New York: The Battleground for Spiritual Revival

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.” – Acts 17:24

Beginning on February 12^th, 2012, all churches in New York City are no longer allowed to lease a public school for their worship services, as a result of Supreme Court decision that upheld a 2^nd Court of Appeals ruling that public schools in New York are allowed to refuse rental of their facilities to churches for worship services, even through the schools allow other groups to use their facilities.  Thankfully, the above Scripture reminds us that our God does not live in “temples built by hands” but rather “where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”  (Matthew 18:20)  Sadly, the Enemy is once again fighting to remove every aspect of Christianity from our Nation that has been built on the  spiritual principle of “In God We Trust.”  While the court says that it simply prohibits a type of activity such as the “conduct of worship services” and does “not exclude expressions of religious points of view or of religious devotion”, it is illogical to say that the New York City’s rule prohibiting worship services does not violate the First Amendment of the Constitution which prohibits the passage of any law that “impedes the free exercise of religion.”