We Need God in America Again | A Wake-Up Call to Christians

America is at a crossroads. In this powerful episode of Behind the Mike Podcast with Mike Stone, Mike delivers a bold message: we don’t just need revival—we need repentance.

From Charlie Kirk’s tragic death to the cultural chaos we see daily, the signs are clear: Satan is working overtime to fracture families, weaken the church, and destroy a nation. But as believers, we cannot stay silent, lukewarm, or neutral.

🔥 In this episode, Mike breaks down:
• Why lukewarm Christianity is dangerous (Revelation 3:16, James 2:19)
• How Satan’s fingerprints are all over our culture (John 10:10)
• What removing God from schools did to our nation
• The real enemy behind America’s decline (Ephesians 6:12)
• How believers can fight back with prayer, fasting, and truth

This is not a political call. This is a biblical call. America needs God again—and it starts with you and me.

🙏 If you’re ready to rise up, stand firm in your faith, and make heaven crowded, this episode is for you.

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⏱️ Time-Stamped Chapters
0:00 – Introduction: The battle lines are clear
0:26 – The hornet’s nest of believers awakened
1:20 – Lukewarm Christianity: A dangerous place
2:31 – Faith without obedience is useless
3:06 – Satan’s strategy against families and culture
4:13 – What happened when America pushed God out
5:16 – The consequences: Abortion, confusion, hopelessness
5:44 – Revival vs. repentance
6:24 – The real enemy is spiritual, not political
7:35 – What awakening should look like in America
8:17 – A call to put on the armor of God
8:50 – Repent, refocus, and rise
9:32 – Closing challenge: We need God in America again

Transcript

0:00

Hey, my friends, you know, I don't need to tell you that we're living in a time where the lines between good and evil couldn't be more clear. And yet so many people are blind to it. So just over a week ago, Charlie Kirk's death shook me. And Erica Kirk's words lit something inside of me. She stood and said about evil doers. She said, you have no idea what you have just unleashed across this entire country and this world. And I thought, yeah, that's it. Satan thinks he can silence. Voices, break families, destroy communities. But what he doesn't know is that he just kicked a hornet's nest of believers who are done being quiet. And here's what I want to say to you. You cannot sit on the sidelines anymore. If you call yourself a Christian. This is not a time for half hearted faith. This is a battle. You cannot be neutral. We're going to talk about that coming up. This. All right. Let's start here because this is uncomfortable, but it's necessary. Jesus said in revelation 316, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold. I'm about to spit you out of my mouth. That's harsh, but it's the truth. We have a whole generation of people who call themselves Christian. But there's no fire, no growth, no obedience. They may show up to church once in a while. Maybe post a verse online. Maybe pray when a life falls apart. But their lives look no different than the world's. So let's go to James chapter two, verse 19. It says even the demons believe and shudder. Belief isn't the same as surrender. Belief without obedience is useless. So let's set the record straight. If your faith isn't shaping your life, it's not faith at all. If Jesus doesn't change the way that you think, the way you talk, the way you live and fight your battles, then you're asleep in the war and asleep. Soldiers, they're easy prey. So let's call this what it is. Satan. He's public enemy number one. And for too long, we've ignored him, joked about him, or underestimated him. So John 1010 lays it out very plain, says the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. That's his mission. And if you look around at our culture, you'll see his fingerprints everywhere. For decades, he's been waging war on our families. Listen to this. Fatherless homes, robbing kids of identity, leadership, stability. Redefining marriage. Dismantling God's design of one man and one woman. Gender confusion. Attacking the very image of God in creation. Normalizing pornography and casual sex. Enslaving minds and corrupting true intimacy. And then finally attacking parental authority. Convincing kids their parents are out of touch. Well, culture becomes their new teacher. Look, if Satan can fracture the family, he can fracture the church. And if he can fracture the church, he can fracture a nation. And I don't think for a second he's not being intentional about this. Satan doesn't need you to become a Satanist. He doesn't need to make you a murderer. He just needs you distracted, divided, and too weak to fight back. So let's zoom out. What's happened to America? Well, in 1962 and 1963, the Supreme Court said no prayer, no Bibles in school. That wasn't just a legal shift. It was a spiritual one. We pushed God out of our classrooms, and we've been paying the price ever since. What filled that vacuum? Well, you may know secularism, humanism, relativism, the idea that truth is whatever you feel. And now we wonder why our nation is falling apart. Here's the fruit of that. Abortion was legalized. Over 60 million unborn children lost. Violent crime is surging. Confusion about identity, sexuality and morality. A generation drowning in anxiety. Depression and hopelessness. Psalm 3312 says, blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. And right now, America is proving the opposite. Cursed is the generation that rejects him. Let me be clear. We don't just need revival in America. We need repentance. We need to turn back to God. Now here's where so many of us get tripped up. We see the chaos in our culture, the corruption in government, the insanity in the media. And we think that's the enemy. Ephesians 612 says otherwise. It says in Ephesians 612, we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers of this darkness. We've got to remind ourselves the real enemy isn't a politician or a celebrity or my neighbor. Those are just pawns on the board. The mastermind behind the curtain is Satan. And if he keeps us distracted fighting other people, we'll never fight him. And that's exactly where he wants us. So hear me. Stop wasting your ammo on the wrong target. The fight is spiritual, and the victory comes through prayer, through scripture, and through standing firm in truth. So let's talk about what's next. Erica Kirk said the enemy has no idea what he's awakened. That hit me hard. So what should this firestorm look like? Well, it starts with you. Starts with me. It starts in our homes, in our churches, in our communities. And here's what it looks like. Prayer and fasting. Believers crying out to God like never before. Families, fathers and mothers stepping back into spiritual leadership and teaching their kids the Word of God. Our churches preaching repentance and holiness, not comfort and entertainment. Christians in general. Be bold in the workplaces, in the schools, in your neighborhoods, unashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This isn't a call to get political. This is a call to get biblical, to put on the armor of God the truth, the righteousness, the faith, the salvation, the word, prayer and stand your ground. Because make no mistake, Satan is real. This war is real, but God is greater and the victory is already secured at the cross. So let me wrap this up. I'm preaching to myself as well. If you've been lukewarm, repent. If you've been distracted, refocus. If you've been silent, speak. Romans 1311 says, the hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber. That's not a suggestion. That's a charge. America has pushed God out. We're reaping the consequences. But Satan has overplayed his hand. He's awakened something that he cannot contain. So let's rise. Let's pray. Let's repent. And let's fight the right enemy. Because Satan may be public enemy number one. But Jesus Christ is the King of kings. And if America is to stand, the church must rise. Friends, we need God in America again. And it starts with you. And it starts with me. So as Erica Kirk said, let's rise up and let's make heaven crowded.