This is the song that was in my head this morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsXOP7aQeqQ&list=RDQsXOP7aQeqQ
Yes, I know it's labeled a Christmas song, but the title, "Be Born in Me"
is something I pray every morning, that the Holy Spirit will be more in me, be
born in me, be more than the day before in me.
Prayer requests, hurts, pains pour in from families every day. It brings us
to our knees, it makes us say, "Come quickly, Lord Jesus," as we wonder how long
will He tarry? As a people in a country that has gone Godless for the most part,
we wonder how long even America can last. Yet so many things go along with the
scriptures about end times.
"But
mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People
will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive,disobedient
to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without
love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the
good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of
God— having a
form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do
with such people." 2
Timothy 3:1-5 (NIV)
The
same verse in The Message labeled, Difficult
Times Ahead:
"Don’t
be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are
going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane,
contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers,
impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags,
addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but
behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people."
Wow! I
really didn't mean this post to turn to an end/time slant but when people all
around us are hurting their own families and things seeming to go from bad to
worse each day for many, the Word of the Lord will be our only hope. Yes there
are words of doom but also words to encourage and I hope to end with some of
that, too.
“He won't brush
aside the bruised and the hurt and he won't disregard the small and
insignificant, but he'll steadily and firmly set things right.” Isaiah 42:3 The
Message
Lord, set things
right for our families today I pray as we take the next best step, do the next
right thing and look to You for help, relief and comfort.
