Summoned By Jesus

Today’s (March 22, 2024 GiveHim15, https://youtu.be/heAOrtS4rtE) post was shared by Dave Kubal from Intercessors for America. IFApray.org  

This year darkness has never been darker. Globalists have never been as well positioned to control nations. Yet, the freedom set in motion by our Founding Fathers — because of their understanding of biblical principles — is being seen this year in the greatest number of elections ever in the history of mankind.    

 
About 250 years ago, not a single country in the world allowed people the opportunity to elect those in authority over them. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States created the first nation ever to use a democratic process to choose the country’s leaders. The process of freedom was infectious, and it spread. Now, two-thirds — or 6 billion — of the world’s 8 billion people help choose their leaders.  And this year, 2024, sixty-six countries will hold elections…half of the world’s population will have an opportunity to participate in an election in their country thanks to the freedoms established by our Founding Fathers. This has never happened before in human history. 

Will this global growth of freedom increase, or will global freedoms decrease? 

Well, we should focus our prayers for both the U.S. and global elections on the three most important cultural elements…and surprisingly, secular research confirms what the Bible teaches. 

 
*GOOD GOVERNMENT – Studies by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and Statista agree:  nations thrive when governments focus on reducing corruption, emphasizing the rule of law, and ensuring a trustworthy electoral process that generates the most satisfied and economically productive inhabitants. 

*THRIVING CHURCHES – A Pew Research study of over 25 nations shows that actively religious people are 50% more likely to describe themselves as “very happy.” 

 
*TWO-PARENT FAMILIES – Found in numerous studies, including one by the American Enterprise Institute that concluded this: Children who grow up in a two-parent home are the most behaviorally adjusted and have the greatest economic success as adults. 

This is the genesis of the global freedoms we see today; the United States was the first representative republic after Israel, and it is patterned after Old Testament government. 

• God created government to care for our civil lives. 
• God created the Church to care for our spiritual lives. 
• God created the family to care for our personal lives. 

Government, the Church, the family: Are at the core of every election across the globe this year, these will be on the ballot, one way or another.  

Jesus says evil will increase as time goes on, but between that increase of evil and His physical second coming, the gospel will be preached to all nations. Evil will increase; the gospel will spread; then He comes back. Consider Matthew 24:12-14: “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” 

The rise of evil is not the time to give up! Now is the time for the good news of His kingdom to go to all nations. Salvation and freedom come through Christ. In a way, the rise of evil should encourage us. This is the environment where the goodness of God becomes clearest. 

Let us pray…