A Tennessee politician is on a passionate mission to urge fellow citizens to turn back to the Lord.
State Rep. Monty Fritts recently took the historic step of spearheading a resolution calling Tennesseans to coalesce for 30 days of prayer, fasting and seeking God on behalf of the state.
Fritts told CBN News it’s a near-miracle legislators in both the Tennessee House and Senate approved House Joint Resolution 803 (HJR 803) and the governor then signed it—a difficult feat, particularly in an era when people routinely battle over views on the separation of church and state.
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“To get to 82 votes in the House and 27 in the Senate … I think God moved that evening,” he said of the vote. “I’m certain of it. And I think that the Lord is giving us an opportunity to, as Zechariah 1 says, turn to Him so He can turn to us.”
HJR 803 calls for “prayer and fasting in Tennessee” to unfold from July 1-July 31, citing everything from human trafficking to violence and drug abuse—evils plaguing the state, nation and world.
“We recognize that God, as Creator and King of all glory, has both the authority to judge and to bless nations or states,” the resolution reads, in part. “Be it further resolved that we, as public servants in the Tennessee General Assembly, seek God’s mercy upon our land and beseech Him to not withdraw His hand of blessing from us.”
As for anyone who tries to challenge Fritts over the separation of church and state, he said he believes many simply misunderstand the issue and have been “taught…a lie” about the role of faith in society.
“I think it’s a lie from hell,” he said. “The America we see today, the Tennessee we see today [is] a result of the church recoiling from her position to be a light into the world.”
Fritts continued, “And our Tennessee Constitution twice mentions God Almighty—capital ‘G,’ capital ‘A.’ Our founders and framers of this state and our nation fully expected the man in public service, to sit under the man of God being taught and instructed the Word of God.”
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