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Happiness is a state of mind. - 2
** Religious Freedom for the World
By Andrew Wommack Ministries Staff | August 13, 2018,**
Date: 9/16/2018
Happiness is relative to your station in life! The result of a Happy or Blessed life is based upon your interaction with others.
This is why we should share and care about others!
Happiness is collective and necessary to a successful Blessed life. Yet we see all the domination and hate of the free agency {a God given choice} toward love of neighbor!
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Religious Freedom for the World
13 August 2018
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Concerning the First Amendment, Thomas Jefferson wrote the following
in 1802:
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only,
and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.
Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
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Throughout history, religious freedom has given us universities, hospitals, charities, and— believe it or not—economic growth.
* All of these are essential parts of everyday society from which everyone—religious or not—benefits.
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback says that religious liberty “brings people to invest in people. It opens up minds and gets people building schools, colleges, hospitals, and clinics all over the place. It cannot be a restrictive environment in which people fear for their lives because of their beliefs. Religious groups can’t send people in to help if they fear for their lives.”
That is why it is so important that we protect our God-given right to practice our own religion. With that in mind, Brownback visited Colorado this past June and met with local religious leaders, including Andrew Wommack. They discussed the contributions faith-based organizations have made to society that so many take for granted.
Brownback also mentioned to Andrew and others the importance of religious organizations being educated about persecution.
“The Chinese government won’t let these Muslims practice their faith,” he said.
“It won’t let them take Muslim names. The government has more than 10,000 Uyghurs in re-education camps. Go to Burma right next door, and we have Rohingya (Muslims and Hindus) persecuted by Buddhists. And now the Burmese have turned on Christians in the north. The Kachin are being driven out similar to the Rohingya. Thousands are being killed. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of religious persecution around the world, and that’s why I’m here.
This is a community that can help.”
On a global scale, it has become evident that advancing religious liberty in America helps even those in other countries.
As stateside ministries are allowed to function, their global reach and impact will be increased. If they lose the freedom to practice their faith, whether through persecution or censorship, the people who need them stand to lose the most.
That is why we must meet the challenge of progressives who are growing more brazen in threatening religious liberties. If we will defend the freedom to practice our faith,
we don’t just have the power to make a difference in the lives of Americans but also untold differences in the lives of others around the world.
Written by AWM staff |
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