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A Desperate Cry for Truth to Heal This Land

A Desperate Cry for Truth to Heal This Land

by Effie Darlene Barba

 

I felt the anguish cutting deep

It pierced my heart and soul

The tossing, turning restless sleep

Was taking now it’s toll

 

The lies, corruption circling around

This country once was free

Now chained, the evil words abound

The truth we cannot see

 

Complacent to be so correct

In silence I had stood

My Christian duty did neglect

I hid beneath this hood

 

Oh wretched heart, I was to blame

Allowing this to be

Now buried in my sinful shame

I turned to look to Thee

 

Oh, Lord, please come and hear my cry

I fall here at your feet

As darkness draws, the end is nigh

I must not accept defeat

 

I heard Your voice, “stand up my child

Together we shall fight

Our spirits, hearts are reconciled

Your sin cast far from sight”

 

Arise in Grace, my precious one

The truth I have revealed

In Jesus Christ my precious Son

In Him your heart is sealed

 

I hear the cries for your dear land

So, trust me when I say

Revival is what I’ll command

And Truth shall find its way

I recently read this blog by Ravi Zacharias and wanted to share these words; please go and read the entire blog yourself.

Listening to the blistering political rhetoric, I am asked all over the world, “What has happened in America?” The question should go deeper. Whatever happened to the American soul? We are truly at the cliff’s precipitous edge and the fall could be long and deadly. Why? We have a deep crisis of the soul that is killing us morally and we have no recourse. We have no recourse because the only cure has been disparaged and mocked by the elite and the powerful…….We are sliding into the future with evil stalking us but no morality, no truth, and no reason to guide us. America may be flirting with a self-inflicted mortal wound. Or it could well be a killing that is designed by a postmodern ideology masquerading as political correctness. When liberalism, whose legitimate child is relativism, has played itself out it will be a Pyrrhic victory to find ourselves in the hands of those whose identity is no longer in doubt. And when they are in control, the very means they used to hide their identity will be silenced as well. They will preside over the last rites of politically correct enforcers and a “free press” that abused freedom and celebrated the lie ‘til they themselves were silenced, buried by the truth they never wanted to expose. There always has been, and is now more than ever, only one hope for rescue. If we abide in God’s truth revealed in his Son, then we shall know the truth and the truth will set us free. -excerpts from The Soul of America by Ravi Zacharias.

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What Is the Most Urgent Commission in This World?

I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at[a]His appearing and His kingdom:2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (NKJV)

 

What should be the most urgent thing that we do? Should our major pursuit be that of discovering comfort, joy, power and prestige in this life as we live it? Or should there be a greater purpose? Paul was in a dark, dungeon writing this his last letter to his protégé. He loved Timothy like a son and now urges him to preach the word when it seems expedient and when it does not. He urges Timothy to keep his eyes focused on eternity. One day the Lord Jesus Christ will return as final Judge! Just as certain that Jesus came, died upon the cross and rose again on the third day; He will return to establish His kingdom. He pleaded, “Timothy, my dear son, keep this in mind as you meet people along your life’s journey. Eternity hangs in the balance for their soul. This entire life that we are given is but a split second compared to eternity. This is far more important than your comfort or your desires. Yes, many will not listen. Many will call you a fool. You will endure hardship and affliction along this path, just as I have and perhaps, even worse; but, you must press on to do your work as an evangelist! You must march on to fulfill your ministry with a sense of urgency!!”

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How to Endure Persecution in The World with Grace

 

Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed 2 Timothy 3:12-14 (ESV)

 

Persecution is inevitable for anyone who desires to follow after Christ Jesus. Whether that come in the form of physical torture as is the case of many dear Christians around the world or it be a psychological, societal persecution. Persecution comes in addition to all the trials and tribulations that we face because we are living in a broken world. Persecution is the direct attacks that come when we stand for the truth of the gospel and the principles laid out in the Bible. Here in the United States, at least for the most part at this time; it is the psychological, societal persecution. It creeps into our sensitive hearts of love; because, we certainly don’t want to offend others. We coil back and compromise the truth, thinking that perhaps by doing so we might blend in better to win others to Christ. Then, as we compromise and blend in; Christ is no longer seen. How do we stand for Christ in a Gracious, loving way? That is what we must learn and that is precisely what Paul exemplified in his life and now urged Timothy to follow.

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Where in The World Can Life Transforming Truth Be Found?

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom[a] you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (ESV)

 

We live in a world that would tell us that we should lay aside our Bibles as antiquated and not able to fit within our modern society. We are asked to compromise and worry so much more about “the feelings” of others. We are told that we must lay aside any absolutes for the sake of being “politically correct”. The same was certainly true in Paul’s day as well. Throughout the ages of time God has preserved and protected that word which was His Word to the people. No other book written has that power. I may rely upon study and prayer to write; but, my words are merely that–my words. The only truth that cannot be altered is God’s own words as were given to specific men chosen by God to write His word and preserved by God throughout the ages.

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Heal Our Land (A Prayer)

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.  To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses Daniel 9:8-9

 

HEAL OUR LAND

By Effie Darlene Barba

 

I heard the sounds of tears surround

As anguish did abound

Death, despair, the wretched sound

That rose from every side

 

I fell there on my knees, Dear God

In sin our earth doth trod

Unto You Lord we feign a nod

While drowning in our pride

 

I pleaded there to seek your face

And ask you show Your grace

Our shame Oh Lord you can erase

Though guilty we’ve been tried

 

I cried for all who walk this land

To turn and seek Your hand

On righteousness to take a stand

And in your Love abide

 

As I prayed, Your light revealed

The sin I must now yield

That first my heart must be healed

Of sin I had denied

 

I give to you my wretched heart

It’s sin I bid depart

Your righteousness to then impart

Your Spirit be my guide

 

Cleansed by your grace, now I plead

Once more to intercede

To cleanse our land of sin and greed

Our eyes to open wide

 

To see the truth, to You belong

Our praise and worship song

Teach us to know right and wrong

To lay our sin aside

 

Transform our hearts by your dear Grace

Teach us to seek your face

Heal our land by Your embrace

Let us be purified

 

My heart broken, by the news medias, cries out in pain and sorrow.  Oh, yes; I heard the tape as it was played over an over again as if once were not enough.  I listened to the vulgarity of the words, as my heart broke and bled.  I thought of Melania and the pain she must feel.  I thought of Mike Pence and the despair he must have felt.  Nausea filled the pit of my stomach as I pleaded with God to help me understand.  The news flash barely mentioned the 900 deaths in Haiti; a country whom the Clintons had misappropriated the billions of dollars donated and left the people with no running water, shelters, or sewage.  They had no place to go to get out of harms way.   Barely a mention was made on the news of Continue reading Heal Our Land (A Prayer) →

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