{"id":124,"date":"2009-06-23T08:41:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T08:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/06\/guest-post-dr-suzan-johnson-cook-our-nation-whose-hands-is-it-in.html"},"modified":"2009-06-23T08:41:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T08:41:19","slug":"guest-post-dr-suzan-johnson-cook-our-nation-whose-hands-is-it-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/06\/guest-post-dr-suzan-johnson-cook-our-nation-whose-hands-is-it-in.html","title":{"rendered":"GUEST POST: Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook. Our Nation: Whose Hands is it In?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the first of seven weekly guest posts from Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook<\/a>, Author, Speaker, Senior Pastor at the <\/span>Bronx Christian Fellowship Church<\/span><\/a> in New York and Founder of <\/span>Wall Street Wednesdays<\/span><\/a>, a mid-week service that has been held for more than a decade in the heart of the New York’s Financial district.<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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WHOSE HANDS IS IT IN? by Dr Suzan Johnson-Cook<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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“Whose hands is it in?” was the topic of last Tuesday’s Wonderful Washington Worship, the first in a series of seven lunchtime sermons to be held in Washington D.C. created to\u00a0stimulate the Spirit and fortify the spiritual health of our Nation.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It was based on the 6th chapter of the Gospel of John<\/a>, simply because it focused on a Miracle that happened during lunchtime with a crowd that was hungry and needed something to special to happen. They needed to be revived. As the crowd gathered only one was prepared with sustenance–a little boy who was first overlooked because of the overwhelming and mounting problems.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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When the boy’s meager lunch (five loaves and two fish) was placed in Jesus’ hands it multiplied, because God was magnified. It went from a sandwich to a smorgasbord, from doom to a greater destiny. How amazing is that?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I believe this nation is spiritually challenged and hungry. As a nation, we face some seemingly insurmountable problems; some far too tough for us to handle without divine help. I believe that one of the answers to our problems is to re-connect, re-prioritize and allow ourselves to place these problems in the hands of the Almighty.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The most interesting part of this Bible incident was that right before the Miracle happened, thanks was given for the blessing. \u00a0So I ask you:<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Have we become a nation that’s forgotten how to be thankful?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do we still believe in Miracles; that our
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Whose hands are we in? God’s or our own?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Wonderful Washington Worship takes place Tuesdays from June 16-July 28, 2009 at 12:00-12:45pm <\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church at 9th & Mass Ave NW<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>900 Massachusetts Ave, NW,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Washington, DC 20001.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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