August 28, 2025 • 16 mins
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“Thoughts and Prayers of Officials Mean Nothing to God Without Action.” In the wake of the Annunciation Catholic School tragedy in Minneapolis, this sermon confronts the hypocrisy of politicians who offer “thoughts and prayers” while refusing to act against gun violence. Drawing on Isaiah, James, Micah, Amos, and more, Pastor Ben exposes how God rejects empty prayers, condemns faith without works, and holds leaders accountable for blood on their hands. This is a biblical exegesis on gun violence, political idolatry, and the NRA’s grip on America. After the sermon, stay tuned for powerful commentary and analysis from the Black Family Channel family: DJ Xclusive, Rebecca Azor, Clickbaity Political Thirsttrap, Georgia Fort, Attorney Augustus Corbett, Dr. Carl Mack, and Pastors Jada and Ben. Timestamps 0:00 – Pastor Ben 3-Minute Sermon: “Thoughts and Prayers Are Meaningless Without Action” 3:15 – Bible Trivia 4:00 – Rebecca Azor 6:06 – Clickbaity Political Thirsttrap 8:13 – Here’s the Truth with Georgia Fort 9:13 – Attorney Augustus Corbett (Defiant Lawyers Network) 11:08 – Answer to the Trivia Question 11:48 – Black History with Dr. Carl Mack 14:21 – Pastor Jada Become a patron! h
“Thoughts and Prayers of Officials Mean Nothing to God Without Action.” In the wake of the Annunciation Catholic School tragedy in Minneapolis, this sermon confronts the hypocrisy of politicians who offer “thoughts and prayers” while refusing to act against gun violence. Drawing on Isaiah, James, Micah, Amos, and more, Pastor Ben exposes how God rejects empty prayers, condemns faith without works, and holds leaders accountable for blood on their hands. This is a biblical exegesis on gun violence, political idolatry, and the NRA’s grip on America. After the sermon, stay tuned for powerful commentary and analysis from the Black Family Channel family: DJ Xclusive, Rebecca Azor, Clickbaity Political Thirsttrap, Georgia Fort, Attorney Augustus Corbett, Dr. Carl Mack, and Pastors Jada and Ben. Timestamps 0:00 – Pastor Ben 3-Minute Sermon: “Thoughts and Prayers Are Meaningless Without Action” 3:15 – Bible Trivia 4:00 – Rebecca Azor 6:06 – Clickbaity Political Thirsttrap 8:13 – Here’s the Truth with Georgia Fort 9:13 – Attorney Augustus Corbett (Defiant Lawyers Network) 11:08 – Answer to the Trivia Question 11:48 – Black History with Dr. Carl Mack 14:21 – Pastor Jada Become a patron! h
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thoughts and prayers of officials mean nothing to God without action.
As children gathered at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota
to pray, a twenty two year old white male gunman
stormed into the sanctuary, killing two elementary school children and
injuring seventeen others. And despite the systemic nature of gun violence,
(00:23):
particularly against our children at school and worshipers in churches
such as Mother Emmanuel Amme, the nation was once again
handed nothing but the emptiness of thoughts and prayers from
political leaders who could take action. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
was immediately attacked when he accurately instructed the nation to quote.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Don't you say this is about thoughts and prayers right now?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
These kids were literally praying. So let's get something biblically straight.
Number one, God does not hear nor accept all prayers.
The Word of God in the Book of Isaiah declares,
even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening.
Your hands are full of blood. Stop doing wrong, seek justice,
(01:13):
defend the oppress. Jesus himself warns us when you pray,
do not be like the hypocrites praying to be seen
by others. They have received their reward in full. Number two,
the Bible is clear, faith without works is dead. The
(01:33):
Book of James, chapter two, verses fifteen through seventeen says quote,
if you say go in peace but do nothing, what
good is it? Faith without works is dead. The First
Book of John drives the point even further, saying, quote,
let us love with actions and in truth. Number three,
(01:55):
God requires justice and love over thoughts and prayer. The
prophet Micah makes it plain, what does the Lord require
of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with your God. Ezekiel warns our leaders, saying quote,
if the sword comes and the watchman does not sound
(02:18):
the alarm, I will hold them accountable for their blood.
Politicians who vote to loosen gun restrictions are lifting up
blood stained hands raised in hypocrisy, and Heaven turns away.
The Bible says that your prayers are noised, your condolences
(02:38):
are detestable, your rituals are rejected, and until you free
the United States from the idolatry and worship of guns,
God will not hear nor answer the prayers of a
people who sacrifice their children on the altar of the
nur raid coming up in the next twelve minutes. Here
(03:01):
from our family here at the Black Family stream including
DJ Exclusive, Rebecca Azor, Clickbaity, political thirst trap, Georgia Fort,
doctor Carl Mack, pastor and Attorney Augustus Corbett, Pastor Jada
and of course yours truly pastor bid time now for
our things you never knew were in the Bible. Trivia
(03:21):
question of the Day this week's focus, why Christians can't
be capitalist. Here's your question of the day. According to
the Book of Exodus chapter twenty two and Deuteronomy chapter
twenty three, what does God command about charging interest to
the poor? A It is forbidden entirely. B It's allowed
(03:43):
if the rate is low. C it is encouraged to
promote lending. Or d it is allowed if it benefits
the lenders. Family. That answer coming up in about ten minutes,
and next Rebecca Azor with lets be clear.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
They are building an infrastructure to criminalize migration and race.
They want you to believe that this is immigration law.
But I'd like for ideology to come to the front.
Come take your rightful place in the front, the one
that says who belongs here and who doesn't. So for
everyone saying that this isn't their issue, This isn't our issue.
(04:24):
When will it be when ice kicks in your neighbors
back on, when your coworker disappears, when your family gets
caught in the sweep. And I'm not giving a theoretical threat,
because that's what's happening right now. You could have been silent,
but you chose to. He's inophobic. We should have learned
the first time. When the Muslim band dropped in twenty seventeen,
(04:45):
people protested because they saw what was coming. And now
what's happening again, this time to black countries and black immigrants,
and the xenophobia is loud. The people impacted this time
aren't getting the same headlines or empathy sympathy, and that
tells you exactly where black immigrants sit in the hierarchy
(05:07):
of who gets protected. Let's be clear, this is targeting
people who look like me, like us, and if we
don't say something now, don't act surprise when that list
grows longer and when the reasons to be excluded to
start sounding more and more like your own story. So
it could be about being Haitian to you, or African
(05:27):
or American born, this is more about being black in
a system that always finds new ways to treat us
like we don't belong. So, yes, this is our fight.
You don't got to go outside and fight, but don't
be's inophobic. Stop yelling out ninety two percent like the
ICE has a checklist. If they see you, if you're
black and you're breathing, they got questions. They don't care
if your people came on the Mayflower Beloved or a
(05:49):
Jet Blue flight from Kingstone.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
That was Rebecca Azor. You can hear her seven days
a week on her YouTube channel. Be sure to share,
like and subscribe to the Queen. Coming up next, Clickbaity
political thirst trap, the fellas have got something to say.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
Hey, click fitty popolitical Yeah first trap trap squad, squirrel
squad our mission this critic cad what.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Made white people superior? And then these are air fortes people?
Is the metal the weapons they were using.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Everybody else Nobody was fighting that hard, nobody was killing
each other with steal And come on, you you were
barbaric when we didn't.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Have to be that part.
Speaker 5 (06:34):
And you use that just as you would soume stabbage
for using vicious for vicious overtaking of countries, and people
talk about what the way Africa finds itself now.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
But there was no country called Nigeria before white.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
People got there, that's right.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
So you put all of these people who had nothing
in coming and forced them to say you are one now.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yeah, yeah, that part, And then you.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Don't talk about your role in this. And people forget
that Africa didn't get free from European uh hands and
grip until the sixties sixties. My mother was always around.
She was way around when the mal Mao movement happened. Wow,
my mother was already here. Wow. The first African free
leaders after Europeans were educated at HBCUs. So you understand
(07:22):
what I'm saying.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
So so I think where I hear what you're.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Saying, and and and and I and I and I
think it is it is timely that folk understand that.
You know, when whenever we see the world.
Speaker 6 (07:33):
Through the through the through the spectacles that are built
by he who is trying to control your view, you're
always gonna get that silly conclave, concave view of what
reality is.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
That's right, because that reality is the one that is
necessary that party.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Right there, you leave the myth that you've been stirred.
That's Mayor Mondale Robinson of Klickabaity Political Thirst Traps join
us every Tuesday night at eight pm Eastern Standard time.
Do us a favor. Go ahead and hit that share
that like and subscribe button.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Hey Politic Yeah, first Trap Squats Girl Squad.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Our mission is.
Speaker 7 (08:11):
Critic coming up on Here's the truth. New information in
the case of a suspicious drowning leaves more questions than answers.
But we now know about Khalil Azan's death. Then in Minneapolis,
tensions flair as Uber and Lyft abruptly to part the market.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
We're not asking Uber and Lyft to leave. We want
Uber and Lyft to stay.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
They're the ones that are threatening to leave our city.
Speaker 7 (08:37):
What the decision means for commuters and drivers? Plus, lace
up your skates and get ready to roll. How one
group is bringing back roller skating to the Twin Cities.
Speaker 8 (08:47):
Make America skate again.
Speaker 7 (08:48):
That's what I like to say. And you won't want
to miss an exclusive performance by soul singer Paige Ellis.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Here's the truth, Here's the Truth. With Georgia Fort, you
can hear her daily Georgiaforth dot com. Be sure to share, like,
and subscribe to her content coming up next, pastor and
attorney Augustus Corbett of the Defiant News Network.
Speaker 9 (09:13):
We can't let these people play with us like that.
We know how brutal slavery was, and we got to
pass that all history down. And Trump is complaining that
the National Museum of African American Art and Culture, I
believe the name of it is. I've been there, I
(09:34):
love the place spends too much time not talking about,
in Trump's mind, how great America is, but in his
mind spends too much time talking about how human beings
were trafficked and enslaved and brutalized and treated less than animals.
(09:55):
He wants to get past that. He wants to erase that,
and not just him, MAGA and white supremacists generally, they
don't want to be reminded of that. They don't want
their children to know how evil their great great grandparents were.
My natural elasticity was crushed, My intellect languighed, the disposition
(10:23):
to read, the parted. The cheerful spark that lingered about
my eye died. The dark night of slavery closed in
upon me, And behold a man transformed into a brute.
It leaves you speechless at just how horrible slavery was
(10:47):
for our ancestors.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
That was the voice of pastor and attorney Augustus Corbett.
You can hear him seven days a week on the
Defiant Lawyer's Network. We are grateful to have his voice
as a part of our family here at the Black
Family Stream. Time Now for our things you never knew
(11:11):
were in the Bible. Trivia question of the day. According
to the Book of Exodus chapter twenty two and Deuteronomy
chapter twenty three, what does God command about charging interest
to the poor? The answer is a it is forbidden entirely.
Exodus chapter twenty two, Verse twenty five says, if you
(11:31):
lend money to one of my people among you who
is needy, do not treat it like a business deal.
Charge no interest. Coming up next, doctor Carl Mack.
Speaker 10 (11:49):
This founding father was black. George Washington was born in
Frederick County, Virginia, on August fifteenth, eighteen seventeen, to a
white mama and an enslaved daddy. Hmm, ain't this situation
a little different? His mama gave him up for adoption
to a white couple, James and Anna Cochrane, who were
(12:12):
relocating westward. The family lived in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois
before the Black Codes drove them in their son George,
further west the Oregon Territory. Well, that law not only
banned land settlements to blacks, but it just it couldn't
even tolerate the mere presence of us. Now, with the
(12:34):
support of pioneers, George was allowed to stay, but nonetheless James,
his daddy Well he purchased a six hundred and forty
acre plot, and on March second, eighteen fifty three, the
Washington Territory well it split away from the Oregon Territory,
and James took that land, which was now part of
(12:55):
a new territory, and sold that land to his son
Jee Word. In eighteen seventy two, with the coming of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, George established a town called Centerville.
Now those in the state of Washington would know that
town as Centrailia, Washington, and to help the town, he
agreed to sell plots of land for five dollars to
(13:18):
any man who agreed to build a house worth at
least one hundred dollars. George then used that money to
create parks, a cemetery, and build churches. During the economic
Panic of eighteen ninety three. He saved Centralia by providing
food supplies and money to its citizens. On this day,
(13:41):
August twenty sixth, nineteen oh five, the founding father of Centralia,
George Washington, met the Everlasting Father.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
This app is more than a download.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
It's a movement.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
It's a community of black families raising their kids truth
and on legacy. Download the Black Heritage Day app for
free in the Google Play Store or on the Apple
App Store. This isn't just an app. It is a
daily celebration of who we are.
Speaker 11 (14:20):
Brings me to point number one. God can call you
while you're still carrying your bag.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Just ask Moses.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
God didn't wait for Moses to drop his burden. God
didn't wait for Moses to feel worthy. God didn't wait
for Moses to be accepted. The burning Bush still burned
despite Moses's mistake. The Red Sea still parted despite his guilt.
(14:55):
Pharaoh still let God's people go despite Moses.
Speaker 11 (15:00):
Is this struckcomings. God didn't tell Moses to take off
his bags. God told Moses take off your shoes, Moses,
because the ground you're standing on is holy ground. Somebody
outta thank God that, no matter your mistakes, you can
(15:21):
still be called to stand on holy ground.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
There is going to come a day when there will
be no more war, no more sorrows, no poverty, no
more racism, bigotry or white supremacy. And own that day. Hallelujah.
Every child of God, that's every single person on the
face of this planet will be able to lift their
voice and say, Oh, Happy Day.
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Thoughts and prayers of officials mean nothing to God without action.
As children gathered at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota
to pray, a twenty two year old white male gunman
stormed into the sanctuary, killing two elementary school children and
injuring seventeen others. And despite the systemic nature of gun violence,
(00:23):
particularly against our children at school and worshipers in churches
such as Mother Emmanuel Amme, the nation was once again
handed nothing but the emptiness of thoughts and prayers from
political leaders who could take action. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
was immediately attacked when he accurately instructed the nation to quote.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Don't you say this is about thoughts and prayers right now?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
These kids were literally praying. So let's get something biblically straight.
Number one, God does not hear nor accept all prayers.
The Word of God in the Book of Isaiah declares,
even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening.
Your hands are full of blood. Stop doing wrong, seek justice,
(01:13):
defend the oppress. Jesus himself warns us when you pray,
do not be like the hypocrites praying to be seen
by others. They have received their reward in full. Number two,
the Bible is clear, faith without works is dead. The
(01:33):
Book of James, chapter two, verses fifteen through seventeen says quote,
if you say go in peace but do nothing, what
good is it? Faith without works is dead. The First
Book of John drives the point even further, saying, quote,
let us love with actions and in truth. Number three,
(01:55):
God requires justice and love over thoughts and prayer. The
prophet Micah makes it plain, what does the Lord require
of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with your God. Ezekiel warns our leaders, saying quote,
if the sword comes and the watchman does not sound
(02:18):
the alarm, I will hold them accountable for their blood.
Politicians who vote to loosen gun restrictions are lifting up
blood stained hands raised in hypocrisy, and Heaven turns away.
The Bible says that your prayers are noised, your condolences
(02:38):
are detestable, your rituals are rejected, and until you free
the United States from the idolatry and worship of guns,
God will not hear nor answer the prayers of a
people who sacrifice their children on the altar of the
nur raid coming up in the next twelve minutes. Here
(03:01):
from our family here at the Black Family stream including
DJ Exclusive, Rebecca Azor, Clickbaity, political thirst trap, Georgia Fort,
doctor Carl Mack, pastor and Attorney Augustus Corbett, Pastor Jada
and of course yours truly pastor bid time now for
our things you never knew were in the Bible. Trivia
(03:21):
question of the Day this week's focus, why Christians can't
be capitalist. Here's your question of the day. According to
the Book of Exodus chapter twenty two and Deuteronomy chapter
twenty three, what does God command about charging interest to
the poor? A It is forbidden entirely. B It's allowed
(03:43):
if the rate is low. C it is encouraged to
promote lending. Or d it is allowed if it benefits
the lenders. Family. That answer coming up in about ten minutes,
and next Rebecca Azor with lets be clear.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
They are building an infrastructure to criminalize migration and race.
They want you to believe that this is immigration law.
But I'd like for ideology to come to the front.
Come take your rightful place in the front, the one
that says who belongs here and who doesn't. So for
everyone saying that this isn't their issue, This isn't our issue.
(04:24):
When will it be when ice kicks in your neighbors
back on, when your coworker disappears, when your family gets
caught in the sweep. And I'm not giving a theoretical threat,
because that's what's happening right now. You could have been silent,
but you chose to. He's inophobic. We should have learned
the first time. When the Muslim band dropped in twenty seventeen,
(04:45):
people protested because they saw what was coming. And now
what's happening again, this time to black countries and black immigrants,
and the xenophobia is loud. The people impacted this time
aren't getting the same headlines or empathy sympathy, and that
tells you exactly where black immigrants sit in the hierarchy
(05:07):
of who gets protected. Let's be clear, this is targeting
people who look like me, like us, and if we
don't say something now, don't act surprise when that list
grows longer and when the reasons to be excluded to
start sounding more and more like your own story. So
it could be about being Haitian to you, or African
(05:27):
or American born, this is more about being black in
a system that always finds new ways to treat us
like we don't belong. So, yes, this is our fight.
You don't got to go outside and fight, but don't
be's inophobic. Stop yelling out ninety two percent like the
ICE has a checklist. If they see you, if you're
black and you're breathing, they got questions. They don't care
if your people came on the Mayflower Beloved or a
(05:49):
Jet Blue flight from Kingstone.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
That was Rebecca Azor. You can hear her seven days
a week on her YouTube channel. Be sure to share,
like and subscribe to the Queen. Coming up next, Clickbaity
political thirst trap, the fellas have got something to say.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
Hey, click fitty popolitical Yeah first trap trap squad, squirrel
squad our mission this critic cad what.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Made white people superior? And then these are air fortes people?
Is the metal the weapons they were using.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Everybody else Nobody was fighting that hard, nobody was killing
each other with steal And come on, you you were
barbaric when we didn't.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Have to be that part.
Speaker 5 (06:34):
And you use that just as you would soume stabbage
for using vicious for vicious overtaking of countries, and people
talk about what the way Africa finds itself now.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
But there was no country called Nigeria before white.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
People got there, that's right.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
So you put all of these people who had nothing
in coming and forced them to say you are one now.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yeah, yeah, that part, And then you.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Don't talk about your role in this. And people forget
that Africa didn't get free from European uh hands and
grip until the sixties sixties. My mother was always around.
She was way around when the mal Mao movement happened. Wow,
my mother was already here. Wow. The first African free
leaders after Europeans were educated at HBCUs. So you understand
(07:22):
what I'm saying.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
So so I think where I hear what you're.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Saying, and and and and I and I and I
think it is it is timely that folk understand that.
You know, when whenever we see the world.
Speaker 6 (07:33):
Through the through the through the spectacles that are built
by he who is trying to control your view, you're
always gonna get that silly conclave, concave view of what
reality is.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
That's right, because that reality is the one that is
necessary that party.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Right there, you leave the myth that you've been stirred.
That's Mayor Mondale Robinson of Klickabaity Political Thirst Traps join
us every Tuesday night at eight pm Eastern Standard time.
Do us a favor. Go ahead and hit that share
that like and subscribe button.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Hey Politic Yeah, first Trap Squats Girl Squad.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Our mission is.
Speaker 7 (08:11):
Critic coming up on Here's the truth. New information in
the case of a suspicious drowning leaves more questions than answers.
But we now know about Khalil Azan's death. Then in Minneapolis,
tensions flair as Uber and Lyft abruptly to part the market.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
We're not asking Uber and Lyft to leave. We want
Uber and Lyft to stay.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
They're the ones that are threatening to leave our city.
Speaker 7 (08:37):
What the decision means for commuters and drivers? Plus, lace
up your skates and get ready to roll. How one
group is bringing back roller skating to the Twin Cities.
Speaker 8 (08:47):
Make America skate again.
Speaker 7 (08:48):
That's what I like to say. And you won't want
to miss an exclusive performance by soul singer Paige Ellis.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Here's the truth, Here's the Truth. With Georgia Fort, you
can hear her daily Georgiaforth dot com. Be sure to share, like,
and subscribe to her content coming up next, pastor and
attorney Augustus Corbett of the Defiant News Network.
Speaker 9 (09:13):
We can't let these people play with us like that.
We know how brutal slavery was, and we got to
pass that all history down. And Trump is complaining that
the National Museum of African American Art and Culture, I
believe the name of it is. I've been there, I
(09:34):
love the place spends too much time not talking about,
in Trump's mind, how great America is, but in his
mind spends too much time talking about how human beings
were trafficked and enslaved and brutalized and treated less than animals.
(09:55):
He wants to get past that. He wants to erase that,
and not just him, MAGA and white supremacists generally, they
don't want to be reminded of that. They don't want
their children to know how evil their great great grandparents were.
My natural elasticity was crushed, My intellect languighed, the disposition
(10:23):
to read, the parted. The cheerful spark that lingered about
my eye died. The dark night of slavery closed in
upon me, And behold a man transformed into a brute.
It leaves you speechless at just how horrible slavery was
(10:47):
for our ancestors.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
That was the voice of pastor and attorney Augustus Corbett.
You can hear him seven days a week on the
Defiant Lawyer's Network. We are grateful to have his voice
as a part of our family here at the Black
Family Stream. Time Now for our things you never knew
(11:11):
were in the Bible. Trivia question of the day. According
to the Book of Exodus chapter twenty two and Deuteronomy
chapter twenty three, what does God command about charging interest
to the poor? The answer is a it is forbidden entirely.
Exodus chapter twenty two, Verse twenty five says, if you
(11:31):
lend money to one of my people among you who
is needy, do not treat it like a business deal.
Charge no interest. Coming up next, doctor Carl Mack.
Speaker 10 (11:49):
This founding father was black. George Washington was born in
Frederick County, Virginia, on August fifteenth, eighteen seventeen, to a
white mama and an enslaved daddy. Hmm, ain't this situation
a little different? His mama gave him up for adoption
to a white couple, James and Anna Cochrane, who were
(12:12):
relocating westward. The family lived in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois
before the Black Codes drove them in their son George,
further west the Oregon Territory. Well, that law not only
banned land settlements to blacks, but it just it couldn't
even tolerate the mere presence of us. Now, with the
(12:34):
support of pioneers, George was allowed to stay, but nonetheless James,
his daddy Well he purchased a six hundred and forty
acre plot, and on March second, eighteen fifty three, the
Washington Territory well it split away from the Oregon Territory,
and James took that land, which was now part of
(12:55):
a new territory, and sold that land to his son
Jee Word. In eighteen seventy two, with the coming of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, George established a town called Centerville.
Now those in the state of Washington would know that
town as Centrailia, Washington, and to help the town, he
agreed to sell plots of land for five dollars to
(13:18):
any man who agreed to build a house worth at
least one hundred dollars. George then used that money to
create parks, a cemetery, and build churches. During the economic
Panic of eighteen ninety three. He saved Centralia by providing
food supplies and money to its citizens. On this day,
(13:41):
August twenty sixth, nineteen oh five, the founding father of Centralia,
George Washington, met the Everlasting Father.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
This app is more than a download.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
It's a movement.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
It's a community of black families raising their kids truth
and on legacy. Download the Black Heritage Day app for
free in the Google Play Store or on the Apple
App Store. This isn't just an app. It is a
daily celebration of who we are.
Speaker 11 (14:20):
Brings me to point number one. God can call you
while you're still carrying your bag.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Just ask Moses.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
God didn't wait for Moses to drop his burden. God
didn't wait for Moses to feel worthy. God didn't wait
for Moses to be accepted. The burning Bush still burned
despite Moses's mistake. The Red Sea still parted despite his guilt.
(14:55):
Pharaoh still let God's people go despite Moses.
Speaker 11 (15:00):
Is this struckcomings. God didn't tell Moses to take off
his bags. God told Moses take off your shoes, Moses,
because the ground you're standing on is holy ground. Somebody
outta thank God that, no matter your mistakes, you can
(15:21):
still be called to stand on holy ground.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
There is going to come a day when there will
be no more war, no more sorrows, no poverty, no
more racism, bigotry or white supremacy. And own that day. Hallelujah.
Every child of God, that's every single person on the
face of this planet will be able to lift their
voice and say, Oh, Happy Day.
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