daily prayer

     Good morning! How are we faithing? Been watching the news alot this year and let me tell you, it could toss one into deep depression and depending on which media outlet one watches, it can cause misguided allegiances. One outlet says one thing and one says the opposite. Finger pointing, name calling, perversion of truth seems to be the accepted mode of operation. What I find so interesting is this has been how satan has worked since the start of his fall. Twist the truth and play on sympathies of our own doings. Crying because we don't have what is perceived as necessary in ads has led to the majority of us living beyond our means and feeling like we are missing out if we don't become rich. A falling away from Biblical truths and leaning more towards selfish desires has led this country down a primrose path of deceitt.  Greed is in the drivers seat. Lust for more and more leads many down a path of no return unless one gets ahold of the Word and seeks contentment in our Savior. Do we not try to improve our situation? Well of course we do but what are we chasing or more accurately, why?  More for mores sake or just the natural progression of a job done well? We indeed are blessed when we bless others. I have to be bold here, either some things are right or they are wrong. When the Word says something is wrong, it doesn't matter how one rationalizes, it's wrong. If the Word says something is the proper thing to do, it's the proper thing to do. We can't say," I believe the Bible but because thus and so interferes with my desire, I am going to go with another opinion."

Romans 1:21

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
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Ephesians 4:17-19
This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
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We've seen this next set of verses many times in the daily but see how they apply to what we are seeing  as of late.

Romans 1:28-32

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and, although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
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Heavenly Father,
   Thank you for your Word that holds the only truth this country has any more. Teach us to see things for what they are and not be fooled by slick rhetoric and personalities. Lord we lift our leaders up to you. Wash their blinders off and soften their hearts so they see your ways and act accordingly. Lord, forgive us when we goof up and help us have a desire for your ways instead of the worlds, in Jesus name, amen