5And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. You'll need buckets for the tears when the crash comes upon you.G33G3568G4145G2799G3649G1909G5216G5004G19042Your money is corrupt and your fine clothes stink.G5216G4149G4595G2532G5216G2440G1096G45983Your greedy luxuries are a cancer in your gut, destroying your life from within. You thought you were piling up wealth. What you've piled up is judgment.G5216G5557G2532G696G2728G2532G2447G846G2071G3142G1519G5213G2532G5315G5216G4561G5613G4442G2343G1722G2078G22504All the workers you've exploited and cheated cry out for judgment. The groans of the workers you used and abused are a roar in the ears of the Master Avenger.G2400G3408G2040G3588G270G5216G5561G3588G575G5216G650G2896G2532G995G2325G1525G1519G3775G2962G45195You've looted the earth and lived it up. But all you'll have to show for it is a fatter than usual corpse.G5171G1909G1093G2532G4684G5142G5216G2588G5613G1722G2250G49676In fact, what you've done is condemn and murder perfectly good persons, who stand there and take it.G2613G5407G1342G498G3756G498G52137Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master's Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the rain do its slow but sure work.G3114G3767G80G2193G3952G2962G2400G1092G1551G5093G2590G1093G3114G1909G846G2193G302G2983G4406G2532G3797G52058Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could arrive at any time.G3114G5210G2532G3114G4741G5216G2588G3754G3952G2962G14489Friends, don't complain about each other. A far greater complaint could be lodged against you, you know. The Judge is standing just around the corner.G4727G3361G2596G240G80G3363G2632G2400G2923G2476G4253G237410Take the old prophets as your mentors. They put up with anything, went through everything, and never once quit, all the time honoring God.G2983G3450G80G4396G3739G2980G3686G2962G5262G2552G2532G311511What a gift life is to those who stay the course! You've heard, of course, of Job's staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That's because God cares, cares right down to the last detail.G2400G3106G5278G191G5281G2492G2532G1492G5056G2962G3754G2962G2076G4184G2532G362912And since you know that he cares, let your language show it. Don't add words like "I swear to God" to your own words. Don't show your impatience by concocting oaths to hurry up God. Just say yes or no. Just say what is true. That way, your language can't be used against you.G1161G4253G3956G3450G80G3660G3361G3383G3772G3383G1093G3383G5100G243G3727G1161G2277G5216G3483G2277G3483G2532G3756G3756G3363G4098G1519G5272
Prayer to Be Reckoned With
13Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing.G2553G5100G1722G5213G2553G4336G2114G5100G2114G556714Are you sick? Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master.G770G5100G770G1722G5213G4341G4245G1577G2532G4336G1909G846G218G846G1637G1722G3686G296215Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you've sinned, you'll be forgiven—healed inside and out.G2532G2171G4102G4982G2577G2532G2962G1453G846G1453G2579G5600G4160G266G863G84616Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.G1843G3900G240G2532G2172G240G5228G240G3704G2390G1754G1162G1342G2480G418317Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't—not a drop for three and a half years.G2243G2258G444G3663G2254G2532G4336G4335G1026G3361G1026G2532G1026G3756G1909G1093G5140G1763G2532G1803G337618Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again.G2532G4336G3825G2532G3772G1325G5205G2532G1093G985G846G259019My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them backG80G1437G5100G1722G5213G4105G575G225G2532G5100G1994G84620and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God.G1097G846G1097G3754G1994G268G1537G4106G846G3598G4982G5590G1537G2288G2532G2572G4128G266
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