Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,
the King of creation!!
My dear friends and fellow citizens of Florida,
Yes, indeed, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation.
For He has come to our rescue – specifically, to defeat the proposed state constitutional amendment #4. Yesterday evening around 8:30 pm, I received a call from friend and colleague, John Sowinski, who was the ‘hired gun’ by the coalition formed to defeat this amendment. His words to me were, “It’s done! With God’s help, we defeated this ridiculously horrible amendment.”
Leigh and I were just ending the weekly small group Bible study we attend when he shared this news. With tears in our eyes, we hugged each other and our friends who had been praying and helping us as they could throughout the year.
Friends, this is nothing short of a miracle. The pro-abortionists spent over $110 million to get the Florida voters to pass this amendment. Collectively, our side could only raise about $8 million. Just three months ago, the pollsters predicted this amendment would pass with 69% of the votes. The odds were stacked against us. However, our God is the God of miracles. Remember the story of the boy with two fish and five loaves and what Jesus Christ was able to do with those? He is still in the miracle business.
Now we know our Lord uses the natural and the supernatural for His purposes. We saw Him work in the supernatural, but He called upon so many people to assist in the natural. Men and women have been working night and day for months to educate and inform anyone who would listen. The church came together like I have never seen in my life. From all denominations – Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Episcopalians, and Presbyterians. And many of our Jewish friends, too. Chief amongst the leaders were our Governor and First Lady, Ron and Casey DeSantis. Some wonderful Governors have led our state, but never have we had a Governor like Ron DeSantis, who worked tirelessly to defeat this amendment. I was speaking with a friend in Missouri two days ago about a similar abortion amendment in his state. He was brokenhearted because their Republican governor did nothing, allowing it to get voted in. So, we thank the Lord for those He has chosen, and we are grateful to our Governor and First Lady.
The registered political action committee to fight this proposed amendment only had three full-time employees, and they did an amazing job! Florida Family Voice teamed up with them working side-by-side to defeat this amendment.
But no one worked harder than your brothers and sisters right here at Florida Family Voice. We were able to put together and distribute 1.7 million voter guides that went into all 67 counties in Florida, and during the entire month of October, while dodging hurricanes, the FFV team led the ‘Voice for Life Tour.’ This bus tour covered over 4,250 miles reaching 14 cities from Pensacola to Miami, from Fernandina Beach to Clearwater. Friends, that is like driving to California and back. This team led the most informative presentation of the issue before us that has ever been shared about a constitutional amendment. They were absolutely brilliant. Everyone who participated in our program left full of truth and knowledge to help fight the fight.
Thank you, fellow warrior, for your prayers, your calls, and your financial support. We were able to witness God’s hand these past two months. I believe it was through prayers that the Lord moved to put the Devil in check. Thank you.
While defeating the proposed Amendment 4 was foremost on our hearts and minds, we also had national, state, and local elections taking place. You will be pleased to know that Florida Family Voice once again was able to help and support candidates who value our positions on policy. Our state legislature will continue to have a ‘super-majority’ of conservative Senators and Representatives working with our Governor over the next two years.
Our nation stood up and spoke to the liberal, biased media with their votes by electing Donald Trump to serve again as our President and Commander-In-Chief. Our Federal Courts will again have appointed conservative constitutionalists. Additionally, it appears that both the Senate and the House of Representatives will be led by conservative-minded men and women.
I believe the Lord heard the prayers of the remnant faithful and is allowing His people to continue to educate men and women of all ages, all colors, and all faiths to hear the good news. He will restore our land if we return to Him. So, friends, we have work to do. We have been chosen for such a time as this.
Thank you. God bless you.
W. Bruce O’Donoghue, Board Chairman