Prayer
List:
Charlie
Counts is having trouble with shallow breathing, high heart rate.
Doctors think it is due to too much blood thinners. He needs a
pacemaker but can’t have it until his ankle heals.
Monte
Randolph has a brain tumor, he is undergoing treatment.
Jerry
Foster had 2 mild strokes and 1 major stroke while having gall
bladder surgery. He is paralyzed on the left side and is in need of
our prayers.
Nonie
Tucker is recovering from her hip replacement surgery and is doing
well.
Eddie
Roland is scheduled to have hip replacement surgery on May 17th.
Rebecca Van
Deren needs our prayers.
Zack Folkes
from Howe is undergoing tests and have asked for our prayers.
Leta Embry
has not been feeling well.
Remember
in Daily Prayer:
Kathy
Hill(cancer), Ben Harrington (diabetes), Don Hickerson (arterial
problems), Eddie Griffin (heart), Tabitha Griffin (cancer), Billie
Bradford (nursing home), Betty Clark (cancer – remission), Beryl
Miller (macular degeneration)
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Serving
Our Country:
Tyler
Davies, Josh Van Deren, Kirklynn Hance and Kirk Johnson are in the
US. Cody Blomstedt is serving in Korea.
Pantry
Item:
Canned vegetables.
Confess
your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much. James
5:16 (KJV)
When
The Son Of Man Comes, Will He Find Faith On The Earth?
Phil
Sanders
And
the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now,
will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and
night, and will He delay long over them? I tell you that He
will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of
Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:6-8)
This
passage asks one of the questions found on the heart of the Lord
Jesus, “Will He find faith?” Archaeologists study ancient
civilizations to see how they lived, what they valued, whom they
worshipped, and what they thought. Jesus, too, examines our minds and
hearts to see how we live, what we value, whom we worship, and what
we think. I wonder how He finds us, what He sees in our lives. Will
He find faith?
Those
who watch American society can easily see the enormous changes in
America, even in a generation. A Barna survey released in March
showed only 40 percent of American adults believe Jesus Christ lived
a sinless life while He was on earth. Only 27 percent believe Satan
is a real being or force to reckon with. A recent Pew Forum study
revealed 42 percent of Christians in America say that atheism can
nonetheless lead to eternal life. What would our grandparents have
said about that? How could things change so quickly?
Even
the best of parents sometimes fail to reach their children. In our
society where parents and church often have to compete with public
schools and the media for the hearts of children, it is easy to see
how children can grow up compromised or confused. When ungodly and
secular agendas color and distort the truth, it is easy to see how
younger generations can be deceived and fall into error.
When
the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth? The greatest
challenge facing our children in the coming days is not sex, alcohol,
or drugs. It is not the media or the Internet. The greatest challenge
is whether they will remain faithful to God.
I
recently learned of a large, prominent denomination that boasted
millions of members but had only 28 percent of the adherents
attending church on any given Sunday. On many moral issues today, one
can hardly see any difference between the lives of nominal Christians
and the world.
Will
He find parents involved in their children’s spiritual lives? Will
He find families sacrificing so they can give to the Lord? Will He
find Sunday classes that dig deep into the Bible? Will He find
Christians sharing the gospel with their neighbors?
Will
he find men and women who have learned to say no to the world,
Christians who have put to death the deeds of the body (Rom. 8:12-13;
Col. 3:5-11)? Will He find parents who have taken the time to explain
the errors of evolution? Will our children know there are some
absolute moral truths? Will they be able to give a reason for the
hope that lies within them, yet with gentleness and respect (1 Pet.
3:15)?
When
the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?