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The Action Report "PRAY FOR EVERYONE" By Frank Eiklor My precious friends, "PRAY FOR EVERYONE" That was the headline in the newspaper. In the face of Hurricane Irma, The Florida governor is appealing for prayer. It was the same thing in Texas with Hurricane Harvey. Many people were crying out to God to save them physically and spiritually. Since Norma and I make our home in Georgetown, Texas, I’m close enough to Houston to help in the cleanup. A lot of help will be needed for a long time. And now we have friends in Florida who are in danger and crying out to God. Then there is the big earthquake in southern Mexico where I have preached the gospel in Chiapas and Oaxaca. It seems like the whole world is shaking. Almost like birth pains of travail that cry for Jesus’ return. But while I weep and help and hug the hurting, we also see people realizing they need the Lord even more then the material stuff that is suddenly gone with the water and wind. Before the storm hit, one man said rather arrogantly, “We will ride it out. I have plenty of food, water and booze.” Then the power goes off, roofs blow away, water rises and the black of night is filled with terror. Wouldn’t you become a little more humble and cry out to God? Me too! First, I always pray, “Lord, let these hurricanes die out at sea.” But the Lord also knows that “only when your (God’s) judgments are in the earth will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.” (Isaiah 26:9) He knows what to allow and how to bring good out of bad. Others suffer today. It may be you and me tomorrow. But both I and many other disciples are finding hearts eager to hear from Jesus. My buddy Lionel Baldwin taught me many years ago in Canada that it is often when the storms hit that the fish bite best. He proved it when we landed the prize in the midst of a storm. Keep praying that we will speak with boldness the hope that is in Jesus. I have never found people more open and responsive to His love. We need the funds to stay in the fight. I ask your help! Frank Related Articles · More Articles Jesus said many would come in His name and deceive the hearts of the simple, sinful and proud. Eastern mysticism and meditation is a big thing in the gullible West. And one day a “world leader” will appear on the scene with the persuasion of a god and the heart of a devil. Jesus warns His children to know the Scriptures, live in obedience to the Father’s will, and stay alert to the signs of the times. They laugh no more. Now God’s description of how He will destroy the old earth and create a
new one makes perfect sense. The splitting of the atom turned many skeptics into believers.
After all, look what man himself is capable of doing with the atom and hydrogen bombs. Now
the fear is that nuclear weapons are being placed in the hands of madmen who wish to annihilate
their enemies. God has blessed man with incredible genius. We stand in awe as we watch men and women in a room full of computers and high-tech instruments guiding and landing spacecraft on distant planets. At that moment, we appear invincible. But then a mammoth tornado comes—or a terrifying hurricane—or rains that flood whole regions and never listen to our shouts to “Stop!”—or the shake that removes from under our feet any confidence or pride we carry, and leaves us numb with hardly enough breath to even utter the paralyzing word “EARTHQUAKE!”. And man is helpless in the face of it all! |
