Re: Edit: Heresy
Don't get me wrong. I believe in facing reality. Not trying anymore is giving up. You mentioned something about not trying.
Jesus, will always be enough no matter which way it goes. Yes, our best life is not now, but that does not mean God does not want us to fight the battles down here. He doesn't want us to just roll over and go to sleep. Our Heavenly Father wants us to pray for God's will and to fight the demonic realm. We can be filled with the joy of the Lord while we are doing this. We don't have to go through hard times on this earth depressed when we have Christ.
I do not believe that God is done with this country yet. I believe He wants to turn things around for us, but He needs us to obey Him in prayer and fighting the demonic realm to do this. What you believe to be reality may not really be reality. It may be that satan has caused you to believe that what your thinking is reality when in fact God has another reality that He wants you to believe.
Satan and his demons have taken over our government. Yes, that is reality, but I believe that the reality of that is not that we should just not try anymore because they defeated us. That is what satan wants you to think. The real reality of the situation is that God wants to turn it around and defeat the demonic. He wants to take our country back from the demonic forces.
God works by prayer. Let's do God's will in the matter. He wants us to pray so He can turn it around for us. You may say God can do anything He wants to with or without me. Of course He can, however, He set things up in this world to work differently than that. He wants us to work with Him. We must obey Him.
I now believe that we are decades away from the real tribulation described in the book of Revelation. Yes, that tribulation will come, but it is not time yet. God wants to turn this around for us in our life times. We have hope for our lives here and now because He is our hope. Our help comes from the Lord. Yes, of course, our hope rests in Christ alone regardless what happens, but God wants us to try. God does not want for us to just let satan overtake us.