Many people agree that our nation is in a noticeable period of moral decline that has been going on for decades and shows no sign of improving. Just when we think we have hit rock bottom, society lowers the bar even further.

Bob Russell says, “Even the secular world recognizes we’ve lost our moral compass and we’re in trouble.” Russell was recently playing golf with some men when one of them said to him, “Preacher, I’m not a religious man, but I know something is drastically wrong with our country. We’ve lost all sense of right and wrong. You see it in the workplace all the time. Makes you wonder what’s going to happen.”

Just because there is a lot of evil in the world, there is no reason to throw up our hands in despair. Bob Russell points out, “When the electricity goes out, it’s a great time to be selling flashlights. A crisis can be a golden opportunity to advance a cause, and if that cause is a Godly one, it can reap eternal benefits.”

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden…In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”—Matthew 5:14,16.