Principle #3

When you

turn to God

you discover

He has been facing

you all the time.

A recent survey revealed that 96% of Americans believe in God, 90% say they pray, and 41% say they attend religious services at least once a week or almost every week.These figures are nearly identical to a survey conducted in 1947, with the only exception being that the percentage of those who believe in God has gone up one percent.

Translation: 105 million Americans are in worship services every week.That's more than attend all of the major league baseball games, plus all NFL football games, all NBA basketball games -all year long.Need I remind you that virtually every paper devotes an entire section to what's going on in the world of athletics? By contrast, last year there were only 287 stories of significance in the national media about what was going on in the lives of people of faith.

Please don't misunderstand. I am an avid sports fan, but how many spectators have had their lives changed because they were at a game-versus how many people's lives were changed at a religious service?

I wonder what would happen if every person who goes to religious services each week were to write the editor of their newspaper a letter, suggesting they give more coverage to our faith .

For the eyes of the Lord

are on the righteous,

and His ears are open

to their prayers.

1 peter 3:12NKIV