"And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations." Isaiah 25:7
Many people feel that every nation should be encouraged simply to practice its own religion. God's Word, however, makes it plain that all nations are blinded, cut off from the truth by a deadly covering. This is true of the Jews, for "even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart" 2 Corinthians 3:15.
It is also true of the Gentiles, who have "the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart" Ephesians 4:18.
The veil that keeps them in such darkness is a Satanic blindfold. "The god of this world i.e., Satan hath blinded the minds of them which believe not" 2 Corinthians 4:4.
And how did the devil ever gain such control over human minds? "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. . . . Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator" Romans 1:21, 25.
So today, men and women almost everywhere--atheists, Communists, humanists, Buddhists, Confucianists, animists, Hindus, Taoists, Shintoists, occultists, "New Agers," and even the "liberals" in the monotheistic religions (Judaism, Islam, Christianity)--really all believe and practice the same religion, rejecting God as Creator and worshipping instead some man or man-exalting evolutionary philosophy.
Someday, God will destroy this pervasive veil over the nations. In the meantime, we must reach everyone we can with the true and everlasting gospel of Christ, for that "vail is done away in Christ" 2 Corinthians 3:14
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Trust Me To Do The Rest
But the word of God grew and multiplied.
Acts 12:24
My holy people; amidst the toil, amidst the struggle, amidst the battles and yes even amidst the bitter tears; there is hope for those who wait upon Me. Hope that does not rest upon your own capabilities or your own abilities … but a deep seated hope that rests upon what only I can do.
I tell you plainly that My heart yearns to pour out My Spirit upon My holy people to do great things, but few have put their hope fully in Me. Clinging to abilities and capabilities, they desire themselves to be lifted up, not Me. Clinging to what you can do, instead of what only I can do.
Many wonder where the wonders have gone. I tell you … put all your hope in Me and you will never be disappointed. For My Word will accomplish all that I purpose it to do, to My glory and fame.
Seek My Face. Call upon My Name. Then listen to what I have to say and simply do what I ask. That is your part. Trust Me to do the rest.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Behold My Mighty Hand In Battle
And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down [one another]. 1 Samuel 14:16
My holy people, I am at work, all is not lost, for even as in this scripture I am causing your enemies to become confused and to turn on each other. You have been in a time where little made any sense whatsoever. Your enemies have risen up against you and prevailed time after time after time and you have grown weary of the battles.
I tell you, look up. Look to Me. I will send My glory into the battle field. I will cause your enemies to destroy one another. I will turn the battle to your favor. I am giving a new favor in the land. A favor of conquest, that will encourage many: for long and hard battles have been fought up to this time and little headway was made.
Look up. Look to Me, for I long to prove Myself mighty on your behalf.
Seek My Face and the brilliance of My glory, for I will send a mighty trembling, a mighty shaking, and this will confuse and confound your enemies and will result in a mighty conquest.
Go forth, My brilliant ones. Go forward into battle and see the battle turn on your behalf. Look and see My mighty hand of battle revealed.
Rich Elliott
River of Revival Ministries
My holy people, I am at work, all is not lost, for even as in this scripture I am causing your enemies to become confused and to turn on each other. You have been in a time where little made any sense whatsoever. Your enemies have risen up against you and prevailed time after time after time and you have grown weary of the battles.
I tell you, look up. Look to Me. I will send My glory into the battle field. I will cause your enemies to destroy one another. I will turn the battle to your favor. I am giving a new favor in the land. A favor of conquest, that will encourage many: for long and hard battles have been fought up to this time and little headway was made.
Look up. Look to Me, for I long to prove Myself mighty on your behalf.
Seek My Face and the brilliance of My glory, for I will send a mighty trembling, a mighty shaking, and this will confuse and confound your enemies and will result in a mighty conquest.
Go forth, My brilliant ones. Go forward into battle and see the battle turn on your behalf. Look and see My mighty hand of battle revealed.
Rich Elliott
River of Revival Ministries
Friday, October 23, 2009
Of This Generation
This generation is not only rejecting Christ, it is committing the most heinous sins with perhaps an unparalleled defiance and arrogance. We in the former Christian nations and beyond have heard the law of Christ, yet are abandoning it in an apostasy that is unprecedented in scope and in numbers of apostates. Repeated warnings through the forces of nature do not appear to be moving our nations toward repentance. So tears of blood are falling from Heaven on numerous icons and statues—a terrible harbinger of the Great Trial which lies before us.
When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, lo it shall come down in judgment. (Isaiah 34:5)
Already, God has begun to purify the earth of wickedness. The sword has fallen through mysterious and incurable diseases, terrible disasters, and war. Often it is a spiritual principle at work:
Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person will reap only what he sows. (Gal 6)
Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person will reap only what he sows. (Gal 6)
The cleansing of the earth has begun. But we must understand that just as in ordinary times, when the innocent are sometimes taken with the wicked, so too will it be during the period of purification. No one but God can judge souls and no human being has the supreme wisdom to understand why this or that person suffers or dies. Until the end of the world the just and the unjust alike shall suffer and die. Yet the innocent and the repentant will not be lost and their reward will be great in paradise.
The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness. (Romans 1:18)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Freedom Is Not Dead!
I am so tired of this treadmill!
Granny Warriors
http://www.grannywarriors.com/
For years now I have seen the same people doing the same thing over and over, talk talk talk.. Nothing more than a lot of words on paper. I feel like I am on a treadmill like a hamster in a wheel. Going round and round, no matter what we do or plan people are either too scared, lazy or stupid to realize our time is nearing the end.The end of this country we all claim to love and respect, vow to protect and defend, well folks it is time to stop with the words and start with some activity. Anything would be better than what we have now.
Just forget your possessions, your money, your job, everything. None of these things are permanent especially now.. How long do you think you will be warm and cozy in your little computer room banging out all of those patriotic posts, forwarding all those inane messages to people who simply delete most of them anyway if the Government is allowed to continue on in the way it is now?
Daily we get news of new laws and bills which take us farther and farther down the pit to slavery, poverty and absolute death to most of us. Can you not see? If you do see what are you doing to prepare for it? What are you actually doing other than posting on the groups and blogs just passing along more words. Words cannot save us now.
Where are all those militant groups that hated everyone? Where are the militia, where are the National Guardsmen who are supposed to be in our states protecting us from destruction both from the outside and inside? Who will fire the Shot heard round the world this time?
Our military is under the control of the UN and the globalists. You don't think so? Bet on it. The fellows that will not obey the orders against the American people are sent overseas, accidentally killed, commit suicide, become ill, they are not allowed to continue to be a threat to the Global Overlords.
Look at the military in your area, how many white, American clean shaven faces do you see? How did illegal aliens become members of our military, learning all we can teach about warfare, survival and obedience? Our Military is contaminated and corrupt as our Government is. There is no unity among the American people, we have been brainwashed into Political Correctness and have no sense of pride in what we are any longer.
We are not the proud American Steel Worker, Bridge builder, Construction worker, Mechanic, Farmer, Rancher that we were in the past. We are all under the thumb of the government through either the social services, who control our children with the power they have been given, by us, not the government or the government with the programs they offer and we gladly accept as it is free.
Everyone is regulated in one way or another. We have so many data bases we are all on it instills fear and dread if we think about going outside the line. We have social security numbers, drivers license numbers, credit card numbers, permits to drive, work, live.
With the Cap and Trade bill and Clean Water Acts, we are no longer even in control of our food and water. How much are the American people going to take? Now there is talk of turning our sovereignty over to the world.
I am not sorry, I am not going to ever accept being a third world resident, I will never give up my pride in myself and give up my right to travel freely in my own country, to grow my own food, to drink my own water without their deadly additives which make people stupid and easily controlled.
I think in reality we are lost, too many have been fed the GMO's and Fluoride until their brains simply do not work unless they are told what to do and when. The TV has been the worst invention of the past century giving us Entertainment. That is all this country considers newsworthy now... Nascar, Wrestling, Dancing with the Stars, Football, Base Ball... Remember when Football was a real thing, parents flocked to the fields to watch their children play a game, supported their school teams and had fun with it but it was not a way of life. Now the players are paid more than a King just to sport around on a field or basketball court playing a game. We as Americans cheer on these paid idiots, and pay their salaries with our ticket and collectible buying.
Can you stop? Will you stop?
Parents send their children to a school that teaches babies how to masturbate ? That having two daddy's is normal? That being Gay is good? The Bible is not allowed nor is prayer yet the Muslims can have a moment of silence during the school day for their prayer time? Where is our God in all of this? He is sitting on the side line watching and waiting for someone to stand up and say enough.
This is wrong, This is not AMERICAN. This is not Christian.
The white house flies the Chinese flag? Has a Muslim Prayer day? Where is the Christian Prayer day? ( it was cancelled).
We deserve all we get for allowing this country to become what it is today. So sit behind your computer, write another nice politically correct message and send it out into cyber space, it won't last long, it will soon be so regulated you will not be able to forward all those posts and chain letters without a special permit. That may be one of the good things that is happening.
Perhaps more people will spend more time actually thinking and realize what is going on and maybe just maybe get off their chairs and stand up and do something. Anything, We have become a society of robots. Doing what someone says is correct and allowing our own judgement to be suppressed into oblivion.
I hope some of you are waking up and turning off the TV, thinking, wondering what it used to be like to be a Proud American, what was it like to be in charge of your lives and children.
If you are you need to start a movement even in just your neighborhood, Join with others and make a group that will work together and start preparing for the real onslaught which is about to take place.
Food will become a major force in the control of the nation, store up enough food to last for a couple of years, make sure you have water without the chemicals which keep you under control. Drill a community well, don't drink the city or county water. Don't obey the orders, simply say NO.
Be prepared to educate your own children, Take control of their lives and yours. Find old books, ones that have not been gutted to fit the new awareness, see what has been taken out of the history books, Read and learn, see what you have allowed to happen in your world while you were so engrossed in making more money, getting a bigger home, fancy car, stylish clothing, your little electronic devices... All the energy you have expended and all of the liberties you have allowed to evaporate during your mission to keep up with the Jone's are simply a waste of your life and time as they will not last, nothing will last that is so blatantly false.
What will last? The only lasting item is FREEDOM. Our ancestors died for it for us. Our Father let his Son die for the freedom for us to practice the religion of our choice and be free from the world of sin and debauchery.
Will you die for your children? Would you die for your spouse? Think about it. I bet you would take the chance of dying if someone broke into your home and was stealing your big Screen TV or other precious item, but you sit there posting and allow your children and spouse slowly die with all the poisons being eaten, medication being doled out for diseases that are man made and mostly fiction, But... after all there is Viagra and Cialis so your fun time is expanded no matter how tired or worn out your body is from all the phony medications and treatments given by those life saving members of the Medical profession... After all Sex, Football and Nascar are so important, especially in the lives of those that are mentally aberated by the new world organizers.
Please start forming your groups, this is your only chance to survive and to allow your children to live a relatively free life. Store your supplies, arm yourself and be ready to fight for our Country.
Find groups that will work together and stand tall against tyranny and deceit. This is our only way to survive and live to build America back to what our ancestors set up for all of us to enjoy.
Build Intentional communities or join one. We have one in Texas, there should be some in every state. We have 500 acres where people can live and work towards a clean life that is healthy and honest. We will be growing everything we eat, raising our own animals and feeding them with food we raise not the poison feed that is sold for animals now.We have all we need and will succeed.
You can do the same and we will all be able to unite and make this country what is should be not what it is sinking to.
I have no doubt that I will never see the fruit of my labor with this community but the people there will continue on and make it work. I have no desire to live in a world governed by the Elite. I have no desire to see the destruction of my Country and it's morals and Constitution. I have no desire to gather riches or to be famous. If I died today I will have missed nothing. I have lived a very full life and a good one. I was never rich and I was never poor but had all I needed and raised my family with the values that were mine not those of a idiot government.
If I disappear from this earth remember my words. Remember the past. Remember when men were men and women were wives and Mothers. Remember when the Flag was honored and prayers did not have to be hidden. Remember when Santa Claus was good and Christmas was fun. Remember Thanksgiving and what it stands for.
Look forward. Examine the motives of the Congress and Senate. What are they there for? What are they doing? Who is profiting? Why are you paying them to give away your wealth, your country and your freedom?
Who will fire the first shot? Who will stand up behind them? Who will retake Washington? Who will abolish all the laws and perks given to our Representatives by them selves for themselves?
Remember what tar and feathers are for.
Remember hanging is for traitors.
Where is the hanging tree on the front lawn of the White house?
Freedom Is not Dead
http://www.freedomisnotdead.org/
Freedom Project
http://www.freedomisnotdead.org/freedom.htm
Granny Warriors
http://www.grannywarriors.com/
For years now I have seen the same people doing the same thing over and over, talk talk talk.. Nothing more than a lot of words on paper. I feel like I am on a treadmill like a hamster in a wheel. Going round and round, no matter what we do or plan people are either too scared, lazy or stupid to realize our time is nearing the end.The end of this country we all claim to love and respect, vow to protect and defend, well folks it is time to stop with the words and start with some activity. Anything would be better than what we have now.
Just forget your possessions, your money, your job, everything. None of these things are permanent especially now.. How long do you think you will be warm and cozy in your little computer room banging out all of those patriotic posts, forwarding all those inane messages to people who simply delete most of them anyway if the Government is allowed to continue on in the way it is now?
Daily we get news of new laws and bills which take us farther and farther down the pit to slavery, poverty and absolute death to most of us. Can you not see? If you do see what are you doing to prepare for it? What are you actually doing other than posting on the groups and blogs just passing along more words. Words cannot save us now.
Where are all those militant groups that hated everyone? Where are the militia, where are the National Guardsmen who are supposed to be in our states protecting us from destruction both from the outside and inside? Who will fire the Shot heard round the world this time?
Our military is under the control of the UN and the globalists. You don't think so? Bet on it. The fellows that will not obey the orders against the American people are sent overseas, accidentally killed, commit suicide, become ill, they are not allowed to continue to be a threat to the Global Overlords.
Look at the military in your area, how many white, American clean shaven faces do you see? How did illegal aliens become members of our military, learning all we can teach about warfare, survival and obedience? Our Military is contaminated and corrupt as our Government is. There is no unity among the American people, we have been brainwashed into Political Correctness and have no sense of pride in what we are any longer.
We are not the proud American Steel Worker, Bridge builder, Construction worker, Mechanic, Farmer, Rancher that we were in the past. We are all under the thumb of the government through either the social services, who control our children with the power they have been given, by us, not the government or the government with the programs they offer and we gladly accept as it is free.
Everyone is regulated in one way or another. We have so many data bases we are all on it instills fear and dread if we think about going outside the line. We have social security numbers, drivers license numbers, credit card numbers, permits to drive, work, live.
With the Cap and Trade bill and Clean Water Acts, we are no longer even in control of our food and water. How much are the American people going to take? Now there is talk of turning our sovereignty over to the world.
I am not sorry, I am not going to ever accept being a third world resident, I will never give up my pride in myself and give up my right to travel freely in my own country, to grow my own food, to drink my own water without their deadly additives which make people stupid and easily controlled.
I think in reality we are lost, too many have been fed the GMO's and Fluoride until their brains simply do not work unless they are told what to do and when. The TV has been the worst invention of the past century giving us Entertainment. That is all this country considers newsworthy now... Nascar, Wrestling, Dancing with the Stars, Football, Base Ball... Remember when Football was a real thing, parents flocked to the fields to watch their children play a game, supported their school teams and had fun with it but it was not a way of life. Now the players are paid more than a King just to sport around on a field or basketball court playing a game. We as Americans cheer on these paid idiots, and pay their salaries with our ticket and collectible buying.
Can you stop? Will you stop?
Parents send their children to a school that teaches babies how to masturbate ? That having two daddy's is normal? That being Gay is good? The Bible is not allowed nor is prayer yet the Muslims can have a moment of silence during the school day for their prayer time? Where is our God in all of this? He is sitting on the side line watching and waiting for someone to stand up and say enough.
This is wrong, This is not AMERICAN. This is not Christian.
The white house flies the Chinese flag? Has a Muslim Prayer day? Where is the Christian Prayer day? ( it was cancelled).
We deserve all we get for allowing this country to become what it is today. So sit behind your computer, write another nice politically correct message and send it out into cyber space, it won't last long, it will soon be so regulated you will not be able to forward all those posts and chain letters without a special permit. That may be one of the good things that is happening.
Perhaps more people will spend more time actually thinking and realize what is going on and maybe just maybe get off their chairs and stand up and do something. Anything, We have become a society of robots. Doing what someone says is correct and allowing our own judgement to be suppressed into oblivion.
I hope some of you are waking up and turning off the TV, thinking, wondering what it used to be like to be a Proud American, what was it like to be in charge of your lives and children.
If you are you need to start a movement even in just your neighborhood, Join with others and make a group that will work together and start preparing for the real onslaught which is about to take place.
Food will become a major force in the control of the nation, store up enough food to last for a couple of years, make sure you have water without the chemicals which keep you under control. Drill a community well, don't drink the city or county water. Don't obey the orders, simply say NO.
Be prepared to educate your own children, Take control of their lives and yours. Find old books, ones that have not been gutted to fit the new awareness, see what has been taken out of the history books, Read and learn, see what you have allowed to happen in your world while you were so engrossed in making more money, getting a bigger home, fancy car, stylish clothing, your little electronic devices... All the energy you have expended and all of the liberties you have allowed to evaporate during your mission to keep up with the Jone's are simply a waste of your life and time as they will not last, nothing will last that is so blatantly false.
What will last? The only lasting item is FREEDOM. Our ancestors died for it for us. Our Father let his Son die for the freedom for us to practice the religion of our choice and be free from the world of sin and debauchery.
Will you die for your children? Would you die for your spouse? Think about it. I bet you would take the chance of dying if someone broke into your home and was stealing your big Screen TV or other precious item, but you sit there posting and allow your children and spouse slowly die with all the poisons being eaten, medication being doled out for diseases that are man made and mostly fiction, But... after all there is Viagra and Cialis so your fun time is expanded no matter how tired or worn out your body is from all the phony medications and treatments given by those life saving members of the Medical profession... After all Sex, Football and Nascar are so important, especially in the lives of those that are mentally aberated by the new world organizers.
Please start forming your groups, this is your only chance to survive and to allow your children to live a relatively free life. Store your supplies, arm yourself and be ready to fight for our Country.
Find groups that will work together and stand tall against tyranny and deceit. This is our only way to survive and live to build America back to what our ancestors set up for all of us to enjoy.
Build Intentional communities or join one. We have one in Texas, there should be some in every state. We have 500 acres where people can live and work towards a clean life that is healthy and honest. We will be growing everything we eat, raising our own animals and feeding them with food we raise not the poison feed that is sold for animals now.We have all we need and will succeed.
You can do the same and we will all be able to unite and make this country what is should be not what it is sinking to.
I have no doubt that I will never see the fruit of my labor with this community but the people there will continue on and make it work. I have no desire to live in a world governed by the Elite. I have no desire to see the destruction of my Country and it's morals and Constitution. I have no desire to gather riches or to be famous. If I died today I will have missed nothing. I have lived a very full life and a good one. I was never rich and I was never poor but had all I needed and raised my family with the values that were mine not those of a idiot government.
If I disappear from this earth remember my words. Remember the past. Remember when men were men and women were wives and Mothers. Remember when the Flag was honored and prayers did not have to be hidden. Remember when Santa Claus was good and Christmas was fun. Remember Thanksgiving and what it stands for.
Look forward. Examine the motives of the Congress and Senate. What are they there for? What are they doing? Who is profiting? Why are you paying them to give away your wealth, your country and your freedom?
Who will fire the first shot? Who will stand up behind them? Who will retake Washington? Who will abolish all the laws and perks given to our Representatives by them selves for themselves?
Remember what tar and feathers are for.
Remember hanging is for traitors.
Where is the hanging tree on the front lawn of the White house?
Freedom Is not Dead
http://www.freedomisnotdead.org/
Freedom Project
http://www.freedomisnotdead.org/freedom.htm
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Matthew 10:32-39
Our Lord’s first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father. -- Oswald Chambers
"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. – Matthew 10:32-39
"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. – Matthew 10:32-39
Monday, October 12, 2009
Isn't It Strange?
Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?
Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?
Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying but…you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?
Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel?
Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?
Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?
Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others; but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?
Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say but…we question the words in the Bible?
Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven but…they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?
~~Unknown~~
Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?
Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying but…you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?
Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel?
Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?
Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?
Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others; but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?
Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say but…we question the words in the Bible?
Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven but…they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?
~~Unknown~~
Saturday, October 10, 2009
A Poem, A Truth!
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not shouting 'I'm clean livin'.'
I'm whispering 'I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven.'
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow!
Unknown
I'm not shouting 'I'm clean livin'.'
I'm whispering 'I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven.'
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.
When I say... 'I am a Christian'
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow!
Unknown
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
He Is Coming! He Is Coming!
O brothers and sisters, give yourself to Him completely! Leave this world with all its vanities and endless distractions and false securities to the wild animals who will someday roam about the ruins of our man-made mansions.
Jesus has eternal joys and blessings to give you now…. graces which will begin in this Time of Grace, and grow exponentially in the Era of Peace.
We are like wheat growing among the weeds, but the kernel of life cannot be choked if we remain rooted in Christ.
We possess the prophetic message that is altogether reliable. You will do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
2 Peter 1:19
Jesus has eternal joys and blessings to give you now…. graces which will begin in this Time of Grace, and grow exponentially in the Era of Peace.
We are like wheat growing among the weeds, but the kernel of life cannot be choked if we remain rooted in Christ.
We possess the prophetic message that is altogether reliable. You will do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
2 Peter 1:19
Now What Do We Do?
So, what do we do now?
Do we take up the sword and our own perceived morality to exact vengeance on those we believe are to blame for the fall of our kingdom or do we take up our cross and follow Jesus to His?
This is the controversial question before us.
America is collapsing not because we have failed to fight our enemies, but because we have forgotten God, and in doing so, have made Him our enemy. Sure, we vehemently claim Him as our own but live day to day like He’s not there or doesn’t care what we think or say or do – like America is God’s home and we have some divine right to reside here forever.
But, that home has become a vain, vulgar and violent place under the throne of a righteous and holy God whose kingdom is not of this world. And, foreclosure is coming friends, because we’ve been living large on borrowed money, borrowed blessings and borrowed time.
“…Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” – Matthew 4:17b
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Where Art Thou?
The Bible is full of important questions. The first was asked by God Himself when He came down into the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve has sinned. "Adam," He called, "Where art thou?"(Gen. 3:9). God asks this question of you today.
Where do you stand with Him? Are you on God's side or the devil's side? Are you on the way to Heaven or on the way to Hell? Are you living for Christ or are you standing against Him?
Another Bible question is recorded in Genesis 4:9:"Where is Abel thy brother?" God asked this question of Cain.
Now I ask you, Are you interested in your fellow man? Have you witnessed to him of Christ? Have you showed him how to be saved and sure of Heaven?
One of the important questions in the entire Bible is that which was asked of Paul and Silas by the Philippian jailer: "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" (Acts 16:30).
How would you have answered this distressed Philippian jailer? Most people would have told him that we are saved by a lifetime of good works. RELIGION teaches a lifetime of Rituals and our own good works, while TRUE SALVATION is made available to us on the basis of our faith and belief in the finished work of Christ on Calvary's Cross and to our obedience to His Holy Word.
"Where art thou"?
Where do you stand with Him? Are you on God's side or the devil's side? Are you on the way to Heaven or on the way to Hell? Are you living for Christ or are you standing against Him?
Another Bible question is recorded in Genesis 4:9:"Where is Abel thy brother?" God asked this question of Cain.
Now I ask you, Are you interested in your fellow man? Have you witnessed to him of Christ? Have you showed him how to be saved and sure of Heaven?
One of the important questions in the entire Bible is that which was asked of Paul and Silas by the Philippian jailer: "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" (Acts 16:30).
How would you have answered this distressed Philippian jailer? Most people would have told him that we are saved by a lifetime of good works. RELIGION teaches a lifetime of Rituals and our own good works, while TRUE SALVATION is made available to us on the basis of our faith and belief in the finished work of Christ on Calvary's Cross and to our obedience to His Holy Word.
"Where art thou"?
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Who Is The Enemy?
How Pathetic Preaching Damages National Security
By Dave Welch
One of the country's most articulate and credible voices on the threat of radical Islam within our borders stated last week that it is the greatest threat to our nation today beyond any other domestic issues we are addressing. In the strictly national security and geopolitical contexts, this person was right. As she stated, government takeover of health care and other industries are not a concern to those who are dead. I'll have to admit, however, that my spirit rejected the notion that radical Islam is THE greatest threat to America any more than it was when Muhammad's hordes were sweeping on horseback through northern Africa, the Middle East and into western Europe a millennia ago.
Imperialist Islam has been defeated and contained before and certainly can be again.The question is whether there are as many Christians left in America willing to live and die for our faith, families and freedom as there are orthodox Muslims willing to kill and die for theirs.
The pathetic preaching that has created a generation of shallow, self-focused professing followers of Jesus Christ has done far more damage to our national security than any conspiracies of men of any religion or no religion, any race and any creed could do.
Theologian Francis Schaeffer asserted in his powerful book "The Great Evangelical Disaster" that: There is only one perspective we can have of the post-Christian world of our generation: an understanding that our culture and our country deserves to be under the wrath of God. It will not do to say the United States is God's country in some special way.. The last few generations have trampled upon the truth of the Bible and all that those truths have brought forth. The fact is that the blood of nearly 50 million legally (not lawfully) murdered babies has cried out to the throne of heaven. It demands justice, and the merciful God who I believe governs over all the universe could not turn a blind eye to the child sacrifice pandemic in and by the country once hailed as a "shining city on a hill."
Barack Hussein Obama and the reprobate minds governing most of our governing entities were elevated to civil authority by a people who have largely rejected the God of our fathers, the authority of His written word and 2,000 years of history - all in desperate search for a human king who would take care of us. We have sown the wind and are reaping the whirlwind.
Practitioners of orthodox Islam who seek to conquer and subjugate the world can only be a threat if there is not at least a passionate minority in this country who accept the charge to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors of faith and nation by redeeming everything we touch in His name.
How can we credibly demand that terrorists adhere to a worldview that respects the value and sanctity of every life when we ourselves do not?
How can we legitimately insist that politicians respect the boundaries of the U.S. and state constitutions when we have required them to destroy those boundaries to meet our "needs"?
How can we rise up in indignation against sexual perversion and demand a "pro-family" standard for a nation that has undermined God's definition of family, rejected children as a gift from Him, treated marriage as an agreement rather than a covenant, etc.?
The terror plots foiled in Dallas and Springfield, Ill., last week give proof - again - that we have mortal enemies walking among us. Why should they not? We invited them.
Our dumbed-down, "have it your way" church culture has provided no defense for aggressive multiculturalism that places Judaism and Christianity on equal footing with animal worship. We're told by toothy-grinned TV pastors that we just need to "love Jesus," but please don't mention the "S word" (sin) or be faithful to teach the whole counsel of Scripture that convicts, cleanses and restores. After all, it was for our "best life now" that Christ was crucified, not because of our sin . not.
The Equal Access Act requires that if any club is allowed on school campuses, all clubs must be allowed, hence the rising number of Muslim groups, sexual diversity groups, etc., since all beliefs are equal and we cannot make moral judgments.
Islamists who have clear and documented links to terrorism are allowed to immigrate and live here because we prefer to say that our war is just a "war on terror" rather than against Islam.
Tyrants and dictators who rule by terror and who are our mortal enemies are allowed to spew their venom and deception on our own soil because we refuse to stop playing host and sugar daddy to the globalist "Animal Farm" called the United Nations.
Who is the enemy?
By Dave Welch
One of the country's most articulate and credible voices on the threat of radical Islam within our borders stated last week that it is the greatest threat to our nation today beyond any other domestic issues we are addressing. In the strictly national security and geopolitical contexts, this person was right. As she stated, government takeover of health care and other industries are not a concern to those who are dead. I'll have to admit, however, that my spirit rejected the notion that radical Islam is THE greatest threat to America any more than it was when Muhammad's hordes were sweeping on horseback through northern Africa, the Middle East and into western Europe a millennia ago.
Imperialist Islam has been defeated and contained before and certainly can be again.The question is whether there are as many Christians left in America willing to live and die for our faith, families and freedom as there are orthodox Muslims willing to kill and die for theirs.
The pathetic preaching that has created a generation of shallow, self-focused professing followers of Jesus Christ has done far more damage to our national security than any conspiracies of men of any religion or no religion, any race and any creed could do.
Theologian Francis Schaeffer asserted in his powerful book "The Great Evangelical Disaster" that: There is only one perspective we can have of the post-Christian world of our generation: an understanding that our culture and our country deserves to be under the wrath of God. It will not do to say the United States is God's country in some special way.. The last few generations have trampled upon the truth of the Bible and all that those truths have brought forth. The fact is that the blood of nearly 50 million legally (not lawfully) murdered babies has cried out to the throne of heaven. It demands justice, and the merciful God who I believe governs over all the universe could not turn a blind eye to the child sacrifice pandemic in and by the country once hailed as a "shining city on a hill."
Barack Hussein Obama and the reprobate minds governing most of our governing entities were elevated to civil authority by a people who have largely rejected the God of our fathers, the authority of His written word and 2,000 years of history - all in desperate search for a human king who would take care of us. We have sown the wind and are reaping the whirlwind.
Practitioners of orthodox Islam who seek to conquer and subjugate the world can only be a threat if there is not at least a passionate minority in this country who accept the charge to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors of faith and nation by redeeming everything we touch in His name.
How can we credibly demand that terrorists adhere to a worldview that respects the value and sanctity of every life when we ourselves do not?
How can we legitimately insist that politicians respect the boundaries of the U.S. and state constitutions when we have required them to destroy those boundaries to meet our "needs"?
How can we rise up in indignation against sexual perversion and demand a "pro-family" standard for a nation that has undermined God's definition of family, rejected children as a gift from Him, treated marriage as an agreement rather than a covenant, etc.?
The terror plots foiled in Dallas and Springfield, Ill., last week give proof - again - that we have mortal enemies walking among us. Why should they not? We invited them.
Our dumbed-down, "have it your way" church culture has provided no defense for aggressive multiculturalism that places Judaism and Christianity on equal footing with animal worship. We're told by toothy-grinned TV pastors that we just need to "love Jesus," but please don't mention the "S word" (sin) or be faithful to teach the whole counsel of Scripture that convicts, cleanses and restores. After all, it was for our "best life now" that Christ was crucified, not because of our sin . not.
The Equal Access Act requires that if any club is allowed on school campuses, all clubs must be allowed, hence the rising number of Muslim groups, sexual diversity groups, etc., since all beliefs are equal and we cannot make moral judgments.
Islamists who have clear and documented links to terrorism are allowed to immigrate and live here because we prefer to say that our war is just a "war on terror" rather than against Islam.
Tyrants and dictators who rule by terror and who are our mortal enemies are allowed to spew their venom and deception on our own soil because we refuse to stop playing host and sugar daddy to the globalist "Animal Farm" called the United Nations.
Who is the enemy?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Prophecy At The Midnight Hour
White House Yields US Sovereignty to Global Governance
By Bill Wilson
The man who occupies the Oval Office (OOO) committed an unconstitutional and possibly a treasonous act in yielding the sovereignty of the United States of America's free market economy to the rule of the International Monetary Fund at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh September 25.
This act of international socialism was hailed by the news media as a breakthrough in global economic reorganization and the establishment of a global economic government for the 20 nations that control 90% of the world's economy. An international body will soon control the US economy and the entire world has taken a gigantic step toward the prophetic one world order of the antiChrist.After the G-20 meeting, OOO explained the G-20 agreement,
"our new framework will allow each of us to assess the others' policies, to build consensus on reform, and to ensure that global demand supports growth for all."
He continued, "we will strengthen national capital standards...We will create more powerful tools to hold large global financial firms accountable...And we will tie executive pay to long-term performance."He also said that the G-20 agreed to no longer support the global fossil fuel industry in order to reduce global warming. In straight talk, the US will no longer develop fossil fuels, a global IMF body will manage US banks, and executive pay will be determined by global governance.
This is no less than a Constitutional abortion performed by a man with proven Marxist ties. He has egregiously subverted Constitutional requirements of Senatorial consent by appointing socialists "czars" to run aspects of the government, has violated the 10th Amendment by fomenting the government takeover of the financial and automotive industries, and by attempting to complete a socialist coup against the Constitution by establishing socialized medicine and taxing Americans for the unproven science, yet socialist issue, of global warming.
America is truly at a crossroads where the Constitution has been suspended through political usurpation.The Bible is very clear that the antiChrist will arise and control all the nations. The prophecy clock on the one world order has ticked forward toward the midnight hour. A new day is soon to come where world finances are controlled by a global body of bureaucrats and politicians, paving the way for the one prophesied in Revelation 13:17,
"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
Americans need to wake up and stand against this ungodly and unconstitutional revolution being forced upon them. And Christians around the world need to open their eyes for the coming deception that they are not caught in the snare of satan.
By Bill Wilson
The man who occupies the Oval Office (OOO) committed an unconstitutional and possibly a treasonous act in yielding the sovereignty of the United States of America's free market economy to the rule of the International Monetary Fund at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh September 25.
This act of international socialism was hailed by the news media as a breakthrough in global economic reorganization and the establishment of a global economic government for the 20 nations that control 90% of the world's economy. An international body will soon control the US economy and the entire world has taken a gigantic step toward the prophetic one world order of the antiChrist.After the G-20 meeting, OOO explained the G-20 agreement,
"our new framework will allow each of us to assess the others' policies, to build consensus on reform, and to ensure that global demand supports growth for all."
He continued, "we will strengthen national capital standards...We will create more powerful tools to hold large global financial firms accountable...And we will tie executive pay to long-term performance."He also said that the G-20 agreed to no longer support the global fossil fuel industry in order to reduce global warming. In straight talk, the US will no longer develop fossil fuels, a global IMF body will manage US banks, and executive pay will be determined by global governance.
This is no less than a Constitutional abortion performed by a man with proven Marxist ties. He has egregiously subverted Constitutional requirements of Senatorial consent by appointing socialists "czars" to run aspects of the government, has violated the 10th Amendment by fomenting the government takeover of the financial and automotive industries, and by attempting to complete a socialist coup against the Constitution by establishing socialized medicine and taxing Americans for the unproven science, yet socialist issue, of global warming.
America is truly at a crossroads where the Constitution has been suspended through political usurpation.The Bible is very clear that the antiChrist will arise and control all the nations. The prophecy clock on the one world order has ticked forward toward the midnight hour. A new day is soon to come where world finances are controlled by a global body of bureaucrats and politicians, paving the way for the one prophesied in Revelation 13:17,
"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
Americans need to wake up and stand against this ungodly and unconstitutional revolution being forced upon them. And Christians around the world need to open their eyes for the coming deception that they are not caught in the snare of satan.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wings Of Worship
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Matthew 28:9
My holy people; no better place can be found than worshipping at My feet. Such a place has been prepared for each and every one of you. The task at hand, right now, is to enter that place. Enter that place that I have prepared for you to be with Me, for I have come in this season to bring you what is so desperately needed: both for you and for others.
I am looking for those that will make their way to My feet. There you will receive answers and receive grace and receive what will be the answer to your own heart cry. For there is a work I have been doing to cause you to be a radical worshipper. What you have depended on for years is no longer in existence. Yet that very thing has never delivered what you so desperately needed. I am come to more than meet your needs, I am come to prepare you for the time of your life, where I will pour out of you as quickly as I have poured in.
I have given you a message to tell. I have given you the grace to love. I have done what no man can do. Now I am coming to finish this work in you. As a young bird lives up to a moment in time that they must mount up on wings to fly, I am come to help you mount up on wings of worship to Me.
What I am doing is against your own nature and will further reveal Mine.
I love you and care compassionately for you.
My holy people; no better place can be found than worshipping at My feet. Such a place has been prepared for each and every one of you. The task at hand, right now, is to enter that place. Enter that place that I have prepared for you to be with Me, for I have come in this season to bring you what is so desperately needed: both for you and for others.
I am looking for those that will make their way to My feet. There you will receive answers and receive grace and receive what will be the answer to your own heart cry. For there is a work I have been doing to cause you to be a radical worshipper. What you have depended on for years is no longer in existence. Yet that very thing has never delivered what you so desperately needed. I am come to more than meet your needs, I am come to prepare you for the time of your life, where I will pour out of you as quickly as I have poured in.
I have given you a message to tell. I have given you the grace to love. I have done what no man can do. Now I am coming to finish this work in you. As a young bird lives up to a moment in time that they must mount up on wings to fly, I am come to help you mount up on wings of worship to Me.
What I am doing is against your own nature and will further reveal Mine.
I love you and care compassionately for you.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The World Is Going To Change
The time of our preparation is going to end, and the world as we know it is going to change. But when it does, and when The Final Confrontation is over, the world will change for the better. For Christ has already won the battle.
When Enough Is Enough
Will the Real American Patriots Please Stand Up? When enough is enough.
In April 1774, after several years of letter writing among themselves through Committees of Correspondence, fifty-five patriots gathered in Philadelphia to seek alternatives, before it came down to the only choice left -- revolution. The Crown-appointed governors were the “recognized” government at the time. However, they clearly represented the interests of the British ruling class and dismissed the concerns of the People of the colonies. This “government” would wring their taxes from the People but would give them no voice in decisions that affected them, hence the complaint of “taxation without representation.”
Finally, when Crown and Parliament had contemptuously rejected all peaceful appeals, remonstrances, and petitions for redress of grievances, patriot Americans took the only course left to them aside from subjugation and slavery. They declared their independence; they seceded from the British Empire. At great risk of prosecution for treason, they rose from their knees to their feet, sacrificing their blood and treasure to give birth t o a new nation and provide Americans with a government “of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
Once more, the time has come for real American patriots to interpose themselves between the People and the regime in Washington that oppresses them (with the help of all too many State and local governments). A few of these new American patriots may come from legislative bodies. But, as it was in 1774, it’s far more likely that the "Neo-Patriots" as they might be called today, will come from the rubble of broken American businesses, towns, and neighborhoods as angry, everyday Americans finally say "Enough is enough!"
The Southern National Congress is a quasi-legislative endeavor involving over 100 such Neo-Patriots from the fourteen Southern states. This group of dedicated and courageous men and women are forging a new path to freedom and restored American liberty for the People of the South. Following in the successful footsteps of the patriots of 1774, the SNC is providing a forum for the voices of the People to be heard in a way clearly foreclosed to us in Washington. When DC stops listening to “We the People,” it’s indeed time for real change, change of historic proportions.
Left unchecked, the regime in Washington will soon complete the very ends that Thomas Jefferson warned about in 1802:
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all pr operty until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”
How much longer will we the American People sit on our hands watching quietly while our unborn grandchildren are raped of their livelihoods even before they begin their lives?
Where are the George Washingtons, Ben Franklins, Thomas Jeffersons, James Madisons and Thomas Paines of today? Does the South that once produced the country’s best leaders still have a Jefferson Davis, a Judah P. Benjamin, a George Trenholm?
Are there still men and women in our midst, who will, given the right circumstances (or wrong ones, depending upon your point of view) do more than simply complain that "this ain't right"?
Will the real American patriots please stand up?
D. R. Smith of Tennessee
League of the South (LOS)
http://DixieNet.org
In April 1774, after several years of letter writing among themselves through Committees of Correspondence, fifty-five patriots gathered in Philadelphia to seek alternatives, before it came down to the only choice left -- revolution. The Crown-appointed governors were the “recognized” government at the time. However, they clearly represented the interests of the British ruling class and dismissed the concerns of the People of the colonies. This “government” would wring their taxes from the People but would give them no voice in decisions that affected them, hence the complaint of “taxation without representation.”
Finally, when Crown and Parliament had contemptuously rejected all peaceful appeals, remonstrances, and petitions for redress of grievances, patriot Americans took the only course left to them aside from subjugation and slavery. They declared their independence; they seceded from the British Empire. At great risk of prosecution for treason, they rose from their knees to their feet, sacrificing their blood and treasure to give birth t o a new nation and provide Americans with a government “of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
Once more, the time has come for real American patriots to interpose themselves between the People and the regime in Washington that oppresses them (with the help of all too many State and local governments). A few of these new American patriots may come from legislative bodies. But, as it was in 1774, it’s far more likely that the "Neo-Patriots" as they might be called today, will come from the rubble of broken American businesses, towns, and neighborhoods as angry, everyday Americans finally say "Enough is enough!"
The Southern National Congress is a quasi-legislative endeavor involving over 100 such Neo-Patriots from the fourteen Southern states. This group of dedicated and courageous men and women are forging a new path to freedom and restored American liberty for the People of the South. Following in the successful footsteps of the patriots of 1774, the SNC is providing a forum for the voices of the People to be heard in a way clearly foreclosed to us in Washington. When DC stops listening to “We the People,” it’s indeed time for real change, change of historic proportions.
Left unchecked, the regime in Washington will soon complete the very ends that Thomas Jefferson warned about in 1802:
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all pr operty until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”
How much longer will we the American People sit on our hands watching quietly while our unborn grandchildren are raped of their livelihoods even before they begin their lives?
Where are the George Washingtons, Ben Franklins, Thomas Jeffersons, James Madisons and Thomas Paines of today? Does the South that once produced the country’s best leaders still have a Jefferson Davis, a Judah P. Benjamin, a George Trenholm?
Are there still men and women in our midst, who will, given the right circumstances (or wrong ones, depending upon your point of view) do more than simply complain that "this ain't right"?
Will the real American patriots please stand up?
D. R. Smith of Tennessee
League of the South (LOS)
http://DixieNet.org
Friday, September 25, 2009
93 Down "Let's Roll"
93 Down
A Lesson for Now, Learned Through the Example of 40"Let's Roll"
By Ron LeeUS~Observer
USA - 9/11 evokes many images; passenger planes colliding with glass, steel and concrete, exploding in a brilliant orange-red flash; one at a time, the sky-bound towers collapsing, pulled down by gravity in their weakened states, to meet their doom as heaping piles of smoldering debris; firemen solemnly hoisting a flag above the New York rubble in honor of their fallen brethren and all of America; what was considered the most secure building in our country billowing smoke as military and firefighters fought to rescue those trapped within one of its five sides.
For me, when I think of 9/11 it's not an image I have of that horrific day but a feeling, and it is that of the indelible spirit shown by the 40 passengers and crew on the flight from Newark, NJ, to San Francisco, CA, United 93. These individuals were faced with one of the most frightening situations one could conceive and they chose to respond by fighting for freedom, figh ting for their lives. They knew full and well, through conversations with loved ones on the ground, where they were headed - into some building. They knew that rising up might just be the last thing they ever did, but they knew, too, they had no other choice for hope but through their own efforts; that no one was going to be able to save them. And while flight 93's end as a gaping, smoking hole in the earth near Stonycreek Township, PA, serves as many people's teary-eyed remembrance of that day, to me that crater holds the hope and spirit for America in these times of ours.
Imagine yourself there; feeling secure in your life enjoying (or not) a flight to a far-off destination, perhaps home. Perhaps it's as routine as your everyday life, or maybe it could be one of just a few flights, if any, you have ever taken and you're already nervous about every bump and bit of turbulence you encounter ... Then the unthinkable - movement, flashes of blades, blood, screaming. It could be that you didn't notice, that your seat was far in the rear and you were unaware of the unfolding situation. Maybe you had your headphones on, staring out the window daydreaming of your loved ones, and the rhythms of your tunes drowned-out the commotion. But, maybe you're seated right next to it, staring face-to-face with senseless violence and you're gripped with fear. Whatever your situation, you come to find that your plane has been hijacked; that you will be alright as long as you obey, but if you don't the plane will explode. As you're herded together wi th other passengers and crew you might share stories of what you have seen or heard, or you might just ask questions of those who know more. You might be panicking or not, or angry that you couldn't have stopped it earlier, but, everything you have ever known about this type of situation tells you to stay-the-course, that everything will work-out once you land - something the hijackers are telling you will happen. Soon, however, new information comes to light and you begin to see the bigger picture. The true direction of the plane is toward the complete oblivion of it, you, and perhaps thousands of others.
How analogous it is of these times of ours, now. Today, the passengers are, in fact, the whole of the American public going about their everyday lives as best they can in these uncertain financial times - which are indeed more dire than reported, but I'll leave that for others to comment on. The pilots steering us on a collision-course toward the complete destruction of our founded Republic are, none other than, our elected "representatives." They are the ones speaking of community civic responsibility and push agendas filled with constitutionally repugnant socialistic ideals. The plane that is our home of the brave and free society has been hijacked.
For years, increasing public demand that the government provide for it - anything, everything - has been born out of a feeling of personal entitlement and that anyone and everyone else is to blame or is responsible. The lack of this personal responsibility in our society to be able to care for one's self has left the cockpit door open, and those willing to provide the hoped-for change stepped across the threshold and have suddenly, violently, altered our republic's course.
Now, there are some passengers (Americans) that see this as a needed course correction; that believe with all of their hearts that life will be better wherever we are taken. They are the ones that have cried for more government provision. They are the ones that don't see that, ultimately, you have no one to rely on other than yourself. But soon, even these people, will see the path in a new clarity as even their rights are infringed. If only they were willing to listen to something other than their own tune long ago ...
There is, however, a growing majority that know the direction the plane is traveling is toward more complete control over personal liberties, freedoms and choices - that the best intentions of any socialized system becomes controlled by fascism or turns toward communism - both of which are inherently unsustainable, and are everything our founders fought to prevent. This majority, huddled in masses, yet scattered across the country, share stories, truths, and continually expose the agendas of those leading us toward the impending doom of our nation, as we know it. This majority knows how easily government provision turns to government ownership of its citizenry. They know that providing for all means lavish dinners for leaders while everyone else waits in bread lines. (But hey, no one is starving, right?) They know that when someone disagrees, they are arrested, and when someone speaks and acts out, they disappear. They know this because it is what every other society that has chosen a path toward socialist control has faced. And, they know that they don't want this for their country - that this isn't the destination they have chosen.
So, my questions are: When do we honor the example taught us by the 40 who gave their lives to stop an obvious attempt to destroy so many? When do we make the simple statement, "let's role" and rise up to take back control from those who would steer us toward oblivion? When is enough going to be enough?
The Tea Party has already happened. It's time for action. Personally, I'm ready to roll.
A Lesson for Now, Learned Through the Example of 40"Let's Roll"
By Ron LeeUS~Observer
USA - 9/11 evokes many images; passenger planes colliding with glass, steel and concrete, exploding in a brilliant orange-red flash; one at a time, the sky-bound towers collapsing, pulled down by gravity in their weakened states, to meet their doom as heaping piles of smoldering debris; firemen solemnly hoisting a flag above the New York rubble in honor of their fallen brethren and all of America; what was considered the most secure building in our country billowing smoke as military and firefighters fought to rescue those trapped within one of its five sides.
For me, when I think of 9/11 it's not an image I have of that horrific day but a feeling, and it is that of the indelible spirit shown by the 40 passengers and crew on the flight from Newark, NJ, to San Francisco, CA, United 93. These individuals were faced with one of the most frightening situations one could conceive and they chose to respond by fighting for freedom, figh ting for their lives. They knew full and well, through conversations with loved ones on the ground, where they were headed - into some building. They knew that rising up might just be the last thing they ever did, but they knew, too, they had no other choice for hope but through their own efforts; that no one was going to be able to save them. And while flight 93's end as a gaping, smoking hole in the earth near Stonycreek Township, PA, serves as many people's teary-eyed remembrance of that day, to me that crater holds the hope and spirit for America in these times of ours.
Imagine yourself there; feeling secure in your life enjoying (or not) a flight to a far-off destination, perhaps home. Perhaps it's as routine as your everyday life, or maybe it could be one of just a few flights, if any, you have ever taken and you're already nervous about every bump and bit of turbulence you encounter ... Then the unthinkable - movement, flashes of blades, blood, screaming. It could be that you didn't notice, that your seat was far in the rear and you were unaware of the unfolding situation. Maybe you had your headphones on, staring out the window daydreaming of your loved ones, and the rhythms of your tunes drowned-out the commotion. But, maybe you're seated right next to it, staring face-to-face with senseless violence and you're gripped with fear. Whatever your situation, you come to find that your plane has been hijacked; that you will be alright as long as you obey, but if you don't the plane will explode. As you're herded together wi th other passengers and crew you might share stories of what you have seen or heard, or you might just ask questions of those who know more. You might be panicking or not, or angry that you couldn't have stopped it earlier, but, everything you have ever known about this type of situation tells you to stay-the-course, that everything will work-out once you land - something the hijackers are telling you will happen. Soon, however, new information comes to light and you begin to see the bigger picture. The true direction of the plane is toward the complete oblivion of it, you, and perhaps thousands of others.
How analogous it is of these times of ours, now. Today, the passengers are, in fact, the whole of the American public going about their everyday lives as best they can in these uncertain financial times - which are indeed more dire than reported, but I'll leave that for others to comment on. The pilots steering us on a collision-course toward the complete destruction of our founded Republic are, none other than, our elected "representatives." They are the ones speaking of community civic responsibility and push agendas filled with constitutionally repugnant socialistic ideals. The plane that is our home of the brave and free society has been hijacked.
For years, increasing public demand that the government provide for it - anything, everything - has been born out of a feeling of personal entitlement and that anyone and everyone else is to blame or is responsible. The lack of this personal responsibility in our society to be able to care for one's self has left the cockpit door open, and those willing to provide the hoped-for change stepped across the threshold and have suddenly, violently, altered our republic's course.
Now, there are some passengers (Americans) that see this as a needed course correction; that believe with all of their hearts that life will be better wherever we are taken. They are the ones that have cried for more government provision. They are the ones that don't see that, ultimately, you have no one to rely on other than yourself. But soon, even these people, will see the path in a new clarity as even their rights are infringed. If only they were willing to listen to something other than their own tune long ago ...
There is, however, a growing majority that know the direction the plane is traveling is toward more complete control over personal liberties, freedoms and choices - that the best intentions of any socialized system becomes controlled by fascism or turns toward communism - both of which are inherently unsustainable, and are everything our founders fought to prevent. This majority, huddled in masses, yet scattered across the country, share stories, truths, and continually expose the agendas of those leading us toward the impending doom of our nation, as we know it. This majority knows how easily government provision turns to government ownership of its citizenry. They know that providing for all means lavish dinners for leaders while everyone else waits in bread lines. (But hey, no one is starving, right?) They know that when someone disagrees, they are arrested, and when someone speaks and acts out, they disappear. They know this because it is what every other society that has chosen a path toward socialist control has faced. And, they know that they don't want this for their country - that this isn't the destination they have chosen.
So, my questions are: When do we honor the example taught us by the 40 who gave their lives to stop an obvious attempt to destroy so many? When do we make the simple statement, "let's role" and rise up to take back control from those who would steer us toward oblivion? When is enough going to be enough?
The Tea Party has already happened. It's time for action. Personally, I'm ready to roll.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Tell Them Of My Great Love
For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. 1 Corinthians 16:9
My brilliant ones … I tell you that there is indeed a great and effectual door opened at this time: press through, go through, advance and do not look back.
There are those that will oppose, there are those that are opposing and there will always be those that will set their heart against My desires and My purposes. Prepare yourselves. Seek My Face. Call upon My Name. Press into Me and My purposes.
Then follow Me, follow the path that leads to the poor, the broken and the downhearted. These will receive Me and these will become valiant warriors in My army. Like you, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Touch their hearts with a practical expression of love and see their lives come alive in Me.
Preach My Heart to them. Tell them of My great love. Tell them of My great purpose in drawing them close to Me. Tell them that they will become My brilliant ones as they allow Me to touch their heart and set their heart aflame with love for Me. Tell them not to give up. Tell them to keep on dreaming. Tell them I am quieter than the rain and most of all tell them that I know all their pain.
To these I will answer their heart cry with an abundance of rain, the like has never been seen before. The swords will soon begin to wrangle. Those that hate Me and despise the cross of Christ will also hate you and despise the work you do in My Name. They are clueless. Behind them are the real adversaries, those that would derail everything good and everything right. I send you as sheep among the wolves. Be ready to engage these adversaries and route them from your jurisdiction. I have given you the weapons and I will show you how to use them.
Keep following My Heart and I will lead you step by step to overcome. Overcome or be overcome. That is the state of things and you may as well train hard, for there will be many battles to fight. Seek My Face. Call upon My Name. Be and become an accurate expression of Christ in the earth.
My brilliant ones … I tell you that there is indeed a great and effectual door opened at this time: press through, go through, advance and do not look back.
There are those that will oppose, there are those that are opposing and there will always be those that will set their heart against My desires and My purposes. Prepare yourselves. Seek My Face. Call upon My Name. Press into Me and My purposes.
Then follow Me, follow the path that leads to the poor, the broken and the downhearted. These will receive Me and these will become valiant warriors in My army. Like you, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Touch their hearts with a practical expression of love and see their lives come alive in Me.
Preach My Heart to them. Tell them of My great love. Tell them of My great purpose in drawing them close to Me. Tell them that they will become My brilliant ones as they allow Me to touch their heart and set their heart aflame with love for Me. Tell them not to give up. Tell them to keep on dreaming. Tell them I am quieter than the rain and most of all tell them that I know all their pain.
To these I will answer their heart cry with an abundance of rain, the like has never been seen before. The swords will soon begin to wrangle. Those that hate Me and despise the cross of Christ will also hate you and despise the work you do in My Name. They are clueless. Behind them are the real adversaries, those that would derail everything good and everything right. I send you as sheep among the wolves. Be ready to engage these adversaries and route them from your jurisdiction. I have given you the weapons and I will show you how to use them.
Keep following My Heart and I will lead you step by step to overcome. Overcome or be overcome. That is the state of things and you may as well train hard, for there will be many battles to fight. Seek My Face. Call upon My Name. Be and become an accurate expression of Christ in the earth.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Fruits Of Apostasy
Jim R. Schwiesow -- The Fruits of Apostasy
"Their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.” Isaiah 59: 6-8
"Their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.” Isaiah 59: 6-8
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
God's Measure Of Success
Success in God’s eyes is being totally fulfilled in ministering to him. Such servants aren’t striving to “make it” or seeking earthly security. They only want to know their Lord and to minister to him.
Think about the 100 prophets hidden by Obadiah (1 Kings 18:4). They lived an isolated existence in caves for at least three to four years, during a severe famine. These men had no outside ministry. They were completely out of the public’s view, forgotten by most people. They couldn’t even share in Elijah’s victory on Mount Carmel. No doubt, the world would call them failures, insignificant men who hadn’t accomplished anything.
Yet God had given these devoted servants the precious gift of time. They had days, weeks, even years to pray, study, grow and minister to the Lord. You see, God was preparing them for the day when he would release them to minister to his people. Indeed, these same men would shepherd those who returned to God under Elijah’s ministry.
Years ago, the Lord blessed me with this gift of time. Before I ever pastored a church, I went into the woods and preached to the birds and trees. I had no plans, no agenda, no dreams. I only wanted to get to know God’s heart. So I prayed daily, seeking the Lord and ministering to him. And I marked my Bible from cover to cover. I was hidden, not seen by anyone. But God knew my address all along.
My advice is, `Quit looking for ministry. Spend your time seeking God instead. He knows where to find you. He’ll summon you when he sees you are ready. Forget what others are doing. Strive to be a success at God’s throne. If you’re ministering to the Lord and praying for others, you are already a success in his eyes!’ ”
Dave Wilkerson
Think about the 100 prophets hidden by Obadiah (1 Kings 18:4). They lived an isolated existence in caves for at least three to four years, during a severe famine. These men had no outside ministry. They were completely out of the public’s view, forgotten by most people. They couldn’t even share in Elijah’s victory on Mount Carmel. No doubt, the world would call them failures, insignificant men who hadn’t accomplished anything.
Yet God had given these devoted servants the precious gift of time. They had days, weeks, even years to pray, study, grow and minister to the Lord. You see, God was preparing them for the day when he would release them to minister to his people. Indeed, these same men would shepherd those who returned to God under Elijah’s ministry.
Years ago, the Lord blessed me with this gift of time. Before I ever pastored a church, I went into the woods and preached to the birds and trees. I had no plans, no agenda, no dreams. I only wanted to get to know God’s heart. So I prayed daily, seeking the Lord and ministering to him. And I marked my Bible from cover to cover. I was hidden, not seen by anyone. But God knew my address all along.
My advice is, `Quit looking for ministry. Spend your time seeking God instead. He knows where to find you. He’ll summon you when he sees you are ready. Forget what others are doing. Strive to be a success at God’s throne. If you’re ministering to the Lord and praying for others, you are already a success in his eyes!’ ”
Dave Wilkerson
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