We have prayed and prayed and our country got worse now we need to change the way we pray as a nation When you also part of the problem When you keep quiet and see injustice
JAMES 4:7-10 (NRS)
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
JAMES 4:7-10 (NRS)
LAMENT and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:19-23 NIV
Paul’s Use of His Freedom 19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:19-23 NIV Paul’s Use of His Freedom 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:19-23 NIV
Paul’s Use of His Freedom 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:19-23 NIV Paul’s Use of His Freedom 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
Lance Wallnau recently also asked “ Are we tolerating Coronavirus! Before we get all spiritual and in arms what is it to tolerate something?
One definition is allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting. - Vocabulary.com. How do we do that consciously or unconsciously, By word, thoughts and deed. What are we saying? Doing etc
“Lance was talking to Rick Joyner ....and he said that Bob Jones had been rebuked by the Lord. It was when SARS, swine flu, Ebola – one of those outbreaks was going on when Bob prayed to the Lord about it. God said to him, “well, why are you tolerating this?”
Now Bob Jones then said, “Lord what do you mean? I’m not tolerating it, I’m just praying about it!” The Lord said, “I did not send it, why are you tolerating it? I’m calling upon the prophets to end it.”
Now of course all of those outbreaks were huge news, then boom – they just disappeared like that. Of course, this one we’re facing now is a little different.”
• L A M E N TAT I O N S 3 : 1 3 - 2 4 ( N K J V )
13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins. 14 I have become the ridicule of all my people— Their taunting song all the day. 15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.
• L A M E N TAT I O N S 3 : 1 3 - 2 4 ( N K J V )
16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes. 17 You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity. 18 And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD.”
• L A M E N TAT I O N S 3 : 1 3 - 2 4 ( N K J V )
19 Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul still remember And sinks within me 21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.
• L A M E N TAT I O N S 3 : 1 3 - 2 4 ( N K J V )
22 Through the LORD'S mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”
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You’ll see that each church has been influenced by the surrounding culture of their city. Sometimes, the culture causes them to fight back. Other times, it causes them to give in.
But in both cases, the culture of their church is in some way shaped by the culture of their city. You’ll find that these mini-letters are just as relevant for us today as they were for these 1st century churches.
There are lessons for every church. This is God’s Word for us, not just for them. Each of these churches presents us with a searching question about our own churches and our own lives:
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Ephesus: Is your love for Christ alive and growing?
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Smyrna: Do you live like Jesus is enough?
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Pergamos: Are you tolerating partial obedience to God?
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Thyatira: Are you compromising to gain the acceptance of culture?
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Sardis: Have you made an idol of reputation?
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Philadelphia: Are you willing to suffer for the cause of Christ?
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Laodicea: Have you forgotten how desperately you need the Lord?
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TBN, Ibadan, Nigeria - The Church
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J I M W A L L I S A B O U T T H E FA S T C H O S E N BY GOD TO BRING OUR HEALING
M AT H E W 5 : 4 3 - 4 7 1.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 43
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that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 45
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And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. 47
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PROVERBS 25:21-22 KJV
21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.