Evangelist Franklin Graham is calling on Christians to participate in a day of fasting and prayer for our nation today. Graham, the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and of Samaritan's Purse , an international Christian relief organization, believes the church needs to call upon the name of God and ask for Him to move in this country. He stressed that our nation is facing multiple crises - from a pandemic to a turbulent presidential election, and widespread racial unrest. "I am urging followers of Jesus Christ to fast and to pray for our nation on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25. Mark it on your calendars and prepare now. I hope individuals, families, and churches will join me in asking for the Lord's help and for His will to be done in this critical election. Will you?" Graham wrote on Facebook. ...
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Exodus 34:14
When
this verse says that God is a jealous God, that may sound like a bad
attribute. But for God, it is a holy attribute. You see, I have no right
to be jealous of another preacher because I am not the only preacher in
the world. For a singer to be jealous of another singer would be a
wrong attitude, because there are many singers. One singer doesn’t own
all the singing in the world.
There is room for many singers. For an
athlete to be jealous of another athlete is wrong, because he doesn't
own athletics. But there's only one God.
Therefore, He has every right to own the worship, adoration and praise that has come to him. He deserves it.
Put
yourself in God's place for a moment. You're the one who made heaven
and earth. Then imagine people worshiping a frog or a beetle or money or
sports or family or their own intellect or denomination or church. Then
you'd understand why the Bible says, ““I am the Lord thy God, which
have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before Me” (Exodus 20:2-3).
And
when Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, He replied,
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind” (Matthew 22:37).
ACTION POINT:
When you die to self and worship God, you will begin to experience the fullness of God in a way that transforms your life.
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