In line with the goals stated in the Manhattan Declaration (see earlier post), I was priviledged last night to attend "the Call - Houston."
Don't know if you heard about it or the rally/protest planned for MLK Day at the New Abortion Supercenter.
In April, "Planned Parenthood" is planning to open the 2nd largest abortion facility in the world, second only to one in China. 3rd floor of the facility is dedicated to partial birth/late term abortions, or as they should rightly be termed, infanticide. It is situated in the areas of Houston that are primarily African-American and the Hispanic communities. They are targeting these communities. There were national leaders of the African-American and Hispanic communities and they took a major lead in the meeting, leading us in repenting and crying out to God for forgiveness, for mercy, for an end to this despicable practice!
We prayed for hours ... very little sermonizing. Everybody, even big names, were limited to less than 3 minutes and then we would return to prayer. The entire place prayed, wept, repented, and begged for mercy for Houston and America.
We prayed and repented for our own sins, first and then for America; asked for the practice of legalized abortion in America to stop; and asked that the Houston clinic be shuttered. One of the scriptures pointe out was Psalms 106.37, 38 (NIV). It reads:
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons
38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
In the prayer meeting, the leaders refused any political speech or demonstrations, signs, etc. We humbled ourselves to God, period. We met on 1.17.10 and prayed that the Luke 1.17 promise of John the baptizer's ministry would be fulfilled again in the United States of America.
"And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
New Living Translation (©2007) "He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and he will cause those who are rebellious to accept the wisdom of the godly."
I was praying in a small group, and one of the young men (David Moore) prayed, "Father God, look at the organizations and groups that fund abortion and injustice in America, cause them to lose their support. Wow! It seemed that I heard the Lord saying again, what he said through John the baptizer ... In Luke 3.9
"Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire."
I am going to start naming the organizations that I know about, in prayer. I do not exalt my self-righteous political preferences in the Throne room, the central command and control room of the universe. I just ask Him to look and to judge - between us and the ACLU; us and Planned Parenthood - with justice and to cut off the root-systems (money and political/popular approval) of the organizations in the USA and around the world that pervert justice.
I am fired up because I believe God is hearing and answering us every day ... every day providing that day's Daily Bread and setting up the things we WILL need so the miracles will not stop if we maintain our focus of humility and personal relationship with God!
As you think of other, similar organizations, put them in the comments section below and we will call their name out in God's presence and ask Him to decide who stands and who is cut down!
Let's pray!
Phil Strickland
"God Help Us If We Do Nothing!"
Monday, January 18, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Fast and pray;
It is a revolutionary idea
In America to refuse to please only
Your body at the expense of your
Spritual life
Break out and see what a man or a woman
Commited to Christ and walking and living
With Him and by his Living Spirit
Could achieve.
It seems to me
That there might be
Some young Americans and Filipinos
Whose fathers fought side by side
Some Norwegian Christians
Under Command of the Lord Christ!
Who still have the adventurous spirit
Of their Viking Ancestors
Not to kill people and conquor foriegn lands
But to bring the message of life to people
To break their addictions and restrictions
Not afraid of the scolding of professors
Attempting to teach others how to live
Who are stumbling in their own darkness
Unable to direct their own lives
Enslaved by the addictions of this age
Are there some hippies from the 60's
Who are repulsed by living under the rules
Of the establishment humanists
Who thought they had captured
The imagination of the world
Only to find that they have become
The very thing that they hated
Are you there?
It is a revolutionary idea
In America to refuse to please only
Your body at the expense of your
Spritual life
Break out and see what a man or a woman
Commited to Christ and walking and living
With Him and by his Living Spirit
Could achieve.
It seems to me
That there might be
Some young Americans and Filipinos
Whose fathers fought side by side
Some Norwegian Christians
Under Command of the Lord Christ!
Who still have the adventurous spirit
Of their Viking Ancestors
Not to kill people and conquor foriegn lands
But to bring the message of life to people
To break their addictions and restrictions
Not afraid of the scolding of professors
Attempting to teach others how to live
Who are stumbling in their own darkness
Unable to direct their own lives
Enslaved by the addictions of this age
Are there some hippies from the 60's
Who are repulsed by living under the rules
Of the establishment humanists
Who thought they had captured
The imagination of the world
Only to find that they have become
The very thing that they hated
Are you there?
The Manhattan Declaration
I signed this. You should investigate (read) it and consider signing, too. This movement is straight out of John 17. Don't miss this by saying you get too many emails wanting you to sign. Listen to your heart ... Phil
From: Chuck Colson
Dear colleague,
Thank you for your support of the Manhattan Declaration.It is off to an amazing start - over 370,000 signers and growing. And it is indeed historic: Evangelicals, Catholics, Anglicans, and Eastern Orthodox Christians uniting to give common witness to the sanctity of human life, the dignity of marriage, and religious liberty for all persons. But we need your help: our goal is one million signatures.The marketing pros tell us we will never get to a million signatures without expensive advertising. But we want to prove them wrong. And we can: just think if each person who has signed the Declaration were to get just two others to sign. That would be one million people standing arm in arm in defense of the most vital moral truths in our society. Remember, too, we are not just collecting signatures; we seek a movement of people defending the truth in the public square. We are already witnessing signs of this: Christians in Mobile, Alabama called us 13 days before Christmas to tell us they were planning a large ecumenical gathering for the 23rd of December. I (Chuck Colson) agreed to speak. At 6:00 AM on December 23, 2,000 citizens, led by clergy from all over the city, gathered in a packed hall in the Convention Center for a rousing rally. Seldom have I seen so much excitement in one room - and all of this was accomplished just by word of mouth with only 11 days to organize! Just ten days ago, Cardinal Rigali of Philadelphia, Archbishop Wuerl of Washington, DC, Archbishop Dolan of New York and Archbishop Kurtz of Louisville reached out to all of their brother Catholic bishops asking them to spread this document throughout their dioceses and encourage their clergy and faithful to study it and join as signatories. The Archbishop of Detroit has planned a grassroots effort throughout his archdiocese. The Bishop of Phoenix has already organized a grassroots effort there.We are also receiving many reports of evangelical gatherings in a number of areas - and many evangelical pastors referring to the Manhattan Declaration in their sermons..This bold and exciting movement needs to reach 100 or 200 cities in America. Why not? Can you help? We are urging you to encourage your pastors and community leaders to do what these other cities are doing. Organize ecumenical meetings organized around the Manhattan Declaration; get other concerned citizens to join the effort. Get on the internet or phone and ask friends to join you. If you let us know you want to organize something we can help link you up with others in your area.As with any grassroots movement, the strength and energy has to come from the people. We have no staff and limited budget. We're people who care passionately and deeply about life, marriage, and liberty. So here's what we are asking you to do.
Pray fervently. Great movements of faith have always spread on the wings of prayer.- Know the issues. If you study this Declaration - and a study guide is available on our website - then you can winsomely explain and defend it to your neighbors and friends. The document itself makes a great apologetic defense for these moral truths.
- Look for resources on this website as we're able to post them, and search the websites of the Christian organizations that offer resources in these three areas.. You can see the names of the various leaders who have signed the Declaration and then visit their websites.
- Of utmost importance, get your own church involved. As pastors preach, the movement will spread. Prayer meetings and Bible studies on the Declaration are being conducted in many churches, which is a great step.
- Make full use of Facebook, Twitter, and all the devices available today for social networking. Or just go to gatherings in your own community and speak out on this issue. Cultures are changed over the backyard fence, the barbeque grill, and in hair salons - always from the bottom up. Do everything you can possibly do to educate others.
- Organize local gatherings like the one in Mobile. If you want an audio or video of Chuck Colson's talk at the event, you will be able to see it on the website in the next few days. You can also read a firsthand report on how they did this.
- If you are a pastor or ministry leader let us know if you would like to be added to the Additional Signers list on the website. Just think what might happen in our land if one million courageous Christians declared their uncompromising allegiance to Jesus Christ and to biblical faithfulness on some of the most urgent moral issues of our day. May God give us the strength to do what He is so clearly calling us to do. From our perspective, this is a cause worth giving every last ounce of effort and energy we have.
- Dr. Robert George, Dr. Timothy George, Chuck Colson, ManhattanDeclaration.org
- Go to Contact Us to request addtional information or with questions.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
New Guests from Facebook
Howdy, folks! You are welcome to peruse the site. Go back to older posts and comment on the new ones.
Dwayne, I don't know if I can inspire you enough here, but I will try!
I will write stuff here that inspires me, scares me, helps me and comforts me. Maybe what is helping me will help you too. And then again, maybe not.
Anyway, welcome to all.
Let's pray and read the Word and grow together. What are you seeing and hearing? What do you know that can expand our thinking? That's what the comments section is for ... let us hear from you on the subjects you care about.
Thanks and God Bless!
Dwayne, I don't know if I can inspire you enough here, but I will try!
I will write stuff here that inspires me, scares me, helps me and comforts me. Maybe what is helping me will help you too. And then again, maybe not.
Anyway, welcome to all.
Let's pray and read the Word and grow together. What are you seeing and hearing? What do you know that can expand our thinking? That's what the comments section is for ... let us hear from you on the subjects you care about.
Thanks and God Bless!
Monday, January 4, 2010
I was reading a review of the recent terrorist attempt to blow a US airliner out of the sky. In explaining the reason Janet Napolitano made the statement that the system worked, the writers agreed that the system worked as it was designed, which has made conservatives howl that it did not work. But they made the point that everyone did all that they were required by law and rule to do. Therefore their personal behind was covered, whether people died or not. Janet was saying that the people of the bureaucracy (TSA) followed the rules ... whether the rules succeded or not.
Here's the statement:
"Of course, being faithful to a process is not the same as being successful, but the U.S. intelligence community’s obsession with process frequently elevates process above success. Certainly, process is needed to operate a vast system, but process also is being used to deny people authority to do what is necessary outside the process, or, just as bad, it allows people to evade responsibility by adhering to the process."
We know this is true with all bureaucracies. The bigger the bureaucracy, the truer the statement is. And NO bureaucracy has even been imagined in the US that compares to the tangled, worthless, non-helping, self-propigating piece of garbage that is being called the New Health Care System. It won't promote health. The people running it won't care that it condemns people to die who wouldn't have to die. Their only worry is that the proper process is followed and as long as the process is followed, they feel they have done their job.
So, if my wife comes to the hospital in agony, but in the haze of pain, forgot her government health card, they will send her away until she meets the requirements of the process. And if she dies while she is tryig to go home to find her card, what is that to them. It's not their fault she didn't have the foresight to bring her card the first time.
What it does do is re-routes the monies involved through the hands of politicians who will gain the power, the control and a cut of the action to propigate their status as the permenant ruling class.
If the Democrats think that we are going to just hang our heads and keep working to finance their dreams of permenant ruling status, they are delusional. Beware. There is great trouble ahead.
Here's the statement:
"Of course, being faithful to a process is not the same as being successful, but the U.S. intelligence community’s obsession with process frequently elevates process above success. Certainly, process is needed to operate a vast system, but process also is being used to deny people authority to do what is necessary outside the process, or, just as bad, it allows people to evade responsibility by adhering to the process."
We know this is true with all bureaucracies. The bigger the bureaucracy, the truer the statement is. And NO bureaucracy has even been imagined in the US that compares to the tangled, worthless, non-helping, self-propigating piece of garbage that is being called the New Health Care System. It won't promote health. The people running it won't care that it condemns people to die who wouldn't have to die. Their only worry is that the proper process is followed and as long as the process is followed, they feel they have done their job.
So, if my wife comes to the hospital in agony, but in the haze of pain, forgot her government health card, they will send her away until she meets the requirements of the process. And if she dies while she is tryig to go home to find her card, what is that to them. It's not their fault she didn't have the foresight to bring her card the first time.
What it does do is re-routes the monies involved through the hands of politicians who will gain the power, the control and a cut of the action to propigate their status as the permenant ruling class.
If the Democrats think that we are going to just hang our heads and keep working to finance their dreams of permenant ruling status, they are delusional. Beware. There is great trouble ahead.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
DO NOT KILL YOURSELF!!!! God Has Something Good for You
Do not commit suicide. You are not alone. There is hope for you in the days just ahead!
I am writing to tell you something you can do - right now - where you are. I am telling you something you can pray.
This is not a magic chant that you have to email to others.
This is not a repetitive chant for you to lift yourself through the great karma...
There was/is a man named Jesus - Jesus of Nazareth, in Israel. He was a good man, a healer, who went around doing good and healing all kinds of diseases and emotional brokeness in people's lives. He even set people free from demonic mental torment.
Religious people were divided in their opinions about him, just like they would be today. What one guy thinks is great, another sees as terrible. And most of the time we have to just walk away in disagreement.
But in this case, the argument has been settled. Jesus was betrayed by religious leaders who feared he would cause them to lose their cushy positions and incomes. They had him executed on false premises. But three days later, God raised him from the dead and has honored him by making his name the key to unlock a relationship with God.
Give him a chance to help you.
Out Loud, right where you are, call out to Jesus Christ and ask him to hear you and help you. Say something to the effect of:
"IF YOU ARE REAL - IF YOU CAN HEAR ME - Help ME. JESUS, GIVE ME HOPE.
Find a Bible you can read, look in the index and find the Book of Matthew. It gives the testimony - the eye witness account - of real people, in real trouble, who needed hope. It shows you how God helped them.
The whole point is:
if God can give these people hope and
a reason to live,
he can do it for you.
I am living proof.
I am not selling anything.
The only offer here is what Jesus has done and will do for you!
I am writing to tell you something you can do - right now - where you are. I am telling you something you can pray.
This is not a magic chant that you have to email to others.
This is not a repetitive chant for you to lift yourself through the great karma...
There was/is a man named Jesus - Jesus of Nazareth, in Israel. He was a good man, a healer, who went around doing good and healing all kinds of diseases and emotional brokeness in people's lives. He even set people free from demonic mental torment.
Religious people were divided in their opinions about him, just like they would be today. What one guy thinks is great, another sees as terrible. And most of the time we have to just walk away in disagreement.
But in this case, the argument has been settled. Jesus was betrayed by religious leaders who feared he would cause them to lose their cushy positions and incomes. They had him executed on false premises. But three days later, God raised him from the dead and has honored him by making his name the key to unlock a relationship with God.
Give him a chance to help you.
Out Loud, right where you are, call out to Jesus Christ and ask him to hear you and help you. Say something to the effect of:
"IF YOU ARE REAL - IF YOU CAN HEAR ME - Help ME. JESUS, GIVE ME HOPE.
Find a Bible you can read, look in the index and find the Book of Matthew. It gives the testimony - the eye witness account - of real people, in real trouble, who needed hope. It shows you how God helped them.
The whole point is:
if God can give these people hope and
a reason to live,
he can do it for you.
I am living proof.
I am not selling anything.
The only offer here is what Jesus has done and will do for you!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
While Praying, Waiting Quietly and Listening, I Found a Poem Written by Arthur Wallace
I have been reading a book by Arthur Wallis entitled "God's Chosen Fast." One of the most moving, inspiring and informative books on a number of subjects I have read in a long time. I have found grace to practice it, too. Actually that has come from 3 sources, the greatest influences I have ever had to fast and pray for my dreams. 1) The current sense in my prayer times that we as a nation are in deep trouble that will include tremendous doses of divine judgment if we don't find mercy in the place of prayer. 2) My wife started doing it w/o me and for long periods of time, because I couldn't find the discipline to forgo meals ... and the sense of shame has been unbearable; and 3) Arthur Wallace's book.
And I am not doing anything for anyone else to be impressed by - even now - but the Father-God, the Lord Jesus Christ, working through the Mighty Holy Spirit, whom Jesus sent to help us, has been helping and visiting with me. Things are changing inside me and I am again sensing a fresh surging of His presence and power.
So, in the light of these things, here's the poem at the end of Wallace's book. I hope it inspires you to begin a journey of prayer, of mourning, of fasting, and waiting on God in behalf of our families, our cities and churches, our states, our nation and other nations that are in grave danger right now whom God can and will save if we will lift up our voices in prayer.
THEY FASTED
On Sinai's mount, with radiant face,
To intercede for heaven's grace
Upon a stubborn wayward race,
They fasted
Once lifted from the miry clay,
When opposition came his way
This soldier-king would often pray
With fasting.
A seer, possessed of vision keen,
Who told the troubled king his dream.
Had light on God's prophetic scheme
Through fasting
The prophetess in temple court
Beheld the Babe the two had brought;
For Him she long had prayed and sought,
With fasting.
He came to break the yoke of sin,
But ere his mission could begin
He met the foe and conquered him
While fasting.
'Set these apart' the Spirit bade.
A spring, that soon vast rivers made,
Broke ope by men who as they prayed
Were fasting.
'So shall they fast when I am gone!'
Was this no word to act upon?
Ask countless saints who fought and won
With fasting.
When we shall stand on that great day
And give account, what shall we say,
If He should ask us, 'Did you pray -
With fasting?'
More on this later. (btw ... Arthur Wallaces books are available on Amazon.com CHEAP!!)
And I am not doing anything for anyone else to be impressed by - even now - but the Father-God, the Lord Jesus Christ, working through the Mighty Holy Spirit, whom Jesus sent to help us, has been helping and visiting with me. Things are changing inside me and I am again sensing a fresh surging of His presence and power.
So, in the light of these things, here's the poem at the end of Wallace's book. I hope it inspires you to begin a journey of prayer, of mourning, of fasting, and waiting on God in behalf of our families, our cities and churches, our states, our nation and other nations that are in grave danger right now whom God can and will save if we will lift up our voices in prayer.
THEY FASTED
On Sinai's mount, with radiant face,
To intercede for heaven's grace
Upon a stubborn wayward race,
They fasted
Once lifted from the miry clay,
When opposition came his way
This soldier-king would often pray
With fasting.
A seer, possessed of vision keen,
Who told the troubled king his dream.
Had light on God's prophetic scheme
Through fasting
The prophetess in temple court
Beheld the Babe the two had brought;
For Him she long had prayed and sought,
With fasting.
He came to break the yoke of sin,
But ere his mission could begin
He met the foe and conquered him
While fasting.
'Set these apart' the Spirit bade.
A spring, that soon vast rivers made,
Broke ope by men who as they prayed
Were fasting.
'So shall they fast when I am gone!'
Was this no word to act upon?
Ask countless saints who fought and won
With fasting.
When we shall stand on that great day
And give account, what shall we say,
If He should ask us, 'Did you pray -
With fasting?'
More on this later. (btw ... Arthur Wallaces books are available on Amazon.com CHEAP!!)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
If I could have my dream, it would be ... Jesus Returns to Texas in the Person and Power of the Holy Spirit
Tonight, after our Tuesday night prayer meeting, I was visiting with Jesus, one to one. Felt like he glanced at my KJV (King James Version). I don't pick it up very often anymore, but I grew up reading it and I have NO trouble with the language myself. I usually use other, more current language translations for other people's sake. But I went to Luke's Gospel, 4.14 in King James. I picked up where Jesus is returning to civilization after fasting (no groceries) and camping out for 40 days of prayer ... it says, "And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about."
That's what I want to happen for us right here in South Texas - word for word.
I want Jesus to return to West Columbia, TX in the power of the Spirit. Not physically, not yet, since it was Jesus ... Jesus himself that said "It is better for you if I go away. If I don't go away, the Comforter (the Helper) will not come. But if I go away the Father will send the Helper, which is the Holy Spirit, to you. I will not leave you helpless. I will come to you." Come! Please Come, Lord Jesus, just like that! We want you in the power and person of the Holy Spirit, doing what you did in the body in Galilee.
My friends in Philippines want you.
My new friends in Alaska want you to come and for a fame of you to spread all over the region. In Tulsa, and Houston, in Baguio, and in Manila; in Los Angeles and Juneau.
It is the Holy Spirit who comes ... but having Him in the room is the same as having Jesus in the room, physically.
He does not speak his own words or on his own authority, but he takes the words and doings of Jesus and shows them to us by words and deeds. And that is exactly what I need him to do. That is what I am asking him to do.
I want Jesus to return to West Columbia in the Power of the Spirit; and for a fame of him to explode throughout the entire region of Brazoria, Matagorda, and Galveston Counties.
What about you?
Ask Him to come to the place where you live. He will NOT turn you down.
He will save anyone who from a sincere heart, calls out his name.
Then, because Jesus has cleansed you with his own blood (see I Peter 1.18, 19), He can fill you with the HOLY Spirit, and when He does, the Helper, begins to help you know Jesus. And knowing Jesus - being his friend and being known by him - is the greatest blessing in the universe and the highest honor I have ever experienced.
That's what I want to happen for us right here in South Texas - word for word.
I want Jesus to return to West Columbia, TX in the power of the Spirit. Not physically, not yet, since it was Jesus ... Jesus himself that said "It is better for you if I go away. If I don't go away, the Comforter (the Helper) will not come. But if I go away the Father will send the Helper, which is the Holy Spirit, to you. I will not leave you helpless. I will come to you." Come! Please Come, Lord Jesus, just like that! We want you in the power and person of the Holy Spirit, doing what you did in the body in Galilee.
My friends in Philippines want you.
My new friends in Alaska want you to come and for a fame of you to spread all over the region. In Tulsa, and Houston, in Baguio, and in Manila; in Los Angeles and Juneau.
It is the Holy Spirit who comes ... but having Him in the room is the same as having Jesus in the room, physically.
He does not speak his own words or on his own authority, but he takes the words and doings of Jesus and shows them to us by words and deeds. And that is exactly what I need him to do. That is what I am asking him to do.
I want Jesus to return to West Columbia in the Power of the Spirit; and for a fame of him to explode throughout the entire region of Brazoria, Matagorda, and Galveston Counties.
What about you?
Ask Him to come to the place where you live. He will NOT turn you down.
He will save anyone who from a sincere heart, calls out his name.
Then, because Jesus has cleansed you with his own blood (see I Peter 1.18, 19), He can fill you with the HOLY Spirit, and when He does, the Helper, begins to help you know Jesus. And knowing Jesus - being his friend and being known by him - is the greatest blessing in the universe and the highest honor I have ever experienced.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Hello, folks! I have done a poor job posting here of late. I have had a lot going on but I love to communicate (that means both ways, as in "comments") with my friends. Here is a great article that I found, read and I link it here for your enjoyment and blessing. We need God's help and blessing. We have to get interested enough to pray and seek the face of God. We need to give him the glory, the credit, and the thanks he deserves for creating us, and for not abandoning us even though as a nation we have abandoned him.
Often, when we are praying, Beth repents for us as a couple and as citizens of this nation. She says, " Father, forgive us for enjoying the gifts and blessings you have provided to us as a nation, and forgetting and forsaking the God from whom it came!"
Remember and Pray. It will help it does matter. He is the God who hears and sees! He still answers the prayers of his children.
http://www.ravenhill.org/prayer.htm
Often, when we are praying, Beth repents for us as a couple and as citizens of this nation. She says, " Father, forgive us for enjoying the gifts and blessings you have provided to us as a nation, and forgetting and forsaking the God from whom it came!"
Remember and Pray. It will help it does matter. He is the God who hears and sees! He still answers the prayers of his children.
http://www.ravenhill.org/prayer.htm
Monday, July 27, 2009
An Email Sent to Me Today ... Supposed to be a Simple Fix for America's Economic Problems
Shazzam! All fixed! Bush was so stupid, he never thought of this. It only takes:
$40 mil To Fix The Economy
"This is from an article in the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper.
"This is from an article in the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper.
The Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How Would You Fix the Economy?"
Seems like this guy nailed it!
Dear Mr. President:
Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties, travel and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:
- There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
- 1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
- 2) They MUST buy a new American CAR. Forty million cars ordered -Auto Industry fixed
- 3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.
- It can't get any easier than that! If more money is needed, have all members of Congress and their constituents pay their taxes...
- If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.
- If not, please disregard. "
Is this a test? It sounds ok on the surface, with it's digs at the Wall Street thieves, but NO, I don't think this plan would work. I think I will disregard it!
First, if there are 40 Million people over fifty years old in the workforce, who like myself, are doing jobs that require some level of skill and knowledge of the field, I promise you that you are going to be hard pressed to find 400,000 people to fill their shoes, much less 40,000,000. Have you ever noticed that there are always job vacancies available, but often they are in specialized fields that not everyone can fill?
Second, If you have $40 million, that would only provide a $1 million check for 40 people. Or a $1.00 check for all 40 million people. I can't retire on a dollar.
1,000,000 x 40,000,000 = 40,000,000,000,000. That's 40 Trillion. The plan below would cost $40 Trillion. That's more than we can produce as a nation in ten years.
Hey..... Wait a minute! I think the Obama administration might go for this! Contrary facts and feasibility (or the lack thereof) do not seem to bother them too much. Be careful! Before you know it, there will be a big fight in the media among the Democrats and a few of the Republicans, over who came up with this plan first!
It's like what happened earlier this year. On April 15, this year ('09). A reporter-ette from MSNBC mocked the the Tea Party protesters for claiming that stimulus spending would cause tax increases. She kept quoting the president that no one who makes less than $250,000 a year would pay more taxes. She yelled at one who had a sign that said, "Don't Tax Away Our Freedoms" and she said, "What does raising taxes have to do with freedom, anyway?" She wasn't even smart enough to be embarrassed. (I was embarrassed for her.) "Hey Lady!" I was yelling at the tv set, "Did you ever hear of the American Revolutionary War ? ... Duh! " They thought taxes had something to do with freedom. Some of us still do.
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Phil Strickland
Friday, July 24, 2009
Liberty and the Healthcare Debate
I am a working class Christian Conservative, raised in a family of union construction workers and former Democrats. I love the concept, the dream, the idea, of liberty. I will never give in to trading liberty for security.
I still believe that the core value of the American experience is Liberty. The engine and the inspiration that has produced "America" as we know it, has been liberty. Take it away and you have "killed the goose that laid the golden egg."
It's a liberal/Democrat/MSM lie to say that people without health insurance don't or won't pay for their own health care. It’s true that some don’t. But people with integrity pay their bills. My wife and I had two babies without health insurance and paid for them in full, cash. It was a struggle, and it took time, but they are paid in full. If I am free, I have to provide for my family.
The nationalization of healthcare that sounds like such compassion will take away our freedom to choose and control our own lives in ways far beyond healthcare. The same people who fall for this scam are the ones who run up bills on their credit cards with no plans or twangs of conscience on how they will pay for what they spend. They feel they can have all they want with this magic little card. Shazzam!
This is the common denominator of everything for which the Obama administration stands.
I have seen and witnessed that Government spoils everything it controls i.e. public education and public housing - the worst of which are in the Democrat controlled areas of the country. You want to do for medicine what you did for education and housing for the poor?
Referring to the Constitution, Obama once said, "The US Constitution is almost completely negative toward the expansion of Governmental authority." And he was right! What it says is very, very limiting to liberals.
We have had a king. We didn't like it. We the people wrote/ratified the Constitution as a defense and a final line in the sand that no man or party is allowed to cross or manipulate. Every part of Federal Government swears an oath to protect, and honor and uphold the Constitution. That is the one greatest condition of their employment.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, their fortunes and their SACRED HONOR. The problem is that many now have no honor. Their word is as empty as the beer can on the side of the road. Their lies are simply a means to achieve their own will, like a king, in spite of the fact that other people don't want what they are peddling.
I can live without forced, government-controlled healthcare. I can't live without liberty.
I want liberty or nothing.
I still believe that the core value of the American experience is Liberty. The engine and the inspiration that has produced "America" as we know it, has been liberty. Take it away and you have "killed the goose that laid the golden egg."
It's a liberal/Democrat/MSM lie to say that people without health insurance don't or won't pay for their own health care. It’s true that some don’t. But people with integrity pay their bills. My wife and I had two babies without health insurance and paid for them in full, cash. It was a struggle, and it took time, but they are paid in full. If I am free, I have to provide for my family.
The nationalization of healthcare that sounds like such compassion will take away our freedom to choose and control our own lives in ways far beyond healthcare. The same people who fall for this scam are the ones who run up bills on their credit cards with no plans or twangs of conscience on how they will pay for what they spend. They feel they can have all they want with this magic little card. Shazzam!
This is the common denominator of everything for which the Obama administration stands.
I have seen and witnessed that Government spoils everything it controls i.e. public education and public housing - the worst of which are in the Democrat controlled areas of the country. You want to do for medicine what you did for education and housing for the poor?
Referring to the Constitution, Obama once said, "The US Constitution is almost completely negative toward the expansion of Governmental authority." And he was right! What it says is very, very limiting to liberals.
We have had a king. We didn't like it. We the people wrote/ratified the Constitution as a defense and a final line in the sand that no man or party is allowed to cross or manipulate. Every part of Federal Government swears an oath to protect, and honor and uphold the Constitution. That is the one greatest condition of their employment.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, their fortunes and their SACRED HONOR. The problem is that many now have no honor. Their word is as empty as the beer can on the side of the road. Their lies are simply a means to achieve their own will, like a king, in spite of the fact that other people don't want what they are peddling.
I can live without forced, government-controlled healthcare. I can't live without liberty.
I want liberty or nothing.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time to Remember
Just a quick note to remind you...
When you are feeling like nothing is working as it should;
And the prayers you prayed to change them
Didn't feel particularly anointed;
It is time to begin to talk!
Not to others, but to your own soul.
It’s time to remember what God did for the Men who first trusted Him …
The Leaders of our faith …
It is time to remember!
Ask your soul, "What is your problem?"
Tell your soul to quiet down and listen!
Say out loud, so your soul must hear - "I serve the God of Abraham!"
What does that mean?
“I serve the God who led Abraham and kept his promise,
“Even though there was no book to read or map to follow.
"I serve the God of Isaac."God kept his promise to Isaac,
Even though he was not as bold and forceful as his father had been.
"I serve the God of Jacob.
"He kept his word to Jacob...Even though we all know he shouldn't’ve!
Why?
Because Jacob was not the firstborn son.
And because Jacob was not his father's favorite.
Also because Jacob was not a strong man
Not like the brother who was the “right” brother.
Jacob was a weasel and a cheat.
But somehow, by letting Jacob be the victim
Of the same kind of schemes he pulled on others,
God drew out the great man only he could see inside
Drew him out and changed him
Changed Jacob from a schemer to a Man of patience and trust
And a praying man who persists
Who would pray until he prevailed
And became a Prince with God, a prince named Israel!
Wow!
It’s time to remember
Remember this passage from Hebrews
Chapter 13.7,8.
"Never forget the leaders,
Who first spoke to you the Word of God.
Remember how they lived and
Imitate their faith.
Jesus Christ is always the same
To you today, as he was to them …
Yesterday, today, and forever."
What he did for them, will he really do for you?
That’s what he said.
He said, Remember! Never forget!
Remember, how they lived - how they trusted him – and how he answered their prayers.
Now picture Jesus and see yourself with Jesus,
Living like they did for him and
Trusting Him …
He has not changed.
He is answering you – helping you.
Then, remind your own soul of all the other times
That things seemed dire, dark and then as now,
That you felt completely alone...
And in that dark place, you prayed and
God came through for you!
Walk through it all again in your mind,
Now quietly, give thanks!
That’s right – drink deeply from that well!
Say it! “Thank you, Lord!
Thank you for what you did.
“Thank you for bringing me through hell and then,
“For breaking the habits and chains of sin
“That used to seem would never be broken.
“Amazed, I stand in stunned relief“
And worship you because I know you now,
In ways I have never known you before.”
Now it’s time to remember and worship His Name.
He told Moses, "I Am.
Tell them ‘I am’ sent you"
“I am the Bread of Life.
I am the True Vine.
I am the Gate and the Lord that heals you.
Now ...
Go do what you must today.
Praising God each step of the way.
Knowing he will see you through;
So live your faith in all you do.
Praise... the... Lord!
Just a quick note to remind you...
When you are feeling like nothing is working as it should;
And the prayers you prayed to change them
Didn't feel particularly anointed;
It is time to begin to talk!
Not to others, but to your own soul.
It’s time to remember what God did for the Men who first trusted Him …
The Leaders of our faith …
It is time to remember!
Ask your soul, "What is your problem?"
Tell your soul to quiet down and listen!
Say out loud, so your soul must hear - "I serve the God of Abraham!"
What does that mean?
“I serve the God who led Abraham and kept his promise,
“Even though there was no book to read or map to follow.
"I serve the God of Isaac."God kept his promise to Isaac,
Even though he was not as bold and forceful as his father had been.
"I serve the God of Jacob.
"He kept his word to Jacob...Even though we all know he shouldn't’ve!
Why?
Because Jacob was not the firstborn son.
And because Jacob was not his father's favorite.
Also because Jacob was not a strong man
Not like the brother who was the “right” brother.
Jacob was a weasel and a cheat.
But somehow, by letting Jacob be the victim
Of the same kind of schemes he pulled on others,
God drew out the great man only he could see inside
Drew him out and changed him
Changed Jacob from a schemer to a Man of patience and trust
And a praying man who persists
Who would pray until he prevailed
And became a Prince with God, a prince named Israel!
Wow!
It’s time to remember
Remember this passage from Hebrews
Chapter 13.7,8.
"Never forget the leaders,
Who first spoke to you the Word of God.
Remember how they lived and
Imitate their faith.
Jesus Christ is always the same
To you today, as he was to them …
Yesterday, today, and forever."
What he did for them, will he really do for you?
That’s what he said.
He said, Remember! Never forget!
Remember, how they lived - how they trusted him – and how he answered their prayers.
Now picture Jesus and see yourself with Jesus,
Living like they did for him and
Trusting Him …
He has not changed.
He is answering you – helping you.
Then, remind your own soul of all the other times
That things seemed dire, dark and then as now,
That you felt completely alone...
And in that dark place, you prayed and
God came through for you!
Walk through it all again in your mind,
Now quietly, give thanks!
That’s right – drink deeply from that well!
Say it! “Thank you, Lord!
Thank you for what you did.
“Thank you for bringing me through hell and then,
“For breaking the habits and chains of sin
“That used to seem would never be broken.
“Amazed, I stand in stunned relief“
And worship you because I know you now,
In ways I have never known you before.”
Now it’s time to remember and worship His Name.
He told Moses, "I Am.
Tell them ‘I am’ sent you"
“I am the Bread of Life.
I am the True Vine.
I am the Gate and the Lord that heals you.
Now ...
Go do what you must today.
Praising God each step of the way.
Knowing he will see you through;
So live your faith in all you do.
Praise... the... Lord!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Raising Money for God's Work? Watch Your Motives!
A lot of the fund raisers/raising on Christian TV based in the U.S. give me the "creeps". It does not feel like it is based on pure motives. I have had the unfortunate experience to see some weird people on TV the last few days, making promises of "wealth and miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit if you go right now to the phone and call us with your credit card in hand." He/they might ought to go back and read the stories in Acts 5 and Acts 8. Peter said, "May your money perish with you because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin." (Acts 8.20-23) I recommend that we avoid tying the Holy Spirit and his Gifts to money.
When you have the opportunity, read 1 Thessalonians 2.1-12. Paul said that the anointing he had from God was based on the fact that God had proven him - tested him and his motives - and found him to be trustworthy in the things listed out in this passage. One of those things was "You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed - God is our witness."
I am not judging anyone in particular, but I have often heard them (several of them) say, "You can't be happy, you can't have joy, you can't have peace, if your bills are unpaid."
I am here to testify that this statement is wrong. That doesn't mean I like it when I face difficulty or that I want to be behind in my bills. But I can testify Jesus has been more real to me when I didn't have anything, than when we were flush with money and in good times. He has filled me with Joy and Glory and his Presence and being/abiding in him, made me forget all my troubles.
I have laughed hysterically under the power of the Holy Spirit right in the middle of the worst situations of my life. Psalms 23.5 "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies." (Look that chapter up in Moffat's Translation.)
I have been years at a time where we did not have any extra money for anything but our most basic needs, but God was our companion and I didn't care if the sun came up!
I highly recommend that everyone - rich or poor or anywhere in between, "Make the King and his Kingdom your first priority." (Jesus Christ ... he is the king!)
"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment." 1 Timothy 6.17. Wow! and by the way, he will come through for you and meet your needs, but ask him to help you to FOCUS on Christ. That is the Holy Spirit's favorite assignment.
When you have the opportunity, read 1 Thessalonians 2.1-12. Paul said that the anointing he had from God was based on the fact that God had proven him - tested him and his motives - and found him to be trustworthy in the things listed out in this passage. One of those things was "You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed - God is our witness."
I am not judging anyone in particular, but I have often heard them (several of them) say, "You can't be happy, you can't have joy, you can't have peace, if your bills are unpaid."
I am here to testify that this statement is wrong. That doesn't mean I like it when I face difficulty or that I want to be behind in my bills. But I can testify Jesus has been more real to me when I didn't have anything, than when we were flush with money and in good times. He has filled me with Joy and Glory and his Presence and being/abiding in him, made me forget all my troubles.
I have laughed hysterically under the power of the Holy Spirit right in the middle of the worst situations of my life. Psalms 23.5 "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies." (Look that chapter up in Moffat's Translation.)
I have been years at a time where we did not have any extra money for anything but our most basic needs, but God was our companion and I didn't care if the sun came up!
I highly recommend that everyone - rich or poor or anywhere in between, "Make the King and his Kingdom your first priority." (Jesus Christ ... he is the king!)
"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment." 1 Timothy 6.17. Wow! and by the way, he will come through for you and meet your needs, but ask him to help you to FOCUS on Christ. That is the Holy Spirit's favorite assignment.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
An Interesting Quote ... I like it!
Scripture’s task is to tell people, at the risk of their displeasure, the mystery of God and the secrets of their own hearts—to speak out and make a clean breast. There are many ways to say and write these truths: in oracles, in poems, in novels, in sermons, in satire, in journalism, in drama. Honestly written and courageously presented words reveal reality and expose our selfish attempts to violate beauty, manipulate goodness and dominate people, all the while defying God. Most of us most of the time, whether consciously or not, live this way. Honest writing shows us how badly we are living and how good life is. Enlightenment is not without pain. But the pain, accepted and endured is not a maiming but a purging. “Every significant utterance is a wound” but ‘faithful are the wounds of a friend.” - Eugene Peterson, Run With the Horses
Monday, December 22, 2008
Say No to Suicide
Please! Please! Please! Do not commit suicide.
You are not alone.
There is hope for you in the days just ahead!
I am telling you something you can pray. This is not a magic chant that you have to email to others. This is not a repetitive chant for you to lift yourself through the great karma... There is a man named Jesus who loves you hears you when you pray. Give him a chance to help you.
Out Loud, right where you are, call Jesus Christ and ask him to hear you and help you. Ask him, "IF YOU ARE REAL - IF YOU CAN HEAR ME - Help ME. JESUS, GIVE ME HOPE.
Find a Bible, look in the index and find the Book of Matthew. It gives the testimony of real people, in real trouble, who needed hope and shows you how God helped them. The whole point is that if God can give these people hope and a reason to live, he can do it for you.
I am not selling anything. The offer here is what Jesus has done and will do for you!
You are not alone.
There is hope for you in the days just ahead!
I am telling you something you can pray. This is not a magic chant that you have to email to others. This is not a repetitive chant for you to lift yourself through the great karma... There is a man named Jesus who loves you hears you when you pray. Give him a chance to help you.
Out Loud, right where you are, call Jesus Christ and ask him to hear you and help you. Ask him, "IF YOU ARE REAL - IF YOU CAN HEAR ME - Help ME. JESUS, GIVE ME HOPE.
Find a Bible, look in the index and find the Book of Matthew. It gives the testimony of real people, in real trouble, who needed hope and shows you how God helped them. The whole point is that if God can give these people hope and a reason to live, he can do it for you.
I am not selling anything. The offer here is what Jesus has done and will do for you!
Hello World! How is everybody out there in Radio Land!
We are signing on today to let you know we are back, we are strong, and we are ready to BLOG somebody!
You can safely respond using the comments button, so let's get this thing rolling for the new year.
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Newsflash:
Cara and I are going to visit the Philippines in January. I will be staying one week and she will be staying 2 weeks. Our time will mostly be with Carmelita Ofrecio-Langaoan and her husband, Benny. I have the honor to speak at their church's first year aniversary celebration. This will be in Baguio, about six hours drive, north of Manila. They are working with many college students and are having a great impact on the area.
I have many important friends in the country and hate it that I will not be able to contact them all. I love them all and I treasure their friendships. I just cannot get around to see everyone on this trip. I hope it is not my last trip. Maybe someone else will invite me back in the future?!
I would greatly appreciate your prayers. According Philippians 1.19, we supply the Spirit of Christ to each other through prayer. I need your help and support as I have never felt more INADEQUATE as a speaker and elder, but I am a servant of Jesus and will do as he commands and leads me. I definately believe I am in the perfect will of God in going. So pray for me for wisdom to give and and for me to learn the things God wants me to learn on this trip. Pray for Cara to be blessed and be a blessing. Pray for the safety of my family at home during this time. Actually, we have more support at home than we have ever had since I quit traveling with Kenneth Copeland.
Pray for the Philippines and for me to speak from heaven's authority. Thanks.
Later.
We are signing on today to let you know we are back, we are strong, and we are ready to BLOG somebody!
You can safely respond using the comments button, so let's get this thing rolling for the new year.
You can also respond to these posts by email, and I will put key elements of your comments on without using your contact info. pmstrickland@dow.com
Newsflash:
Cara and I are going to visit the Philippines in January. I will be staying one week and she will be staying 2 weeks. Our time will mostly be with Carmelita Ofrecio-Langaoan and her husband, Benny. I have the honor to speak at their church's first year aniversary celebration. This will be in Baguio, about six hours drive, north of Manila. They are working with many college students and are having a great impact on the area.
I have many important friends in the country and hate it that I will not be able to contact them all. I love them all and I treasure their friendships. I just cannot get around to see everyone on this trip. I hope it is not my last trip. Maybe someone else will invite me back in the future?!
I would greatly appreciate your prayers. According Philippians 1.19, we supply the Spirit of Christ to each other through prayer. I need your help and support as I have never felt more INADEQUATE as a speaker and elder, but I am a servant of Jesus and will do as he commands and leads me. I definately believe I am in the perfect will of God in going. So pray for me for wisdom to give and and for me to learn the things God wants me to learn on this trip. Pray for Cara to be blessed and be a blessing. Pray for the safety of my family at home during this time. Actually, we have more support at home than we have ever had since I quit traveling with Kenneth Copeland.
Pray for the Philippines and for me to speak from heaven's authority. Thanks.
Later.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
A Call to Fast and Pray by Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda
A Call to Fasting and Prayer
On November 4th, 2008, Americans will elect our new president and members of congress. These are crucial elections - our nation stands at a crossroads that will determine the course of America and shape the world we live in for many years to come.
After eight years in leadership, President Bush and Vice President Cheney will pass their duties on to a new administration led by the man America chooses. Whether that be Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama, we know that we will not only be electing the leader who will determine the future of the United States, but that our choice will affect the history of many other nations as well.
Electing the right people to serve in the Congress is also of critical importance. Therefore we are sounding the call for serious prayer, fasting and seeking God's face on behalf of ourselves, our children and the destiny of our nation.
From the intercessory headquarters of the Watch of the Lord™ we are calling Believers across America to join us for "40 Days 4 America" - a corporate forty-day fast, from September 2 to October 11, 2008. Whether you can fast with us for one day or several, we invite you to turn a page in history as you join us and many watchmen across America over the next several weeks in this corporate time of fasting. Be assured that history changes when God's people take the call to prayer and fasting seriously.
"Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions...So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer." Ezra 8:21,23
From Ezra to Esther, Jehoshaphat and Joel, when the future of their nation was at stake, we see God's people respond with prayer and fasting. When the Moabites, Ammonites and others rose up against Judah, Jehoshaphat humbled himself, acknowledged God's greatness and faithfulness and proclaimed a fast for all of Judah (2 Chronicles 20).
As the people worshipped and praised the Lord, He sent ambushes and completely destroyed their enemies. Israel fasted when Haman set about to destroy all the Jews (Esther 4:16). Ezra and several thousand Jews fasted as they embarked on a dangerous journey, and God protected them from assault (Ezra 8:21-23).
Intercession in Our Nation's History
In recent history, we learn from the journal of John Wesley that the king of Great Britain called for a solemn day of prayer and fasting in response to a possible invasion from France. On February 6, 1756, he wrote, "The fast day was a glorious day, such as London has scarce seen since the Restoration. Every church in the city was more than full, and a solemn seriousness sat on every face. Surely God heareth prayer, and there will yet be a lengthening of our tranquility...Humility was turned into national rejoicing for the threatened invasion by the French was averted."
Our spiritual father Derek Prince often related to us that as a newly saved young man serving in the British army in North Africa, he began to regularly fast and pray for the British forces. The British were losing the war in North Africa, and was on the longest retreat in their history, when a series of events transpired that opened the way for Churchill to appoint an as yet unknown commander, General Montgomery.
He was a man who feared God and was instrumental to turn the battle back, eventually leading to the Allied defeat of Rommel and the Nazi forces in North Africa. When Derek heard the appointment of Montgomery to the North African front on his field radio, the Lord spoke to him and said, "This is the answer to your prayer."
The prayer the Holy Spirit had given Derek for this momentous point of history was, "Lord, give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us the victory through them." This is our prayer for America and our leadership for the elections in November.
We are in one of the most critical times of intercession in our nation's history. We can prevail in fasting and prayer for God's hand to shape the course of our nation according to His purpose and destiny. The following are areas we will focus on in this fast:
"40 Days 4 America" Prayer Focus
1. Humility and Repentance: God's heart is moved when He finds humble hearts. Isaiah 66:2 says, "This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at My word." Humility not only moves the heart of God, but it releases God's grace into our situation (James 4:6).
As we fast and pray together, let us humbly repent and seek God's mercy for our nation, our church, our city, our family and our children. "If My people, who called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
2. Elections: 1 Timothy 2:1-2, "Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority..."
As we seek God's face on behalf of our nation, pray that He will give us a president of His choosing. We ask for leaders from the White House to the Supreme Court to Congress who stand for Judeo-Christian values, the great heritage of American democracy as a nation under God, and for life which begins in the womb. "Lord give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us the victory through them."
3. Children: "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate." Psalm 127:3-5
The next generation is this generation's greatest treasure. Pray for salvation, breakthrough and blessing for our children. Pray for restoration of Godly principles in our education system. Pray for physical safety. Loose the angels to guard America's children at home and abroad. Pray for restoration to God's covenant for children who have strayed from His commands. As we pray for them we are asking for our future.
4. Armed Forces: "NO WEAPON FORMED against you shall prosper..." Isaiah 54:17. Pray for success in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pray Psalm 91 as a shield of protection. Ask for supernatural courage, vision, discernment and strength. Pray that God will give us military leaders from the top down who are worthy to lead our troops in war and in peace. Pray for the families who send and support our troops. Bind the spirits of terrorism, tyranny, and antichrist that pervade the opposing forces of our mission and our military. Pray MISSION ACCOMPLISHED in every endeavor. Pray that God bring them home in victory and honor.
"I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation." Psalm 91:15b, 16
5. Russia: "The scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous..." Psalm 125:3. Pray for Russia as her leaders move to revive communist domination in their region. Pray for Russia's neighbors as they defend their new democracies against the old "bear" of Marxist communist tyranny. Bind manipulation of the media being used as an agent for evil against freedom.
6. Economy: "Man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord...Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you." Deuteronomy 8:3, 6-10
Give thanks for the economic blessing America has enjoyed. Pray for cleansing and healing where greed, avarice, mismanagement and sloth has affected America's national economy. Pray for a closing of the gaps in our economic strength, including on Wall Street and in big businesses. Pray for fresh fire and success on America's small businesses. Pray for deliverance from dependence on foreign oil for our energy needs.
7. Revival: "You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the earth." Psalm 104:30
Pray for personal, church and national revival. Pray for the restoration of our Godly foundations. Pray for restoration in every family, every neighborhood and every city. We are asking the Lord for permanent revival that will sweep across America, sweep across denominational lines and bring in worldwide harvest.
8. Peace of Jerusalem: Our spiritual heritage and prophetic destiny are joined to Jerusalem. The happenings in Jerusalem give us a prophetic pulse of God's hand in the nations. Pray for the peace of an undivided Jerusalem. Bless Israel in your prayers. Pray for leaders in Israel whom God appoints for His glory. Pray for Israel to be protected from her enemies inside and outside of her borders.
"I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth." Isaiah 62:6-7
The nuclear weapon of the Church is the Blood of Jesus. That spiritual arsenal is loosed in the power of His name when His people fast and pray. Jesus told His disciples, "This kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting" (Matthew 17:21).
This authority is amplified as many join together in one accord. Fast with us. Pray with us. Join with us as the Lord gives us leaders such that it will be to His glory to give us the victory through them.
Our request is that if you can even fast for one day during 40 Days 4 America, please contact us so that we can put you on our list and cover you and your family during this season. You may either sign up online by clicking here to register for 40 Days 4 America, or by calling the MCM office at (800) 730-6264. In addition, if there is a special need that you and your family have for breakthrough in healing, finances, marriages, salvation, jobs or businesses, we invite you to send us your prayer request. We have seen testimony after testimony of breakthroughs in impossible situations when we add the power of many people fasting and praying together.
As you, your church or your prayer group join this call to fast and pray for America, register online or call us at our office to let us know you are participating in this historic hour.
"Lord give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us the victory through them."
On November 4th, 2008, Americans will elect our new president and members of congress. These are crucial elections - our nation stands at a crossroads that will determine the course of America and shape the world we live in for many years to come.
After eight years in leadership, President Bush and Vice President Cheney will pass their duties on to a new administration led by the man America chooses. Whether that be Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama, we know that we will not only be electing the leader who will determine the future of the United States, but that our choice will affect the history of many other nations as well.
Electing the right people to serve in the Congress is also of critical importance. Therefore we are sounding the call for serious prayer, fasting and seeking God's face on behalf of ourselves, our children and the destiny of our nation.
From the intercessory headquarters of the Watch of the Lord™ we are calling Believers across America to join us for "40 Days 4 America" - a corporate forty-day fast, from September 2 to October 11, 2008. Whether you can fast with us for one day or several, we invite you to turn a page in history as you join us and many watchmen across America over the next several weeks in this corporate time of fasting. Be assured that history changes when God's people take the call to prayer and fasting seriously.
"Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions...So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer." Ezra 8:21,23
From Ezra to Esther, Jehoshaphat and Joel, when the future of their nation was at stake, we see God's people respond with prayer and fasting. When the Moabites, Ammonites and others rose up against Judah, Jehoshaphat humbled himself, acknowledged God's greatness and faithfulness and proclaimed a fast for all of Judah (2 Chronicles 20).
As the people worshipped and praised the Lord, He sent ambushes and completely destroyed their enemies. Israel fasted when Haman set about to destroy all the Jews (Esther 4:16). Ezra and several thousand Jews fasted as they embarked on a dangerous journey, and God protected them from assault (Ezra 8:21-23).
Intercession in Our Nation's History
In recent history, we learn from the journal of John Wesley that the king of Great Britain called for a solemn day of prayer and fasting in response to a possible invasion from France. On February 6, 1756, he wrote, "The fast day was a glorious day, such as London has scarce seen since the Restoration. Every church in the city was more than full, and a solemn seriousness sat on every face. Surely God heareth prayer, and there will yet be a lengthening of our tranquility...Humility was turned into national rejoicing for the threatened invasion by the French was averted."
Our spiritual father Derek Prince often related to us that as a newly saved young man serving in the British army in North Africa, he began to regularly fast and pray for the British forces. The British were losing the war in North Africa, and was on the longest retreat in their history, when a series of events transpired that opened the way for Churchill to appoint an as yet unknown commander, General Montgomery.
He was a man who feared God and was instrumental to turn the battle back, eventually leading to the Allied defeat of Rommel and the Nazi forces in North Africa. When Derek heard the appointment of Montgomery to the North African front on his field radio, the Lord spoke to him and said, "This is the answer to your prayer."
The prayer the Holy Spirit had given Derek for this momentous point of history was, "Lord, give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us the victory through them." This is our prayer for America and our leadership for the elections in November.
We are in one of the most critical times of intercession in our nation's history. We can prevail in fasting and prayer for God's hand to shape the course of our nation according to His purpose and destiny. The following are areas we will focus on in this fast:
"40 Days 4 America" Prayer Focus
1. Humility and Repentance: God's heart is moved when He finds humble hearts. Isaiah 66:2 says, "This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at My word." Humility not only moves the heart of God, but it releases God's grace into our situation (James 4:6).
As we fast and pray together, let us humbly repent and seek God's mercy for our nation, our church, our city, our family and our children. "If My people, who called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
2. Elections: 1 Timothy 2:1-2, "Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority..."
As we seek God's face on behalf of our nation, pray that He will give us a president of His choosing. We ask for leaders from the White House to the Supreme Court to Congress who stand for Judeo-Christian values, the great heritage of American democracy as a nation under God, and for life which begins in the womb. "Lord give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us the victory through them."
3. Children: "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate." Psalm 127:3-5
The next generation is this generation's greatest treasure. Pray for salvation, breakthrough and blessing for our children. Pray for restoration of Godly principles in our education system. Pray for physical safety. Loose the angels to guard America's children at home and abroad. Pray for restoration to God's covenant for children who have strayed from His commands. As we pray for them we are asking for our future.
4. Armed Forces: "NO WEAPON FORMED against you shall prosper..." Isaiah 54:17. Pray for success in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pray Psalm 91 as a shield of protection. Ask for supernatural courage, vision, discernment and strength. Pray that God will give us military leaders from the top down who are worthy to lead our troops in war and in peace. Pray for the families who send and support our troops. Bind the spirits of terrorism, tyranny, and antichrist that pervade the opposing forces of our mission and our military. Pray MISSION ACCOMPLISHED in every endeavor. Pray that God bring them home in victory and honor.
"I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation." Psalm 91:15b, 16
5. Russia: "The scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous..." Psalm 125:3. Pray for Russia as her leaders move to revive communist domination in their region. Pray for Russia's neighbors as they defend their new democracies against the old "bear" of Marxist communist tyranny. Bind manipulation of the media being used as an agent for evil against freedom.
6. Economy: "Man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord...Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you." Deuteronomy 8:3, 6-10
Give thanks for the economic blessing America has enjoyed. Pray for cleansing and healing where greed, avarice, mismanagement and sloth has affected America's national economy. Pray for a closing of the gaps in our economic strength, including on Wall Street and in big businesses. Pray for fresh fire and success on America's small businesses. Pray for deliverance from dependence on foreign oil for our energy needs.
7. Revival: "You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the earth." Psalm 104:30
Pray for personal, church and national revival. Pray for the restoration of our Godly foundations. Pray for restoration in every family, every neighborhood and every city. We are asking the Lord for permanent revival that will sweep across America, sweep across denominational lines and bring in worldwide harvest.
8. Peace of Jerusalem: Our spiritual heritage and prophetic destiny are joined to Jerusalem. The happenings in Jerusalem give us a prophetic pulse of God's hand in the nations. Pray for the peace of an undivided Jerusalem. Bless Israel in your prayers. Pray for leaders in Israel whom God appoints for His glory. Pray for Israel to be protected from her enemies inside and outside of her borders.
"I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth." Isaiah 62:6-7
The nuclear weapon of the Church is the Blood of Jesus. That spiritual arsenal is loosed in the power of His name when His people fast and pray. Jesus told His disciples, "This kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting" (Matthew 17:21).
This authority is amplified as many join together in one accord. Fast with us. Pray with us. Join with us as the Lord gives us leaders such that it will be to His glory to give us the victory through them.
Our request is that if you can even fast for one day during 40 Days 4 America, please contact us so that we can put you on our list and cover you and your family during this season. You may either sign up online by clicking here to register for 40 Days 4 America, or by calling the MCM office at (800) 730-6264. In addition, if there is a special need that you and your family have for breakthrough in healing, finances, marriages, salvation, jobs or businesses, we invite you to send us your prayer request. We have seen testimony after testimony of breakthroughs in impossible situations when we add the power of many people fasting and praying together.
As you, your church or your prayer group join this call to fast and pray for America, register online or call us at our office to let us know you are participating in this historic hour.
"Lord give us leaders such that it will be for Your glory to give us the victory through them."
Questions Asked and Answered...
(The question posed here was posted after a fairly good article in the Chicago Sun-Times ... I decided to try to help un confuse the writer by answering below)
Question:
Please address these issues.I'll paraphrase the same question that Hillary Clinton asked her supporters. Is this about Obama being Black or Gov. Palin being a woman, or are there more substantive meat and potato issues here? If you are "pro choice" then Obama is your ticket. If you are "Pro Life" then McCain is your ticket. Now with that out of the way, what about health care, jobs, retirement, college for our children, etc? Whether it is a fetus, or child has been decided in Roe v. Wade. Each side has an opinion on that U.S.Supreme Court Ruling and I am quite sure that whoever wins this race will pack the court to deal with it. But on the meat and potato issues I AM CONFUSED. I am confused because a conservative is supposed to be "fiscally conservative", when out of our last four presidents, only the Democrat left office with a budget surplus. I AM CONFUSED becuase, as Gov. Palin so eloquently said last night, Republicans are for less government. However they just used billions of taxpayer dollars to bail out the private companies of Freddie Mac, Fannie May and Bear Stearns to prevent a recession of their making. I AM CONFUSED when Republicans say they have the answer for Americas problems when they have controlled the White House for the past eight years and Congress for the past seven, but the financial mess that we now have is due to the "Democrats", "welfare" and "the Liberal Press." I AM CONFUSED because Sen. McCain argues that Obama is unfit to be president because "he won't admit that the surge worked, but McCain voted for, what the great majority of Americans feel, was a un-necessary war. Please explain how the surge would have been necessary had we not gone to war?
Answer:
To: MRC ... Don't be confused, madame. I can help you. From the election sweep of 1994, the conservative sweep of congress effectively stopped the Clinton 's plans for making the U.S. a socialist country through the nationalized health care and massive tax increases that they had planned. They (Congress)reformed welfare and after vetoing it 3 times, Bill Clinton finally signed it and then took credit for it and the balanced budgets they produced, even though his whole life and philosophy opposed it.
It was congress that controlled and was responsible for budgets then and it is congress now. It is congress that deserves credit or blame for fiscal performance. Presidents can ask for good or bad policy, but if it gets done, it will be the controlling philosophy of the congress that does the deeds.
When the Republicans took over both houses of congress 2004, both they and the president began acting like Democrats with runaway spending. They are as guilty of poor performance then as the Dem's are now, and some of them even got caught in downright fraud, sex scandals, and corruption. They get thrown out when the Republicans catch them. Unlike the Democrats, we don't ignore corruption in our own house, IF WE KNOW.
Now, I don't know if the war to defend America is unpopular. I think it was necessary. It's not unpopular with me. I believe removing Saddam HELPED good people and HURT/hindered the plans of bad people.
It also staged our troops in the neighborhood where we needed to be able to deal with all the killers and bullies in the region ... you know, like Hezbollah, AlQeda, Hamas, the Government of Iran. They came here and attacked our civillians, our secretaries, and our children. When they decide to mix it up with us again, it won't be our weakest that they get to face. Our guys are now seasoned and ready, and able to protect us as long as they are not given two Democrat woosies as a Commander in chief.
I hope you are not confused any more.
More later!
Question:
Please address these issues.I'll paraphrase the same question that Hillary Clinton asked her supporters. Is this about Obama being Black or Gov. Palin being a woman, or are there more substantive meat and potato issues here? If you are "pro choice" then Obama is your ticket. If you are "Pro Life" then McCain is your ticket. Now with that out of the way, what about health care, jobs, retirement, college for our children, etc? Whether it is a fetus, or child has been decided in Roe v. Wade. Each side has an opinion on that U.S.Supreme Court Ruling and I am quite sure that whoever wins this race will pack the court to deal with it. But on the meat and potato issues I AM CONFUSED. I am confused because a conservative is supposed to be "fiscally conservative", when out of our last four presidents, only the Democrat left office with a budget surplus. I AM CONFUSED becuase, as Gov. Palin so eloquently said last night, Republicans are for less government. However they just used billions of taxpayer dollars to bail out the private companies of Freddie Mac, Fannie May and Bear Stearns to prevent a recession of their making. I AM CONFUSED when Republicans say they have the answer for Americas problems when they have controlled the White House for the past eight years and Congress for the past seven, but the financial mess that we now have is due to the "Democrats", "welfare" and "the Liberal Press." I AM CONFUSED because Sen. McCain argues that Obama is unfit to be president because "he won't admit that the surge worked, but McCain voted for, what the great majority of Americans feel, was a un-necessary war. Please explain how the surge would have been necessary had we not gone to war?
Answer:
To: MRC ... Don't be confused, madame. I can help you. From the election sweep of 1994, the conservative sweep of congress effectively stopped the Clinton 's plans for making the U.S. a socialist country through the nationalized health care and massive tax increases that they had planned. They (Congress)reformed welfare and after vetoing it 3 times, Bill Clinton finally signed it and then took credit for it and the balanced budgets they produced, even though his whole life and philosophy opposed it.
It was congress that controlled and was responsible for budgets then and it is congress now. It is congress that deserves credit or blame for fiscal performance. Presidents can ask for good or bad policy, but if it gets done, it will be the controlling philosophy of the congress that does the deeds.
When the Republicans took over both houses of congress 2004, both they and the president began acting like Democrats with runaway spending. They are as guilty of poor performance then as the Dem's are now, and some of them even got caught in downright fraud, sex scandals, and corruption. They get thrown out when the Republicans catch them. Unlike the Democrats, we don't ignore corruption in our own house, IF WE KNOW.
Now, I don't know if the war to defend America is unpopular. I think it was necessary. It's not unpopular with me. I believe removing Saddam HELPED good people and HURT/hindered the plans of bad people.
It also staged our troops in the neighborhood where we needed to be able to deal with all the killers and bullies in the region ... you know, like Hezbollah, AlQeda, Hamas, the Government of Iran. They came here and attacked our civillians, our secretaries, and our children. When they decide to mix it up with us again, it won't be our weakest that they get to face. Our guys are now seasoned and ready, and able to protect us as long as they are not given two Democrat woosies as a Commander in chief.
I hope you are not confused any more.
More later!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Finally Some Good News On the Political Front!
Wow!
Pro-Gun Rights!
Pro-Life!
Loves Jesus!
Loves Her Daughter in the Face of Moral Failure!
Media Hates Her!
Go Sarah! Go John!
Worst possible news for Radical Islam, Iran, Russia ... Like Reagan.
Wait and see!
Pro-Gun Rights!
Pro-Life!
Loves Jesus!
Loves Her Daughter in the Face of Moral Failure!
Media Hates Her!
Go Sarah! Go John!
Worst possible news for Radical Islam, Iran, Russia ... Like Reagan.
Wait and see!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
In Human Relations Only Wisdom Connects Cause with Effect
I was reading The Finacial Times of London and found an article about major multinational firms that are leaving England because of the huge corporate taxes that are loaded up on them. They are moving to other, more business friendly locations.
What does "business friendly" mean? It means places that don't make it impossible for the company to make a profit. When they make a profit, everyone who owns their stock is helped. Teachers, preachers, construction workers, and plant maintenance people all get a raise. The companies that supply the company that profits, they get a raise, too. Churches and non-profit charities get a raise because the region is prospering.
There is always someone who, no matter how good things are, seem unable to participate in the goodtimes.
But if someone can get you to focus on the ones unable to participate, and convince you to change the whole system, then you too can do what the British and the French and the Europeans are doing. You too can kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. You can kill the prosperity of the entire region by ignoring how things work and trying to make them work a different way.
You see, the laws a government passes that increase the taxes corporations have to pay, increases their expenses. That, in turn, lessens the profit margin.
If the profit margin shrinks, the owners of the company start looking for ways fix this problem. They can move the company to places outside the authority of the tax raisers or they can vote out the tax raisers and vote in people who understand the effects of their actions have on business. But you can bet your bottom dollar on this one thing. Free people aren't gonna just take that loss and do nothing. I didn't say greedy people. I said free people.
The Democrats keep saying things at their convention that are not compatible.
They are going to raise taxes on the rich oil corporations and other big corporations to more fair levels - and - we need someone in office who will keep good paying jobs in America. What?
When they doraise taxes, the companies move, raise their prices, or both.
What's next?
Are you going to outlaw moving or raising prices?
Where does it stop?
Are you only going to outlaw companies moving or are you going to make it illegal for me to move?
The majority of Americans are enjoying lifestyles that, while they are not perfect, they are both better than their parents enjoyed and far better than the rest of the world.
Can it get better?
Maybe it can, but it won't be by going down the socialist route - where government takes your money and wastes it on social experiments dreamed up by communist professors at The University of Illinois at Chicago.
If it gets better, it will come from free people who observe and learn and apply what they learn without the chains of governmental control sinking them.
It will come from happy people.
It will come from thankful people.
It will come from young men and women with vision of what they can contribute to others by their ideas.
America's promise is not in what government can do for me.
It is what I can do for myself when I am left alone by government.
What does "business friendly" mean? It means places that don't make it impossible for the company to make a profit. When they make a profit, everyone who owns their stock is helped. Teachers, preachers, construction workers, and plant maintenance people all get a raise. The companies that supply the company that profits, they get a raise, too. Churches and non-profit charities get a raise because the region is prospering.
There is always someone who, no matter how good things are, seem unable to participate in the goodtimes.
But if someone can get you to focus on the ones unable to participate, and convince you to change the whole system, then you too can do what the British and the French and the Europeans are doing. You too can kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. You can kill the prosperity of the entire region by ignoring how things work and trying to make them work a different way.
You see, the laws a government passes that increase the taxes corporations have to pay, increases their expenses. That, in turn, lessens the profit margin.
If the profit margin shrinks, the owners of the company start looking for ways fix this problem. They can move the company to places outside the authority of the tax raisers or they can vote out the tax raisers and vote in people who understand the effects of their actions have on business. But you can bet your bottom dollar on this one thing. Free people aren't gonna just take that loss and do nothing. I didn't say greedy people. I said free people.
The Democrats keep saying things at their convention that are not compatible.
They are going to raise taxes on the rich oil corporations and other big corporations to more fair levels - and - we need someone in office who will keep good paying jobs in America. What?
When they doraise taxes, the companies move, raise their prices, or both.
What's next?
Are you going to outlaw moving or raising prices?
Where does it stop?
Are you only going to outlaw companies moving or are you going to make it illegal for me to move?
The majority of Americans are enjoying lifestyles that, while they are not perfect, they are both better than their parents enjoyed and far better than the rest of the world.
Can it get better?
Maybe it can, but it won't be by going down the socialist route - where government takes your money and wastes it on social experiments dreamed up by communist professors at The University of Illinois at Chicago.
If it gets better, it will come from free people who observe and learn and apply what they learn without the chains of governmental control sinking them.
It will come from happy people.
It will come from thankful people.
It will come from young men and women with vision of what they can contribute to others by their ideas.
America's promise is not in what government can do for me.
It is what I can do for myself when I am left alone by government.
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