In the recent blog post Secret History: How Adventists Ended the Civil War, we learned the real reason why the United States civil war came to an end in April 1865: because Seventh-day Adventists decided to fast and pray. The civil war began in April of 1861 and the bloody conflict raged for four years claiming the lives of at least 600,000. With each passing year of the war the pressure and challenges facing Adventists grew to such an extent that there began official church wide calls to specific times of prayer and fasting in March of 1865. One church historian writes “Within six weeks Lee had surrendered, and the war was over. With the nation, Adventists rejoiced; many felt they had seen a direct answer to prayer.” The inescapable conclusion from this amazing event is that God can and will intervene in this world to push back a tsunami of evil. But God will only do so if His people will fast and pray. If God’s church in this world neglects times of fasting and prayer the great evils in this world will only grow, magnify, and continue on in their destructive courses. Arguably one of the greatest evils facing God’s church today is pornography. No explanations, citations, or statistics need to be given to support this. It is self-evident. If you are reading this article you are probably very well aware both the nature and effects of pornography. The civil war and porn share many parallels:
Finally, both the civil war and spread of porn can be checked and stopped by the intervention of God. The civil war continued unabated until Adventists decided enough was enough and they prayed and fasted. Well, enough is enough with this cancer of porn. Why do we wait any longer? The increase in ruined youth and families is not a default condition that we must sit down and passively accept. When Phinehas saw how sexual temptation was bringing ruin to the Israelites that man jumped up with a spear and drove that spear through the very heart of the problem. Read Number 25:7-11. He did not sit around like a namby-pamby spineless wet noodle. Lest you think he was too radical or extreme in fighting sexual temptation remember that his act of resistance was greatly rewarded by God. The precedent has been set: God will reward any efforts made to fight sexual immorality. Without delay we must have a conference of Adventist men who will meet for several days of fasting and prayer for the specific purpose of seeking God’s intervention to this great evil. Women also have problems with pornography and sexual addiction and can have a women's prayer retreat (It is not wise to have men and women praying together about sexual issues). What would this conference look like? Ideally, this conference should consist of at least 40 Adventist men who are in good standing in their home church. They may or may not have porn addictions – doesn’t’ matter. We want men who will pray. The location should be a place that people would enjoy visiting. This conference should be as interesting and attractive as possible. (Personally I like the idea of having this at a beach resort with unlimited fruit and juice, or at a place in the mountains to go hiking.) Would you like to drop a nuclear bomb on the porn industry? Would you be interested in cutting the head of this Goliath? Would you like to see God “vex the Midianites, and smite them”? If you are interested in attending this three-four day conference in the future then enter your name and email below. Updates will be sent out with developments.
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weldon mutai
9/11/2015 04:27:20 am
it is high time that this youthful world needs prayers and fasting,the desire for youths is sex and money irrespective of outcomes therefore me as a young adventist feel like we should pray after every hour so that lord my sent holy spirit to touch them.
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kipkorir benard c
9/16/2015 12:45:56 pm
Wow its true may the Almighty Father help realise the times we r in.prayer is powerdynamite.
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