Recipe for Disaster

I was meditating on Romans 1 yesterday and I saw a recipe for disaster in my own life and in the life of the church and our nation.


Romans 1:21-23

[1.] Begin by ignoring God's authority.
[2.] Next, add a daily dose of refusal to glorify His Name.
[3.] Add a heaping helping of refusal to thank Him and show Him gratitude.

Set this aside to solidify and putrify.​

After time has lapsed you will have a entire mindset that is useless, futile, pointless, and void.​

[4.] Next, allow this mindset to travel to your heart and darken it with all kinds of evil.
[5.] Now you are ready to present yourself to the world as infinitely wise, although in actuality you will be as spiritually and morally dumb as a brick.
[6.] And finally, use your feigned and damning worldly "wisdom" to create your own gods of your own choosing.

I'm being sarcastic, of course.

However, that passage hit me like a ton of bricks and I spent a good part of yesterday afternoon starting with step #1 and recognizing the authority of Almighty God in my life, my work, my church and my family.
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We could all do with a good exorcism.

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