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We will either SET culture or REFLECT culture.

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.\\xa0They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. John 17:15-16 (NIV)

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,\\xa0but rather expose them. Ephesians 5:11 (NIV)

The name written on her forehead was a mystery: Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes, and of the abominations of the earth. Revelation 17:5 (NIV)

\\u201cNow then, listen, you lover of pleasure,\\xa0lounging in your security and saying to yourself,\\xa0\\u2018I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.\\u2019 Both of these will overtake you in a moment,\\xa0on a single day:\\xa0loss of children\\xa0and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and all your potent spells. You have trusted\\xa0in your wickedness\\xa0and have said, \\u2018No one sees me.\\u2019 Your wisdom\\xa0and knowledge mislead\\xa0you\\xa0when you say to yourself, \\u2018I am, and there is none besides me.\\u2019 Isaiah 47:8-10\\xa0(NIV)

The Babylon Mentality = \\u201cI am and there is none besides me.\\u201d I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented\\xa0and prosperous.\\xa0I had a dream\\xa0that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed,\\xa0the images and visions that passed through my mind\\xa0terrified me. Daniel 4:4-5\\xa0(NIV)

Your Majesty, you are that tree!\\xa0You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth\\u2026 \\u201cThis is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree\\xa0the Most High has issued against my lord the king:\\xa0You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched\\xa0with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High\\xa0is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.\\xa0The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots\\xa0means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules. Daniel 4:22-26 (NIV)

At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity\\xa0was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom\\xa0endures from generation to generation. All the peoples of the earth\\xa0are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back\\xa0his hand or say to him: \\u201cWhat have you done?\\u201d At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom.\\xa0My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt\\xa0and glorify\\xa0the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.\\xa0And those who walk in pride\\xa0he is able to humble. Daniel 4:34-37\\xa0(NIV)

1. I will ACKNOWLEDGE God

For by the grace given me\\xa0I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. Romans 12:3 (NIV)

2. I will EXALT God

I will exalt you,\\xa0my God the King; I will praise your name\\xa0forever and ever. Every day I will praise\\xa0you and extol your name\\xa0forever and ever. Great\\xa0is the\\xa0Lord\\xa0and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. Psalm 145:1-3 (NIV)

3. I will HUMBLE myself

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10\\xa0(NIV)