The following quote is admittedly heavy for a Monday morning. However, only after assessing the reality of the day can we repent and return to our Lord is loving humility. My prayer that follows is as broken as I am, but maybe you might want to join me in praying something similar for yourself.
“No book in the Old Testament offers the modern church as telling a mirror as (the Book of Judges). From the jealousies of the Ephraimites to the religious pragmatism of the Danites, from the paganism of Gideon to the self-centeredness of Samson, and from the unmanliness of Barak to the violence against women by the men of Gibeah, all the marks of Canaanite degeneracy are evident in the church and its leaders today. This book is a wake-up call for a church moribund in its own selfish pursuits. Instead of heeding the call of truly godly leaders and letting Jesus Christ be Lord of the church, everywhere congregations and their leaders do what is right in their own eyes.” Daniel Block
“Oh, Jesus, heal the wickedness of my own heart, and treat my tears as a seed from which national repentance might grow.”