"Be careful for noting; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God." (Philippians 4:6)
"I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, so shall I be saved from my enemies." 2 Samuel 22:4
Brethren, How often do we sit around and complain about the way our nation is headed. We talk about what we can do, and outside of writing our congressman (woman) or senator and voting between the lesser of two evils, all we can do is complain. This we have done and the situation continues to get worse. As Christians have we forgotten?
Have we forgotten that we are "One Nation, under God, indivisible". Our nation is "Under God". Our government is "Under God". Our citizens are "Under God". If we don't like the way things are going, why don't we go over their heads by getting on our knees and going straight to God?
We can go over their heads by going directly to God!!!!!!"
I recently received the above email from the minister of the Luna Lane Church of Christ in Hendersonville, TN., and I thought seriously about the plea that this brother in Christ has made to the church there and to all of us. We do know that GOD commands us in 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence., so we have to ask ourselves if we have been doing this persistently enough to make a difference. Have we been trying to change things according to the world's way of doing things? How well has that worked out for us as Christians? WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS? Why should Christians have to vote for any evil?
I, for one, am convinced that our only hope is in GOD. I am also convinced that GOD is waiting for his people to repent, so that our prayers can be heard. For the good of this nation the best thing Christians can do is repent of sins, seek GOD'S way and live as GOD would have us to live. In the first century it "turned the world upside down." I believe in GOD who can make that happen again - if we allow him to work through us.
That is why Sunday I asked that every prayer we pray between now and November be prayers asking GOD to help us be his people, and for the wisdom to choose wisely. Brethren, we MUST pray for statesmen to be more interested in this country, than their party or themselves. I do not believe that Christians should pray for a particular party affiliation (this is where a big problem is - this has divided our country) - but pray that God's will be done more than anything else (and vote accordingly). BRETHREN - LET US PRAY DAILY FOR THE CHURCH TO BE WHAT SHE CAN BE - AND FOR OUR COUNTRY!
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HELPED BY BRING FOOD, DRINKS, SWEETS AND YOURSELVES TO SUPPORT OUR AREA WIDE YOUTH DEVOTIONAL HERE AT SOUTH COBB SUNDAY. WE HAD 154 FOR SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICES - GOD WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME ON SUNDAY NIGHTS! AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO ROB STROUD, DWAYNE WATSON AND CELESTE PETERS IN HELPING ORGANIZE AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU!
AND LET'S PRAY FOR AND PLAN GREATER THINGS LIKE THIS IN OUR FUTURE!
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