Roger Duterte is Sanctioning Murder in the Philippines

Prayer

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we need to be strong in the Lord. We need to be growing in the Word. We need to spend time in prayer and fasting. We need to come together in fellowship and worship. Our nation is in trouble. It doesn't matter who the president is. If our nation doesn't repent of sin, then our nation will suffer serious consequences. God will not ignore sin. He is Holy. He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. That's serious business. God didn't take it lightly. If our nation ignores that then we could cease to be a nation. I believe that Donald Trump can do some good and improve things, but he needs your prayers. He can't do anything without God's help. Jesus is and always will be our only true hope. If our nation continues in sin then we have lost our nation. Read, study, and memorize your Bible while you can. If they ever succeed in taking away our guns, then don't be shocked if some day they come after your Bible. Read your Bible so you know how God wants you to live and how He can help you. He loves you, but Satan is active in our world trying to destroy you. If you don't read your Bible regularly then you are at a big disadvantage. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the Bible says to grow in the Lord and to study the Word and to come together as God's people for prayer, fellowship, and worship. Please take this seriously while you still can because someday you may loose this privilege. Amen.

Alcohol

Getting drunk is a sin, but what about drinking in moderation? Drinking alcohol has been the subject of debate within the church for centuries, but never more so than in recent years. With the shift toward postmodernism, practices that were once discouraged by the Christian community have been embraced and even promoted. The open consumption of alcohol is one of those practices. In Bible times, anyone set apart for God was to totally abstain from any fruit of the vine (Judges 13:4; Leviticus 10:9; Numbers 6:3; Luke 1:15). Wine was often symbolic of worldly contamination, and those called into priestly service were to keep themselves from it. Such warnings have led many followers of Christ to forgo alcohol altogether, deeming any use of it unwise. Although drinking in moderation is not condemned in Scripture, there are many warnings about its destructive nature (Proverbs 20:1; 31:4). So why does the Bible speak so strongly against becoming affected by alcohol?  Ephesians 5:18 holds the key: “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.” Two elements are being compared: alcohol and the Holy Spirit. Each has the power to take control of a person’s mind and behavior—with vastly different results. Getting drunk leads to a loss of self-control; being filled with the Spirit leads to more self-control (Galatians 5:22–23). We cannot be controlled by both alcoholic spirits and the Holy Spirit at the same time. When we choose to ingest mind-altering substances, we are effectively choosing to give ourselves over to the control of something other than the Holy Spirit. Anything that takes control of our mind, will, and emotions is a false god. Any master we obey other than the Lord is an idol, and idolatry is sin (1 Corinthians 10:14).