RE; " WHAT'S THE MATTER ZION?" ZION MEANING THE CHURCH, ZION MEANING US!

GOD BLESS YOU!
TO ALL OF MY PRAYER WARRIOR FRIENDS.

I JUST WANTED TO BLOG ABOUT THIS TODAY. I WAS JUST WALKING AROUND DOING MY DAILY TASKS AND STARTED TO THINK ABOUT THE OLD PRAYING MOTHERS THAT I GREW UP WITH. THESE MOTHERS HAD HOURS WHEN THEY WOULD PRAY.

WE HAD A PRAYER CHAPEL CONNECTED TO OUR CHURCH, SOME OF THE MOTHERS TOOK THE 9AM PRAYER, SOME TOOK THE NOON DAY PRAYER AND OTHERS TOOK THE 6PM PRAYER. I MEAN WHEN THE HOUR WAS COME TO PRAY YOU COULD SEE THOSE MOTHERS COMING IN THROUGH THE BACK OF THE PRAYER CHAPEL, WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AND THEY WERE ON THEIR KNEES AT THE APPOINTED TIME TO PRAY.

BACK THEN THEY WORE THEIR LITTLE WHILE UNIFORMS, AND WHILE HATS. THEY HAD A GLOW ABOUT THEM THAT ONLY PRAYER CAN GIVE YOU. THEY PRAYED UNTIL THEY GLOWED LIKE THE NOON DAY SUN. THEY PRAYED UNTIL THEY HAD A SWEET SPIRIT. A SPIRIT THAT ONLY COMMUNING WITH GOD CAN GIVE YOU. WE HAD A PRAYER BOX WHERE WE WOULD WRITE OUT OUR PRAYER REQUESTS. YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT AS SOON AS YOU PUT THAT REQUEST IN THAT PRAYER BOX YOUR REQUEST CAME TO PASS.

WE WONDER WHAT'S WRONG TODAY. THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, "WHAT HAPPENED?" IS THAT WE ARE NOT PRAYING LIKE WE USE TO. WE DON'T SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH GOD LIKE WE DID YEARS AGO. WE USE TO LAY OUT ON THE FLOOR, PRAY AND THEN LET GOD TALK BACK TO US.

THERE IS A LITTLE SONG THAT WE USE TO SING, TITLED "OH ZION WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW?" WE DON'T PRAY LIKE WE USE TO PRAY, WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW!. THAT'S TRUE WE ARE NOT PRAYING LIKE WE USE TO PRAY.

THERE IS ANOTHER LITTLE SONG, TITLED, "TAKE ME BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE I FIRST RECEIVED YOU., LORD TAKE ME BACK WHERE I FIRST BELIEVED.

WHEN WE FIRST GOT SAVED, RECEIVED THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST, WE WERE SITTING ON THE STEPS WAITING FOR THE DOORS TO OPEN TO GO IN TO PRAY.

NOW WE SIT HOME AND WATCH THE CLOCK WAIT UNTIL PRAYER IS OVER AND THEN WE GO TO CHURCH IN TIME TO HEAR THE CHOIR SING. AFTER THE CHOIR FINISHES WE GET UP AND GO OUTSIDE OR LEAVE AND GO BACK HOME.

"WHAT'S THE MATTER ZION?" WHY ARE THINGS FALLLING APART ZION, WHY ARE OUR CHILDREN ACTING OUT AND WON'T OBEY, WHY ARE THE TEACHERS MOLESTING OUR CHILDREN, WHY ARE THE CHILDREN TAKING OVER THE CLASSROOMS? MOTHERS KILLING THEIR CHILDREN, CHILDREN KILLING THEIR PARENTS. PEOPLE WILL KILL EACH OTHER, GO HOME AND GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP AS IF THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG.

WHAT'S THE MATTER ZION? WE ARE CALLED TO FALL ON OUR KNEES THE WAY WE USE TO, CRY OUT TO GOD , THE WAY WE USE TO, PRAY UNTIL WE GET BACK THAT HUNGER AND THIRST FOR GOD, THE WAY WE USE TO.

GOD PLEASE TAKE US BACK TO WHERE WE "FIRST BELIEVED."

GOD BLESS YOU!
I LOVE ALL OF YOU
YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST
PRAY FOR ME AS I PRAY FOR YOU
SISTER BETTY