Endless Prayer

On November the 4th the United States elected its new president and California was split 52.3% to 47.7% on the subject of gay mairrage. California has been one of the few states to legalize same sex marriage and Proposition 8 was formed as a way to overturn this rulling. By passing Proposition 8 California’s population has stated that it (at least as majority) disaproves of same sex mairrage.

Romans 1:18-32:

18. But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

21. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.

24. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. 26. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.

28. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 32. They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

For the Christian the above scripture is plain in depicting how God feels about same sex mairrage. Scriptures reffers to the act as giving into “shameful desires”. This scripture stands as a warning, not only to those who are partaking in the sinful act but to those who are exposed to the wickedness because the deviants will encourage others to join in the rebellion from God.

Let me first say that I am not a “homophone” or a “gay basher”. I will admit that I am a bit of a “Bible Thumper” but I do not believe in forcing my view on anyone when it comes to accepting Christ. I do however believe in speaking out against sin because if sin is allowed to flourish death and destruction is soon to follow.

I applaud those in California (a very liberal state, IMHO) who stood up against this atrosity of same sex mairrage. This gives me hope that all is not lost, their are still enough of us with moral standing to fight back at the moral decline of our nation.

And for those of you who read this and disagree with my point of view, I respect your thoughts but I will not waiver at what I consider to be sinful rebellion against God. And I am glad to see the passing of Proposition 8.

Endless Prayer:

Lord you are soverign, your glory is made manifest in your creation. May we all see your glory and praise your name for who you are. May we accept your will for our lives and seek to bring you glory through our lives. Keep us from temptation and deliver us from our own sinful nature. I pray for those who are consumed by their own sinful and shameful desires that you would make yourself manifest in their lives. Turn our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. In Christ’s name, Amen.