The time is passing so quickly...
It's hard to believe this year is almost over. Last year, at this time, many were worrying about "Y2K." But Y2K was never the problem. Rather the problem was and still is "sin!" It is sin that is killing our nation, wreaking havoc in the Church, and hurting and destroying our families and even our very own lives.
This is what the Lord was showing me today and what I am putting down in my personal journal. Today, God sent me to Isaiah chapters 58 and 59. The Lord really opened up these passages to me this morning.
It's time to scream "Sin!" It's time to cry out that there is sin being practiced among God's people, and these sins will eventually ruin us. However, there is still time for each person to repent and to turn away from their sins and to get closer to the Lord.
And I, too, need to turn away from sin. For it is sure going to kill me if I keep doing the things I've been doing. But God is merciful. He wants us to be holy and obedient, and to be spiritually prosperous. He wants our lives to be as a "well watered garden" full of joy, peace and hope.
Yet as is often the case, our sins are standing in the way of our spiritual progress. They are quenching the Holy Spirit in us, are separating us from having a good relationship with Jesus Christ. And, as I said, these sins (whatever they are) will eventually damage each of us and will cause the church to be robbed of her power and sacred anointing. Her light of hope will be weakened unless we, by the power of the Holy Spirit, stop practicing sin. Sin always kills! (Psalm 66:18, 1 John 1:9).
D.B.
This is what the Lord was showing me today and what I am putting down in my personal journal. Today, God sent me to Isaiah chapters 58 and 59. The Lord really opened up these passages to me this morning.
It's time to scream "Sin!" It's time to cry out that there is sin being practiced among God's people, and these sins will eventually ruin us. However, there is still time for each person to repent and to turn away from their sins and to get closer to the Lord.
And I, too, need to turn away from sin. For it is sure going to kill me if I keep doing the things I've been doing. But God is merciful. He wants us to be holy and obedient, and to be spiritually prosperous. He wants our lives to be as a "well watered garden" full of joy, peace and hope.
Yet as is often the case, our sins are standing in the way of our spiritual progress. They are quenching the Holy Spirit in us, are separating us from having a good relationship with Jesus Christ. And, as I said, these sins (whatever they are) will eventually damage each of us and will cause the church to be robbed of her power and sacred anointing. Her light of hope will be weakened unless we, by the power of the Holy Spirit, stop practicing sin. Sin always kills! (Psalm 66:18, 1 John 1:9).
D.B.