Expectant Prayers ®

By mere coincidence - I walked into my bedroom last night and the television was on a major news network.   The show grabbed my attention and what I saw spanned about ten to twenty minutes. The reporter was talking about the flack that the President was receiving from Conservative Christian groups over the lack of "events" held to observe the National Day of Prayer.  This is NOT a news network that I usually watch and I was shocked at the negative slant these reporters had toward Christians.   It was extremely disturbing.  I thought news was supposed to be balanced, and this was as unbalanced as you can get.  The reported laughed, mocked, and made fun of specific conservative Christian viewpoints as well as some well known conservative Christians!

To support this warped view, the reporter had a guest who claimed to be a minister from a specific "denomination" - which I will not even mention because I do not believe this man to be a spokesperson for that group.  Anyhow, the hostility that came across toward Conservative Christian views was absolutely heartbreaking.   The thoughts of the "minister" were inexcusable for someone who has taken on the duty to lead others in the faith.   I kept thinking to myself, "Surely this cannot be the (general) mainstream thinking about Christianity" - ah, maybe not, but it is quickly emerging.  I'll get to some of those views later.

As for the lack of "events" - well, that would be our own fault as Christians if we did not have enough prayer yesterday.   We cannot expect those who do not serve Christ to pray to Him or to honor our observation of the National Day of Prayer.   We also cannot expect others to respect God or understand things of a spiritual nature if they do not believe in Him.  Should they respect our right to  pray to the God of the Bible without persecution?  YES!   They expect the same from us, yet it is not other religions that are so offensive as ours.   Why?  We'll talk about that later, too.

The  reporter was quick to point out that the President encouraged people to pray, but did not specify which god they had to pray to.   Both the reporter and the guest encouraged one another that they were "thinking correctly" when agreeing that this country was not a Christian nation, but was however the biggest melting pot of religion in the world -  and that the founding fathers wanted it that way.  The talked about religion as described in the constitution and what the spirit of the law meant; that no specific religion was specified and that all religions were equal roads to 'god'.     I kept thinking, have I now entered the Twilight Zone????

First of all,  I would have to ask the following questions, "Why was the National Day of Prayer started?  Who started it and what was the purpose?   Was our nation founded as a Christian nation?   What god did the founding fathers serve?  Do all roads lead to 'god'?  Are all prayers answered regardless of what 'god' you pray to?  

How would YOU answer those questions?  Think about those today and we'll try to get to some of the answers later.

In the meanwhile, let me encourage all of you out there who are Christians and are tired of having our faith redefined and deemed as "radical" and "hateful" - these are the end days and we should not be surprised.  If there was ever a day that you need to know the Word of God and what you believe (and why)... it is today.     Make it a matter of prayer.  Seek Him with your whole heart.  Turn from evil and sin and fully embrace Christ.  Don't delay.  These are great days of deception and the devil would seek to turn even the most devout of Christians, if it is possible.  Build up your life's foundation on the only Rock, Jesus Christ.   Look to the cross and stand firm, guarding yourself with the armor of God daily!   Don't give the enemy a foothold!