Pray Lewis County

Greetings everyone! Last week the spiritual warfare aspect of our roll as pray-ers came font and center. There were some great ideas put forth, like prayer walks and/or bike rides throughout the county, mapping out the roots of much of the darkness as God reveals it, and really going after the stuff about which we are already aware.

The subject of repentance also figured largely, based on the pairing of these two verses: Luke 18:1-8 "Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, saying, 'In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, "Give me legal protection from my opponent." For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, "Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'"
And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?'"
And 1 John 1:9: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
His just response presupposes our confession and repentance. In fact, from Old Testament to New, we see the pattern of repentance then restoration. The prophets confessed and repented of the sins of the people, and John and Jesus came saying, "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" Perhaps we are not helpless in the face of local evil; there is something we can do.

The list of things against which we are battling, then, are these:
*Sexual immorality, in general, and specifically among believers.
*Free Masonry.
*Spiritual blindness.
*Unspecified darkness withing local government and local schools.

If anyone has questions about this (I realize it's not an every-day topic), please feel free to contact me. I have a lot of excellent resources I can pass along.

This week, per request, we are meeting at the court house in Chehalis, right off of Main Street. We'll start on the steps (which face NW North Street) and see what happens from there. 6:00. We'll be praying like crazy over this election! Dress warmly. It should be dry, but cold.