The Captivity of Sin

It's Morning, Lord

"The anger of man does not work the righteousness of God."

They are praying, Lord.
This group is praying for a drought.
They are praying for a drying up of the land til the people see the sin of their ways.

And this group is praying too, Lord.
They are praying for rain.
They are praying for the faithful farmer and the faithful field.

How do you judge these payers? How do you decide which ones to answer, almighty God?

This group is praying that no harvest will come.
This group is praying that salvations will dry up
This group is praying that new memberships in the churches will wane until all churches are repentant unto you.

And this group is praying for the harvest, and asking for laborers to enter into that harvest This group is praying that the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.

How do you judge these prayers? How do you decide which ones to answer, almighty God?
One asks for your revelation by death and destruction, another by life. How do you judge these prayers, O' God?

14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 24Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
1 John 3