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President John F. Kennedy in a speech that he was never able to deliver due to his assassination, wrote these words:
"We in this country, in this generation, are by destiny rather than choice the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward men."
--John F. Kennedy (from a speech that was never delivered, due to Kennedy’s death)
SOURCE: Presidential Prayer Team Update for April 4, 2003.
In a December 2002 article by English columnist Brendan O’Neill called “Eat Drink, Be Merry,” he wrote this: (Show Picture) “Guess who’s plastering posters around the UK this Christmas with the words ’I wish the baby Jesus had never been born’ on them? A Satanic group dreading another celebration of the Christ child’s birth? Radical atheists who want to open our eyes to the futility of religion? In fact it’s The Samaritans, Britain’s trendy ’listening charity’, which is keen to flag up just how ’excruciating’ the season of goodwill can be. The cheery charity says the anti-baby Jesus slogan is ’an attempt to illustrate the dread with which some people view the festive period,’ when ’increased expectations of "high spirits" among family or friends can lead to a deflating sense of anti-climax if they fail to materialize.”
The Samaritans, who offer emotional support to the vulnerable, say the slogan is an attempt to illustrate the dread with which some people view the festive period.
The real problem is that some people focus on the wrong things at Christmas. Christmas can be a time of incredible hope if we focus on Jesus’ incarnation and the cross and empty tomb that followed.
As our Messiah Jesus is coming again to usher in His Millennial reign over the world as our rightful King of Kings and Prince of Peace. Moody Bible Institute publishes the daily devotional guide TODAY IN THE WORD. The devotional for June 19, 1992, contained this observation:
A group of academics and historians has compiled this startling
information: since 3600 B. C., the world has known only 292 years
of peace! During this period there have been 14,351 wars large and
small, in which 3,640,000,000 people have been killed. The
value of the property destroyed is equal to a golden belt around
the world 97.2 miles wide and 33 feet thick. Since 650 B. C., there
have also been 1,656 arms races, only 16 of which have not ended
in war. The remainder ended in the economic collapse of the
countries involved.
Over 3,000 American Servicemen and Servicewomen to date have perished in the War in Iraq. World peace continues to elude us. Is there any hope it will ever become a reality?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow felt the same hopeless despair during Christmas of 1863 when our Nation was in the midst of Civil War and he penned his poem that became our Christmas Carol “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” He laments in stanza three:
And in despair I bowed my head:
“There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong, and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.”
But his despair quickly turns to hope as he receives divine assurance in stanza four:
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth, goodwill to men.”
My brothers and sisters, Jesus is coming again! This time He is not coming to be born in a manger, not to be despised and rejected by men, not to be a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. No! He is coming to bring lasting “peace on earth, good will toward men.”
WATCHMEN ON THE WALLS OF FREEDOM
"We in this country, in this generation, are by destiny rather than choice the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward men."
--John F....
"Goodwill for a business is built by good goods, service, and truthful advertising."
Goodwill is the mightiest practical force in the universe.
None of us can buy goodwill; we must earn it.
Zig Ziglar On Politicians
A "politician" has been described as a genius who can open the door of your car with one hand, help you in with the other, and still have one hand left to pat you on the back and ask for your vote. Yes, as the saying goes, at one time in America we told political jokes and now we elect them.
Think about what you just read. At one time in our history, to be elected to the Congress or the Senate of the United States was one of the highest honors we could bestow on anyone. The people we sent to highest political offices were people of integrity, goodwill, intense patriotism, and had a desire to serve their country. We created what is universally recognized as the finest political system in the world. It has functioned effectively for well over 200 years. Unfortunately, the system has developed some serious "glitches," and too often we send politicians, not statesmen or stateswomen, to Washington.
Question: Do we improve that system or further destroy the system by constantly maligning the people in the offices that we ourselves sent them to fill? If they’re not capable people of integrity, what does that say about us? It’s true that we get what we expect, so it’s also true that if we expect and demand more of our representatives and ourselves, we will get more from them and from ourselves.
Solution: Keep closer account on what members of the House and Senate do. When they do someth...
"Henceforth in me instill, O God, a sweet goodwill to all mankind."
"Charity is a principle of prevailing love to God and goodwill to men, which effectually inclines one endued with it to glorify God, and to do good to others."
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