Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He also has forsaken you.'” So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD. 2 Chron 24:20-21
An agnostic couple sued the Medina Valley Independent School District in an effort to remove prayer from a high school graduation ceremony.
They allege that it is illegal to include prayer during the upcoming graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 4.
The couple have two children in the school district with one scheduled to graduate next week from Medina Valley High School. Their son said he might not attend his graduation if other students are allowed to pray during the event.
A U.S. District Judge has ruled that the school district may not proceed with plans to include an invocation or benediction at the ceremony, saying that doing so would make it sound like the school is “sponsoring a religion.”
However, this year’s valedictorian is disappointed in the ruling saying, “After all that I’ve been taught about the freedoms of speech, expression and religion in our country, I am disappointed that my liberties are being infringed upon by this court’s ruling to censor my speech.”
Here is my take on prayer in school; if I am asked to pray I will do it in the name of Jesus.
Would I expect a Muslim, a Jew, or Buddhist to do the same?
Of course not!
Then again I would not expect my local school district to invite one the latter to do the invocation or benediction!
But if they did and I was in the audience, would I get up and walk out?
No way! I’m going to stay and silently pray in Jesus’ name for the Holy Spirit to do a work.
You see, I know the verse that says you are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
What I don’t understand is why the agnostic couple is having a problem.
An agnostic typically has the idea that if there is a god, that’s okay, and if there isn’t a god, that’s okay too! So why should they care either way.
And finally, why don’t they sue the president of the U. S. since there was a prayer at the inauguration ceremony!
Oh, the hypocrisy of it all!
America needs to repent and quit shutting up the prophets; the messengers of God’s word.
Morning Thought with Pastor Tim 
Running away is not the answer, although it does make a statement. My second brother , Mike, had an appointment in town with the Navy an hour after his graduation. Not enough time to change his close. This was during the VeitNam “conflect”. He wanted to walk up in unifrom to receive his deploma. [ the military uniform must not be covered] He was not premitted. With five kids and all those years of strugling to keep us in school, Mike was the second one to finish and then go off and maybe die for that schools freedom. The three of us that followed were full of anger & disrespect. Of coure we hurt our selves! O that we had known Christ & about prayer back then. We three stired up alot of discord. Both those brothers became totaly disabled from the time of their military release. and the schools see no honor in the uniform, nor in covering those young people in prayer.
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