JESUS CHRIST… don’t leave home without Him!!!

Though the gift of Salvation comes to each of us without charge, and is a free gift to those who are saved; it nevertheless did not come cheap, God the Father gave us His very best when He gave us His only begotten Son; and God the Son, Jesus, gave His All!

God is not willing that ANY should perish and go out into eternity, without a Savior; but that is our decision to make. God has already paid the price to make it possible, and has reserved a place, and prepared a mansion for each one of his lost children; but the question is, how many will heed the call and will accept God’s invitation?

But make no mistake, what follows is God’s will for ALL mankind!



There are many people today who are religious, having had some sort of church background, and having attended Sunday school as a child, they would be quick to say, if asked… of course I am a Christian.

After all, I was baptized as an infant; I went through conformation class, and received my First Communion; or have fulfilled some such church requirement that varies according to what the label is on the church door.

I know because I was once such a “Christian;” and the reason for the quotes is because I later found out that I was only a nominal Christian, meaning in name only.

Having never truly studied the Bible, I had no idea what it had to say about being a Christian; but I was putting my trust in my church denomination.

I even stopped going to church after my First Communion, because I thought I had fulfilled all the requirements… and boy was I wrong!

Today’s religion cheapens Christianity, and has reduced it to following a certain set of man made rules; and having fulfilled any number of man made requirements; but as we read our Bible we get a much different picture of what Christianity is!

In fact, as we look to scripture, we soon find that Christianity is not a religion at all; but it is a relationship, or marriage, between Christ and each individual in His Church; which by the way, is not the building you meet in on Sundays, or on holidays; and nor is it your particular flavor or denomination either; but to be a Christian means that you are a member and a part of the body of Christ.

I don’t know how many of you reading this saw the Passion of the Christ movie; but I can tell you that as hard as that movie was to watch because of its brutal reality and realism; I can tell you this that what Christ suffered was far worst, and far more brutal!

Now does it make sense that He would go through all of that just so we can attend church on Sundays, and the holidays of our choosing, and think by making an appearance every now and again, that we are a Christian? I think not!

So least we miss out and end up departing this life with this sort of delusion; let us just take a moment to listen and see what Jesus had to say on this subject:

Luke 14:15-35

A Story about a Big Banquet

15 One of those at the table with Jesus heard these things and said to him, “Blessed are the people who will share in the meal in God’s kingdom.”

16 Jesus said to him, “A man gave a big banquet and invited many people. 17 When it was time to eat, the man sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come. Everything is ready.’

18 “But all the guests made excuses.

The first one said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go look at it. Please excuse me.’

19 Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen; I must go and try them. Please excuse me.’

20 A third person said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come.’

21 So the servant returned and told his master what had happened. Then the master became angry and said, ‘Go at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

22 Later the servant said to him, ‘Master, I did what you commanded, but we still have room.’

23 The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes, and urge the people there to come so my house will be full.

24 I tell you, none of those whom I invited first will eat with me.’ ”

The Cost of Being Jesus’ Follower

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and said to them:

26 “If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.

27 Whoever is not willing to carry his cross and follow me cannot be my follower.

28 If you want to build a tower, you first sit down and decide how much it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job.29 If you don’t, you might lay the foundation, but you would not be able to finish. Then all who would see it would make fun of you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build but was not able to finish.’

31 “If a king is going to fight another king, then first he will sit down and make a plan.

He will decide if he and his ten thousand soldiers can defeat the other king who has twenty thousand soldiers.

32 If he can’t, then while the other king is still far away, he will send some people to speak to him and ask for peace.

3 In the same way, you must give up everything you have to be my follower.”

And here’s another scripture that should give you an idea of what God is looking for:

Matthew 16:24-27

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.”

The paradox of Christianity is that even though it is a free gift, in that you cannot earn it, unless of course you happened to have lived an absolute sinless life, and are prefect; and there is only one who was perfect, and that was Jesus Christ; but nevertheless, the paradox is there is a cost involved!

As we just read in the above Parable, about the wedding banquet; the invitations went out; and yet not every one who was invited came.

They had other more important things (in their mind anyway) to do, like live their lives as they want.

Unfortuately there are many people like that who are in for a rude awakening after they die!

Each one of those people, the Bible says, will have to answer for their own sins, and they won’t have a Saviour.

And that’s regardless of how many Sundays they attended church; or how many holidays; or how many religious rituals and requirements that they fulfilled; or how good they think they were… none of these things will even get them in the front door!

Here’s the deal, and here is the situation, according to what the Bible says, that every individual today finds him/or herself in:

Why We Need Salvation?

Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

We must recognize that we are ALL sinners and that none of us meet God’s perfect standards.

Sin is serious in God’s sight and includes thoughts, words and actions.

All sin (i.e. hatred and lust) makes us sinners not just the big, obvious sins like murder and adultery… (Romans 5:12).

We can’t save ourselves!

Romans 3:10: “As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one.”

No one can earn right standing with God. We must understand that our good deeds or religion are unacceptable to God because our good works cannot cancel out our sin. For a view of man’s sinful condition, read Romans 3:10-18.

What is the Penalty for Sin?

Romans 6:23a: “For the wages of sin is death.”

God’s holiness demands a penalty (consequence) for our sin, which is death.

Eternal death is separation from God forever in Hell.

God is a just God, and He demands punishment for every sin.

Justice is getting what we deserve, and because of our sin, we each deserve death.

So what is God’s solution to this dilemma?

Romans 5:8: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

God sent His Son Jesus Christ to pay the penalty for our sin by dying on the cross.

God is a God of mercy and He sent Jesus to take our sin upon Himself and the punishment we deserve.

Mercy is not getting what we deserve, we deserve death, and Jesus took our place.

God’s Promise of Eternal Life

Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Eternal life is a free gift from God, there is nothing we can do to earn eternal life.

Grace is getting what we don’t deserve. Because of God’s amazing grace,

He has given us eternal life through Jesus Christ!

Man’s Responsibility:

Romans 10:9-10: “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”

We must believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God; who died for us on the cross; rose from the dead, and is Lord.

We must put our trust in Jesus alone to make us right with God.

Salvation involves believing in our hearts (inward belief) and an outward confession that Jesus is Lord.

Romans 10:13: “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.“

There is no complicated formula to salvation; Jesus paid the price of our sin for us.

Our response is to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

If we do, we will be saved from eternal death in Hell, to eternal life in Heaven.

Since no man knows the day and time of his departure from this earth; and since tomorrow is not guaranteed to any of us; it is most important that, if you haven’t made your peace with God, that you do so!

So if you have more questions, or want more information on this very important subject, please check this website out: http://needhim.org/.

JESUS CHRIST… don’t leave home without Him!

Shalom,

Skip Barland



We all are called to prayer… which is unending communion with God!

If we will make the time to pray,

then God will make time to listen!

John 17
Jesus Prays for His Followers

1 After Jesus said these things, he looked toward heaven and prayed, “Father, the time has come. Give glory to your Son so that the Son can give glory to you. 2 You gave the Son power over all people so that the Son could give eternal life to all those you gave him.3 And this is eternal life: that people know you, the only true God, and that they know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.

4 Having finished the work you gave me to do, I brought you glory on earth. 5 And now, Father, give me glory with you; give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

6 “I showed what you are like to those you gave me from the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your teaching. 7

Now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.8 I gave them the teachings you gave me, and they accepted them. They knew that I truly came from you, and they believed that you sent me.9 I am praying for them.

I am not praying for people in the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours.10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And my glory is shown through them.

11 I am coming to you; I will not stay in the world any longer. But they are still in the world. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they will be one, just as you and I are one.

12 While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and only one of them, the one worthy of destruction, was lost so that the Scripture would come true.

13 “I am coming to you now. But I pray these things while I am still in the world so that these followers can have all of my joy in them.

14 I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them, because they don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.

15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world but to keep them safe from the Evil One.16 They don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.17

Make them ready for your service through your truth; your teaching is truth.18 I have sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world. 19 For their sake, I am making myself ready to serve so that they can be ready for their service of the truth.

20 “I pray for these followers, but I am also praying for all those who will believe in me because of their teaching.

21 Father, I pray that they can be one. As you are in me and I am in you, I pray that they can also be one in us. Then the world will believe that you sent me.

22 I have given these people the glory that you gave me so that they can be one, just as you and I are one. 23 I will be in them and you will be in me so that they will be completely one. Then the world will know that you sent me and that you loved them just as much as you loved me.

24 “Father, I want these people that you gave me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.

25 Father, you are the One who is good. The world does not know you, but I know you, and these people know you sent me.

26 I showed them what you are like, and I will show them again. Then they will have the same love that you have for me, and I will live in them.”

It seem to me that prayer is not just talking to God, advising him of our needs, and seeking after our provisions and wants.

Jesus in Matthew 6:25-34, makes it very clear that we are NOT TO WORRY, and we are not to be as the pagans and unbelievers are, who consume their lives and are always preoccupied with such things, as what to wear, what to eat, or where we live; but rather Jesus said for us to FIRST seek the Kingdom of Heaven, and His righteousness; and then ALL of these other things, these necessities of life, will be added unto us.

He goes on to say for us to give our entire attention to what God is doing right now, in this present moment, in what is called today; and for us not to get worked up and fret over tomorrow’s problems; about what may or may not happen tomorrow!

Jesus promises that God will help us deal with whatever hard things come up in our future, when the time comes… and for us to just deal with the present, with what we have on our plate today.

So prayer is what we are created for, because prayer is our having communion with our Creator, unending communion, which can happen only as we learn to abide in Him… even as John records in his Gospel, where Jesus said for us to remain attached to the Vine.

As I understand scripture, I learn that we were created for God’s pleasure, and not the other way around, as the world would have you to believe. The world certainly doesn’t revolve around us; but nevertheless, God has given us, who are in sync with Him, a position of dominion in the earth.

Prayer is also not so much us talking to God, as it is more about our being still and listening for God to speak to us.

All too often, especially in today’s hurried and rushed pace environment, where everyone is rushing to get somewhere, only to turn around and start over tomorrow. That is not what life is to be about.

In fact the Bible teaches that God exists outside of time and space, as we know it.

He made both time and space for our benefit; but eternity is not a long time; but it is the absence of time all together, and space too… as we understand it!

Consequently God ONLY exists in the NOW, and is only available for us to have communion with Him in the space of this present moment; and yet all too often our minds are worried and fretting over something we fear will happen tomorrow; or we’re regretting and grieving over something that happened in our past; and if our mind is in any one of those two places, then we are missing God completely… because God can only be accessed in the present moment! Selah

That’s why my favorite scripture is in Psalms 46:10, where we are told to “Be still and know that I AM is God!”

Even in this scripture is the name of God that was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai; which speaks of this very thing.

As Jesus is our example in all things, the Bible says that He ONLY did what He saw the Father do; and He only spoke what He heard the Father speak. In other words, Jesus was always in perfect sync with the Father.

He never took any rabbit trails and went off and did His own thing, as we do all the time, because it is in our nature to do so; and mind you, that predisposition for that behavior, which we ALL have, is exactly what sin is, because it goes crosswise with God’s original plan and purpose for our life.

But as the scripture says, we all like sheep have gone astray, but the Lord has laid on him, Jesus, the inequity of us all!

So prayer is about hanging out and being with Jesus, and learning to listen to and be lead of the Holy Spirit!

Therein ends today’s lesson. 🙂

Shalom,

Skip Barland


Lying is just business as usual, in both Islam, and our government!


Yeah right!!!

I certainly agree with Senator Lieberman; but I feel he is falling way short of what is the truth, and is being too kind.

I maintain that Obama is either living a lie; and is either grossly misinformed, having been taken, and deceived, mostly by his own ambition and greed; or he is a willing accomplice to the biggest conspiracy ever, in our nation’s history; to both undermine and circumvent both our Republic and our Constitution! And to be truthful, I think he is way too smart a man to be taken advantage of, so that leaves only the latter!

Certainly the man knows the difference between a lie and the truth, and so far he has spent his whole political career doing nothing, but lying!

Need I remind you that under the Islamic culture, it is perfectly permissible to sign a contract and/or lie to your enemy, knowing you are going to break your word, as long as by doing so you are putting your enemy at a disadvantage; and are at the same time serving your cause.

Old man Rockefeller was once asked how much is enough money? And his answer was, “Just a little bit more!”

Well these self appointed demigod bankers, headed by the Rothschild International Banking Cartel, these are the ones behind Obama, who pull his strings, along with others within our government; and these are the ones who are the true power brokers and puppet masters of the world, and they have been for years.

They already have all the money in the world, as it is, and still they won’t be satisfied, until they can squeeze even more, and further enslave the people of the world, as already has happened here in our country (and I hate to be the one to inform you of this); but that has been the current state of affairs here in the U.S. ever since 1871!

The reason why Obama won’t declare war on the Islamic terrorists, aside from the fact that he has already said he would never do so; but even aside from that, I believe he has already made it very clear that he is himself Islamic, in both his faith and convictions.

Certainly he is NOT a Christian!

If the American people would ever wake up, and see how they have been lied to and taken advantage of by these Bankers, and by our politicians who have sided with them, I don’t think they would stand for it, even for one more minute.

Obama needs to be saved, and he needs our prayers, that’s for sure… but he also needs to get out of the White House, as he is not what he has represented himself to be, not at all!

So anyway, that’s my rebuttal, my response, and my soap box speech all wrapped up in one!

Shalom,

Skip Barland


From: Newsmax.com [mailto:newsmax@reply.newsmax.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:11 PM
To: theskipper@cox.net
Subject: Lieberman Slams Obama on Radical Islam Silence


Lieberman: Obama Wrong on Radical Islam

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:36 AM

By: Jim Meyers

The new National Security Strategy released by the Obama White House last month refuses to recognize that our nation is at war with violent Islamist extremism, according to Sen. Joseph Lieberman.

The Independent Democrat from Connecticut writes in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that the 2006 National Security Strategy correctly identified America’s enemy as transnational terrorists who “exploit the proud religion of Islam to serve a violent political vision.” The new Security Strategy omits that statement.

The administration is wrong to eschew those words and the term “violent Islamist extremism” and instead use “violent extremism,” which is too broad and includes elements that are not at war with the U.S., Lieberman notes.

Administration officials would argue that the term “violent Islamist extremism” bolsters our enemy’s propaganda assertion that the West is at war with Islam, but that logic is “completely unsound,” Lieberman declares.

“Muslims in fact understand better than anyone else the enormous difference between their faith and the terrorist political ideology that has exploited it . . .
“We must encourage and empower the non-violent Muslim majority to raise their voices to condemn the Islamist extremist ideology as a desecration of Islam.”

The White House is also wrong to identify America’s enemy in the war on terror as simply al-Qaida and its affiliates, Lieberman states.

“Defining the enemy by reference to al-Qaida implies that this war in primarily about destroying an organization, rather than defeating a broader political ideology. This war will not end when al-Qaida has been vanquished . . . but only when the ideology of violent Islamist extremism that inspires and predates it is decisively rejected. That ideology motivates many other groups and individuals . . .

“We must recognize the nature of the fight we are in, not paper it over.”

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Learning to fly by instruments, and not by sight, sense, or feelings…


God is teaching us to spread our wings and fly…

as we’re learning to fly by Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)

by FAITH and not by sight


God’s Word

a Lamp unto my feet!


I will always remember the lesson my dad taught me as a boy. You see, my dad was a former fighter pilot, who flew P-51 Mustangs on bomber escort missions, with the Tuskegee Airmen over in Italy, during WWII.

He said that the hardest part of flight training, for him, was to learn to fly a plane by Instrument Flight Rules; where you have to disengage something you have trusted, and have been trained and condition to trust all of your life, and that is your feelings.

Instead, you have to disengage your feelings, and make yourself trust those little dials in front of you; that what they are telling you is true, in spite of the fact that your feelings are screaming at you the exact opposite.

You see if you are flying a plane in the soup, in inclimate weather, or in a fog, where you can no longer see the horizon, or have any visual reference points, and with all the G’s that are being exerted on your body, it is impossible for you to know what the attitude is of your plane. In fact, under those circumstances you could be flying upside down and not even know it!

He said that your feelings will scream at you to pull up or bank to the right or left; but that if you do any of those things, and ignore your only accurate reference point, which are those dials in front of you, then you will surely die!

When I later became a Christian, the analogy was amazing, and it hit me right between the eyes; because as Christians, we are asked to do the same thing, when we have lost our reference points.

When we can no longer see nor understand, and can no longer find our way in the natural, we too have to force ourselves to go against the grain of what we have always trusted, and we have to also learn to place our faith in our instruments, which is God’s Word… for we no longer live by sight, in what we see and feel, but we live by faith in the promises of God’s Word!

Also, as with the example with the pilot in inclimate weather, if you have never been trained to disengage your senses, and have had actual flight time doing so, either in a flight simulator, or with a flight instructor; if you haven’t ever had the actual experience of being in that situation, where you no longer have any natural reference points to rely upon, then the chances are, if you are ever caught in a real life situation, and have to choose between your feelings and those dials, you will most likely elect to trust what you have always known, and are familiar with… and again, you will die!

So if you are struggling with problems today, and cannot see your way through, and you have seemingly lost your way in the natural… understand that God is testing you, and He’s trying to teach you to fly, not by sight, but by trusting your instruments. Selah

In the following message, from Francis Frangipane, he also touches on this same subject, about finding your way in the dark.

Shalom,

Skip Barland



From: David
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:00 AM
To: Undisclosed
Subject: Francis Frangipane

I thought you might enjoy this …David

Francis Frangipane:

Expect to See God’s Glory!

Light Shines in the Darkness

It is not enough to know God exists. If we will live in the awareness of the heavenly, we must be freed from the boundaries of the earthly.

To awaken faith, the Holy Spirit will take us through times when the presence of God cannot be clearly discerned. The Lord’s goal during these times is to bring to maturity our spiritual senses.

Therefore, do not accept that God has permanently hidden Himself from you, though during trials it may seem so. He is teaching us to see in the dark and to hear in the silence. He is making Himself known to our inner man so that, regardless of outer circumstances, we can continually be led by His Spirit.

To see God, beloved, it is imperative that our vision become spiritual and not just sensory.

To hear God, we must learn to tune out the clamor of our fears and earthly desires.

The outcome of this inner spiritual working is an increasing perception that nothing is impossible for God. The time of darkness, though it comes as an enemy, actually compels us to seek God more earnestly; we learn to even more revere God’s light.

Never mistake temporary darkness for permanent blindness, for today’s training is the very process that opens us to see God’s glory.

Ultimately, we will discover the truth of what Isaiah wrote, that “the whole earth is full of [God’s] glory” (Isaiah 6:3).

Lord, Open Our Eyes!

Did not Moses endure “as seeing Him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27 KJV)?

Indeed, the Bible was written by individuals who actually beheld the glory of God. To see the glory of God is our call as well. Our spiritual vision is not an imaginary device of the mind, but that which comes from the living union of the Holy Spirit with our hearts.

Did not our Lord promise that the “pure in heart . . . shall see God” (Matthew 5:8)? And is it not reasonable to expect that, if Christ truly dwells within us, we ought to perceive life with unveiled minds? Just as it is written,

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).

Yes, if we remove the veils of sin, shame and self-absorption, if we persist in seeking God, staying focused upon His Spirit and Word, we should expect to see the glory of the Lord.

Such open perception is Biblical and should be pursued! Yet there are those who say access to greater spiritual realities is a false hope and a heresy. I say, beware of the leaven of the unbelieving Christian. For such people would have you accept religion without vision as though to see God’s glory was sin.

Consider how many in the Bible actually saw the glory of the Lord: Abraham saw the Christ’s glory while he was in Mesopotamia.

Isaiah beheld Him in the year King Uzziah died.

Ezekiel fell before the Living One by the river Chebar.

David, Habakkuk, Solomon, and Zechariah all saw the glory of the Lord (Acts 7:2; Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 3:23; 2 Samuel 6:2; Habakkuk 3:3; 2 Chronicles 7:1; Zechariah 1:8).

Moses beheld Him, then Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy Hebrew elders as well.

Exodus tells us these men actually “saw the God of Israel.” The Bible describes this incredible scene, saying that “under [God’s] feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself “ (Exodus 24:10). The concluding thought is staggering; it reads, “And they saw God, and they ate and drank” (Exodus 24:11).

Think of it: They beheld God! Could anything be more wonderful? Is there not a jealousy within you for that experience—to actually gaze upon the God of Israel?

Be assured, to behold the Lord’s glory is not only Scriptural but typical, especially during the pivotal decades between ages (which is where we are today). The fact is, over six million Israelites saw God’s glory on Mount Sinai.

Young men, old women, and little children—people of every age and physical condition—all saw “the glory of the Lord [as it] rested on Mount Sinai.” These same people actually “heard the voice of God” speaking to them (Deuteronomy 4:33)!

Yet, that unveiling of glory did not stop at Sinai. The entire Hebrew nation followed a cloud of glory by day and was illuminated by a blazing pillar of fire-like glory at night. This happened not just once or twice but every day for forty years! How much more shall the Lord of glory manifest Himself to us at the end of the age?

If you are a God-seeker, except for times of darkness when the Spirit refines your spiritual senses, you should expect to see the glory of God! There should be an anticipation that, any day now—as you enter your prayer room or go for a walk, or in a dream—the Spirit of God is going to appear to you in some marvelous and life-changing way.

Francis Frangipane
Ministries of Francis Frangipane
Email: francis1@frangipane.org

Our enemy, the devil, is already defeated!!!

We each need to understand this…

That Satan and all his minions have been defeated at Calvary’s Cross!

Colossians 2:15:

“Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”

The Serpent, the Devil, is Already Defeated!

Jesus once said something concerning Satan’s fall from heaven that will help us understand how much power Satan has in comparison to our omnipotent God:

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning” (Luke 10:17-18).

When Jesus sent out seventy of His disciples to preach and heal, they returned exuberantly to report that even the demons were subject to them in His name.

They should not have been so surprised, however. Jesus informed them that in His preincarnate state, He had witnessed a very revealing demonstration of the Father’s supreme power over Satan: When the all-powerful God decreed Satan’s expulsion from heaven, Satan could not resist.

Jesus chose the metaphor, like lightning, to emphasize the speed with which Satan fell. He fell, not like molasses, but like lightning. He didn’t fall like a leaf from a tree or a rock from a cliff. Oh no. Satan was in heaven one second, and in the next—BOOM!—he was gone!

~ Norm Rasmussen, Director, Precious Testimonies

Dear God,

We are living in a world today that is in desperate need of a shepherd; for we have all drifted and have strayed away from your path; from your laws, and from the requirements of your Word.

Many in the church have grown weak and anemic, having removed themselves form a daily, moment by moment, reliance upon the leading of your Holy Spirit.

Many have tried to serve you, and as is the subject of this article (below), having not the power of the Holy Spirit; having denied the power, and miracles in these days; they have gone out in fear, fearful of an already defeated enemy.

Lord, deliver us from evil, and restore to your church the victory and power that is already ours; which has been robbed from us, through the intimidation, lies, and deceit of the enemy; help us to live in that victory that is already ours, that has already been paid for in full, through the Blood of our Saviour, Jesus Christ!

In His precious Name we pray. Amen

Shalom,

Skip Barland


2 Timothy 2:3-5

“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier
of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs
of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

From: Charisma [mailto:info@strang.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:03 AM
To: theskipper@cox.net
Subject: Prophetic Insight: Removing the Head of the Serpent

Removing the Head of the Serpent

Kay Winters

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:00 AM EDT

Recently I had a prophetic experience that clearly portrayed the condition of the church in America. My husband and I take evening walks that sometimes bring us through affluent neighborhoods. We enjoy viewing luxury homes with their beautiful waterfalls and fountains. Sometimes I venture to curiously peer into the backyards of these homes, finding exquisite pools, sports courts, fireplaces, and landscaping that reminds me of a Thomas Kincaid painting.

As we were enjoying our walk one evening, my husband suddenly blurted out, “Snake!” After jumping in the opposite direction, I saw a three-foot-long rattlesnake about a foot away from where we had been walking.

Having been raised on a farm in Georgia, I am familiar with the behavior of snakes, especially poisonous vipers. Snakes react to ground vibration, so I was mystified about why the snake was not hissing or coiling to strike us. To our surprise, the snake ignored us and slowly slithered in the opposite direction. He seemed to be right “at home” in the landscape of the neighborhood.

We decided to alert the homeowner regarding the snake. I rang the doorbell and was greeted by a man in his 40s. I said, “Sir, there is a rattlesnake in your front yard. Perhaps you might want to dispose of him.” He froze and didn’t respond. Knowing the snake could quickly escape, I continued, “Sir, this is a neighborhood with lots of children.”

Finally, after another long pause, he replied, “OK, give me a moment.” I could tell he did not want to be bothered, but my last statement provoked him to action. After what seemed like an eternity, the homeowner emerged from his garage with a six-foot pole that had a huge, razor-like blade attached.

I was amazed to see that the rattlesnake was still moving across the landscape at a snail’s pace. The homeowner looked terrified as he cautiously approached the snake from behind. He repeatedly raised his weapon high in the air, practicing his potential strike, yet hesitated to deliver the death blow. Not wanting to embarrass him, I kept silent, but I couldn’t help but think, What is wrong with you? Remove that serpent’s head now!

Serving God or Mammon

At that instant, I realized that the situation with the snake was an analogy for the present condition of the American church. The homeowner represents the church, and the rattlesnake represents Satan.

Sadly, Satan is not intimidated or threatened by the church. In fact, he wanders in and out of the body of Christ often without resistance or consequence. There is no need for Satan to hiss, coil or strike at us because we pose little threat to him. He knows the focus of the church at large is not Christ-centered but self-centered. We have set our hearts on temporal treasures, in lieu of eternity, seeking the hand of God instead of the face of God. Even our ministers have been deceived, considering the size of their congregations, offerings and buildings as the measuring rod for success. A distorted “prosperity” gospel has taught us to use our faith almost exclusively to obtain larger homes, cars and 401K accounts.

Our spiritual eyes have been encrusted with an infection that has distorted our vision. Blinded by materialism, we pursue mammon while Satan lies quietly at our feet. Our pursuit of pleasure has hardened us to not only the cries of the needy but also the whispers of the Holy Spirit. We don’t want to have our routines disrupted in any way. In effect, most of us are wearing a sign that says, “Do not disturb!” We have to be provoked to emerge from our comfort zones to serve at home, at church or in our communities.

Like the church of Laodicea, the American church has been deceived by riches. We are unaware of our spiritual poverty and blindness. As a result, many American Christians unknowingly worship the idol of mammon. In His mercy, the Lord has used the downward spiral of our nation’s economy and monetary system to warn us not to trust in uncertain riches but in Him who freely gives us all things to enjoy (see Rev. 3:15-19; Luke 16:13).

Trampling on Serpents

We are destined to trample on serpents and scorpions, crushing Satan under our feet. However, one key element that enables us to triumph over the works of the devil is the depth of our repentance. Only profound repentance for our spiritual complacency and idolatry will cure our spiritual blindness, enabling us to identify the serpents in our lives. No longer ignorant of Satan’s devices, we can shake the kingdom of darkness, cause Satan to flee and erect a “No trespassing!” sign on the landscape of our lives.

Jesus gave us the power to overcome the enemy. “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19, NKJV).

We must become a generation of snake killers because our battle is against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. As soldiers of the cross, we must exchange our cordial passivity for a violent militancy and remove the heads of the serpents in our lives. Indeed, His power working in us can break any yoke and cut through any chain, and His light in us can overwhelm any depth of darkness.

“For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8).

The snakes we encounter will hiss, coil and strike in fear at the Greater One who lives within us. As we exercise our authority and God-given power, many of these serpents will flee in fear. But what about those serpents who resist and refuse to exit our lives? We must say, “Off with their heads!” (See James 4:7; 1 John 3:8.)

About the author: Kay Winters is co-founder, with her husband, Rob, of Prepare the Way International, an itinerant prophetic ministry based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Winters’ mission is to ignite a spiritual revolution and reformation in America through preaching repentance, prophesying restoration and promoting revival. Kay’s ministry emphasis is identifying and mobilizing intercession against spiritual strongholds that prohibit racial reconciliation, revival and the healing of our land. Today’s Prophetic Insight was adapted from Prepare the Way’s newsletter, The Messenger, and is used by permission. The newsletter is available on the ministry’s Web site www.preparethewayint.com.

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Lies, deceit, and political corruption in today’s politics…


Reports say that US Ordered News Blackout Over

North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig!

Question: Are we being lied to AGAIN, by our elected officials in Washington?

There are alleged reports and allegations that initially began circulating back in May, that this Gulf Oil disaster was the result of sabotage, caused by a North Korean mini sub, out of Venezuela.

So is there a cover up and are we being lied to again?

The answer is yes, according to this article (see below), from The European Union Times; which article also appeared on Congressman Ron Paul’s blog, called the Daily Forum (http://www.dailypaul.com/node/133339).

It is sad to say, but also I fear all too true, that as I have said in the past, lying today among our politicians, and really it has been this way for a long time now, has become standard operating procedure; and need I remind you that these people in Washington are supposed to be there serving our interests, and they should be working for us… so how is it they consistently get away with being the liars, that many of them have proven themselves to be?

Here’s the next question: How do we know whether most politicians are lying or not? The answer: If his or her lips are moving!

You know, as much as I despise what is happening today in Washington DC, nevertheless, this is our government, folks, and the fact is We the People, who represent the electorate of our country, we are the ones who voted these people into office.

And in the case of Barack Hussein Obama, the general public was hoodwinked to the point that they swallowed all the lies, ignored all the red flags and obvious evidence and facts (that were squelched by the media), and elected this man to office anyway.

So who do we blame… but ourselves?

The underlining problem under all of this is the one fact that surfaced during the Clinton Impeachment hearings, when it was said that character was no longer of importance for our elected officials, and that the important thing was the state of our economy. Do you remember that statement?

Question: Was Clinton lying about the Monica Lewinsky scandal; and did he get caught in his lie on national TV, where he perjured himself under oath?

Question: What are the circumstances behind why, allegedly, both Barack Hussein Obama and his wife, Michelle, have either been disbarred from practicing law in Illinois, or as some reports say, had their licenses voluntarily withdrawn, in order to avoid charges of Ethics Violations?

By the way, if these charges are proven to be true; how ironic is it that this same man is currently appointing people to the US Supreme Court, when he himself, according to these allegations, is in violation of the Illinois State Bar and has lost his license to practice law?

By the way, would any of this have anything to do with lack of character? What do you think?

This is what happens when every individual does what is right in his or her own mind, and they no longer have any bases or foundational system for determining what is truly right or wrong; and in today’s political environment such determination is often based on something called “Political Correctness.”

Certainly, as the evidence shows, as well as their corresponding actions and words, unlike our founding fathers, most of our politicians today have denied the Bible as being a foundation for such determination.

So consequently you have this quagmire of indecision and confusion, among these people, on issues that are no brainers for any Bible believing Christian; but nevertheless have eluded many of our politicians today, who are the ones who vote for our laws, and implement legislation that we ALL are forced to live with.

For instance on the issue of Abortion, in how we as a nations have said it is okay for a mother to murder her unwanted unborn child; and these politicians see nothing wrong with the fact that that one law has allowed for the radical and cruel extermination of over 50 Million unborn children, in our country alone, since 1973.

Or you have the issue on which the Bible says is an abomination, regarding the “Gay Agenda,” where now our politicians are deciding whether the definition of marriage should now include marriage between members of the same sex; and whether the homosexual lifestyle should be accepted as normal and natural, and these people be allow to integrate themselves, as practicing homosexuals, in all areas of our society, and even now be allowed to educate our children, and be active in our military.

Folks, need I remind you that Obama supports ALL of these issues; and yet he says he is a Christian! And yet obviously in spite of what are obvious contradictions to what every Christian knows the Bible says, he still was elected to office.

In my mind, all of this speaks to a much more serious problem that we have, here in the United States, whose ramifications are far more serious, to the future of our country, than the election of this one man.

Folks, it is all but apparent that for most of the people in American, there is a serious disconnect between what they accept as normal and natural, and not a problem… and what the Bible says on these issues!

Jesus gave this parable in the Bible, where the question was asked, “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?” (Luke 6:39)

Is this not the situation that we currently have in our country today, where truly the blind are leading the blind; and unless things change quickly, our country is literally going to hell in a hand basket!

Pray for revival, folks, and for a spiritual awakening, for truly that is our ONLY hope as a nation for survival!

Shalom,

Skip Barland




From: David
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:25 PM
To: Undisclosed
Subject: US Orders Blackout Over North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig | EUTimes.net

THE EUROPEAN UNION TIMES

EU Times Online Newspaper


US Orders Blackout Over North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig

Posted by Europe on May 1st, 2010

A grim report circulating in the Kremlin today written by Russia’s Northern Fleet is reporting that the United States has ordered a complete media blackout over North Korea’s torpedoing of the giant Deepwater Horizon oil platform owned by the World’s largest offshore drilling contractor Transocean that was built and financed by South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., that has caused great loss of life, untold billions in economic damage to the South Korean economy, and an environmental catastrophe to the United States.

Most important to understand about this latest attack by North Korea against its South Korean enemy is that under the existing“laws of war” it was a permissible action as they remain in a state of war against each other due to South Korea’s refusal to sign the 1953 Armistice ending the Korean War.

To the attack itself, these reports continue, the North Korean “cargo vessel” Dai Hong Dan believed to be staffed by 17th Sniper Corps “suicide” troops left Cuba’s Empresa Terminales Mambisas de La Habana (Port of Havana) on April 18th whereupon it “severely deviated” from its intended course for Venezuela’s Puerto Cabello bringing it to within 209 kilometers (130 miles) of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform which was located 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast of the US State of Louisiana where it launched an SSC Sang-o Class Mini Submarine (Yugo class) estimated to have an operational range of 321 kilometers (200 miles).

On the night of April 20th the North Korean Mini Submarine manned by these “suicidal” 17th Sniper Corps soldiers attacked the Deepwater Horizon with what are believed to be 2 incendiary torpedoes causing a massive explosion and resulting in 11 workers on this giant oil rig being killed outright.

Barely 48 hours later, on April 22nd, this North Korean Mini Submarine committed its final atrocity by exploding itself directly beneath the Deepwater Horizon causing this $1 Billion oil rig to sink beneath the seas and marking 2010’s celebration of Earth Day with one of the largest environmental catastrophes our World has ever seen.

To the reason for North Korea attacking the Deepwater Horizon, these reports say, was to present US President Obama with an “impossible dilemma” prior to the opening of the United Nations Review Conference of the Parties to the Treat on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) set to begin May 3rd in New York.

This “impossible dilemma” facing Obama is indeed real as the decision he is faced with is either to allow the continuation of this massive oil leak catastrophe to continue for months, or immediately stop it by the only known and proven means possible, the detonation of a thermonuclear device.

Russian Navy atomic experts in these reports state that should Obama choose the “nuclear option” the most viable weapon at his disposal is the United States B83 (Mk-83) strategic thermonuclear bomb having a variable yield (Low Kiloton Range to 1,200 Kilotons) which with its 12 foot length and 18 inch diameter, and weighing just over 2,400 pounds, is readily able to be deployed and detonated by a remote controlled mini-sub.

Should Obama choose the “nuclear option” it appears that he would be supported by the International Court of Justice who on July 8, 1996 issued an advisory opinion on the use of nuclear weapons stating that they could not conclude definitively on these weapons use in “extreme circumstances” or “self defense”.

On the other hand, if Obama chooses the “nuclear option” it would leave the UN’s nuclear conference in shambles with every Nation in the World having oil rigs off their coasts demanding an equal right to atomic weapons to protect their environment from catastrophes too, including Iran.

To whatever decision Obama makes it remains a fact that with each passing hour this environmental catastrophe grows worse. And even though Obama has ordered military SWAT teams to protect other oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico from any further attack, and further ordered that all drilling in the Gulf of Mexico be immediately stopped, this massive oil spill has already reached the shores of America and with high waves and more bad weather forecast the likelihood of it being stopped from destroying thousands of miles of US coastland and wildlife appears unstoppable.

And not just to the environmental catastrophe that is unfolding the only devastation to be wrecked upon the United States and South Korea by this North Korean attack as the economic liabilities associated with this disaster are estimated by these Russian reports to be between $500 Billion to $1.5 Trillion, and which only a declaration of this disaster being an “act of war” would free some the World’s largest corporations from bankruptcy.

Important to note too in all of these events was that this was the second attack by North Korea on its South Korean enemy, and US ally, in a month as we had reported on in our March 28th report titled “Obama Orders ‘Immediate Stand-down’ After Deadly North Korean Attack” and which to date neither the Americans or South Korea have retaliated for and giving one senior North Korean party leader the courage to openly state that the North Korean military took “gratifying revenge” on South Korea.

And for those believing that things couldn’t get worse, they couldn’t be more mistaken as new reports coming from Japanese military sources are stating that North Korea is preparing for new launches of its 1,300 kilometer (807 miles) intermediate range ballistic “Rodong” missile which Russian Space Forces experts state is able to “deploy and detonate” an atomic electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device, and which if detonated high in the atmosphere could effectively destroy the American economy for years, if not decades, to come.

http://www.eutimes.net/2010/05/us-orders-blackout-over-north-korean-torpedoing-of-gulf-of-mexico-oil-rig/


God told Abraham that He will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you!


Obama is seen here Meeting at the White House with the Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas over the Gaza blockade

Are these humanitarian boats, as is reported by the media,

or are they using that as a ruse to sneak arms in?

Here is the Truth, see for yourself:



Here once again, we are being manipulated and managed by what our government and media is telling us, verses what is actually the truth; as you can readily see from the above video.

We had better be very careful, that’s all I can say, because our meddling in these affairs, that only serve to undermine and further exasperate Israel’s sovereignty and security; and pressures them to give more land away for peace… can only work against us!

May God forgive us and help us because we have a severe case of the blind leading the blind, in our nation’s capitol today; and to use a warning from the Bible, if we aren’t careful this administration will cause our entire nation to fall into the ditch.

Let us not repeat this history again:

The Bible says:

“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse” (Genesis 12:3).

“I will also gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land.” (Joel 3:2)

The following is a list of events where the United States went against Israeli interests only to be the victim of tragedy caused by natural disasters here at home.

CORRELATION I:

THE MADRID CONFERENCE (1991) AND BUSH COMPOUND

ACTION: THE MADRID CONFERENCE OF 1991. In this conference, ‘land for peace’ deals were negotiated during George Bush Senior’s presidency, who helped spearhead the conference by creating a list of goals to usher in Middle East peace at the expense of Israel giving up land. This took place in late October 1991.

EFFECT: The Kennebunkport Bush compound was severely damaged in late October 1991 coinciding with the conference.

Even more unusual, the storm that hit the compound with 35 foot waves traveled east to west instead of the normal west to east direction. BUSH COMPOUND. (follow the link to read the article)

CORRELATION II:

THE MADRID CONFERENCE (1992) AND HURRICANE ANDREW

ACTION: The Madrid Conference is moved to Washington D.C. where peace talks continue with the goal to have Israel forfeit land.

ROUND 6 SESSION 1 of the peace talks begin on August 24th.

EFFECT: HURRICANE ANDREW strikes at the same time and was one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history until Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Hurricane Andrew hit and began to ravage Florida (and later the gulf area) on August 24th.


CORRELATION III:

GENEVA (2004) AND CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE

ACTION: Bill Clinton meets with Syrian president el-Assad in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss land negotiations for Israel to give up the GOLAN HEIGHTS. Date: January 16, 1994.

EFFECT: Less than 24 hours later on January 17, 1994, The NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE strikes Southern California:

The earthquake had a “strong” moment magnitude of 6.7, but the ground acceleration was one of the highest ever instrumentally recorded in an urban area in North America. Seventy-two deaths were attributed to the earthquake, with over 9,000 injured.

In addition, the earthquake caused an estimated $20 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.


CORRELATION IV:

WHITE HOUSE MEETING & HURRICANE GEORGE

ACTION: United States Secretary of state Madeline Albright engages in a peace plan that would require Israel to forfeit 13% of its territory. On September 28, 1998, Clinton, Arafat, and Netanyahu meet at the White House to finalize the plans. SOURCE.

EFFECT: HURRICANE GEORGE hit the United States between August 24th and August 28th. It finally dissipates once Arafat leaves the U.S.

Once meetings resumed between the three in Maryland during October 1998 to discuss the same 13% land forfeiture, a series of floods and tornadoes hit Texas so severely that Clinton declares it a disaster area.

CORRELATION V:

PALESTINIAN DECLARATION AND SUPER TORNADOES

ACTION:

May 3, 1999: …On the day that Yasser Arafat is scheduled to declare a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as the capital.

Arafat: We will declare state in May 1999
In a major breach of the Oslo Accords, PLO Authority (PA) chief Yasser Arafat insisted yesterday that, regardless of what happens with the “peace talks”, the PA will declare its independent Palestinian state next year.


EFFECT: 1999 OKLAHOMA TORNADO OUTBREAK

The 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak was a severe weather event that lasted from May 3 until May 6, 1999 and brought violent storms to Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

This article concentrates on the events on May 3, when 66 tornadoes broke out in Oklahoma and Kansas.

The most significant tornado first touched down southwest of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and became an F5 before dissipating over Midwest City, Oklahoma.

The tornado tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma and Moore, Oklahoma, causing $1.1 billion in damage.

Forty-eight people perished during the outbreak; and this tornadic event ranks in severity with the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965.

With a total of 66 tornadoes, it was the most prolific tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history, although not the deadliest.


FURTHER READING & SOURCES

1). Ten Major U.S. Disasters on Dates Significant to Treatment of Israel.

2). America’s anti Israel stance linked to natural disasters.

3). Disasters Relating to Israel’s Covenant Land.

From the way things are currently going, it doesn’t appear that we have learned our lesson.

Shalom,

Skip Barland


Wake up America… our time is running out!!!

Folks, listen up…

This is where our nation is headed, unless those of us who  are called by God’s name, and are Christian, wise up and do some serious praying, and take our country back!

Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild Quote:

“I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the Empire … The man that controls Britain’s money supply controls the British Empire. And I control the money supply.”


In response to this article (see below) that was sent to me yesterday by a friend, I would say the obvious question should be, why on earth would these supposed intelligent men and women, among our political leadership in Washington DC today, be ignoring such an obvious threat to our nation’s sovereignty, not to mention our security and economy, at a time when both are at risk; and why would they even tolerate what is obviously a total breakdown and failure to enforce our already existing Immigration Laws?

Well there is an answer to that question, and there is a rhyme and a reason for all of this that is going on.

What I am about to tell you here again, and I know I’ve said this before; but it is truly the most serious problem that our country is facing today; and it is truly the biggest threat that we have, that is an even greater threat than that of these Islamic Terrorist, who also are working their agenda.

Here’s our problem, and that is we have men and women in political office today, even in the highest office of our land, but also in both Houses of Congress, at least among those who make up the long established leadership of both the Democratic and Republican parties, who have long ago betrayed their country, and have violate there oath of office.  And some of these people have been recruited, groomed, and trained for this betrayal ever since their college years, as is certainly the case with the Bush’s, in both father and son; the Clinton’s; and also Obama.

These men and women, after having asked for our trust and vote of confidence, when they first ran for political office, they have since betrayed that trust; and now a good majority of these people, having already established themselves in the political hierarchy of the Washington DC power structure, they now presume to know what’s best for us dummies (as they see us); and though they keep up the front, the truth is they no longer (if they ever did, which is doubtful) see themselves as serving us; but have long since exchanged both their loyalty, and have also betrayed their oath of office, to uphold, protect, and defend our U.S. Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, all in order to implement a very well hidden, but nevertheless powerful agenda, to further subvert both our Constitutional Republic and our U.S. Constitution.

All of this is being done to move us all further in the direction (as former President George H.W. Bush Sr., said way back in 1991—which is just one example, by the way, of the corruption that exists also in the Conservative camp) towards a “New World Order,” which he went on to say even back then, that it was inevitable that this would eventually happen.

Now what nobody thus far has told you, at least publically, but this information is nevertheless true, and has been disclosed, is that this so called “New World Order” will be a totalitarian and dictatorial government, that will be both managed and controlled by the Global Elite, starting with the very powerful and well entrenched Rothschild’s International Banking Cartel, who are the true puppet masters and power brokers behind all of this political corruption, and have been for well over 200 years now, starting well before the founding of our nation.

I believe that this “New World Order” will be the last step before what the Bible predicts will happen; and that is the establishment of a One World Government and monetary system, that will ultimately be represented in the mark of the Beast, without which we are told we will not be able to buy or sell; and all of this is leading us to the kingdom of the Antichrist.

What most don’t realize is, that even though we supposedly won our Independence from Mother England, and established ourselves as a Constitutional Republic back in 1776; the truth is, our independence was short lived, and has long since been exchanged (officially, starting in 1871) when our politicians of that era, in order to avoid bankruptcy after the Civil War, they bowed to the demands of these private bankers, of which the Rothschild’s Banking Dynasty is in control, and officially and in secret, exchanged our Constitutional Republic, for THE UNITED STATES CORPORATION, which is why our politicians then established what we know today, as the District of Columbia.

For an explanation of how that happened, take a look at this website: http://www.serendipity.li/jsmill/us_corporation.htm.

So obviously what I am talking about here has been in the works for a very long time, and the corruption of which I speak here has been established and is well entrenched, even to the point that these people, these Globalist International Bankers, have virtual control over the bulk of our News Media today, on both sides, but mostly among the Liberal Media; and they have thus far only tolerated the other side, because they haven’t yet been able to completely wipe out our First Amendment rights, though that is in the plan and in the works, especially with this Obama administration… and by the way, both Obama and his czars are making no secret of that agenda.

The handwriting is already on the wall; and now is the time for those of us who are Americans, who are called by His name, and are called  Christian, to recognize the extent of this corruption, and also to be wise as serpents, as our Lord told us to be, and therefore be discerning as to what is going on.

We need to understand the extend of this corruption, in that even though the bulk of the political leverage resides on the liberal side, these forces who are very powerful indeed, have over the years even been able to also recruit members on the conservative side as well.

So we are faced with a situation today, where truly (in most instances today), whether you have a Democrat or a Republican in office, it makes no difference, because despite whatever partisan differences they may have, which most often is just tolerated and is a smoke screen to hide their true agenda, both parties (at least from the stand point of those among the long established power hierarchy of both parties, in their ‘good ole boy’ network) they are generally on the same page, when it comes to this evil Globalist agenda, which is to move our nation further away from our Constitutional Republic, which I again repeat, legally and officially this happened way back in 1871.

This corruption of which I speak is the only reason why such insanity is tolerated, of which the following letter pokes fun at; and that is there is a very evil and well established agenda afoot underneath all of this.

As an example, this whole illegal alien problem serves a deeper purpose, and that is why it is tolerated; and why nothing has been done, by either party, Democrat or Republican, despite the public outcry to do so, for them to secure our borders.

The same thing is true regarding the ramifications and actions that have been taken since 9/11, all in the name of national security; where all that has happened is that our political leadership, first under George W. Bush, seized this opportunity as an excuse to further undermine our U.S. Constitution, as is evident in all the rights that have been illegally taken away from us.

All of this was done and has been implemented through Executive Orders, first signed by George W. Bush; that have since become the law of our land; all of which has only further served to take away more of our Constitutional rights as citizens; and mind you our security is still at risk, with the most glaring hole in that security being the back door to our country being left wide open.

As is most always the case, and this certainly was so true of the former Clinton Administration, that what we hear and see on the surface, all of which is filtered through our liberal news media, is only the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.

Case in point, I want to refer you to an old allegation, regarding Obama, that goes all the way back to early 2008.

All I can say is, Wake up America, and please do some serious praying… and I mean serious praying (read 2nd Chronicles 7:14).

Also, do your own homework, yourselves… and don’t be so gullible and naive to believe everything Washington and the Media is telling you.

Check out for yourselves, and see if these things that I say are true; and let’s ban together, while we still have a chance, and let’s turn our nation around, before we lose all of our rights, and are eventually enslaved by our own government.

You have been warned!

Shalom,

Skip Barland


P.S.

There is a move afoot, which we all need to pray about and support, which will restore our Constitutional Republic, and peacefully and permanently remove these compromised politicians from office.

Check out the Restore America Plan.




From: Guy D’Agostino [mailto:snikt9999@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:46 PM
To: Skip Barland
Subject: Is America Waking Up?

Skip,
Thought you’d appreciate this.

Saw this on a Yahoo! posting in response to an article and the various comments/dialogues going on about it – namely a discussion on Arizona’s laws.

I did as whoever the original author was requested and copied and reposted it in the same comment board it was on. So did many others.

I also saw many postings from professed Latinos and African-Americans regarding their support legalized immigration enforcement and the laws of both Arizona and the U.S.

Finally someone who grasps the absurdity of how we’ve been governing our land! Thank You!

—-Forwarded Message—-

Dear President Calderon (& Mexican Senate),I’m planning to move my family (my wife is currently pregnant) and extended family into Mexico, and I would like to ask you to assist me. We plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. Please note that I will be expecting the following:

1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. All Mexican government forms need to also be printed in English.
4. I want my children to be taught Spanish by English-speaking (bilingual) teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my kids to see the American flag on one of the flag poles at their school.
7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver’s license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do plan to get a car and drive in Mexico, but I don’t plan to purchase car insurance, and I probably won’t make any special effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers do not get the memo from their president to leave me alone, please be sure that every patrol car has at least one English-speaking officer.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put U.S. flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, or have any labor or tax laws enforced on any business I may start.
13. Please tell all the Mexican people to be extremely nice and never say a critical things about me or my family, or about the strain we might place on their economy.

Thank you, I am sure this can be accomplished easily as America has been doing this for many years!
U.S. citizen and taxpayer

IF YOU AGREE, COPY & REPOST !!!

Meet Joseph Chandler…

Meet Joseph Chandler…

A talented musician, singer, and song writer.

Contact info:

Band Website: www.josephchandlermusic.com

Influences: “Journey”— Steve Perry; Yanni; and Richard Marx

Record Label: Panama Music

Joseph is a friend of mine and I’d just like to share his music with you all:

(Click here to listen to selections from his CD)

Enjoy and be blessed!

Skip Barland

When God speaks, are we listening?


When God speaks, are we listening?

There is ONLY one way this works…

Below is a message from My Utmost, for His Highest, where Oswald Chambers explains how God will use us, if we are willing to die to our self, and commit all to Him.

The fact is, we can see this pattern all throughout scripture; that when God does something, or is requiring us to do something for Him, it comes at a great inconvenience, and it interrupts what we are doing.

Such as happened with Moses on the day He placed a calling upon him, and assigned him the mission to be His spokesman, to go and deliver the children of Israel from their Egyptian bondage.

As we examine the events of that day, we notice that all of this happened in the normal course of his daily activities, while he was at work.

Not only that, but we will also notice that it happened and came at him most inadvertently, at a 90% angle to what was involved with, at the moment, and what was going on at the time.

In other words, it was something that could have very easily been overlooked, or missed completely.

It was after all Moses’ curiosity and inquisitiveness that drew him to investigate this unusual phenomena of this burning bush that wasn’t being consumed; but his attitude and response could have just as well been to just ignore it; saying I don’t have the time for such things… because he was too busy doing his thing.

The same is true today with us; just as it was in the case with Moses.

God likewise will often approach us at 90% angles to, from what we are doing and are involved with… and often He will do so in ways that are most unexpected, but nevertheless ordinary and familiar.

Often, for us to do what we are being told, it will require our interrupting our schedule, and going in a completely different direction; that is both inconvenient and out of our way. Selah

The question is, and the test for all of us, is how much have we surrendered our lives and also our daily activities to God; and have we truly made God the Lord of even our Day-Timer?

I think we all have pretty much had the experience of going about our daily activities, and feeling this tug on our hearts, that comes completely from out of left field, nudging us to go and speak to someone, or to do something… that would take us completely out of our way, and cost us time that we don’t feel we can spare.

Could this be God testing us, and giving us the opportunity to experience a miracle, and to be used?

Let me relay to you the following story:

“A GALLON OF MILK”

As it happened, this guy had just attended the Wednesday night Bible Study at his church, where his Pastor had been teaching on the subject of listening to God, and obeying His voice.

The message really inspired him, and he couldn’t help but wonder, “Does God still speak today to people, like He did in the Bible?”

After the service he went out with some of his friends for coffee and pie; and they were all discussing the message.

As it happened, there were several in the group who talked about how God had led them in different ways, and how he had spoken to them, and used them.

Well, It was already past ten o’clock and it was getting late, and so the man left his friends and started for home.

While sitting in his car, he just said a prayer, and said: “God… If you do still speak to people like that, like I read in the Bible, would you please speak to me. I promise that I will listen, and I will do my best to obey.”

As he drove down the main street of his town, towards home, he had the strangest thought come to his mind, out of nowhere: “Stop and buy a gallon of milk.”

He shook his head and said out loud, “God, is that You?”

He didn’t need any milk, and nor did he want any; and so he let the thought pass, as he continued home; but again, the same thought came again, more persistent this time… “Buy a gallon of milk!”

The young man immediately thought about Samuel, in the Bible, about how he didn’t recognize the voice of God at first; and how on three different occasions, he mistook God’s voice to be that of his teacher, Eli.

Not wanting to miss out, after just committing himself to obey, should God decide to speak to him, he said: “Okay, God, in case this is you, speaking to me, I will go ahead and buy the milk.”

After all, it didn’t seem like too hard of a test of obedience; and besides, he could always use the milk himself.

So he turn around and went out of his way, and stopped at a local convenience store.

So he purchased a gallon of milk and then started off on his way home again.

As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt this nudging in his heart: “Turn down that street.” But he thought to himself, “This is crazy,” as he drove past the intersection.

Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street, and he couldn’t get the thought out of his mind!

He had every reason NOT to do it, as It was getting very late, and he knew that he had to get up early in the morning; and besides, this little detour would be taking him completely in the wrong direction.

Remembering his promise to God, however, he turned around at the next intersection, and headed back to Seventh Street… and in a half jokingly manner (feeling a little silly about all of this), he said out loud, “Okay, God, I will do it!”

So he continued several blocks down Seventh Street, when suddenly, he felt an urge to turn down this one street and stop.

He pulled over to the curb and looked around, wondering what was going to happen next?

Here he was on this cul-de-sac street, in a semi-commercial area of town; and although it wasn’t the worst of areas, he nevertheless felt very uncomfortable, especially with it being so late.

It was now already close to midnight, and of course all the businesses had long ago closed; and from the looks of things, most of the houses looked dark, like the people had already gone to bed.

He was feeling most uncomfortable, but nevertheless that nudging was still there, in his heart.

Then there arose this still small voice, from inside saying: “I want you to go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street.”

This was so weird, and he said: “Is that you God?”

Now mind you, it felt like all of these thoughts were his own thoughts; but they were coming at 90% angles… and certainly these were not things that he would have thought to do, himself.

Anyway, he looked at this one house, that God seemed to be highlighting; and it was all dark, with no lights on; and it certainly appeared as if the people had already gone to bed.

Feeling totally ill at ease and shaking in his boots, he was about to open the door of his car, when he sat back in his seat and said: “Lord, this is insane! Those people are obviously asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be very mad at me, and I will look like a complete idiot!”

However this persistent nudging would not leave, and since he did promise, he swallowed his pride, felt his fear, took a big gulp to swallow, and against all his better judgment, he crabbed the milk, and proceeded to cross the street, towards the house.

“Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the house and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something; but if they don’t answer right away, I’m out of here!”

So he walked across the street, went up on the front porch, and rang the bell.

He could hear some noises inside, and finally he heard a man’s voice yell, “Who is it? What do you want?”

Then the door opened, before he could get away; and there was this man standing there, before him, in his jeans and T-shirt.

He looked like he had just gotten out of bed; and he had this strange look on his face, and certainly he didn’t seem too happy to have this stranger standing on his doorstep, waking him up.

“What is it?” He asked.

The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, “Here, I brought this for you.”

The man didn’t say a word, but took the milk and rushed down a hallway, speaking loudly in Spanish.

Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen.

The man was following her closely, holding a baby; and the baby was crying.

The man then came back to the door, with tears streaming down his face.

He then began speaking and half crying, he told the stranger: “We had just prayed, when we heard your knock on the door. We had some large bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn’t have any milk for our baby; and my wife had just prayed for God to send an angle with some milk for our baby.”

His wife then called out from the kitchen, “Are you an angel?”

The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had with him, and put it in the man’s hand.

He then turned and walked back to his car, with tears rolling down his cheeks.

Well he certainly got his answer, that God truly does speak today; and even with all the uncertainty and the fear that he had felt, he knew that it was ALL well worth it.

The fact is, he couldn’t have experienced this miracle any other way… without his willingness to first look like a fool; surrendering his will, dying to self, and committing all of his fears to God. Selah

And likewise, so must we…

Shalom,

Skip Barland


—–Original Message—–
From: My Utmost For His Highest
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 1:30 AM
To: Skip Barland
Subject: My Utmost For His Highest : “Getting There”

Getting There

June 13, 2010

. . . come, follow Me —Luke 18:22

Where our individual desire dies and sanctified surrender lives. One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of our own individual temperament.

We make our temperament and our natural desires barriers to coming to Jesus.

Yet the first thing we realize when we do come to Jesus is that He pays no attention whatsoever to our natural desires.

We have the idea that we can dedicate our gifts to God. However, you cannot dedicate what is not yours.

There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself (see Romans 12:1 ).

If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you— and His experiments always succeed.

The one true mark of a saint of God is the inner creativity that flows from being totally surrendered to Jesus Christ.

In the life of a saint there is this amazing Well, which is a continual Source of original life. The Spirit of God is a Well of water springing up perpetually fresh.

A saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus.

Never try to make your experience a principle for others, but allow God to be as creative and original with others as He is with you.

If you abandon everything to Jesus, and come when He says, “Come,” then He will continue to say, “Come,” through you.

You will go out into the world reproducing the echo of Christ’s “Come.”

That is the result in every soul who has abandoned all and come to Jesus.

Have I come to Him? Will I come now?

Bible in One Year: Ezra 6-8; John 21

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