Lament for the City of Man - October 7, 2007

Things are in shambles and life has become unbearable. In a very short time, the magic spell of prosperity has been broken and the people are left with nothing. Now they are crying out in a "Lament for the City of Man" - a city they have created apart from God. So now what? How do we, in today's world, conquer the spell of materialism and the desire for things that cannot be stored up in heaven?