Closing In On The End

Christ' return has been talked about with imminent terms since He told His disciples He was going to prepare a place for us!


Yet, this week, like so many prior, is replete with news items that are beyond common sense, beyond good for the body, mind, and soul; heartbreaking, mentally-confusing, belief-challenging and making life feel like a religious & political game of "hot potato".

Non-Christians telling Christians they don't behave as such and Christians being called everything under the sun for simply stating an opinion, let alone calling it a "closely-held belief".

Society seems bent on having nothing to do with the church, yet society clamors for a solution. So, a return to God and a repentant heart is either too simple to work or too hard to accept. And yet, a return to Christ is simple and easy. It just goes against too many social and political agendas for people to come to terms with it all.

So we need to pray for congregations and communities alike. Pray that Christians would focus more on their personal relationship with Christ, that as we become more like Him, may the change in us cause the world to notice Him more than what we have to say and waiting for something in our lives to be contradictory in their eyes. Pray for our communities...there is an interest in spiritual matters, but bad life situations, bad life experiences, and bad interactions with previous Christians and/or churches has caused them to look everywhere but to God. Pray that there would be a shift in the hearts and lives of Western culture...the mission fields around the world are experiencing the gospel in incredible ways and outside of what we consider the "four walls" of our church buildings. Pray for a softening of hearts and an understanding of minds, to the point that we move past political and social agendas and realize...religion is not the solution, but a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ

-PNC

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