Thanksgiving
In the year 1608 a group of Christian "Separatist" left their church in England. It had been nearly one hundred years since the start of the Reformation in Europe and the Church of England was still reluctant to shed the grave cloths of Roman Catholicism. These Pilgrims fled their native England in a quest to live far from Rome and from any Church that would not separate from all vestiges of pagan Catholicism. The English throne and its relatively newly minted Anglican Church began to persecute these separatist who simply sought to follow in the footsteps of the Reformers. In 1620, after a stay in Holland, they set sail on their Pilgrim journey to the shores of New England.
They arrived at the tip of Cape Cod and having full assurance of God’s leading, they named their location Provincetown. In search of a more fertile location they traversed westward to what we now call the Plymouth Plantation. Our Sovereign God allowed his people to suffer great physical tribulation. His pilgrams were ill prepared for their first harsh winter. Then in His great mercy, our Sovereign God chose to prosper His people with much abundance. By the following harvest, in the fall of 1621, these brave separatist gave thanks to All Mighty God and laid the spiritual foundation for a new nation.
Father, with utmost gravity, we seek Your mercy on our land. Our Nation has departed from the great convictions of your pilgrims. We ask You to strengthen what remains and for Your Sovereign grace to cause us to stand firm on your Word alone. May our Churches repent of their ecumenical embrace of the very Antichrist seated in Rome. May they turn from their open practice of idolatry having littered their congregations with images of the "Catholic Jesus" and the fleshy god’s of emotionalism cloaked as spirituality. May we turn from the heretical doctrines and manuscripts seeded by the Roman Catholic Church.
We thank you Father, for you have shown us mercy and have continue to provide for all our needs. We thank You for those who have labored in prayer and financial support which has kept the light shining at the Berean Beacon.
Greg Bentley
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