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God's Breaking Heart Over the North American Church
Edgar Reich
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Edgar Reich

God's Breaking Heart Over the North American Church

Edgar Reich · 9:47

Edgar Reich's sermon calls for deep repentance and humility within the North American church in light of God's grief over societal issues.
In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes that God is angry with the current state of affairs in the United States and Canada. He blames the lack of prayer and the removal of the Bible from schools for the increase in disasters, violence, and immorality. The speaker urges the audience to humble themselves, acknowledge their part in the decline of society, and pray sincerely like the publican in the Bible. He highlights the importance of prioritizing worship and prayer over worldly desires and pleasures.

Full Transcript

Scripture says, who may ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who may stand in his holy place, he who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. In 2012, for 10 months, I didn't pray as part of the prayer groups, and I was broken. The Lord said to me, you appealed much in corporate prayer for others, you prayed for me to revive others, revive denominations, revive churches, and revive the country.

You appealed to me to shield you from persecution. Maybe once or twice I heard some weeping before me, which touched my heart. Once or twice a prayer was given where the person confessed and asked for forgiveness and revival for himself, and that touched my heart.

But generally, you prayed for others, you didn't weep for yourself. I don't want to hear your self-righteous corporate prayers and preaching during your prayers. It was I who allowed Satan to scatter you.

In many of your prayers, you made yourselves better than others. You didn't weep for yourself because you lacked the understanding, and you lacked the power of the Holy Spirit. You lacked because of your self-righteousness.

You have no room for the Holy Spirit. Did you look at my heart? Do you know what hurts me? You have not acknowledged that you live in two nations where more than 50 million of my children have been killed. Do you have a part in this? And I said I did, and I'm grieving.

My father is grieving. His son is grieving. His Holy Spirit is grieving.

God was weeping and wailing and shedding tears and hurting with pain. He's weeping because we are killing his children. His tears are falling to the ground that he has blessed for so many years.

The Lord says I'm angry and ready to continue disaster, storms, earthquakes, and famines, and then I will give you into the hands of the enemy. You have allowed to take prayer and my word out of school. I weep because you permit Christian denominations to accept sinful and shameful practices and appoint ministers that openly practice sin against my word.

You want entertainment in church. You don't want to come and worship me and glorify me. You go to church to want more blessings, more wealth from me, rather than bringing your body, a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto me, which is your reasonable service.

You're concerned more about the food in your stomach than the food that I gave you through my word. You enjoy more speaking with your friends than you are walking and talking with me in prayer. You're going to church hoping that the sermon is no longer than 20 minutes so you can take my children to a baseball game and then watch the afternoon football game.

You behave and pray as though you have no part in what is happening in your countries. You pray as the hypocrites and the Pharisees pray. Pray as the publican prayed and I will hear you.

Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God I thank thee that I'm not as other men are, extortioners, unjust adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice a week.

I give tithe of all that I possess and the publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven but smote upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other for everyone that exalted himself shall be abased and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. I wept for many months actually when this came and I saw all the areas that I was falling down in and I'm discovering more and more but God continued and said if you and your sisters and brothers accept that you have a part in what has happened in the United States of America and Canada and you pray humbly as the publican did I will hear you.

The question that God is asking is will we humble ourselves and pray? Will we humble ourselves and pray? Thank you my brother Blaine for saying the prayer you did. You said people might take issue. People took issue when I first shared this.

I got all kinds of emails. I got emails from those that were offended. Those that said this is not this is not from him but beloved even as I reflect on what God said I see that our thinking our worldly acceptance of our situation here all of the large changes all of the abominations that are happening now in our countries we have caused it because we have fallen down as a church even as my brother prayed.

We already had a speaker tonight but brothers and sisters I appeal to you to look at where we have gone wrong as a church. We didn't cry out when prayer was taken out of schools. We didn't cry out when the Bible was taken out of schools.

We say that we have a country that's 90% Christians and yet we did nothing against the 10% that withdrew and asked God to leave the schools. So now we get to be complained when shootings are going on when children get killed when students kill each other what what is it that is wrong in our mind that we don't see because we ourselves have been deceived as well. So I pray with my brother Blaine Lord forgive me have mercy on me Lord give me clean hands give me a pure heart don't lift don't let me lift up my soul to idols to pride to vanity to all things that are against you father said you would bless the pure in heart and that they would see your face Lord and we want to see your face we want to see your mighty outpouring of your Holy Spirit upon us and our countries.

Father we humble ourselves and say Lord have mercy on me the sinner in Christ's name. Amen.

Sermon Outline

  1. I
    • Introduction to God's heart for the church
    • The importance of personal repentance
    • Corporate prayer and its shortcomings
  2. II
    • The consequences of neglecting prayer
    • The role of self-righteousness in prayer
    • God's grief over the state of the church
  3. III
    • The call to humility and true repentance
    • Comparison of the Pharisee and the publican
    • The need for a genuine relationship with God
  4. IV
    • Acknowledging our part in societal issues
    • The impact of removing God from public life
    • The church's responsibility in the current climate
  5. V
    • The promise of God's blessing for the humble
    • The call to action for believers
    • Conclusion and prayer for revival

Key Quotes

“You have allowed to take prayer and my word out of school.” — Edgar Reich
“You behave and pray as though you have no part in what is happening in your countries.” — Edgar Reich
“Will we humble ourselves and pray?” — Edgar Reich

Application Points

  • Reflect on personal areas of self-righteousness and seek God's forgiveness.
  • Engage in corporate prayer that acknowledges the church's role in societal decline.
  • Commit to advocating for the inclusion of prayer and biblical teachings in public life.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the main message of the sermon?
The sermon emphasizes the need for personal and corporate repentance within the North American church.
How does God feel about the current state of the church?
God is grieving over the church's self-righteousness and lack of genuine prayer and repentance.
What biblical examples are referenced?
The sermon references the parable of the Pharisee and the publican to illustrate humility in prayer.
What does the speaker suggest about prayer in schools?
The speaker highlights the church's failure to respond when prayer and the Bible were removed from schools.
What is the call to action for believers?
Believers are called to humble themselves, acknowledge their part in societal issues, and seek God's mercy.

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