I certainly agree with Senator Lieberman; but I feel he is falling way short of what is the truth, and is being too kind.
I maintain that Obama is either living a lie; and is either grossly misinformed, having been taken, and deceived, mostly by his own ambition and greed; or he is a willing accomplice to the biggest conspiracy ever, in our nation’s history; to both undermine and circumvent both our Republic and our Constitution! And to be truthful, I think he is way too smart a man to be taken advantage of, so that leaves only the latter!
Certainly the man knows the difference between a lie and the truth, and so far he has spent his whole political career doing nothing, but lying!
Need I remind you that under the Islamic culture, it is perfectly permissible to sign a contract and/or lie to your enemy, knowing you are going to break your word, as long as by doing so you are putting your enemy at a disadvantage; and are at the same time serving your cause.
Old man Rockefeller was once asked how much is enough money? And his answer was, “Just a little bit more!”
Well these self appointed demigod bankers, headed by the Rothschild International Banking Cartel, these are the ones behind Obama, who pull his strings, along with others within our government; and these are the ones who are the true power brokers and puppet masters of the world, and they have been for years.
They already have all the money in the world, as it is, and still they won’t be satisfied, until they can squeeze even more, and further enslave the people of the world, as already has happened here in our country (and I hate to be the one to inform you of this); but that has been the current state of affairs here in the U.S. ever since 1871!
The reason why Obama won’t declare war on the Islamic terrorists, aside from the fact that he has already said he would never do so; but even aside from that, I believe he has already made it very clear that he is himself Islamic, in both his faith and convictions.
Certainly he is NOT a Christian!
If the American people would ever wake up, and see how they have been lied to and taken advantage of by these Bankers, and by our politicians who have sided with them, I don’t think they would stand for it, even for one more minute.
Obama needs to be saved, and he needs our prayers, that’s for sure… but he also needs to get out of the White House, as he is not what he has represented himself to be, not at all!
So anyway, that’s my rebuttal, my response, and my soap box speech all wrapped up in one!
Shalom,
Skip Barland
From: Newsmax.com [mailto:newsmax@reply.newsmax.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:11 PM To: theskipper@cox.net Subject: Lieberman Slams Obama on Radical Islam Silence
Lieberman: Obama Wrong on Radical Islam
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:36 AM
By: Jim Meyers
The new National Security Strategy released by the Obama White House last month refuses to recognize that our nation is at war with violent Islamist extremism, according to Sen. Joseph Lieberman.
The Independent Democrat from Connecticut writes in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that the 2006 National Security Strategy correctly identified America’s enemy as transnational terrorists who “exploit the proud religion of Islam to serve a violent political vision.” The new Security Strategy omits that statement.
The administration is wrong to eschew those words and the term “violent Islamist extremism” and instead use “violent extremism,” which is too broad and includes elements that are not at war with the U.S., Lieberman notes.
Administration officials would argue that the term “violent Islamist extremism” bolsters our enemy’s propaganda assertion that the West is at war with Islam, but that logic is “completely unsound,” Lieberman declares.
“Muslims in fact understand better than anyone else the enormous difference between their faith and the terrorist political ideology that has exploited it . . .
“We must encourage and empower the non-violent Muslim majority to raise their voices to condemn the Islamist extremist ideology as a desecration of Islam.”
The White House is also wrong to identify America’s enemy in the war on terror as simply al-Qaida and its affiliates, Lieberman states.
“Defining the enemy by reference to al-Qaida implies that this war in primarily about destroying an organization, rather than defeating a broader political ideology. This war will not end when al-Qaida has been vanquished . . . but only when the ideology of violent Islamist extremism that inspires and predates it is decisively rejected. That ideology motivates many other groups and individuals . . .
as we’re learning to fly by Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
by FAITH and not by sight
God’s Word
a Lamp unto my feet!
I will always remember the lesson my dad taught me as a boy. You see, my dad was a former fighter pilot, who flew P-51 Mustangs on bomber escort missions, with the Tuskegee Airmen over in Italy, during WWII.
He said that the hardest part of flight training, for him, was to learn to fly a plane by Instrument Flight Rules; where you have to disengage something you have trusted, and have been trained and condition to trust all of your life, and that is your feelings.
Instead, you have to disengage your feelings, and make yourself trust those little dials in front of you; that what they are telling you is true, in spite of the fact that your feelings are screaming at you the exact opposite.
You see if you are flying a plane in the soup, in inclimate weather, or in a fog, where you can no longer see the horizon, or have any visual reference points, and with all the G’s that are being exerted on your body, it is impossible for you to know what the attitude is of your plane. In fact, under those circumstances you could be flying upside down and not even know it!
He said that your feelings will scream at you to pull up or bank to the right or left; but that if you do any of those things, and ignore your only accurate reference point, which are those dials in front of you, then you will surely die!
When I later became a Christian, the analogy was amazing, and it hit me right between the eyes; because as Christians, we are asked to do the same thing, when we have lost our reference points.
When we can no longer see nor understand, and can no longer find our way in the natural, we too have to force ourselves to go against the grain of what we have always trusted, and we have to also learn to place our faith in our instruments, which is God’s Word… for we no longer live by sight, in what we see and feel, but we live by faith in the promises of God’s Word!
Also, as with the example with the pilot in inclimate weather, if you have never been trained to disengage your senses, and have had actual flight time doing so, either in a flight simulator, or with a flight instructor; if you haven’t ever had the actual experience of being in that situation, where you no longer have any natural reference points to rely upon, then the chances are, if you are ever caught in a real life situation, and have to choose between your feelings and those dials, you will most likely elect to trust what you have always known, and are familiar with… and again, you will die!
So if you are struggling with problems today, and cannot see your way through, and you have seemingly lost your way in the natural… understand that God is testing you, and He’s trying to teach you to fly, not by sight, but by trusting your instruments. Selah
In the following message, from Francis Frangipane, he also touches on this same subject, about finding your way in the dark.
Shalom,
Skip Barland
From: David Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:00 AM To: Undisclosed Subject: Francis Frangipane
I thought you might enjoy this …David
Francis Frangipane:
Expect to See God’s Glory!
Light Shines in the Darkness
It is not enough to know God exists. If we will live in the awareness of the heavenly, we must be freed from the boundaries of the earthly.
To awaken faith, the Holy Spirit will take us through times when the presence of God cannot be clearly discerned. The Lord’s goal during these times is to bring to maturity our spiritual senses.
Therefore, do not accept that God has permanently hidden Himself from you, though during trials it may seem so. He is teaching us to see in the dark and to hear in the silence. He is making Himself known to our inner man so that, regardless of outer circumstances, we can continually be led by His Spirit.
To see God, beloved, it is imperative that our vision become spiritual and not just sensory.
To hear God, we must learn to tune out the clamor of our fears and earthly desires.
The outcome of this inner spiritual working is an increasing perception that nothing is impossible for God. The time of darkness, though it comes as an enemy, actually compels us to seek God more earnestly; we learn to even more revere God’s light.
Never mistake temporary darkness for permanent blindness, for today’s training is the very process that opens us to see God’s glory.
Ultimately, we will discover the truth of what Isaiah wrote, that “the whole earth is full of [God’s] glory” (Isaiah 6:3).
Lord, Open Our Eyes!
Did not Moses endure “as seeing Him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27 KJV)?
Indeed, the Bible was written by individuals who actually beheld the glory of God. To see the glory of God is our call as well. Our spiritual vision is not an imaginary device of the mind, but that which comes from the living union of the Holy Spirit with our hearts.
Did not our Lord promise that the “pure in heart . . . shall see God” (Matthew 5:8)? And is it not reasonable to expect that, if Christ truly dwells within us, we ought to perceive life with unveiled minds? Just as it is written,
“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).
Yes, if we remove the veils of sin, shame and self-absorption, if we persist in seeking God, staying focused upon His Spirit and Word, we should expect to see the glory of the Lord.
Such open perception is Biblical and should be pursued! Yet there are those who say access to greater spiritual realities is a false hope and a heresy. I say, beware of the leaven of the unbelieving Christian. For such people would have you accept religion without vision as though to see God’s glory was sin.
Consider how many in the Bible actually saw the glory of the Lord: Abraham saw the Christ’s glory while he was in Mesopotamia.
Isaiah beheld Him in the year King Uzziah died.
Ezekiel fell before the Living One by the river Chebar.
David, Habakkuk, Solomon, and Zechariah all saw the glory of the Lord (Acts 7:2; Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 3:23; 2 Samuel 6:2; Habakkuk 3:3; 2 Chronicles 7:1; Zechariah 1:8).
Moses beheld Him, then Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy Hebrew elders as well.
Exodus tells us these men actually “saw the God of Israel.”The Bible describes this incredible scene, saying that “under [God’s] feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself “ (Exodus 24:10). The concluding thought is staggering; it reads, “And they saw God, and they ate and drank” (Exodus 24:11).
Think of it: They beheld God! Could anything be more wonderful? Is there not a jealousy within you for that experience—to actually gaze upon the God of Israel?
Be assured, to behold the Lord’s glory is not only Scriptural but typical, especially during the pivotal decades between ages (which is where we are today). The fact is, over six million Israelites saw God’s glory on Mount Sinai.
Young men, old women, and little children—people of every age and physical condition—all saw “the glory of the Lord [as it] rested on Mount Sinai.” These same people actually “heard the voice of God” speaking to them (Deuteronomy 4:33)!
Yet, that unveiling of glory did not stop at Sinai. The entire Hebrew nation followed a cloud of glory by day and was illuminated by a blazing pillar of fire-like glory at night. This happened not just once or twice but every day for forty years! How much more shall the Lord of glory manifest Himself to us at the end of the age?
If you are a God-seeker, except for times of darkness when the Spirit refines your spiritual senses, you should expect to see the glory of God! There should be an anticipation that, any day now—as you enter your prayer room or go for a walk, or in a dream—the Spirit of God is going to appear to you in some marvelous and life-changing way.
Francis Frangipane Ministries of Francis Frangipane
Email: francis1@frangipane.org
That Satan and all his minions have been defeated at Calvary’s Cross!
Colossians 2:15:
“Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”
The Serpent, the Devil, is Already Defeated!
Jesus once said something concerning Satan’s fall from heaven that will help us understand how much power Satan has in comparison to our omnipotent God:
And the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning” (Luke 10:17-18).
When Jesus sent out seventy of His disciples to preach and heal, they returned exuberantly to report that even the demons were subject to them in His name.
They should not have been so surprised, however. Jesus informed them that in His preincarnate state, He had witnessed a very revealing demonstration of the Father’s supreme power over Satan: When the all-powerful God decreed Satan’s expulsion from heaven, Satan could not resist.
Jesus chose the metaphor, like lightning, to emphasize the speed with which Satan fell. He fell, not like molasses, but like lightning. He didn’t fall like a leaf from a tree or a rock from a cliff. Oh no. Satan was in heaven one second, and in the next—BOOM!—he was gone!
We are living in a world today that is in desperate need of a shepherd; for we have all drifted and have strayed away from your path; from your laws, and from the requirements of your Word.
Many in the church have grown weak and anemic, having removed themselves form a daily, moment by moment, reliance upon the leading of your Holy Spirit.
Many have tried to serve you, and as is the subject of this article (below), having not the power of the Holy Spirit; having denied the power, and miracles in these days; they have gone out in fear, fearful of an already defeated enemy.
Lord, deliver us from evil, and restore to your church the victory and power that is already ours; which has been robbed from us, through the intimidation, lies, and deceit of the enemy; help us to live in that victory that is already ours, that has already been paid for in full, through the Blood of our Saviour, Jesus Christ!
In His precious Name we pray. Amen
Shalom,
Skip Barland
2 Timothy 2:3-5
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier
of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs
of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
From: Charisma [mailto:info@strang.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:03 AM To: theskipper@cox.net Subject: Prophetic Insight: Removing the Head of the Serpent
Removing the Head of the Serpent
Kay Winters
Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Recently I had a prophetic experience that clearly portrayed the condition of the church in America. My husband and I take evening walks that sometimes bring us through affluent neighborhoods. We enjoy viewing luxury homes with their beautiful waterfalls and fountains. Sometimes I venture to curiously peer into the backyards of these homes, finding exquisite pools, sports courts, fireplaces, and landscaping that reminds me of a Thomas Kincaid painting.
As we were enjoying our walk one evening, my husband suddenly blurted out, “Snake!” After jumping in the opposite direction, I saw a three-foot-long rattlesnake about a foot away from where we had been walking.
Having been raised on a farm in Georgia, I am familiar with the behavior of snakes, especially poisonous vipers. Snakes react to ground vibration, so I was mystified about why the snake was not hissing or coiling to strike us. To our surprise, the snake ignored us and slowly slithered in the opposite direction. He seemed to be right “at home” in the landscape of the neighborhood.
We decided to alert the homeowner regarding the snake. I rang the doorbell and was greeted by a man in his 40s. I said, “Sir, there is a rattlesnake in your front yard. Perhaps you might want to dispose of him.” He froze and didn’t respond. Knowing the snake could quickly escape, I continued, “Sir, this is a neighborhood with lots of children.”
Finally, after another long pause, he replied, “OK, give me a moment.” I could tell he did not want to be bothered, but my last statement provoked him to action. After what seemed like an eternity, the homeowner emerged from his garage with a six-foot pole that had a huge, razor-like blade attached.
I was amazed to see that the rattlesnake was still moving across the landscape at a snail’s pace. The homeowner looked terrified as he cautiously approached the snake from behind. He repeatedly raised his weapon high in the air, practicing his potential strike, yet hesitated to deliver the death blow. Not wanting to embarrass him, I kept silent, but I couldn’t help but think, What is wrong with you? Remove that serpent’s head now!
Serving God or Mammon
At that instant, I realized that the situation with the snake was an analogy for the present condition of the American church. The homeowner represents the church, and the rattlesnake represents Satan.
Sadly, Satan is not intimidated or threatened by the church. In fact, he wanders in and out of the body of Christ often without resistance or consequence. There is no need for Satan to hiss, coil or strike at us because we pose little threat to him. He knows the focus of the church at large is not Christ-centered but self-centered. We have set our hearts on temporal treasures, in lieu of eternity, seeking the hand of God instead of the face of God. Even our ministers have been deceived, considering the size of their congregations, offerings and buildings as the measuring rod for success. A distorted “prosperity” gospel has taught us to use our faith almost exclusively to obtain larger homes, cars and 401K accounts.
Our spiritual eyes have been encrusted with an infection that has distorted our vision. Blinded by materialism, we pursue mammon while Satan lies quietly at our feet. Our pursuit of pleasure has hardened us to not only the cries of the needy but also the whispers of the Holy Spirit. We don’t want to have our routines disrupted in any way. In effect, most of us are wearing a sign that says, “Do not disturb!” We have to be provoked to emerge from our comfort zones to serve at home, at church or in our communities.
Like the church of Laodicea, the American church has been deceived by riches. We are unaware of our spiritual poverty and blindness. As a result, many American Christians unknowingly worship the idol of mammon. In His mercy, the Lord has used the downward spiral of our nation’s economy and monetary system to warn us not to trust in uncertain riches but in Him who freely gives us all things to enjoy (see Rev. 3:15-19; Luke 16:13).
Trampling on Serpents
We are destined to trample on serpents and scorpions, crushing Satan under our feet. However, one key element that enables us to triumph over the works of the devil is the depth of our repentance. Only profound repentance for our spiritual complacency and idolatry will cure our spiritual blindness, enabling us to identify the serpents in our lives. No longer ignorant of Satan’s devices, we can shake the kingdom of darkness, cause Satan to flee and erect a “No trespassing!” sign on the landscape of our lives.
Jesus gave us the power to overcome the enemy. “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19, NKJV).
We must become a generation of snake killers because our battle is against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. As soldiers of the cross, we must exchange our cordial passivity for a violent militancy and remove the heads of the serpents in our lives. Indeed, His power working in us can break any yoke and cut through any chain, and His light in us can overwhelm any depth of darkness.
“For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8).
The snakes we encounter will hiss, coil and strike in fear at the Greater One who lives within us. As we exercise our authority and God-given power, many of these serpents will flee in fear. But what about those serpents who resist and refuse to exit our lives? We must say, “Off with their heads!” (See James 4:7; 1John 3:8.)
About the author: Kay Winters is co-founder, with her husband, Rob, of Prepare the Way International, an itinerant prophetic ministry based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Winters’ mission is to ignite a spiritual revolution and reformation in America through preaching repentance, prophesying restoration and promoting revival. Kay’s ministry emphasis is identifying and mobilizing intercession against spiritual strongholds that prohibit racial reconciliation, revival and the healing of our land. Today’s Prophetic Insight was adapted from Prepare the Way’s newsletter, The Messenger, and is used by permission. The newsletter is available on the ministry’s Web site www.preparethewayint.com.
North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig!
Question: Are we being lied to AGAIN, by our elected officials in Washington?
There are alleged reports and allegations that initially began circulating back in May, that this Gulf Oil disaster was the result of sabotage, caused by a North Korean mini sub, out of Venezuela.
So is there a cover up and are we being lied to again?
The answer is yes, according to this article (see below), from The European Union Times; which article also appeared on Congressman Ron Paul’s blog, called the Daily Forum (http://www.dailypaul.com/node/133339).
It is sad to say, but also I fear all too true, that as I have said in the past, lying today among our politicians, and really it has been this way for a long time now, has become standard operating procedure; and need I remind you that these people in Washington are supposed to be there serving our interests, and they should be working for us… so how is it they consistently get away with being the liars, that many of them have proven themselves to be?
Here’s the next question: How do we know whether most politicians are lying or not? The answer: If his or her lips are moving!
You know, as much as I despise what is happening today in Washington DC, nevertheless, this is our government, folks, and the fact is We the People, who represent the electorate of our country, we are the ones who voted these people into office.
And in the case of Barack Hussein Obama, the general public was hoodwinked to the point that they swallowed all the lies, ignored all the red flags and obvious evidence and facts (that were squelched by the media), and elected this man to office anyway.
So who do we blame… but ourselves?
The underlining problem under all of this is the one fact that surfaced during the Clinton Impeachment hearings, when it was said that character was no longer of importance for our elected officials, and that the important thing was the state of our economy. Do you remember that statement?
Question: Was Clinton lying about the Monica Lewinsky scandal; and did he get caught in his lie on national TV, where he perjured himself under oath?
Question: What are the circumstances behind why, allegedly, both Barack Hussein Obama and his wife, Michelle, have either been disbarred from practicing law in Illinois, or as some reports say, had their licenses voluntarily withdrawn, in order to avoid charges of Ethics Violations?
By the way, if these charges are proven to be true; how ironic is it that this same man is currently appointing people to the US Supreme Court, when he himself, according to these allegations, is in violation of the Illinois State Bar and has lost his license to practice law?
By the way, would any of this have anything to do with lack of character? What do you think?
This is what happens when every individual does what is right in his or her own mind, and they no longer have any bases or foundational system for determining what is truly right or wrong; and in today’s political environment such determination is often based on something called “Political Correctness.”
Certainly, as the evidence shows, as well as their corresponding actions and words, unlike our founding fathers, most of our politicians today have denied the Bible as being a foundation for such determination.
So consequently you have this quagmire of indecision and confusion, among these people, on issues that are no brainers for any Bible believing Christian; but nevertheless have eluded many of our politicians today, who are the ones who vote for our laws, and implement legislation that we ALL are forced to live with.
For instance on the issue of Abortion, in how we as a nations have said it is okay for a mother to murder her unwanted unborn child; and these politicians see nothing wrong with the fact that that one law has allowed for the radical and cruel extermination of over 50 Million unborn children, in our country alone, since 1973.
Or you have the issue on which the Bible says is an abomination, regarding the “Gay Agenda,” where now our politicians are deciding whether the definition of marriage should now include marriage between members of the same sex; and whether the homosexual lifestyle should be accepted as normal and natural, and these people be allow to integrate themselves, as practicing homosexuals, in all areas of our society, and even now be allowed to educate our children, and be active in our military.
Folks, need I remind you that Obama supports ALL of these issues; and yet he says he is a Christian! And yet obviously in spite of what are obvious contradictions to what every Christian knows the Bible says, he still was elected to office.
In my mind, all of this speaks to a much more serious problem that we have, here in the United States, whose ramifications are far more serious, to the future of our country, than the election of this one man.
Folks, it is all but apparent that for most of the people in American, there is a serious disconnect between what they accept as normal and natural, and not a problem… and what the Bible says on these issues!
Jesus gave this parable in the Bible, where the question was asked, “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?” (Luke 6:39)
Is this not the situation that we currently have in our country today, where truly the blind are leading the blind; and unless things change quickly, our country is literally going to hell in a hand basket!
Pray for revival, folks, and for a spiritual awakening, for truly that is our ONLY hope as a nation for survival!
Shalom,
Skip Barland
From: David Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:25 PM To: Undisclosed Subject: US Orders Blackout Over North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig | EUTimes.net
THE EUROPEAN UNION TIMES
EU Times Online Newspaper
US Orders Blackout Over North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig
Posted by Europe on May 1st, 2010
A grim report circulating in the Kremlin today written by Russia’s Northern Fleet is reporting that the United States has ordered a complete media blackout over North Korea’s torpedoing of the giant Deepwater Horizon oil platform owned by the World’s largest offshore drilling contractor Transocean that was built and financed by South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., that has caused great loss of life, untold billions in economic damage to the South Korean economy, and an environmental catastrophe to the United States.
Most important to understand about this latest attack by North Korea against its South Korean enemy is that under the existing“laws of war” it was a permissible action as they remain in a state of war against each other due to South Korea’s refusal to sign the 1953 Armistice ending the Korean War.
To the attack itself, these reports continue, the North Korean “cargo vessel” Dai Hong Dan believed to be staffed by 17th Sniper Corps “suicide” troops left Cuba’s Empresa Terminales Mambisas de La Habana (Port of Havana) on April 18th whereupon it “severely deviated” from its intended course for Venezuela’s Puerto Cabello bringing it to within 209 kilometers (130 miles) of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform which was located 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast of the US State of Louisiana where it launched an SSC Sang-o Class Mini Submarine (Yugo class) estimated to have an operational range of 321 kilometers (200 miles).
On the night of April 20th the North Korean Mini Submarine manned by these “suicidal” 17th Sniper Corps soldiers attacked the Deepwater Horizon with what are believed to be 2 incendiary torpedoes causing a massive explosion and resulting in 11 workers on this giant oil rig being killed outright.
Barely 48 hours later, on April 22nd, this North Korean Mini Submarine committed its final atrocity by exploding itself directly beneath the Deepwater Horizon causing this $1 Billion oil rig to sink beneath the seas and marking 2010’s celebration of Earth Day with one of the largest environmental catastrophes our World has ever seen.
To the reason for North Korea attacking the Deepwater Horizon, these reports say, was to present US President Obama with an “impossible dilemma” prior to the opening of the United Nations Review Conference of the Parties to the Treat on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) set to begin May 3rd in New York.
This “impossible dilemma” facing Obama is indeed real as the decision he is faced with is either to allow the continuation of this massive oil leak catastrophe to continue for months, or immediately stop it by the only known and proven means possible, the detonation of a thermonuclear device.
Russian Navy atomic experts in these reports state that should Obama choose the “nuclear option” the most viable weapon at his disposal is the United States B83 (Mk-83) strategic thermonuclear bomb having a variable yield (Low Kiloton Range to 1,200 Kilotons) which with its 12 foot length and 18 inch diameter, and weighing just over 2,400 pounds, is readily able to be deployed and detonated by a remote controlled mini-sub.
Should Obama choose the “nuclear option” it appears that he would be supported by the International Court of Justice who on July 8, 1996 issued an advisory opinion on the use of nuclear weapons stating that they could not conclude definitively on these weapons use in “extreme circumstances” or “self defense”.
On the other hand, if Obama chooses the “nuclear option” it would leave the UN’s nuclear conference in shambles with every Nation in the World having oil rigs off their coasts demanding an equal right to atomic weapons to protect their environment from catastrophes too, including Iran.
To whatever decision Obama makes it remains a fact that with each passing hour this environmental catastrophe grows worse. And even though Obama has ordered military SWAT teams to protect other oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico from any further attack, and further ordered that all drilling in the Gulf of Mexico be immediately stopped, this massive oil spill has already reached the shores of America and with high waves and more bad weather forecast the likelihood of it being stopped from destroying thousands of miles of US coastland and wildlife appears unstoppable.
And not just to the environmental catastrophe that is unfolding the only devastation to be wrecked upon the United States and South Korea by this North Korean attack as the economic liabilities associated with this disaster are estimated by these Russian reports to be between $500 Billion to $1.5 Trillion, and which only a declaration of this disaster being an “act of war” would free some the World’s largest corporations from bankruptcy.
Important to note too in all of these events was that this was the second attack by North Korea on its South Korean enemy, and US ally, in a month as we had reported on in our March 28th report titled “Obama Orders ‘Immediate Stand-down’ After Deadly North Korean Attack” and which to date neither the Americans or South Korea have retaliated for and giving one senior North Korean party leader the courage to openly state that the North Korean military took “gratifying revenge” on South Korea.
And for those believing that things couldn’t get worse, they couldn’t be more mistaken as new reports coming from Japanese military sources are stating that North Korea is preparing for new launches of its 1,300 kilometer (807 miles) intermediate range ballistic “Rodong” missile which Russian Space Forces experts state is able to “deploy and detonate” an atomic electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device, and which if detonated high in the atmosphere could effectively destroy the American economy for years, if not decades, to come.
Obama is seen here Meeting at the White House with the Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas over the Gaza blockade
Are these humanitarian boats, as is reported by the media,
or are they using that as a ruse to sneak arms in?
Here is the Truth, see for yourself:
Here once again, we are being manipulated and managed by what our government and media is telling us, verses what is actually the truth; as you can readily see from the above video.
We had better be very careful, that’s all I can say, because our meddling in these affairs, that only serve to undermine and further exasperate Israel’s sovereignty and security; and pressures them to give more land away for peace… can only work against us!
May God forgive us and help us because we have a severe case of the blind leading the blind, in our nation’s capitol today; and to use a warning from the Bible, if we aren’t careful this administration will cause our entire nation to fall into the ditch.
Let us not repeat this history again:
The Bible says:
“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse” (Genesis 12:3).
“I will also gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land.” (Joel 3:2)
The following is a list of events where the United States went against Israeli interests only to be the victim of tragedy caused by natural disasters here at home.
CORRELATION I:
THE MADRID CONFERENCE (1991) AND BUSH COMPOUND
ACTION: THE MADRID CONFERENCE OF 1991. In this conference, ‘land for peace’ deals were negotiated during George Bush Senior’s presidency, who helped spearhead the conference by creating a list of goals to usher in Middle East peace at the expense of Israel giving up land. This took place in late October 1991.
EFFECT: The Kennebunkport Bush compound was severely damaged in late October 1991 coinciding with the conference.
Even more unusual, the storm that hit the compound with 35 foot waves traveled east to west instead of the normal west to east direction. BUSH COMPOUND. (follow the link to read the article)
CORRELATION II:
THE MADRID CONFERENCE (1992) AND HURRICANE ANDREW
ACTION: The Madrid Conference is moved to Washington D.C. where peace talks continue with the goal to have Israel forfeit land.
EFFECT: HURRICANE ANDREW strikes at the same time and was one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history until Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Hurricane Andrew hit and began to ravage Florida (and later the gulf area) on August 24th.
CORRELATION III:
GENEVA (2004) AND CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE
ACTION: Bill Clinton meets with Syrian president el-Assad in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss land negotiations for Israel to give up the GOLAN HEIGHTS. Date: January 16, 1994.
EFFECT: Less than 24 hours later on January 17, 1994, The NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE strikes Southern California:
The earthquake had a “strong” moment magnitude of 6.7, but the ground acceleration was one of the highest ever instrumentally recorded in an urban area in North America. Seventy-two deaths were attributed to the earthquake, with over 9,000 injured.
In addition, the earthquake caused an estimated $20 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
CORRELATION IV:
WHITE HOUSE MEETING & HURRICANE GEORGE
ACTION: United States Secretary of state Madeline Albright engages in a peace plan that would require Israel to forfeit 13% of its territory. On September 28, 1998, Clinton, Arafat, and Netanyahu meet at the White House to finalize the plans. SOURCE.
EFFECT: HURRICANE GEORGE hit the United States between August 24th and August 28th. It finally dissipates once Arafat leaves the U.S.
Once meetings resumed between the three in Maryland during October 1998 to discuss the same 13% land forfeiture, a series of floods and tornadoes hit Texas so severely that Clinton declares it a disaster area.
CORRELATION V:
PALESTINIAN DECLARATION AND SUPER TORNADOES
ACTION:
May 3, 1999: …On the day that Yasser Arafat is scheduled to declare a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as the capital.
Arafat: We will declare state in May 1999
In a major breach of the Oslo Accords, PLO Authority (PA) chief Yasser Arafat insisted yesterday that, regardless of what happens with the “peace talks”, the PA will declare its independent Palestinian state next year.
The 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak was a severe weather event that lasted from May 3 until May 6, 1999 and brought violent storms to Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
This article concentrates on the events on May 3, when 66 tornadoes broke out in Oklahoma and Kansas.
The most significant tornado first touched down southwest of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and became an F5 before dissipating over Midwest City, Oklahoma.
The tornado tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma and Moore, Oklahoma, causing $1.1 billion in damage.
Forty-eight people perished during the outbreak; and this tornadic event ranks in severity with the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965.
With a total of 66 tornadoes, it was the most prolific tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history, although not the deadliest.
This is where our nation is headed, unless those of us who are called by God’s name, and are Christian, wise up and do some serious praying, and take our country back!
Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild Quote:
“I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the Empire … The man that controls Britain’s money supply controls the British Empire. And I control the money supply.”
In response to this article (see below) that was sent to me yesterday by a friend, I would say the obvious question should be, why on earth would these supposed intelligent men and women, among our political leadership in Washington DC today, be ignoring such an obvious threat to our nation’s sovereignty, not to mention our security and economy, at a time when both are at risk; and why would they even tolerate what is obviously a total breakdown and failure to enforce our already existing Immigration Laws?
Well there is an answer to that question, and there is a rhyme and a reason for all of this that is going on.
What I am about to tell you here again, and I know I’ve said this before; but it is truly the most serious problem that our country is facing today; and it is truly the biggest threat that we have, that is an even greater threat than that of these Islamic Terrorist, who also are working their agenda.
Here’s our problem, and that is we have men and women in political office today, even in the highest office of our land, but also in both Houses of Congress, at least among those who make up the long established leadership of both the Democratic and Republican parties, who have long ago betrayed their country, and have violate there oath of office. And some of these people have been recruited, groomed, and trained for this betrayal ever since their college years, as is certainly the case with the Bush’s, in both father and son; the Clinton’s; and also Obama.
These men and women, after having asked for our trust and vote of confidence, when they first ran for political office, they have since betrayed that trust; and now a good majority of these people, having already established themselves in the political hierarchy of the Washington DC power structure, they now presume to know what’s best for us dummies (as they see us); and though they keep up the front, the truth is they no longer (if they ever did, which is doubtful) see themselves as serving us; but have long since exchanged both their loyalty, and have also betrayed their oath of office, to uphold, protect, and defend our U.S. Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, all in order to implement a very well hidden, but nevertheless powerful agenda, to further subvert both our Constitutional Republic and our U.S. Constitution.
All of this is being done to move us all further in the direction (as former President George H.W. Bush Sr., said way back in 1991—which is just one example, by the way, of the corruption that exists also in the Conservative camp) towards a “New World Order,” which he went on to say even back then, that it was inevitable that this would eventually happen.
Now what nobody thus far has told you, at least publically, but this information is nevertheless true, and has been disclosed, is that this so called “New World Order” will be a totalitarian and dictatorial government, that will be both managed and controlled by the Global Elite, starting with the very powerful and well entrenched Rothschild’s International Banking Cartel, who are the true puppet masters and power brokers behind all of this political corruption, and have been for well over 200 years now, starting well before the founding of our nation.
I believe that this “New World Order” will be the last step before what the Bible predicts will happen; and that is the establishment of a One World Government and monetary system, that will ultimately be represented in the mark of the Beast, without which we are told we will not be able to buy or sell; and all of this is leading us to the kingdom of the Antichrist.
What most don’t realize is, that even though we supposedly won our Independence from Mother England, and established ourselves as a Constitutional Republic back in 1776; the truth is, our independence was short lived, and has long since been exchanged (officially, starting in 1871) when our politicians of that era, in order to avoid bankruptcy after the Civil War, they bowed to the demands of these private bankers, of which the Rothschild’s Banking Dynasty is in control, and officially and in secret, exchanged our Constitutional Republic, for THE UNITED STATES CORPORATION, which is why our politicians then established what we know today, as the District of Columbia.
So obviously what I am talking about here has been in the works for a very long time, and the corruption of which I speak here has been established and is well entrenched, even to the point that these people, these Globalist International Bankers, have virtual control over the bulk of our News Media today, on both sides, but mostly among the Liberal Media; and they have thus far only tolerated the other side, because they haven’t yet been able to completely wipe out our First Amendment rights, though that is in the plan and in the works, especially with this Obama administration… and by the way, both Obama and his czars are making no secret of that agenda.
The handwriting is already on the wall; and now is the time for those of us who are Americans, who are called by His name, and are called Christian, to recognize the extent of this corruption, and also to be wise as serpents, as our Lord told us to be, and therefore be discerning as to what is going on.
We need to understand the extend of this corruption, in that even though the bulk of the political leverage resides on the liberal side, these forces who are very powerful indeed, have over the years even been able to also recruit members on the conservative side as well.
So we are faced with a situation today, where truly (in most instances today), whether you have a Democrat or a Republican in office, it makes no difference, because despite whatever partisan differences they may have, which most often is just tolerated and is a smoke screen to hide their true agenda, both parties (at least from the stand point of those among the long established power hierarchy of both parties, in their ‘good ole boy’ network) they are generally on the same page, when it comes to this evil Globalist agenda, which is to move our nation further away from our Constitutional Republic, which I again repeat, legally and officially this happened way back in 1871.
This corruption of which I speak is the only reason why such insanity is tolerated, of which the following letter pokes fun at; and that is there is a very evil and well established agenda afoot underneath all of this.
As an example, this whole illegal alien problem serves a deeper purpose, and that is why it is tolerated; and why nothing has been done, by either party, Democrat or Republican, despite the public outcry to do so, for them to secure our borders.
The same thing is true regarding the ramifications and actions that have been taken since 9/11, all in the name of national security; where all that has happened is that our political leadership, first under George W. Bush, seized this opportunity as an excuse to further undermine our U.S. Constitution, as is evident in all the rights that have been illegally taken away from us.
All of this was done and has been implemented through Executive Orders, first signed by George W. Bush; that have since become the law of our land; all of which has only further served to take away more of our Constitutional rights as citizens; and mind you our security is still at risk, with the most glaring hole in that security being the back door to our country being left wide open.
As is most always the case, and this certainly was so true of the former Clinton Administration, that what we hear and see on the surface, all of which is filtered through our liberal news media, is only the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.
Case in point, I want to refer you to an old allegation, regarding Obama, that goes all the way back to early 2008.
All I can say is, Wake up America, and please do some serious praying… and I mean serious praying (read 2nd Chronicles 7:14).
Also, do your own homework, yourselves… and don’t be so gullible and naive to believe everything Washington and the Media is telling you.
Check out for yourselves, and see if these things that I say are true; and let’s ban together, while we still have a chance, and let’s turn our nation around, before we lose all of our rights, and are eventually enslaved by our own government.
You have been warned!
Shalom,
Skip Barland
P.S.
There is a move afoot, which we all need to pray about and support, which will restore our Constitutional Republic, and peacefully and permanently remove these compromised politicians from office.
Check out the Restore America Plan.
From: Guy D’Agostino [mailto:snikt9999@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:46 PM To: Skip Barland Subject: Is America Waking Up?
Skip,
Thought you’d appreciate this.
Saw this on a Yahoo! posting in response to an article and the various comments/dialogues going on about it – namely a discussion on Arizona’s laws.
I did as whoever the original author was requested and copied and reposted it in the same comment board it was on. So did many others.
I also saw many postings from professed Latinos and African-Americans regarding their support legalized immigration enforcement and the laws of both Arizona and the U.S.
Finally someone who grasps the absurdity of how we’ve been governing our land! Thank You!
—-Forwarded Message—-
Dear President Calderon (& Mexican Senate),I’m planning to move my family (my wife is currently pregnant) and extended family into Mexico, and I would like to ask you to assist me. We plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. Please note that I will be expecting the following:
1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. All Mexican government forms need to also be printed in English.
4. I want my children to be taught Spanish by English-speaking (bilingual) teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my kids to see the American flag on one of the flag poles at their school.
7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver’s license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do plan to get a car and drive in Mexico, but I don’t plan to purchase car insurance, and I probably won’t make any special effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers do not get the memo from their president to leave me alone, please be sure that every patrol car has at least one English-speaking officer.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put U.S. flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, or have any labor or tax laws enforced on any business I may start.
13. Please tell all the Mexican people to be extremely nice and never say a critical things about me or my family, or about the strain we might place on their economy.
Thank you, I am sure this can be accomplished easily as America has been doing this for many years!
U.S. citizen and taxpayer
Below is a message from My Utmost, for His Highest, where Oswald Chambers explains how God will use us, if we are willing to die to our self, and commit all to Him.
The fact is, we can see this pattern all throughout scripture; that when God does something, or is requiring us to do something for Him, it comes at a great inconvenience, and it interrupts what we are doing.
Such as happened with Moses on the day He placed a calling upon him, and assigned him the mission to be His spokesman, to go and deliver the children of Israel from their Egyptian bondage.
As we examine the events of that day, we notice that all of this happened in the normal course of his daily activities, while he was at work.
Not only that, but we will also notice that it happened and came at him most inadvertently, at a 90% angle to what was involved with, at the moment, and what was going on at the time.
In other words, it was something that could have very easily been overlooked, or missed completely.
It was after all Moses’ curiosity and inquisitiveness that drew him to investigate this unusual phenomena of this burning bush that wasn’t being consumed; but his attitude and response could have just as well been to just ignore it; saying I don’t have the time for such things… because he was too busy doing his thing.
The same is true today with us; just as it was in the case with Moses.
God likewise will often approach us at 90% angles to, from what we are doing and are involved with… and often He will do so in ways that are most unexpected, but nevertheless ordinary and familiar.
Often, for us to do what we are being told, it will require our interrupting our schedule, and going in a completely different direction; that is both inconvenient and out of our way. Selah
The question is, and the test for all of us, is how much have we surrendered our lives and also our daily activities to God; and have we truly made God the Lord of even our Day-Timer?
I think we all have pretty much had the experience of going about our daily activities, and feeling this tug on our hearts, that comes completely from out of left field, nudging us to go and speak to someone, or to do something… that would take us completely out of our way, and cost us time that we don’t feel we can spare.
Could this be God testing us, and giving us the opportunity to experience a miracle, and to be used?
Let me relay to you the following story:
“A GALLON OF MILK”
As it happened, this guy had just attended the Wednesday night Bible Study at his church, where his Pastor had been teaching on the subject of listening to God, and obeying His voice.
The message really inspired him, and he couldn’t help but wonder, “Does God still speak today to people, like He did in the Bible?”
After the service he went out with some of his friends for coffee and pie; and they were all discussing the message.
As it happened, there were several in the group who talked about how God had led them in different ways, and how he had spoken to them, and used them.
Well, It was already past ten o’clock and it was getting late, and so the man left his friends and started for home.
While sitting in his car, he just said a prayer, and said: “God… If you do still speak to people like that, like I read in the Bible, would you please speak to me. I promise that I will listen, and I will do my best to obey.”
As he drove down the main street of his town, towards home, he had the strangest thought come to his mind, out of nowhere: “Stop and buy a gallon of milk.”
He shook his head and said out loud, “God, is that You?”
He didn’t need any milk, and nor did he want any; and so he let the thought pass, as he continued home; but again, the same thought came again, more persistent this time… “Buy a gallon of milk!”
The young man immediately thought about Samuel, in the Bible, about how he didn’t recognize the voice of God at first; and how on three different occasions, he mistook God’s voice to be that of his teacher, Eli.
Not wanting to miss out, after just committing himself to obey, should God decide to speak to him, he said: “Okay, God, in case this is you, speaking to me, I will go ahead and buy the milk.”
After all, it didn’t seem like too hard of a test of obedience; and besides, he could always use the milk himself.
So he turn around and went out of his way, and stopped at a local convenience store.
So he purchased a gallon of milk and then started off on his way home again.
As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt this nudging in his heart: “Turn down that street.” But he thought to himself, “This is crazy,” as he drove past the intersection.
Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street, and he couldn’t get the thought out of his mind!
He had every reason NOT to do it, as It was getting very late, and he knew that he had to get up early in the morning; and besides, this little detour would be taking him completely in the wrong direction.
Remembering his promise to God, however, he turned around at the next intersection, and headed back to Seventh Street… and in a half jokingly manner (feeling a little silly about all of this), he said out loud, “Okay, God, I will do it!”
So he continued several blocks down Seventh Street, when suddenly, he felt an urge to turn down this one street and stop.
He pulled over to the curb and looked around, wondering what was going to happen next?
Here he was on this cul-de-sac street, in a semi-commercial area of town; and although it wasn’t the worst of areas, he nevertheless felt very uncomfortable, especially with it being so late.
It was now already close to midnight, and of course all the businesses had long ago closed; and from the looks of things, most of the houses looked dark, like the people had already gone to bed.
He was feeling most uncomfortable, but nevertheless that nudging was still there, in his heart.
Then there arose this still small voice, from inside saying: “I want you to go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street.”
This was so weird, and he said: “Is that you God?”
Now mind you, it felt like all of these thoughts were his own thoughts; but they were coming at 90% angles… and certainly these were not things that he would have thought to do, himself.
Anyway, he looked at this one house, that God seemed to be highlighting; and it was all dark, with no lights on; and it certainly appeared as if the people had already gone to bed.
Feeling totally ill at ease and shaking in his boots, he was about to open the door of his car, when he sat back in his seat and said: “Lord, this is insane! Those people are obviously asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be very mad at me, and I will look like a complete idiot!”
However this persistent nudging would not leave, and since he did promise, he swallowed his pride, felt his fear, took a big gulp to swallow, and against all his better judgment, he crabbed the milk, and proceeded to cross the street, towards the house.
“Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the house and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something; but if they don’t answer right away, I’m out of here!”
So he walked across the street, went up on the front porch, and rang the bell.
He could hear some noises inside, and finally he heard a man’s voice yell, “Who is it? What do you want?”
Then the door opened, before he could get away; and there was this man standing there, before him, in his jeans and T-shirt.
He looked like he had just gotten out of bed; and he had this strange look on his face, and certainly he didn’t seem too happy to have this stranger standing on his doorstep, waking him up.
“What is it?” He asked.
The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, “Here, I brought this for you.”
The man didn’t say a word, but took the milk and rushed down a hallway, speaking loudly in Spanish.
Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen.
The man was following her closely, holding a baby; and the baby was crying.
The man then came back to the door, with tears streaming down his face.
He then began speaking and half crying, he told the stranger: “We had just prayed, when we heard your knock on the door. We had some large bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn’t have any milk for our baby; and my wife had just prayed for God to send an angle with some milk for our baby.”
His wife then called out from the kitchen, “Are you an angel?”
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had with him, and put it in the man’s hand.
He then turned and walked back to his car, with tears rolling down his cheeks.
Well he certainly got his answer, that God truly does speak today; and even with all the uncertainty and the fear that he had felt, he knew that it was ALL well worth it.
The fact is, he couldn’t have experienced this miracle any other way… without his willingness to first look like a fool; surrendering his will, dying to self, and committing all of his fears to God. Selah
And likewise, so must we…
Shalom,
Skip Barland
—–Original Message—–
From: My Utmost For His Highest
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 1:30 AM
To: Skip Barland
Subject: My Utmost For His Highest : “Getting There”
Where our individual desire dies and sanctified surrender lives. One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of our own individual temperament.
We make our temperament and our natural desires barriers to coming to Jesus.
Yet the first thing we realize when we do come to Jesus is that He pays no attention whatsoever to our natural desires.
We have the idea that we can dedicate our gifts to God. However, you cannot dedicate what is not yours.
There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself (see Romans 12:1 ).
If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you— and His experiments always succeed.
The one true mark of a saint of God is the inner creativity that flows from being totally surrendered to Jesus Christ.
In the life of a saint there is this amazing Well, which is a continual Source of original life. The Spirit of God is a Well of water springing up perpetually fresh.
A saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus.
Never try to make your experience a principle for others, but allow God to be as creative and original with others as He is with you.
If you abandon everything to Jesus, and come when He says, “Come,” then He will continue to say, “Come,” through you.
You will go out into the world reproducing the echo of Christ’s “Come.”
That is the result in every soul who has abandoned all and come to Jesus.
David ‘Pop’ Winans was born on April 20, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. He was raised in the Mack Avenue (COGIC) where his grandfather Isaiah Winans was the pastor. At the age of 18, Winans began singing with the Nobelaires quartet group. A saxophonist and clarinet player, he later joined the Lemon Gospel Chorus in 1950. There he met his future wife Delores Ransom, who sang in the ensemble.After their 1953 marriage, Winans juggled multiple jobs (car salesman, taxi driver, custodian and barber) to take care of the ten children the couple would eventually have.Aside from his various entrepreneurial activities, Winans began to preach sermons in the late 1960s and was very active in his community.
He started a youth organization in 1968. “We had 300 kids, ten little league baseball teams, a track team, arts and crafts. We were trying to do everything we could to help the youth,” he said in 1999.
Winans is survived by wife, Delores, multi-Grammy award winning children: The Winans (Marvin, Carvin, Michael & Ronald who passed in June 2005 at age of 48); BeBe & CeCe, Daniel , Angie, Debbie, and eldest son David Winans II, and 23 grandchildren.
This is a vintage live performance from The Winans…
The original studio recording can be found on the 1990 album
David “Pop” Winans is a legend in Christian Gospel Music!
Even though life for me started at a very early age, in Chicago, nevertheless I was raised in Detroit, Michigan; but I didn’t hear about the Winans’ family until after I had moved to California, where I met Jesus and was saved.
All I know is from the first time I heard of the Winans family I have always loved their music, and in particular I have always loved to hear Pop Winans sing.
He was certainly the patriarch of his family, and what a talented and musical family he has.
Pop Winans could certainly get down, and he knew how to sing a song!
Certainly, it is plain to see where the family talent comes from, in both David and his beautiful wife of 55 years, Delores… affectionately called “Mom and Pop Winans.”
Finally, I’d like to leave you with this last video recording that was recorded of Pop Winans, with a few words of wisdom for all of us:
46“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
47I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice.
48He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
49But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation.
The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”
There is a devotion below, from My Utmost, for His Highest, that deals with God’s ultimate plan and purpose for His creation; and for the sons and daughters of Adam; and to the extent we have failed to do this, and teach this to our children, our nation has suffered, and is today on the verge of collapse, from the inside out.
The question often arises in life, “What am I here for; and what is the purpose for my life?
For many the question is asked, “Is there any reason or purpose, or is it all just an accident of nature,” as our kids are being taught in school today, that it is?
I’ve often thought what a stretch of the imagination it is to even think that all of this, that we can see in creation, was the result of happenstance, without considering the only real choice there is, that we are created by an all knowing, all powerful, and all intelligent God!
All we have to do is look in the most powerful of telescopes and we see nothing but an endless expanse of order and sheer beauty; and if you turn around and focus inward, and look through the most powerful microscope, you see even more of the same, in endless order and endless beauty, none of which even makes sense to the natural mind, that all of this could have come about without an all intelligent, all powerful, and all knowing God!
To say that all of this, that we see in creation, happened by happenstance, just by chance, as some kind of freak accident of nature, would be like saying a tornado blew through a junkyard, and produced a 747 Jetliner on the other side!
How foolish does that sound; and yet that is what we are teaching our children today, in our public schools, colleges, and Universities!
As for me, I’d sooner believe that the tornado happened, to produce a 747 Jetliner, than to believe all of life and creation happen like that, by pure chance and coincidence!
Yet that is the wisdom of man, as is exhibited today in much of modern day science; and is even being taught as fact in our text books, that are used to teach our children in our public schools, colleges, and universities… and all it the result of a secular humanistic culture and society that has been built upon a lie; that denies the existence of God!
In fact, if there is any one message that is taught in our public school system today, all across our land, it is that God is absolutely irrelevant to anything that is of any importance, or consequence in your life!
So really, is it any wonder that our nation is in the condition it is in; where we have men and women in position of leadership, in both corporate and political capacities, all across our land, at every level, who have had absolutely no biblical education or training whatsoever, and what’s worse they have been conditioned since earliest childhood to despise and to disrespect not only the Bible, but Christianity in general.. and so is there any wonder that our nation today is going to hell in a hand basket?
So naturally the question arises, for a nation that was begun back in the 18th century, and was founded officially in 1776, which was the year our nation was first born; how is it that we have degenerated to this?
Especially when you consider that the whole structure and organization, in the formation of our Constitutional Republic, the layout of our government, and the writing of our U.S. Constitution, all of these things were designed and formed literally based on our forefather’s faith and belief in the Holy Bible, and in the God of the Bible; and so with that history and that heritage behind us, how is it that today all of this history is banned in our public schools; and any teaching about God to our children is considered illegal… and folks it has been that way ever since 1963?
As we look around ourselves today, and as we see all that is wrong with our culture, our society, our government, and even our world… the question arises for many of us… how did we get here?
Well, at least here in the U.S., to answer that question, I think we have to go back to 1963.
Now I’m sure things began to unwind and change for the worse long before that; but that is the year that one woman, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, took it upon herself to file a lawsuit against the Baltimore School System, which voted in her favor 8-1 to ban school prayer and label it “unconstitutional;” and even though not all prayer was immediately banned from schools at that time, through a process of time, almost ALL school prayer is banned today, in public schools.
My question is, where was the church all during this time, and how is it they just sat by idly, and let this happen?
Just look at what has happened since, as the result of that one decision, that was initiated by one woman:
What Happened When the Praying Stopped?
ALEDO, TX (FR) – How did the removal of voluntary prayer from the schools of the United States affect our nation as a whole? That question has been answered in detail by a research company in Texas which has gathered and tabulated statistics from hundreds of sources relating to the rates of moral decline in America.
Specialty Research Associates, under the direction of David Barton, has released a report entitled America: To Pray or Not to Pray which uses over 100 pages of graphs and statistical analysis to prove that crime, venereal disease, premarital sex, illiteracy, suicide, drug use, public corruption, and other social ills began a dramatic increase after the Engel vs. Vitale Supreme Court decision was made in 1962 which banned school prayer.
Prayer in schools prior to 1962 was utilized in school districts all over the U.S. in many varieties. Some teachers used extemporaneous prayers, simply expressing their thoughts and desires; others implemented structured prayers, such as the Lord’s Prayer or the 23rd Psalm, or others approved by local school boards.
New York students prayed each day: “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence on Thee and beg Thy blessing over us, our parents, our teachers, and our nation.” It was this simple prayer which came under fire and went to the Supreme Court for the landmark decision.
Says David Barton, “It is impossible to know how many of the 39 million children were involved in daily verbal prayers, but most accounts indicate that a clear majority of the students voluntarily participated in daily school prayer. Is it possible that the prayers that were being offered by these children and their teachers across the nation actually had any measurable, tangible effect?”
It was this question that led Barton to uncover the statistical proof that the removal of prayer did indeed take its toll on America. Below are just a few of the examples featured in Barton’s report.
A. Young People
1. For 15 years before 1963 pregnancies in girls ages 15 through 19 years had been no more than 15 per thousand After 1963 pregnancies increased 187% in the next 15 years.
2. For younger girls, ages 10 to 14 years, pregnancies since 1963 are up 553%.
3. Before 1963 sexually transmitted diseases among students were 400 per 100,000. Since 1963, they were up 226% in the next 12 years.
B. The Family
1. Before 1963 divorce rates had been declining for 15 years. After 1963 divorces increased 300%each year for the next 15 years.
2. Since 1963 unmarried people living together is up 353%
3. Since 1963 single parent families are up 140%.
4. Since 1963 single parent families with children are up 160%.
C. Education
1. The educational standard of measure has been the SAT scores. SAT scores had been steady for many years before 1963. From 1963 they rapidly declined for 18 consecutive years, even though the same test has been used since 1941.
2. In 1974-75 the rate of decline of the SAT scores decreased, even though they continued to decline. That was when there was an explosion of private religious schools. There were only 1000 Christian schools in 1965. Between 1974 to 1984 they increased to 32,000.
a. That could have an impact if the private schools had higher SAT scores. In checking with the SAT Board it was found that indeed the SAT scores for private schools were nearly 100 points higher than public schools.
b. In fact the scores were at the point where the public schools had been before their decline started in 1963 when prayer and Bible reading/ instruction was removed from the schools.
c. The scores in the public schools were still declining.
3. Of the nation’s top academic scholars, three times as many come from private religious schools, which operate on one-third the funds as do the public schools.
D. The Nation
1. Since 1963 violent crime has increased 544%.
3. Illegal drugs have become an enormous & uncontrollable problem.
2. The nation has been deprived of an estimated 30 million citizens through legal abortions just since 1973.
If you would like a copy of America: To Pray or Not to Pray?, send $7.95 to Specialty Research Associates, P.O. Box 397, Aledo, TX 76008. All of the figures and statistics compiled in this book are taken from data made available by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Center for Disease Control, Statistical Abstracts of the United States, Vital Statistics of the United States, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other official sources.
Now let’s move forward 10 year, to 1973… and see what happen that year?
ROE v. WADE
Decided January 22, 1973
A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribe procuring or attempting an abortion except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother’s life.
A licensed physician (Hallford), who had two state abortion prosecutions pending against him, was permitted to intervene.
A childless married couple (the Does), the wife not being pregnant, separately attacked the laws, basing alleged injury on the future possibilities of contraceptive failure, pregnancy, unpreparedness for parenthood, and impairment of the wife’s health.
A three-judge District Court, which consolidated the actions, held that Roe and Hallford, and members of their classes, had standing to sue and presented justiciable controversies. Ruling that declaratory, though not injunctive, relief was warranted, the court declared the abortion statutes void as vague and overbroadly infringing those plaintiffs’ Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
The court ruled the Does’ complaint not justiciable. Appellants directly appealed to this Court on the injunctive rulings, and appellee cross-appealed from the District Court’s grant of declaratory relief to Roe and Hallford.
Let’s look at what actually happened, and what was the real reason behind this legal action, that has resulted in the death of over 50 Million unborn babies to date, in the U.S. alone!
The Truth Behind
Roe vs. Wade
By TooManyAborted.com
Published: February 20, 2010
Roe v. Wade has been celebrated as the Twentieth Century’s defining case for woman’s rights. It opened the door for women all across America to have a legal “right” to kill her baby in the womb. It is the case that is the flagship of Planned Parenthood’s and other abortion providers’ agenda and is central to the pro-abortion rights movement. Jane Roe was the central figure in this ruling. Many people don’t realize that she actually gave birth to her child, gave her up for adoption, and as of 1995, everything changed. She became a Christian (Roman Catholic) and was Roe no more. Norma McCorvey (aka Roe) passionately defends unborn/preborn life and is fighting to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme travesty (ruling 7-2) found that Texas violated “the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman’s qualified right to terminate her pregnancy”.1 The effect of that decision struck down state laws across the nation that charged doctors with a felony that resulted in imprisonment of at least a year, fines and in some instances cancellation of their licenses. Some states elevated the penalty against a physician to the level of murder when the mother was also killed.
But here’s the painful irony. The ‘Due Process Clause’ was the foundation for Roe v. Wade, forming the majority opinion. This phrase is found in the 14th Amendment,2 one of the Reconstruction Amendments–amendments that finally ascribed humanity and personhood to black people. Yet, in some perversion of justice, this amendment was twisted by our Supreme Court and used to strip any humanity and personhood protections from the unborn. This inexplicable reasoning extracted a right to abort from these words: “Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law”. This is perplexing. A right to kill an unborn life culled from words that expressly forbid such. This amendment was passed in 1868 and ascribed citizenship to Black Americans. Yet, 36 states did not change their abortion laws because there was no right to abort inherent in either the 14th amendment or the constitution.3 The authors of the 14th amendment never intended for it to be related to the matter of abortion in any way. And now, 50 million lives later, people still don’t know the simple truth about how Roe v. Wade was a supreme abuse of power exercised by 7 profoundly unjust justices.
The motivation behind the Roe case however, was less about women’s rights and more about an over-arching philosophy that never waned–population control, especially of those who were less than desirable. As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg revealed in a July 7, 2009 New York Times Magazine article, she and others commonly believed “at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.”4 Roe was the case the pro-abortion community showcased to ensure population control of blacks, the poor and other minorities. Norma McCorvey was on drugs and an alcoholic and homeless.5 But as is the case with Planned Parenthood, charity and solving the root of the problem is not within their purview (see section on Margaret Sanger). The right to exterminate life, even while a women’s life is falling apart, is all that is paramount.
FALSE Roe v. Wade allows abortion up to 3 months. TRUEIt allows abortion through the 7th month.
FALSE Jane Roe’s pregnancy was a result of rape. TRUEThis pregnancy was not due to rape.
FALSE Jane Roe aborted her child. TRUEShe gave birth to her child and gave her up for adoption.
FALSE Jane Roe is the poster girl for abortion. TRUEIn 1995, she became a ProLife advocate.
Doe v. Bolton – The nail in the coffin
A companion case to Roe, Doe v. Bolton, removed the restrictions a state might place on when an abortion could be performed. It allowed for abortion at any stage to protect the “mother’s health.” This case was decided on the same day as Roe on January 22, 1973, and originated in Georgia. Just as Norma McCorvey, Doe in this instance (Sandra Cano) was duped and used by her lawyers. She never even wanted to have an abortion.6
Her appeal to the Supreme Court was refused and dismissed in 2006, although the woman behind the law that allowed Partial Birth Abortion, never personally testified in court in the original case.7 Those who champion women’s rights (especially of a right of a woman to be heard in her own legal case) are painfully silent about this travesty of justice. This is the sham of so-called “women’s rights”. You have rights as long as, ideologically, you agree with NOW, NARAL, or Planned Parenthood.
Footnotes
1 ROE v. WADE, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) 410 U.S. 113 ROE ET AL. v. WADE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DALLAS COUNTY APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (No. 70-18.)
2 Amendment XIV: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
3 Justice Rehnquist, Dissenting Opinion. ROE v. WADE, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) 410 U.S. 113 ROE ET AL. v. WADE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DALLAS COUNTY APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (No. 70-18.)
About the author of this article: Operation Outrage is led by public speaker and activist, Catherine Davis, who is a graduate of Tufts University and attended the University of Bridgeport School Of Law. She is focused on positive change through education, local/state involvement, and peaceful action. Together, The Radiance Foundation and Operation Outrage are exposing the abortion industry’s destruction of the African-American Community. Learn more at http://www.toomanyaborted.com/
So as we look at our world today, and the sad example we here in the United States of America have become, and how our society and our culture in general has been on the decline for so many years; and then you ask yourself the reason why, and how is it that we got here? I think the ONLY answer that makes any sense at all, is that we got here by not following and obeying the laws of God; and by breaking covenant with Him.
One thing is for sure, to the extent we have removed God from our culture and our society, both have suffered; and the same is equally true in our personal lives as well!
God didn’t just put us here to take up space, and to live as we see fit! Whereas it is true that He gave us each a free will to choose how we will spend our lives; the Bible is very clear on this point, that it is God’s one desire that we each of our own free will and volition will choose to spend our lives upon Him!
The Bible also tells us that we only have the time between when we are first born into this world, as a child; and then when we exit in our death, when our physical bodies return to the dust, from which it came, to make that decision.
Jesus is the only example we have, as to what God intends for us, and how our lives are supposed to be lived, and that is why Jesus is called the “Last Adam.”
We learn about Jesus, that He only did the things He saw the Father do; and only even spoke those things He heard the Father speak; and so Jesus lived out His entire life in perfect sync and harmony with the will of the Father.
To the extent you and I fail to do that, is what SIN is all about; where (as we learn in Isa 53) that “All of us as sheep have gone astray, and the Lord has laid upon Him (Jesus) the inequity of us ALL!”
So what am I saying in all of this?
Let none of us think that we shall escape being accountable before God, for how we spent our lives… because the Bible is very clear that we will ALL have to stand before Him one day and give Him an account!
For those of us who have made Jesus Christ Lord, not just in name, calling ourselves Christian; but have made Him Lord in that we have died to ourselves, our ambitions, our wants, and desires; and have given ourselves completely over to His service; and are living our lives, by faith, as best we can, just as Jesus exemplified… for those people, who are by faith following Jesus, ONLY those people (says the Bible) will spend eternity in Heaven!
Now the truth is, none of us can do that perfectly; and that is why we ALL need a Saviour; because Jesus paid the price for our SIN, meaning our missing the mark of God’s standards; and so those of us who have been born-again, the Bible says that we have been saved by grace… and therefore are recipients of God’s unmerited favor!
Everyone else, who has lived their lives as they saw fit, to serve themselves… each of them, the Bible says, will have to stand before God accountable for their own sins… and folks believe me when I tell you, you DO NOT want to be in that group!!!
So my suggestion is, if you haven’t already done so, why not make your peace with God today?
To find out how to go about doing that click on the following website: http://needhim.org/.
Shalom,
Skip Barland
—–Original Message—– From: My Utmost For His Highest
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 1:30 AM
To: myutmost@utmost.org/
Subject: My Utmost For His Highest : “Getting There”
Getting There
June 12, 2010
They said to Him, ‘Rabbi . . . where are You staying?’ He said to them, ‘Come and see’ —John 1:38-39
Where our self-interest sleeps and the real interest is awakened. “They . . . remained with Him that day . . . .” That is about all some of us ever do!
We stay with Him a short time, only to wake up to our own realities of life. Our self-interest rises up and our abiding with Him is past. Yet there is no circumstance of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus.
“You are Simon . . . . You shall be called Cephas” ( John 1:42 ).
God writes our new name only on those places in our lives where He has erased our pride, self-sufficiency, and self-interest.
Some of us have our new name written only in certain spots, like spiritual measles. And in those areas of our lives we look all right.
When we are in our best spiritual mood, you would think we were the highest quality saints. But don’t dare look at us when we are not in that mood.
A true disciple is one who has his new name written all over him— self-interest, pride, and self-sufficiency have been completely erased.
Pride is the sin of making “self” our god. And some of us today do this, not like the Pharisee, but like the tax collector (see Luke 18:9-14 ).
For you to say, “Oh, I’m no saint,” is acceptable by human standards of pride, but it is unconscious blasphemy against God.
You defy God to make you a saint, as if to say, “I am too weak and hopeless and outside the reach of the atonement by the Cross of Christ.”
Why aren’t you a saint?
It is either that you do not want to be a saint, or that you do not believe that God can make you into one.
You say it would be all right if God saved you and took you straight to heaven. That is exactly what He will do! And not only do we make our home with Him, but Jesus said of His Father and Himself, “. . . We will come to him and make Our home with him” ( John 14:23 ).
Put no conditions on your life— let Jesus be everything to you, and He will take you home with Him not only for a day, but for eternity.
Operation Outrage is led by public speaker and activist, Catherine Davis, who is a graduate of Tufts University and attended the University of Bridgeport School Of Law. She is focused on positive change through education, local/state involvement, and peaceful action. Together, The Radiance Foundation and Operation Outrage are exposing the abortion industry’s destruction of the African-American Community. Learn more at 
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