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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Something Chilling
Last night I looked at the third Presidential debate between Senators McCain and Obama. At one point, the issue of abortion came up. To me it was absolutely chilling to hear Obama discuss his position on abortion. When he spoke about the "right" of a woman to choose, it was overwhelming to me that he could speak of choice so casually as a right to murder. Innocent children will be aborted today, and if elected to the White House, Obama will insure that the right to kill the unborn is absolutely protected by signing federal legislation removing all restrictions on abortion. America, wake up! We are permitting the murder of innocent children in the name of convenience and choice. There is a special place for Obama and his followers in the flames of hell. Anyone who could so easily speak of choice in the manner that he did has a heart that is hardened and petrified. Christians we need to pray that he is stopped; he must not win this election. The next President will select two or three Supreme Court Justices which will determine the future of the Supreme Court for years to come. Roe v. Wade must be reversed. "Dear God, save us from Obama and his evil followers that seek to destroy what is left of the morality of this nation!"
More Great Quotes To Inspire You
These were sent to me and I trust they will inspire you as you walk with Jesus Christ:
"When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the
sermons I preached on hell. He said, 'Preach about the meek and
lowly Jesus.' I said, 'That's where I got my information about hell.'"
- Vance Havner
"It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works
in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The
parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last
ones to lose Him there." - Vance Havner
"Where God builds a church the devil builds a chapel." - Martin Luther
"Folks, it's getting late and it's getting serious." - David Wilkerson
"Are we not told to seek first the Kingdom of God --- not the
means to advance it --- and that 'all these things' shall be added
to us? Such promises are surely sufficient." - Hudson Taylor
"Our prayers often resemble the mischievous tricks of town
children, who knock at their neighbors' houses and then run away;
we often knock at heaven's door and then run off into the spirit of
the world. Instead of waiting for entrance to be granted, we act as
if we were afraid of having our prayers answered." - Williams
"But from where shall I fetch my arguments? With what shall I win
them? O that I could tell! I would write to them in tears, I would
weep out every argument, I would empty my veins for ink, I would
petition them on my knees. O thankful should I be if they would be
prevailed with to repent and turn." - Joseph Alleine.
"Today, we are living in desperate times. Yet, the Church is not
desperate before God in prayer." - Chuck Smith
"Now, if the church ever recovers the power to break up demonism
in the community, it will bring down the wrath of evil and the
church may land in jail, but she'll learn how to sing in prison, pray
down an earthquake. Folks are asking "Will the church go
underground?" Well, she may develop more power underground
than she's got above ground these days. We're not going to pray
down earth quakes in committee meetings, sipping coffee and
reading the minutes of the last meeting." - Vance Havner
"My Lord was pleased to die for my sins; why should I not be glad
to give up my poor life out of love for Him?" - Girolamo Savanarola
"But is not the ground naturally bad in every heart? Undoubtedly.
And can any but God make it good? None. But it is your business,
when you hear of the justice and mercy of God, to implore him to
work in you that which is pleasing in his sight. No man shall be
condemned because he did not change his own heart, but
because he did not cry to God to change it, who gave him his Holy
Spirit for this very purpose, and which he, by his worldly-
mindedness and impiety, quenched. Whoso hath ears to hear let
him hear: and may the Lord save the reader from an impenitent
and unfruitful heart!" - Adam Clarke on Matt 13:23
"Instead of preaching the good news that sinners can be made
righteous in Christ and escape the wrath to come, the gospel has
degenerated into the pretext that we can be happy in Christ and
escape the hassles of life." - Ray Comfort
"Suppose I were a lawyer, and should go into court and spread out
my client's case, the issue is joined, and I make my statements,
and tell what I expect to prove, and then call in my witnesses. My
first witness takes his oath, and then rises up and contradicts me
to my face. What good will all my pleading do? I might address
the jury a month, and be as eloquent as Cicero, but so long as my
witnesses contradicted me, all my pleading would do no good.
Just so it is with a minister who is preaching in the midst of a cold,
stupid, and God-dishonoring church. In vain does he hold up to
view the great truths of religion, when every member of the church
is ready to swear he lies." - Charles Finney
"When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the
sermons I preached on hell. He said, 'Preach about the meek and
lowly Jesus.' I said, 'That's where I got my information about hell.'"
- Vance Havner
"It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works
in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The
parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last
ones to lose Him there." - Vance Havner
"Where God builds a church the devil builds a chapel." - Martin Luther
"Folks, it's getting late and it's getting serious." - David Wilkerson
"Are we not told to seek first the Kingdom of God --- not the
means to advance it --- and that 'all these things' shall be added
to us? Such promises are surely sufficient." - Hudson Taylor
"Our prayers often resemble the mischievous tricks of town
children, who knock at their neighbors' houses and then run away;
we often knock at heaven's door and then run off into the spirit of
the world. Instead of waiting for entrance to be granted, we act as
if we were afraid of having our prayers answered." - Williams
"But from where shall I fetch my arguments? With what shall I win
them? O that I could tell! I would write to them in tears, I would
weep out every argument, I would empty my veins for ink, I would
petition them on my knees. O thankful should I be if they would be
prevailed with to repent and turn." - Joseph Alleine.
"Today, we are living in desperate times. Yet, the Church is not
desperate before God in prayer." - Chuck Smith
"Now, if the church ever recovers the power to break up demonism
in the community, it will bring down the wrath of evil and the
church may land in jail, but she'll learn how to sing in prison, pray
down an earthquake. Folks are asking "Will the church go
underground?" Well, she may develop more power underground
than she's got above ground these days. We're not going to pray
down earth quakes in committee meetings, sipping coffee and
reading the minutes of the last meeting." - Vance Havner
"My Lord was pleased to die for my sins; why should I not be glad
to give up my poor life out of love for Him?" - Girolamo Savanarola
"But is not the ground naturally bad in every heart? Undoubtedly.
And can any but God make it good? None. But it is your business,
when you hear of the justice and mercy of God, to implore him to
work in you that which is pleasing in his sight. No man shall be
condemned because he did not change his own heart, but
because he did not cry to God to change it, who gave him his Holy
Spirit for this very purpose, and which he, by his worldly-
mindedness and impiety, quenched. Whoso hath ears to hear let
him hear: and may the Lord save the reader from an impenitent
and unfruitful heart!" - Adam Clarke on Matt 13:23
"Instead of preaching the good news that sinners can be made
righteous in Christ and escape the wrath to come, the gospel has
degenerated into the pretext that we can be happy in Christ and
escape the hassles of life." - Ray Comfort
"Suppose I were a lawyer, and should go into court and spread out
my client's case, the issue is joined, and I make my statements,
and tell what I expect to prove, and then call in my witnesses. My
first witness takes his oath, and then rises up and contradicts me
to my face. What good will all my pleading do? I might address
the jury a month, and be as eloquent as Cicero, but so long as my
witnesses contradicted me, all my pleading would do no good.
Just so it is with a minister who is preaching in the midst of a cold,
stupid, and God-dishonoring church. In vain does he hold up to
view the great truths of religion, when every member of the church
is ready to swear he lies." - Charles Finney
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
You Can't Sue God!
The Omaha World Herald reports:
You can't sue God if you can't serve the papers on him, a Douglas County District Court judge has ruled in Omaha.
Judge Marlon Polk threw out Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers' lawsuit against the Almighty, saying there was no evidence that the defendant had been served. What's more, Polk found "there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant."
Chambers had sued God in September 2007, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent God from committing acts of violence such as earthquakes and tornadoes.
The senator said today that he is considering an appeal of Polk's ruling.
"It is a thoughtful, well-written opinion," Chambers said. "However, like any prudent litigator, I want to study it in detail before I determine what my next course of action will be."
Polk dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, which means it can't be refiled. But his ruling can be appealed.
Although the case may seem superfluous and even scandalous to others, Chambers has said his point is to focus on the question of whether certain lawsuits should be prohibited.
"Nobody should stand at the courthouse door to predetermine who has access to the courts," he said. "My point is that anyone can sue anyone else, even God."
Chambers, a political independent who has served in the Nebraska Legislature for 38 years, said he decided to make that point after at least two attempts by other senators in the Legislature to limit "frivolous lawsuits."
"I was able to fend them off," Chambers said. "A lawsuit is not frivolous until a court declares it so."
The senator did have a day in court on the case. In August, he argued that Polk should take judicial notice of the existence of God. The senator cited the facts that U.S. currency says "In God We Trust," God is invoked during oaths in court hearings, and chaplains offer prayers before legislative bodies.
"If God is omnipresent," Chambers said in that August hearing, "then he is here in Douglas County and in this courtroom."
Polk was not persuaded.
His Tuesday ruling said Chambers' motion to take judicial notice of God "is denied as moot."
I suggest that Mr. Chambers has too much time on his hands and perhaps he should seek out some people with some real problems. Every community has people in need; we have a responsibility to go to them and assist them if we can. H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Everyday) is an excellent outreach of Victory Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that tries to do just that. On a positive side, I'm glad God won!
You can't sue God if you can't serve the papers on him, a Douglas County District Court judge has ruled in Omaha.
Judge Marlon Polk threw out Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers' lawsuit against the Almighty, saying there was no evidence that the defendant had been served. What's more, Polk found "there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant."
Chambers had sued God in September 2007, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent God from committing acts of violence such as earthquakes and tornadoes.
The senator said today that he is considering an appeal of Polk's ruling.
"It is a thoughtful, well-written opinion," Chambers said. "However, like any prudent litigator, I want to study it in detail before I determine what my next course of action will be."
Polk dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, which means it can't be refiled. But his ruling can be appealed.
Although the case may seem superfluous and even scandalous to others, Chambers has said his point is to focus on the question of whether certain lawsuits should be prohibited.
"Nobody should stand at the courthouse door to predetermine who has access to the courts," he said. "My point is that anyone can sue anyone else, even God."
Chambers, a political independent who has served in the Nebraska Legislature for 38 years, said he decided to make that point after at least two attempts by other senators in the Legislature to limit "frivolous lawsuits."
"I was able to fend them off," Chambers said. "A lawsuit is not frivolous until a court declares it so."
The senator did have a day in court on the case. In August, he argued that Polk should take judicial notice of the existence of God. The senator cited the facts that U.S. currency says "In God We Trust," God is invoked during oaths in court hearings, and chaplains offer prayers before legislative bodies.
"If God is omnipresent," Chambers said in that August hearing, "then he is here in Douglas County and in this courtroom."
Polk was not persuaded.
His Tuesday ruling said Chambers' motion to take judicial notice of God "is denied as moot."
I suggest that Mr. Chambers has too much time on his hands and perhaps he should seek out some people with some real problems. Every community has people in need; we have a responsibility to go to them and assist them if we can. H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Everyday) is an excellent outreach of Victory Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that tries to do just that. On a positive side, I'm glad God won!
The Truth About Your Vote
The Augusta Chronicle reported:
"Black evangelicals voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Kerry in 2004. It could happen this year for Mr. Obama, because nearly 80 percent of the members of historically black churches identify as Democrats, said the Pew Forum's 2008 Religious Landscape Survey."
If the above quote is correct, eighty percent (80%) of the members of historically black churches have a serious spiritual problem. As the Presidential election draws near, it is time to speak the truth in love. Don't call yourself a disciple (follower) of Jesus Christ and support the Democratic ticket and that goes for ALL democrats. If they support the national platform, they should not be the choice of a Bible believing disciple. Democrats support abortion rights, gay marriage and the federal protection of both of these sins. You who call yourself a disciple of Jesus Christ and intend to vote for the genocide candidate Barack Hussein Obama, I want you to ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?" Would Jesus vote for a candidate that supports the killing of unborn babies? Would Jesus oppose the will of the Father concerning marriage being between one man and one woman? Do you seriously contend that Jesus, who knows infants formed in the wombs of their Mothers would sanction their destruction? You must vote for a candidate that is morally correct on these issues. Don't choose your skin color over Jesus Christ and the unborn. There are at least two (2) candidates that provide a Godly platform. John McCain and Chuck Baldwin both have the right stance on the moral issues of the today. Know this, you will not solve the economy or terrorism until you have the moral issues right. Make your vote count; but don't cast it for one that opposes the protection of the unborn or promotes an abomination before God. Don't be deceived.
"Black evangelicals voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Kerry in 2004. It could happen this year for Mr. Obama, because nearly 80 percent of the members of historically black churches identify as Democrats, said the Pew Forum's 2008 Religious Landscape Survey."
If the above quote is correct, eighty percent (80%) of the members of historically black churches have a serious spiritual problem. As the Presidential election draws near, it is time to speak the truth in love. Don't call yourself a disciple (follower) of Jesus Christ and support the Democratic ticket and that goes for ALL democrats. If they support the national platform, they should not be the choice of a Bible believing disciple. Democrats support abortion rights, gay marriage and the federal protection of both of these sins. You who call yourself a disciple of Jesus Christ and intend to vote for the genocide candidate Barack Hussein Obama, I want you to ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?" Would Jesus vote for a candidate that supports the killing of unborn babies? Would Jesus oppose the will of the Father concerning marriage being between one man and one woman? Do you seriously contend that Jesus, who knows infants formed in the wombs of their Mothers would sanction their destruction? You must vote for a candidate that is morally correct on these issues. Don't choose your skin color over Jesus Christ and the unborn. There are at least two (2) candidates that provide a Godly platform. John McCain and Chuck Baldwin both have the right stance on the moral issues of the today. Know this, you will not solve the economy or terrorism until you have the moral issues right. Make your vote count; but don't cast it for one that opposes the protection of the unborn or promotes an abomination before God. Don't be deceived.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Bible Is The Only Truth You Can Trust
As we approach the Presidential elections in November, the media is out of control. For the most part it is biased and slanted toward the liberal agenda. There are conservative talk show hosts that provide the other side; however, they have an agenda also. It seems that the truth is getting harder and harder to find. Some good news is that the Holy Bible still is the truth. In it you will find all the answers you need for this life and the next one. The Bible truly is the "no spin zone." Our response as Christians is to put our faith in God and His Word and walk in obedience. Regardless of the outcome of the elections, here are some absolute truths:
1. God will still be God and on the throne.
2. God will still answer prayer.
3. There will still be only one way to heaven and that is through the redemption provided by Jesus Christ and His sacrifice.
4. Satan will still be a defeated foe.
5. The Holy Bible will still be His Word.
6. Sin will still be sin no matter what the government says.
7. We that are Christians will still be His children.
8. We will still trust in Him.
9. We will still have faith in Him and His Word.
10. Judgment Day is still coming for all.
1. God will still be God and on the throne.
2. God will still answer prayer.
3. There will still be only one way to heaven and that is through the redemption provided by Jesus Christ and His sacrifice.
4. Satan will still be a defeated foe.
5. The Holy Bible will still be His Word.
6. Sin will still be sin no matter what the government says.
7. We that are Christians will still be His children.
8. We will still trust in Him.
9. We will still have faith in Him and His Word.
10. Judgment Day is still coming for all.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Where Are The Prophets?
We need men and women to stand up today and bring a real prophetic word. It is time to stop playing games and saying "all is well" when it isn't. Pray for God to send modern day prophets to preach truth without compromise. The church in America needs a real prophetic word to shake it from its doldrums. America needs to hear the truth before it destroys itself with a liberal Godless agenda. Listen to the words of a 20TH century prophet A.W. Tozer:
A.W. TOZER on TRUE PROPHETS
Great industrial concerns have in their employ men who are
needed only when there is a breakdown somewhere. When
something goes wrong with the machinery, these men spring into
action to locate and remove the trouble and get the machinery
rolling again.
For these men a smoothly operating system has no interest. They
are specialists concerned with trouble and how to find and correct it.
In the kingdom of God things are not too different. God has always
had His specialists whose chief concern has been the moral
breakdown, the decline in the spiritual health of the nation or the
church. Such men were Elijah, Jeremiah, Malachi and others of
their kind who appeared at critical moments in history to reprove,
rebuke and exhort in the name of God and righteousness.
A thousand or ten thousand ordinary priests or pastors or teachers
could labor quietly on almost unnoticed while the spiritual life of
Israel or the church was normal. But let the people of God go
astray from the paths of truth and immediately the specialist
appeared almost out of nowhere. His instinct for trouble brought
him to the help of the Lord and of Israel.
Such a man was likely to be drastic, radical, possibly at times
violent, and the curious crowd that gathered to watch him work
soon branded him as extreme, fanatical, negative. And in a sense
they were right. He was single-minded, severe, fearless, and these
were the qualities the circumstances demanded. He shocked
some, frightened others and alienated not a few, but he knew who
had called him and what he was sent to do. His ministry was
geared to the emergency, and that fact marked him out as different,
a man apart.
To such men as this the church owes a debt too heavy to pay.
The curious thing is that she seldom tries to pay him while he lives,
but the next generation builds his sepulcher and writes his
biography, as if instinctively and awkwardly to discharge an
obligation the previous generation to a large extent ignored...
[-From the Foreword to Leonard Ravenhill's "Why Revival Tarries".]
I pray that some will answer the call. God send us prophets!
A.W. TOZER on TRUE PROPHETS
Great industrial concerns have in their employ men who are
needed only when there is a breakdown somewhere. When
something goes wrong with the machinery, these men spring into
action to locate and remove the trouble and get the machinery
rolling again.
For these men a smoothly operating system has no interest. They
are specialists concerned with trouble and how to find and correct it.
In the kingdom of God things are not too different. God has always
had His specialists whose chief concern has been the moral
breakdown, the decline in the spiritual health of the nation or the
church. Such men were Elijah, Jeremiah, Malachi and others of
their kind who appeared at critical moments in history to reprove,
rebuke and exhort in the name of God and righteousness.
A thousand or ten thousand ordinary priests or pastors or teachers
could labor quietly on almost unnoticed while the spiritual life of
Israel or the church was normal. But let the people of God go
astray from the paths of truth and immediately the specialist
appeared almost out of nowhere. His instinct for trouble brought
him to the help of the Lord and of Israel.
Such a man was likely to be drastic, radical, possibly at times
violent, and the curious crowd that gathered to watch him work
soon branded him as extreme, fanatical, negative. And in a sense
they were right. He was single-minded, severe, fearless, and these
were the qualities the circumstances demanded. He shocked
some, frightened others and alienated not a few, but he knew who
had called him and what he was sent to do. His ministry was
geared to the emergency, and that fact marked him out as different,
a man apart.
To such men as this the church owes a debt too heavy to pay.
The curious thing is that she seldom tries to pay him while he lives,
but the next generation builds his sepulcher and writes his
biography, as if instinctively and awkwardly to discharge an
obligation the previous generation to a large extent ignored...
[-From the Foreword to Leonard Ravenhill's "Why Revival Tarries".]
I pray that some will answer the call. God send us prophets!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
More Great Quotes To Inspire You
These quotes were sent to me and I wanted to pass them along with prayer that they might encourage you today. In these times of trouble, pay close attention to Corrie Ten Boom's words.
"It is wonderful what God can do with a broken heart, if He gets all
the pieces."
–Samuel Chadwick
"Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength--
carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of
time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties
today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom
"We will never receive if we ask with an end in view; if we ask, not
out of our poverty but out of our lust. A pauper does not ask from
any other reason than the abject panging condition of his poverty,
he is not ashamed to beg. Blessed are the paupers in spirit."
- Oswald Chambers
"To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must
alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a
particular people." - A.W. Tozer
"Whatever He says to you, do it." - Mary
I told God something the other day that I'd like to pass on to you.
I said, "God I know where I belong. I know I belong in hell. I know, I
know I belong in hell...but God, I want to tell you something...If I go
to hell, You'll have one lamb in hell. If I go to hell, You'll have one
man there singing Your praises. If I go to hell, You'll have one man
that won't keep his mouth shut. Gonna run all around that dark
place tellin' how good God is and how wonderful is the blood of the
Lamb." - A.W. Tozer
"Revival cannot be organized, but we can set our sails to catch
the wind from heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people
once again." - G. Campbell Morgan
"The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who
really knows how bad it is? But I know! I the LORD, search all
hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due
rewards, according to what their actions deserve." - Jeremiah 17:9-10
"Our Lord has told us how love to Him is to manifest itself. 'Lovest
thou Me? Feed My sheep - identify yourself with My interests in
other people, not, identify Me with your interests in other people.'"
- Oswald Chambers
"There is something infinitely better than doing a great thing for
God, and the infinitely better thing is to be where God wants us to
be, to do what God wants us to do, and to have no will apart from His."
- G. Campbell Morgan
"Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt of every situation
you believe to be the will of God...Let not our longing slay the
appetite of our living." - Jim Elliot
"Have you any days of fasting and prayer? Storm the throne of
grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down." - John Wesley
"If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son,
somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he
never would have gone home." - Vance Havner
"It is wonderful what God can do with a broken heart, if He gets all
the pieces."
–Samuel Chadwick
"Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength--
carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of
time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties
today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom
"We will never receive if we ask with an end in view; if we ask, not
out of our poverty but out of our lust. A pauper does not ask from
any other reason than the abject panging condition of his poverty,
he is not ashamed to beg. Blessed are the paupers in spirit."
- Oswald Chambers
"To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must
alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a
particular people." - A.W. Tozer
"Whatever He says to you, do it." - Mary
I told God something the other day that I'd like to pass on to you.
I said, "God I know where I belong. I know I belong in hell. I know, I
know I belong in hell...but God, I want to tell you something...If I go
to hell, You'll have one lamb in hell. If I go to hell, You'll have one
man there singing Your praises. If I go to hell, You'll have one man
that won't keep his mouth shut. Gonna run all around that dark
place tellin' how good God is and how wonderful is the blood of the
Lamb." - A.W. Tozer
"Revival cannot be organized, but we can set our sails to catch
the wind from heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people
once again." - G. Campbell Morgan
"The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who
really knows how bad it is? But I know! I the LORD, search all
hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due
rewards, according to what their actions deserve." - Jeremiah 17:9-10
"Our Lord has told us how love to Him is to manifest itself. 'Lovest
thou Me? Feed My sheep - identify yourself with My interests in
other people, not, identify Me with your interests in other people.'"
- Oswald Chambers
"There is something infinitely better than doing a great thing for
God, and the infinitely better thing is to be where God wants us to
be, to do what God wants us to do, and to have no will apart from His."
- G. Campbell Morgan
"Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt of every situation
you believe to be the will of God...Let not our longing slay the
appetite of our living." - Jim Elliot
"Have you any days of fasting and prayer? Storm the throne of
grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down." - John Wesley
"If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son,
somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he
never would have gone home." - Vance Havner
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