The Power of Principles - for Independence

A Speech Given by William Owens in Oakhurst, CA

July 4, 2010

The Power of Principles - For Independence

Though I would love to be the bearer of an enthusiastic and patriotic message, duty calls me instead to bring a message of a patriot’s warning.  Our independence is under siege.

As we witness arrogance in action through the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama and a league of progressives that aid him in his hideous push towards an emperor’s dream, we, as Americans, must ask ourselves a most serious question in regards to our country.

Do we care about our independence and how much?

 Our answer will determine the form of action or inaction that we will take during the next 18 months prior to the next presidential election to vote again.  We will either reclaim our Republic or seal its demise upon the heaps of American exceptionalism.

If you genuinely care, then listen …. and then act. 

If you’re not sure if you should care or not; listen and maybe your eyes will be opened. 

If you don’t care, move out of America!

Those who care must take to arms with the most powerful weaponry known to mankind.  It’s faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a locomotive, and it’s able to leap not only buildings in a single bound, and especially, runaway governments as well. 

It is the power of principles that can save a nation and our country needs saving and only by and through the guiding hand of God can we save America! 

If we care, we will return to these guiding principles and allow them to once again shape our thoughts, our vision and our actions.  Why do I say return?  I say that because we as a country have abandoned them and therefore, we have abandoned God. 

This did not begin when we voted for Obama; it started when we voted out school prayer; when we legalized abortion and legitimized moral unrestraint in allowing our children to do what they wanted, when they wanted, and with whom they want to do it; when husbands and wives permit divorce to be an option give up on their love for each other and marriage vows before God.  These are just a few ways we have abandoned God and the principles that He created.  And therefore, God has left us to our devices.  It won’t be the Republican Party or Independent Party that liberate us, it will be the party of ONE: God and only through adhering to His created principles can America be Saved.

It is not enough to implement principles when we vote for a local candidate or the next president. We have to implement them NOW.  They can only be activated in the heart of man, not executed externally as a quick fix. 

Principles are the air that God fearing American loving and family centered people breathe.  Principles shape our life and affect our decisions.  Like a rose garden that beautifies a well-tended yard, so, too, principles beautifies well lived lives.

So how do we experience the Power of these Principles manifest upon our country now?  Simple but not easy.  We repent and return.

REPENT!?  Yep  - In our own way apologize to God for our own arrogance; our own selfishness and our own methods.

We cannot throw money at this, rather we must throw ourselves upon the alter of God’s mercy and once we do, the power of principles will first affect us and then they will assuredly affect those around this nation and then us.

I’ll admit that this was probably not what most of us want to hear.  It’s the 4^th of July! Fireworks, Food and Fun…

Listen people this is precisely my point.   If it where not for guiding hand of God upon America through the Power of Principles there would be no 4^th of July!

If John Adams where standing here, he would say to you the same thing he said to his wife when he wrote here this letter before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.[6]

We as Americans can win if we grab a hold of God’s Principles.  They are powerful, they are potent and they are personal. 

Make it your resolution this Independence day to realize that God's principles will work for us if we let them work in us.

God Bless You and God Bless America!

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