​John 13:35
By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

John 15:8
By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples.

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Ephesians 4:22-24
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Titus 2:7-8
7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

1 Peter 2:12
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

1 John 2:6
whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked.

Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and TURN to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

Acts 3:26
God, having raised up His servant, sent Him to you first, to bless you by TURNing every one of you from your wickedness.

​2 Chronicles 7:13-14
13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face and TURN from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Isaiah 55:7
let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him reTURN to the Lord, that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you TURNed to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

Ezekial 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God;  so TURN, and live.”

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When Men Fail, Generations Fail

When men are not submitted and obedient to Christ, their household and generations behind them struggle and wander for years to find their way through this evil place. When men live out the Word of God for their children, their children wander to other sources, looking for the way ... and they often find sin that leads them to death. On occasion, God's few laborers run across the child that some man was responsible for (and neglected) and God allows them to sow a seed that another laborer comes by and waters so that God can circle back and increase. The problem often is, that seed can't take root because a father didn't properly till and cultivate the soil. There are huge rocks (even boulders) of pain and anger from neglect and desperation for the love of anyone and anything because of the holes and huge dips ... sometimes even valleys between low mountains that fathers created. Often because their fathers, and their fathers before them didn't submit to God.
Once we identified the problem, we have to make sure we lay out a plan to make sure this EVIL never happens again. Yes, slavery was one of the greatest stains on our history AND the creation of welfare was a very close second. The dissemination of families and the incarceration of black men was an evil the the United States should absolutely repent for and take steps to correct their sin. However, since they probably won't, we must trust the God who/that we claim to believe is the greatest power and the displayer of miracles, WE, as a body of believers should be fasting, praying and being moved by God to destroy the EVIL of households without Christ-centered men at the head. This is ultimately the responsibility of MEN. God speaks to men and those men are RESPONSIBLE for staying obedient and submitted to His will. MEN of faith can move mountains. MEN of faith can save nations. 

Elizabeth, Mary, and Deborah

Women can push men into greatness. They have the capacity to create a safe space for a man to be nurtured and grow before she pushes him out into the world to grow even bigger than they could grow in her womb. She can't hold you that long. She can give you more nourishment but that that nourishment is only to help you grow past her and gain more strength than her so that when she becomes the weaker vessel, men are strong enough to now carry her. She was never meant to carry you at full capacity. 

Elizabeth was an old mother with a man in her womb. Her baby leaped when she saw the promise in the younger mother and then pushed out what would help prepare the way for the baby that the MAN that the younger mother would push out.
Mary was a young mother with a man in her womb.
Deborah was a woman with a word for a man that she had to push into a victorious war.