And a whole lot of folks will always remember where they were when the stock market dropped from 14,000 points to around 8,100 points. Many of these dear people saw life savings go up in smoke in almost one day.
Suicides across the nation have dramatically increased, as fortunes were lost in a matter of hours. One man was extremely depressed because he lost millions of dollars. Before he committed suicide, he killed his wife and children, rather than face a life of poverty.
I clearly remember where I was when the Muslims from Saudi Arabia flew suicide planes into New York's Twin Towers and murdered more than 3,000 of our countrymen.
I remember praying a lot that week. I guess a lot of Americans felt like praying that week. The churches filled to overflowing for about two weeks. Then it was back to same-old, same-old.
I felt that the Holy Spirit spoke to me shortly after 9/11. Here is what I heard:
"This was a knock on the door. If the people do not turn from their sins and turn to me, next time the door will be kicked off its hinges. If this does not get their attention, then the house is coming down!"
I believe that the economic collapse of October 2008 is the door being unhinged.
If this second attention-getter does not work, I believe that the house will come down.
Some people who do not read their Bibles tell me, "I don't believe in a God like this. I don't believe in a God who would destroy the Twin Towers, cause an economic collapse, or bring down our house."
Folks, don't blame God for any of this. We have brought it on ourselves.
We have kicked the Bible and prayer out of our public schools. We have forbidden Godly judges from posting the Ten Commandments. And we have butchered more than 50 million of our children, sticking scissors into their brains as they are being born. This is beyond wicked.
Of course, they have fancy words for something so horrible: "partial birth abortion." Even the word "abortion" softens the truth that a child is being murdered.
Even animals don't do things like this.
Our pride, greed and continual pleasure seeking is to blame, not God. His Word clearly tells us that there are severe consequences for living a lifestyle of sin. So far, very few people have paid any attention.
