My church is currently studying the minor prophets.
The more I read about how God is upset with Israel and he is punishing them for the wrong ways, the more I am associating our bad economy to the same thing.
Think about the world. Our economy is bad due to Enron greed. Banks are greedy, autoworkers are greedy, and even Circuit City is greedy. Have you seen Circuit City's liquidation sale. Walmart still has better prices. That's embarrassing.
In fact, Walmart, which is based on Christian values, is the only company flourishing in this tough times.
I truly believe we are again being punished for our lifestyles, greed, lust, and all the other sins that we as a society have grown accustom to.
So I am asking prayer for two things.
1. That God forgive us for our ways. That He forgive us for accepting things that as being okay when they are not. How can we spread the word of God when we are living the life of a sinner.
2. That we stand up stronger as one church and stop treating churches like they are gangs. People get so protective of their church and proud of the name and size of their church. We all are one body. We all are Christ's church. So stop fluanting your church's name around like it means something. It doesn't matter if you worship at Calvary Chapel, Willows, The Rock or the local high school gym. All that matters is that Christ died for our sins.
Please pray for these things. They definitely need to change.
