We who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives, who are following him in walks of surrender to him, in obedience to his commands, in holy living, and who no longer are living as slaves to sin, we should identify with the psalmist as those whose souls pant and thirst for God. God should never be an afterthought in our minds, or someone we only think of when we want something from him. But he should be foremost in our minds and hearts.

We should pant and thirst for our Lord like someone who is truly hungry and thirsty and cannot wait until we are able to find food and water. God should not just be someone we give thanks to at meal time or who we meet with for a short period of time each day in daily devotions and in prayer. He should be our everything! He should be our life, what we live for and long for and desire most above all else in this life of ours. He should be our King!

Sadly, that does not seem to be the modern concept of a relationship with Almighty God via faith in Jesus Christ, God, the Son. The modern concept of those who are of faith in Jesus Christ appears to be all about what God can do for us, but not about what he requires of us in the way of thought, words, time, and deeds. It centers more around self, and how, by a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, we are now forgiven all sin and promised heaven as our eternal destiny, nothing required of us regarding repentance and obedience.

Therefore, many who profess the name of Jesus do not believe that how they live their lives will impact their salvation and eternal life with God in any way. They feel as though they have their assurance of salvation, so how they live no longer matters. And many of them go on living in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord, with sexual sin seeming to be the predominant sin in today’s culture. And I am one who definitely weeps over this situation.

Now, I know that sin has always existed, including sexual sin. But with the convenience of the internet via smart phones in people’s pockets, I believe that the number of professing Christians who are living in sexual adultery and idolatry has massively increased. Statistics would have it that as high as 75% of “Christian” men (including some pastors), with a lower percentage for females, and a rising number for children, are users of pornography.

Yet, although that does seem to be the predominant sin in our culture today, it is not the only sin affecting the church, the body of Christ. The worst, I believe, is the altering and diluting of the gospel of our salvation in order to make it more palatable and acceptable to the ungodly and to human flesh. So people, by the masses, are being fed a big fat lie disguised as the true gospel. And the masses are believing, and they are living the lie that how they live will have no impact at all on where they spend eternity. But it will!

But I can remember a time when the church taught the critical nature of true biblical repentance, i.e. of us dying to sin, and of true biblical obedience to our Lord, both as necessary components of believing faith. I can recall when preachers taught serious Holy Spirit led sermons about how we must die to sin and now obey God, and how we must live holy lives, pleasing to God, and no longer walk in sin. And I can recall being a part of several spiritual revivals which changed the hearts of many people for the good.

But now it seems so focused around making people “feel good,” and not offending the ungodly and the world with the truth of the gospel. So many “churches” have now turned into businesses, and they are marketing their businesses to the people of the world. And so they have altered the gospel to make it less offensive and more culturally acceptable. And I weep over that, too. So many people are being lied to and are thinking that heaven is their destiny when the absolute opposite of that is true, in reality. Very sad!

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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I Remember Happier Times
An Original Work / August 21, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Speaking of tongues, how would you paint today's Pentecostal pulpit, large or small amount of time dealing with speaking in tongues? Would your response likely include a frequent amount of time Church oversight deals with the subject? Should a Church mirror the frequency the Apostle Paul and others exhibited in the book of Acts?

Currently, I would like to be shown by someone to be in gross error by the good report of congregations who are so pumped by the subject they break out in applause whenever the Pastor sets the subject in motion! My experience to date cannot provide such a report.

What is a good or healthy frequency for a Pentecostal assembly to be thought friendly with the subject of tongues?