First, it is a myth that guns for drug wars come from the US. This is a straw man to destroy our Second Amendment. Obama is slick, he will use this crisis and a treaty to steal our Constitutionally protected rights.
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Obama is Determined to Take our Guns
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Rep Mike Pence – We Are A Nation of Prayer
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Rebuttal to Obama: We Are Still A Christian Nation
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Which Obama Did You Vote For?
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009God Will Bring His People
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue that says, “We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips — who is our master?”
“Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.
The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men. [Psa 12:1-8 NIV]
When we look at our nation and the world today, it is easy to become discouraged. President Obama was elected to office on a whirlwind of praise from the media. After his first one-hundred days he can still do no wrong, regardless the appointments of those who favor to impose abortion and homosexuality upon our culture. He campaigned on the mantras of “Change” and “Hope” and what the people understood was that previous administrations had kept close strings on the public piggy bank and now he was going to open that piggy bank and disperse it back to the people it belonged to. What he did was stuff an empty vessel full of IOUs that even our grandchildren will be paying.
Our times mirror David’s observations: Everyone lies to his neighbor and refuses to acknowledge the truth. We have reclassified sin as a civil right, murder as a privacy issue and now we deceive ourselves that we can spend our way into prosperity. And the people believe we have found our messiah – the praises will never end and his blunders will be ignored. We hail the mantras of “Change” and “Hope” – our words and positive thoughts will make it so and we ignore the truth. On the pretense of relieving the poor, we will impoverish the masses and future generations.
Our leaders, bureaucrats and lawyers have worked hard to remove Jesus Christ from every inch of our culture. And the wicked have become emboldened to impose their perversions upon our children. But God tells us His word will stand. Even when it looks like evil is winning, we are not to become disheartened because God is still in control – and He is watching over us.
This week I was reading an article about the secularization of the Epsicopal Church USA. William Murchison, a longtime member, has written about this in his book, “Mortal Follies: Episcopalians and the Crisis of Mainline Christianity.” But he is not discouraged. He said, “I happen to think this is a wonderful time for evangelism. I’m too old, at 67, to be a pessimist; I’m more of an optimist. And I believe that God’s in charge — and he will take us through the trials of today, and he will bring his people where he wants them to be.”
God is still in control. No matter what is going on in your life – no matter what you see going on around you, God will bring you where He wants you to be. Amen.
DAY 85: Gao Zhisheng’s Wife Pleads for U.S. Congress to Intervene and Delivers First Installment of Petition
Thursday, April 30th, 2009“My name is Geng He and I am the wife of political prisoner and lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who is currently being persecuted in mainland China. On March 11 this year, I arrived in the United States with my son and daughter for political asylum. … We are safe now, but my husband’s situation has become more perilous…
“In the past, whenever I was worried about my husband because of his challenges against tyranny, he would often console me by saying…that if one day he would be persecuted because of his ideals and sense of justice, the people in the world who believe in justice would stand by him and support him. I know that he would still harbor this light and hope in his heart while enduring various torments in prison!”
– Geng He’s open letter to the U.S. Congress asking for Congress to intervene on behalf of her husband Gao Zhisheng. Read full letter.
If The LORD Delights In Us
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Another great commentary and admonition from David Crowe. http://restoreamerica.org/
On Sunday, November 2nd, 2008, just two days before the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, I wrote,
“Tuesday, November 4th, will be a day of deliverance, either into captivity and lamentation, or into the recognition that our ordered liberties come from God; into the twilight before nightfall, or into the glorious light of day after the threat has passed; into an awakening and revival, or the awareness of great loss and evil to come.”
Can God’s people be counted on to stand up for truth?
A few nights ago Miss California chose to honor God, and take a stand for traditional marriage before a TV audience of millions. The truth – and her relationship with Christ – was more important to her than a temporal, earthly crown. It may have cost her a beauty contest, but in the minds and hearts of millions of Americans, she is ‘Miss USA’, no matter how the judges ruled.
A few days before, another woman – not as young or attractive – ignored the snickers, sneers and jeers of Britain’s pop culture, and courageously demonstrated it was worth pursuing her dream no matter what anyone else thought of her!
If America is to recover from the elevation of Godless secularism over the last 70 years, and the debilitating agenda of the current administration and out of control congress, Christians must do as Carrie Prejean and Susan Boyle did. If we do not, we will find ourselves consigned to an economic, moral, spiritual and political wilderness that one would never wish upon anyone, let alone their children.
That is the challenge to America’s Christians. Will we stand, or will we fold? Will we open our mouths, and speak truth, or will we continue to be intimidated by misguided policy makers, the self aggrandizing, the deceived, the intolerant, and the morally challenged? None of these are insurmountable giants to be left to guide public policy for their own pleasures and agendas, especially when America’s Christians stand shoulder to shoulder in the voting booth and town councils!
The eyes of faith. . . or the lens of fear
Bob Gass, in the April 21st “The Word for You Today” writes, “When you get right down to it, there’s very little difference in people, but the little difference amounts to a big difference, and the little difference is attitude; it determines whether you see life through the eyes of faith or the lens of fear.” When those around Joshua and Caleb “saw only giants and wanted to turn back”, Caleb said,
“If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us.” – Numbers 14:8
When God’s people seek His Face, turn from their wicked ways, and live courageously, confidently, and boldly to honor and glorify Him, He honors and blesses them. . . and heals their land! Cf. II Chronicles 7:14
Does our God ‘Delight in us’?
When we
* Shrink back from honoring Him openly, publicly, and courageously?
* VOTE for candidates for public office who openly defy God’s laws?
* Ignore our citizenship reponsibility to VOTE?
* Look the other way when we see evil being condoned?
* Choose to wait for the rapture instead of occupying until He comes?
* Refuse to speak truth in public meetings, forums, and legislatures?
* Remain silent when we should speak up and take action?
* Refuse to support and work for candidates who hold our values?
* Remove pastors from their pulpits who wish to speak openly and clearly into the culture?
Does He “Delight in us” when we do these things?
“There comes a time in the affairs of men when they must prepare to defend, not their homes alone, but the tenets of faith and humanity on which their churches, their governments, and their very civilization are founded.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt [ed - ironic, isn't it?]
That time has come, and it is imperative that we prepare NOW for the 2010 elections.
We Need God’s Help
Sunday, April 5th, 2009by Franklin Graham
“The first quarter of 2009 is shaping up to be one of the most dismal financial performances since the early 1980s. If trends continue, things could get even worse. Unemployment is soaring , the stock market is sinking, and every economic indicator points to continued bad news.
Yet, even in the midst of some of the worst times I can remember, I haven’t seen one leading public figure in government or industry stand up and say that our country needs God’s help. Not one.
Perhaps this shouldn’t surprise us. for decades, our courts, politicians and educators have done everything they could to remove God from the public square. Our nation has ceased to acknowledge and worship God. We have arrogantly exalted ourselves, and we’ve come to believe we can fix every national ailment without God’s assistance.
Our current plight reminds me of the Prophet Jeremiah’s warning to Israel, a nation that was still enjoying relative prosperity but was on the brink of God’s judgement through the invasion of Babylonian forces.
Jeremiah issued the Lord’s stern rebuke: “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water (Jeremiah 2:13).
Their chief offense was that, in their comfort and ease, they had forgotten the God who had delivered them through the centuries, and instead relied on their own self-righteousness. They had forsaken the Source of all blessing and constructed a self-reliant society that was doomed to fail eventually.
That has a familiar ring, doesn’t it?
America was once a nation that honored and trusted God, albeit imperfectly. Many of today’s prestigious institutions of higher learning were founded by Christians, and precepts from Scripture were foundational for instruction. Presidents and national leaders embraced Christianity’s influence on civil matters, and God’s moral laws were encoded into our judicial system.
That godly heritage has been abandoned and rejected, and I believe we are paying the price today. Greed isn’t good. The lack of personal integrity has massive consequences. We’ve built a culture of our own making that is on the verge of destruction.
The answer is straightforward: “Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding” (Jeremiah 3:22). The biblical scenario for personal and national restoration is always the same – confession of sin, repentance and renewed obedience to the Lord and His ways.
This is a time of testing for our country. Will we acknowledge our sin and turn back to God? Will we call on God for help in our hour of distress, or will we continue to further distance ourselves from His aid?
God always leaves room for repentance. He is patient and long-suffering. But there comes a time when He finally allows us to reap what we’ve sown. That will be a bitter harvest, one that I pray we will not experience.
Now is the time for believers to call on the Lord, confess our sin and be cleansed. Now is the time for the church to be salt and light in a dark season. If we do, perhaps God will move in mercy and grace to heal our land.
“For I am merciful,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt (Jeremiah 3:12-13).”
This Cartoon From 1934 Describes Our Government Today
Saturday, April 4th, 2009This cartoon is just as true today as it was in 1934. Government makes the problem, blames private enterprise and offers the solution of greater regulation and taxes. To think we can spend our way to prosperity will surely lead us into slavery to our leaders.
To Create a god From Man
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009It was the medieval and ancient times that man regarded the king to be God, or a god. This was the foundation of the Greek myths. It was evidenced in the Bible in the account of Nimrod. The Bible does not go into details of the life of Nimrod, only to mention he was a mighty hunter and established at least eight major cities including Babylon and Ninevah. The secular accounts tell of his gruesome battles and victories and that he was considered to be a god. It was in this mindset that he set about to prevent the people from fulfilling their mandate from God to create urban sprawl and rounded them up to build the Tower of Babel to commemorate and celebrate the accomplishments of man.
King Herod and mere puppet for Caesar considered himself to be a god and did not silence the people when they worshiped him. The Bible tells us, in chapter twelve of Acts, when he accepted the praise of man and failed to give glory to God, he was struck down and immediately eaten by worms and died.
In America, the land of the free and home of the brave, we have become overrun by bureaucrats. Many of them believe themselves to be gods. In fact, they hold the power of God over a man’s life and business. Even many bureaucrats who profess to be Christian, have no fear of God but continue to build empires and despise their brothers’ freedoms.
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