TRUST GOD IN ALL THINGS!!!

The Lord is our Shepherd… and He wants to lead us in every area of our life; but as sheep it is for us to follow!


Below, is another excellent devotion from David Wilkerson on this subject of trusting God in any and all situations of our life.

The point was made by David that he was trusting God in some areas, but not in others… and so the message God gave to him was that “God wants it all;” and by “ALL” He means all.

The apostle Peter (in 1 Peter 5:7) tells us to cast the total of our cares upon Him; in other words this means to roll them off of our shoulders, and on to Christ; and it goes on to say we are to do this because Satan roams about to and fro in the earth seeking those whom he can devour.

Now why is that? Why would my carrying burdens make me susceptible to attack by the enemy?

Well I believe the answer is because fear and doubt, when harbored and entertained in the life of a believer, in believing or accepting something as truth that is not, these emotions and feelings when allowed in our life can become a stronghold, and therefore they become a calling card for any demons in the area to get involved in our life

Apprehension and fear work counterproductive to faith, and they are the antitheses of faith; as are also haughtiness, bitterness, and unforgiveness too.

These emotions will light us up like a porch lamp on a warm summer’s night, and all the demons in the area will be attracted to us like a magnet when we are harboring emotions and feelings like these, that are in disobedience to God’s Word in and violation of our covenant.

God created us for intimate fellowship, and that means there is no part of our live that we should keep for ourselves, and say this is for me; and this is for God… God wants it all!!!

However if we insist on keeping our hurts, our anger, our resentments and turn away from God’s invitation to give it all up to Him, then He will just let us go our own way, and sink ourselves deeper in the mire of our life; until such time as we get tired of our stubborn disobedience and we call out to God for help and deliverance.

God is a gentleman and He will not ever force His will upon us; but life, such as it is, has its way of making those corrections for us, and believe me, it is NOT fun!!!

It is much better for us to begin by following the instructions in the Manual (our Bible), right from the get go; and thereby avoid a lot of unnecessary pain and suffering.

God will not settle for second best in our life, and He won’t be a backseat driver either!

Either we relinquish full control over to Him, through our becoming intimately acquainted with the Holy Spirit, our being filled with His power, and our following His instructions and guidance in our life; or we are on our own… and that is the only two choices we have. Selah

This is a hard lesson to learn, for sure… but it is an important one!

Shalom,

Skip Barland


—–Original Message—–
From: DAVID WILKERSON TODAY
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:01 AM
To: devotions-en@lists.worldchallenge.org
Subject: HE WANTS IT ALL


HE WANTS IT ALL

by David Wilkerson | July 8, 2010

“Blessed are all they that wait for him…. thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry…and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left…. Ye shall have a song, as in the night…and gladness of heart” (Isaiah 30:18–19, 21, 29).


Isaiah was saying, “If you’ll just wait on the Lord—if you’ll cry out to him again, and return to trusting him—he’ll do for you everything I’ve said and more.”

God can merely speak a word, and the enemy will falter before us: “For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down” (Isaiah 30:31).

Beloved, there is no matter our Father can’t solve, no battle he can’t win for us, with a mere word from his lips.

Isaiah says “the breath of the Lord” will consume everything in our way (Isaiah 30:33). Yet, this process of trusting God in all things isn’t easy.

Recently I sought the Lord about a situation concerning our church building here in New York City.

I told God, “I trust you about this, Father. I have sought you about it, and I will be at peace about it.”

Here is how he answered me: “David, I’m amazed that you can trust me with your real estate, finances and other material things. Yet, you still won’t trust me with your physical well-being.”

I’d been very aware of my age. And I’d been overly concerned about what would happen to my family after I’m gone.

Now the Lord’s convicting words hit me like a thunderbolt. I’d put every material concern into his hands, but not the eternal concerns. I realized, “Lord, you want me to trust you with everything, don’t you?”

Yes, dear saint, he wants it all—your health, your family, your future. He wants you to entrust him with every matter. And he wants you to live in quietness, confidence and rest.

So, go to your secret closet and get alone with the Lord. Bring everything to him. He has promised, “You’ll hear my word behind you, telling you which way to go. This is the way—now, walk in it.”

The evidence of faith is rest. Trust faith results in peace of mind. And true faith trusts all things into his hands.

Here’s more proof that Obama is NOT an American citizen; but the question is… does America care?

The Story of Paul Revere, an American Hero!!!


The Liberty that we enjoy today came at a great cost to a great many people, in their personal commitment to risk their all, and sometimes at the cost of their very lives, so that we could be the beneficiaries and enjoy the fruit of their sacrifice.

There have always been people who have sounded the alarm, when our nation was threatened, such as Paul Revere; but had it not been for the people who responded to those warnings, our nation would never have been born.

Likewise, we should not take this liberty that so many today take for granted, and we can only hope and pray that there are those among our citizens who will heed the warning signs and respond to the call to first pray, and then to let their voice be heard.. and yes, should it come to it, even lay down their life!

For this is OUR country, and it is our children’s future that is at stake, and God forbid that we should let our politicians rob us of that future!!!


In the face of the mounting evidence and allegations that are mounting daily against Obama, that he is in fact constitutionally unqualified to be the President of the United States, our media and our Congress are still in denial.

It seems the prevailing attitude in our society today is that some don’t want the TRUTH nor the FACTS to get in the way of what some people want to believe; in whatever supports their chosen agenda; and it is in this atmosphere of discontent that societies are most susceptible to takeover by dictatorial rulers; who promise change, and tell the people whatever they want to hear, only to gain the foothold and power necessary to gain control over them.

This has happened all throughout history, and it is today happening here in the United States!

May God deliver us from this malaise that has blinded so many of our citizens; and this predisposition to believe a lie, rather than face the truth!

I would say that this president has an agenda, and his agenda most definitely does not serve our interest; but rather it serves the interest of the powers that be, who are the true power brokers, who operate behind the scenes; who are the true “Shadow Government,” behind our politics, of those who are the real shakers and movers in Washington DC, and also in the World.

It is their agenda that Obama is serving, as did President George W. Bush, before him; and Bill Clinton, before him; and George H.W. Bush Sr., before him; all of these men, who are former Presidents, who were elected to office to preserve, defend, and to protect our Constitution;  and all of them are guilty of betraying their oath of office in favor of this Globalist “New World Order” agenda… and like it or lump it, that’s a fact folks!!!

Now you can recognize this truth or not, it’s up to you; but the question still remains, are there still enough of us, who are Americans who care; and are there enough to make a difference?

Our main problem that we have in America today are not our dishonest and corrupt politicians; but rather it is the general public, of those who voted them into office; who are themselves so deceived and so obtuse in their decrement, that they cannot see the truth, or won’t see it.

It is said that in a democracy you get the government that you deserve; and so it is We the People who have voted this present government into office; and so the government we now have, is the one we have chosen; and therein is the problem we have in America today.

Christians and non Christians alike; atheists and agnostics, it matter not… we each get one vote!

So as I have said numerous times before, as bad as it is, and as upsetting as it is, to see what is happening to our country today; it is even more upsetting to understand that what we see happening among our leadership in Washington DC is but a reflection and extension of the people who voted them into office.

I would add also, because I certainly understand that as the Bible says that there are no powers that exist in our government, but such that are allowed by God; but also with that, I understand (from the history and the patterns I read about in the Bible) that often God will judge His people by allowing wicked and godless rulers to rule over them. This pattern can be seen all throughout Israel’s history, in the various kings that ruled over her… and so I believe it is true with us as well.

The United States is very definitely at a crossroads in our history, and our salvation and survival, as a nation, will be dependent upon whether we who are called by His name, who are the “Christians” in our land, will obey and accept our mandate to pray and intercede for our nation; and that we would humble ourselves, and turn from our wicked ways, and begin to seek God’s face (meaning intimate and personal relationship with Him), that God would hear our prayers in heaven, and heal our land. Selah

Shalom,

Skip Barland


From: WorldNetDaily [mailto:alerts@alerts.worldnetdaily.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 4:47 AM
To: Skip Barland
Subject: Proof Obama Born In Kenya?


“There is no birth certificate [for Barack Obama]. It’s like an open secret. There isn’t one. Everyone in the government there [Hawaii] knows this.” “It was openly admitted by everyone in the office that was above me… that there is no documentation… that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.”

“I was told, at the time, that there was no long form birth record, which would have been the case if President Obama was born in hospital in Honolulu… there is no such form in Hawaii. He does have a Certificate of Live Birth which is given to children of families who were residents of Hawaii when children are born outside the state. So I assert that he was born outside of Hawaii.”


Tim Adams, a former-Senior Elections Clerk for the City and County of Honolulu Hawaii, has been releasing mega-bomb-shells, like the ones above, for a month now… to anyone who will listen… and yet, the Main Stream Media still refuses to investigate his allegations.

Why not? If the allegations are true, then it is entirely possible that Barack Hussein Obama is INELIGIBLE to be President of the United States and may have committed the biggest political crime in American history right before our very eyes?

It would stand to reason that the media would investigate allegations of this magnitude… especially allegations coming from a man, such as Adams, who was in a position to credibly make such claims. It would even stand to reason that the Obama-Media would investigate this story in an attempt to discredit it… but no such luck… the Obama-Media has been not-so-strangely silent.

Of course, The Western Center for Journalism has not been silent. We’ve covered this story… boldly… without fear… and we will continue to cover this stories and stories like it, until the American people have the truth… the whole truth… and nothing but the truth when it comes to Barack Hussein Obama.

But, truth be told, we could not cover these stories without your help because your TAX- DEDUCTIBLE donations make it possible for us to cover the stories the Mainstream Media refuses to cover… your TAX-DEDUCTIBLE donations make it possible for The Western Center for Journalism to send a clear message to Barack Hussein Obama and his allies in the Obama-Media, each and every day, that questions concerning Obama’s eligibility are not simply going to go away.

What Does Barack Hussein Obama Have To Hide?

Of course, Barack Hussein Obama could put the issue to rest and take the wind right out of Adams’ sails right now by simply releasing his actual long form birth certificate.

But he won’t. In fact he is still actively refusing to release his actual long form birth certificate.

He’s dug in his heels and his underlings look down their noses at the American people and call legitimate questions “garbage” … no explanations… no substantive reasons given.

And the one pivotal question that those who attempt to dismiss the controversy cannot answer is still: If Barack Hussein Obama has nothing to hide, what’s the problem? The more he resists, the more you have to wonder.

Meanwhile the liberal press is trying to drag this story (and Adams) into a dark alley and bludgeon it to death.

Adams recently told WorldNetDaily that he’s been called “a Nazi, a skinhead, a racist, and a host of other epithets,” even though his detractors could not point to anything in his “writing(s) or statements that would give credence to their claims.”

And MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann even went so far as to call Adams a “white supremacist.” Of course Olbermann, as usual, had no facts to back-up such an accusation… it was nothing more than an unprovoked attempt to assassinate the character of a man who is making statements that run counter to the party-line being promoted by Barack Hussein Obama.

But unlike Olbermann, The Western Center for Journalism is dedicated to bringing you the truth… the good… the bad… and the ugly… and with your help, we’ll continue to do so, until the bitter end… until the truth about Barack Hussein Obama is known by every man, woman and child in the United States of America.

Not Conspiracy Theories… Just The Facts…

Here are some of the disturbing facts surrounding Barack Hussein Obama’s actual long form birth certificate – not rumors, not wild theories – just the facts.

FACT #1: Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States states, “No person except a natural born citizen of the United States, at the time of adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President…” It’s NOT a technicality, or lunacy on the part of our Founding Fathers. It is a specific statement within a document that forms the basis for ALL of our laws and not open to interpretation (unless the entire Constitution should be now open to interpretation).

FACT #2: In order to be a “natural born citizen,” you must be born in the United States or, if you are born abroad, you CAN (if specific circumstances are met) inherit citizenship status from your parents. If he was born abroad, then that’s a problem for Barack Hussein Obama because his father was NOT a citizen of the United States and his mother had not lived in the United States the required amount of time after attaining the age of majority when Obama was born – meaning SHE COULD NOT pass citizenship on to Obama.

FACT #3: If Barack Hussein Obama WAS NOT born in the United States, he IS NOT a “natural born citizen” and if that is the case, Obama is guilty of perpetuating the most massive fraud in the history of the United States.

FACT #4: Barack Hussein Obama has actively refused to produce his actual long form birth certificate to the people who elected him. Under Hawaiian law, only Obama can legally release the document but he just won’t do it. Why not?

FACT #5: Instead of producing an actual long form birth certificate, Team Obama pulled some sleight-of-hand and produced another document – a “Certification of Live Birth” – and said, in effect, “Here’s his Birth Certificate! Now shut up.”

And, in light of Adams’ allegations, FACT #5 is of particular importance. To put it in Adams’ own words:

“I was told, at the time, that there was no long form birth record, which would have been the case if President Obama was born in hospital in Honolulu… there is no such form in Hawaii. He does have a Certificate of Live Birth which is given to children of families who were residents of Hawaii when children are born outside the state. So I assert that he was born outside of Hawaii.” [Emphasis Ours]

Adams also said: “Anyone can get that [Certification of Live Birth]. They are normally given if you give birth at home or while traveling overseas. … It’s quite common for people to come back and get that.”

So why won’t the Main Stream Obama-Media investigate these allegations? Why won’t the Main Stream Media air the facts? Your guess is as good as ours but don’t hold your breathe waiting for them to stop distorting and start reporting.

That’s our job and with your help, we can continue to get the job done each and every day. Please help us to continue exposing the truth about Barack Hussein Obama. You have our pledge that we will not rest until the job is done.


Floyd Brown
Western Center for Journalism


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Growing our FAITH… it happens ONLY through trials and tribulations!!!

Faith is hanging on to God and His Word when ALL else fails…

and staying there in spite of all contradictory sight and sense evidence!



Hebrews 11:1-2

By Faith

1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2This is what the ancients were commended for.


Examples of faith given us in the Bible:

Matthew 8:5-12

The Faith of the Centurion

5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.”

7Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.”

8The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 9:2

2Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 14:31

31Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?

Matthew 15:28

28Then Jesus answered, Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

Matthew 21:21

21Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.”

Mark 2:5

5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Mark 7:24-30

The Faith of a Syrophoenician Woman

24Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.[a] He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil[b] spirit came and fell at his feet. 26The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

27First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to their dogs.

28“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.

29Then he told her, “For such a reply (such faith), you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”

30She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone

Mark 10:52

52“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Mark 11:12-14; 21-23

Jesus Clears the Temple

12The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

21Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

22Have[a] faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.”

Luke 5:17-26

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

17One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick. 18Some men came carrying a paralytic on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. 19When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

20When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

21The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

22Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? 23Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins….” He said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 25Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. 26Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

Below there is an excellent devotional message from Worthy Ministries, on the subject of FAITH.

Personally, I have come to see faith as like a muscle, and as with any muscle if you exercise it, it grows; and if you don’t, it atrophies.

From God’s point of view, I do not believe it is ever a matter of how much faith we have, as a determining factor for why we receive answers to our prayers; for the Bible says that God has given to everyone (believers and nonbelievers alike) a measure of faith, or else (I believe anyway) we wouldn’t be able to discern the truth and be saved.

So we can know from this that every individual has a measure of faith; and then Jesus even goes on to say: That if our faith were even as small as a mustard seed (which is about the smallest seed there is) that we can cast mountains into the sea.” So as I understand what the Scriptures are saying, it is never a matter about how much faith we have. So what is the determining factor?

Now this is my point. I believe all of us have had unanswered prayers; or we have had loved ones and friends who have died early, leaving behind families, who were even Christians, who were praying, and we were praying with them, for their healing… and nevertheless they died. Why is that?

The answer is, I don’t know; and neither does anyone else know for sure, this side of heaven anyway.

These things happen to all of us; but when they do happen, these should be times for us to dig in deeper, into the Word, and find out where we possibly may have missed it… and for that to happen, we have to set our pride aside and remain teachable. The point is… faith NEVER gives up, or loses hope!

Also I have found that on this subject of faith, it can often be a stumbling block and a subject of controversy for some; and for someone to even suggest that one’s faith is less than what it should be, and that possibly is the reason for delay or for unanswered prayer, is for some people, perceived as an insult.

Again it should not be perceived that way; and that attitude alone (which I believe is nothing but dumb pride) shows a hardened and unteachable spirit.

That is the reason why I listed all of these Scriptures above, where the Master (Jesus Himself) often attributed the miracles and answers to prays, according to the individual’s faith, in how their faith was the determining factor for them receiving their miracle!

For example, take the man who was a paralytic, whose friends seeing the pressing crowd, climbed up on the roof and disassembled it in order to lower their friend down in Jesus presence; and when Jesus referred to their faith that was what He was talking about.

Faith often is expressed, not just through our words, but also our actions; and often, as in this example, we are talking about extraordinary actions and measures that are taken, in the face of much resistance, and at great inconvenience.

Another example would be the woman with the issue of blood, who was out in a public place, against the Levitical Law (I might add), and in the presence of a temple official, no less; and yet in spite of all that she first said If I can but touch the hem of His garment, I shall be healed;” and then she put action to her words, at great inconvenience and risk to herself, and she did an extraordinary thing… but in the end she was healed!

Now most of these people, that we read about in the Bible, who received their miracle, if we read the account and the circumstances that were surrounding them, we often find that they were not at all passive, and they were not saying Well, if God wants to heal me He can.”

In fact I am sure there were many who had just such an attitude, as we can see all around us even in this day; but it was ONLY those who were proactive, and in spite of great opposition and resistance, they refused to let go, or give up hope (as the woman in the above picture)… and in the end, they received their miracle.

Also, consider the story of Daniel the Prophet for a moment; where we learn in the account given us in the Bible, that he had prayed and fasted for 21 days, before his answer came.

However, when the answer came, the angel told him that the answer was given on the first day he prayed, but that there was resistance in the heavens to his receiving his answer, due to the Prince of Darkness (the Devil); and that Michael the Archangel was dispatched to open the way… and it took 21 days for Daniel to receive an answer to his prayer.

QUESTION: Could that also be what is holding our answered prayers up; and if Daniel had stopped praying and fasting, and had given up after only a couple of days or week, would the answer still have come? I think not.

As I understand our Bible, in what it says on this subject of faith; it is that faith has to be exercised in order to grow, and the way it is exercised is through the obstacle course of our present trials and tribulations, that we are facing today, and always throughout the course of our life… all of which I believe has been choreographed and allowed by God, before we were born.

Again, as we learn from the Book of Job (the oldest book in the Bible) that Satan is as a dog on a leash, and he does not have cart blanch to do to us as he pleases… he has to first get God’s permission.

Or he has to have our permission, one or the other, which can happened if we are harboring strongholds of fear, or doubt, or unforgiveness.

Strongholds are incorrect beliefs that we allow, that are not true and are not Scriptural; and often they are rooted in fear, or in our harboring unforgiveness, or any number of things, that put us at odds with God.

Even as Job said, “What I feared most has happened to me.” All of these kinds of things, these strongholds, can give the enemy a foothold and access into our life… so beware!

Again from God’s perspective, as we learn from Scripture, each obstacle I believe is as a mountain placed in our path, that we have to learn how to overcome by faith; and though these obstacles have been placed there by the Devil (again, as we learn happened in the account given us in the Book of Job), nevertheless it was God who allowed it; so that Job’s faith may grow… and that’s my point!

So regardless of how we feel on this subject of FAITH, the Bible makes it very clear that Without faith it is impossible for us to please God,” and so regardless of how we may feel, it is of utmost importance to God, and also for us, that we not be displeasing to our Lord. Selah

Shalom,

Skip Barland



From: Worthy Ministries
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:15 AM
To: skip810usa@yahoo.com
Subject: Worthy Brief – 7/7/2010

Does it seem that the tests are getting harder?

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

I don’t know about you, but it seems that the tests we’re going through are getting harder and harder. Do you remember when you took tests in high school? At the time they may have seemed hard. But imagine if you had to take an elementary school test when you were in high school. You’d probably think – oh this is so simple.

So if it seems that the testing of your faith is more intense – it simply means that you’re graduating to new levels of faith! Our faith is being tested, and as we pass each “faith” test, we’re finding different means of being tested. I suppose in a few years, we’ll look back and think to ourselves – wow that was a hard test, but now it doesn’t look so difficult!

If you’re going through a tough time right now, be encouraged because it simply means that God is graduating you to new levels of faith!

The harder the tests, the greater difficulty – the greater the reward, an increased blessing awaits you!

Stay focused, stay alert and remember that God is trying to stretch your faith so that you can accomplish even more for His Kingdom!

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah
Negev Desert, Israel

What is going on… Can this be happening in America?

Make no mistake, but that this is the Islamic agenda of the U.S…

Which the last time I heard was still a part of the USA!

Monday, July 6, 2009
The Arab International Festival in Dearborn, MI, the city with the densest population of Muslims in America, provides a capsule of what America will be like in a few years. The following is news you didn’t hear about on your radio, or doubtless on TV. The news media is afraid to report it.



There are so many voices that are warning us here in the United States of the Islamic strategy for the subjugation and ultimate political control of our cities and ultimately our country.

Their methods have already succeeded in the once free nation of Lebanon; and they are currently advancing in places like England, France, and other Western European countries; but they are also making serious inroads here in the United States as well.

Has anyone been to Dearborn Michigan lately?

Thank God for people like Brigitte Gabriel, a former native of Lebanon, who has been here for years sounding the warning cry; and also a former Muslim and Terrorist, now a Born-again Christian, by the name of Walid Shoebat, who also has been warning us; and yet how many people are really taking these warnings seriously? I’m sad to say, I don’t think very many.

There is a definite strategy afoot, and it is definitely advancing; but it’s not on just any one front; but on several different ones.

The Islamic threat is real, and it is advancing; but also there is a much more serious attack going on within our own government and among our own leaders that is much more diabolical and evil, because it is a betrayal against the American people, our U.S. Constitution, and our Republic form of Government.

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”
–Marcus Tullius Cicero 42B.C.

Sure there are different and sometimes overlapping agendas; and the attack is not on any one front, but it is on several different ones; and most of this is completely overlooked and ignored by the media. But one thing is for sure… Satan is behind all of it!

Below is an article written by a missionary, that I think you should read, on the Islamization strategy and how it works.

Once again our only hope is Jesus Christ, and our having a serious Spiritual Revival and Awakening in our country… and to that end all I can say is PRAY!

Shalom,

Skip Barland




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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
What Islam Isn’t By: Dr. Peter Hammond

The official government of Sudan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs website includes an article that declares that missionary Peter “Hammond should expect to be bombed when he comes to Sudan … he should expect to be shot on sight”!

Dr. Peter Hammond is a missionary who has pioneered evangelistic outreaches in the war zones of Mozambique, Angola and Sudan. Often travelling by off road motorbike, Peter has travelled hundreds of thousands of miles to deliver Bibles to persecuted Christians in Africa and Eastern Europe. In the course of his missionary activities Peter has been ambushed, come under aerial and artillery bombardments, been stabbed, shot at, beaten by mobs, arrested and imprisoned. On some mission trips he has flown far behind enemy lines to the beleaguered Nuba Mountains in Central Sudan with tonnes of Bibles, books and relief aid. He has then walked throughout the war devastated Nuba Mountains showing the Jesus film in Arabic, proclaiming the Gospel, training pastors and evading enemy patrols.


FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, April 21, 2008

The following is adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book:

Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat:

Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system.

Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components.

Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called ‘religious rights.’

When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to ‘the reasonable’ Muslim demands for their ‘religious rights,’ they also get the other components under the table.

Here’s how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).

As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:

United States — Muslim 1.0%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1%-2%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%

At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:

Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.

They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims.

They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. (United States ).

France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad &Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris –car-burnings).

Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amsterdam – Mohammed cartoons).

Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 10-15%

After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:

Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%

At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:

Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%

From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:

Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%

After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:

Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:

Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 99.9%

Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.

‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel. ~ Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’

It is good to remember that in many, many countries, such as France, the Muslim populations are centered around ghettos based on their ethnicity.

Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. Therefore, they exercise more power than their national average would indicate.

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A Physiological look at the man… Barack Hussein Obama!

Here’s Obama as he sees himself… as an answer to the world’s problems!

Regardless of your feelings about the man, his personality and behavior are self absorbed and I believe ultimately self-destructive; and what this cartoon depicts I belief is a real threat, and a very likely possibility, that we should all be aware of.

Please note that the Bible says the Antichrist will be such a man, and if it is not Obama, then I believe it will be someone like him!

Listen to a psychologist analyzes Barack Obama (Part 1 of 5)


(click here for Pt 2, Pt 3, Pt 4, Pt 5)

This is an interview with Dr. Sam Vaknin on the Tamar
Yonah Show, which aired on Israeli National Radio. (8/4/2009)


Understanding Obama: The Making of a Fuehrer

By Ali Sina

2008/09/22

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I was not impressed by Sen. Barack Obama after the first time I saw him. At first I was excited to see a black candidate. He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident – a wholesome presidential package. It is so instinctive for most people to want to see blacks succeed. It is as if all humanity is carrying a collective guilt for what the ancestors of blacks endured. However, despite my initial interest in him, I was soon put off, not just because of his shallowness but also because there was an air of haughtiness in his demeanor that was unsettling.  His posture and his body language were louder than his empty words.

It is surreal to see the level of hysteria in his admirers. This phenomenon is unprecedented in American politics.  Women scream and swoon during his speeches. They yell and shout to Obama, “I love you.”  Never did George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt. Martin Luther King Jr. or Ronald Reagan arouse so much raw emotion.  Despite their achievements, none of them was raised to the rank of Messiah. The Illinois senator has no history of service to the country. He has done nothing outstanding except giving promises of change and hyping his audience with hope. It’s only his words, not his achievements that is causing this much uproar.

When cheering for someone turns into adulation, something is wrong. Excessive adulation is indicative of a personality cult. The cult of personality is often created when the general population is discontent.

A charismatic leader can seize the opportunity and project himself as an agent of change and a revolutionary leader.

Often, people, tired of the status quo, do not have the patience to examine the nature of the proposed change.

All they want is change. During 1979, when the Iranians were tired of the dictatorial regime of the late Shah, they embraced Khomeini, not because they wanted Islam, but because he promised them change. The word in the street was, “anything is better than the Shah.” They found their error when it was too late.

Khomeini promised there would be separation between religion and state. He lied and they did not care to look into his past to see whether he actually meant what he said.

Had they done that they would have seen that he always believed in caliphate and the rule of Islam.  People gobbled everything he told them uncritically.

They wanted to believe and therefore closed their eyes so they did not see what they did not want to see. Eyes welled when he spoke. Masses poured into the streets by the millions, screamed and shouted to greet him. People kissed his pictures. Some saw his portrait reflected on the Moon.

Listening to Obama … it harkens back to when I was younger and I used to watch Khomeini, how he would excite the crowd and they’d come to their feet and scream and yell.

I was amused to hear a listener calling Fox News Radio’s Tom Sullivan Show, (Feb 11)  and saying: “Listening to Obama … it harkens back to when I was younger and I used to watch those deals with Hitler, how he would excite the crowd and they’d come to their feet and scream and yell.”  ( Videos of Hitler’s speeches are available on Youtube.  They are worth a look.)

Equating anyone to Hitler by highlighting the similarities between the two is a logical fallacy.  This fallacy, known as reductio ad Hitlerum is a variety of both questionable cause and association fallacy. I believe it is wrong to trivialize the holocaust and the horrors of Nazism by comparing our opponents to Hitler.

However, Hitler, prior to coming to power had not killed anyone. He was insane, but few could see that. Far from it, he was seen as a gifted man and hailed as the savior of Germany. He was admired throughout the world.  He appealed to the masses of people – the working class and particularly to women, and did not just inspire them, he “elevated” them. Thousands rallied to listen to his passionate speeches. They shed tears when he spoke. Women fainted during his speeches. To Germans, he was not a politician, but a demigod, a messiah. They envisioned him as truly a magical figure of majestic wisdom and glory. They worshiped him. They surrendered their wills to him. He restored their national pride. He projected himself as their savior. He ran on the platform of change and hope. Change he delivered all right, but hopes he shattered.

I think it is fair to say that the Illinois senator puts the same passion in his speeches that Hitler used to put in his, and he evokes similar raw emotions in his audience. This much we can agree. Okay, we can also agree that both Hitler and Charlie Chaplin wore square moustaches. So what?

The Cult of Personality

There are other disturbing similarities. Like Hitler and Khomeini, Obama also likes to create a cult of personality around himself. As stated above, when a large number of a population is discontent, a charismatic leader can seize the opportunity and present himself as the agent of change.

He can create a cult of Personality by associating himself with the idea of change. He convinces everyone that things are terrible and a drastic change is needed. He then casts himself as the only person who can deliver this revolutionary transformation that everyone is waiting for. He portrays himself as a benevolent guide; the only one who cares about people and their needs and can pull them out of their alleged misery. In reality, they have no clue about how to address the problem – have no experience, no track record. But they are convincing because they are self assured.

These revolutionary leaders need foes. They exaggerate the problems. They make everything look gloomy. They lie, cheat and slander their opponents while casting themselves as the saviors of the nation.

Hitler chose the Jews to blame for everything that was wrong in Germany. Khomeini made the Shah and his westernization plans his scapegoats. Obama has chosen President George W. Bush to smear. He can rally people around himself, as long as he can instill in them the dislike of Bush and equate his rival, McCain to him.  Sigmund Freud wrote, “It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive the manifestations of their aggressiveness” (Civilization and Its Discontents).

A cult of personality is excessive adulation, admiration and exaltation of a charismatic leader, often with unproven merits or achievements. It is similar to hero worship except that it is created specifically for political leaders.

Let us read a few of the comments Obama’s fans have made about him. Their unbounded adulation of this totally unknown figure is proof of my claim.

Jon Robin Baitz is the creator of the ABC series “Brothers & Sisters.” He writes:

Today we saw and heard a preview of our brightest possible American future in Senator Barack Obama’s glorious speech. This, then, is what it means to be presidential. To be moral. To have a real center. To speak honestly, from the heart, for the benefit of all. If there was any doubt about what we have missed in the anti-intellectual, ruthlessly incurious Bush years, and even the slippery Clinton ones, those doubts were laid to rest by Barack Obama’s magisterial speech today. A speech in which he distanced himself from a flawed father figure, Reverend Wright, and did so with almost Shakespearian dignity and honor.

For twenty years Obama was part of Jeremiah Wright’s racist church and listened to all the hate which that man spewed against the Jews and the “rich White America.” Obama did not object to any of those hateful comments and even donated $20,000 dollars to his Trinity United Church of Christ.

Baitz is willing to overlook all that and, mesmerized by Obama’s speeches, he embraces a man who up until yesterday supported the racist views of his spiritual mentor.

He calls Obama’s speech “glorious,” and concludes he is honest and moral.  How did he come to that hasty conclusion? There is no evidence of that except his “gut feeling.” That observation is subjective. We have not seen any evidence of Obama’s honesty yet. On the contrary, he has been caught with a litany of lies.

Clearly Sen. Obama has a charming effect on his audience, who after listening to him are so moved that they willingly give up their reason and follow their hearts. Let’s see how Baitz adulates Obama to the point of worship.

Barack Obama’s speech, perhaps one of the most important in modern political history pushed us as a people to move beyond race and gender, beyond Democrat and Republican, beyond politics and into reviving the spirit of the nation itself. To talk, to talk at home, at work, at the dinner table. To really finally talk. What a great day, and where else in the world but in the United States? Today I am very proud to be an American.

Remembering the reaction of Iranians to Khomeini’s speeches, this is all deja vu for me.

There is an old adage that says, “Tell me who your friends are and I will tell who you are.” Don’t the quality of Obama’s friends and associates tell us about the man?  Shouldn’t we look at the history of this man to ascertain his truthfulness?   One characteristic of cult of personality is that people become ready to close their eyes. They find excuses and rationalize the sins of their leader.

Another Obama worshipper is Ezra Klein. He is an associate editor at The American Prospect. Klein wrote:

Obama’s finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They don’t even really inspire. They elevate. They enmesh you in a grander moment, as if history has stopped flowing passively by, and, just for an instant, contracted around you, made you aware of its presence and your role in it. He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh, over color, over despair. The other great leaders I’ve heard guide us towards a better politics, but Obama is, at his best, able to call us back to our highest selves, to the place where America exists as a glittering ideal, and where we, its honored inhabitants, seem capable of achieving it, and thus of sharing in its meaning and transcendence.

Obama is not seen by his admirers as a politician but as something holy. Klein saysHe is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh.” The truth is that Obama is nothing but words! What is scary is that so many smart people are willing to fall for his empty words. Interestingly the same Ezra Klein had earlier said:

Obama is a cipher, an easy repository for the hopes and dreams of liberals everywhere…But if Obama avoided being battle-tested in 2004 by the grace of God, it’s his own timidity that has kept his name clean since.

Given his national profile and formidable political talents, he could have been a potent spokesman for Democratic causes in the Senate. Instead, he has refused to expend his political or personal capital on a single controversial issue, preferring to offer anodyne pieces of legislation and sign on to the popular efforts of others…Indeed, Obama is that oddest of all creatures: a leader who’s never led.

There are no courageous, lonely crusades to his name, or supremely unlikely electoral battles beneath his belt. He won election running basically unopposed, and then refused to open himself to attack by making a controversial but correct issue his own.”

Quite a shift I would say. What did exactly Obama do, for Klein to change his views so drastically? Nothing!

Obama has won this man’s heart only by the power of his mesmerizing words. He is making his conquests, through the sheer power of his oratory. That is how Hitler won the hearts of the Germans.  As Obama’s life story shows, his words don’t have any bearing on reality. Words are powerful, but when they are not backed by any substance they are empty rhetoric.

Todd Gitlin, is professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University. He is another worshipper of Obama. This is what he says about his leader.

This speech was a triumph on so many levels, does one dare hope it will turn the trick for hordes of parsing skeptics and listeners whose eyes did not water? First, Obama took the high road, which is also the long and demanding road. He refused to “move on” with a cursory acknowledgment that “mistakes were made.” He did not acknowledge. He preached and he reasoned.”

Let us pause here and examine what this professor of journalism and sociology says. Obama was a close friend of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and listened to his racist sermons for twenty years.

Wright is a man who has intense hatred for the Jews, for whites and for America.  This clip shows some of his remarks made from the pulpit. Here is a gleaning from his sermons:

  • We [The White controlled America] have supported state terrorism against Palestinians and Black South Africans … Because of the stuff we have done overseas is now brought back to our own home front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.
  • No, no, no! Not God bless America. God damn America. That is in the Bible, for killing innocent people. God damn America.
  • Government lied about Pearl Harbor. They knew that Japanese are going to attack.
  • They [Government] purposely infected African-American men with syphilis!
  • What is going on in White America, U.S. of KKK?
  • Black men turning on Black men? That is fighting the wrong enemy. You both are primary targets in an oppressive society that sees both of you as a dangerous threat.
  • What we [America] is doing is the same thing Al Qaida is doing, under a different flag.
  • Oh I am so glad, that I got a God who knows what it is to be a poor Black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by and run by rich White people.
  • Yes, 911 happened to us, and so did slavery happen to us. Yes the World Trade Center happened to us, and so did White supremacy happen to us.
  • “Barack knows what it means to be a Black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich White people.”

When all these came to light, at first the Illinois senator denied having heard them.  That excuse was not believable. Wright was Obama’s spiritual mentor and the most influential man in his life. And yet he expects us to believe he listened to his sermons for 20 years but did not pay attention to what he was saying?

So he changed his position and admitted to having heard them, but he categorically condemned them. Obama went one step further. He did not just condemn the racist remarks of his Pastor, but he preached and he sermonized how bad are they are.

Now, this requires some audacity that only a narcissist can muster. Instead of apologizing and recognizing his error, Obama turned the table and preached to others.

How can we understand this? The man himself is the sinner but instead of acknowledging his sins, he preaches to others about the vices of there sins. The answer can be found in the description of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).  Narcissists will never admit being wrong. They are always one step ahead of you.

Prof. Gitlin continues:
“The Reverend Jeremiah Wright,” he [Obama] said, “had spoken in an ‘incendiary’ manner,” but Obama offered himself as the man who rises from flames and invites you to rise from your own.

He took a grievous embarrassment and moved his lesson to the plane of prophecy. Talk about hope; talk about audacity. Tears came to my eyes. I don’t think I’m especially hard-hearted, but I cannot think of another time when the speech of a presidential candidate watered me up.

It is amazing to see to what extent people are willing to go to eulogize another human being.  It is this excess that constitutes the cult of personality. The difference between admiration and cult of personality is in the degree of adulation.

Is it not fair to say that Obama has the same effect on his fans that Hitler, Khomeini or other famous demagogues such as Joseph Stalin or Mao Ze Dong had?
I am not equating Obama to those mass murderers. Obama has not killed anyone (at least not yet). I am only comparing their effects on their audience, particularly prior to their rise to power.

Obama’s speeches are unlike any political speech we have heard in American history. Never a politician in this land had such a quasi “religious” impact on so many people. The fact that Obama is a total incognito with zero accomplishment, makes this inexplicable infatuation alarming.

Obama’s speeches are grandiose. They are other worldly. He may talk about the war in Iraq, taxes or social security. It does not matter how mundane is the subject, he makes them sound transcendental and his audience is moved to tears.

His worshippers do not go to listen to his plans. He has yet to offer any that are workable and different. They go to bask in his glory, to get high. Obama presents himself as someone with a unique vision and grasp of the entire problems affecting, not just the nation but the world, a pretense that is incommensurate with his track record.

When in a meeting with House Democrats waxing lyrical about his trip to Europe, he concluded, “this is the moment, as Nancy [Pelosi] noted, that the world is waiting for.”

The world is waiting for Obama, according to Obama. In one of his rallies he reiterated this delusion of grandiosity and said,We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” This sentence is logically absurd. What actually Obama wanted to say, which he masked with fake modesty is “I am the one the world has been waiting for.”

When you fall for someone to the extent that Obama’s followers have fallen for him, you surrender your reason and individuality to him willingly.

When millions of people surrender their hearts and their minds to one person the result can be catastrophic. This is what happened in Germany with Hitler, in China with Mao, in the Soviet Union with Stalin, in Cuba with Castro, in Iran with Khomeini, and so on and so forth. Today, we think these men were monsters, but that was not what millions of their worshipers thought. Those people loved them.  Dictators can’t dictate, unless peole are willing to be dictated.

Here is what Wikipedia says about Cult of Personality:
“A cult of personality or personality cult arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image through unquestioning flattery and praise. Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships but can be found in some democracies.

“A cult of personality is similar to general hero worship except that it is created specifically for political leaders. However, the term may be applied by analogy to refer to adulation of non-political leaders.”

The third and fourth editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of 1980 and 1994 and the European ICD-10 describe NPD as follows:

An all-pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration or adulation and lack of empathy, usually beginning by early adulthood and present in various contexts.  Five (or more) of the following criteria must be met:

  • Feels grandiose and self-important (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents to the point of lying, demands to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
  • Is obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, power or omnipotence, unequalled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion
  • Is firmly convinced that he is unique and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be treated by, or associate with, other special,  unique, or high-status people (or institutions)
  • Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation, or failing that, wishes to be feared and notorious (narcissistic supply)
  • Feels entitled.  Expects unreasonable or special and favorable priority treatment.  Demands automatic and full compliance with his expectations
  • Is “interpersonally exploitative” i.e., uses others to achieve his or her own ends
  • Is devoid of empathy.  Is unable or unwilling to identify with or acknowledge the feelings and needs of others
  • Is constantly envious of others or believes that they feel the same about him or her
  • Is arrogant, has haughty behaviors or attitudes coupled with rage when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted

According to Vaknin, Obama displays the following behaviors, which are among the hallmarks of pathological narcissism:

– Subtly misrepresents facts and expediently and opportunistically shifts positions, views, opinions, and “ideals” (e.g., about campaign finance, re-districting). These flip-flops do not cause him overt distress and are ego-syntonic (he feels justified in acting this way). Alternatively, refuses to commit to a standpoint and, in the process, evidences a lack of empathy.

– Ignores data that conflict with his fantasy world, or with his inflated and grandiose self-image. This has to do with magical thinking. Obama already sees himself as president because he is firmly convinced that his dreams, thoughts, and wishes affect reality. Additionally, he denies the gap between his fantasies and his modest or limited real-life achievements (for instance, in 12 years of academic career, he didn’t publish a single scholarly paper or book).

– Feels that he is above the law.

– Talks about himself in the 3rd person singular or uses the regal “we” and craves to be the exclusive center of attention, even adulation

– Has a messianic-cosmic vision of himself and his life and his “mission”.

– Sets ever more complex rules in a convoluted world of grandiose fantasies with its own language (jargon)

– Displays false modesty and unctuous “folksiness” but is unable to sustain these behaviors (the persona, or mask) for long. It slips and the true Obama is revealed: haughty, aloof, distant, and disdainful of simple folk and their lives.

– Sublimates aggression and holds grudges.

– Behaves as an eternal adolescent (e.g., his choice of language, youthful image he projects, demands indulgence and feels entitled to special treatment, even though his objective accomplishments do not justify it).

Ali Sina is the author of Understanding Muhammad: A Psychobiography of Allah’s Prophet
and the founder of Faith Freedom International, the movement of ex-Muslims created to eliminate hate through knowledge and foster amity among all mankind.

The United States is at a crossroads of decision… and we need to repent, lest this happens to us!

God’s message to the King of Babylon was:

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PHARSIN“…

And this is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; TEKEK: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”Who was King Nebuchadnezzar and what was his kingdom like?

Note this is a completely secularized view of history, but interesting all the same:

WARNING… will this also be America’s future? I believe it will be if Christians aren’t praying.
Despite the warnings in his prophecies, Jeremiah had to witness the fall of his beloved Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar’s troops set the city on fire. Zedekiah was left blinded and his sons dead. Zedekiah was also the last king of Judah; and Israel on that day ceased to be a sovereign power, and it remained that way until April 14th, 1948.
Here’s their History:
In Jeremiah 51, the prophet received a revelation from the LORD that ancient Babylon was going to fall. Look at what he said. “And Babylon? …I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD,” (verses 37,39).

“And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts,” (verse 57).

God promised that in the fall of ancient Babylon, He would actually “MAKE THEM DRUNKEN, that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual sleep.” In their stupor, God sent in enemies who destroyed them.

The same vow will determine the destiny of modern Babylon – the world-wide kingdom of man.

When Ancient Babylon fell, they were drunk!

Do you remember the downfall of ancient Babylon? It happened during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar’s descendant, Belshazzar, in Daniel 5:27.

“Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote,” (Daniel 5:1-5).

The story is infamous.

Daniel interpreted the mysterious handwriting on the wall.

“You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Tonight your kingdom will be divided and taken from you.”

It was a message of doom from God to Belshazzar.

BELSHAZZAR and all the Babylonian dignitaries WERE DRUNK WHEN GOD’S JUDGMENT FELL ON BABYLON.

That night, the Medo-Persians conquered them. King Belshazzar was killed. The ancient Babylonian empire fell into the hands of its enemies while it was drunk.

When judgment comes to modern Babylon, it will also be drunk!

The 18th Chapter of Revelation describes the fall of modern Babylon.

Let me interrupt this thought to explain to you the correlation between ancient Babylon and modern Babylon.

There are actually FOUR Biblical definitions of Babylon.

Four Definitions of Babylon

1. The ancient CITY of Babylon. It is the ancient site of Nebuchadnezzar’s “Hanging Gardens,” the Gate of Ishtar, and was once known as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is also the site of the ancient Tower of Babel.

2. The ancient EMPIRE of Babylon (made famous in Nebuchadnezzar’s day). That empire stretched across the Middle East, north, south, east and west. It was the largest empire in the world in its time.

3. Modern Political Babylon – the descendant of ancient Babylon – generally speaking, this refers to the kingdom of man (as opposed to the Kingdom of God by Jesus Christ). The Babylonian system is obsessed with global domination, both physically, financially and SPIRITUALLY!

People think of the United Nations as Babylon, or the New World Order as Babylon, or some refer to New York or America as Babylon, but that is really inaccurate.

4. Mystery Babylon – the spiritual roots of Babylon, from the days of the Tower of Babel, includes an encyclopedia of pagan religious beliefs and practices that were handed down through the centuries. They were all born in hell, springing originally from Lucifer himself. They are evil and abominable in the eyes of God.

[I would add that I think the end of days destruction of Babylon will be the literal nation, which is now Iraq; but also the symbolic counterpart which are all those nations who have forsaken the God of the Bible, and have made themselves drunk with deceitful riches]

God judged the builders of the ancient Tower of Babel

He came down and confused their tongues, so that they “left off” finishing the tower. But the evil intentions that were present at ancient Babel have never died.

Babylon rebounded and became a virtual global empire in the days of King Solomon of Israel.

In sad fact, Solomon corrupted Jewish religion in the days of his backsliding by introducing the Babylonian mysteries into his religious beliefs and practices. Collaborating with Hiram, King of Lebanon, Solomon began to concoct a mystical, esoteric religion that eventually corrupted the priests and subsequent kings of Israel.

In Solomon’s day, God’s anger began to boil against Babylon, and that is very likely a primary reason why God finally turned over the backsliding nation of Israel TO Babylon when He did!

Because they demonstrated their desire to know the Babylonian mysteries instead of the truth of God’s Word, God gave them over to Babylonian masters.

Over a period of more than 2,500 years, Jewish rabbis and scholars have shown their preference to the Babylon-inspired Cabbalistic mysteries over the PURE unadulterated word of God.

Caballism (Mysticism) made its way not only into the Jewish religious hierarchy, but eventually into a wide array of secret societies, and eventually taken up by kings and princes and power brokers throughout world history.

The Middle Ages were rife with Luciferic secret societies, and the history of Europe is filled with the shenanigans of Popes and Kings and their dealings with these secret societies.

Ultimately, the Catholic church was infiltrated and controlled by that lot who now engage in global political and financial intrigue through the auspices of this so-called, albeit false “church.”

The modern international banking system was created by Caballists such as Lord Rothschild, and powerful global secret orders were created by Caballists like Albert Pike, Madam Blavansky and others, and to this day, the New World Order is run in large part by Caballists.

The Jewish Talmud (oral traditions) and the Caballah each tragically contain pernicious Babylonian corruptions.

The spiritual abominations of ancient Babylon continue to thrive in the esoteric (secret) mysteries of the Roman Catholic Church, Freemasonry, and the Caballah. Believe it or not, they are all intricately and heavily intertwined.

One of the principal reasons God says He will JUDGE Mystery Babylon is because, throughout history, it made the KINGS AND NATIONS of the earth DRUNKEN! God hates these diabolical mystical, power-mongering schemes.

“For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies,” (Revelation 18:3).

In order to understand why God hates Mystery Babylon, you have to contrast it with His divine plan for the ages.

God will have an eternal kingdom, ruled by Him.

Mystery Babylon would have a kingdom ruled by Lucifer.

Believe it or not, the mystery religions I am refering to very explicitly declare that Lucifer should rule the world.

This includes the behind-the- scenes powers-that-be in the RCC, the Jesuits, the Knights Templar, Freemasons, the Illuminati and so many other of its sister mystical societies. History is jam-packed with stories of the collaberations between most of the Babylonian mystical societies and the Roman Catholic Church.

This diabolical, Luciferic, esoteric, mystical religion, allied with the Roman Catholic Church, has been fornicating with the secular governments of the world for almost 1700 years.

Today Europe is controlled by a powerful cabal of men who are deeply rooted in the Luciferic mysteries.

Many of them are power brokers in the Roman Catholic Church. If you take the time to study all the powerful men in global politics today, you will be shocked out of your mind at how many of them have Roman Catholic connections.

The Coming Modern Fall of Babylon

Ironically, while the Roman Catholic Church has always contained a strong element of Babylonian mysteries at its core, it has distanced itself from geographical Babylon.

Islam, on the other hand, has struggled to control geographical Babylon while preaching a murderously anti-Catholic rhetoric.

Now, in the end of the age, Mystery Babylon, Political Babylon, and Geographical Babylon are set to collide in a major, major volcanic eruption. Nothing less than a total melt-down is going to occur.

Mystery Babylon, as defined above (RCC, Freemasonry, Caballah) is now pervading the globe in various other forms: the New Age movement, the Green Movement, but especially global ecumenical religious initiatives such as the World Council of Churches, the United Religions Organization, even the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Why Babylon is such a major topic in the Bible

Israel’s trouble with Babylon began in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah. The Babylonian King in those days was named Berodachbaladan. During a time of Hezekiah’s sickness, King Berodachbaladan sent letters and gifts to him, so Hezekiah invited a Babylonian entourage to tour the Jewish Palace and Temple, showing them all of Israel’s precious treasures.

Isaiah prophesied to Hezekiah that Babylonians would soon carry away everything of value to Babylon, and would take Hezekiah’s descendants as servants to their king. That happened soon thereafter.

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, laid siege against Jerusalem, and took the Jews captive back to Babylon. Eventually, all the precious furnishings of the Temple were stolen and taken to Babylon.

God brought Babylon into His grand scheme to judge the Nation of Israel for their sins and backslidings.

God used the Kings of Babylon to execute His punishments upon Israel for their idolatries and abomination they had committed against God.

God sentenced the Israelites to become captives in Babylon for seventy years. Afterward, He promised to deliver them, and punish Babylon with “perpetual desolations.”

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations,”
(Jeremiah 25:12).

~by Ken Raggio

What God said to His covenant children Israel, I believe also applies to His Covenant children here in America, for our forefather’s also formed a covenant with God; and so let us pay heed to God’s warning to Israel: “Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God.” (Deuteronomy 8:19-20)

As I’ve said before, truly I believe our only hope for America is Jesus Christ; and David Wilkerson has an important message on the importance of our praying and interceding in his devotional message (below), that I think you will want to read.

It is all apparent from history and the Bible that Satan is very religious, and in the same way he corrupted ancient man’s view of God, and then infiltrated sectors of the Jewish faith, he has also sought to corrupt the Christian faith as well.

Whereas the scenarios that are being described above are a fact of history; this author takes the interpretation that supports the European Union as the source of the Antichrist Kingdom.

I would beg to differ with that interpretation, as I believe it will be an Islamic kingdom, and I believe also that the seat of its power, which will ultimately reside in the Antichrist, will be the literal nation of Iraq, which I believe will soon be a resurrected Babylon; and the seat of all world commerce.

All the occult ties however, that the author mentions that exists between the Globalist Rothschild’s International Banking Oligarchy and the Luciferian Antichrist Kingdom are very real; and it is this force that has so corrupted our politics and our culture here in the United States, and also the entire Western world.

It is also these same “Secret Societies,” which the author makes reference to, who are so pronounced today and in the past, who are the seed bed of Satan’s power to undermine and corrupt both our government and our culture.

And I’m talking about such organizations, which we all have heard of, some of whom have in fact been elevated to positions of prominence and power today, and all of which are dedicated to the establishment of a “New World Order.”

These secret societies are all front organizations for this evil cabal, who seek world domination, and they include organizations such as: the Freemasons, the Bilderberg Group, the Bohemian Club, The Counsel on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Trilateral Commission, and the Skull and Bones fraternity, at Yale University, which by the way three generations of the Bush family hale from.


Where the United States falls in all of this, as I’ve said before, I don’t think is set in stone. The Bible tells us that there will be both “Sheep Nations,” and “Goat Nations” when Christ returns… and it is my prayer that the United States will survive as a “Sheep Nation,” that is loyal to God, and not on the side of this diabolical and evil Antichrist spirit; as our current government is today trying so hard to push us towards.

That is why we have to pray for our country, because the outcome of where we will be, I believe will depend on the prayers of the saints!

Shalom,

Skip Barland


—–Original Message—–
From: DAVID WILKERSON TODAY
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 1:35 PM
To: devotions-en@lists.worldchallenge.org
Subject: BECOMING PEOPLE OF PRAYER

BECOMING PEOPLE OF PRAYER
by David Wilkerson | July 6, 2010

In Jeremiah 5, God pleaded, “Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem…seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it” (Jeremiah 5:1). The Lord was saying, in essence, “I’ll be merciful, if I can find just one person who’ll seek me.”

During the Babylonian captivity, God found such a man in Daniel. And today, more than ever in history, the Lord is searching for the same kind of godly men and women. He seeks faithful servants who are willing to “make up the hedge” and “stand in the gap,” works that can only be accomplished through prayer.

Like Daniel, such a person will be found with God’s Word in his hand. When the Holy Ghost came to Daniel, the prophet was reading the book of Jeremiah. It was then that the Spirit revealed that God’s time of deliverance had come for Israel. As the revelation came, Daniel was provoked to pray: “I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: and I prayed unto the Lord my God” (Daniel 9:3–4).

Daniel knew God’s people weren’t ready to receive his restoration. Yet, did the prophet lambaste his peers for their sins? No—Daniel identified himself with the moral decay all around him. He declared, “We have sinned…to us belongeth confusion of face…because we have sinned against thee” (Daniel 9:5, 8).

God strongly desires to bless his people today—but if our minds are polluted with the spirit of this world, we are in no position to receive his blessings. Daniel made this powerful statement: “All this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand the truth. Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us” (Daniel 9:13–14).

Would to God we would examine our own walk with the Lord and let the Holy Spirit show us areas of compromise.

We would do more than pray for a backsliding nation. We would be crying out, “Oh, Lord, search my heart. Expose in me all of the spirit of the world that has crept into my soul.” Like Daniel, we could then set our faces to pray for the deliverance of our families—our nation.

http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/devotions/2010/becoming-people-of-prayer

Obama verses General Stanley McChrystal…

Now really…. Which one of these two men do you trust?

Our nation in Crisis, and here is just one of many reasons why…

Barack Obama versus Gen. Stanley McChrystal

Let’s look at a few facts:

  1. Consider for a moment that Obama from all evidence lied his way into the White House; and has lied his whole political career;
  2. Obama has failed to prove his citizenship and place of birth, and therefore is constitutionally unqualified to be President of the United States;
  3. Obama has and is betraying his oath of office, to preserve, protect and to defend our U.S. Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; and by doing so he has also betrayed the American people; whereas Gen. McChrystal has spent a career serving his country and has defended it against our enemies.

Remember the part I said about violating our Constitution?

Now let’s compare their two Biographies:
General McChrystal Biography

Commander, International Security Assistance Force/
Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan

United States Army

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE: USMA EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
United States Military Academy – BS – No Major
United States Naval War College – MA – National Security and Strategic Studies
Salve Regina University – MS – International Relations

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED:
Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
United States Naval Command and Staff College
Senior Service College Fellowship Harvard University

FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
Spanish

PROMOTIONS DATE OF APPOINTMENT:
2LT 2 Jun 76
1LT 2 Jun 78
CPT 1 Aug 80
MAJ 1 Jul 87
LTC 1 Sep 92
COL 1 Sep 96
BG 1 Jan 01
MG 1 May 04
LTG 16 Feb 06
GEN 11 Jun 09

FROM TO ASSIGNMENT:
Nov 76 Feb 78 Weapons Platoon Leader, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Feb 78 Jul 78 Rifle Platoon Leader, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jul 78 Nov 78 Executive Officer, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Nov 78 Apr 79 Student, Special Forces Officer Course, Special Forces School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Apr 79 Jun 80 Commander, Detachment A, A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 80 Feb 81 Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
Feb 81 Mar 82 S2/S3 (Intelligence/
Operations), United Nations Command Support Group Joint Security Area, Korea
Mar 82 Nov 82 Training Officer, Directorate of Plans and Training, A Company, Headquarters Command, Fort Stewart, Georgia

Nov 82 Sep 84 Commander, A Company, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia

Sep 84 Sep 85 S3 (Operations), 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia
Sep 85 Jan 86 Liaison Officer, 3d Battalion, 75th 
Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Jan 86 May 87 Commander, A Company, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
May 87 Apr 88 Liaison Officer, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Apr 88 Jun 89 S3 (Operations), 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Jun 89 Jun 90 Student, Command and Staff Course, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
Jun 90 Apr 93 Army Special Operations Action Officer, J3, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia

Apr 93 Nov 94 Commander, 2d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Nov 94 Jun 96 Commander, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington
Jun 96 Jun 97 Senior Service College Fellowship, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Jun 97 Aug 99 Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Aug 99 Jun 00 Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York
Jun 00 Jun 01 Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to include duty as Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Kuwait, Camp Doha, Kuwait

Jun 01 Jul 02 Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to include duty as Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force180, OPERATION ENDURING

FREEDOM, Afghanistan
Jul 02 Sep 03 Vice Director for Operations, J3, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC
Sep 03 Feb 06 Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Feb 06 Jun 08 Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations Command Forward, United States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Aug 08 Jun 09 Director, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC
Jun 09 Present Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS:
S2/S3 (Intelligence/Operations), United Nations Command Support Group Joint Security Area, Korea (Feb 81-Mar 82, Captain)

Army Special Operations Action Officer, J3, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia Jun 90-Apr 93 Major/Lieutenant Colonel)

Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to include duty as Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force180, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan (Jun 01-Jul 02, Brigadier General)

Vice Director for Operations, J3, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC (Jul 02-Sep 03, Brigadier General)
Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Sep 03-Feb 06, Brigadier General/Major General)

Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations
Command Forward, United States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Feb 06-Jun 08, Major General/Lieutenant General)

Director, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC (Aug 08-Jun 09, Lieutenant General)
Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan (Jun 09-Present, General)

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS DATE GRADE
Army Special Operations Action Officer, J3, Joint Special Operations Command, OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia (Jun 90-Mar 91, Major)

Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Kuwait, Camp Doha, Kuwait (Apr 01-Jun 01, Brigadier General)
Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force180, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan (May 02-Jul 02, Brigadier General)

Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan (Jun 09- Present, General)

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES:
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Legion of Merit (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Ranger Tab
Special Forces Tab
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge

_________________________________________________________________

Obama Biography:

Birthplace:  Location remains questionable.  Proof of United States Citizenship hasn’t been provided.
Education:  Columbia University, Harvard Law School.  Records never produced, attendance remains questionable.
Military Career:  None
Business Career:  None
Political Career:  Community organizer, Chicago, 1983-86; civil rights attorney, Chicago, 1991-96;
University of Chicago, lecturer, early 1990s-2004; Illinois State Senator, 1996-2005; U.S. Senator, 2005-2008; President 2008-.

____________________________________________________________________

Draw your own conclusions….

The Destruction of Pompeii… a lesson in History!

On August 23, 79 AD, Pompeii looked like any other busy, prosperous city…

People were moving about, trading goods, news, and friendly talk. Three days later, on August 26, all of these sounds had fallen silent, and the place itself had vanished. Almost nothing was seen of Pompeii for more than 1500 years. Now, more than 1900 years later, we are learning more and more about the last days of Pompeii. What happened to Pompeii preserved a treasury of information about life in the ancient Roman Empire.

The Destruction of Pompeii (1 of 6)

(click here to watch pt 2 , pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6)

POMPEII
A Christian Perspective

Copyright © 2001
Michael S. Cole, M.D.

It is my opinion that Pompeii is the most important archeological site anywhere. Almost every other ancient urban site is simply the remains of a ghost town, long ago deserted by its citizens who carried away with them everything of value. Prior to the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii was a thriving city. Then it was buried with so little warning in 79 A.D. that Pompeii was literally frozen in time.

If we want to know details about what life was like in a Roman city during the first century, I think by studying Pompeii we can get the very best perspective with the least speculation. We can understand how the privileged rich man and the ordinary slave lived from day to day in the Roman Empire during the time when

Christianity was beginning to spread throughout the Mediterranean. A better understanding of life in Pompeii, a city with both Roman and Greek influence, can help us to better understand many of the writings of the New Testament.

Thanks to the United States Navy, I was stationed near Pompeii in the mid-1980’s. My wife Jeannie and I visited the ruins of that ancient city many times. Our first tour was conducted by Tony d’Ambrosio, then a professor of archeology at the University of Naples, now the director of excavation at Pompei. After studying everything I could find about Pompeii, I served as an amateur guide for many friends and relatives.

The slide show and commentary provided here will give you a glimpse of what you would see and learn if I could personally escort you around the streets, villas, temples, theaters, baths, shops, and forum of Pompeii. As a bonus, I’ve also included photos of many items from the National Archeological Museum of Naples where most of the treasures of Pompeii are housed. If you’re interested, you should check out some of the many books and Web sites from which you can learn lots more than I’ll be sharing with you here.

If you’re planning to visit Pompeii, perhaps this virtual tour will help prepare you for what you will experience there. If you’ve already been to Pompeii, maybe you’ll learn something new from my perspectives. If you’re likely to never make it to see Pompeii for yourself, I truly hope your time spent at this Web site will educate, enlighten, and inspire you.

Click here to take a virtual tour of the city


There is also an interesting devotional message from Worthy Ministries below on the subject of Pompeii, that I think you will enjoy reading.

There is a lot, I believe, for us to learn about this ancient city of Pompeii and its people. Even as the devotional message (below) points out, in how there was a woman, who along with everyone else was frozen in time by the burning magma flood that consumed their lives; in how this one woman was found clutching her jewels and was trying to take them with her.

You know there is much talk today about how the United States, having so far failed to learned from history, is on the verge of repeating it; and along with this analogy the comparison is often made comparing us with the ancient Roman Empire; which as we understand from history did not topple due to any opposing armies from without; but it toppled from within, due the internal greed and corruption of its leadership, and the overall lasciviousness, debauchery, and sin of its people… in a nation who had forsaken the Lord God of Creation.

What history doesn’t record is the longsuffering of a loving God, whom I am sure made every effort to sway the citizens of this ancient Roman city from their ways, and all apparently to no avail.

Listen to what God says in the Book of Romans about such a people:

Romans 1:8-32

8 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.


24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen

26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.


28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[c] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,[d] unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

What I do know, however, is all that the Lord is doing here in the United States today, in order to try and get our attention; but I wager you that much the same attitude that was seen in the days of Noah, and also I believe this was true of Ancient Rome as well, where the Bible records that in spite of Noah’s warnings (as the Bible says he preached for 100 years) of a coming and impending disaster, that in spite of these warnings the people carried on business as usual, and were much too busy buying and selling and giving in marriage, and all the normal every day affairs of their lives, to give God any consideration. And that was a BIG mistake, as it is also for us today!!!

And by the way, Jesus warns us that as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be when He returns.

I can only hope and pray that same history is not repeated here in America; but I can also see that our time is running short; and such as it is, there are signs a plenty all around us, in both nature and in the sad state of our economy; not to mention the state of our crumbling, corrupt, and ill managed government, which we have today, which I am sure is not that different from the Roman government of ancient history.

God’s instructions for a people who are faced with God’s judgment, as we are today in America, is very clear. In that the responsibility for our government, and God’s impending judgment upon it, does not fall to the unbelievers, the atheists, and agnostics, who are in virtual control today of every level of our society, our media, our government and our culture; but the Bible makes it very clear that the responsibility of whether our nation is turned back to God, or whether we are judged, falls to the believers, the Christians… of those who are called by God’s name!

Read it for yourself in 2 Chronicles 7:14 – If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

Let us here in America follow the instructions given us in our Operations Manual (the Bible), and let us continue to watch and pray, and let us also be about our Father’s business too, which is to be a witness to this lost world, in all those souls who are all around us, who don’t yet have a clue what future awaits them if they turn away from and forsake the Lord their God, and turn away from the Saviour of the World, Jesus Christ! Selah

Shalom,

Skip Barland


From: Worthy Ministries
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 2:30 AM
To: skip810usa@yahoo.com
Subject: Worthy Brief – 7/6/2010

The volcano waiting to erupt!

1 Timothy 6:6-10 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.


As I write, it seems the prevailing concern among people everywhere is — what’s going on with the economy?
People are watching their wealth dissipating and dwindling away.
Reflecting on these material losses reminds me of a story about a lady who perished in Pompeii in the first century.

Pompeii was a flourishing city in Southern Italy until 79 AD.

Suddenly, for two days Mt. Vesuvius erupted and completely destroyed Pompeii in all its pomp.

The city was covered in meters of ash and pumice for 1700 years until it was accidentally discovered in 1748.

When archaeologists began excavations in 1910 they uncovered a petrified woman clutching some of the finest jewelry ever recovered from the ancient world.

She was apparently attempting to flee the doomed city, and in her haste, holding desperately onto her valuable possessions — she lost her life.

During its time Pompeii was a magnificent city, yet it’s destiny was destruction by a nearby volcano –- and so it is with our world today.

There’s so much beauty on our planet earth –- yet its destiny is certain!

The day is soon coming when it’s elements will be destroyed with fire, the earth and everything in it, laid bare, [2 Peter 3:10] –- and our earthly possessions will not come with us into glory, (only what we have done with them).

As the Apostle Paul said, we came into this world with nothing — and when we leave this world, we take nothing with us.

We can make the mistake of holding too dearly onto our earthly possessions, making them our “treasure”, (rather than storing treasure where moth and rust do not corrode etc.) — but this is a costly error, as illustrated by our “petrified lady.”

Instead, let’s remind ourselves that we are stewards of God’s possessions, responsible to use them with His interests in mind, to further His Kingdom with the things He has entrusted to us.

With so much work to be done, let’s never allow our earthly possessions to petrify us with greed or fear thus preventing the eternal work we were preordained for, and stealing our eternal rewards.

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah

Negev Desert, Israel
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GOD WILL MAKE A WAY… See the Lord raise a baby girl out of a coma on live camera!!!

“All things are possible, if you can believe!!!”

How can you not love a God like this?

Rest assured that God will also make a way for you too…


The Miracle Baby at River Church in Durham, NC
by Jonathan Daoana (videos) – 9:57

This is the story of an 8-month old baby who has been in COMA since she was 2 months. It was caused by a violent shaking of the baby by her babysitter.

Against doctors’ orders her mom took her out of the hospital just to bring her to church on a December day even only for a few hours.

All that her mom had was faith. All the people had to do was believe. All that the baby had to do was be healed.

Watch it and see what God can do even FOR YOU.

~ Jonathan Jay Daoana (Masters Commission GCF Dagupan)

Our God is a God of miracles, and yet how many of His children doubt and are in unbelief.

One of the major signs that the Apostle Paul said would be common in the Last Days, before Jesus returns to earth, he said that Many would have a form of religion and would acknowledge a belief in God, but would nevertheless deny the power!
(see 2 Timothy 3:5)

Times have not changed very much from the days of Christ, where it says that Jesus went unto His own hometown and there He couldn’t do very much in the way of miracles, except that he healed a few sick folks… and why? The Bible says it was because of their unbelief!

Now if the Living Son of God, who is Himself God incarnate (in the flesh) cannot overcome unbelief in His people, I’m sure also that we can’t either.

Folks, it is never a matter that God doesn’t want to perform miracles in our life, for truly what we call the “Supernatural” is very natural and ordinary for God; and it should also be for us.

What we need to do is start acting like we believe the Promises of God’s Word, and start confessing them with our mouth, and finally begin to thank God for answered prayer before there is any tangible evidence of it… all of this is what the Bible instructs us to do, by the way.

It isn’t necessary that we believe in our mind, or our intellect… only in our heart (our spirit man)… as the Bible says: Believe with your heart and confess with your mouth, and you shall be saved! Selah

So whatever needs you are facing today, and I don’t care what it is, if you can find a promise in God’s Word addressing your need, then you can know it’s God’s will for you to have your miracle… and in Jesus Name, believe for your miracle! Selah and Amen

Shalom,

Skip Barland


PROTECTING OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS… it’s about protecting your families!!!


Gun control is not about guns; it’s about control!

PEOPLE ASK  WHY?
Why carry a gun?

My old grandpa said to me “Son, there comes a time in every man’s life when he stops bustin’ knuckles and starts bustin’ caps and usually it’s when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin’.”

  • I don’t carry a gun to kill people.
    I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

  • I don’t carry a gun to scare people.
    I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

  • I don’t carry a gun because I’m paranoid.
    I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

  • I don’t carry a gun because I’m evil.
    I carry a gun  because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

  • I don’t carry a gun because I hate the government.
    I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

  • I don’t carry a gun because I’m angry.
    I carry a gun so that I don’t have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

  • I don’t carry a gun because I want to shoot someone.
    I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

  • I don’t carry a gun because I’m a cowboy.
    I carry a gun because, when I die and go to Heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

  • I don’t carry a gun to make me feel like a man.
    I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

  • I don’t carry a gun because I feel inadequate.
    I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

  • I don’t carry a gun because I love it.
    I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

Police protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from crime; they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

Personally, I carry a gun because I’m too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin’.

— author unknown (but obviously brilliant)


A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
(There were several types of exterminations during the early Communist years under Mao.)
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control:  56 million.

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Early 2000s:  England & Australia got gun control, causing crime to soar, especially against senior citizens.

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You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are “citizens”.  Without them, we are “subjects”.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, please spread this anti gun-control message to all of your friends.

The purpose of fighting is to win.
There is no possible victory in defense.
The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either.
The final weapon is the brain.
All else is supplemental.

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!
SWITZERLAND’S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE.  (They have a militia, rather than a standing army.)
SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!


IT’S A NO-BRAINER!
DON’T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.

I’m a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment!
If you are too, please forward.


My thanks to John today, for forwarding me the above letter from the anonymous grandpa.

I think if there is any one major sign that our liberty and our society and freedom in general, as a people (as we have come to enjoy it), are at serious risk today, it is how nobody any longer is responsible for themselves, and how people are always looking to others to be responsible for them.

That was most certainly not the mindset of our founding fathers; and that my friend is also a sure sign of a nation that is about to be taken over by their government!

We live in a very violent and dangerous world today, and it’s getting worse by the minute, in case you haven’t noticed; and haven’t been watching the evening news!

The people who have this idea that the way to defend our country is to lay down our arms, so that our enemy’s won’t feel threaten by us, are not only naive, but they are very stupid… and some of these people are leading our government today!

It is not guns that are evil, it is the people who sometimes use them; and it makes about as much sense to say let’s eliminate the public’s access to guns in order to control crime… thereby leaving only the criminal element armed and leaving us citizens defenseless… as it does to say let’s make cars illegal as a means to eliminate all the many deaths each year that are caused by drunk drivers… what does the one have to do with the other?

This whole issue about gun control is about BIG government controlling us; and as the woman in the video pointed out, our forefathers gave us the Second Amendment to protect us from people in Government who would take our liberty from us!

I pray that the people in our nation wake up and see what’s going on; and also that we as a people will once again begin to take on and find some of that courage and pioneer spirit, that caused our forefathers to take risks, and brave the wilderness, and forage a way for themselves and their families, to find a better life; and who also fought a Revolutionary war against Mother England, and were forced to fight for what they believed in. This freedom and this liberty that so many today take for granted, did not come without a cost!

And lastly, but certainly the most important of all… I pray that our nation will once again become ONE NATION UNDER GOD; or as Ronald Reagan once said, “Or we will surely become one nation that has gone under!”

May God Bless America… and may Christians continue to watch and pray for our fair country… in Jesus name. Amen

Shalom,

Skip Barland