Month: May 2010

What should the Kingdom of Heaven look like in the world today?

The Apostle Paul

He was a Pharisee; he was trained and grew up under the influence of the most prominent law teacher in his time named Gamaliel. (Acts 22:3) But after the Apostle Paul got saved and was converted near Damascus, since then, his goal was to be like the Lord Jesus Christ.

· He said this, “I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but dung that I may win Christ” (Philippians 3:8).

· And so after living by this goal in his life he said this, “BUT I HAVE ALL, AND ABOUND, I AM FULL…!” (Philippians 4:18)

· He also said this, “…as having nothing and yet POSSESING ALL THINGS…” (II Corinthians 6:10).

· Moreover he said this, “I think myself HAPPY…” (Acts 26:2).

· Near the end of his life he said this, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, and I have kept the faith!” (II Timothy 4:7)

Below I’ve included a devotion by David Wilkerson, entitled: Where are the Timothys?

As I read it, it became very clear to me that there aren’t very many like Paul today, that’s for sure.

This is not only a problem in the church, but it is also a very serious problem in our government as well.

We have way too many Indians; where nobody wants to serve anymore, and everyone wants to be a chief!

In many churches today, the position of Pastor has become more like that of a CEO of a corporation, where they see themselves as being served; where the goal is more to insulated themselves from their sheep, by middle management staff, rather than to serve them.

How different is that from the example that Jesus gave, who was God incarnate, and yet humbled Himself to perform the lowliest job possible, which was to washed the feet of His disciples, and then how about when He told them, “…to go and do likewise;” or how about when He said, “The greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven would be the least.”

In fact the very word that is used in the New Testament for Minister, (diakoneo, in Greek) means to serve,orwait upon.

This sort of problem also exists in our government today, as well, where the term “Public Service” has become an oxymoron.

It is more than obvious that so many of our politicians today see themselves as anything but servants; but rather, more times than not today, these political positions, within our government, have become more about personal greed and lust for more power and influence, where it’s more about advancing one’s career and position, rather than it is to do what’s right, and best for the general public.

This is what is confusing to me… this behavior that is so prevalent in the world is normal… is it not?

Not only that, but most of us would be right there with them, if it had not been for us having had our lives changed through the re-birth experience, the influence of the Bible, in our lives; and the influence of the Holy Spirit; and our relationship with Jesus Christ!

Compare this behavior, which is prevalent today in both the church at large, and also in government, with that of Jesus:

Philippians 2:5-8

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

We are in the world, we live here, but for sure we are not to be of the world; and we are actually called to be much different from the world.

It is the church that should be at the forefront and avant-garde of every culture and society, and it should be the world who is following us!!!

That was always Jesus plan, and that was what the preaching of the Gospel of Heaven is all about, where we are to be implementing, in the earth, the will and Kingdom of God, as it is in heaven!

The thing I don’t understand is how did the church ever feel they could have anything different, after having abdicated their position and responsibly, in government, to unbelievers?

How is it that we expected an unbeliever, who doesn’t know God, has never had an encounter with God, and nor has he had a relationship with God, how is it that we thought we would get anything different, from these people, than what we are getting… which is they are taking our nation to hell in a hand basket?

I mean duhh… what else did we expect would happen?

You know, come to think of it, this is the natural state of for all of us outside of Christ… is it not?

In fact, this is the natural state of man, in general, outside of God, where we are always dealing with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life… where practically everything we do, is all about wanting and getting our own way; wanting everything we can get for ourselves, in terms of money, power, and position; and always wanting to appear, in the eyes of men, as being someone who is important… all of these things are of the flesh, and they have nothing to do with our being Christ like, or about our serving the Father.

This is what you expect in the world; but certainly this is not to be in the church!

That’s why God has called the church to be the head, and not the tail in society; and that’s why our real ministry is to be out in the marketplace, with all signs, wonders, and miracles accompanying our preaching of the Gospel, and not just left to be inside the four walls of a building once or twice a week.

In the following video clip, I’d like you to listen to a man talk about what I believe has been God’s plan all along; and this is something I believe that the Holy Spirit is bringing about in our day and time… check it out!

The Seven Mountains Mandate

This is our only hope, and without this happening, as part of, and along side of a Spiritual Awakening and Revival, in our land, then I don’t see how our nation can last much longer… going in the direction we are going!

Pray folks, watch and pray that this will happen, and that we can put our nation back on track with God again.

Shalom,

Skip Barland

—–Original Message—–
From: DAVID WILKERSON TODAY [mailto:no-reply@lists.worldchallenge.org]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:57 AM
To: devotions-en@lists.worldchallenge.org
Subject: WHERE ARE THE TIMOTHYS?

WHERE ARE THE TIMOTHYS?

by David Wilkerson | May 20, 2010

It was to the Philippian Christians that Paul first introduced the truth, “Let the mind of Christ be in you.” Paul wrote this message to them while he was imprisoned in Rome.

It was from a jail cell that Paul declared he had the mind of Christ, casting aside his reputation to become a servant of Jesus and his church.

Now he wrote, “I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state” (Philippians 2:19).

This is the thinking, the outworking, of the mind of Christ. Think about it: Here was a pastor, sitting in jail, yet he wasn’t thinking of his own comfort, his own hard situation. He was concerned only about the spiritual and physical condition of his people.

And he told his sheep, “My comfort will come only when I know you’re doing well, in spirit and body. So I’m sending Timothy to check up on you, in my behalf.”

Then Paul makes this alarming statement: “For I have no man like-minded, who will naturally care for your state” (2:20).

What a sad statement! As Paul wrote this, the church around him in Rome was growing and being blessed. Clearly, there were godly leaders in the Roman church. But, Paul says, “I have no man who shares with me the mind of Christ.” Why was this so? “For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s” (2:21).

Evidently, there was no leader in Rome with a servant’s heart—no one who had cast aside reputation and become a living sacrifice. Instead, everyone was set on pursuing his own interests.

None had the mind of Christ. Paul could trust no one to go to Philippi to be a true servant to that body of believers.

Paul’s words here cannot be softened: “Everybody’s out for himself. These ministers seek only to benefit themselves. That’s why there’s nobody here I can trust to naturally care for your needs and hurts, except Timothy.”

Our prayer should be: “Lord, I don’t want to be focused only on myself in a world that’s spinning out of control. I don’t want to be concerned about my own future. I know you hold my path in your hands. Please, Lord, give me your mind, your thinking, your concerns. I want to have your servant’s heart.” Amen.

http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/8389#

Encouragement as you pass through the Dark Night of Your Soul.

The Dark Night of the Soul

Click on the above link ~ These images have been set to Loreena McKennitt’s music and vocals and are taken from “The Dark Night of the Soul”, inspired by the Words of St. John of the Cross. I hope they will be an encouragement to you…

Below is something I think will bless you…

The Two Listeners

The Story of the book – A. J. Russell

Here’s the story behind the book:

In 1932 one of the “Listeners” received a copy of A.J. Russell’s book, For Sinners Only.

The story goes that she was so impressed with it that she wrote down more than 100 names of people to whom she wanted to send it:

“A few months later I read it again. It was then that there came a persistent desire to try to see whether I could get guidance such as A.J. Russell reported, through sharing a quiet time with the friend with whom I was then living.

She was a deeply spiritual woman with unwavering faith in the goodness of God and a devout believer in prayer…. We sat down, pencils and paper in hand and waited…. My results were entirely negative…. But with my friend a very wonderful thing happened. From the first, beautiful messages were given to her by our Lord Himself, and every day from then these messages have never failed us.”

The Two ListenersThe Story of the book – A. J. Russell

Here’s the story behind the book:

In 1932 one of the “Listeners” received a copy of A.J. Russell’s book, For Sinners Only.

The story goes that she was so impressed with it that she wrote down more than 100 names of people to whom she wanted to send it:

“A few months later I read it again. It was then that there came a persistent desire to try to see whether I could get guidance such as A.J. Russell reported, through sharing a quiet time with the friend with whom I was then living.

She was a deeply spiritual woman with unwavering faith in the goodness of God and a devout believer in prayer…. We sat down, pencils and paper in hand and waited…. My results were entirely negative…. But with my friend a very wonderful thing happened. From the first, beautiful messages were given to her by our Lord Himself, and every day from then these messages have never failed us.”

A. J. Russell writes:I did not write this book.  I wish that I had done so.Had I written it I should have been immeasurably proud.  Too proud for spiritual health.My simple task has been to prepare it for publication and to present it to the public.  But that has not really been a task – only a privilege; an undeserved honour.There is a legend that the praise for building the Cathedral of St. Sofia was not given to the Emperor Constantine but to Euphrasia, a poor widow who drew from her mattress “a wisp of straw and gave it to the oxen” that draw the marble from the ships.  That was all, she did nothing more.

Not one woman, but two have written this book; and they seek no praise.  They have elected to remain anonymous and to be called “Two Listeners.”  But the claim which they make is an astonishing one, that their message has been given to them, today, here in England, by the Living Christ Himself.

Having read their book I believe them.

I do not of course believe that He whispered to them all that He intends to say for this generation.  But I am confident that He opened their eyes to many things which they and this generation greatly need to know.

I do not believe in the verbal inspiration of this or any book.  But I do believe that these two women have been led and that much of what is written is very clear leading indeed.

I have found these messages a spiritual stimulus.  But that statement is as inadequate as to say that I like England.  None could have written this book unless he or she was a Christian and in touch with the Living Founder of Christianity.

We hear much of the  decline of the drama.  Think of this piece of real drama of our own times.  Again, as so often before, “He was in the world and the world knew Him not.”

Two poor, brave women were courageously fighting against sickness and penury.  They were facing a hopeless future and one of them even longed to be quit of this hard world for good.  And then He spoke.  And spoke again!

Day after day He comes and cheers them.  And though they still have their sorrows, they have joy and a new courage.  For He inspires them with His promises for their future when His loving purpose shall be revealed; and He gently rallies them on their unbelief; as He did their forlorn predecessors during that walk to Emmaus.

Open this book at any page and taste its beauty.  Dwell lovingly on its tender phrases.  Let its wonderful quality sink deep into your spirit.

Have you lost faith?  Meditate on any one of these tiny sections and it will come again to you as that of a little child.  You may not see him standing by your side with HIs ready smile of confident encouragement; but you will know that He is there, as He always is and that He still expects great things of you, and is ever ready to help you to achieve them.

If winter comes – are you afraid of poverty?  Turn again to these pages and you will find the law of supply – Give and it shall be given to you.  Give your love, your time, your sympathy, yourself; give all that you have under His direct guidance to all who are needy; give both to the deserving and the undeserving.

Has health gone?  Are you no better though you have prayed long and often?  Here again you will find the incense of healing; and you will understand why He will not remove the gold from the crucible until all the dross has gone, and you are taking the glorious shape of your true self which His eye alone has foreseen.

You cannot eat honey all the day.  Nor can you read this book through at a sitting.  But you can read it every day, and several times a day.

It can be turned to in the heat of a sudden crisis, and when you put it down you will find yourself calm and at peace within.

You can open its pages when the birds are singing in the sunshine; and as you read, the song of the birds will be echoed in your spirit, for you too will be caroling your love for our Creator-Redeemer.

Put this book of “Daily Power” in your pocket, in your handbag, on the table by your bedside.  Give a copy of it to your friends.

Inhale its spirit continually and live your life in its intimacy with The Master.

Through this message, which came to two lonely women, you will find that you are no longer one and alone, but two and united with the Great Companion and Guide, Who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

It is my understanding that this book was written, by two anonymous listeners, during the German Blitz Grid, when the bombs were falling daily over London.

Out of their desperation and despair these two ladies cried out to God, and as He began to speak to their hearts, and meet them at the point of their need, they recorded these messages in a journal, the result of which eventually became a book.

These inspirational messages have inspired countless others, as they have also travelled through the “Dark Night of Their Soul.”

Likewise I believe these particular words will be an encouragement and an inspiration to you, as you travel your road, and are having to deal with the obstacles, trials, and tribulations of your life. Selah

Shalom,

Skip Barland

From: Two Listeners
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:08 AM
To: theskipper@cox.net
Subject: God Calling May 21 – Fling It At My Feet

Fling It At My Feet
To see Me you must bring Me your cares and show Me your heart of Trust.  Then, as you leave your cares, you become conscious of My Presence.This consciousness persisted in brings its reward of Me.  Through a mist of care no man may see My Face.  Only when the burden is flung at My Feet do you pass on to consciousness and spiritual sight.

Remember, obedience, obedience, obedience – the straight and narrow way into the Kingdom.

Not of you must it be said, even in lovingly tender reproach – “Why call ye Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not the things which I say.”

Character is chiseled into Beauty by the daily discipline and daily duties done.  For in many ways, My disciples must work out their own salvation, though this is not possible without My strength and Help, and without converse with Me.

Even for the Spiritual Life the training is different for different spirits.  The man who would fain live a life of prayer and meditation is thrust into the busy ways of life, and the busy man is bidden to rest and wait patiently for Me.  O joy, O rest, and in the busy ways be ever at peace.

“And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of ther things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.”  Mark 4:19

Jesus came to set the captives free!


Jesus came to set the captives free!

Jesus said:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised“

Luke 4:18

This is God’s only answer for what the world needs today:



I received an email today, with this question in the subject line: “Do you support the Homosexual Agenda?”

Well first, let’s see what exactly is the homosexual lifestyle?

Homosexuality is a sexual orientation. A homosexual person is sexually and romantically attracted to people of their own gender. Men who are attracted to other men are called “gay.” Women who are attracted to other women can be called “gay” as well, but are usually called “lesbians”. People who are attracted to men and women are called bisexual. Together homosexual, bisexual, and transgender people make up the “LGBT community.” It is difficult to say how many people are homosexual. Homosexuality is known to exist in all cultures and countries, though some governments deny that homosexuality exists in their countries.

It is so ironic that these poor people have elected to call themselves “Gay,” when the evidence shows that they are anything but gay!

They have no reason to be. Check out these statistics:

  • 28 percent of homosexual males had sexual encounters with 1,000 or more males.
  • 79 percent said more than half of their sex partners were strangers.
  • Half of the white homosexual said that they had at least 500 different sex partners.
  • Some reported as many as 20,000 different partners.
  • Average age of death from AIDS ….. 35.7 years.
  • Expected average life span (of the homosexual community) 45 years.

According to reports The journal AIDS reported that in the Netherlands, where “gay marriage” has been legal since 2001, HIV and other diseases are soaring among homosexual men. The study notes that “partnered” homosexuals have “outside” lovers, and are contracting the AIDS virus at alarming rates. This puts more young people at risk for HIV, hepatitis A, B and C, “gay bowel syndrome,” human papillomavirus (HPV), syphilis, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases.

My answer to the question is obviously “NO!” I cannot, and neither can any other Christian be for anything which God, in His Word calls an “abomination!”

Now mind you, it’s not the people who are an abomination, but it is their idolatrous lifestyle!

The truth is, the sin of homosexuality is no more lethal, spiritually, then any other sin… and the truth be told, without Jesus Christ, our sin will take us to hell just as fast as theirs, or anyone else’s for that matter! The Bible says, “For all have sinned (have fallen short and have missed God’s standard)!“ Romans 3:23

What does the Bible say on the subject of Homosexuality?

There are twelve mentions of homosexuality in the Bible:

Old Testament
The first mention in the Bible is in Genesis 19:1-13. The wicked men of Sodom attempted a homosexual rape of two messengers from God who had come to visit Lot. As a result of this and other widespread wickedness, God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in a storm of fire and brimstone.

The next two mentions are in Leviticus:

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. (NKJ, Leviticus 18:22)

If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. (NKJ, Leviticus 20:13)

Note:

Life was harsh in early Old Testament times. The wanderings and struggle for survival of the Israelites did not permit prisons or rehabilitation. Anyone who deviated seriously from the norm was either stoned to death or exiled. The Old Testament prescribed the death penalty for the crimes of murder, attacking or cursing a parent, kidnapping, failure to confine a dangerous animal resulting in death, witchcraft and sorcery, sex with an animal, doing work on the Sabbath, incest, adultery, homosexual acts, prostitution by a priest’s daughter, blasphemy, false prophecy, perjury in capital cases and false claim of a woman’s virginity at the time of marriage.

It must be emphasized that, according to the New Testament, we are no longer under the harsh Old Testament Law (John 1:16-17, Romans 8:1-3, 1 Corinthians 9:20-21). The concern with punishment is now secondary to Jesus’ message of repentance and redemption. Both reward and punishment are seen as properly taking place in eternity, rather than in this life.

In Old Testament times, homosexual activity was strongly associated with idolatrous cult prostitution as in 1 Kings 14:24, 15:12. (There was also cult prostitution by females.) In fact, the word “abomination,” used in both mentions of homosexual acts in Leviticus, is a translation of the Hebrew word tow’ ebah which, according to Strong’s Greek/Hebrew Dictionary, means something morally disgusting, but it also has a strong implication of idolatry. Thus, many Bible scholars believe the condemnations in Leviticus are more a condemnation of the idolatry than of the homosexual acts themselves. However, that interpretation is not certain.

New Testament
Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, but He did condemn all forms of sexual immorality:

What comes out of you is what defiles you. For from within, out of your hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile you.
(Mark 7:20-23)

The apostle Paul, in one of his letters to the Corinthians, wrote the verses most often quoted on this subject:

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1st Corinthians 6:9-11)

This verse has been translated in as many different ways as there are different versions of the Bible, so we have to look at the original Greek to see what Paul was really saying. According to Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, the word translated here as “male prostitute” is the Greek word malakos which literally means “soft to the touch.” However, it was used metaphorically in a negative way to refer to a catamite (a boy kept for sexual relations with a man) or to a male prostitute in general. The word translated here as “homosexual offender” is the Greek word arsenokoites which means a sodomite, a person who engages in any kind of unnatural sex, but especially homosexual intercourse. Some believe this use of arsenokoites referred specifically to the men who kept catamites, but that is not certain.

There are two other New Testament mentions of homosexual acts, in Romans 1:25-27 and 1 Timothy 1:8-10. In this passage from Romans, again in the context of idolatry, Paul mentions women who “exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones,” which might apply to lesbian acts:

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator– who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
(Romans 1:25-27)

Examples in the Bible?
It is sometimes said that the friendship between David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 18:3-4, 2 Samuel 1:26) was an example of a homosexual relationship. The relationships between Ruth and Naomi (Ruth 1:14) and between Jesus and John (“the disciple Jesus loved” in John 13:23; 19:26; 21:7; 21:20) are also mentioned.

In modern Western culture we associate touching, kissing and the word “love” with a sexual relationship. But that was not at all the case in Biblical era culture. Most Bible scholars say these relationships were no more than close friendships. That is especially clear in the case of Jesus and John – the word translated as “loved” was the Greek word agape, which means kindness and respect rather than romantic or sexual love.

Same-sex Marriage
There is no mention of same-sex marriages or partnerships in the Bible, either for or against. The omission is probably because these issues were not even considered in Biblical times.

Issues and Questions
As with many Bible topics, there are uncertainties and different opinions about how the Biblical evidence should be interpreted. The challenge of accurate interpretation is to determine what message was originally intended and how it was understood by people of that time. That involves a lot of specialized knowledge of the original Biblical languages as well as the culture and issues of the time. The Bible often speaks of sexual matters in euphemistic and vague terms, and there is a lack of understanding of how the people of several thousand years ago used and understood those terms.

The traditional interpretation of Bible teachings is that homosexual acts of all kinds are serious sins. But in recent years, a number of questions and issues have been raised which challenge the traditional interpretation.

Our answers to these questions tend to be strongly influenced by our personal feelings about homosexuality. But, if we are sincere about using the Bible for guidance, we must not assume that the Bible passages on homosexuality support our own conservative or liberal viewpoints. Instead, we must put aside our own ideas, feelings and fears and prayerfully seek the truth. http://www.twopaths.com/index.htm

For my part, I tend to try and keep things more simple, so my simple mind can understand. As I see it, anything we do that goes crosswise against God’s original plan and purpose for our life is a sin.

The fact is, our sin problem is found in our very nature, and makeup as human beings, who have descended from Adam and Eve.

The sin problem for us is in our spiritual DNA, and it has been passed down to us, through our bloodline, having originated in our father Adam.

This is why Jesus had to be born of a virgin, because the bloodline, for all of us, comes down to us through our father!

Medically speaking, the blood of the mother never comingles with the baby, or you will have some serious medical complications that could cost both of their lives.

Since Jesus did not have the blood of Adam, neither did He inherit the same sin nature that you and I have. Though, as we understand from the Bible, He was tempted in every way, as you and I, He had the advantage of not being subject to the same sin nature as you and I.

Jesus also, though He was God incarnate (meaning in the flesh), and though as the Bible says He is the Creator of all things; nevertheless, He did not walk in His earthly ministry under the mantel of God, in the power that is available to Him. Though God He was, and God He is; Jesus choose rather to come to earth and experience life, as we do, as a mere man… subject to the same weaknesses and problems as any other person.

Jesus came to show us how our lives are to be lived, and how we need to learn to submit and listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit, in order that we may truly be about our Father’s business… Jesus came to show us the WAY!

If we want to know what the original plan for Adam and his descendants is, we have but to look to Jesus Christ, whom the Bible refers to as the “Last Adam!”

The Bible says of Jesus that He ONLY did the things He saw the Father do; and that He only even spoke what He heard the Father speak.

In other words, Jesus was always 24/7, in prefect sync with the will and purpose of the Father; and to the extent that we don’t do that, and we really can’t because it’s not in our nature to do so, we have ALL missed the mark, and ALL have sinned, and therefore we have fallen short of God’s minimum standards and requirements for entry into Heaven!

Here’s the point, folks… no one gets into heaven without a Saviour!

But then comes the Good News, the Bible says:

“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him (Jesus) the iniquity of us all.“ Isaiah 53:6

I see it like this, God has given each of us the life we are now living (such as it is), and along with that life we have also been given a free will to choose, as to how we will spend it. The Bible says clearly, in the Book of Proverbs, that there is a way that seems right unto man, but that it ends in death!

One thing is for sure, and this is true for ALL of us, we did not create ourselves; and every beat of our heart, and every breathe that we take, it is ALL only by the grace of God!

This is also true, that no man knows the day and time of his death, and tomorrow is not guaranteed to any person.

So with that understood and said, our window of opportunity, for everyone, in order for us to make peace with God, and be reconciled back into His family, gets narrower and narrower with the passing of each and every day.

Whether you realize it, or not, there is a since of urgency here; because our only opportunity to get right with God, and make our eternal reservations in Heaven, can only happen, between when we come into this world, at birth, and when we leave in death. This is the only time we have to receive Jesus Christ as both our Saviour and our Lord, meaning we cease living for ourselves; and we live for Him!

So here’s the deal, as I understand it from my study of the Bible, God has given us the life that we have, that we are living today; and he also has given us the will to choose how we would spend it.

It is His desire and purpose that we spend it on Him; but He will not force that decision upon us; as He waits patiently for us to choose of our own volition to come to Him, and serve Him, because we love Him! He wants us to seek after His face, meaning God wants intimate relationship with each of us!

The decision is ours, however, and you also need to understand that we are all going to be held accountable for the decision that we have made; and only those who have accepted Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour, will have access into heaven; and all others will have to answer for their own sin, without the benefit of having a Saviour… and believe me, you DO NOT want to be in that group!

There are many people, and I know because I used to be one of them, who call themselves Christian, without ever having read the Bible to know what a Christian is.

If you are relying on your own opinion, or what someone has told you, then you are making a grave mistake.

Listen to what the Master says about what a Christian is:

John 14:23-24

23
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

Matthew 22:37-40

37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[a]
38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]
40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

For more information on this subject, and how to make your reservations… please go to this website: http://needhim.org/.

Know this, Jesus Christ and your having a personal relationship with Him, and knowing Him as Saviour is of absolute importance in determining your eternal destiny, so don’t you dare leave home without Him!

Have a blessed day!

Shalom,

Skip Barland


Obama Reveals He May Be a One-Term President…


(Click here and listen to this interview with this author)

Obama Reveals He May Be a One-Term President…

About the author: Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where, since 1991, he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News.

I have to say that after having listened to this interview, with the author of this book about Obama, I was convicted; and I believe I was convicted by my Lord.

As much as I absolutely despise what Barack Obama is doing to our country, God nevertheless has a different view of the man… as he also had with us, prior to our conversion… as we all, I am sure, can thank God that He did!!!

The truth is, Barack Hussein Obama is no worse a sinner than anyone else; and except for God’s grace and love, which he has bestowed upon each of us, who are His, and who have been born-again, then we all would be up the creek without a paddle today, and without hope.

I think we all would do well to remember, putting the man’s politics aside for a moment, that Barack Obama is no different from any other lost soul, in that he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, until such time as he is open to learn and receive the Truth; and hopefully have an encounter with His Creator, and come to know His Savior.

Like so many people today, Barack Obama talks about Jesus, but from his actions and words it’s easy to see that he really doesn’t know him yet.

The thought occurs to me that perhaps this is because of the church he attended for all those years, with his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

It is also very plain to see that this man also has some serious issues himself, and even as a pastor, he doesn’t know Jesus either… if we are to do as the Bibles says, and judge by his fruit, and by what he says.

There’s just too much hate and unforgiveness there.

Consider for a moment, Obama’s father was an avowed Muslin, and apparently also he was an alcoholic; his mother was an atheist; and if Jeremiah Wright was Barack Obama’s mentor, then is there any wonder why he is so confused?

Bottom-line, as was recently prophesied by Kim Clemente, regarding the possible salvation of Barack Obama, which we already know, from the Bible, that this is God’s will… that no man should perish; and even as we study our Bibles, we can see that this was also demonstrated for us, when the Apostle Paul tried to reach King Agrippa.

Acts 26:28-29

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Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”
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And Paul said, “I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”

Likewise, I am also reminded that we are first to be Ambassadors for Christ, and as such we all are here to represent God’s interest, and not our own!

Yes, we can expose the man’s politics and misrepresentations and lies, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with that, because as Christians we are here to represent TRUTH, and we are not at all here to assist the enemy in his agenda; but even with all that aside, as Jesus said to the woman who was caught in the act of adultery, in the face of her accusers He said: “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”

Our mission, as laid out for us in the Bible, is first to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven, and to disciple all nations.

The Great Commission is that we are to reach as many people, as God will bring across our paths, with this message of salvation through the Cross of Calvary, and the propitious sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, without which no man can be saved!

Politics aside… as Christians, the biggest defeat we can give Satan, here, with respect to this man, Barack Obama, is to see him be born-again, and watch the same transformation take place in his life, that has also happened in each one of our lives.

As difficult, and maybe even as impossible, and unlikely as that may seem, that this would happen… aren’t we told in the Bible that our God is able to do far beyond anything we can image?

For as he is now, so once were we… and like him, we just didn’t know what we didn’t know, and fortunately, for us, we became teachable and began to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit… and our lives were changed!

Let us pray the same thing happens here, with Barack Obama.

On these issues of politics and the welfare of our country, and our efforts to restore our Constitutional Republic… that is one thing; and on these issues of truth and righteousness, I don’t think we can do no other, without compromising our faith, other than to continue to speak the truth and be a light in this dark world… and that I believe is as it should be!

But along with that, nevertheless, let us also realize that there are souls at stake here, and let us also remember that these men and women are not our enemies, but rather it is the one who is behind them who is our enemy… who is pulling their strings!

Not only that, but chances are, if it hadn’t been for our conversion, and God’s grace and love in our own lives,  many of us might be right there along side of them, along with most the rest of the world, doing the very same dumb things… and probably worst!

As far as these people are concerned, we need to remember that they are men and women that God loves, and that Jesus died for!

Think about this for a moment, whoever thought that King Nebuchadnezzar would be saved; or that the Pharaoh, who knew Joseph, would come and give homage and bow before God?

Folks, as I understand my Bible, as God’s covenant children, it is our assignment to be God’s hands and arms extended, in this world, that if at all possible, we are to reach out to these these people, just as Paul did with King Agrippa, and that includes Barack Obama!

We need to at least be praying for him, and also for his staff too; because from what I can see, and from what we can see happening in our country, they are all deceived and lost, as far as I can tell. So let us pray that they can see the Light; and that we can see our nation healed!

In the end, as it is with all men, the final decision is theirs; but we can possible help to tip the scales a bit, in God’s favor, if we would but pray for them.

This is just something for us all to think about.

I’m going to continue to hammer Obama on the issues; but I’m also going to be praying for him, and believing God for that miracle too, that he can become a part of God’s family, and be born-again as well!

How many of you will join me? Selah

Shalom,


Skip Barland


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Alter: Obama Reveals He May Be One-Term President

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 08:07 PM

By: Jim Meyers

President Obama has failed in one of the most important jobs a president faces: persuading the country to follow him, says Newsweek Senior Editor Jonathan Alter, author of a new book about Obama’s first year in office.

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Alter also says Obama will move to the right if Democrats lose big in the midterm elections. Alter predicts he could face a primary challenge from both the left and the right in 2012, and suggests the possibility that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Biden could switch places in a second term – although Alter reveals that Obama feels he could be a one-term president.

Alter’s newly released book, “The Promise: President Obama, Year One,” has garnered major media attention for its riveting insider’s perspective on what happened during Obama’s first year.

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Asked whether Obama has followed his campaign promise to govern in a bipartisan manner, Alter responds: “No, he hasn’t. That was something he just could not make good on in the presidency, that idea of being more bipartisan.

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“He tried to put some Republicans in the Cabinet. He does have Bob Gates, who is a Republican and has been in Republican administrations, as his most influential member of the Cabinet, Secretary of Defense.

“But it is quite true that he has not governed in a bipartisan way, and I think there’s enough blame for this to go around.”

Alter discloses in his book that, “in the first week of his presidency, Obama went up to Capitol Hill and met with the Republican caucus on the House side — no Democrats — and he wanted their input on the stimulus.

“He had already agreed to more than $300 billion in tax cuts, but he wanted to see if he could get some agreement from the Republicans on spending increases. [House Minority Leader] John Boehner told all the Republicans before the meeting, none of us are voting for Obama’s stimulus plan,” Alter tells Newsmax.TV.

“So in a sense, Obama was extending his hand to at least try to be bipartisan, and it was just brushed away by the Republicans. It was in their political interest, as we are now finding out, not to cooperate.

“After that, I think a lot of Obama’s efforts at bipartisanship were kind of phony. He just wanted credit for looking bipartisan, and at that point pretty early in his presidency had given up on real bipartisanship.”

No president’s approval ratings have ever tumbled as quickly as Obama’s in such a short period of time, Alter acknowledges, but he refers to a new NBC News poll showing “that Obama’s personal favorable ratings are higher at this point in his term than either Reagan or Clinton.

“One thing that is clear, though, is that the public doesn’t really approve of his program. They kind of like him personally. They don’t like the direction right now that he’s taking the country.

“He has failed in his first year in one of the most important jobs that any president has, which is to persuade the country to follow him.”

Alter’s book, released this week, makes reference to Obama’s temper. He was asked whether the president has a short fuse.

“He does not lose his cool, but in some ways it’s scarier — kind of this icy stare,” Alter says.

“He gets very upset about leaks. Instead of talking about what he should be talking about that day, he’s obsessing on these leaks.”

Comparing Bill Clinton and Obama on their handling of the presidency, Alter notes that, on healthcare, Clinton failed to pass reform legislation while Obama succeeded, “immaterial of whether one feels it’s a stinking bill or something that’s good for the country.

“Just on the success or failure level, he’s achieved more than Clinton at this point. But it’s early yet. He has a hundred ways to fail. And Clinton had some real successes later on in his term.

“We’ll see what happens to Obama. He told me he could be a one-term president.”

After losing Congress in 1994, Clinton moved to the right and center and signed such legislation as welfare reform. Asked whether Obama might do the same if Democrats take a big hit in November, Alter responds: “I think he will. He’s a pragmatist. I don’t see him as a real ideologue. He’s an idealist in some ways, but he wants to do what works. He’s not really into tilting at windmills.”

Alter was also asked, if Obama’s approval numbers continue to erode, could he face a primary challenge from someone like Hillary Clinton or Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who has said he is not seeking re-election this year.

“Hillary Clinton, I would say absolutely not,” Alter declares.

“There would have to be something that they were divided on that was much more profound on issue grounds.

“I think it would be more likely that she and [Joe] Biden would trade places — maybe she becomes vice president if Obama is re-elected, to tee her up for 2016.

“Could Evan Bayh or someone else decide to challenge Obama from the right? Absolutely. I don’t think it’s likely, but it’s actually possible. There’s a lot of history of that in American politics.

“And it’s even possible, if he moves right after the midterms, you could see a very liberal challenge to him from the left that would complicate his political existence.”

Could that challenge come from Howard Dean? Alter said: “I would not rule that out.”

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A bit of American Nostalgia…


Memories of a bygone era!

Question: Were things really that much better?

Comments made in the year 1955:

“I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going  to be impossible to buy a week’s groceries for $20.”

“Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long before $2000 will only buy a used one.”


“If cigarettes keep going up in price, I’m going to quit. A quarter a pack  is ridiculous.”

“Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to  mail a letter?”


“If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside  help at the store.”

“When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.”


“Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to  stay groomed. Next  thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls.”

“I’m afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let  Clark Gable get by with saying ‘damn’ in ‘Gone With The Wind,’ it seems  every new  movie has either “hell” or “damn” in it.


“I read the other day where some scientist thinks  it’s possible to put a  man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas.”

“Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000  a year just to play ball? It wouldn’t surprise me if someday they’ll be  making more than the president.”

“I never thought I’d see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters  now.”


“It’s too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women  are having to work to make ends meet.”

“It won’t be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone  to watch their kids so they can both work.”

“Marriage doesn’t mean a thing anymore; those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat.”

“I’m just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.”


“Thank goodness I won’t live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress.”

“The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously  doubt they will ever catch on.”

“There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel.”


“No one can afford to be sick anymore; $35 a  day in the hospital is too rich for my blood.”

“If they think I’ll pay 50 cents for a haircut,  forget it.”

The truth is, I’d have to say that I really think there was more innocence back then, in the fifties; but economically speaking, sure things cost less back then, but people also made less too.

However, you also have to consider the buying power of the dollar was greater then, too… as to what a dollar was worth, and what you could get for a dollar, as compared to what you can buy today.

Over the years, inflations has eroded the buying power of our US Dollar considerably.

Check out the following:

Money and Inflation 1950’s

To provide an estimate of inflation we have given a guide to the value of $100 US Dollars for the first year in the decade to the equivalent in today’s money.

If you have $100 Converted from 1950 to 2005 it would be equivalent to $835.41 today.

In 1950 a new house cost $8,450.00, and by 1959 it was $12,400.00.

In 1950 the average income per year was $3,210.00 and by 1959 was $5,010.00

In 1950 a gallon of gas was 18 cents and by 1959 was 25 cents

In 1950 the average cost of new car was $1,510.00 and by 1959 was $2,200.00 More Cars and Car Prices

A few more prices from the 50’s and how much things cost

Chrysler New Yorker $4347

Chevrolet Corvette $3631 1958

Mens All Wool Suits $28.90

Square dance Cotton Check Dress $3.29

Electric Portable Singer Sewing Machine $19.90

Ronson Electric Shaver $28.50

Rib Roast 29 cents per pound

Ritz Crackers 32 cents

Rollaway Beds $14.95

Ring 1 carat Diamond $399.00

Mechanical Adding Machine $3.98

More Examples on Specific pages

Food Prices Clothes Prices Electrical Prices Furniture Prices

Example of a home from 50’s

1951 River Frontage Lot Sheboygan Wisconsin 1 1/2 Acres River front plot on Sheboygan River $750

Example of the types of cars available and prices in the 50’s

Cadillac Convertible 1959

Tailfins the ultimate car with tailfins produced by Cadillac with the chrome to go with it and a 325 Horsepower engine and power anything and everything

Prices From $5,400

1958 Nash Metropolitan

The Metropolitan foreign small car with sports car flavor

Prices From $1,626

Aerocar 1951

The car with the built in freeway

This seemed like a good idea , wonder why it never caught on

Prices From $10,000

Austin Healey 1958

Powerfull twin Carb, 102 HP, Hydraulic Brakes, 4 speed synchromesh transmission 2 occasional rear seats

Here is our real problem:


And here is the cause:

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

~ Thomas Jefferson, 1802

We are being robbed, folks; and our country, on purpose mind you, is being forced into bankruptcy; and all of this is owed to our now over 12 Trillion Dollar national debt; and the continued overspending of our Federal government.

The Bankers have given our politicians, what amounts to an open ended line of credit; and when there is a need for more cash, all they do is turn on the printing presses, and print more fiat money! This fiat money is what fuels inflation, which in turn further lowers the buying power of our US Dollar.

The design is to weaken us to the point where we will eventually be forced into a position, as foretold in the Bible, where nations will not be able to buy or sell, without they accept the “New World Order”, that will eventually lead to the “Mark of the Beat,” and the One World Government!

Whether or not the United States will be a “Sheep Nation,” that remains loyal to the Lord; or a “Goat Nation,” by default, that has been forced to capitulate to the demands of this “New World Order,” I believe will depend on whether or not the church prays… and whether we implement 2 Chronicles 7:14? Selah

Shalom,

Skip Barland



Our ONLY hope as a nation. starts with our faith in God!

Our ONLY hope as a nation…

· Return to faith and obedience to God

· Restore our Constitutional Republic

· Clean house in the Federal and State governments, fire the   corrupt politicians and elect honest Americans
This is a serious problem! According to the Border Patrol the public is being mislead as to WHO is coming into the US from Mexico .  This IS THE TRUTH. as reported by WSBTV in Atlanta.

Video 1

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/23438021/index.html

Video 2

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/23438712/index.html

PLEASE send to people before the video expires.

What kind of sense does it make for a nation to be at war, for their survival, after having already suffered one major attack, and more are being threatened, and we leave our borders wide open?

With everything our government has been doing to combat terrorism, doesn’t it seem just a little odd that this one very important detail has been overlooked?

Now mind you, it was under President George W. Bush’s watch that this first happened, and is today still ignored by the current guy, who holds that office, Barack Obama… whom I won’t even dignify by calling him president, because I don’t believe he has the proper constitutional credentials to hold that office.

President John F. Kennedy once warned us about the dangers which are posed by our tolerating excessive secrecy, and permitting members of “secret societies” and the military-industrial (-intelligence-media) complex to slowly and covertly subvert our Constitutional Republic from within.

Folks, it is all but obvious to me that there is another agenda afoot here, within our country, that has been going on for over 100 years; this is an agenda that is not being discussed by the media, and the reason is because channel “Whatever station you want attach” they are not really on the side of the American people; but rather they have been bought and paid for, just as our politicians have been, and they answer to the people who sign their checks, and control the money… whose goal and plan it has always been to establish a “New World Order!”

The International Bankers are the puppet masters and the true power brokers, in our world today; these people have used their influence over the last 100 years to corrupt both our media and our politicians; and unless the American people wake up to that fact, and take our country back, we won’t have a country, folks, not for very much longer, not as we know it anyway… and that’s no lie!

Whatever it will be, it won’t any longer be the land of the free and home of the brave!

For sure, former President Kennedy understood this threat to our Republic; he was one of the honest politicians, and was not in their pocket; and it was because of that, that it cost him his life.

The ball is in our court, as to what happens from here on out; and I don’t think we have a lot of time.

We need to seriously pray, for while most of America sleeps, and for the most part are totally ignorant of what’s going on, our enemies are moving forward with their plans to further weaken our government, and cause us to capitulate to their demands, in the establishment of this New World Order.

Let’s pray for that revival, and also let’s pray that another effort succeeds, that is already under foot; a movement that is backed by all 50 states, to restore our Constitutional Republic, which if successful, it will once again make our U.S. Constitution the highest law of the land.

Let us all pray that this “Restore American Plan” succeeds.

(Click on link)

We have much at stake, and much to lose… so please pray!

Shalom,

Skip Barland

At issue here are our Second Amendment Rights… which are under attack again!


This document, together with the rest of our U.S. Constitution, still represents the Highest Law of our land; but it has no real power until “We the People” demand its enforcement!

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At issue here are our Second Amendment Rights, which state as follows:

Second Amendment

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.


There are certain things that have to happen, before a nation is taken over by a tyrannical dictatorship:

  • The government must do away with freedom of speech and press; freedom of religious expression; and the right to assemble, and petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
  • Government must confiscate the weapons of its citizens, and do away with the citizen’s right to bear arms.
  • Government must do away with the right of its citizens to have and to control their personal property, and the right to prevent such property from being seized or confiscated without probable cause and due process.
  • Government must do away with protection against unreasonable search and seizure, without the necessity of having probable cause, due process, or warrant.
  • Government must do away with the due process of law; and all protections against double-jeopardy, self-incrimination; and also any rights regarding immanent domain, where government can seize private property at will, without compensation.
  • Government must do away with a citizen’s right to a trial by jury, and the rights of the accused to have a speedy and public trial, in all criminal prosecutions; they must also do away with the right of the accused to have an impartial jury, of his peers, in the State and district where in the crime was committed; and the necessity of having legitimate charges, and to be confronted with the witnesses against him; they also will take away the rights of its citizens to have a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in their favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for their defense.
  • The government most always will remove any prohibition against excessive bail and cruel and/or unusual punishment.

If you will note, ever since 9/11; and really before 9/11, but 9/11 became the excuse, under a Republican administration (no less), to start whittling away at our Constitutional Rights, under the guise of our maintaining national security; and please note that everything that was signed into law, by means of Executive Orders, was done by George W. Bush, and is today being implemented by Barack Obama!

Like I’ve been saying folks, we are being lied to, deceived and manipulated, not just by our government officials, who are totally on board with this “New World Order” nonsense; but we are also being lied to by our News Media!

It is not by accident that this story about what Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is doing, right now, to take away our 2nd Amendment Rights, got buried under other news stories.

Would you consider this, our government for years now has been ignoring our U.S. Constitution; and this started when they first bowed to the demands of the Rothschild’s International Banking Cartel, and changed our government from a Constitutional Republic, to the UNITED STATES CORPORATION, which happened back in 1871, to keep our nation from defaulting.

Folks, this has been going on for quite some time, and it has only accelerated of late, as we near the end of this age, and Satan knows that his time is running short.

Folks, wake up please… and begin to pray, and begin to act like our future, and the future of all future generations are at risk… because they truly are!

For sure… what we don’t defend and what we don’t appreciate, and take for granted, we are apt to lose! This was the case in pre-Leninist Russia; in pre-Nazi Germany; and it is happening today in the United States of America!

We are being manipulated and played today, as a Stradivarius violin, by members of our own government, elected as they are, who have been bought and paid for by these same Globalist Bankers, and they are selling us all down the river.

Wake up America!

Shalom,

Skip Barland


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Subject: Fwd: Obama takes the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States

While you were watching the oil spill, the New York failed terrorist bombing and other critical crises, Hillary Clinton commits to UN “Small Arms Treaty.”

OBAMA FINDS LEGAL WAY AROUND THE 2ND AMENDMENT AND USES IT.

IF THIS PASSES, THERE COULD
BE CIVIL WAR

On Wednesday Obama Took the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States

On Wednesday the Obama administration took its first major step in a plan to ban all firearms in the United States. The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations. By signing international treaties on gun control, the Obama administration can use the US State Department to bypass the normal legislative process in Congress. Once the US Government signs these international treaties, all US citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments. These are laws that have been developed and promoted by organizations such as the United Nations and individuals such as George Soros and Michael Bloomberg. The laws are designed and intended to lead to the complete ban and confiscation of all firearms. The Obama administration is attempting to use tactics and methods of gun control that will inflict major damage to our 2nd Amendment before US citizens even understand what has happened.


Obama can appear before the public and tell them that he does not intend to pursue any legislation (in the United States) that will lead to new gun control laws, while cloaked in secrecy, his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is committing the US to international treaties and foreign gun control laws. Does that mean Obama is telling the truth?

What it means is that there will be no publicized gun control debates in the media or votes in Congress. We will wake up one morning and find that the United States has signed a treaty that prohibits firearms and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public. We will wake up another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that prohibits any transfer of firearm ownership. And then, we will wake up yet another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that requires US citizens to deliver any firearms they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment. This has happened in other countries, past and present!

THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR A FALSE WARNING.

As sure as government health care will be forced on us by the Obama administration through whatever means necessary, so will gun control. Read the Article U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto. The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush’s administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were better. View The Full Article Here

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Please forward this message to others who may be concerned about the direction in which our country is headed.  This is a very serious matter! Silence will lead us to Socialism!!!

Here’s a part of our history that has all but been forgotten…

God’s anointed servant in the great revival of the eighteen century…

What we call the Great Awakening,

he was also one of the most well known figures in Colonial America!

So how is it that his name has all but been forgotten today?

May 14, 2010: Listen to Glen Beck on as he talks about this very important, but much ignored part of our nation’s history: Founders’ Friday: George Whitefield… (click here to see program

For those of us who are Christians, who have a Biblical world view, and who also believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God, we already understand that there is an agenda, a very serious and diabolical agenda, to enslave the world under Satan’s rule.

This agenda and this battle between good and evil has been written about in the Bible, and it is being played out, like never before, in our day and time; as I believe we are today approaching the time prophesied of, which we can read about in the Bible, when our Lord will soon be returning, to set up His Kingdom in the earth.

Christians today need to understand what Satan’s tactics and battle plans are, even as the Apostle Paul admonished us to NOT be ignorant of these things, so we that can be prepared, we can pray, and we can better resist his efforts!

After all, are we not God’s occupational force, here in the earth, and it is not part of our mission to resist the plans of the enemy, and to implement and establish God’s will, and His Kingdom in the earth, as it is in heaven?

Please take the time to listen to this very important message, and learn about a part of our history, as a nation, that has been kept hidden.

Shalom,

Skip Barland


To know the source of the corruption and what’s wrong with our country today… follow the money!!!

If you want to know whose political agenda is being served here, through our weaken immigration policy, and the refusal of  our politicians to enforce our laws… all you have to do is follow the money!

Once again, I’d like to remind everybody, to look behind the rhetoric and nonsense that is being propagated in our media today, as nobody is against people legally immigrating to our country, as we are a nation of immigrants; but with that said, we are against illegal immigration, where people have come here, illegally, not to assimilate and become Americans citizens; but instead, they have come only to take advantage of, and to further weaken our nation, and our nation’s economy… as is happening today, I might add… and mind you, all of this is a part of the Globalist agenda, in their effort to bring about their “New World Order!”

Like everything else of late, that our government has been doing, in its effort to ram this “Globalist” agenda down everyone’s throats, this whole thing with immigration is no different.

The reason why our politicians, including both Democratic and Republican officials and also administrations, are wanting to maintain open borders, and are not enforcing our immigrations laws, is for only one reason, and that is they want to make Canada and Mexico a part of the United States, in the establishment of this North American Union.

Now mind you, our politicians can only do this if they in fact violate their oath of office, to defend and enforce our U.S. Constitution; and are instead seeking to undermine it, and compromise our sovereignty as a nation; which in my book makes them all traitors!

Folks, this is but another example of how these Globalist Bankers have been so successful; and have used their influence, over the years, in order to implement their will, and their agenda here at home; first by corrupting our politicians, then by undermining and manipulating our political process, our media, and also this so called “politically correct” ideology (though it is anything, but correct) upon the American people; and mind you, this has been going on for well over 100 years now… and it most definitely includes both Democratic and Republican parties, and administrations!

The reason they have been so successfully, over the years, at least in part, is owed to their influence and implementation of this anti-God, anti-Bible, progressive and liberalized public educational system… that we find in most all of our public schools today, and also in our colleges and universities as well.

It is here, within public education, that so many of our young people have been indoctrinated, and brainwashed by this anti-God, anti-patriotic, Globalist agenda; and this is also the reason why so many among our leadership in Washington DC, have also been indoctrinated and have been brought on board with these sort of views; because this has been going on now for several generations.

Mind you, even nature hates a vacuum, and it will not long tolerate one; and so likewise, the moment God was taken out of our public school system, the enemy came in like a flood to take over… with the results you can see all around you today!

Once again, I’d like to remind you about the parable of the frog in the kettle of water, who over time, went from enjoying the comfortable tepid temperatures of what started out as comfortably warm, until today we are just about cooked, and done for, unless we wake up!

These Globalist Bankers have been very successful, as they have used their influence over our banking and monetary policies; to also influence and control our media, our entertainment industry in Hollywood, our public education system, and also most importantly, this is most evident in their efforts to undermine our economy, and the value of our currency.

Now mind you, if you will note, they have successfully taken us, over the last 100 years, from being the chief creditor nation, to that of becoming the chief debtor nation in the world, with a national debt today of over 12 Trillion Dollars, and rising; and a currency that is today worth less than 4 cents on the dollar!

Does anybody remember what the Bible has to say about the borrower becoming the slave of the ones whom they borrow from?

All I can say is, if you are Christian, then we all need to be praying… and doing some serious praying, and also repenting, I might add!

May God help us; and may He have mercy on us?

Shalom,

Skip Barland

From: WorldNetDaily [mailto:alerts@alerts.worldnetdaily.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 5:38 AM
To: Skip Barland
Subject: Mock the vote: Shocking intents behind amnesty

Bordering on insanity
As plan to grant 13 million illegals citizenship quickens,
campaign challenges politicians to take the pledge

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, already has drafted a plan for processing 13 million illegal alien applicants for amnesty in a 30-week period at an estimated cost of $1 billion, WND has learned.

The plan, a copy of which was obtained by WND, anticipates the approval of so-called “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” legislation pending in Congress and assumes a nine-month ramp-up period for processing of applications.

The undated draft report anticipates the possibility of the legislation requiring public benefits to amnesty applicants.

“If the statute requires interim benefits while application pending, issue discrete variant of status document (shorter term duration that [sic] if issued after prospective immigrant status granted),” the 14-page memo states.

“When 70 percent of Americans support Arizona’s dramatic and courageous action to fill the void of federal failure on policing our borders, Washington is about to flout the will of the people once again,” says Joseph Farah, co-founder and CEO of WND and also creator of a wildly popular campaign designed to affordably and comprehensively flood the Senate with sharply worded letters of protest. “This is a brazen action to buy illegal votes. This is utter contempt for the rule of law and the will of the people. It must be stopped. This will be a genie that cannot be placed back in the bottle.”

With “The No Amnesty Pledge,” it’s easy and inexpensive for American citizens to make their voice heard effectively throughout the entire U.S. Senate – reaching all 100 members with “The No Amnesty Pledge,”

“I want you to visualize boxes of these protest messages arriving in every member’s office every day,” explains Farah. “They are guaranteed to be delivered by Fed Ex. It’s the power of collective action. It demonstrates that we mean business – that Americans will not accept the destruction of their country lying down.”

Farah says he hopes to emulate the famous “pink slips” campaign that inundated Capitol Hill with nearly 10 million threats to fire members of Congress who, among other things, supported national health care and cap-and-trade legislation.

A dozen members of Congress sent unsolicited testimonials to the power of the “pink slips” campaign, both in changing minds and emboldening the opposition. Five members of Congress held a press conference on the Capitol grounds to commend the program. Sen. Jim DeMint went on Fox News Channel to extol it.

“This is a powerful new vehicle that allows busy Americans to be part of a major demonstration of power and discontent,” says Farah. “Don’t wait. Who knows how quickly the Senate may act on this plan to increase the size of the constituency of those who know their days are numbered.”

How else could you send by Fed Ex delivery, 100 individually addressed letters, individually signed by senders to members of the U.S. Senate for just $24.95?

Meanwhile, “The No Amnesty Pledge,” now includes a letter of encouragement to Arizona Gov. Brewer, reading:

“Thank you for your courage in taking a stand on behalf of all American citizens through the signing of the recent illegal alien legislation.

“It is the federal government that has failed your state and the rest of our country by not following the Constitution. Article IV, Section 4 states: ‘The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.’

“There is little question that a silent invasion of our country has been underway for too long. The action taken by you and your legislature is restrained, reasonable and common-sensical. Washington is not living up to its own promises to build the border fence that would alleviate many of the problems Arizona and other border states are having.

“I hope this letter serves as encouragement to you and your citizens. America stands with you and appreciates you.”

Like the letters to the U.S. senators, each letter to Gov. Brewer is personally and appropriately addressed, includes the name of the sender and is shipped by Fed Ex.

Speed is essential, as the plan to enact amnesty is quickening. Under the plan drafted, applicants 14 through 79 years old would be required to submit themselves for photographs, a full set of fingerprints and a signature. A photo and single print would be required for others.

Only one outside contractor is discussed in the memo – Northrop Grumman – and the plan suggests negotiating a contract now, even before the legislation is approved. It also calls for volunteer help at local service centers and field offices.

The last time Washington attempted a push for amnesty under the guise of “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” under President George W. Bush in 2007, the project triggered an outcry from talk radio and the public. It failed as a result. However, the political makeup of the Congress has changed since then, becoming even more Democratic.

Democratic leaders recognize their control of both houses is in jeopardy in the November elections and are determined to pass the amnesty program – though they abhor that word.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has enlisted evangelical leaders to promote the plan. Democrats are determined to get at least some Republican support for the measure so the party is not held to account for amnesty like it is for another unpopular piece of legislation following the health-care debate that already threatens many Democrat seats.

Even Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., formerly vociferous proponents of the plan during the Bush administration, have distanced themselves from efforts in the Senate to revive it.

“You can play a vital role,” Schumer told religious leaders including Richard Land of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel, saying Republicans have great respect for them. “So please, if you could, help us get some Republicans just to sit in a room and talk to us.”

Make your voice heard now through
“The No Amnesty Pledge.”

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Memorial Day… our time for remembrance, and our time to pray for our nation!!!


There are way too many Americans today, who because they known no other life, and have reaped the benefits and blessings which they have inherited from our forefathers, they have long forgotten the high cost of this liberty that they so have taken for granted; and they have forsaken the God of Heaven, who is the One who has blessed us, prospered us, and has protected our nation for all these many years.

This is a BIG mistake, folks, because for sure, as the Bible says “God will not be mocked, for we shall reap what we have sown,” and for sure our sin shall find us out!

Let us remember that God in heaven is a covenant keeping God, and our relationship, our responsibilities, in order that we may maintain that relationship with Him, and keep our blessings, are all spelled out for us in the covenant, which covenant we can read in the Holy Bible.

To the extent our nation today has disrespected both the Bible, and the God of the Bible, we have forsaken that covenant, and therefore we can expect that God will make an adjustment soon; not to destroy us, mind you, but to bring us to repentance and to cause us to once again turn our hearts back again towards our Creator.

Let us watch and pray for our nation on this Memorial Day; let us intercede and do spiritual battle against the onslaught of evil that has overtaken our nation, and is today ruling from the highest seats of power, within our land; that is seeking, today, to undermine our sovereignty, our liberty, and our Constitution.

While we are praying, least we become proud ourselves, let us also each remember the grace whereby we have been saved; and that except for God’s mercy and love in our lives, there would be many of us who would be doing the very same dumb things that so many today, among our politicians and among others of those who are lost, are doing.

They have yet to meet, or have an encounter with Jesus; and so let us also pray for them, as well, that they too would have the same opportunity that was afforded us, that they not depart this world without their Savior… for truly, as the Bible says, “God is not willing that ANY should perish!”

For truly there is only ONE name under heaven whereby man may be saved, and that is through the Name of Jesus Christ!

Wake up America, all of you who are called by His Name, who call yourselves Christians; for the weight of responsibility for our nation’s future falls, not to the unbeliever, but it falls to our shoulders; and it is for us to make the difference… and not to the many who speak often about God, when it serves their purpose, but who have shown by their actions, their fruit, and their words that their hearts are far from Him; who even though they may have a form of religion, but nevertheless they have denied the POWER of the Holy Spirit… and among these are many who call themselves Christian!

Make no mistake, but that this job for which the Church has been destined to perform in the earth will require the supernatural Power that comes ONLY from the Holy Spirit, who is our Guide and our Paraclete; our Comforter, and our Teacher… the one whom Jesus said He would send forth to lead us and guide us into ALL TRUTH!

On this Memorial Day let us remember the cost that our liberty required, of men and women who have died to preserve it and to defend it; let us also remember on this Memorial Day that it is our responsibility, and not that of our politicians, to direct the course of our nation’s future, and that direction will come as we humble ourselves, fall to our knees, turn from our wicked ways, repent, and begin to seek God’s face; for then and only then, does the Bible promise us (in 2 Chronicles 7:14) that the God of heaven will hear our prayers, and will heal our land. Selah.

Shalom,

Skip Barland


From: Norman
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:23 AM
To: Skip Barland
Subject: Fw: Memorial Day…a reminder

REALLY MAKES ME PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!
Preparation for Memorial Day

Keep it
moving, please, even if you’ve seen it before.

It is the
VETERAN,
not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.

It is
the VETERAN,
not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.

It is
the VETERAN,
not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It is
the VETERAN,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is
the
VETERAN,
not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is
the VETERAN,
not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the
VETERAN who
salutes the Flag,

It is
the
VETERAN
who serves
under the Flag,


ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD,

AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.

I’d be
EXTREMELY proud if this email reached as many as possible. We can be very
proud of our young men and women in the service no matter where they serve.

God
Bless them all!!!

Makes you proud to be an AMERICAN!!!!

REMEMBER TO FLY YOUR
AMERICAN
FLAG