So true.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Thursday, November 10, 2016
A Time For Action
The election is over. We prayed, fasted, and prevailed. God heard our prayers and the country is turning in a new direction, albeit not without a fight. So now we can dust ourselves off and leave the decisions in the hands of our governmental leaders, right? Wrong.
The most dangerous thing we could do is rest on our laurels. The enemy is not going down easily. It's time for action. We need to continue to pray for our leaders and their families, on a daily basis. We need to stand up for our values regardless of the shaming and verbal abuse of the liberal left. They need to know that they are not a majority.
We need to pray for our brothers and sisters who have fallen for the lies. We need to love our enemies. They may or may not see the light. But Jesus still calls us to love them.
We are at the very beginning of a great struggle for our nation. Do we want to continue down the path of liberalism, with its do-whatever-you-want socialist agenda, or do we want to return to a common sense, work for what you want, human beings matter values? Will we survive as a nation if we don't?
This is spiritual warfare.
The most dangerous thing we could do is rest on our laurels. The enemy is not going down easily. It's time for action. We need to continue to pray for our leaders and their families, on a daily basis. We need to stand up for our values regardless of the shaming and verbal abuse of the liberal left. They need to know that they are not a majority.
We need to pray for our brothers and sisters who have fallen for the lies. We need to love our enemies. They may or may not see the light. But Jesus still calls us to love them.
We are at the very beginning of a great struggle for our nation. Do we want to continue down the path of liberalism, with its do-whatever-you-want socialist agenda, or do we want to return to a common sense, work for what you want, human beings matter values? Will we survive as a nation if we don't?
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Jesus is the Way - to God.
There is a great deal of hand-wringing nowadays about the state of the American church. I am not talking about one particular denomination, but about the church as a whole, young and old, coastal or Midwestern, the great body of believers who profess the name of Jesus Christ. The general consensus is that the church is in decline. It is failing to do its job (evangelization) while neglecting sound biblical teaching and discipleship for its attendees. How true this is depends, of course, upon what your local church is up to. If the Christians you know are witnessing to their neighbors, and you are involved in a supportive Bible study/small group, the concerns about the church as a whole might appear to be exaggerated.
There is one (at least) erroneous teaching that seems to be making the rounds of churches, books, and TV, and that is the idea that God guarantees a person success in every endeavor. Certainly Christians should not walk around with hang-dog expressions, crying woe is me. We are to walk in the Spirit in victory. We have overcome the world! Our search for success, however, needs to be in the area of walking with God. God calls us to die to ourselves daily. What does that mean? Simply put, it means that when God says "Do this" we do it, whether we want to or not. And that is hard. We want our own way, especially in the land of the free. Individual rights are highly prized in our culture. The freedom to make our own choices is sacrosanct. But as Christians, we are called to surrender our wills, our lives, our choices, to God. We must turn away from seeking worldly success and pleasures. That doesn't mean we won't or can't have those things, but it does mean that we must not pursue them. Our pursuit should be of God and making sure that we are doing His will. If we seek first the kingdom of God, all these things shall be added as well. But our hearts must be right first.
There is one (at least) erroneous teaching that seems to be making the rounds of churches, books, and TV, and that is the idea that God guarantees a person success in every endeavor. Certainly Christians should not walk around with hang-dog expressions, crying woe is me. We are to walk in the Spirit in victory. We have overcome the world! Our search for success, however, needs to be in the area of walking with God. God calls us to die to ourselves daily. What does that mean? Simply put, it means that when God says "Do this" we do it, whether we want to or not. And that is hard. We want our own way, especially in the land of the free. Individual rights are highly prized in our culture. The freedom to make our own choices is sacrosanct. But as Christians, we are called to surrender our wills, our lives, our choices, to God. We must turn away from seeking worldly success and pleasures. That doesn't mean we won't or can't have those things, but it does mean that we must not pursue them. Our pursuit should be of God and making sure that we are doing His will. If we seek first the kingdom of God, all these things shall be added as well. But our hearts must be right first.
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