There is a public reproach on those who trust in Christ in front of other people. He who departs from evil makes himself or herself a prey. Sometimes he becomes an object of scorn to less-consecrated church people.

But there never is an occasion for shame for those who look to Christ in all matters. They are truly righteous in God's sight and He will justify them.

Sometimes it appears that the social environment is becoming increasingly hostile toward Christians. The American people are used to practicing sins of various kinds and if they ever feel that Christians are hindering them from doing as they please there will be vicious persecution.

The Christian influence in America was strong in the beginning. Great trees die slowly. It is hard for Christians, who can point back to the original leaders and jurists of America as believers in the Scriptures, to realize that those days may be gone forever. The public has had a taste of unrestrained evil and they will not be frustrated, I believe.

I look for a tremendous increase in pornography and other sexual excesses in the days to come and woe to that individual who stands in the way of the juggernaut.

What then, are we followers of Christ to roll over and play dead?

Our response must be to look to Christ. We must learn righteousness, holiness, and obedience to God from Him. Then when we pray God will hear us.

The increasing sin in our land must prove to be a whip that drives us to Christ. God is all powerful. When we pray God is able and willing to move on behalf of those who are seeking righteousness.

The wicked may mock us today. They know we have very little power. But they do not know our God.

We who follow the Lord understand that no power is as great as His. No one can harm the individual who is good in God's sight.

Let the wicked mock as they will. We shall turn to our God and He will save us.

If the Christian people of America will humble themselves, pray, seek God's face, and turn from their wicked ways, God will hear from Heaven, forgive our sin, and heal our land.

The Lord seems to be telling me we have a few years left in America. If the believers will turn away from the foolish faith and prosperity doctrines, the overemphasis on lawless grace and a pretribulation rapture to save us from suffering, and begin to seek God in earnest, He will hear us and send a revival of righteous behavior. Otherwise we will be unprepared for suffering or even for a rapture should one take place in the near future (which I seriously doubt).

The Bible commands us to arm ourselves against the evil day. It does not tell us we will not be exposed to the evil day.

The Divine call today is to repentance, a turning away from the world and its ways. We do not have enough strength to overcome evil. But God does and He will if we live uprightly and look to Him.

Then our faces will be radiant with His Glory and righteousness will spring up in our country.

Maybe, as with Samson, the hair of the Church will grow back!