Friday, December 31, 2010
Therefore you are no longer a slave
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
From a slave of sin to a free man in Christ. From an orphan lost to the world to an adopted son found in Heaven.
menatthecross: Daily Devo by Joe White - Link
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Psychopaths Permeate Society - They Serve Satan
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/220386-The-Hidden-Evil-The-Psychopathic-Influence
Both the financial elite and their servants who maintain this system, appear to exhibit behavior that is consistent with symptoms associated with a medical disorder known as psychopathy.(*) Psychopaths, also called sociopaths, are categorized as those who exhibit superficial charm and intelligence, and are absent of delusions or nervousness. Their traits include:
- Unreliability
- Frequent lying
- Deceitful and manipulative behavior (either goal-oriented or for the delight of the act itself)
- Lack of remorse or shame
- Antisocial behavior
- Poor judgment and failure to learn by experience
- Incapacity for love
- Poverty of general emotions
- Loss of insight
- Unresponsiveness in personal relations
- A frequent need for excitement
- An inflated self-worth
- An ability to rationalize their behavior
- A need for complete power
- A need to dominate others
Psychopathy is basically an emotional disorder. The book, The Psychopath, by James Blair, Karina Blair, and Derek Mitchell, states, "The crucial aspect of psychopathy is ... the emotional impairment." According to Dr. J. Reid Meloy's book, The Psychopathic Mind, although psychopaths don't feel emotion in a normal sense, they do experience boredom, envy, exhilaration, contempt, sadistic pleasure, anger, and hints of depression.
Generally, those who believe it's caused by environmental factors use the term sociopath, and believers of the biological theory use the term psychopath. Psychopathy closely resembles Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD or APD) or Conduct Disorder (CD) as outlined in the DSM-IV. These disorders are detected using the Psychopathy Checklist-Revisited (PCL-R), the DSM-IV, and other diagnostics.
These character types, comprise about 4% of the population and span every level of society. Psychopaths can be found in every race, culture, profession and class.
Read the rest here - http://www.sott.net/articles/show/220386-The-Hidden-Evil-The-Psychopathic-Influence
Also, A great collection of blog posts on this subject may be found at Monotreme's Blog -
The Psychopath War – Part 1 – The Phenotype
http://monotreme1000.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/the-psychopath-war-part-1-the-phenotype/
The Psychopath War – Part 2 – Psychopaths in Corporations
http://monotreme1000.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/the-psychopath-war-part-2-psychopaths-in-corporations/
The Psychopath War – Part 3 – Psychopaths in Government
http://monotreme1000.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/the-psychopath-war-part-3-psychopaths-in-government/
The Psychopath War – Part 4 – The Chinese Government and American Multinationals
http://monotreme1000.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/the-psychopath-war-part-4-the-chinese-government-and-american-multinationals/
The Psychopath War – Part 5 – Evil at the World Health Organisation (WHO)
http://monotreme1000.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/the-psychopath-war-part-5-evil-at-the-world-health-organisation-who/
The Psychopath War – Part 6 – 21st Century Genocide
http://monotreme1000.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/the-psychopath-war-part-6-21st-century-genocide/
Psychopaths serve Satan in this world.
2 Corinthians 4:4 - Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
But, always remember - God is all powerful - Satan flees from His light.
http://christianbookshelf.org/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_13_the_victory.htm
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So we may resist temptation, and force Satan to depart from us. Jesus gained the victory through submission and faith in God, and by the apostle He says to us, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you." James 4:7, 8. We cannot save ourselves from the tempter's power; he has conquered humanity, and when we try to stand in our own strength, we shall become a prey to his devices; but "the name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe." Prov.18:10. Satan trembles and flees before the weakest soul who finds refuge in that mighty name.
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Even in the pit of this sinful world - we who believe have victory in Jesus!
Here’s Why FBI Is Orchestrating Fake Terror Plots
This is a misleading headline as the report makes it clear that it was a plot orchestrated by federal agents. Two sentences into the news report we have this: “The bomb was an elaborate fake supplied by the [FBI] agents and the public was never in danger, authorities said.” The teenager was supplied with a fake bomb and a fake detonator.
Three sentences later the reporters contradict the quoted authorities with a quote from Arthur Balizan, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon: “The threat was very real.”
The reporters then contradict Balizan: “White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said Saturday that President Barack Obama was aware of the FBI operation before Friday’s arrest. Shapiro said Obama was assured that the FBI was in full control of the operation and that the public was not in danger.”
Then Shapiro contradicts himself by declaring: “The events of the past 24 hours underscore the necessity of remaining vigilant against terrorism here and abroad.” The story arrives at its Kafkaesque high point when Obama thanks the FBI for its diligence in saving us from the fake plot the FBI had fabricated. After vacillating between whether they are reporting a real plot or an orchestrated one, the reporters finally come down on the side of orchestration. Documents released by U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton “show the sting operation began in June.”
Obviously, the targeted Portland teenager was not “hot to trot,” so the FBI had to work on him for six months. The reporters compare “the Portland sting” to the recent arrest in Virginia of Faroque Ahmed, who was ensnared in a “bombing plot that was a ruse conducted over the past six months by federal officials.”
Think about this carefully. The FBI did a year’s work in order to convince two people to participate in fake plots.
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If We Lose our Internet Freedoms Because of Wikileaks, You Should At Least Know Why « American Everyman
Wikileaks was started up in Dec. of 2006. Oddly enough, as a supposed “leak” site, a dissident site, it was given a great deal of immediate mainstream attention from the likes of the Washington Post, TIME magazine, and even Cass Sunstein the now infamous Obama administration who wrote a paper on how to “cognitively infiltrate” dissident groups in order to steer them in a direction that is useful to the powers that be.
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Cass Sunstein also wrote about Wikileaks in Feb of 2007 prior to their release of the first set of Chinese “leaks”. But Sunstein also wrote about infiltrating dissident groups later in 2008. Sunstein currently heads the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for Barack Obama.
“Sunstein co-authored a 2008 paper with Adrian Vermeule, titled “Conspiracy Theories,” in which they wrote, “The existence of both domestic and foreign conspiracy theories, we suggest, is no trivial matter, posing real risks to the government’s antiterrorism policies, whatever the latter may be.” They go on to propose that, “the best response consists in cognitive infiltration of extremist groups“,[22] where they suggest, among other tactics, “Government agents (and their allies) might enter chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine percolating conspiracy theories by raising doubts about their factual premises, causal logic or implications for political action.”
Sunstein and Vermeule also analyze the practice of secret government payments to outside commentators, who are then held out as independent experts; they suggest that “government can supply these independent experts with information and perhaps prod them into action from behind the scenes,” further warning that “too close a connection will be self-defeating if it is exposed.”[22] Sunstein and Vermeule argue that the practice of enlisting non-government officials, “might ensure that credible independent experts offer the rebuttal, rather than government officials themselves. There is a tradeoff between credibility and control, however. The price of credibility is that government cannot be seen to control the independent experts.”" Wiki
This internal discourse on the purpose and the practice on infiltrating dissident groups in order to undermine existing “conspiracy theories” was written in 2008, but don’t suppose that it hadn’t been done before.
WITHOUT REGRET
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
GORDON DUFF: BUSTED – WIKILEAKS WORKING FOR ISRAEL
Friday, December 10, 2010
Wikileaks Founder: Bigger Bombshells On The Way
- War plans of all nations, for and against one another
- Reports and training literature on black site prisons and torture chambers
- Files about clandestine spy agencies and their operatives
- Files on human rights abuses
- Files about billionaire political meddlers
- Files about global tax collection agencies
- Files about the Vatican’s meddling in global political affairs
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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Naomi Wolf - The End of America
Naomi Wolf, a former progressive tending towards libertarianism, attacked the police state under Bush, and she does not spare Obama. Indeed the spying, rendition, torture, and militarism may be worse under the Democrats. Obama promised to close the Guantanamo concentration camp, but has expanded it. He even claims the right to kill anyone any place on earth whom the US security organs claim is a terrorist, though that dread name carries no firm definition. Indeed, Obama's use of brutal, black-garbed federal police troops against demonstrators in Pittsburgh is an alarming precedent at home. Now there is a move to allow any American citizen suspected of terrorism to be secretly arrested, secretly tortured, and secretly held forever, on the sole word of some security bureaucrat. As we face such systematic assaults on our freedom, everyone who opposes the omnipotent state -- libertarian, progressive, conservative, and liberal -- must join together in massive resistance. It is our only hope, says Naomi Wolf. - http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2010/05/26/152-obamas-satanic-rogue-empire/
The End of America
In The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, Wolf takes a historical look at the rise of Fascism, outlining the 10 steps necessary for a Fascistic group (or government) to destroy the democratic character of a nation-state and subvert the social/political liberty previously exercised by its citizens:
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy.
2. Create secret prisons where torture takes place.
3. Develop a thug caste or paramilitary force not answerable to citizens.
4. Set up an internal surveillance system.
5. Harass citizens' groups.
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release.
7. Target key individuals.
8. Control the press.
9. Treat all political dissidents as traitors.
10. Suspend the rule of law.[27]
The book details how this pattern was implemented in Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and elsewhere, and analyzes its emergence and application in American political affairs since the September 11 attacks.[28][29]
The End of America was adapted for the screen as a documentary by filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern, best known for The Devil Came on Horseback and The Trials of Darryl Hunt. It had its worldwide premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 17, 2008. It has since been screened at Sheffield DocFest in the UK, as well as in limited release at New York City's IFC Center. The film became available online on October 21, 2008 at SnagFilms.com. End of America was favorably reviewed in the New York Times by Stephen Holden as well as in Variety Magazine.
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True Christianity is about having the spirit of Jesus Christ dwelling within you
True Christianity is about having the spirit of Jesus Christ dwelling within you, having his mind and outlook within you. What is the spirit of Christ? It is that set of attitudes, values and outlooks held by Jesus Christ. What are the attitudes, values and outlooks held by Jesus? We find them in his teachings and conduct and in the epistles of the New Testament (i.e. those letters written by his apostles). Jesus taught love of God, love of neighbor, humility, meekness, peacefulness, forgiveness, kindness, goodness, virtue, honesty, justice, moral purity, moral uprightness, self-denial, compassion for the needy, service. The spirit of Christ is the spirit of God. Jesus was God. To have the spirit of Jesus within us is to have the mind of God dwelling within us. It is to see right and wrong properly, as God sees it --- to love the things we should love and hate the things we should hate, to have the right biases and prejudices, to love good and hate evil.
By what means does the spirit of Christ come to dwell within a person? How does it get there? It comes to be there by a person making, at some point in his life, a decision to turn away from sin and the ways of this world and embrace Jesus Christ and his teachings. It involves turning away from sin and following the way of Jesus. More explicitly, it involves a deliberate renunciation of the outlooks, attitudes and values of this world and the pursuit of the ways, outlooks and values taught by Jesus. And much involved in it is a heart hungry for God's truth and his way, a love for his word, and time spent studying his word. It is about loving God and his word, having his word in your heart, and the habit of trying to implement his teachings in your life, honestly and sincerely trying to obey them. It is about taking the teachings of Jesus seriously and trying to obey them. It is about imitating Christ. It is about being a love-servant of God. It involves a sustained pursuit over time of the way of Jesus.
We find much reference to the spirit of Christ that dwells within the true Christian in the epistles. For example:
1 Cor 2:12-16 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. {13} These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. {14} But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. {15} But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. {16} For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Gal 5:{16} I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. {17} For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. {18} But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. {19} Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, {20} idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, {21} envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. {22} But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, {23} gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. {24} And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. {25} If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Eph 4:17-32 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, {18} having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; {19} who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. {20} But you have not so learned Christ, {21} if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: {22} that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, {23} and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, {24} and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. {25} Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another. {26} "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, {27} nor give place to the devil. {28} Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. {29} Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. {30} And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. {31} Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. {32} And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.
Jesus told us that we must be born again. We must shed the old nature, tho old outlooks, values, and ways, and put on his nature.
How many true Christians does one find, Christians controlled by the spirit of Christ within them? How many people really live by the teachings of Jesus? Not many. You can perhaps go all your life without meeting one. You won't find any among the non-religious masses and they are rare among those who view themselves as Christians.
Jan 2009
SOURCE - http://solitaryroad.com/a979.html
Thursday, November 25, 2010
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"I will never leave you or forsake you" may be the most pleasant words in scripture.
Hebrews 13:5 - Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Joshua 1:5 - No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:8 - The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
Monday, November 22, 2010
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Recognize today that your knowledge, though it may be great, is like a grain of sand on the shore of all knowledge.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
A World in a Slumber
I pray - awaken children of the Lord. Recognize and learn our true condition. Ask forgiveness and repent. Ask Jesus to enter your heart and guide each of us through our worldly lives.
Come Holy Spirit. Lead us.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
God will always provide a Warning and Path of Escape.
By Joe White
1 Corinthians 10:13 - No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
A rattlesnake's rattle is symbolic of the many warnings in nature. But there are also manmade warnings all around us. Weather reports are a good example of warnings we encounter every day. Sometimes we disregard them at great peril.
Story has it that in Lake City, Colorado, a party of snowmobilers ignored the winter storm alert being broadcast over the radio in the café where they were enjoying lunch. An hour later they were high atop Bristol Head, groping along in a whiteout, when suddenly the ground fell out from under them. Days later a rescue team found them at the base of the 1000-foot cliff, their bodies shattered beyond recognition. Because of the blinding snow, they had missed the sign that warned of the dangerous cliff. It is impossible for one to pass that landmark without thinking of the terror that must have been theirs during that brief plummet to earth.
I Corinthians 10:13 contains both comfort and caution. When I read it, I am reminded that the temptations I face are not uncommon. In fact, other Christians face them, too. However, in spite of this comfort, the verse leaves no room for me to act recklessly. Temptation may be common, but it can still lead to a disastrous fall if I yield to it. God in His graciousness provides a "way of escape." But many is the imprisoned boy or the impregnated girl who says, "God must not really care for me. When I was tempted, He didn't provide me with a way of escape. Now look at the mess I'm in." Yet, if they search their memory they will always find that there was a sign, a neon sign that read:
"DANGEROUS CLIFF AHEAD. IN CASE OF HEAVY SNOWFALL, DO NOT PROCEED BEYOND THIS POINT."
Had the snowmobilers heeded the weather report in the first place, they would never have been up on Bristol Head. But because they ignored the report, they got trapped in the whiteout. And because of the whiteout, they missed the important trail sign. And because they missed the important trail sign, they sailed over the cliff. And because they sailed over the cliff, their lives were cut short tragically. Oh, how I wish teenagers would see that temptation and the tragedies that result from it are just like that tragedy on Bristol Head. When we ignore the initial "way of escape" God provides for us, our vision becomes so impaired that it is increasingly difficult to find our way back to safety.
My friends watch for the signs today. And when you see one, don't just read it and roar past it . . . heed it and soar successfully through life.
QUESTIONS:
1. Is it comforting to you to know that "no temptation has overtaken, but such as is common to man?" If so, why is this comforting?
2. Discuss a time when you recognized a "way of escape", yet refused to heed it. What were the results?
LIFELINE:
God will always provide a path of escape. This means we must be so "in tune" with Him that we don't miss the path.
Men at the Cross: Daily Devo by Joe White http://conta.cc/cq3r18
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
The Election Can’t Save Us From The Fed
Now The Bad News
Moreover, I am wondering if Bernanke and the Federal Reserve Bank presidents have really thought through their actions. What if money isn’t moved out of the Treasury market and into the stock market but is instead moved into euros, gold or anything besides U.S. dollars?
China and Japan are sitting on $1.7 trillion of U.S. Treasury debt. China’s is holding one-fifth of its annual gross domestic product (GDP) in Uncle Sam IOUs. Their leaders might be Communists, but they are not idiots. With the Federal Reserve set to magically create four trillion new dollars you can bet that some of the guys wearing the Chairman Mao suits think it might be time to pull the plug on their Treasury investments.
If this happens, and the Chinese do begin to liquidate Treasuries, it would create a level of financial havoc that would make the Great Depression seem like a bump in the road. I can’t see any way we are going to get out of this unscathed.
I write this before the elections have happened, so I don’t know if the GOP won. But what should scare you is that it doesn’t matter. Congress could include Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, and as long as we have a Federal Reserve acting as recklessly as the one now controlling our economic fate, we are in a lot of trouble.
INFLATION IS COMING!!!
Bernanke Attempts to Soothe Doubters
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Property for price of a car
FULL ARTICLE AT ADELAIDE NOW
Friday, November 5, 2010
Donald Trump Favors “25% Tax” on Chinese Goods; Considering a Run for President – Video 11/4/10
Trump said he would “tax Chinese products” as a way to level the playing field with them. The Chinese have “manipulated their currency” to gain a competitive edge with the dollar, even though the quality of their product is woefully inadequate. “We don’t have free trade right now,” he said. “China is ripping us like no one has ever ripped us before.”
Trump is right – but he’s also 18 years behind the curve.
Everyone in America should have a bumper sticker that reads – “HE WAS RIGHT – PEROT 1992″
http://kishtube.blogspot.com/2010/10/giant-sucking-sound-ross-perot-1992.html
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Only the Tea Party can save us now – Telegraph Blogs
God how I wish I were American right now. In the US they may not have the Cairngorms, the River Wye, cream teas, University Challenge, Cotswold villages or decent curries. But they do still understand the principles of “don’t tread on me” and “live free or die.”
Read the rest here: James Delingpole - Only the Tea Party can save us now
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Isaiah 29:13-14
Sunday, October 31, 2010
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Numerology Meaning Chart
Birthday example: 12/29/1964 = 1+2+2+9+1+9+6+4 = 34 >>> 3+4 = 7
Then to determine the meaning go here-
http://www.thedreamtime.com/Numerology/Numerology-Meaning-Chart.html
This post is related to the following audio: http://kishaudio.blogspot.com/2010/10/michael-savage-numerology-expert-makes.html
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Gapminder: Statistics for a fact based world view.
Obama's Body Language Links
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Communication With 50 Nuke Missiles Dropped in ICBM Snafu
Monday, October 25, 2010
General: Clinton Lost 'The Biscuit' -- Nuclear Codes
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/general-clinton-lost-the-biscuit-nuclear-codes/19684849
Friday, October 22, 2010
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Dirty Waters, Dangerous Fish
http://vimeo.com/11817894
Related articles from the MSM:
In China, Farming Fish in Toxic Waters
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/world/asia/15fish.html?_r=1
Farmed in China's Foul Waters, Imported Fish Treated With Drugs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR2007070502240.html
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Galatians 3:28 and Sophocles
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love." - Sophocles
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
WHEN WE STUMBLE
One of the most critical moments in the lives of believers is when they stumble. We're all vulnerable, and it happens to everyone at some point. We are going along, progressing in our Christian walk. We're getting to know God. We're adjusting our thought life. We're overcoming some bad habits. Then, boom! Without warning, we do something "really stupid." Maybe it's an outburst of rage at something, or someone, in unrestrained anger. Or, maybe just as we start to get free of an impure sexual habit, we revert back as though nothing had changed in our lives. Or, maybe we have a nasty moment of gloating over someone else's failure, swelling us with ugly pride.
Our next steps after that stumble are really important. Why? Because right after a failure, we will either draw back from our relationship with the Lord, or we will press into Him, drawing closer than ever. We are at a fork in the road. Let's see where each of these opposite paths takes us.
On one path you progressively distance yourself from God. You may be overcome with guilt from what you've done, thinking ... "I've blown it. I'm a failure. I'm not worthy. God doesn't want me the way I am." Or, you may become hardened, justifying yourself: "He deserved my tongue-lashing." "She set me up for that moral failure. It's her fault."
The further you go down this path, the more difficult it is to recover. Some never do. They abandon their faith and give up on trying to walk further with Jesus. Sadly, the world is full of people who once believed, but have strayed far away. The writer to the Hebrews issues this caution, and it applies to everyone: "Do not drift away" (Hebrews 2:1 NIV).
But the other path can restore you to even closer intimacy with God. An earlier scripture promises that God has provided "everything we need for life and godliness" (2 Peter 1:3 NIV). That includes a perfect way back to Him when you stumble. First, it is important to realize you will stumble. Even at your very best, you are completely unworthy when compared to a holy God. Second, when you fail the Lord is watching and protecting. See this assurance from King David, who was no stranger to failure:
If the Lord delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand (Psalm 37:23,24 NIV).Third, you can come to God in complete honesty about your failure, and ask His forgiveness. Remember, He knows all you have done, even what you've been thinking. There are no surprises with Him. But you need to take the initiative in returning. What is God's response when you humble yourself and come before Him? Hear what the Apostle John says: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).
What a tremendous promise and wonderful reality. I couldn't put a number to the times I've had to walk this path. But one thing I know -- each time, the Lord has been utterly faithful to forgive. You can be washed clean and restored no matter how grievously you have erred.
Finally, it is so much to your benefit when you come quickly. And come as often as needed -- not just for the big slips but also for the small ones. As you do, you will increasingly discover the depth of God's love for you and find your love and trust for Him growing deeper and deeper.
Key Scripture: If anybody does sin, we have One who speaks to the Father in our defense -- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One (1 John 2:1 NIV).
Key Thought: I am not perfect, but I am forgiven.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
The only life eternal is the life lived for Jesus Christ - the king of kings and the lord of lords.
Have you heard of the 4 spiritual laws?
http://www.4laws.com/laws/englishkgp/
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Google Fusion Tables | U.S. Population 1776 to Present
http://tables.googlelabs.com/DataSource?dsrcid=225439
Effingham deputies call feds after arresting Russians with shovel, wire cutters outside Georgia Power plant | savannahnow.com
Friday, September 10, 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
State Dept. Analyst Accused of Leaks to Fox News - NYTimes.com
...The charges are part of a crackdown on disclosures of classified information to the news media under President Obama. A former contract linguist for the F.B.I. was sentenced in May to 20 months in prison for disclosing secret documents to a blogger, and a veteran National Security Agency official is awaiting trial on charges of sharing classified information with a reporter for The Baltimore Sun.
Read more: State Dept. Analyst Accused of Leaks to Fox News - NYTimes.com
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
This guy is amazing! You won't believe this video of THE WORLD's GREATEST CLIMBER.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPN3gLVDsOY
Jyothi Rai (India's Spiderman) was featured on Stan Lee's Superhumans this week.
Here's a link to Joythi's bio on History.com
http://www.history.com/shows/stan-lees-superhumans/bios/#slide-16
Full Name: Jyothi Rai
Hometown: Chitradurga, India
Jyothi Rai is known as India's very own Spiderman-scaling walls at an unbelievable speed. Jyothi has always had a passion for climbing. Growing up, he saw troops of monkeys swinging through the forests near his home. Taking inspiration from these agile animals, he began climbing up scaffolding while working on a building site. It was here that he perfected his climbing techniques. After discovering that his spider-like climbing abilities drew in crowds of onlookers, Jyothi started to push himself further by climbing higher and higher structures, always without a net or safety rope. Today, he is able to run up a six-story structure in a matter of seconds.
Here's a couple blog links-
Spiderman Comes from India
http://www.killahbeez.com/2009/11/18/jyothi-rai-the-real-spiderman/
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Islamization Watch: Scenes from Ground Zero Mosque protests [Photos]
Click the photo or headline to see more photos @ Islamization Watch
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Bombshell: Barack Obama conclusively outed as CIA creation
Bombshell: Barack Obama conclusively outed as CIA creation
This article reminded me of Nyquist's interview of Tom Fife from 2/8/2010 - audio file: Jeff Nyquist interviews Tom Fife.
Related information on Free Republic - The First Time I Heard of Barack (with additional info).
Thursday, August 19, 2010
World Military Spending « Hiram's 1555 Blog
In this time frame, the US and the UK have funded two wars in foreign lands and the Chinese have increased their military spending 217%. Master Tzu would be proud.
Related Sun Tzu Quotes from http://www.sonshi.com/sun2.html -
"If the army is exposed to a prolonged campaign, the nation's resources will not suffice."
"When weapons are blunted, and ardor dampened, strength exhausted, and resources depleted, the neighboring rulers will take advantage of these complications. Then even the wisest of counsels would not be able to avert the consequences that must ensue."
"Therefore, I have heard of military campaigns that were clumsy but swift, but I have never seen military campaigns that were skilled but protracted."
"No nation has ever benefited from protracted warfare."
Soon, either the US and the UK will be the first... Or Sun Tzu will be proven correct - again.
http://jnkish.blogspot.com/2009/12/friend-or-foe.htm