2nd February 2021

Checking into God's Presence... I stumbled into some famous assertions which states-"Churches have changed, morals have changed, people have changed, and society too has changed. But God's word remains the same". Looking back to Noah's times in Genesis 6-9, it is straightforward to conclude that the world is generally going through the same pattern. I now wonder; what other signs one could expect? The same poignant view was expressed in Matthew 16:1-3 by the Pharisees and the Sadducees of this world. "The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them when it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, it will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times". O ye members in Christ Community who feels the end times are not yet nigh. You must have learned that there were great revivals, and significantly fewer night vigils took place. The prayer levels were not that excessive; somehow, people found ways of practising genuine love. Apart from that, it was effortless to worship enormously but with good intent; albeit without any persuasion. These had a meaningful impact, and many thereby became destiny achievers. We now encourage people to worship more as a norm, and stale attributes contribute to low attendances at worship places. On the other hand, the stakes on revivals are ever-increasing, so too are night vigils with constant prayers and fasting. When we consider them with what we used to have in the past; they are simply without any significant impact on moral levels. Often, those who attend churches after maximum appeal does so on a fault-finding mission. And if they can pick on faults so easily and complain so much about them, definitely we must be able to discern that complaints of that nature can be signs of the end times. Matthew 24: 4-13, states: "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Lord; visit us with the power of Your might and let us receive Your mercy. Build the remnants of our faith and make them come together for Christ Sake. And because we are privileged to see another day, I pray that our eyes will not see evil, and our ears will not hear evil. Neither will our feet enter the traps and the evil nets that fly in the day, or the pestilence and illnesses that walks in the night; they will not hurt us for we shall always go out in peace and indeed return in peace in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen Http://testimony-times.blogspot.co.uk Just Checking into His Presence...