Welcome to the Friday Five! Every Friday we share our top five
articles, stories, and quotes for you to read and share with your
friends and church families.
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1. NC VALUES: We wish you all a
Happy Thanksgiving!
We wanted to wish all of you a very happy Thanksgiving. We are so
very grateful for all of you. May you find much rest and gratitude
these days with your friends and family.
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures
forever." (Psalm 136:1)
"Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and
his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and
fills the hungry with good things." (Psalm 107:8-9)
2. CAROLINA JOURNAL:
The
Old
North
State
celebrated its 234th birthday
this
week!
"On Nov. 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify
the United States Constitution and the only state with two
ratification conventions. In 1729, the state started as a royal colony
and was one of the original 13 colonies. The state was named in honor
of King Charles I of England, who formed the English colony, as
Carolus is Latin for 'Charles.' North Carolina adopted the Halifax
Resolves resolution on Apr. 12, 1776, becoming the first colony to
permit their delegates to vote in favor of independence from Great
Britain. The slogan, 'First in Freedom,' was coined and can be seen on
license plates across the state."
We're thankful for our beautiful state.
Read more: https://www.carolinajournal.com/the-old-north-state-celebrates-its-234th-birthday-today/
3. WFAE: CMS superintendent reverses
course, removes controversial book from school libraries
4. DAILY SIGNAL: Sens. Vance,
Rubio Oppose Census Bureau Funding to Push Sexual Orientation-Gender
Identity Agenda
"The Census Bureau is asking Congress for $10 million to figure out
how best to promote the fiction that sex is assigned at birth, rather
than the scientific fact that it is present at conception. It is part
of a new set of questions on sexual orientation and gender identity
that the bureau wants to ask residents, even as young as 15."
Read more:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/20/even-census-bureau-is-pushing-radical-gender-ideology/
5. LIFE SITE NEWS: French
leftists and Texas conservatives agree: Kids must be protected from
online pornography
"In a victory for the forces of sanity and innocence, the U.S.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted in favor of Texas Attorney
General Ken Paxton on Friday, November 15 in his bid to protect a law
requiring age verification on porn websites."
North
Carolina made significant steps earlier this year to
protect minors from pornography and other obscene material with
passage of HB 8 (the "Pornography Age Verification Enforcement Act"),
and SB 579 ("Prevent Harm to Children" bill).
Read more: https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/french-leftists-and-texas-conservatives-agree-kids-must-be-protected-from-online-pornography/
Weekly Prayer: NC Officials
LORD, you also have instructed us to pray for our governing
officials, and we come to you in the spirit of this petition. We pray
for our state government and its executive, legislative, and judicial
servants. May they indeed be servants unto the people, and govern in a
manner that protects liberty and virtue. In the same spirit, we pray
for public servants across our local governments. May they all heed
your mandate in Romans 13:4 to be in positions of authority as "God's
servant" and for the "good" of the public. They govern in what we
confess are difficult times. May they plead with you to give them
wisdom, and may your grace to govern wisely be poured out on
them.
Protect us from the oppression and loss of freedoms that other
countries have experienced, and help us to value and preserve freedom,
which we know comes only from You.
"I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I
have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free." Acts
7:34
Amen
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Sincerely,
Tami & Team
NC Values
