After watching this years Golden Globes and enduring the carnality of several of our country’s brightest(?) stars, I was reminded of the sad moral path our country is headed.
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History has proven that a country is only as strong as the strength of their moral convictions.
Here is what one of God’s stars named Bill Bright once said about the need for renewed morality in our great land:
“… In a nutshell, we need a great spiritual revival in America. What is revival? It is not just scheduled annual meetings with a sign out in front of the church. Charles Finney, revered as the father of modern revival, called revival a “renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one’s will to God in deep humility.” For revival, the first requirement is for God’s people to “humble themselves.” In my opinion, there is no other Christian discipline but fasting with prayer that fully meets the conditions of this marvelous promise from God. By faith we humble ourselves, fast and pray for God’s intervention and answers, and by faith we receive. Faith with fasting and prayer move the hand of God. Another requirement of 2 Chronicles 7:14 is to “turn from their wicked ways.” To turn means to repent. God’s people must turn from, or repent of, living, thinking, speaking and acting like the world…”
The body of Christ as a whole is not of one voice on this matter and seems to be numb about what to do about the moral tsunami that is upon us.
One thing is for sure, change starts with(in) us, in our individual homes, on our knees, before our all-powerful God.
Strengthen us, fill us, for Your glory Lord.
