From the Desk of Rodney Howard-Browne

Publish date: 02/23/2010

Habakkuk 2:2-3
2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Over the years, one of the things that I have realized is that when we feel, in our spirit, that God is about to do something big, we must not grow impatient – We must not try to help Him bring it to pass – Instead we must prepare ourselves spiritually for what He is about to do – The fact is that we may not be ready for what He is about to do – We must not be in a hurry – Remember, preparation time is never lost – It's not that God is delaying – He is always ready but we are not – Let's prepare our hearts for what He has in store for us – The Vision is for an appointed time...We have a Vision for America – to see another Great Awakening!

Run With The Vision – America and Another Great Awakening!

This land of America, over the years, has seen two Great Awakenings in its history – one in the 1700s and one in the 1800s – It's time for a third in this 21st Century – A revival that does not touch the church to touch the culture of a nation is not a revival at all – it must affect every area of society – I believe that we stand on the brink of a third Great Awakening.

This is not about a Party – Republican or Democrat or other – tea – coffee? It's about morality and what's right and what's wrong – The church has ceased to be the moral conscience of the nation – It's time for the church to rise up and say, "Enough is enough" – We will not lie down and be quiet – It's time to make a change – that will affect everything – from the crack house to the penthouse to the schoolhouse to the jailhouse to the White House – It's time – Will you help us?  Invest in the Gospel

Our forefathers were not afraid – Why is everyone afraid? – There is a price for freedom – It might cost us everything even our lives – Give us liberty or give us death – Do you remember those words? – Someone from this generation must rise up and pay the price and say, "Enough is enough" – Someone must risk everything – Instead of trying to go under the radar – let's be a major force – like a hurricane not a tropical depression – Come on – Let's see America shaken – With the help of God and His Word, we can do it.

From the primary schools, to the high schools, to the universities, to the Congress and Senate, to places of business – from coast to coast – from sea to shining sea – This is what America is all about.

This great land of the United States of America was founded because of mans’ desire to be free and to have religious freedom. In this land, one can have a dream and can see that dream become a reality, regardless of race, color or creed. This is what America stands for. It is a nation founded by pioneers who had to brave the first winter and the ruggedness of this land to establish what is still known as the greatest country on the face of the earth.

God called us to America and opened the door for us to come here in 1987. He told us that just as America had sown missionaries into the nations of the world over the last two hundred years, so He was going to raise people up from other nations and send them to the United States. He told us to come and stir up the churches and tell them to get ready for the coming revival. Thank God that not only did He tell us to get ready for revival, but He also sent us a revival!

We have an overwhelming desire to see America saved and changed by the power of God and filled with the fires of revival. That is what motivates us, compels and constrains us. We count it a great privilege to be called as missionaries to the U.S.A. We have made America our home and are proud to be Americans – living in the land of opportunity, choosing to be pioneers, and braving new frontiers. We will not go quietly into the sunset nor fade away into History – It's time to write History – Will you stand up and be counted? – Will you be amongst that number that will pay the price and give your life for the cause of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? – I am for the sovereignty of Nations – I am not for one world government – Every nation needs to be autonomous and have their own language and culture and flag – and borders and currency – and preserve their History.
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Let us share with you a few bold statements that have been made about America and about the things that make her such a great nation. These statements also reflect the way that we feel about her.

Bring me men to match my mountains. Bring me men to match my plains. Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.
- Sam Walter Foss

America has been settled by people of all nations. All nations may claim her for their own. We are not a narrow tribe of men. No, our blood is made as the flood of the Amazon, made up of a thousand noble currents all pouring into one. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
- Herman Melville

You who have been born in America I wish I could make you understand what it is like to not have been born an American, not to have been an American all of your life, and then suddenly with the words of a man in flowing robes, for that moment and forever after, one moment you belong with your Fathers to a million yesterdays, the next you belong to America to a million unborn tomorrows.
- George Magar Mardikian

Throughout the centuries there were men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
- Ayn Rand

What kind of a man would live where there is no daring? I don’t believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.
- Charles Augustus Lindbergh

Our way of living together in America is a strong but delicate fabric. It is made up of many threads that have been woven over many centuries, by the patience and sacrifice of countless liberty loving men and women.
- Wendall Lewis Willkie

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As I flew out of New York bound for Europe many years ago on one of our trips, I looked out the window and saw the Statue of Liberty standing there – I reached over and took a yellow pad and wrote these words – about America – they ring loud and clear today as they did then.

AMERICA by Dr. Rodney M. Howard-Browne

From the harbor brightly shining, the lady her beacon beams
To all those tired and weary, come to freedom’s dream
And now that freedom threatened, revival her only hope
America your time has come, to fulfill your heavenly goal
From the grandeur of Alaska, to the blue of the Florida Keys
From the Aloha of the Islands, to Maine it’s plain to see
Fifty nations, it seems to fill your shores, as weary travelers come
To seek the joy that freedom brings, and to bask beneath your sun
The cry my heart desires, as one born out of due time
The burning cry of revival, from one of your newest sons.
America, America, may your Eagle soar again
High above the clouds of darkness, back into His glory once again.