PRAYER POWER

Times are hard on many sides.  We deal with obvious economic pressures and then just the daily demand to bat at a thousand balls.

Responsible people don't have time to deal with what government is up to.  But we must.

We find comfort in knowing that uncounted prayers are going up for our nation.  There are many organizations which base their prayers on the promise of 2 Chronicles 7:14.  We might think of One Cry, the National Prayer Breakfast, the Presidential Prayer Team, Billy Graham's organization, and so many others.  All are on their faces before God.

Perhaps you have noticed sermons at your church which would remind you that pastors recognize our times.   Sometimes when we pray, we are so burdened and over-whelmed that all we can say is "Lord, help!"

Be encouraged.  His is answering those prayers.

Just as if we all were in a huge megaplex cinema, the Living God is pulling back the curtain to allow us to see what is going on in the dark.

Over in one theatre, Benghazi.  In another, Gosnell.  In a third, the IRS. And now in a fourth theatre, the revelation of the Associated Press phone taps.

All assault our liberty.

*If soldiers do not think their country will come for them, who will volunteer to protect us?

*God has said that children are a gift from Him.  Will infanticide be the legacy of our land?

*If people who want to make much of the Constitution, responsible debt and a historic American perspective are subdued, who will explain our country to the next generation?

*If the long arm of the law reaches over the freedom of the press, how will government stay in check?  The press has not fully exercised it's journalistic charge, but now that it is in danger, they are juiced and want it back.  GOOD!

We serve a God who is full of mercy and grace.  His kind intention is always for His people's good.  Let's not ignore this gracious insight we've been given.  Let's stand up for the light and continue to ask Him for more...while asking Him what our job as a responsible citizen should be.

God promises to be our Guide and our Help. Although He is God and knows the beginning from the end...He also waits to see who will respond.


"The ultimate determinate in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas. It is a trial of spiritual resolve for the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, and the ideas to which we are dedicated."       
                                      -Ronald Reagan