Overwhelming Grace

There are times when we need to hear from the Lord because things seem to be more than we can handle and it "feels" like we have been abandoned. I thank God that at those times He has ways to reassure us that He has not left us or forsaken us. At times it is not enough to just have the scriptures to comfort us, though the scriptures are alive and contain the words of life that sustain us.

God knows our frames and our weaknesses and at the times we begin to wonder if He knows we are going through difficult situations He sends us the comfort and affirmation we need. More than once He spoke to Jesus saying "This is my Son....." and when John the Baptizer was in prison needing reassurance Jesus sent Him a 'practical' word from the natural world saying "...the dead are raised the sick are healed....".

This morning as I was getting dressed to go out for a walk I was telling the Lord I needed to hear from Him and after 3 hours in the word and prayer I heard nothing and was feeling a bit overwhelmed by circumstances, He still said nothing. I walked out the door and was shocked and immediately depressed at the sight of snow on the ground and in the air coming down at an incredible rate. Out of my mouth came "OH GOD, I HATE SNOW!!!", I looked up and was about to ask Him why He was doing this to me now, I am not feeling well, Toots is sick and needs to go to the dr. today and I can't deal with this now. But as I looked up I saw the stars in the sky shining bright and yet it was snowing like crazy. Immediately I 'heard' the Lord say that no matter how bad things appear He is there and no amount of discouragement the enemy tries to bring my way will be able to blind me to His presence.

He is not "in" the storm that comes into our lives but He is in the midst of it with us giving us peace and the assurance we need. He will always show us the thing we need to see or send someone with the word we need to hear to strengthen us and encourage our hearts. As quickly as I saw the stars through the snow and heard Him speak to me the snow ended. In the midst of this current storm He spoke and though there is snow on the ground, He is still on the throne and in control.....

"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 NLT

Truth Or Consequences

"I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him."

I received a word from the Lord a couple months ago that reveals what is happening in the world and in certain factions within the Church. He said "your priority must become to know truth not to be right. If you are walking in truth you will never have to worry about being right."

When Jesus told the disciples He would send the Holy Spirit He said He would lead us into all truth, "all truth" is something the world has no desire to know, in fact no truth is desired by the world today. The powers that be want to use facts to support an agenda and truth interferes with that plan. It is because facts can be manipulated to prove a position, but truth cannot, that truth is rejected. Pride and prejudice are driving the world, and many believers, toward destruction and unless the desire to know truth becomes stronger than the desire to be right that destruction is certain.

Today I believe the Lord would have us all ask Him to lead us into truth and to open our hearts to receive it. In many cases that will mean our theology must become flexible, and in some cases rejected. Biblical doctrine must override personal/Church doctrine if we are going to walk in all truth. Being right will not matter if we are walking with the Holy Spirit desiring only to know truth. We cannot expect the world to accept "Truth" because it is not part of their agenda but it must be our only agenda because it is truth that will ensure our freedom.

"Where the Spirit of the Lord (truth) is there is freedom" but where the need to be right is there is oppression and despair.

Flexibility

A wise man once said "Blessed are the flexible for they shall bend and not break". Today flexibility is something we must have when searching for truth in our walk with God. I believe we are entering a time when much of what we believe is going to be challenged and if we are too dogmatic in those beliefs we will not see what the Spirit doing in His Church.

Being flexible does not mean being tolerant of what is clearly not truth, it means that we are willing to accept the possibility that we may be wrong in some of our doctrinal positions and that we are willing to study the scriptures to discover and apply truth to our own lives.

Unity Will Prevail

“Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives. His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

I can't help but believe we are about to see the one promised in this passage from Malachi appear on the scene the restoration of the family in every aspect of that relationship will be restored. All the turmoil in our nation is, to me, evidence that there is a fierce battle taking place in the heavens. Many believers have been praying for the restoration of unity in America and just as it took weeks for Daniels prayer to be answered because of a battle in the 2nd heaven our prayers will come to fruition if we continue to press in.

I continue to dare to believe it is not coincidence that the day Bart and I stood in the city of David and prayed for the Lord to restore unity and favor to our nation that all hell broke out in the streets of America. The enemy knows his time is short and he is throwing all he has into the battle for the soul of America. He knows that this nation has a destiny to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and that we are the biggest obstacle in the natural realm to him destroying Israel and the Jewish people so we must be destroyed for his mission to succeed. It is also no surprise that my wife and I are being attacked like never before. I was the one who God chose to initiate the mission to Israel last month and the enemy is trying to destroy my faith so that he can reverse what was done in Jerusalem, he will not prevail! I will honor and serve Him because He is worthy!

We cannot allow the evil emanating from those in positions of authority who are sowing division among the people to discourage us. The scripture tells us that if we pray according to His will we can be confident that He hears us and because He hears us we know we will have what we have asked for. There is no doubt that His will is that we would dwell together in unity and if we pray without wavering we will see His Spirit bring victory.

We must become militant in our prayers asking God to destroy His enemies and to restore the Republic He established. Those who seek to divide America and those who are perverting the word of God, Al Sharpton in particular, are enemies of the gospel and they will be brought to their knees publically and either repent or be destroyed. There is innocent blood on the hands of those who have sown division for their own profit and they will be destroyed.

The word of the Lord for the Church is "Pray without ceasing", pray as though the destiny of this nation and the lives of those you love are at stake because they are. If we fail to battle for this nation our posterity will suffer greatly and we will be guilty of the pain and suffering they endure.......Pray for the destruction of our enemies....

My Fathers Heart

A few years ago while watching my father go through the process of dying I witnessed many of his medical procedures. This morning while walking outside in the dark one test he had came to my mind like a 3D movie. It was so clear and real that it startled me.

He had pneumonia and his doctors thought he might have fluid building up in the sack around his heart so they ordered a sonogram of his heart and lungs. As I watched the technician perform the test I saw my fathers heart in real time. I could see every blood vessel and every beat of his heart. The dye they put in his blood showed it being pumped through the chambers and out to his body. It was an amazing sight that I will never forget.

As the vision played out in my mind I asked the Lord why He brought that experience to my mind and what He wanted me to do with it. As suddenly as I asked He spoke and said "Pray that you will be able to see My heart as clearly as you saw your natural fathers heart as you face the future."

I believe what I saw and what the Lord spoke is a "word" we are all going to need in the days ahead. If you, like me and my family, are facing difficulties in this world pray that through it all we will "see" the heart of God as it beats strong and healthy while pumping life and love to the entire body. We are Our beloveds and His love is always toward us.........

Confession Of A Broken Heart

"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."

When I read this and other passages that explain what a believer should be I cringe at how miserably I fail to reach this bar. While I try to be kind and I don't believe I am jealous or boastful or rude toward people I wonder how often I have been perceived as or have been guilty of being prideful and I know I have been irritable more than a few times which is to say I want "my own way" over the needs or wants of others. I know that I have in my mind a record of some of the wrongs that have been done to me or those I love and care for.

With all that is corrupt and wicked within my heart I could easily fall into hopelessness and run away hoping to die so as to bring no more shame to Jesus or His church. But I rejoice when the Spirit of God whispers "louder" than the voice that speaks condemnation into my mind. He reminds me that love (Jesus) never gives up on me, He never loses faith in me and He always imparts hope to my heart.

It is because He has revealed His faithfulness to me that I have Hope for the future and that hope is what gives me the courage to endure the trials of life. While faith and hope are essential to living a full life, without love it is all for nothing. It is "Love" Who is the author of our faith and hope. Love must be our highest goal.....

The key to Lo-debar

"Oh, how the mighty heroes have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies dead on the hills. How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan! Oh, how much I loved you! And your love for me was deep, deeper than the love of women!"

The love between David and Jonathan is a covenant love between
believers that is rarely displayed in todays world. It was that
covenant of love that allowed Jonathan to see that David was the
rightful successor to the throne and to willingly resist his own
father to help David. Jonathan knew that if Saul were to kill David he would then have to kill his own father or if he were present when the attempt on David's life took place he would have to do everything he could to stop the attack, even take the death blow himself or kill his own father.

These two men were closer than brothers, they were covenant partners. Their commitment to honor and integrity is surpassed only by that of God in sacrificing His own Son for the lives of those He created. The covenant of love between the two that extended even to their descendants is seen in David's treatment of Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son.

Mephibosheth had been taken to "Lo-debar" by the family of Saul
because they either were unaware of the covenant between the two men or they didn't trust David to honor his oath. The place Mephibosheth was take to hide was called Lo-debar, a dry empty wasteland, he was taken there because of a lie and lived in a state of poverty and despair not knowing if he would live another day.

When David sent men to get him and bring him back he thought that David was going to kill him so that there would no longer be a threat to his throne. When he was brought before David he fell to the floor thinking it was over, but instead of killing him David told him all the things that belonged to his father Jonathan had been saved for him. He was welcomed into the palace and treated as a brother to the king just as his father Jonathan had been. The last thing we read about Mephibosheth is that he sat at the kings table the rest of his life.

Many people are living in Lo-debar today because they do not know who the "King" is and that He is not wanting them dead but rather has all the blessings of life in His palace waiting for them to receive. Like Mephibosheth, the gift of living free cannot be experienced if we remain in the dry empty desert of Lo-debar. Too many lies have been told about what the King (Jesus) is like and how religious you have to be to receive all the freedom He has to offer. The only thing it takes is to accept what He has to offer according to the Bible is to confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that Jesus is the King and that He died for our sins and rose again so that we could be saved/brought into the palace to receive what has been saved for us.

Mephibosheth was a crippled young man who had nothing to offer in return for the things the King had given him. He was dropped on a staircase as a child and his legs were broken in the fall. We like him were broken in a "fall" and through no fault our own have nothing to offer the King in return for His generosity and He desires nothing from us but that we accept Him. We do not have to live in the dryness of a wasteland or in fear of being caught and killed, God does not want to destroy anyone, He wants all men to be free and to receive all He has for them.

We, believers, are the modern equivalent of the men David sent to
Lo-debar to find the heir to Jonathans household. We are to bring the good news to the dry, empty wasteland where lies have men trapped in their crippled state fearing the wrath of the King and feeling worthless as cripples. We carry the key to freedom for those held captive by the lies of the enemy......

Its Time To Take The Gloves Off

"In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you." Paul to the Church in Thessalonica

What we are seeing unfold in America is a counterfeit of what the Church should be doing. Progressives are seeking the destruction of our nation to gain control of society. The radical element of the Progressive movement, including the president and many in our legislative branch of government are fomenting hatred and violence in the natural realm so that they can implement martial law to control and silence any and all opposition to their agenda. They are encouraging division and distrust while fueling the flames of general discord among all citizens.

The tactics being used against our republic are as sinister and evil as the one they originate from and we must not allow them to continue to go unchallenged. We must become as brutal and ruthless against evil as evil is against all that is good.

Paul told the Church in Ephesus to expose evil wherever it is found and we must follow that command. He told them, and us, to "Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." Our fighting must rise to a new and deadly level in the spiritual arena, we must become as determined to see God's enemies destroyed as they are to see our destruction.

"Now I, Paul, appeal to you with the gentleness and kindness of Christ—though I realize you think I am timid in person and bold only when I write from far away. Well, I am begging you now so that when I come I won’t have to be bold with those who think we act from human motives. We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. And after you have become fully obedient, we will punish everyone who remains disobedient."

Our battle is not one of passively praying and then going about our daily routines hoping God will do something because we spent a few minutes saying "oh Jesus help our leaders find You, and turn their hearts to see the errors of their way......." We must begin to battle the demons they have allowed to control them and are using to destroy the land God has given us. Our weapons are much more powerful than anything the devil has at his disposal but if we do not begin acting like warriors and abandon the Neville Chamberlin appeasement philosophy we will lose the current battle and our children will be forced to go around this mountain again.

We must become as radical as the enemy we fight against. We must understand his tactics and counter his every move until we are no longer fighting to regain ground we have given up but we are fighting an offensive war in the heavenlies. The only time I believe God will honor a war of aggression is when the aggression is in the spirit realm against the powers of hell, it is that time!

These are Paul's words "And after you have become fully obedient, we will punish everyone who remains disobedient." We, the church, need to punish those who have refused to repent, those who have betrayed the nation they swore to defend must be forced to trial for their crimes and we must demand that our representatives hold all the guilty parties accountable for their crimes against God and His purposes.

"....we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places...", note that in this verse Paul states that we are fighting powers in the spiritual realm AND "powers IN THIS DARK WORLD".........

Removing God......Why?

"Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear."

No other book of "Words" has been the center of such controversy and yet survived every vicious attack and attempt to remove it from society, even the Nazi book burnings could not wipe it out of Europe. No other book has been read by more people than the Bible. No other book has had the influence on the history of the world than the Bible. No other book has been on the "Best Seller" list longer than the Bible.

It should provoke those who don't have a clue about what is written within its pages to try to figure out how such a simple thing as a book is capable of being the center of centuries of conflict and the focus of hatred by those who are ignorant of its content.

The whole book is about one "Man" and His desire to love all of mankind and to show man how to love in return. It is full of scientific, historical, geological, geographical and many other scientifically provable facts and is completely based in truth yet is continuously under attack....why?

There is much more going on with this book than many are aware of, there is a reason for all the controversy and distractions away from this book. There is a reason the "Left" hates it and yet "Quotes" from it out of context and misrepresents its meaning and purpose. There is a reason it was forbidden for centuries to be read by the "Common Man" or for him to posses it in any form. There was a reason only the "Priests" were allowed to read it to the people and only then in a language they did not speak. There is a reason that men were sentenced to death for translating it into readable languages.

The reason is simple, at least to anyone who is willing to be honest and desires to know the truth more than they desire to be right. The facts surrounding all attempts to silence the Bible are this; in each case, including the religious leaders during the time Jesus walked the earth, the reason was because those in power saw it as a threat to their control over the population. The same reason applies to those trying to remove it from the public stage today. They know that true liberty, individual freedom and creativity to invent, produce and market products creating individual wealth is taught, encouraged and in fact originates from the "Words" of the Bible and the God who inspired those words wants all men to be free from those who oppress and abuse others.

There is nothing new under the sun and the things happening now to ban the Bible and attempts to twist its words to say what it clearly does not (what the snake did in the garden) will continue to happen until there is no longer time for the debate and deception. To be free, prosperous and happy a society needs only one thing, free and open access to the Bible in every sector of daily life from cradle to grave so that the Spirit who interprets it can freely and openly work in the hearts and minds of its willing readers. Our founders understood this but for some reason we consider ourselves to be a bit wiser than they obviously were.....

Choas Before The Change

I have been watching the news about the manufactured race wars that are being orchestrated here in America and the way our president and other leaders have been stoking the hatred between police and blacks. I have also been watching what is happening between the political parties in Israel. Israel's Prime Minister has fired the liberal members of his government and there is now a smear campaign against the only real leader on the world stage. At the same time there is turmoil happening in each of our respective countries our president is considering the use of sanctions against our only friend in the Middle East , Israel, creating turmoil between both nations.

In my mind it looks pretty bad for all parties except for one thing, it was almost exactly two weeks ago today that I stood in the City of David with Bart and prayed for God to destroy His enemies and to restore leaders to Israel and America who would be true leaders after the example of David and his love for God. We also prayed for the staff of Favor and Union to be restored so that the two nations would be united under the leadership of Godly representatives.

So looking at the chaos that is happening how can it be that what we prayed is happening when in fact it appears as though the opposite is happening? Before a termite (Progressive policies) or storm damaged home can be repaired the rotten wood and broken timbers and any other damaged materials must be removed and the removal process can be ugly.

What Bart and I did was a prophetic act of faith, and very often when operating in that realm the opposite will happen before what was seen in the vision that prompts one to step out in faith comes to pass. So when I see all hell breaking out in America and Israel I choose to believe, in fact I dare to believe, that what was done in Israel a few short weeks ago is changing the world today and God is very much at work preparing our two nations for the harvest ahead.

Turn The Other Cheek.....Ah....Not Any More

Paul says that believers who refuse to repent should be turned over to Satan so that their mortal bodies might be destroyed but their souls may be saved. He told the Galatian Church that anyone, even an angel, who comes preaching any other gospel than the one he brought to them/us should be cursed for ever. God said 'Jacob I loved but Esau I hated'. King David prayed continuously that his and Gods enemies would be utterly destroyed in very graphic terms. Paul tells us in a letter to the Church in Thessalonica that God will bring judgment on those who have caused them trouble. He tells us that those who neglect their family's needs are worse than a heathen, and that those who refuse to work should not receive a handout.

When Jesus returns He will bring with Him death and destruction to millions who defy Him. He will not be a passive feel good liberal who will overlook the pain corrupt people have caused His followers. He in fact said that anyone who hurts a child would be better off not having been born and that a millstone would be placed around their necks and be cast into the sea.

Must we continue 'turn the other cheek' while we watch evil triumph over the innocent? Must we ignore the Psalm that tells us to 'defend the defenseless'? Must we surrender to the devil while he takes from us and our children what God clearly has given to us to steward?

How long will we, the Church, stand passively by and allow those who use and abuse the smallest and least able to defend themselves to continue their abhorrent actions that destroy life and liberty while making a mockery of our faith and blaspheming our God. When will we, like Jesus, begin to stand and confront the powers that be with the truth in the public square calling them 'whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones or a den of vipers, or sons of the devil'? When will we begin to petition our God like David did and call on Him to make an open display of the destruction of His and the Church's enemies. When will we demand that our nation be returned to the God that established it?

My answer; "A long time ago". I have been and will continue to petition God to destroy His enemies in a very public manner. I will do everything within my rights as a citizen of this republic and a child of the true King to seek the Kings favor and for Him to end the constant assault on this republic. I will bombard the heavens with prayers asking for justice and for those who preach the "Progressive Gospel, the social justice gospel" or any other gospel than the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be destroyed or in Paul's words "Cursed forever". Enough is enough, the powers that be must be openly confronted with the truth.

Matthew 10:34-39
“Don’t suppose that I have come to bring peace to the Land. It is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword! For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, so that a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household. Whoever loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not worthy of me. And anyone who does not take up his execution-stake and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his own life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for my sake will find it."

Matthew 11:12 Amp.
"And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force as a precious prize—a share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion." 

The Dictates Of Vision

New Living Translation;
"When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful."

English Standard Version;
"Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law."

New American Standard Bible;
"Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law."

King James Bible;
"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he"

The world is in crisis because those who are leading on the political stage have an agenda that is contrary to the purpose of God for man. The 'vision' they have is for self gratification and control of society by any means necessary. In most countries around the world the only way to change the system is by violent overthrow, which as we have seen does not always end well.

The good thing about living in America is that our founders had "Divine Vision" when they drafted our founding documents. They left us a Constitutional Republic which puts as the authority over us those documents not those elected to office who have sworn to "Uphold the Constitution".

What we are seeing now is a president and Congress with an ungodly vision trying to destroy a Divinely ordained nation with a purpose and destiny established on the Word of God and the Covenant between Him and this nation. The promise from Solomon's book of wisdom is this "When the wicked are in authority, sin flourishes, but the godly will live to see their downfall." Prv 29:16

It is the vision of leaders that determines how a people will live and whether peace will flourish among the them. The wicked are in authority now but we, the godly, will live to see their downfall. I believe it is imperative that believers begin to seek God like never before, pleading with Him to put godly men in office and give them His vision for our nation.

Those of us who see and understand, whether Christian or not, that the vision those in office now have is destroying our liberty, must begin reaching out to those around us pointing out the truth in the statements from proverbs that says vision dictates destiny and that it is critical that we return to the vision of our forefathers. That vision is what has made America able to survive through two centuries of chaos in the world. If we discard that vision we will regret it and history will count us as the a generation of fools because in our "Collective Heart" we are proclaiming there is no God.

Our nation is in free fall and it is in danger of collapse, but that may not be such a bad thing if it awakens the people to the errors of our ways by electing to ignore our destiny. Our God is in covenant with America and He cannot allow us to fail, His name is at stake and He will pursue us just as He has Israel. The only question is how severely do we need to be 'spanked' before we realize we screwed up.......

Obama's Latest Speach....

"My fellow Americans,
It is with deep disdain and utter contempt for Conservative citizens and their representatives in Congress that I come before you today to clarify the misconception being perpetrated by Republicans and the radical Tea Party faction of the GOP.

Time and again, from the phony scandals surrounding Fast and Furious, the IRS, Benghazi, the VA and a dozen other of my administrations programs, Republicans have accused me and my administration of not understanding the limits of the office I hold and that I have violated the Constitution and the oath I took to uphold it.

They have unsuccessfully tried to obstruct every effort I have tried to make to fundamentally transform America into a Progressive utopia and to this day they continue to try to convince the American voter that I am out of touch with their values and that I don't understand what they want from their government.

Let me take this opportunity to make myself perfectly clear, as I have been from my first day in office, What the GOP does not understand is that just because I don't care what you as Americans want from your government does not mean I don't understand."

I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message.....

25th And Oposition To Christmas

"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son."
John 1:1-2, 14 NLT

For this reason I celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ. The very thought that the creator and sustainer of all that exists would lower Himself to the state of a created being, and even lower still a fallen being, so that He could rescue the entire race of beings that rejected Him is more than reason enough to celebrate.

There are many cults and even some believers who believe it is wrong to celebrate Jesus' birth in December, or at any time, based on the fact that December 25th is in line with satanic worship or some nonsense like that or that because the early Church did not celebrate it we should not, though I am not sure how they know it wasn't celebrated.

My perspective is December 25th, regardless of what some satan worshippers are doing that day, is the "Day the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it" and I will choose to celebrate Jesus' birth on that day even though I believe it to be in the spring of the year.

As for not celebrating it at all because there seems to be no record of the early church celebrating it is to assume that the 1st century Church was full of exceptional biblical scholars and was the perfect example of what the Church should be (Wrong!!!). Though there "May" not be any record of the early Church celebrating His birth there is more than a little evidence that His Father held nothing back in celebrating His birth! Read Luke's gospel account and you will see that there was a "Stage Production" in the heavens like nothing ever seen.

In my limited understanding, if God does something that a few men decide is wrong and God has no where in His word forbidden me to do as He did, I'm sorry to the few but I'm doing as God did. Right or wrong in celebrating on the 25th of December, my heart is to be grateful for God sending Jesus to become like me and to die so that I may be redeemed and delivered from my self.

Again I say "This is the day the Lord has made and I will rejoice in it!" There is nothing that "Belongs" to the devil, no day no hour no nothing! He has only temporary custody of a very limited number of things that hold nothing over those who believe in Jesus and I will not concede December 25th to belonging to him any more than I will concede that he owns October 31, every day belongs to my God!!!

This administration gets it's operating philosophy from watching how Homer Simpson deals with life issues. Homer's classic line is spoken to Lisa, his daughter, at a time when her life was falling apart. When she tells her detached father he doesn't understand her needs and desires Homer replies "Oh Lisa, just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand".

Sound familiar?