The Gates of hell shall not prevail

[Amanah]

With everything going on in our Country, so much corruption in our government, enemies without and within, losing culture war battles, prayer in schools, abortion, same sex marriages, and being attacked for not being ok with it all, and on and on. I'm finding it a bit overwhelming.

Disney puts out a kids movie, *Beauty and the Beast* and introduces a gay character in to the mix, and hardly anyone even blinks. Christians are all excited about taking their kids to see it, at one time we would have been appalled. It seems we are like the frog in the kettle who became immune to the slowly rising temperature and didn't notice it was being cooked.

I've been praying for wisdom and understanding and I was reminded that Elijah was in the minority, but God gave him mighty victories in prayer.

Jesus conducted his ministry under Roman occupation. so did the Apostles and they turned their world upside down.

We have the same Holy Ghost as the Apostles did . . . The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

We need to pray for our Government and our leaders, amen, but whatever happens, hell can't stop us.

I think the only thing that can stop us is our own complacency, lack of prayer, lack of fervent passionate desire for God's will to be done.