Psalm 74:9 (NIV) We are given no miraculous signs; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
Amos 8:11 (NIV) "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land-- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. "
Romans 12:2 (NIV) Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
In biblical days prophets were astir while the world was asleep; today the world is astir while church and synagogue are busy with trivialities. —Abraham Joshua Hesche
The Insecurity of Freedom. Christianity Today, Vol. 41, no. 9. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "WORLDLINESS".
