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Our culture has exchanged holy for hell by trading the truth of God for lies and embracing darkness over light. You see, in a world where what is evil is celebrated and what is good is condemned, we must hold fast to the unchanging Word of God. As Isaiah 5:20 says, "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"

True peace isn't found in the shifting circumstances around us or the fleeting emotions within us. It’s found in the steadfast presence of God, who is our refuge and strength. As Corrie Ten Boom wisely observed, "If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest." Indeed, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1).

If we are not spiritually seeing, we are spiritually sleeping; and in that slumber, we risk missing the warnings and signs of the times that God is sending. Like "the writing on the wall" that went unnoticed until it was too late, spiritual apathy blinds us to the dangers and deceptions that are...

Faith is not blind; it actually sees more. And because it sees more, it understands more. In other words, when we have biblical faith, the Lord enables us to see the unseen and to know that He is always in control behind the scene. "Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death…" (Psalm 13:3)

If we don't disciple the next generation, the world will meet that need and corrupt that seed. You see, the values we fail to instill will be replaced by the world's godless ideologies. Thus, it’s our duty to raise our children in the knowledge of the Lord, sharpening them like arrows and aiming them with purpose toward the heart of God. "Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth" (Psalm 127:4).

There is a time to hold your tongue and there is a time when your tongue holds you. And to know which time is which is to know the different weights between the two. The one weight is when the Spirit presses you to wait. The other weight is when the Spirit presses you to speak. "There is a time to be silent and a time to speak" (Ecclesiastes 3:7).