Greetings Prayer Warriors,
This week was my annual business meeting in Las Vegas, aka
Sin City. I would like to think it is
just a fun place to relax and play, and for some it may be. But whether
I was riding the elevator, wandering the casino, or walking around the city, my
eyes were attacked with sexual images.
As I traversed the casino trying to get to the conference center, free
entry tickets to the clubs and bars were thrust at me, hoping I would be the object
of lust
to lure more men in. Different scents were
pumped into the air vents and I longed to find an exit to the outside world,
but instead I found I was in a maze to keep me in. Such are the powers of evil!
Vegas is such a metaphor for sin! Just viewing the incomprehensible
opulence and decadence of The Strip can spark envy and greed. Pride can propel one to expend copious
cash while they hope for the glory of the big win. Of course anger doesn’t set in
until one realizes how much they’ve lost.
So one sets out among the brightly lit towering monuments to the gods of
wealth and materialism, seeking an all-you-can-eat gluttonous buffet. Then they sink into spiritual sloth
blaming God for all their bad luck. No
need to find a church, they think to themselves, “I’m on vacation!”
Lift from us the burden of our guilt: Grant us the freedom we have sold
for illusions of pleasure or power.
Where have you sold your freedom? What deadly sin(s) shackle(s)
you? Spend some time contemplating this,
and then pray for yourself and your family that the Merciful Lord will grant
all of you freedom from the desire for wealth, fame, power, flattery, and
sinful pleasures.
Galatians 5:13, 17
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Hope lives! He frees
us from the shackles of our sin! Pass it on!
