Life Lessons

My heart is hurting today.  I woke up at 4:00am and came up to check my email.  I had gotten one of the many that are forwarded around the world... you know the kind ....  "If you Really love Jesus you'll pass this to 10 people." (gotta tell you, I won't pass anything that says that.. I hate to have my love for Jesus brought down to that level)
This particular email was talking about the current person in office canceling the National Day of Prayer "because it might offend"...but in the same year participating in a Muslim prayer event in Washington DC..... the sickness begins.....
....but ..... that's not what makes me so  heart sick ....
the originator of the email (???) quotes
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2 Chronicles 7:14  
"If my people, Who are called by my Name,
Will humble themselves And pray,
And seek my face, and Turn from their Wicked ways,
Then will I hear from Heaven
And will forgive their Sin and will heal Their land."

We must pray for Our nation, our communities,
Our families, and especially our children.
They are the ones who are going to suffer the most.
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If  we  don't  PRAY
May  God  have  Mercy.
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That is the quote from their email.  PLEASE NOTE...once again, everyone is called to prayer.  YES!!!  THAT IS REQUIRED!!!  ABSOLUTELY!!!!  But PEOPLE... there are FOUR REQUIREMENTS THERE not just prayer!!!  Why do people always ignore what that scripture says???

"If my people, Who are called by my Name,  (this is OUR RESPONSIBILITY)

1. Will humble themselves
2. And pray,  
3. And seek my face,
4. and Turn from their Wicked ways,

Then will I hear from Heaven
And will forgive their Sin and will heal Their land."

The Bible is kinda like a computer program full of "If/Then" statements.  In a computer program where there is an "If/Then" condition like


"If "x" happens THEN "z" will happen.  Nothing happens until you do "x". (It is just words)

When the code has an "AND" in it, like:
"If "x" AND "y" then "z" will happen,
then nothing happens until both conditions are met.... you can do "x" all day long but "z" will never happen happen until you do "y" as well...all conditions must be met.

When you just pray... only one of the four conditions to a "healed land" is met.
We are in the mess we are in because people continue to believe that they can live like they want to and ignore the Bible...as long as they pray, everything should be alright!  "Pastors" are committing adultery (with women and men!), stealing the tithe monies and preaching "feel good" messages trying not to offend!!!  ARGH!!! 

So now we have "Christians" clueless about what the Bible actually says because they have never read the WHOLE thing themselves....sure, they can quote the "feel good" scriptures taken out of context....but have no clue what the context is or the conditions of the "If/then".  They do whatever the heck they want to, based on what "they believe, THEIR GOD would or wouldn't do" (not having a real clue because they are hearing partial truths and not actually reading the WHOLE Bible for themselves).  Or worse, they choose to ignore what it says!  (2 Chronicles 7:14  is a prime example)

Whew!  SORRY!  Can you tell I take this particular topic very seriously?!?  It is a serious topic!  The future of our nation depends on it!!!  NOT how you vote!!!  IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE as long as we (Christians) only meet 1 of the 4 conditions! 
There are FOUR CONDITIONS PEOPLE!!!