URGENT – Pray and Act During Last Days of General Assembly!

Written by Todd Martin and David E. Smith

The Illinois House is still dangerously close to passing counterfeit marriage and there is tremendous pressure by the homosexual lobby to pass it by the end of the Spring Session on Friday. Thanks to God’s grace, the voices of Illinois Christians have so far stalled the bill from passing, but much more still needs to be done. The bill’s sponsor, State Representative Greg Harris (D-Chicago), is claiming that he has the 60 votes necessary to call and pass the bill by the end of the week and we believe he is close, having picked up additional votes since last week. (See articles HERE, HERE and HERE.) The opposition has phone banks running every day, staffed by in and out-of-state volunteers, having their supporters calling “undecided” state representatives every single day.

Take ACTION: Click HERE to contact your Illinois Representative and tell him/her to oppose SB 10! Even if you have previously contacted your representative, PLEASE DO SO AGAIN. Tell your representative in no uncertain terms that you want him or her to oppose the radical effort to redefine marriage and family.

More ACTION:

PLEASE FORWARD THIS ALERT to like-minded friends, neighbors and relatives.
PRAY corporately and individually, repenting for our own failure to be His witnesses, and seeking His hand of mercy for us, His wisdom for our lawmakers, and His grace toward salvation for those caught in the destructive deception of homosexuality. Pray that God would be glorified in everything!
CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE NOW! Time is very critical. Tell them to vote NO on Same Sex “Marriage” – Senate Bill 10. The opposition has phone banks running every day, staffed by in and out-of-state volunteers, having their supporters calling state representatives every single day. We will have to pray, cry out to the LORD and work hard! The Capitol switchboard number is (217) 782-2000.
If you are not sure who your State Representative is, click HERE to look it up or you can contact Illinois Family Institute at (708) 781-9328 and we will be happy to look it up for you.

Please be encouraged and read this excerpt from a book written by Moody Pastor, Dr. Erwin Lutzer:

We Must Seek God

(from The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage, by Dr. Erwin Lutzer, in the final Chapter,“We Must Seek God,” pp.122-4):

“The average evangelical thinks that God will always be on our side in the battle against same-sex marriage. However, in the Old Testament, God said these startling words to His chosen people: “Yet they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and He Himself fought against them.” (Isaiah 63:10). In other words, there are times when God no longer takes up the cause of His people .When we refuse to repent of our own sins, God might refuse to come to our aid and let us be defeated. This is why we must turn to Him as families, as churches, and as individuals. Without repentance for our own sins, we cannot expect to win cultural wars. I believe very deeply that only God can save us now.

Of course, we have always believed that only God can save us. But never have we needed His intervention so desperately; never before have we felt so helpless in the midst of a massive national movement that it appears we cannot stop. And millions of middle-of-the road Americans who have nothing to do with gays and the gay movement are lulled by the media rhetoric and misrepresentation. They think that we can “live and let live” as if homosexual marriages can exist alongside of traditional ones, each staying in their separate section of the boat we call America.

Ours is a battle that cannot be won by reason, scientific data, or dialogue. The radical homosexual movement that preaches tolerance will not itself tolerate alternate opinions. Everyone must move in lockstep with their agenda—or pay a price.

One day King Jehoshaphat woke up and was told that a vast army was coming against him. The king consulted God about what to do and proclaimed a fast throughout the land of Judah. The people then gathered from every town in the land to seek help from the Lord. Jehoshaphat then stood in the temple of the Lord and prayed.

…and said: “O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. O our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? … ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’ “But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. …. O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.” (2 Chronicles 20:6-7,9,12)

I wonder what would happen if millions of believers set aside their schedules to seek God on behalf of this nation…

I wonder what would happen if privately and corporately we confessed our sins and turned away from our own idols.

I wonder if perhaps God would intervene so the destruction of marriage and the forces that seek to tear our families apart would be stayed.

Back to Jehoshaphat: “Through a man anointed with the Spirit, the word of the Lord came: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.’ (v. 15) Then the king commanded that a select group of men walk ahead of the army, singing and praising God for the splendor of His holiness. And God gave the victory!'”

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