AS JESUS SPOKE TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA, THIS IS WHAT JESUS WOULD SPEAK TO OUR GOVERMENT LEADERS TODAY!

WE HAVE CELEBRATED EASTER WHERE CHRIST DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD ON EASTER MORNING. THIS SUNDAY WE CELEBRATE PENTACOST; "NOW THERE WERE STAYING IN JERUSALEM GOD-FEARING JEWS FROM EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN" (ACTS 2:5)

THOUGH THESE PEOPLE WERE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND SPOKE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, THE HOLY SPIRIT'S ARRIVAL MADE THEM A NEW COMMUNITY: THE CHURCH. FROM THEN ON, THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE BODY, UNIFIED BY THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS.

SO I PRAY TO GOD, WHO TEACHES ME THAT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE THROUGH THE WORDS SPOKEN BY CHRIST!

TO THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES: WHERE PEOPLE OF GROWING LOVE, FAITH, SERVICE, AND PERSEVERANCE WHO ARE NOT TAKING A STAND AGAINST FALSE TEACHING AND IMMORALITY.

THE RISEN LORD SAYS TO THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I HAVE THIS AGAINST YOU: YOU TOLERATE THAT PRESIDENT WHO CALLS HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN. BY HIS ACTIONS HE MISLEADS MY SERVANTS INTO SEXUAL IMMORALITY AND HATE TOWARDS THEIR NEIGHBORS. "YOU PUT UP WITH, ALLOW, SHUT YOUR EYES TO, WINK AT, PERMIT THE PRESIDENT TO LEAD CHRISTIANS IN TO IMMORALITY. AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HE USES DECEIT, SLANDER, AND CHARACTER ASSASSINATION TO GET WHAT HE WANTS. THE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THEY ARE PROFITING FROM THE EVIL BRASHNESS OF THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT IS STRONG ENOUGH TO SEND SHIVERS DOWN THE SPINE OF THE CONGRESS AND SENATE. ANYONE WHO CROSSES THE PRESIDENT KNOWS HE IS IN FOR TROUBLE. IT IS NOT A SIMPLE MATTER TO CONFRONT THE EVIL PRESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH WE SENSE THAT OTHERS ARE BEING DRAWN INTO HIS WEB OF DECEIT. THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT BOUND BY PRINCIPLES OF DECENCY. WHEN ATTACKED, HE WILL TURN WITH A VENGEANCE ON THOSE WHO EXPOSE HIM. HE HAS NO FEAR OF GOD TO RESTRAIN HIM. HE FEEDS OFF THE LUST OF HIS FOLLOWERS AND ON THE BLOOD AND FEARS OF HIS CHALLENGERS. WE HAVE A WELL - ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF GOVERMENT. WE HAVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ORGANIZED TO PROTECT THEIR COMMON INTRESTS. THROUGH GROUP PRESSURE, THEY EXERCISED INFLUENCE OVER THE WHOLE COUNTRY. SO SIGNIFICANT ARE THESE PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES IT IS HARD TO BE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT UNLESS YOU BELONG TO ONE OR THE OTHER. THE PRESIDENT HAS CONVINCED HIS PARTY IT IS BETTER TO COMPROMISE WITH HIS SYSTEM THAN NOT BE RELECTED. SINCE THE PRESIDENT CLAIMES TO BE CHRISTIAN, HIS PARTY HAS ADOPTED SPIRITUAL COMPROMISE AS A MEANS OF PROTECTING THEIR PARTY INTRESTS. SOME LACK THE MORAL CONSCIENCE AND STRENGTH NECESSARY TO CONFRONT THE PRESIDENT'S EVIL. STILL OTHERS HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE ARGUMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOT THAT BAD EVEN IF HE DOES THINGS WE ONCE THOUGHT WERE WRONG.

WE ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING LIKE THE FROG PLACED IN A PAN OF COOL WATER OVER A SMALL FLAME. THAT SAME FROG WOULD LEAP OUT OF SCALDING WATER IS QUITE CONTENT TO BE GRADUALLY BOILED TO DEATH, NEVER REALIZING THAT IT NEEDS TO JUMP.

I PRAY TO THE LORD MY GOD EVERYDAY FOR THE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY THAT THEY MAY COME TO THEIR SENSES AND RELY ON GOD FOR LEADERSHIP AND NOT ON MAN. MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT RESTORE US TO A COMMUNITY OF GOD AGAIN.

MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!