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December 12, 2025

The Appeals That Saved Us Then Will Save Us Now

In yesterday’s post, I wrote about realigning America with heaven, based on Matthew 6:10, where Jesus instructed us to ask for His Kingdom rule to come “on earth, as it is in heaven.” I shared about how America’s Founders were aligned with heaven in the founding of our nation. I also said, “We need more than patriots in government to restore America; we need patriotic intercessors, those willing to appeal to heaven for America’s realignment with God. Our Founders recognized this need in our nation’s beginning. This is why Washington commissioned the creation of the Appeal To Heaven flag and flew it over America’s naval vessels and battlefields in the Revolutionary War.”

Our Founders believed so much in the power of prayer–appealing to heaven–that they spoke of it in the Declaration of Independence:

“We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States…”(1)  

Think about that - the power of prayer is mentioned in the first legal document of our nation, the Declaration that began America’s existence! 

Patriot and signer of the Declaration, Samuel Adams, referenced this a year later during one of the most challenging points of the Revolutionary War. Adams is certainly one of my favorite Founding Fathers.

In September of 1777, a year after declaring independence, things were not going well for the American patriots. They had lost New York City and Fort Ticonderoga, and were badly defeated at the Battle of Brandywine, losing hundreds of soldiers. They were losing ground quickly in Pennsylvania, and the Capital, Philadelphia, was about to be captured by the British. The patriots quickly hid the large Liberty Bell, inscribed with the quote from Leviticus 25:10, “Proclaim liberty throughout the land to all the inhabitants thereof,” just in the nick of time. Congress then fled to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then to York. 

Ira Stoll says of the desperate time, “John Adams of Massachusetts wrote in his diary, ‘The prospect is chilling, on every Side: Gloomy, dark, melancholy, and dispiriting.’

“The number of delegates present at Congress had dwindled to a mere twenty from the fifty-six members who had signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Those remaining gathered for a private meeting in York to question whether there was any hope of success.”(2)

One of those still present was the aforementioned Samuel Adams (John Adams’s cousin). Sam had already lost much during the war. Friends had been killed, his home was destroyed, and he was on the run. In an act intended to demoralize, the British had desecrated the Old South Church in Boston, which had been attended by his family and many of the Founding Fathers. The pews were removed, the floor was covered with dirt, and it was used as a riding academy. 

At this difficult time of great despair, the indomitable Sam Adams gave the remaining members of Congress a pep talk:

“If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness that shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.”(3)

Stoll states that Adams continued his words by “comparing the American revolutionaries to the Israelites who had left the slavery of Egypt. According to Exodus, chapter 13, God had guided them in the wilderness with a ‘pillar of cloud by day’ and a ‘pillar of fire by night.’ Then Adams said: 

“‘Let us awaken then, and evince a different spirit, – a spirit that shall inspire the people with confidence in themselves and in us, – a spirit that will encourage them to persevere in this glorious struggle, until their rights and liberties shall be established on a rock. We have proclaimed to the world our determination “to die freemen, rather than to live slaves.” We have appealed to Heaven for the justice of our cause, and in Heaven we have placed our trust. Numerous have been the manifestations of God’s providence in sustaining us. In the gloomy period of adversity, we have had “our cloud by day and pillar of fire by night.” We have been reduced to distress, and the arm of Omnipotence has raised us up. Let us still rely in humble confidence on Him who is mighty to save. Good tidings will soon arrive. Heaven shall never abandon us while we act worthy of its aid and protection.’”(4)

Thomas Jefferson once called Sam Adams: “truly the man of the Revolution…for depth of purpose, zeal, and sagacity, no man in Congress exceeded, if any equalled, Sam Adams.”(5) The Founders may have given up, had it not been for the passion and faith of this amazing man.  

The original American dream wasn’t about wealth, but freedom—freedom to worship and freedom from tyranny. It was also about partnering with God to release the light of His word to all nations, and exporting His glorious gospel to the ends of the earth. 

It was a shared dream, born in the heart of God and deposited in the womb of our nation. However, some in America have perverted this holy desire and God-honoring partnership, turning the dream into a narcissistic lust for money, possessions, power, and pleasure. As uncontrolled appetites always do, the gluttonous cravings gradually grew in intensity until people no longer controlled them—they controlled the people. Liberty became license; independence became rebellion; and their “freedoms” enslaved them. Of course, at some point, the piper – which for America became the discordant notes of our perverted dream – will always demand his payment. Consequently, America is no longer feeding on the dream; the dream is feeding on us.

The spiritual giants of debt, abortion, violence, racism, addictions, and sexual perversions – all are strongholds that have been ruling and destroying America.

It didn’t stop there. Our government became completely chaotic, losing the ability to govern, even with simple common sense, let alone wisdom and accurate constitutional law. Black-robed ideologues found the right to abortion in one word, “privacy,” in our Constitution! Many of our leaders deny our true history and oppose our Creator. God’s ways are scorned, and amorality is the new law of the land. The true American dream is in jeopardy. 

If Adams were alive today, his response to this loss of life and reason would be, in part, a passionate plea to “appeal to Heaven once again. The God who saved us then will save us now!” 

And so we do. 

Pray with me:

Father, You created America in amazing fashion, doing so to use her as a trumpet of the gospel to the ends of the earth. We are humbled and deeply moved by this.

We are also greatly impacted by the knowledge that we were born under a movement of prayer, that appealing to You was the source of our freedom. 

You have brought the Appeal To Heaven flag out of history’s archives, and we are appealing once again. Just as our Founders placed in the Declaration of Independence, we are “appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions.” As we do, we are confident that You will once again free us from oppression, this time originating from within, and realign us with Heaven. 

We ask that You overthrow the evil trying to destroy our heritage and destiny. Overthrow those who defile our children and promote perversion. Overthrow false gods and false religions. We bind the spiritual powers behind these efforts in the name of Jesus! And Lord, pour fuel on the revival that has begun in America and other nations. Cause it to burn brightly! Save billions, we pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ...Amen.

Our decree:

We decree that the appeal to heaven is being made again...and will succeed again!

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