By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons
Scripture: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion, walking about, seeing who he may devour (I Peter 5:8 KJV).
Dear Jesus,
As you sit at the right hand of the Father receiving our petitions to present to Him, will You please ask Him to destroy all murdering spirits which obviously have established residences in our neighborhoods? Due to lack of their spiritual knowledge of Your Holy Word, it is difficult to explain to our younger generation our real enemies. They mistakenly feel that when they kill each other, they have gotten complete riddance of their enemies. They are being wrongfully taught by television, movies, gaming, cell phones, etc. However, for some unknown reason, they do not seem to fear incarceration, retaliation and possibly execution after committing their deeds.
In my growing up years, preachers, parents, family members, teachers, neighbors, coaches, etc., taught us that sinful behaviors were executed by the devil and his followers and would not only cause us to suffer hell here on earth but also after death we will roast forever in the fire prepared for him by the Father.
However, some of us have strayed away from teaching and preaching that “Hell is Real” and bad behaviors will make us likely candidates for it. It seems that some parents think it is cute when their children misbehave and become angry when they are chastised. He that spareth his rod hateth his own: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (Proverbs 13:24). It is obvious that a lot of rod sparing seems to be dominating our country, America.
It seems to be quite stylish when churches were conducting services inside the church buildings, some pastors, officers and members stressed, “When one looks toward heaven with raised arms and give God praise, great blessings come flowing down.” What a terrible misconception. Some people actually believe that and become upset when it does not happen. Do not blame the liars, blame, yourself.
Jesus, as You and the Father know, some of us are holding church services outside and by way of the television and social media. This means, in many instances, we have lost contact with some of our children and parents, and some of us are very grieved over the unmatched antics of some of our leaders, whom some of our populace think it is “Cute”. That makes it difficult to teach our children their misbehaviors, rudeness, lies, thefts, secessionism, and murders are O.K.
Jesus, as You and the Father already know that before He closed both of His Bible bookstores, we were purchasing Bibles written by anyone who chose to lie and claim that You commissioned them to write their interpretation of them. We closed most of the nation’s print shops and allowed foreign nations who serve other gods to print them, which caused us not to critique accurately their content. Now, we have a famine in the land for your Holy Word, which He warned us He planned to do under certain circumstances, which we have met (Amos 8:11-13).
Jesus, even though You and the Father are quite angry with many of us, including some of our so-called leaders-those in “High places”, will You please have mercy on us and completely rid us of those murderous evil spirits and others which are wrothing havoc all over this, Your created world.
Thank You, Jesus for hearing me and pleading with the Father to grant my prayer request.
Love,
Jacquelyn Simmons
