Father God, I have seen the challenge--I have even considered the challenge for myself--of standing up for opinions and beliefs, even when they are so obviously based not only in truth but also in the truth of Your word. In our own little circle of influence, our own pastor has been getting pushback for the most benign and Biblical encouragements to care for the poor and disenfranchised.
What is happening, Father?
Is this the foretold period of deception leading to the end times (which may last for many decades or even centuries)?
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. (2 Timothy 4: 3-4)
This verse is one of one hundred that speak of "deception by Satan in [the] Last Days." It may be an inevitable and even an unavoidable phenomenon leading to Your Son's return.
Yet, Abba, do I dare ask You to stay Your coming judgment for a bit longer? Perhaps I am being selfish; I know I am afraid, knowing that I am not strong.
Strengthen me, God, so that I honor You in all my days and especially in these trying and difficult times. In Jesus's name and by the work of the Holy Spirit I pray~~Amen.
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