Don't ignore the little foxes.

Explore the importance of discernment in today's fast-paced culture. Discover how repeated false alarms can lead to cynicism and inaction, urging us to heed genuine warnings.

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When I was a little boy, I liked [music] to listen to Popfs Peter and the Wolf. It was always fun. I like music. I love symphonic music and uh and in fact, I used to to play in orchestras and um concert bands and things like that. I I really enjoyed that. I I used to play in a brass quintet as well. So, so I love music and and I loved that format and I liked that story. And if you know the story of Peter and the Wolf, Peter would often sound an alarm that the wolf was nearby and he really wasn't. And the whole it would it would gave him a lot of attention and the people would come running around and then one day he kind of wore out his welcome and uh the wolf

actually showed up and uh nobody came to his rescue. And we don't want to be people like that. And in fact, NHOP tries very very hard to when we send sound an alarm that it's it's really warranted and that you can arise to it and pray. And when we call you to pray, there's a reason. It's important that we as individuals make sure that what we're listening to is actually the truth. And let me read you something from Proverbs 18 verse1 17. And I really like this and this is a great posture. But let me read this here. The one who states his case first seems right. So often we see that there is a rush to get information to the forefront so that you'll look at it

so that they'll get clicks and views and things like that and you want to be on top of it and you want to be the king of the castle. And that's kind of the thing in the world of of uh of social media and all these other things. It's about clicks and it's about getting recognition. But so so it seems like the one who states his face curse first seems right. But listen to this until the other comes and examines him. And it's our our posture is that we want to be able to examine things and examine what is happening. That's why we're not really always the first out of the gate when we're processing thing that's come out of the things that come out of the House of Commons because we are

researching it and we are making sure it was actually said. So, we're going back to the Hansert, the place where where everything is written down in the House of Commons or in committee to make sure that those things were actually said in that context because it's so easy to take things out of context. One of the things that I was really uh brought to my attention just before we went on Christmas break, we were in the House of Commons and we we had spoken with a staffer and they were sharing with us how many people have become cynical about when an alarm is ridden risen when an an alarm is sounded from particular parties and they're saying when religious freedoms are at stake for

example there were so many Christians if you were following along on on on social media. Uh there were so many Christians that were saying, "Yeah, it's nothing. They've said this before and we've had legislation that they said was bad and it really wasn't that bad and we're okay now." But I want to say this, what I want to say this about that is it's these little tiny erosions of of freedoms that actually make a big difference in the end. And so we need to be mindful of when religious freedoms are snipped away and snipped away and snipped away and snipped away. It might not be any ramifications in the very moment, but it's for down the road that we have to be mindful of. And if uh I'll

tell you something, we were just at Yadvashm, the Holocaust me memorial site in Israel. If you get a chance to Israel, you must see that. But there are Holocaust memorial sites in the throughout Canada, go to them because you'll see something very very similar that has happened back then is happening today and that was the erosion of religious freedom and freedom of speech. So when we bring you something that says be mindful of this, this is happening. be in prayer for this. Take action in this. It's because it's the Jesus said this, it's the little foxes that spoil the vine. And so it's the little tiny snippings away of our freedoms of our freedom of religion that actually is

moving towards an end. There is an end. There's a there is there's a plot. I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but there's something a float. We're not quite sure it is, but there's there's something of float that that that may be more diabolical than we think. That is why we need to be those people of uh that study. Like I said in verse 17 of Proverbs 18, we need to check it out. We need to go deeper. So I want to encourage you, go deeper. Even on our stuff when we put it out there, go deeper. Make sure we got it right. Make sure everybody got has it right. But not only that, once you've understood and you see the truth, you're responsible for the truth and for

walking it out and applying whatever needs to be applied. I'm Chris Byberg, the director of the National House of Prayer, and we'll see you next time. Bye for now.