PODCAST TRANSCRIPT | EPISODE 334: Should Christians Attend A Taylor Swift Concert?
LIFE TO THE FULL w/ Nancy Campbell
EPISODE 3
34: Should Christians Attend a Taylor Swift Concert?
Allison Hartman from Pensacola joins me today, and we talk about the thousands of people attending the Taylor Swift concerts, including loads of Christian mother and daughters. But should Christians attend or not? What do you think?
Announcer: Welcome to the podcast, Life to The Full, with Nancy Campbell, founder and publisher of Above Rubies.
Nancy Campbell: Hello, ladies! Here we are, and if you are listening to this podcast on the day it comes out, which is the 5th of November, election day, well, actually I am recording this session on Friday, but it’s coming to you on Tuesday morning. So, if you are listening now, it’s right on election day. I hope you voted! If you haven’t, can an I encourage you to do everything in your power to vote today?
And, I have no compunction in saying, “Please vote for Trump.” I say that because I am desperate for this nation, for the saving of this nation. We know that Kamela and Waltz are on a whole different wavelength. They’re taking this country down a road of extreme socialism and communism. There will be, if they get in, there will begin to be a much greater persecution of Christians in this county, which is already beginning.
I have with me today, Allison Hartman. Now Allison and Daniel are the ones who do all the Above Rubies family retreats down in Panama, Florida. Every time Allison turns up, we do a podcast together. I didn’t even know she was turning up! In fact, it’s the ladies’ retreat for Tennessee this weekend, so of course, all the Hartman ladies have come up.
Last night, it was Halloween, and we were going to go to a nearby town and sing hymns in the square in the town. But it started to pour with rain, plus suddenly, Allison and her girls turned up! That was so exciting. So, instead we had dinner together.
Now Allison is here, and we thought, “Wow! Let’s do a podcast today,” because as soon as the retreat is finished, they’ll be heading back to Florida, to make sure they can vote on Tuesday, which will be today, if you're listening as this podcast comes out. Say “Hi,” Allison!
Allison: So happy to be here! One of my favorite things to do. We get to talking, and we come up with all kinds of topics.
Nancy: Yes! Yes! As I said, ladies, if you haven’t voted, a no-vote is a vote for Kamela, and for her vice-president. They are on a whole different level. It is not a godly way at all. We know that maybe Trump is not the godliest man, but we are not voting for a pastor.
We are voting for a man who has the anointing and ability to lead this country and to lead it aways from communism, and to lead it back to our roots, and back to the Constitution. For he loves this country and loves the Constitution. He has, as he proved in the four years he was in when there were no wars, he has the power to work with international countries. He has that power.
In fact, I often think of that Scripture in Psalm 89 where God was talking about David. It says: “I have laid My hand upon a warrior.” Then it goes on to say: “This is My David, who I am raising up to be king of Israel.” When God was looking for a king for His people, and a man who would be able to fight the wars and fight the enemies all around . . . God gave him that power to fight their enemies and bring peace to Israel so when his son Solomon came in, it would be a peaceful reign where they could build the temple. David was the one who wanted to build the temple He had such a heart and passion after God. But God said, “No, David. You’ve shed too much blood. You have been in too many wars. I am going to choose your son to build the temple, and it will be in a reign of peace.” But when God was looking for that man, He didn’t choose just a man who looked so good and right. No, He chose a warrior! He needed a warrior, and we need a warrior in this hour.
Talking about persecution, even now there are people in jail, in prison right now, who have been standing up against abortion. When Biden came in, he put in this FACE Act, which stands for, in case you don’t know, it stands for “Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances.” They call it the FACE Act. They brought this in so that anyone standing up at an abortion clinic could be arrested.
I’ve already done a number of podcasts with Bethany Vaughn. You’ll know how her husband was arrested by the FBI early in the morning. Then eventually it came to his time in court. Praise the Lord, because there was so much intervention (thousands of people wrote and stood up for him), he only got house arrest which was amazing. He was looking at ten-and-a-half years in prison.
But we have others who are in prison right at this moment. About two or three weeks ago, Cal Zastrow, who was at the same time as Paul Vaughn, went to prison. He’s in prison now for six months.
But then, a couple of weeks ago, this black lady (even a black lady, they’re not even stopping at the blacks), Beverly Williams, a beautiful black mother, was protesting in 2020. Now recently she had her court date. She is in prison for three-and-a-half years just for standing up for life.
Imagine, imagine, if we had Kamela and Tim Waltz coming in who believe, and their paradigm is that you can abort right up to the last moment. If the baby was set for abortion, well, you just leave that baby to die. How much more persecution will there be?
In fact, I’d love to read you a poem that Cal Zastrow, who is an older man. (Hold is he, Chloe? Chloe is my Above Rubies helper. It’s so wonderful to see this beautiful young girl who has such a heart for life, and who has been praying and standing up with these people being arrested. How old is he? [response in background] He’s 70. Wow! And he is there, in prison!
But before he went to prison, he wrote these words. I’d love to share them with you. Actually, Chloe brought this poem from him and gave it to me. He took it from those famous words of Hiram Mann, who wrote back in the 1800’s. He wrote:
No man survives when freedom fails,
The best of men rot in filthy jails;
And those who cry ‘Appease, Appease!’
Are hanged by men they tried to please.
Very powerful words, because there are so many who, through the fear of man, are too scared to say a word. They will just give in to what is happening. But they don’t realize that it will all come back upon them because these people who want to come into power don’t care. They’re going to make happen what they want to happen which is no longer our USA but a whole new world order. Anyway, here are these words Cal Zastrow wrote:
No one’s safe when Christians are lukewarm,
When we look away from the coming storm.
Instead of being courage-filled,
We won’t rescue the babies getting killed.
No one’s safe when Christians won’t pray,
While we play and stray, refusing to obey.
Instead of volunteering for God’s will,
Our sweat and blood we won’t risk to spill.
No one’s safe while Christians hide,
Not standing in the gap against evil’s tide.
Short-sighted, we’re at ease in Zion,
Compromise has left America dying.
No one’s safe when Christians are slow starters,
Not prepared for persecution, forgetting faithful martyrs.
But suffering and sacrifice are part of the way
To be prepared for Judgement Day.
No one’s safe when Christians shun the cross,
Committed to things, afraid for their loss.
While we love our face, and our place,
We’ve been living under false grace.
No one’s safe when Christians hide His Light,
While we refuse to care, ignoring the spiritual flight.
Our own comfort is our goal.
Seeking pleasure, not a pure soul.
No one’s safe when Christians won’t be His salt,
For we pretend that we’re not at fault.
Accepting, instead of crucifying sin,
We’re kind of conflicted, so we won’t win.
No one’s safe when Christians live in fear,
Making safety an idol, our lives too dear.
Stop listening to the world a-callin’,
Jesus is Lord, Babylon is fallen!
No one’s safe while Christians live for survival.
Come on, get up! Let’s trust God for revival!
Repent! Throw off this lethargic spell!
Let’s go storm the gates of hell!
We’ll all be blessed when Christians arise,
Living by faith and not by lies.
Our salvation is not from Uncle Sam.
Join me now in shouting, “Worthy is the Lamb!”
The solution to our problems now?
Eyes on Jesus, hands on the plow.
No compromises, just press the attack.
Eyes on Jesus, no looking back!
That’s what Cal Zastrow wrote as he was on the eve of going to prison where he is now, a 70-year-old man. But he went there saying, “Well, this is where God has me now. This is His mission for me now.” Those are the same words as this woman, this black woman named Beverly Williams. Let’s pray for her. She had to leave her little toddler at home. Her husband is a single father while she is in prison. But she’s now looking at it as a mission.
But these are just, oh, just the surface of how they are trying to eradicate those who are standing for truth. So, folks, please vote! If you haven’t, you’ve just got to! What do you say, Allison?
Allison: Oh, absolutely! It’s the talk of our family, the talk of our home right now. It’s all we talk about. We stayed up and watched Trump’s rally at MSU the other night for six hours. From our four-year-old all the way up, we’ve got to have them, this has to be such a topic of the family. This can’t be just you and your husband talking about this.
All of your children need to be excited about the day they get to vote. It’s such a privilege. It’s such a responsibility. It amazes me to see the number of believers who are in the no-voting department. “We’re just not going to vote. It’s too bad. There’s nothing that’s going to be solved. We’ve just got to pray!” Absolutely we have to pray! But pray while you're voting.
Nancy: Yes, we have to pray and vote. The statistics are, they said, 40 million Christians are non-voting. Some say 33 million. Well, either statistic is bad enough, because those Christians could save the nation!
Allison: Absolutely!
Nancy: Oh yes! I don’t know what will happen, ladies. I know many of you are living in other countries. I know many in other countries are crying out to God like we are here, because what happens here will affect the whole world. We’ve all got to be praying. Pray today, and vote today. But yes, I’m a great believer in prayer. We have two prayer meetings a week for the nation, plus we’re praying morning and evening at our family devotions.
But I wonder, my greatest longing and prayer is that God will have mercy upon us, and that Trump will be voted in. I believe if there’s no cheating he will be. But I know that they’re trying to cheat again. They have many plans up their sleeve, trying to get this election, even if it’s fraudulent. That’s why we keep praying. Many people are saying, “Just make it TOO BIG TO RIG!” If enough people vote, their cheating won’t work.
But then, on the other hand, I look at what is happening in this country. The evil, the abortions, the millions of murders, because every abortion is a murder. This transgenderism, absolutely mocking God in His face at the way He created us, the worldliness of even the so-called Christians. You were telling me last night about what happened down there where you live. Tell us about it.
THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT!
Allison: Yeah, it was hard not to see the irony of the fact that, in our family right now, that’s all we’re talking about and all we’re praying about is the election. But yet, when I look on my Facebook feed (and just to give some background), I would say most of my Facebook friends, if you will, are fellow believers, professing Christian families, some homeschooling, some not.
But in my world of circle of friends, it’s mainly Christians. I tend to shy away from those who are obviously against what I believe. And yet, my feed, my Facebook feed, was completely full of posts about this Taylor Swift concert they were all going to. I couldn’t believe it!
Almost every other post was of fellow Christian mothers going to New Orleans, because we live in Pensacola, so that was three hours, spending between $400-$600 all the way up to a couple of thousand dollars for tickets, spending probably hundreds of dollars on their outfits, booking hotel rooms. I read today that some people were spending up to the $10,000 range on this weekend with their girls at a Taylor Swift concert.
Not only is their attention diverted from what’s really going on in our country, for which we should be on our faces constantly in prayer, but not only is their attention diverted, but their money is being spent. You can say what you want about, “Well, I’m just going for the beat.” Or, “I’m just going for the experience.” But if you're putting money into this concert, then you're invested. You’ve got a dog in the fight. You’re involved. You’re not just watching it from the sidelines.
Nancy: Wow! That makes me think! Help! I could be putting out Above Rubies so much more if these same Christians really wanted to bless the families of this nation instead of wasting their money on a very worldly concert.
By the way, ladies, the new issue is out. Praise the Lord! Last Tuesday we sent out all the singles across America. Now the company is packaging for the people who get two, or three, or five, or eight, or sixteen. Then, when they have finished, they all come to our place where we send out all the big orders, from 20 upwards. Many, many people get 20, 30, 40, 50, 100 and more magazines because they have a vision to share the message, and get out this magazine that will bring truth and encouragement and inspiration to families, to marriages, to mothers, which really is the foundation of the nation!
And here I’ve been languishing, and praying, and waiting to get out a magazine. It is a whole year since I got out a magazine, waiting for the finances to come in. Now I have paid for the initial ones to go out, but I’ve still got to believe God for all these bulk ones to send out, and then to pay for the printing, because I have the money for the printing, but then I’ve spent it all on the postage! Now I’ve got to believe God for that and get it somehow to pay the printers. When I hear from you that a mother and a daughter will spend up to that much, wow, the money is there!
Allison: Sure.
Nancy: I’m thinking, oh, is everybody out of money? Help! Oh, Lord God! Let’s get our priorities straight!
Allison: Until I started digging in, because I really am not aware, I’m not familiar with Taylor Swift, but I’m thinking that if someone, if a young singer has 80 million followers, 80 million followers on Facebook, she’s probably a big deal. That’s a big deal.
Nancy: How many followers does Trump have?
Allison: Trump has 10 million.
Nancy: How many does Kamela have?
Allison: Five million.
Nancy: Wow! So, she’s more popular than they are, and they’re going to be leading the nation.
Allison: The weekend of the Trump rally at MSU, which was a substantial showing, I think they had 25,000 present for the Trump rally, and about 75,000 just outside. But the same weekend, Taylor Swift brought in 65,000 to her concert. One article I read said she brought in $200 million to New Orleans in a three-day period of time. Another article said $500 million. So, between $200 and $500 million brought into a city for moms and daughters to come and have an experience.
Here’s the thing. None of her music is of Christ! None! You’re either for Him, or you're against Him. There is no in-between. You can’t serve two masters. We know that. It’s what Scripture teaches. You cannot serve two masters. If you're a fellow Christian mother and you're arguing in your head right now, or out loud, saying, “I can go to a Taylor Swift concert and I can praise Jesus on Sunday,” you can’t. It’s impossible. YOU CANNOT SERVE MASTERS!
So, you're going to this Taylor Swift concert, having this great, wonderful girl-time with your daughter. You are not serving Christ in that concert, because Taylor Swift doesn’t stand for Christ. None of her lyrics stand for Christ. I won’t even go far as to say what people are saying about her being a part of the occult or her music being completely devil-worship. It probably is. I don’t know enough about it to say that, but if you just want to base your opinion on what she wears during her concert, let’s start there.
Nancy: Yes, after you talked about her (I’d never bothered to look her up in my life) but I thought, “Help! I’d better look at this.” So, last night I checked her out on Instagram and every outfit she wore, they’re actually sort of a two-piece. There’s the pants and a bra. And the pants come just barely . . . in fact you can see her bottom in most of the photos.
Are so-called Christian mothers taking their daughters to this? I was talking to someone, and they said, “Well, she’s not dressed as badly as many female entertainers.” That would be true, because some are showing just about everything. You think of Madonna. But it’s still not godly! It’s nothing to do with godliness! It’s the opposite. It is the world.
Why are Christian mothers taking their daughters to be influenced by the world? I was reading, let’s see, where did I read this little quote? It talks about her latest album. It says, “Eleven of the 31 songs contain an “E” under the album’s description which stands for ‘Explicit.’” Several songs have the . . . I don’t even like saying it. I don’t even like saying the letter! That word . . . included within the lyrics.
Another statement says that “The album is full of minor quips that elevate Swift above God, while also featuring two songs devoted to tearing down the Christian sexual ethic.” So, where are we? I think, “Oh God, we’re crying out to have mercy upon our nation,” but it’s different if the ungodly and the secular are living like this, and this is what they want.
But what of the godly? Where are we? It says Jesus is coming for a bride that is without any spot or blemish or any such thing. We are not there if these are so-called Christian mothers. What does it say? 1 Timothy 2:19: “Nevertheless, the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal.” The seal, the seal is our proof of our citizenship in heaven. We have a seal. The Word of God gives many Scriptures about the seal. When we have the seal, we know that we have eternal life.
But what is this seal? It says: “The Lord knoweth them that are His. Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” If we name the name of Christ, we will depart from iniquity. So how is it that people who do, they say . . . help, I don’t know how they say it . . . they say they name the name of Christ and yet they go to, and even take their daughters too.
What is in their critique? It’s not holiness. It doesn’t line up with the Bible. It is all the flesh. It is all the spirit of the world. Oh, since you said this, I haven’t stopped being so grieved. I wouldn’t be grieved if it was all against the world. But those 80 million followers are not all the world. Half of them are Christians!
Allison: I think the dangerous part of this Swiftie generation . . . this is what she’s called. They’re called “Swifties.” I think the dangerous part is that it’s such a slippery slope. It’s such a situation of boiling the frog. You don’t see it because she covers it with a message of love.
Even her symbol, you put your fingers together and make the sign of a heart. She’s delivering a message of love which is what this generation wants. Everybody’s looking for love! Which is so ironic because that is Jesus’s message. But it’s hard to put your finger on if you're a mother, and you're just not sure you understand why this is so bad.
I read this Scripture today when I was thinking about why this is so bad. It’s in Luke 17. It’s when Jesus says to His disciples: “Temptations are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come.” I read that, and I thought, “That’s talking about Taylor Swift, but it’s not, necessarily.
I want to say this. “It’s better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he was cast into the sea, than cause one of these to stumble” (Luke 17:2). I found you mothers, that’s you, if you're taking your daughter to these concerts, you're also causing these little ones to stumble, because when these young girls, I don’t care who you are, but if you're looking at this amazing 80-million-followers, gorgeous woman up there in these outfits, you're going to want to dress like that. If you're the mother taking them, you're causing your little ones to stumble because they’re going to want to dress like her. They’re going to want to follow her.
I challenge you to rethink your thinking. This is a slippery slope to destruction. We have to have a clear line in the sand, a clear line in the sand where we’re not having one foot in the world and one foot in the church. There are no feet that need to be at a Taylor Swift concert because there is nothing of God at that concert. Therefore, we don’t need to be there at all. You can’t justify it by saying she has a great beat and she dances well. She probably does, but it’s not for Christ.
Nancy: That’s so true. I was just reading this morning in Leviticus, and this was when they were going into the promised land. God said to His people in Leviticus 20:24: “But I have said unto you, you shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it. A land that floweth with milk and honey. I am the Lord Your God, which have separated you from other people.”
The people of Israel were a type of who we are today, His people. He set them apart from every other nation. He separated them. We go to verse 26: “And ye shall be holy unto Me, for I, the Lord, am holy and have severed you.”
The King James uses the word “severed” this time. I think it’s a more powerful word than “separated.” But actually, in the Hebrew, it is the same word both times. But whether you say “separated,” or “severed,” it does mean “severed from the spirit of this world.” “For I have severed you from other people that ye should be Mine.” God is a jealous God. We either belong to Him or we belong to the devil.
Allison: That’s right!
Nancy: OK, we can say we name the name of Christ but going along with that is that we “depart from iniquity.” What does Jesus say in the Sermon on the Mount? “There will be many who come to Him saying, ‘Lord, Lord, I’ve done many wonderful things in Your Name!’ He says, ‘But I never knew you. Depart from Me.’” Oh my.
What does it say over in 1 John 2:15-17: “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life are not of the world.” I’ve just got to go there and I must finish it. “And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof. But he that doeth the will of God, abideth forever.”
If we are truly following Jesus, following His way, we will not love the world. We will hate the things of this world. What else does it say in Hebrews 12:14? “Follow peace with all men, for without holiness, no man shall see the Lord.” I think we just can’t go on with this kind of so-called Christian life. We can’t go to every worldly concert and go to all these worldly movies and say that we belong to Christ. It doesn’t add up!
Allison: I was just thinking, when I was growing up, like a lot of young girls, we desired love above everything. All I wanted was the love of my father. I got into a trap where I was so attracted to any influence that would make me feel a part of them, loved, or whatever.
In my day, in my era, it was Madonna. Madonna was so the thing. But yet, Madonna made the mistake of being so disgusting and raunchy that even the Christian moms were like, “Stay away from her!” But I remember wanting to be like her, in a weird way, even though I was raised in a Christian home.
But anyway, what I was thinking with this whole thing, if you're a mom sitting here listening, going, “How do I shift my daughter’s desire for that?” You and I were talking downstairs. Where do we go from this? What’s the positive side of this?
I think the positive is, we’re living in a majorly social-media-influencing world. Our children are . . . We all can agree that at a certain age, our children’s peers are even more powerful than us as parents. But social media influencers, oh! I don’t even know what their influencers are. I’m not going to pretend to know.
But I do know that if you're a parent of a child, and you've allowed them to have a smart phone, then you're allowing them all the influences in the world. We have to ask ourselves, “What influences to we want our children to be influenced by?”
If you're not asking that question, you're foolish, because they’re going to choose influences, and they’re not going to be good. These influencers are way smarter than your children. They know exactly what to say. I was thinking, our family, we’re very tight on tablets and phones.
Nancy: Your 18-year-old son doesn’t own a smart phone!
Allison: Right. We have flip phones for the 18-year-old and the 16-year-old, but even we made the mistake of getting an Amazon Kindle so that we could do homeschool. Sadly, our boys were prey to YouTube, by just watching a few YouTube videos.
They were completely obsessed with fishing. They were watching fishing videos and within a few videos, it went from fishing to pornography. Why? It’s because YouTube, the influence of YouTube is so smart. It’s so destructive and it wants my children’s hearts. It knew exactly how old they were, what they were into. It led them down that path of destruction.
Nancy: They didn’t get into it, did they?
Allison: Well, no! Because we’re so aware of what’s going on. We snatched it as quickly as we could. But I’m telling you, what do parents do who aren’t paying attention to their children, who are sitting in their bedrooms at night on their phones for hours? I can assure you that your children are looking at pornography.
I can assure you that they’re being influenced by the influencers. We have got to recognize it, but then we have to essentially choose our children’s peers and their influences. You might say, “Well, that sounds awfully controlling.” Absolutely! I am all about intentionally choosing my children’s influences.
Nancy: Exactly.
Allison: And I’m not apologetic about it. You have to be! You’ve got to fight for your children’s hearts.
Nancy: Amen! What does Proverbs 13:20 say? I raised my children on this Scripture. “He that walks with wise men will be wise. But a companion of fools will be destroyed.” Of course, social media is going to take them down a foolish path. As you have said, Allison, we’ve got to watch their peers, who our children are with. And, of course, harking back to this concert, if you're taking them to that, you're just saying, “Oh, my lovely, beautiful daughters, this is the way I want you to live! I want you to be in the world, to dress like that!” What are we even thinking?
Allison: Go to the homeschool prom, because that sounds really good and sweet and fun, and you're going to make memories if you go to homeschool prom! But then you look around, and every girl there is exposing all their parts and causing boys to lust after them. You fathers, you mothers who are buying these dresses, shame on you! You’re literally causing boys to lust after your daughter!
Nancy: Now, of course, Allison is speaking from experience.
Allison: Absolutely!
Nancy: They are perhaps the main photographers back in Pensacola where they live. They do all the worldly stuff. And you do the homeschooling stuff. What I can’t believe is you tell me you go to these homeschooling proms, and you can’t believe that the dresses are the same as the public school!
Allison: There’s no difference.
Nancy: Showing all their cleavage and everything! I beg your pardon! How can a godly mother let her daughter out of the house looking like that? It’s unbelievable. And then you show me, oh no! It was Michelle, showing me some pictures of a homeschooling celebration, and she knew all these people.
I can’t believe this! You know what? They were all looking just about (not quite as bad) as Taylor Swift. They all had these . . . These were supposed to be their beautiful, what do you call it? The celebration, whatever it is (graduation drwess). I would have thought they’d want to come in beautiful, long flowing gowns.
Allison: No, no.
Nancy: No, they wore little tight, tight dresses that just barely covered their bottoms! But you know what? They all looked so ugly. They looked so ugly, but they were exposing themselves.
I can’t believe it! Where is the standard in our homeschooling and in the church today? But you know what? We’re going well over time, aren’t we? We’ve kind of got stirred up! [laughter] We can’t even believe what’s happening in the so-called Christian church! Oh, goodness me! Woo!
Allison: Yes. If you're thinking you’re your daughter’s friend by allowing them to wear what’s popular, you're not befriending them, because no friend would do that. No friend would allow them to wear something that is going to cause someone else to lust after them.
I know it sounds so, especially people who don’t know me. “Oh, you probably let your daughters go around wearing blankets!” No! My girls dress so cute and modest and trendy! We love dressing cool. But you don’t have to expose your daughter’s body.
Nancy: No! Absolutely not! That spoils the whole dress. Oh, wow! But you know, it’s not even beautiful! Anyway, dear precious ladies, we’ve just been pouring forth our passion here against the spirit of the world! But let’s leave you on a positive note.
Oh, may we all just choose holiness. Go after holiness, “after which no man will see the Lord.” Let’s raise our children, our sons and daughters, to be holy sons and daughters. Do you know, it’s not a, what would be the word? A boring thing to be holy. No, holiness is beautiful.
BEAUTY AND HOLINESS ARE TWINS
In fact, the Word of God says: “Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” Beauty and holiness are twins. Holiness is beautiful. God loves beauty! So, we are not in any way saying, “Oh, we have to become these drab, boring people.” No! But we have to be holy people, and raise holy sons and daughters, and establish holy homes in this world. Amen? Let’s pray.
“Oh, dear Father, You tell us in Your Word to love righteousness and hate evil. Lord, actually it says, ‘Abhor evil.’ That word means ‘to shudder at it.’ Lord, we pray that You’ll save us from getting used to evil, getting used to even looking at women dressing with cleavage’, and all their short dresses that show off the flesh.
“Lord God, it’s not holy. Maybe trendy, but it’s not holy. Help us not to get used to what is the spirit and fashion of the world, but, oh God, to seek after holiness, to raise our children in holiness.
“Oh Father, we cry out, Lord. We cry out for this nation, for the people of God in this nation. We know there are so many godly people, but there are so many Christians who are on the fence. They name the name of Christ, but are living ungodly lives, fleshly lives.
“Lord God, You said in Your Word that the seal is, ‘He that names the Name of Christ will depart from iniquity.’ Oh Father, we pray that You will come by the power of Your Spirit, and, Lord God, that You will, oh Father, bring a great repentance to the church in this hour. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.”
Allison: Amen.
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
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