{"id":323,"date":"2009-11-08T01:04:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T07:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/?p=323"},"modified":"2009-11-08T01:04:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T07:04:41","slug":"by-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/?p=323","title":{"rendered":"By the People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a year since the last presidential election.  Remember all the commotion and excitement around the race for president?  And now people are already upset about the government again.  And once again politicians promised change, and delivered a lot of the same, old thing.  They&#8217;re writing checks that the country can&#8217;t cash, quibbling over partisan nonsense, and ignoring all the things they said during their campaigns.  Yet, every time there&#8217;s another race people get excited again.  It&#8217;s like they think there&#8217;s going to be some amazing difference this time.  But the truth is that real changes come when the American people stand up and take responsibility for their own nation.  The government is not only supposed to work for us&#8211;it&#8217;s supposed to be us.  And if we really want to see change, it&#8217;s going to mean changing ourselves and forcing our political leaders to do what we tell them to do or get out of the way and let us do it ourselves.<br \/>\nAnyway, this is a short talk I gave during the last presidential campaign.  Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sermons\/081102-bythepeople.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/?powerpress_pinw=323-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sermons\/081102-bythepeople.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"081102-bythepeople.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 36:31 &#8212; 16.7MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a year since the last presidential election. Remember all the commotion and excitement around the race for president? And now people are already upset about the government again. 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