Do you present the gospel message to those you meet? This is your part of the Great Commission. What responses have you received? You will find some who are hostile and belligerent. Are you tempted to respond in like manner? But this will result in an argument rather than a convert. What should your demeanor be? How often have you been persuaded by someone who is angry and confrontational? Be as wise as a serpent and as gentle as a dove. If you present yourself as a humble seeker then you will have rapport when you find another one, and win a friend and possibly a brother.

Are you familiar with the problem of body image issues? Do you think this only affects adolescent girls? Could it be that everyone has body image issues; that it is so pervasive that you are unaware of it? According to the Genesis account, this was not present at the very beginning, but was the first acquired trait from the Big Mistake. People have worn clothing ever since. Could the underlying shame be a source of self-alienation even for people who are covered? The Big Mistake was a spiritual issue more than a physical one.

Do you have hope? When you express hope, is it usually for a desired outcome, that your car will start, that you will pass a test, that the weather will favor your intentions? But not everything you hoped for turns out the way you desired. Can you still have hope in a more universal and transcendent sense? Can you have hope in a way that doesn’t depend on particular outcomes? Transcendent hope is based on the premise that I am good, that I watch over your life and am involved in it. If you know this you can have hope in an ultimate sense, that isn’t dependent on particular events.

If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (2 Chron. 7:14).

Obviously God rules and bestows upon a people the leadership that will accomplish His will. God has a will concerning the outcome of the current election, and many prophets have prophesied what it is.