Plans, agendas and programs of themselves are utterly ineffective without the Holy Spirit’s influence and Jesus’ power to save. “Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing.” What was the reason for this?

The malaise of pessimism and angst cuts across party lines. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents are all depressed about the present national condition. They may have different reasons, but they are all in the dumps about the United States.