CHRISTIANS, WAKE UP!!

Whew!  I'm glad that the Chick-fil-A day is over.  Although I was completely on board with it and waited in a line for food 1 1/2 hrs., there was definitely a huge conflict that I encountered on Facebook. Who would've thought that friends and family members would basically hate you for siding with Biblical and American traditional Judeo/Christian values.  I tell you we are in a CULTURAL WAR!  I'm not advocating meanness or aggression, because I believe that we Christians should love and respect all people regardless!  BUT, when it comes down to being attacked, intimidated, and belittled for my beliefs, I WILL NOT BOW DOWN! Some of the reactions (attacks) I got were saturated with tones of hatred, inferences of stupidity, and accusations of not having Christian love for LGTB (lesbian, gays, transgenders, and bi-sexuals). This couldn't be farther from the truth!  God knows that I have some precious friends that fit into most of these "gay" categories. No, they don't profess to believe in Christ, but they respect and love me, as I also respect and love them.  They know where I stand and I know where they stand as well.  I think that this is the way we should relate to these groups.  BUT, when it comes down to their demanding that I, must condone and accept as TRUTH, their philosophy of life, I WILL NOT BOW DOWN!  I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED!  I've decided that even as Esther, Daniel, Meshach, Shadrach, Abednego, and so many others in the Bible, did not BOW DOWN and compromise with  the idolatry in the society of their day, I WILL NOT EITHER!  I want to challenge my Christian brothers and sisters to WAKE UP and understand the times that we are living in.  The days of just having loads of fun at our Christian prayer (gossip) meetings, ("meat market") concerts, (gluttonous) dinners, and (social climbing, prideful) Bible studies, (while so many go home to view porn) are OVER!  I really don't believe that the sleeping giant (the church of America) has smelled the coffee yet. There are still too many professing Christians in this country walking the fence by compromising their beliefs, and loving pleasures more than God.  I really believe that this is why our country is in the shape it is in today.  We have strayed so far away from the faith of our founding fathers with drug addiction, violence, immorality (pornography, adultery, fornication, etc.), alcoholism, speaking lies as sport, and so many other sins running rampant in the good ole God blessed (?)  USA. A Christian minister posted on FB that we shouldn't judge one sin over another. I agree with this.  Sin is sin and God is judge. BUT,  I'm calling for all Christians to stand up for GOD, IN THE NAME OF GOD,  LIVE THE LIFE!  Clean up your act!  And LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!  JESUS said for Christians to BE A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS, DON'T HIDE IT UNDER A BASKET!  He also said that we are to be like A LIGHT THAT IS UPON A HILL FOR ALL TO SEE, and to BE LIKE SALT THAT IS SALTY (noticed) or else we are NO GOOD, BUT JUST TO BE TRAMPLED UNDER THE FOOT OF MEN!  I want to submit to you that if we are cowering behind the four walls of our churches, or the comforts of our cozy homes, and we are not letting those around us in our society know that we love them, but also Who and what we stand for, we are self-centered and selfish, ashamed of the GOSPEL!  AND...I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DOWN-FALL OF THE NOT SO GOD BLESSED USA! I read recently an article in CHARISMA"magazine that the 93 yr. old Dr. Billy Graham wrote a letter entitled, "My Heart Aches for America".  In the letter, he's calling "America and it's deceived people" to repentance>(turn from our wicked ways, to God's ways).  This letter was "one in a series of escalating warnings that the nation is in growing danger of God's judgement".  He also spoke of his late wife, Ruth's concern regarding the nation's "terrible downward spiral".  "He wondered what Ruth would think of the country today where SELF-CENTERED INDULGENCE, PRIDE, AND THE LACK OF SHAME OVER SIN are now emblems of the American lifestyle."  Mr. Graham stressed the fact that THERE IS HOPE!!  God is merciful and WILL FORGIVE US IF we REPENT of our sins and turn back to Him.  Many other respected ministers have expressed their concerns and warnings as well.  There you have it!  We all need to get on our face before God and sign up to "fight" for the battle that we are in today!  Please consider this CALL and do what your  COMMANDER requests.  After all, this is Christianity 101!