Responsibility of God's People

“’If I [God] shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I sent pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now My eyes shall be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.’” II Chronicles 7:13-15

God asks you and me to be responsible for our own hearts and attitudes towards others, to be responsible for our outward actions and our inward thought life. And what a humbling and difficult task that is. We try and try and fail. But then, that is why He died.

“For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will set me from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.” Romans 7:22-25

Stay near God's Word. Take care. Your servant & friend in Christ, Darlene

PS: Prayer Requests: Gregg who must sell his home in the UK. Reg’s ministry. The doctors and specialists caring for Lyle’s brother, David (pray he gets the new dog they have found), Adrian and Randy. Praise for Paul’s new job. My need. (Many have written about this. The request has been detailed on the blog site.).