Everything we see in most Christians today is a faith in politics and men they think will give them what they want to feel safe and free. Lies abound everywhere and the people choose to believe them.
Psalm 20:6-7 "…6Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand. 7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God."
Jermiah 17:5 " 5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD."
Psalm 146:2-4 "…2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. 4 When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish."
Stop looking to a leader to save a dying country and begin looking to Christ to make you holy and others repentant.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Raise Your Children Away From the Culture or You will Lose Them
When we were raising children, I attempted to teach our children to address adults as Mr. and Mrs. and their last name. Unfortunately, the ungodly culture we were in worked against me, telling the children to call them by their first name. My children went with the culture, and my authority with them was ruined. And, there were many other such things in which the culture came against me in front of my children.
If you can, do not raise your children around those who are going to undermine your teachings, the culture will win every time because children are predisposed to following the crowd, making us look like the strange ones to be avoided.
If you can, do not raise your children around those who are going to undermine your teachings, the culture will win every time because children are predisposed to following the crowd, making us look like the strange ones to be avoided.
Alone with Christ a Far Better Way
Never allow others to frustrate you with pressure to attend prayer meetings.
There is no scriptural mandate for a "church prayer group." It can be a good thing, but many people who love Christ feel more comfortable alone in their closet with Him.
Pressuring others to attend a meeting may be against God's will. I can say more clearly and openly what I wish to express to God when I am alone, and I can hear from Him better without distractions.
There is no indication in Scripture that God hears us better when others are present than when we are alone. More people in the room do not have more influence over God than when one person prays alone. We are not seeking to manipulate God in our prayers, we are seeking His will and strength to carry out His will.
Often, what the group wants is not God's will; it's just their idea of what they want.
In public meetings, there are expectations and rules that God never made, causing a sense of conformity for the people in attendance, hindering our prayers.
In a public meeting, we are expected to agree with anyone praying out loud, but what if we do not agree with what we hear?
Romans 8:26 "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words."
Matthew 6:5-7 " 5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly, I tell you, they already have their full reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard."
None of the following passages speaks of going to a group.
Luke 18:1 "Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:"
1 Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray without ceasing."
Colossians 4:2 "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,"
Daniel 6:10 "Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before."
Isaiah 26:20 "Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed."
There is more evidence for praying alone, spending time with God, than there is for corporate prayer.
May we allow ourselves to resist the pressures of the culture to obey God. If God tells us to attend that prayer meeting, then go, but if He is not compelling us to attend, feel free to be alone with God.
There is no scriptural mandate for a "church prayer group." It can be a good thing, but many people who love Christ feel more comfortable alone in their closet with Him.
Pressuring others to attend a meeting may be against God's will. I can say more clearly and openly what I wish to express to God when I am alone, and I can hear from Him better without distractions.
There is no indication in Scripture that God hears us better when others are present than when we are alone. More people in the room do not have more influence over God than when one person prays alone. We are not seeking to manipulate God in our prayers, we are seeking His will and strength to carry out His will.
Often, what the group wants is not God's will; it's just their idea of what they want.
In public meetings, there are expectations and rules that God never made, causing a sense of conformity for the people in attendance, hindering our prayers.
In a public meeting, we are expected to agree with anyone praying out loud, but what if we do not agree with what we hear?
Romans 8:26 "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words."
Matthew 6:5-7 " 5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly, I tell you, they already have their full reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard."
None of the following passages speaks of going to a group.
Luke 18:1 "Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:"
1 Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray without ceasing."
Colossians 4:2 "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,"
Daniel 6:10 "Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before."
Isaiah 26:20 "Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed."
There is more evidence for praying alone, spending time with God, than there is for corporate prayer.
May we allow ourselves to resist the pressures of the culture to obey God. If God tells us to attend that prayer meeting, then go, but if He is not compelling us to attend, feel free to be alone with God.
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