{"id":7799,"date":"2011-05-01T01:38:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T01:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/?post_type=christian-nation&#038;p=7799"},"modified":"2019-11-29T22:54:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T22:54:18","slug":"dependence-on-god","status":"publish","type":"christian-nation","link":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/christian-nation\/dependence-on-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Dependence on God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Continental Congress of 1774 met to begin the formation of a free republic, they didn\u2019t rely on their business acumen, on their well-known faces, or on their own merits as great orators. They relied on prayer and the guidance of God, and historical records confirm this. John Adams described how at the\u00a0<span lang=\"en-US\">first<\/span>\u00a0meeting, the\u00a0<span lang=\"en-US\">first<\/span>\u00a0order of business was to request that a minister of solid reputation be invited to open the deliberations with prayer, not with great speeches or people-pleasing platitudes, but with humble requests for God\u2019s guiding hand in all their deliberations.<\/p>\n<p>It was Reverend Jacob Duche of Philadelphia\u2019s Christ Church who was called. Although a few, according to Adams, objected to the particular religion of the minister, in the end, all agreed that it was the prayer that was necessary. Adams continues to describe the prayer\u2019s effect by saying that he had never seen such a pronounced response from an audience even at church. The attitude of the entire group changed, says Adams. They understood the 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Psalm read by Duche and took heed as he applied the words to the group: \u201cIn you, O Lord, we put our trust; let us not be ashamed (v.1), and in verse 5 that they commit their spirit to the Lord, adding \u201cbe Thou our rock for a house of defense to save us\u201d(v2). Thus, says Adams (and so did Washington) the whole assembly bowed in humble guidance to the Lord\u2019s leading.<\/p>\n<p>What became of that prayerful beginning need not be retold. Jacob Duche admonished the men of that Congress of 1774, as described by Webster:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSome were kneeling, some standing, but all praying, and looking toward Heaven for wisdom and counsel in this hour of doubt, anxiety, and responsibility; Washington, Henry, and others kneeling, and all invoking wisdom from above.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another curious bit of history rarely told is that this same Continental Congress passed a motion (on July 15, 1775) that required them to attend divine service as a body (all of them together), sometimes twice a day!<\/p>\n<p>What God wrought from that humble prayer beginning He can restore if men of God will lead and will seek His guidance on their knees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7800,"template":"","categories":[122],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-7799","christian-nation","type-christian-nation","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-this-christian-nation","tag-democracy-government-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dependence on God - Aletheia Baptist Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/christian-nation\/dependence-on-god\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dependence on God - Aletheia Baptist Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When the Continental Congress of 1774 met to begin the formation of a free republic, they didn\u2019t rely on their business acumen, on their well-known faces, or on their own merits as great orators. 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