Titus 1-3, Philemon 1
What God said to me – The news is full of stories of cruelty and evil and absolute rejection of all things holy and godly. I know it is discouraging to My children as darkness seems to be overtaking every area of society. Your natural inclination is to either give up or to hunker down and stay shielded from it all. But I have not called you to concede defeat or to isolate yourself from the world. I called you to be in the world but not of it. I called you to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly and righteously and godly in the present age. I put you in this time and place for a reason. Light is necessary to accomplish My purpose and glorify My name and draw others to Me so let your light shine. Don’t despair but rather be looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of My glory.