I think I disagree.
Yes, with God all things ARE possible. That doesn't mean that all things will happen. The end times are coming and certain scenarios are going to have to happen to set the stage for that no matter how much God's people pray for otherwise.
Satan typically overreaches just before one of his projects collapses.
You know, I'm thinking back to the election in '08 and the despair and questioning we all felt when obama and the dems were catapulted into office. And now look. It's really worked out better than we expected because he was SO bad, that it's caused an incredible backlash and awakened people who otherwise would have stayed sound asleep while our country continued its slow slide into socialism. It shows that good can come of the worst situations, and I'm sure that's been a result of concerted prayer on the part of God's people. Kind of like the frog in the pot analogy.
People with children in public school should not bore God with their prayers for revival.
Ouch!!!!!
It's interesting -- during the 150 years or so during which American fundamentalists have embraced this conviction, preaching as certain the global triumph of evil[1], according to our faith has it been unto us.
Yet, doomsaying is not the only game in town for faithful, Bible-believing Christians. I had a "second conversion" in 1980, upon learning that there are other possibilities. I discovered that Jesus is Lord -- and Lord is not a euphemism for "personal guru." In 1970, when I believed as you do now, I could not think more than a week or two ahead. Today, at age 59, my dissertation sits on my adviser's desk, and I seek to leverage the next three decades, the "second half of my adult life," for God's glory. In between, discovering and applying post-millennialism has transformed my life, family, vocation, and witness.
All 12 spies worked from the same data set. Ten preached the certainty of doom, demoralized Israel, lost their testimonies (and lives) and led their people into a pointless 40 year death march through the desert. I'd rather stand beside faithful Caleb and Joshua -- wouldn't you?
[1] In my less kindly moods, I refer to this practice as "serving as unpaid cheerleaders for the other team."