55you can go to the WhiteHouse.gov
488. 43:58slash America 250 slash America dash praise
489. 44:03and see it all for yourself.
490. 44:05We have the president calling on our nation to pray.
491. 44:07Now, of course I understand,
492. 44:08you know, you have all kinds of people
493. 44:10and the nation, all that kind of stuff,
494. 44:13but I am talking to this audience.
495. 44:21Is there no more significant recognition
496. 44:29than to recognize that we need God?
497. 44:32Listen to HUD Secretary Scott Turner
498. 44:35as he announces the America Praise Initiative.
499. 44:37Clip number five, listen to unwatch it.
500. 44:39Clip number five, clip number five, go.
501. 44:43Well, good morning.
502. 44:45So grateful to be here.
503. 44:46What an honor it is to stand with this commission
504. 44:51and with our president.
505. 44:53You know, we're in the nation's capital.
506. 44:55We're at the Museum of the Bible.
507. 44:58We're together and we're talking about faith.
508. 45:01Did anybody else pick up on that?
509. 45:03I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
510. 45:06We're right here.
511. 45:06So thank you, Mr. President.
512. 45:08It's an honor to serve under your leadership, sir,
513. 45:11and to be a part of this tremendous cabinet.
514. 45:14How many know we have a godly, faithful cabinet?
515. 45:17And a cabinet that prioritizes prayer.
516. 45:24On July 3, Mr. President of this year,
517. 45:26you kicked off the year-long celebration of America's 250th birthday in Iowa, you invited
518. 45:33America's faith communities to come together to pray for our country.
519. 45:39Well, Mr. President, America's faith communities are responding with overwhelming enthusiasm,
520. 45:44as you can see here today.
521. 45:46Today more than 70 major faith organizations and churches have joined together to participate
522. 45:53and what we're calling America Praise.
523. 45:57In fact, many of you are here today,
524. 45:59including leaders from pray.com,
525. 46:02hallowed the National Religious Broadcasters,
526. 46:04the Faith and Freedom Coalition,
527. 46:06Intercessors for America,
528. 46:08and many, many others are here with us.
529. 46:10And I wanna take a moment,
530. 46:11if you are here today and you have joined this
531. 46:14faith movement, America plays,
532. 46:16please stand if you're here just wanna please,
533. 46:18if you're here stand and let us see.
534. 46:20Thank you.
535. 46:27Well, together we have our simple proposition.
536. 46:33Think about this.
537. 46:35What if one million people pray for our country
538. 46:39every single week between now and next July 4th?
539. 46:45More specifically, what if believers
540. 46:48all across this great nation got together
541. 46:51with 10 people, friends, family members,
542. 46:54colleagues, work associates,
543. 46:5710 people each week to pray for our country and for our fellow citizens.
544. 47:03Let that sink in.
545. 47:04One million people, every single week, 10 people getting together to pray for our country and
546. 47:12for our citizens.
547. 47:13Guys, this should be the order of the day.
548. 47:20This should be the order of the day.
549. 47:22I can tell you the number of times I've come to this microphone on a National Day of Prayer,
550. 47:28prayer, prayer, proclamations. I did it again this year. And I want to be clear to everyone
551. 47:35listening and watching. Prayer is not synonymous with inaction. I want to say that again. Prayer
552. 47:44is not synonymous with inaction. Prayer is not the only action, but it is a necessary
553. 48:00action. We have lots of people who have pursued action, not enough who have pursued prayer preceded,
554. 48:14prayer guided action. We did not get to where we are as a nation overnight. We have walked step
555. 48:37by step one foot in front of the other in a direction that has consistently for the most
556. 48:45part until relatively recently in an effort to turn away from God.
557. 48:56I've presented how do you get from a nation of Israel established by the laws of God tablets
558. 49:08of stone written by the finger of God as the scripture says to monarchs being constructed
559. 49:16about the Mosaic law to hand write and retain their own copies of God's law to Josiah, who
560. 49:27surprised to learn that there is a book of the law.
561. 49:33We are in a similar station in our lives.
562. 49:35I often reflect on what happened generationally, what are the practical realities on the ground
563. 49:42that transpired in biblical Israel that led to this happening.
564. 49:48Guys we're in a similar place right now.
565. 49:52And we have a Declaration of Independence that includes the phrasing that we have endowed
566. 50:00by our Creator with inalienable rights.
567. 50:03Do you think they just stumbled upon that verb?
568. 50:09It's like, let's just wax poetically.
569. 50:13No, man.
570. 50:16That phrase was included in a list of articulated grievances against King George in England.
571. 50:25Benjamin Franklin is recorded having said at a moment when the constitutional conviction
572. 50:31convention was at a quagmire that couldn't get anything accomplished.
573. 50:37He's recorded as having said, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without the knowledge
574. 50:45of divine providence, how then can an empire rise?
575. 50:53His interjection led to a three-day prayer meeting, the results of which were our Constitution.
576. 51:05Guys, the time is up for being sidelined spectators.
577. 51:11You know, whatever metaphor you want to use, Monday morning,
578. 51:13morning, Monday morning quarterbacks, having a position that,
579. 51:17well, somebody else will get to it at some point.
580. 51:23How will we respond to what God is calling us to in this moment?
581. 51:32Are you willing to be salt and light in the land where God has planted you?
582. 51:35Am I willing to be salt and light in the land where God has planted me?
583. 51:41In the wake of this tragedy, my cry and my heart has been.
584. 51:52But what the enemy has intended for evil,
585. 51:58pray that you would turn it for your good.
586. 52:04The order of the day is prayer and action.
587. 52:11But action, prayerlessly,
588. 52:15is not gonna get us where we need to be.
589. 52:21The order of the day is prayer and action.
590. 52:27It is by prayer who will be guided to effective.
591. 52:40The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those
592. 52:45of the American Family Association or American Family Radio.