Could It Have Been Avoided?

We are hearing about and seeing the rapid decline of the econonmy and the steady decline of morality in our country (and elsewhere).

And now much talk increasing in the past couple of decades as to the coming of judgement and the falling of America and the great shaking etc....

Sincerely I ask: Could the coming demise have been avoided, if we as professed Christians really were being Salt/Light?
If we took the Words of Jesus literal and went out into all the world and preached the gospel...yes, even the worlds we all reside in day in and day out.

Have we flippantly recited: If my people who are called by My Name will humble themselves, and pray and turn from their wicked ways,then will I hear from Heaven and heal their land....

and yet we don't really do that

Have we become so wrapped up in the world, rather than living distinctly in a lifestyle that reflects Christ?

Have we so blended into the World that Christ is unnoticed and unseen?

Could we have Avoided what is coming by keeping Christ as a focal point in our hearts, homes, lives, our schools, OUR CHURCHES?

or if this demise "IS" destiny...then why were we told to humble ourselves and pray for our Land?

Bonnie

Compliments:
Thank you for your input.

There is so much excitement in me whenever I hear: "Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord."
and
as you stated "all other kingdoms... must bow down to the ground in total submission to that Kingdom."

I do not wish the demise of the Wicked. Even in my own personal life when I have been betrayed, lied against, persecuted etc. my prayer is that the Holy Spirit show them Truth.

There are times I have read the Psalmist's plea for help from God and he cries out for God to destroy his enemies and make their children fatherless...etc...and I find myself saying, "Oh God I don't wish that on them, I just want them to know You and your Truth!"

Besides, we don't wrestle against flesh and blood.

As far as America and the coming destruction; I sometimes feel like Abraham pleading with God, "If there were 10 righteous???"

My prayer would be that this entire Country, the whole world for that matter, be brought to its knees and turn to God and the Word of God be spoken freely amongst us...and in people's conversations you would always overhear the Goodness of the Lord...The Faithfulness of our Father...The Uprightness of His Hand... That we would see Hearts Aflame for Christ...
That is my prayer for our Country: to turn their hearts and lives over to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

I am not looking for Heaven on earth. But I believe that God is so entirely wonderful and marvelous, that it is a shame that people are missing out in their lives by not living for Him.

I know I am asking for what seems impossible; but I do believe in the power of intercessory prayer...and I do believe that with God all things are possible.

That is the only reason I would look forward to a Shaking...NOT to destruction, but to an awakening that will cause true Repentance!

Oh that men might seek Him and come to know Him!

Bonnie

Compliments and Moe Mac your hearts are so tender with the Compassion of Christ..it is felt in your comments.
During the night Broken One sent me a PM that matches your hearts also.
This is encouraging, to all of us here on SI. We are on the same page, of the same mind and if we continue to devote ourselves to prayer; God will move in ways that He may not have moved, had we not petitiioned Him...

Yes, 9/11 should have brot America to her face, permanently, but the arrogance of man and his self sufficiency attitude rose him up to say, "we can overcome this, we are a powerful nation" and our strength as a nation set out to over come.
Rather than nation wide outcry of us saying "Without God we are nothing! We have brought this upon ourselves. Let us Turn to Him and be saved."

True followers of Christ looked on and saw the return to complacency...and we are grieved. So we pray some more and intercede continually.

I have heard it said "Too much Faith? how can there be such a thing?"
Well, the same goes for prayer how can we possibly pray too much? or over pray?

There was a thread started recently websites helping us in our walks with the Lord. SI most definetly has.

The sermons, the devotions, and this forum have brot me to a circle of intimates of heart when it comes to Faith in Christ.

I have noticed that altho we may disagree on doctrinal issues or interpretations etc...there is one very strong and essential common denominator: Our Love and Passion for Jesus Christ and the desire we have for Revival to sweep across the world and reconcile the heart of man, unto God.

So, if we be the few that are interceding, and I am sure there are hundreds and hundreds more that are also...then let us not become weary in our intercession before the Throne of God.

And Yes, Compliments, I many times say "But for the Grace of God go I" for I too once was blind, but now I see...and it is only because of the Mighty Spirit of God that my eyes have been opened.

Bonnie

Compliments...when you say "prophecies you received years ago concerning these times", may I ask if these Words were given to you personally?
If so, if you don't mind me asking, How did they come to you?

Thank you,
Bonnie

It is never too late...even after the wickedness of Israel and Judah this is what God says through Amos

Amos 5:4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel:
\t“Seek Me and live;
5 \tBut do not seek Bethel,
\tNor enter Gilgal,
\tNor pass over to Beersheba;
\tFor Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
\tAnd Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 \tSeek the LORD and live,
\tLest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
\tAnd devour it,
\tWith no one to quench it in Bethel—
7 \tYou who turn justice to wormwood,
\tAnd lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
8 \tHe made the Pleiades and Orion;
\tHe turns the shadow of death into morning
\tAnd makes the day dark as night;
\tHe calls for the waters of the sea
\tAnd pours them out on the face of the earth;
\tThe LORD is His name.
9 \tHe rains ruin upon the strong,
\tSo that fury comes upon the fortress.
10 \tThey hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
\tAnd they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
11 \tTherefore, because you tread down the poor
\tAnd take grain taxes from him,
\tThough you have built houses of hewn stone,
\tYet you shall not dwell in them;
\tYou have planted pleasant vineyards,
\tBut you shall not drink wine from them.
12 \tFor I know your manifold transgressions
\tAnd your mighty sins:
\t Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
\tDiverting the poor from justice at the gate.
13 \tTherefore the prudent keep silent at that time,
\tFor it is an evil time.
14 \tSeek good and not evil,
\tThat you may live;
\tSo the LORD God of hosts will be with you,
\tAs you have spoken.
15 \tHate evil, love good;
\tEstablish justice in the gate.
\tIt may be that the LORD God of hosts
\tWill be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

All we hear these days are bribes, lies, and oppression. What are we to do? Hate evil , love good; establish justice in the gate.

But nationalism is a powerful tool of Satan. Those who point to the evil of this generation will be scourged by the seed of Satan.

In Christ
Jeff

It is very clear in that passage you brot up, Jeff, that God is telling the people to Seek Him and live....He is the only hope...yet wickedness abounds.

But then we read verses 10 and 13:

"They hate the one who rebukes in the gate. And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.

Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, for it is an evil time."

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Is it fear that has softened and in many cases "silenced" the directive voice of the Church?
Have we become so discouraged by the lack of receptiveness of the Gospel, that we won't even speak it out?
Do we fear persecution?
or worse yet,
Do we see the evil as being stonger than the Power of God to overcome the wickedness, therefore we have just stopped praying?

Bonnie