Consecrate a Fast; Call a Solemn Assembly

I believe this presidential election is the most critical election of my lifetime so far. America is at a crossroads, and depending on who we elect, we will either return to the values and principles that have made the United States a great nation, or we will descend into secularism, European-style socialism, and increasing size of both government and national debt.

This Super Tuesday will be critical to Rick Santorum's success; 419 delegates are at stake. I support Rick not only for his sound economic ideas, but for his corageous stand on social issues. All of the GOP candidates have at least paid lip service to pro-life issues and religious liberty, but Rick has been more outspoken on these issues by far. In fact, he hasn't just spoken of life and liberty--he's fought for them.

This is bold (and even a little risky) in an age in which even "conservatives" are urging candidates to avoid discussion of  abortion and same sex unions and focus on the economy. I believe this is a mistake. A conservative movement without social conservative is a watered-down, compromised conservatism. What we need in this hour is a strong conservative, both fiscally and socially. Rick Santorum is the strongest conservative currently running for the GOP nomination.

That is why tomorrow I will be fasting and praying that the American people would awake from their slumber and take their country back. I am also calling on all people of faith, especially Christians, to fast and pray with me for another Great Awakening. I am fasting and praying on Super Tuesday in hopes that Rick will get the necessary boost he needs to win, because I honestly believe he's the best candidate. If America picks Rick, it will be a sign that my fellow Americans are hungry for a return to the Judeo-Christian values our nation was founded on.

In the words of the prophet Joel:

"Yet even now," declares the Lord,
"return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
and rend your hearts and not your garments."
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
and he relents over disaster.
Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?

Blow the trumpet in Zion;
consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
gather the people.
Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
gather the children,
even nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.
~Joel 2:12-16 ESV

Let's fast and pray and bring an end to this wretched age of compromise. Let's send a message to the world that we are still one nation, under God, and we still believe in liberty and justice for all. Let's send a message to Barack Obama that we're not interested in his hope, his change, or his fundamental transformation of America into a Marxist republic. Let's send a message to Washington D.C. that we are sick of pork-barrel spending, high taxes, special interests, gratuitous mandates and programs, and all other waste and corruption. Let's start by crying out to a merciful, Almighty God Who can set this nation right again.