WELL SAID!!!!
It’s kind of weird because while I am convinced that we are to pray as we have for this country, I also do not see the kind of renewal and revival we are hoping and praying for.
That’s not to say that I don’t believe God can’t answer our prayers. I think it’s His will we pray that way and that He is working to that end regardless.
But He also has His timetable for the end times, which I see more and more indication that we are living in. And as I see it, that means things are getting worse by the day.
I ran across a message a few months ago about what Christians should pray for and could not have agreed with it more. I’ll see if I can find it.
That said, you are correct about the delusion this country is operating under and how strong it is. It’s absolutely breath-taking at times the lies that people believe.
And you are correct, that it’s because we have kicked God out of our lives as a nation. I think as a result, He is giving the nation as a whole what we collectively asked for.
My prayer and hope is that God would bring in that harvest of souls before the curtain comes down. I’ve been praying for opportunities to minister to people and share Christ with them and that people would come to Him.
I would dearly love to see this country turn around and become a light to the rest of the world, but I think the best we can hope for is a reprieve. I am not at all certain about the outcome of the next election as the dems will have their vote fraud machine all in place. I think they were caught flat footed in 2016 due to over confidence that Hillary would win, and while they tried to flip states, it was too little to late. Next time they will not be so unprepared.
Maranatha, Lord Jesus.......
I also believe we might be in the End Times. The technological advancements, what they mean, and how they affect the world spiritually all make it appear that way to me. I believe science and technology may be the strong delusion, especially since they are about the only thing different in the world since ancient times that might be a new sort of powerful delusion, and they attack through man’s pride and carnal appetites.
Yet as always, even when and if nations turn against the Lord, there is always, as it’s been said here, a remnant, and more people who are the lost sheep that the Lord is seeking, and He does that partly through us. We get to play that part. That is where I most see what’s happening to our nation mattering. God separated Israel from the other nations so they would be a nation of priests to the world, a nation prepared for the Messiah. John the Baptist was sent in the spirit of Elijah to prepare the way for the Lord, and later so were Jesus’ disciples. The way needs to be prepared for the Lord so that people can understand Him when He comes, and that’s especially what the devil is attacking now. I’ve heard it said that our hearts are like that stable in Bethlehem. Baby Jesus has to born in us and grow in us, and Satan wants to prevent Jesus’ birth, and if not that, than to kill Him afterward. Satan truly seeks to poison what he can and destroy and devour however he can. Everywhere he’s working to take the light out of the world and make people more and more distant from God, and that’s so often working, because God is allowing it, yet it’s the Church’s part to resist it. And we’ve experienced the spiritual food that so many people hunger for, and we know where it’s to be found, and God can still reach people whom He foreknew, both here and in other wealthy countries, through our testimony about His amazing goodness.
Yes, Maranatha, Lord Jesus!
I haven’t been able to get back to this thread again before now, and don’t have much time at the moment, but the state of the Church in our country right now reminds me of, among other things, the prodigal life of the Prodigal Son. And as we know, the prodigal son when he was living a prodigal life was separated from and in rebellion against his father.
Satan is always at work to take away Godly options for living and to replace them with prodigal, rebellious ones.
This time also seems to be one subject to strong delusion, as I said.
But still, since we are commanded to make disciples and we know the goodness of the Lord, we also know that there may be many people who hunger for Him, who are lost and don’t know the way. Satan is at work making them like the people of Nineveh, they don’t know their right hand from their left. They don’t know they’re even missing something, but think they know that Christianity and belief in God are silly, ignorant, if not evil.
And the more Christians here are reminded to think of the Church in all times and places, the better. To the Lord, His body is one. Right now the the Church in America is encouraged to think of itself as the head of the Church worldwide, the chief Christians, and the center of the Christian faith, the most knowledgeable, understanding and insightful Christians too.