Dear friends. I received a note from my sis recently. I have edited the content just a bit, but I believe we all need to think about it. This is a vital election year. There are many issues to think about and no matter where you are on the political spectrum, you will want to ask God’s guidance in deciding who and what to vote for and who to support. Please don’t delete this just because you think I’m talking politics right now. It’s not politics; it’s our country and our lives and children’s lives. Will you join me in prayer each evening? I believe that God loves us and wants the best for us.

ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT

We all need to be on our knees. Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders unfold.

2 Chronicles 7:14 gives us, as Christians, the ability to call upon God to heal our nation. The scripture states 'If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.'

During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute, to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and peace. This had an amazing effect, as bombing stopped.

There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America.

The United States of America, and our citizens, need prayer more than ever! If you would like to participate, each evening at 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific), stop whatever you're doing, and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, for peace in the world, the upcoming election, that the Bible will remain the basis for the laws governing our land, and that Christianity will grow in the U.S.

If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along. Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have. Thank you.

Please pass this on to anyone who you think will want to join us as well.

God bless you,

Diane

Pride - It's a Bug!

Pride’s a lethal virus that affects each living man,

and we don’t often know the range of evil that is spans.

We don’t know that awful pride is there within our hearts

unless we look beyond ourselves,

and take our thoughts apart.

Or possibly we’ll find it tucked within our halo’d hair,

preparing to reveal itself, when we least expect it there.

Pride masquerades as many things. Its costumes are so fine,

that you sometimes even think it is humility divine.

Pride’s a lethal virus that affects our walk as well.

We stumble on our “I” and “me”

in the stories that we tell.

In tales of glory, we’re the ones that win the big grand prize

for deeds we’ve done and races run; our works are supersized.

Pride enters through a mirror that reflects a wish to shine,

and hear the words that puff us up; those words we underline.

You see –

When pride builds me and lessens you, I need to ask what I should do.

Whether searching for the spotlight or looking in the glass

If I am first, that pushes you to second or to last.

The Bible tells us just the way to act our parts and what to say

“Put others first – on the front row.”

That’s really all we have to know to keep ourselves from falling prey

to the virus that we fight each day.

Diane