Jan 16, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew 3:3 (NKJV) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: \u2018The voice of one crying in the wilderness: \u201cPrepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.\u201d \u2018\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The way to bring change in the society and our communities is by doing two things. First, we must learn to cry out. Unless the evil all around us breaks our hearts, we will not cry out. For preaching of righteousness to be effective, crying must precede it. John the Baptist was a heartbroken man, crying for the lostness in the wilderness. If we first learn to cry, then heaven will hear and honor the words of our preaching. Secondly, we must acknowledge that we cannot change people and only the Lord can. Our task is simply to prepare the way for the Lord to do His work. It\u2019s not my job to change men; that\u2019s the Lord\u2019s work. My job is simply to prepare the way so that hearts are ready for Him to come and make the change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s get out there, weeping for the brokenness of our world. And as we do, the Lord Himself will honor our cries and come in His glory to bring about change. \u201cLord, keep my heart broken by the things that break Your heart. I know that I cannot change anyone but please Lord, use me to prepare the way for You to come in Your glory and splendor; for only You can bring the transformation our broken world so desperately needs. Come, Lord Jesus. Come!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jan 16, 2018 Matthew 3:3 (NKJV) \u201cFor this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: \u2018The voice of one crying in the wilderness: \u201cPrepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.\u201d \u2018\u201d The way to bring change in the society and our communities is by doing two things. First, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-matthew"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t