Pressing On!

     If you listen to “Christian” radio at all I am sure you have heard the new song by Casting Crowns entitled “Slow Fade”.  I would like for all to listen to the words to the song, I mean really listen.  Time after time I have people, couples or families say, “I don’t know where it all went wrong, all of the sudden the situation was just out of control.”  My answer now has changed slighty from a blunt “NO it didn’t just all of the sudden happen, to really a more caring way of saying it’s a slow fade”, and here is why.  It is really about a slow fade.  A slow fade away from God.  A slow fade away from the blood of Christ.  A slow fade away from involvement in the Church.  A slow fade away from Christian fellowship.  A slow fade away from personal Bible study.  A slow fade away from private prayer.  A slow fade, just a slow fade.

     The sun does not fade clothes, paint or anything else in a day.  It is a slow fade until we say, “Well when did that happen?”  It is truly one day at a time.  Stay strong.  Stay faithful.  Stay honest.  Stay pure.  Stay Holy.  Stay righteous.  Stay godly.  Stay away from the slow fade.  For as the song closes out it says “people never crumble in a day, daddies never crumble in a day, families never crumble in a day, It’s a slow fade. 

Psalm 32:6-7 – Pray that Christians will be motivated to pray faithfully for this election and that the Lord would deliver us from the wrong leaders.

Psalm 16:7-8 – Pray that the Lord would give wise counsel and guidance to His choice for president in this campaign.

Proverbs 16:13 – Pray that our nation will listen to the truth and not be led astray.

Psalm 18:32-36 – Pray that the Lord would arm the man of His choice with strength; that He would guide him in battle (this election), and that He would sustain him and give him victory.

Hebrews 11:32-34 – Pray that God’s man could, through faith, persevere and maintain his courage throughout this election.

Psalm 125 – Pray that those who trust in the Lord will not be shaken.

Psalm 86:14-17 – Pray that the Lord would defeat those who have no regard for Him in this election. – Pray that the Lord would empower and enable His man in any area of weakness.

2 Corinthians 9:12 – Pray that the Lord would empower and enable HIs man in any area of weekness.

2 Kings 13:16 – Pray that the Lord would put His hands on the man of His choice for president (and his team) and guide them in this election.

Proverbs 1:5-6 – Pray that God’s man will listen with discernment, add to his knowledge, and receive wise counsel in this campaign.

John 16:33 - Pray that the man of God’s choice would be given wisdom and ability from the Lord to overcome any obstacle or difficulty during this campaign.

Acts 17:30 – Pray for repentance for yourself and for our nation.

Luke 12:54-57 – Pray that God’s man and our nation will be discerning and do what is right.

Philippians 4:13 – Pray that the Lord’s choice for President will have special strength and unusual ability from God.

Habakkuk 1:5 and 3:2 – Pray that the Lord would do something that would utterly amaze us and give His servant victory.