Discouragement comes when we begin to lose courage on our forward journey. Sometimes the journey we have crafted for our future is partly true and partly fiction. We fall into the theological error of “WhatHowWhen” when we know what God has promised us but we want to tell him “how” and “when” to do it. In the midst of all our discouragement Jesus still comes and reminds us that He will never leave us of forsake us. Be encouraged, the plan that God decreed for your life is still unfolding and it will happen in God’s time and in His way.
We’ve become a nation without a conscience because we have forsaken the Living God. Before God judges a nation, He will pull the veil back and show us all the greed, immorality, and lawlessness that has overtaken the world. When all hope is lost, the righteous must commit themselves to prayer and ask God for courage to speak life, to those around them, and call them to Christ. The purpose for God’s people on earth is for His renowned praise and glory.
Our weakness for personal pleasure can open us up for seduction. The lust of our own heart can cause us to leave the answer to pursue a question. America is pursuing an illusion. What about you? The seduction you fall under is after your life. As the church we are to take a stand against sin and rise up and fight. We have a moment of mercy where God will bring about a final pleading of conscience.
We are living in a day when society is hopeless apart from a divine move of God. There is power in prayer. When we choose to live without hypocrisy and seek God with a sincere heart, the devil will tremble. Do you have the courage and the kind of faith that believes God will lead the people we pray for right to His House? Ask and believe, then watch what happens.
It’s a tragedy in every generation when we take the truth of God and begin to live for ourselves. The end result is that we lose the burden of God for the lost. The Kingdom of God is made up of mercy and miracles. God is calling His church to arise and cry out to Him for the children and the lost who are left wounded and dying in the streets. It’s time to pray like never before.
It’s not just a “Happy New Year” for 2018. Carter Conlon is suggesting we open our minds and hearts to a “Happy New Place!” in a brand-new 25:00 special. By opening ourselves to changes in the way we approach every-day life in tumultuous times, we can know, indeed it will be a happy New Year!
