God continues to stir my heart for orphans. The almost four years that God first called me to adopt a girl from China has grown into caring for more orphans. Throughout the Bible, God shows His love and compassion for orphans and we as believers need to be doing more. I believe the first thing is through prayer. I pray that the Lord will stir the hearts of other people who will take care of orphans. From what I have read there are 130 million orphans in the world. Little boys and girls that long to have a mommy and daddy to love and care for them. As it says in the Bible, God is the Defender of the orphans. I pray that He will set the lonely in families.
According to the Bible, Moses, Samuel, Esther, and Jesus were adopted. And we as believers were adopted into God's family when we trusted Christ as our Savior. That's how beautiful adoption is. I was not born into God's family...I was adopted. Ephesians 1:5 says, "In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ..."
If God loves us so much that He wants us to be adopted into His family, then I believe that we need to love and care for the orphans. I'm not saying that everyone is supposed to adopt a child, however I do think each of us should begin on our knees praying that patient and loving families will adopt a child. Ask God to protect orphans who have no place to call home. Also, please pray for waiting families who are anxious in getting their children.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Submit to God's Leadership
I'm sure it came as no surprise to God that our President-elect is Barack Obama. I do stress that God, not our world leaders, decides the outcome of history for He alone sets up kings and kingdoms.
Romans 13:1--"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God."
Again, we must pray diligently for our leaders as God instructs us to in 1 Timothy 2: 1-2--"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone--for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness."
Our nation needs to turn to godliness and holiness, which comes from knowing Jesus as Savior. The killing of unborn babies is not godly and holy. Abortion is murder! There are many families who are unable to have babies that would love to adopt. I pray that women would choose adoption rather than abortion. Did you know that the heartbeat of a baby begins around day 18? That's before women even know for sure that they are pregnant. That is a life! I take abortion issues very personal having miscarried a baby at 8 weeks followed by the loss of my full-term baby at 38 weeks. God is the giver and taker of lives.
Psalm 2
" Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. 'Let us break their chains,' they say, 'and throw off their fetters.' The One enthroned in heaven laughs, the Lord scoffs at them...therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him."
It is obvious that over half of the Americans that voted do not agree with God's standards of living. It is clear from God's Word, that those who forsake the Lord will suffer the consequences. Just like in 2 Chronicles 7 where God told King Solomon that if he turns away from the Lord to go off and serve other gods and worship them then God will uproot Israel from His land...people will then ask, "Why has the LORD done such a thing?", and the people will answer, "because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them--that is why He brought all this disaster on them" (vv.19-22).
God is omnipotent and omniscient. I may have lost confidence in our nation, but I do have confidence in God. I serve a holy, righteous, and just God. For everything He has a purpose. I pray that our country will seek God's face and turn from their wicked ways.
Psalm 1:6 says, "For the LORD watches over the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish."
I rejoice as I listen to the song being played that "I am His and He is mine, bought with the precious blood of Christ. On Christ the Solid Rock I stand all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand...till He returns or calls me home, here in the power of Christ I'll stand."
Romans 13:1--"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God."
Again, we must pray diligently for our leaders as God instructs us to in 1 Timothy 2: 1-2--"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone--for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness."
Our nation needs to turn to godliness and holiness, which comes from knowing Jesus as Savior. The killing of unborn babies is not godly and holy. Abortion is murder! There are many families who are unable to have babies that would love to adopt. I pray that women would choose adoption rather than abortion. Did you know that the heartbeat of a baby begins around day 18? That's before women even know for sure that they are pregnant. That is a life! I take abortion issues very personal having miscarried a baby at 8 weeks followed by the loss of my full-term baby at 38 weeks. God is the giver and taker of lives.
Psalm 2
" Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. 'Let us break their chains,' they say, 'and throw off their fetters.' The One enthroned in heaven laughs, the Lord scoffs at them...therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him."
It is obvious that over half of the Americans that voted do not agree with God's standards of living. It is clear from God's Word, that those who forsake the Lord will suffer the consequences. Just like in 2 Chronicles 7 where God told King Solomon that if he turns away from the Lord to go off and serve other gods and worship them then God will uproot Israel from His land...people will then ask, "Why has the LORD done such a thing?", and the people will answer, "because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them--that is why He brought all this disaster on them" (vv.19-22).
God is omnipotent and omniscient. I may have lost confidence in our nation, but I do have confidence in God. I serve a holy, righteous, and just God. For everything He has a purpose. I pray that our country will seek God's face and turn from their wicked ways.
Psalm 1:6 says, "For the LORD watches over the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish."
I rejoice as I listen to the song being played that "I am His and He is mine, bought with the precious blood of Christ. On Christ the Solid Rock I stand all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand...till He returns or calls me home, here in the power of Christ I'll stand."
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