Send the Right Leader for this Nation

[S] Ezekiel 14:14 -- 14 even though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves," declares the Lord GOD.

[O] Subsequent verses explains further about how these three righteous men would not even save their family in this land corrupted against God.  I thought Noah's days were bad enough and yet he saved his family members, so the landscape has worsened to the max by this time of Ezekiel.  This is more of a reflection but I wonder where our current landscape compares to it although it could not be an apples-to-apples comparison I won't be surprised if we're not far (or exceeding) from it.

[A] As the US Presidential election is coming up soon and we're hearing about a lot of promises from the candidates for the future of this nation, I am going to pray that despite their religious faith, God would move their hearts to do some housecleaning so this nation would draw closer to His ways of living.  I will also take more ownership of studying their values and visions to cast my carefully discerned vote in November.

[P] Dear Father, please save this nation from the ugliness depicted in this passage.  Please set the right leader who will carry the people of this great nation to do great things for You.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.

Worse Than Immorality

[S] 1 Corinthians 5:1 --
1  It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife.

[O] The statistics I read show that those attending evangelical churches are not necessarily keeping higher moral standards than those not attending any church and it seems like some things don't seem to change much over all these (2,000) years because Paul is addressing the Corinthian church's immorality that is even more corrupt than the Gentiles.  Corinthian church was growing and lots of good works came out of there but when immorality seeps into the church community it will spread like yeast and before anyone is aware the church will suffer much like where the Corinthian church was.  Thankfully, Paul was ready to tackle it directly and that's type of a fight we need to fight in order to preserve the purity of our church.

[A] While pursuing the growth of our church community, I must also make sure to watch out for "sin" that may be creeping into the community and if found must check it so it will stop.

[P] Dear Father, may Your Spirit of holiness and righteousness permeate through our church so none of the enemy's tactics will mature into fruition.  Allow me the discernments to identify these immorality in our midst and stand up for Your ways.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.