Tears for Provo

I'm sitting in a coffee shop that is next to our apartment (Praise Him that one of only two coffee shops for the whole city is set up just 2 blocks from us) and God struck me with great sorrow for the city. I was reading Matthew 12:20-24, where Jesus talks about how it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sodom than these cities that he himself walked through and did many miracles in. I was nearly moved to tears as I thought about this city we have been in for only 9 days now. I thought of the many faces I have met here, awesome friendships that have started, and the lies that people have bought and are clinging on to as we share the truth with them. Many of our new friends are part of the LDS church. They are familiar with what the New Testament says, and how we are saved by grace, but then there is always something more to them that is required, actions they must do to be counted "worthy". False teachings and promises with no evidence or truth behind them enslave these people, even while they have the teachings of Jesus in their hands! What a stronghold satan has here. I hate him. I will fight against him, and though I am not strong enough on my own, I have God inside me who really is strong enough and will be the victor.