Saturday, June 29, 2013

AMERICA UNDER JUDGMENT - IN GOD'S COURTROOM!

"Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them"...Revelation 20:11

The United States Supreme Court has been at the center of enforced erosion of the moral and spiritual center for decades now. From former Ku Klux Klan bigot-turned liberal Hugo Black to the current Justice Anthony Kennedy, there has been a wholesale removal of God from the public life - never mind the violation of the First Amendment rights of the average citizen. To men like Hugo Black and his "wall of separation of Church and state", the religious liberties and rights of the ordinary citizen is meaningless when compared to their moral and intellectual self-righteousness and superiority.

The former KKK member/Supreme Court Judge Hugo Black, who hated Catholics as much as he hated God, wrote the majority opinion in 1947 in the case of Everson vs Board of Education which stopped the use of local public funds for the transport of children, via school buses, to local religious schools. It was not just the decision but the vitriol he aimed at the taxpayers, who now could not have their kids bused along with public school children.

Then in 1962, the same thorn in the side of God - Hugo Black, wrote the same kind of majority opinion in Engel vs Vitale Case when by a majority if 6-1 (which included Supreme Court justices like the Kennedys of that day - Earl Warren) threw God and prayer out of schools. Black's majority opinion was just as contrived as that letter by Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists which started all this fake "Separation of church and state"  stuff.

One year later, the same Earl Warren Supreme Court removed the Bible from Schools. Fast forward to exactly 10 years later and in 1973, Justice Harry Blackmun, whose name will forever live in infamy (like Black), wrote the majority opinion on Roe vs Wade. We have had over 55 million American babies aborted since and counting. The premise of the right to an abortion was found in a made up thing which did not exist in the real constitution, i.e. "emanations from the penumbra".....typical liberal-speak.

Exactly forty years later, in a biting deviation from the Word of God, another supreme court judge - Kennedy - invalidated 6000 years of civilization. By his majority 5-4 liberal decision, he virtually created a right to same-sex marriage which will reveberate throughout society and damage the First Amendment, religious liberty and more. Just like Roe vs Wade, these pontificating people could care less about the moral fabric and its effect on children.  

When these judges removed God from the public schools starting in 1947 to this last shot across the bow by Kennedy, they also removed His Morality. We see the decline in education, the culture and the family. It did not start overnight, and it had a lot of  help from politicians and judicial activism.

This is just the start of an assault of religious freedom by the Court.  More cases will be coming up before it and they involve the healthcare mandate on religious hospitals and employers. These institutions are being told to provide contraceptives and abortion pills as part of their health care packages to employees (re:health care reform). So far lower courts have only upheld religious freedom of these individuals on a sporadic basis. Therefore, the First Amendment will be on trial again before the US Supreme Court where it may or may not stand a chance.

However, the US Supreme Court is not the only supreme mess out there. The entire infrastructure of America has crumbled, and we see it collapsing like a house of cards almost daily. Here is what we can take from this - days are coming, declares the Lord, when True Justice will be served. God's Justice will not be just for matter like these, but all the transgressions against His Holiness since the beginning of time. The Holy God of Heaven, Whom these people (and all who have sinned and NOT accepted Christ as Lord and Savior) will face on Judgment Day will be using the same Law against them that He put in every human heart, since Creation. Whether the Lost believe in God or not does not matter. They will stand accused and completely guilty on that day.

Two things are to be taken away from the following passage in Revelation, which should give hope to all persecuted saints of God - whether they are persecuted in Iran or Nigeria or increasingly here in the US. These two things are one - nothing has escaped God and two, the books will be open with Jesus Christ the Righteous Supreme Judge of the Universe holding court. With Him in charge, all will be cleaned up and supreme justice will be served.


The Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15):
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Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.  And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

All of this is horrible stuff. Still, even the vilest sinner - from the highest to the lowliest person in the world, can have their sins forgiven, be made new and be set free and saved by the Spirit of God. All any person has to do is cry out to the Lord, ask His forgiveness for our sins and then accept the finished work on the Cross. If it can happen to "Roe" (Norma McCorvey) of Roe vs Wade, the Apostle Paul or you and I, salvation can come to anyone. 



NEXT: "HOW THE CHURCH BLEW IT"

Sunday, June 23, 2013

BRITISH GIRL SCOUTS KICK GOD OUT - AMERICA NEXT

This past Spring of 2013 has surely opened a lot of eyes to the direction of both our youth and those who are leading them into oblivion. Quick on the heels of the Boy Scouts of America being just one step away from allowing gay scout leaders to their declining numbers across the country, comes the news that British Girl Guides (the equivalent of US Girl Scouts) have gone atheist!

While this is the natural (and sad) progression for the modern cultural diverse mess of the once great country which gave us George Whitfield, Spurgeon and Wesley - it is still a stunning development! The Guides are 103 years old and this move on June 19 to replace the promise to "love God" with  the promise to "be true to myself" and to "develop my beliefs" is narcissistic  phony and just ripe for these people to be set up to fail in life. If the best thing a young person, who absolutely needs moral and divine guidance, is to look inside themselves (under the direction of an secular humanist), the coming generations will be without any true hope.

When pressed, "Chief Guide Gill Slocombe protested that the organization consulted 40,000 before it made the change. She said that using God in the pledge “discouraged some girls and volunteers from joining,” and now the Guides could “reach out to girls and women who might not have considered guiding before, so that even more girls can benefit from everything guiding can offer.” Julie Bentley, the new CEO of the Guides, has called the Girl Guides the “ultimate feminist organization.” (Sourced here)

Did you catch that? They are not interested in bringing up young women with character, but in "reaching out to girls" who will become 'ultimate feminists' like their new CEO! But they are just following the lost Girl Scouts of America which is fast becoming an arm of Planned Parenthood. Boy Scouts in Britain (where scouting actually started) are considering dropping "God" too so watch for the geniuses who run the Boy Scouts of America in Dallas to follow suit! 

This decline in Great Britain is nothing new. To watch it slide down into the pit of hell is horrifying, but America is no different. American Atheists have been trying to get the BSA to do the same thing, and after watching how the Pentagon treats the rights of Christian soldiers, BSA is going to fold to the unbelieving left soon enough.

So what is the answer to all of this destruction of great institutions? The answer is FAITH! Faith, but not faith alone - action, that is - take action and pull your children out of these groups. Thankfully, some good families who were formerly in the Girl Scouts of America saw where they were heading and started American Heritage Girls. American Heritage Girls are safe from the corrupt left and their politicians and worthy to be joined. So is Frontier Girls.


For those sensible parents who also want to leave the Boy Scouts, visit your nearest Southern Baptist Church which has a youth group, and you can find a Royal Ambassador (RA) group for your son there. Now is the time to both walk in the world (since we live in it) but be separate from the evil therein, so that when we stand before Christ on Judgment Day, we will not like those who will hear "depart from Me, I never knew you" (Matthew 7:23) 

Friday, June 21, 2013

WHY WE BLESS THE LORD, PART 2

Today, we need to key in on one major fact about God - and this should be a HUGE reason to Bless the Lord! In fact, if we don't bless Him big time about this, we don't deserve anything else.

There is so much that can be said about each of these verses from Psalm 103. However when we look at ourselves, both as individuals and as a people, we never see the way God sees. 
His Ways are not our ways and His Eyes are definitely different from ours!
He sees through the Eyes of Holiness. We see through the eyes of the flesh.
He sees through the Eyes of Righteousness. We see through the eyes of self- righteousness.
He sees through to the very core of our soul. We see only the man in the mirror.
He sees and knows all our short comings. We see ourselves as "not so bad".....not so bad. But is that good enough?

Of course it is not good enough...in fact, that kind of philosophy is called "religion" and it is the same evil that has been perpetrated against God since Nimrod built the Tower of Babel and created every false and evil thing, only a few hundred years after God destroyed the earth with the Great Flood - for the same reason!


So unless we are truly blinded, as most people are, we need to recognize this Truth - THE LORD IS MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, SLOW TO ANGER AND ABOUNDING IN MERCY! America is a corrupt and godless country which has sown the wind by the kind of leaders they elect; the evil culture they worship and their ungodly lifestyles we have. We deserve the Backhand of God slapping this country around from one side of the ocean to the other. Yet He is holding back! He is holding back! Not for much longer, but God is holding back some bad stuff, for the time being. For that reason alone, we should BLESS THE LORD, oh my soul!

PSALM 103: 6-10
The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.

He made known His ways to Moses,

His acts to the children of Israel.

The Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

He will not always strive with us,

Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 
He has not dealt with us according to our sins,

Nor punished us according to our iniquities. 

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

WHY WE BLESS THE LORD - PART ONE

Too many of us not just take God for granted but use Him as an ATM machine. Except this "ATM Machine" has riches we did not create and deposits we did not make! What do we have that was not given to us by His Grace?

And what is His Grace - God's Riches At Christ's Expense. The timeless, eternal Ancient of Days came down and  I mean DOWN, to this very earth to be born in a nasty stinky cave, so that evil filthy religious men who spit on Him, persecute and murder Him. Then this VERY God, would pay the price for ALL SIN for ALL TIME, since Adam until the end of the coming Tribulation.


But wait - it gets better - He rose out of the grave they put the dead Savior in! He kicked down the gates of death and hell and won the Victory for us, forever.

So today, when you feel like God has not only abandoned not just all mankind but YOU, remember that Truth...remember what He has not only done but done in YOUR life - when you were sick, when you were hungry, when you were at your wits end, when you had no job, when you had no love in your life, when you had no nothing...remember WHO was there...because He still is and He is waiting for you to come back to Him - RIGHT NOW!!



Psalm 103: 1-5
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

THE WILL OF THE FATHER

(Credit: East Balsam Baptist Church, Wisconsin)
As earthly fathers, I know that nothing pleases us more than when our children do what we ask them to do. In all cases I know of, we always ask them to do something that will be beneficial to their health, safety and future.  I know of no father in my circles of influence, who does not wish the best for his son or daughter - none. Jesus Himself confirmed that truth when He said which of you fathers, if your son asks you for bread, you will give him a stone? (Matthew 7:9)

Well, the answer is not one of us would do such a thing.  We sacrifice (well most of us do) and live way within our means so our kids can have the best of clothes, food and education. We have no control over what corrupt politicians do to destroy their futures with crushing long term debt (now over $100,000 for each of our unborn grand-children), but in our own way, we can teach and set them on the same course the ant took.

Proverbs 6:6-8 (NLT) says Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter. This is a philosophy we can pass on to our children that, unless they're the small minority of honor students with large scholarships to fine university, they should break into life gradually. The ant is an industrious little creature who goes about his work like nobody's business. He is not proud nor does he make waves. He just does what he does and builds, provides and stores up.

Our Heavenly Father created that ant.
Father God also created us to work like that ant, but with His Law written in our hearts, so that even the pagan in remotest Papua, New Guinea, will know right from wrong. 
Father God created us and the creation around us. ALL Creation testifies to His Majesty, Power and great attention to detail. God is in the details - not the devil.
Father God also created us with a conscience to know when we violate that law which He has written on our hearts. This conscience testifies to the existence of the power of sin to move us away from Father God, even while we perform the great work of earthly fathers and industrious ants.

Yielding to the Power of Sin is NOT the Will of Father God, our Heavenly Father and Daddy - Abba! Yielding is not - but OBEYING is! There is no more perfect example than the Lord Jesus "Who offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to Him who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of his reverence.  Although He was a son, He learned obedience through what He suffered. And being made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him!" (Hebrews 5:7-9)

There it is! This is Father's Son - God Who became man, OBEYING GOD the Father...how much more is it demanded of us that WE obey seeing that there is a coming Day when all will stand in the Judgment. Even pagan leaders are good providers and fathers to their daughters and sons, but that does not mean they are in the Will of the Father. If a man, no matter how high up or low down he is, claims he is doing what God put him on this earth to do - he is both a liar and in the end, he is not a good example of God's representative to his family.


What every man who calls himself a christian is not just supposed to, but commanded to do (by Scripture) is to teach his family to listen to, love and trust and obey God. To bring it down to the nitty gritty, the destination in our internal GPS should always be Heaven. This is what real men of God do - prepare to lead everyone in their household to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. This is the only purpose in life - to know God and enjoy Him forever.

The true success we have in life, is to see ALL of our children TRULY saved, TRULY KNOW WHO the Savior is and that they TRULY have a REAL relationship with Christ. We can know this for sure, on this side of eternity if we ourselves walk in righteousness all the days of our lives.

My wife once told me that we have to be 150% more righteous so that our kids can be 75%. There is some truth in that because they will have to find their own level of living in Christ once we lead them there and show them the road map. This is important for them and their children to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. We do NOT want to be part of the majority who did not heed this warning from Jesus for either our children or us, on that Day -  “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven...Matthew 7:21


There will be no excuse then, but there is still time now. We have the Scriptures NOW to instruct us. If we really want to have a truly great Father's Day which will last beyond this one day every year, we will both do the "Will of the Father" as Jesus said in this verse and then ensure our kids live by it!

So what is "The Will of the Father" you ask? Scripture has the full answer - "For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” (John 6:40).


The words "looks on" as in "who looks on the Son (Jesus)" literally means everyone who "partakes of, experiences, gazes on, beholds, walks, talks, lives and has a relationship with (theoron in the Greek)....will live forever in Heaven! This is should be our standard as earthly Fathers. Is it yours?

All Scriptures except where noted are from English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. 

Saturday, June 15, 2013

WEATHERGEDDON - THE COMING JUDGMENT

UPDATED JANUARY 11, 2015
THE REAL CLIMATE CHANGER (GOD) STEPS IN
US Actual Low Temperatures
Every time mankind, in its lost spiritual condition and full of pride, steps up to claim power over the Climate, and that THEY, the current rulers of this earth, from the United Nations to the other halls of power across the globe, the REAL CLIMATE CHANGER - GOD - steps in! These people, from those who believe in nothing to those who claim to represent religions, will never learn.

As the end rolls around, more and more extremes in the climate, in this age of global cooling, will be evident. All of this is predicted in the Scripture, which most of the rulers of this world, from the religious to the irreligious, do not read and/or misinterpret on purpose. Therefore, be on the alert.

UPDATED JULY 12, 2014
POLAR VORTEX - JANUARY WINTER IN JULY SUMMER!
Photo courtesy NOAA
All through Spring 2014 and into the month of July, before world events took over the headlines, the assorted rebels against the Creator, never let up in the War against Biblical Truth. Everything from a hang nail to a mudslide or some unstable person or bully acting up, was blamed on "Climate Change". If there ever was an example of Romans 1 here it is. The same political, media, academic and other elite who have the upper hand (until Christ Returns) made their voices heard, yet Scripture says in Romans 1:
Verse 24  - Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.
Verse 26  For this reason God gave them up to vile passions.
Verse 28b - God gave them over to a debased mind.

Three times, the Word of The Lord, which never returns void, predicted and proclaimed - GOD GAVE THEM UP and OVER! He has no part of them whatsoever, just as much as they have nothing but contempt and hatred for Him. The modern man, in his over-educated ignorance and by claiming "climate change" at the drop of a hat, confirms Scripture. Their pride and worldly foolishness is their god. They have made their final offer - and it is, they are god....not the Real Climate Changer - YAHWEH - but mortal, sinful humans on this speck of dust in the vast universe.

The coming Polar Vortex during the week of July 14-10 will drop day and night time temps from 20-30 degrees in the upper Great Lakes area as well as the North East. The cooler air will actually make the summer humidity and heat more bearable as temperatures will run as low as 65 during the day and 50's at night.....and the downside is...what?! Thank You Lord for saving us some cash on the air conditioning bill....and bring on the Global Cooling, Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth! Amen...

Meanwhile, America continues to be under the Judgment of God unless national leaders call for AND ACT on Repentance, in all truth, in Jesus' Holy Name, amen.


UPDATED APRIL 3, 2014
BLOOD MOON COMING APRIL 15.SIGN OF APOCALYPSE?
As winter continues unabated in the upper Midwest (Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin etc) into April, followers of the pagan religion of "Climate Change" (formerly known as "Global Warming") are doubling down on their mantras and choruses. It is getting so ridiculous that their temple in the United Nations is predicting all kinds of catastrophic events caused by Granpa driving his Ford F150 in Idaho carrying hay to his cattle! We have intolerant leftists in England calling for "climate change skeptics" to be treated like pariahs and worse. 

Wait till they get a load of what's coming in the next few weeks - BLOOD MOON! Will the moon turning blood red (which could be a sign of the coming Apocalypse) have been caused by "Climate Change"? You bet - never mind it is outside the earth's atmosphere! Meanwhile, the REAL Climate Changer - Creator Jesus Christ - is taking notes and shaking His Holy Head!

So what is a "Blood Moon"? The moon will have a total eclipse on April 15 at 3:07 am EDT and will have a blood red look to it, caused by the sun's rays bouncing off the earth. This will be the first of FOUR BLOOD MOONS in the next year or so. The next three are in October 2014, April 2015 and October 2015. Four Blood Moons, in Biblical Eschatology, is End Times scary for this world. This is going to be a horrible next year for weather patterns around the world as Weathergeddon 2014-2015 kicks into high gear. The more the Creation groans for the Return of the Creator, the worse it will get. Expect the majority of this world - from the western mainstream media and "scientists" to focus on non-existent "climate change". They do this to explain something they know nothing of - the Will and Ways of God.


Anyway, when you see and hear of the Four Blood Moons (Passover and Tabernacles - Two Important Feasts directly about Messiah Jesus Christ), remember these Scripture references, because they will become more evident as these events unfold:

“He made the moon to mark the seasons.” Psalm 104:19.
“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars.” Luke 21:25
“The sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light" Matthew 24:29
“The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood….” “….the coming of the great glorious day of the Lord.” Acts 2:20



UPDATED FEBRUARY 2, 2014
NASA PHOTOS SHOW EXTENT OF CALIFORNIA DROUGHT
california snow drought extreme critical fire risk los angeles san francisco oakland january 2014
Credits: Satellite images from NASA/NOAA
There seems to be no end in sight for this drought. Therefore we pray for those affected by the drought and that solution can be found....maybe desalination of Pacific Ocean water or something. While most westerners may not believe the Bible - it is still the living, breathing Word of God. He is the same God Who sent a three year drought to the Northern Kingdom of Israel after the Great Prophet Elijah called for it in 1 Kings 17, due to the sin of Ahab and Jezebel.  There is still time for America and the world to turn to The Creator and the controller of the Climate - the real Climate Changer - God, through His Son Jesus Christ. 
"13 When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people who are 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. 15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place......2 Chronicles 7:13-15.

UPDATED: JANUARY 7, 2014
SNOWAGEDDON

While "global warming" alarmists and their renamed hoax stepson "Climate Change" is attributed to summer heat in the summer and extreme cold in the winter, a new phenomenon has been happening in the late half of 2013, into the winter of 2014. Late tornadoes in November devastated a Central Illinois town and the Winter of 2014 started off in extreme fashion, with non-stop snow, ice, cold winds and record low temperatures!

Since most people are starting to question "Climate Change" (unless you're a liberal who does not believe in God, the REAL Climate Changer), the corrupt American media - whose credibility ranks up there with used car and snake oil salesmen - have come up with a sophisticated sounding concept to dazzle the masses. They are calling this concept "Polar Vortex"! God calls it - winter! Surely, it is one of the harshest winters we can remember since 1983, but there is also something else going on - Judgment.

Many may scoff at this notion, but America is turning its collective back more and more on the God of Heaven, Who will not stand for it! Ask the Chosen People of Israel what happened to their northern Kingdom in the 8th century BC and the southern kingdom, when a barbarian king from Iraq named Nebechanezzar took care of idolatrous Jerusalem, as God's instrument of Justice, 200 years later.

The latest Gallup polls have confirmed that the United States has become more ungodly like Europe; the belief in God has dropped dramatically in the past few years and most young people have walked away from the church to worship the most evil Celebrity Culture ever known to mankind. They vote for politicians who pursue unbiblical policies; sanction local schools that indoctrinate children and sit idly by while Christians and others are persecuted around the world for their Faith in the same God of Heaven. Therefore, do you think this God, Who holds the entire Creation and its function in His Hands, will just sit by and allow His Holy Name to be trampled upon? There is no evidence of otherwise in 5000 years of creation.
Stay tuned.....




And there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows.....Matthew 24:7b-8 

UPDATED NOVEMBER 23, 2013
SEVEN VOLCANOES ERUPT ON SAME DAY!
On November 21 2013 seven volcanoes started erupting  in 6 different  countries - all within hours of each other! If you look at the history of this planet, similar events have occurred - although there was no devastation in these eruptions. The corrupt debauchery of Pompii preceded the massive similar volcanic explosion from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The town of over 20,000 was preparing to sacrifice to their non-existent pagan gods Augustus and other stone gods to every sin imaginable. Vesuvius wiped out the entire town, as the real God of Heaven usually does to those who flaunt this kind of stuff in His Holy Face. 

The artifacts from this town, from frescos and pottery to even their pagan temples have been well preserved for over 1900 years and tell quite the story. Expect more and more natural disasters as each day brings us closer to the Return of the Lord Jesus Christ and the end of all things in this natural world. The Bible tells that ALL creation groans and it has been so, since sin entered God's once-perfect Creation. Another perfect day is coming. It will be so when the lion will lay down with the lamb and the King (Jesus) rules in Person, from the Millennial Temple in Jerusalem!

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 16,2013
Add to this fires and floods!FLOODING IN COLORADO:
First Responder authorities in Colorado told residents to expect rain and flooding of Biblical proportions in the past week or so. There was over 14 inches of rainfall in less than one week. There were 6 dams blowing out and 20 overflowing and local sheriffs (in Boulder county) reported 20 foot walls of water coming down through the canyons. There are over 1200 people missing and countless more homeless....as the natural disaster continues. Highways are washed out. Homes are sliding off hills. Bridges are collapsing.

The hardest hit area is Boulder, widely know as the best city for pagans in Colorado. Colorado is mistakenly called the Evangelical Vatican of the West, but not the spiritual underworld knows is this: the concentration of Christian ministries is only limited to Colorado Springs (Focus on the Family, Navigators etc). Outside of that great city, there are Manitou Springs and other such towns. Manitou is called the Hippie Mayberry, but it is more of like the witchcraft capitol of Colorado. Even the word "manitou" means "a supernatural power that permeates the world, possessed in varying degrees by both spiritual and human beings (in the pagan Algonquin religion)". It is a known fact that only 4% of that city are actual Christians and/or church goers. Manitou was hit by the flooding and the rains as well as the so-called Garden of the Gods....named not after the God of Creation but the so-called place of "assembly of gods"! It remains to be seen if this population will turn to the God of all comfort for healing and restoration, after this calamity.

ITEM 2:
NEW JERSEY BOARDWALK:
Less than a year after the powerful Hurricane Sandy destroyed the New Jersey coastline, Staten Island and other areas in the New York - New Jersey coastal regions, the famed New Jersey boardwalk was destroyed again - this time by fire. As of now, no cause of the fire has been found. But it is just a sad reality to an area where many people do make a living, in a historic part of the United States, but where some really unsavory things happen - from gambling and prostitution to high crime rates, pre-Hurricane Sandy.  Some of the casinos are back up in Atlantic City.


ITEM 3:
FOREST FIRES OF 2013
This past summer of 2013 saw numerous wildfires across the west. A whole lot of them were again in Colorado although we lost a lot of acreage in Arizona and California. Some of the dangerously close to big population centers. Nineteen ace firefighters were lost bravely fighting forest fires in Arizona and we pray for those wonderful families left behind to grieve.....and on and on....


June 2013 Sandstorm in Nevada
For the past several years, the talk of the town has been the extreme weather in almost every region of the country...if not the world.  Since May 2011, when tornadoes almost wiped out Joplin, Missouri and a huge portion of Tuscaloosa Alabama, we have been hit by one weather phenomenon after another. The unbelieving world chalks it up to "climate change" or "global warming", as if mortal man could come up with that we are experiencing first hand on a regular basis.

It IS "climate change" BUT it is being done by The Climate Changer and His Creation! It is still mind-boggling that many do not realize the Truth of the impact of the Spiritual on the Natural. Mortal sinful man has attempted to play God since the days of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel. Creation has been groaning for the Creator since Fall of Man in Genesis 3 and still, mankind has not let his conscience be his/her guide in repenting and returning to the Feet of the Master.


Tidal wave hitting Thailand -2004
The pagan cultures of the East have experienced drastic events losing hundreds of thousands of souls - from tidal waves to floods to earthquakes etc. Massive flooding and devastation in Europe have been going unnoticed by us here, for years, on the American continent. Now, our turn has arrived.  We ignored the warnings to have a nationwide soul cleansing. We saw a brief blip of "spirituality" when most of us flocked to churches after September 11, 2001. That lasted weeks, until we got comfortable again. Sure there are pockets of revival in small towns around the country, but there is no corporate reverence for God.

The culture spits in His Eye. They treasure filth and sex and corruption of our young people with their movies, music, magazines and multi-media.  There is no Godly national leadership and America's preachers have gone silent, doing nothing but waiting for "The Rapture", while people are dying and going away from the eternal presence of God, because they do not know Christ as their Lord and Savior! Romans 1 has become a self-fulfilling prophesy as not even public schools are safe for the minds of young children. The corruption and indoctrination into unholy lifestyles and education boggles the mind. It is staggering because these blind guides have no clue of how God thinks about these things -
since they do not know Him! 

So is it any wonder that punishing weather, one week after the next, are slamming all portions of this country? When Hurricane Sandy hit the northeastern coast last Fall, did anyone cry out to God in all honesty, to ask for His mercy, help and compassion?  No! They were and still are blaming "global warming"! Tornadoes have been wrecking havoc in the southwest and other places. This has been causing people to ask "Where is God" and "Why is He letting this happen to us?" We don't really need to answer those questions since God is where He always is - on His Throne. What we need to take note of is this - why do we think we can live the way the country looks now, and not expect God to respond through Creation?


The rain falls equally on the just (born-again saved believers) and the unjust (those who are lost to perdition). Therefore, good people are affected in all of these natural disasters
as well. We saw that in Oklahoma, where the testimonies of ordinary folks about the Goodness of God sparing their lives (even while they lost everything) stunned the national media! These salt -of-the-earth Americans knew just Who the Source of all Life is.

We will continue to see devastation and destruction in the months and years ahead. The
Tornado in Moore, Okhlahoma 2013
Wrath of God will be revealed upon ALL unrighteousness. The scary Sandstorms in Nevada; the Derecho storms of mid June 2013; the double whammy two-mile-wide tornadoes in Oklahoma and more hurricane Sandy's; massive sinkholes and earthquakes are coming. The key to surviving all of this is PRAYER! First of all - pray for your OWN salvation and that you are right with God! Then pray for your own safety and that of your family and friends.  Then, if one of these natural disasters call us home, we will be in Heaven with King Jesus! The next breath is not promised anyone!



The disciples came to Jesus, as recorded in Luke 13:1-3 and told Him that Pilate had killed some Galileans and done some other horrible things to them. They asked the Lord "who was the bigger sinner - those who died or the other Galileans?" Do you know what Jesus told them....and He has the same message for us TODAY....Jesus said in verse 3 "I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish". There was no Dr. Phil or Diane Sawyer or some whiny national figure prevarication here! There was ONLY scary Truth!

More is coming...or as Jesus said the verse at the top of this article, this is just the "beginning of sorrows"! The question is - are we ready? If today were our final day on this earth and God forbid, one of these natural disasters called us home, would we present to Him, a good report coming out of Weathergeddon or....the opposite?


The reaction to all of this tragedy and sorrow is Repentance - corporate and personal repentance. Do not depend on unsaved political leaders to do it or even fly by night preachers who tickle the ears of millions of earth, but do not have the Ear of God. Depend on Jesus Christ - the Author and Perfecter of Our Faith, Who for the Joy set before Him, endured the Cross and is coming again to rule the earth with a Fist of Iron.

Those who have repented and believed the Gospel have nothing to worry about, even in these dark and scary days. Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' Blood and righteousness. What we must do is to pray for the lost and hurting, reach out to them with the joy and love of Jesus Christ and then - lend a helping hand everywhere, while there is still time!

Amen.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

PRAISE THE NAME OF JESUS - PRAISE ADONAI

PSALM 113 (esv)
Praise the Lord!
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the Lord is to be praised!
The Lord is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens!
Who is like the Lord our God,
who is seated on high,
who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?

Sunday, June 9, 2013

PORN FREE

JOIN ONE MILLION MEN PORN FREE FOR FATHER'S DAY (Women can join too!)
Some of the most powerful life changing tools are coming out of the inspired hearts and minds and souls of some really young church/ministry leaders. There is one in particular, that will have immediate impact on families is called "One Million Men Porn Free". The initiative was launched at this week's Annual Southern Baptist Convention in Houston by Pastor Jay Dennis of First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland, Florida. This could have the staying power and influence of the One Million Mom's organization which has been growing steadily since taking on JCPenney in 2012, (over the latter's ill-fated anti-traditional family marketing agenda which almost bankrupted Penney's)!

Pornography has become so prevalent in today's corrupt society that a 6 year old with his teenage brother's smartphone can access readily available disgusting materials, that can scar their souls for life. The increasing use and acceptance of not just pornographic movies on mainstream cable channels (in some network TV) are desensitizing many church-goers. Increasingly, it is not just men who are becoming addicted! The worldwide phenomenon "Fifty Shades of Grey" erotic books were written specifically for women have hit 100 million copies sold in one year and set to outpace the equally spiritually-decadent Harry Potter which took 16 years to sell 450 million copies! They are even making a movie of Fifty Shades, to further corrupt young stay at home moms and others!

That being said, pornography is still a major problem for men and specifically men inside the church. It is a huge problem for church leaders to handle in this Laodecian age where difficult issues are pushed aside in order to not offend people in the pews. For some reason, many modern church leaders would rather risk offending God rather than lose some members, and keep our Father in Heaven happy! The reason some of these men may be loath to attack this problem is they themselves, may be involved in some form of immorality! If you don't think immorality is a huge problem, look at this what happened in the most influential mega-church in Richmond, Virginia, where four of the five pastors were just forced to resign over sexual issues. The conservative Sovereign Grace Ministries, where some solid men like CJ Mahaney and Joshua Harris preach, is under a cloud for covering up sexual abuse...and on and on.

Marriages are breaking up over wide spread porn usage. Families are getting torn up. Men and women of God are falling like flies all over the place.  Immorality is up - righteousness is down.  Biblical ignorance is up, bible reading is down. Biblical expository preaching is up, mindless pap and prosperity gospel preaching is leading us down. A survey came out early in February 2013 that had some stunning revelations. Indiana University Professor Paul Wright writes that from his research, the more heterosexual men watch pornography, the more and more non- traditional sex they get pulled into. Therefore, the more they are apt to support gay "marriage"! Men are visual creatures, as we know and Professor Wright could be on to something here! The multi-billion dollar porn industry is booming because it is fueled by all sorts of demand for more and more outrageous "storylines" and "plots" to go with the extreme physical situations of the flesh.

When you apply these modern "truths" to users of pornography in the church, we see a serious problem here.  The corroding effect on the soul, where the desires of the flesh are now placed over the hunger and thirst for the Righteousness of God, is rotting the Body of Christ from the inside out! Church members who use pornography, are more apt to condone premarital sex, adultery, "shacking up"....and like Seinfield, they see "nothing wrong with that (homosexuality, which then leads to gay "marriage" etc.). We don't need persecutors to infiltrate and destroy the church - we are doing a really good job doing this ourselves!

Hence the reason for the One Million Men Porn Free! Father's Day is Sunday June 16. There can be no better gift to give your family, men, than to publicly promise - before God and man - to be "porn free"...as free as the wind blows!  Therefore, I urge you to please go to this website, watch the video and make a public commitment on the Wall! Please click here

There is also resources for women on this "One Million Men Porn Free" website.  
Let us take a stand like Tiffany Leeper, my great and influential powerful sister who started  group called "GIRLS AGAINST PORN".  GAP is dedicated to removing pornography from the public arena like airlines, libraries etc. 
Let's take a stand here also like Pastor Jay Dennis, who will make the entire world more aware this week when he takes a stand at the Convention of the World's largest denomination in Houston. 
Let's save our marriages. 
Let's save our kids from broken lives. 
Let's save our churches and ministries from sure destruction . 
Let's save our eyes, minds, bodies and souls for the purposes and proclamation and joy and love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! 
Let's do it to please Him, above all else! Amen.