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-Pastor Timothy V. Shockley Sr.-
“Remember, others do not see what you see. They cannot completely understand the vision God has given you. Protect your potential by choosing carefully those with whom you share your dreams and aspirations, and by maintaining an environment in which your potential can be fulfilled. To maximize your life you must manage your environment and the quality of the people and resources that influence you. Your greatest responsibility is to yourself, not others.”
http://timothyshockleysr.com/2012/09/28/many-dreams-die-because-they-are/
U.S. elections have passed …
Relationships affected by debates begin to regulate even if for some it will take longer considering these debates …
Pastors will begin to preach again that it was God‘s will and maybe it was …
…. but I personally have a great uncertainty.
HOW to believe that God was involved in this election once in the States of Maine and Maryland, for the first time in U.S. history, through a popular vote was legalized same-sex marriages? Since 1998, 32 different states have been trying to impose on the ballot this law against the teaching of the Holy Scriptures and failed (yes, I can believe that God was involved in those elections but not now …). And I can not forget that earlier this year, Barack Obama was the first incumbent president that endorse legalizing same-sex marriages.
HOW to believe that God was involved in this election once in the States of Colorado and Washington, for the first time in U.S. history, by popular vote was legalized use of marijuana as “recreational use”. For me the more interesting is that both states are arguing for “supremacy” in the legalization as if a great honor is to be the number one. (To be political correct, Colorado “deserve” to be number one because the polls was close one hour early then Washington).
(AP Photo / Brennan Linsley)
HOW to believe that God was involved in this election once in the State of Wisconsin for the first time in U.S. history, through a popular vote was elected senator one openly gay, Tammy Baldwin.
When God is involved in choices, can that staff happen?
Pastors will begin to preach again that it is the will of God and maybe it was ……
….. but I personally have a great uncertainty !
Alegerile in SUA au trecut…
Relatiile afectate de dezbateri incep sa se reglementeze chiar daca pentru unele va dura mai mult tinand cont de acerbicia acestor dezbateri…
Pastorii vor incepe din nou sa ne predice ca asa a fost voia Domnului si poate a fost…
….dar eu personal am mari incertitudini.
CUM SA CRED CA DUMNEZEU A FOST IMPLICAT IN ACESTE ALEGERI cand in statele Maine si Maryland, pentru prima data in istoria Statelor Unite PRIN VOT POPULAR, au fost legalizate casatoriile cu persoane de acelasi sex? Incepand din 1998, 32 de state diferite au tot incercat sa impuna pe buletinul de vot aceasta lege impotriva invataturii Sfintelor Scripturi si nu au reusit (da, pot sa cred ca atunci la acele alegeri Dumnezeu S-a implicat dar nu acum…). Si nu pot sa uit ca la inceputul acestui an, Barack Obama a fost primul presedinte in exercitiu care a aprobat ( “endorse” cum spunem in USA) legalizarea casatoriilor cu persoane de acelasi sex.
CUM SA CRED CA DUMNEZEU A FOST IMPLICAT IN ACESTE ALEGERI cand in statele Colorado si Washington, pentru prima data in istoria Statelor Unite PRIN VOT POPULAR, a fost legalizata folosirea drogului marijuana (cannabis in Europa) ca placere (“recreational use”). Pentru mine si mai interesant este faptul ca amandoua statele se cearta pentru “intiietatea” acestei legalizari, de parca ar fi mare onoare pentru asa ceva.
(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
CUM SA CRED CA DUMNEZEU A FOST IMPLICAT IN ACESTE ALEGERI cand in statul Wisconsin, pentru prima data in istoria Statelor Unite PRIN VOT POPULAR, a fost ales senator o lesbianca (“openly gay”) declarata, Tammy Baldwin.
Cand Dumnezeu se implica in alegeri se pot intampla asemenea mostruozitati?
Pastorii vor incepe sa predice din nou ca asa este voia Domnului si poate este……
…..dar eu personal am mari incertitudini!
“America, you are finished. Our days of being any kind of a world power are now officially at an end. We have re-elected a leader which hates Israel, hates freedom, and is against everything that God stands for. We have been judged for our national sins and been given a ruler, a dark king over us which is the just recompense of our sins.
We will now enter into a prolonged period of wars, famine, of disease, of unrequited misery.
The $16,000,000,000,000.00 debt we carry will only grow until it bursts us at the seams.
Obama now will finish his work of crippling our financial system, adding millions more to welfare and food stamps, and decimating our military.
We will continue slaughtering babies by the millions through abortion, and glorifying the abomination of homosexuality.”
Philly poll workers partially cover Obama mural after court order, leaving logo and quote in view
“Workers at a Philadelphia polling place, after being ordered by a judge to cover up a mural of President Obama “in its entirety,” slapped up a few pieces of paper that only partially covered his image — while leaving the Obama campaign logo and a quote from the current president in full view for voters.”
Republican congressional candidate David Rosa was turned away from the polls on Tuesday because a database said that he had already voted, according to his campaign.
The campaign said in an email to press that his son, David L. Rosa II, was classified as Rosa, Sr., when he mailed in a ballot, making the actual Rosa, Sr., come up as having already voted. He was instead asked to submit a provisional ballot — which are given to voters when there are questions regarding their eligibility and are voted after election day — but turned it down.
“I am disappointed that I can not vote this morning,” Rosa said in a statement. “I will be here until I can cast a ballot. This election is too important for any vote to be discounted due to error.”
Rosa is running in the largely Democratic 20th District of Texas, which includes parts of San Antonio. The seat is up for grabs after longtime Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas) announced his retirement, but Democratic candidate Joaquín Castro — the brother of San Antonio mayor and Democratic National Convention keynote speaker Julián Castro — is heavily favored to win.
UPDATE: 12:10 p.m. — Rosa’s campaign emailed reporters to say he decided to cast a provisional ballot after all, meaning it won’t be counted until after election day.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/david-rosa-vote_n_2082257.html
Article posted by Jack Kirkland on 11/05/2012
Illegal immigrants are boycotting Arizona by the thousands, showing their outrage with Arizona’s controversial new SB-1070 law by moving elsewhere.
In the small town of Guadalupe, AZ, south of Phoenix , Manuel Renaldo is one of those who is punishing Arizona by leaving. As he loaded his car with his belongings and family of 14, Renaldo told this reporter through an interpreter “It’s a matter of principle; I refuse to be supported by a state that treats me like a criminal!
Renaldo told a reporter through an interpreter that he and his family are moving to California, a state that will support him and his family with dignity!
LET’S SEE IF I GOT THIS CORRECT!!!
IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.
IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.
BUT, IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET……..
A JOB, A DRIVERS LICENSE, A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, CREDIT CARDS, SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE, FREE EDUCATION,
FREE HEALTH CARE, A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE, THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY’S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
AND, IN MANY INSTANCES…YOU CAN VOTE.
“Prosperity Gospel Preacher T.D. Jakes has now officially yoked himself with the New Age Movement as he has joined Oprah Winfrey’s roster of New Age mystics and gurus for her “Lifeclass Series.” Jakes, who is famous for saying “Jesus is the product” when referring to his multi-million dollar media empire which includes books, movies and his Potter’s House Prosperity Gospel church, is now selling his wares to Oprah Winfrey’s mega-audience of devoted followers. And in Jakes’ preaching on “Purpose” and how to find it, there is no mention of the name of Jesus Christ.”
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Published on Oct 25, 2012 by rfvidz
Jim Garlow interviews Wayne Grudem (author of Politics According to the Bible) concerning 2012 election.
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“Holy, Holy, Holy…” another great song written and interpreted by my friend, Mark Houser.
Enjoy listening to this song:
“On Halloween of 1517, Luther changed the course of human history when he nailed his 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg, accusing the Roman Catholic church of heresy upon heresy. Many people cite this act as the primary starting point of the Protestant Reformation… though to be sure, John Wycliffe, John Hus, Thomas Linacre, John Colet, and others had already put the life’s work and even their lives on the line for same cause of truth, constructing the foundation of Reform upon which Luther now built. Luther’s action was in great part a response to the selling of indulgences by Johann Tetzel, a Dominican priest. Luther’s charges also directly challenged the position of the clergy in regard to individual salvation. Before long, Luther’s 95 Theses of Contention had been copied and published all over Europe.”
http://rodiagnusdei.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/remember-reformation-day/
Here’s an older post that can be revisited every year at this time, when we remember the significance of the reformation that took place almost 500 years ago today.
Martin Luther had a small head-start on Tyndale, as Luther declared his intolerance for the Roman Church’s corruption on Halloween in 1517, by nailing his 95 Theses of Contention to the Wittenberg Church door. Luther, who would be exiled in the months following the Diet of Worms Council in 1521 that was designed to martyr him, would translate the New Testament into German for the first time from the 1516 Greek-Latin New Testament of Erasmus, and publish it in September of 1522. Luther also published a German Pentateuch in 1523, and another edition of the German New Testament in 1529. In the 1530’s he would go on to publish the entire Bible in German…
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Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual?
In North America, the yearly observance of Halloween amounts to a multi-billion-dollar industry, second only to Christmas…selling costumes, candy and food items, party supplies, greeting cards, tours of so-called haunted houses, and other forms of entertainment. But what is the history of this particular day? The story may surprise you.
More than two thousand years ago, a people called the Celts (Kelts) lived in what is now Ireland,Great Britain, and France. Among the Celtic people was an elite intellectual class known as the Druids, who served as religious priests, judges, lawmakers, and scientists. They had an elaborate pagan religious festival, along with certain rituals. Chief among these was the Fire Festival called Samhain (pronounced sow-en), observed at harvest time to mark the Celtic New Year.
The Celts believed that on this night the barrier between the natural world and the supernatural was removed, and the spirits of the dead were able to move freely among human beings. Samhain was the most solemn and important night in the Celtic year.
After the Roman Catholic Church came to the Celtic peoples in the seventh century, some of their traditional folk customs were adopted by the church. In 835 A.D. Pope Gregory IV moved the church’s “Feast of All Saints” from the spring to November 1st to replace the observance of Samhain. All Saint’s Day, still observed today by many, honored believers who had died. The night before, which featured a sacred vigil in church, became known as “All Hallow’s Eve,” or Halloween. But the old practices of the Druids died hard and were denounced by the church as witchcraft. This is how Halloween became known as a witch’s holiday.
Dressing in costumes and going door-to-door comes from a much later tradition in the British Isles, a practice not restricted to Halloween. Masked players would go from house-to-house, putting on a simple drama or musical performance in return for food and drink. Often these performances had Christian themes.
The “trick-or-treat” custom we know today is thoroughly American in origin. In the nineteenth century, when Irish and Scottish immigrants brought their Halloween traditions to North America, the night became an occasion for pranks and mischief. Vandals would go through the night, soaping windows, overturning outhouses, and pulling gates from their hinges. These pranks were playfully said to be the work of witches and ghosts, but by the 1920s the joke wasn’t funny anymore. The damage to neighborhoods was mounting.
To counteract Halloween vandalism, community clubs like the Boy Scouts began to organize alternatives that are safe and fun. Children were encouraged to go door-to-door and receive treats from homeowners and merchants, keeping the troublemakers away. By the 1930s, the practice was popular nationwide and young voices crying, “Trick or treat!” were echoing through neighborhood streets.
In this way, a combination of pagan, Christian, and civic elements formed the Halloween celebration we know today. In recent decades, however, a renewed interest in the old pagan beliefs has blossomed in North America. Popular entertainment, including television shows like “Buffy: The Vampire Slayer,” and even “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” make occult themes and witchcraft seem fun and acceptable. The result is that Halloween today has become strongly associated with the occult and a preoccupation with the dead—two influences that Scripture and the church have always warned against.
You see, Satan is not a joke. He’s real. Though the Bible clearly states that God is the world’s highest authority, He gave Satan a certain amount of power. With God’s permission, the evil in this world is under Satan’s control. This is why the apostle Paul said in Ephes. 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Satan was the first one in history to openly defy God. He also started a way of life that was self-centered and rejected God’s authority. That marked the birth of sin, which is nothing more than rebellion against God. Today sin affects the entire human race. We are all guilty, and therefore all deserve sin’s penalty. “For the wages of sin is death….”
Halloween is rooted in paganism, but this is not the main reason I discourage its celebration. If you want to, you can tie many of our modern practices back to ancient pagan practices…Good grief, pagans had a holiday in which they gathered around a tree, similarly to Christmas, but we don’t throw out our trees because of that ancient connection…don’t throw the baby Jesus out with the bathwater…He is the present, dominant association of Christmas however you celebrate it. But there’s much better Biblical reasons to avoid Halloween than just its pagan roots, for it continues in the ancient traditions it was founded in.
I. Because It Glorifies Death.
A. First it is important for us to realize that death does not come from God.
Death is a result of man’s own choosing. The Scripture plainly tells us, Genesis 2:16-17
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
God told Adam the only thing he was not to do was to eat from this tree, but if he did, he would die. It reminds me of a kid, If you tell him not to do something he will do it or burst.
Adam was just like you and I, he had to touch and taste the untouchable. How many of you when you see a sign that say’s, “Wet Paint” just have to go over and touch it?
Adam made a decision to eat and Romans 5:12 tells us the result of his actions, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
God is not the cause of death, man is.
B. The second understanding we must hold onto is that death is an enemy.
We are in a battle with an enemy called death. But why is death our enemy? It is because it destroys life, it takes life away, whereas God is the Creator and Author of life. In God’s original creation there was no sin nor pain, disease or death, remember man chose to sin.
The Bible teaches that death is the enemy of mankind.
I Corinthians 15:26 “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
Christ was subject to the great enemy of man: death. Note that death is the last enemy that will be destroyed.
Death has an end; death will cease to be; the reign of death will be stopped.
Man shall be delivered once-and-for-all from death. Death will be swallowed up in victory.
“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it” (Isaiah 25:8).
“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes” (Hosea 13:14).
“So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory” (1 Cor. 15:54).
“[God’s purpose and grace] is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10).
“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death” (Rev. 20:14).
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away” (Rev. 21:4).
II. Because It Honors Satan and Demons.
God is not honored on Halloween. God is not even mentioned. Satan, witches and demons are honored. The Bible teaches that Satan and demons are the enemies of mankind.
I Peter 5:8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Throughout Scripture Satan is described as:
He is “the god of this world” who blinds men’s minds (2 Cor. 4:4).
He is “the prince of this world” (John 12:31; John 14:20; John 16:11)and “the prince of the power of the air” (Ephes. 2:2; Ephes. 6:12).
Satan’s purpose in making war against God is twofold.
A. Satan’s purpose is power and worship, to receive as much of the power and worship of the universe as possible (Isaiah 14:12-17; Ezekiel 28:11-17).
B. Satan’s purpose is to hurt and cut the heart of God. Why? Because God has judged and condemned him for rebelling against Him. Therefore, Satan does all he can to get back at God. The best way he can do this is to turn the hearts of people away from God and lead them to sin and to follow the way of evil.
But the Bible says “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4); and, “If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31).
III. Because People Sin On Halloween.
Many people get drunk and take drugs. People dress in horrible, occultic costumes. All of this is sin. It’s considered the holiday of hell, and the bad boys come out for it! In NM they would kill people’s livestock and drink the blood on this date, and kidnappings is always a great fear on this night…be very careful!
I Corinthians 10:20. But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Participation in idolatry is fellowshipping with devils The devil and his angels or demons are behind all idolatry, whether the idolatry of a heathen society or of an educated society. Scripture definitely declares:
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephes. 6:12).
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (2 Cor. 11:14-15).
It is utterly impossible to participate in the true worship of God and in the worship of devils.
“Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table and of the table of devils” (1 Cor. 10:21).
“Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them” (Deut. 11:16).
IV. Because God Himself Hates Halloween.
God says, “I hate every false way.” Psalm 119:104.
God does not hate mankind, but He hates man’s evil ways.
Genesis 6:5-7
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
God is wearied by man’s sins.
“Thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities” (Isaiah 43:24).
God is broken by man’s sins.
“I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations” (Ezekiel 6:9).
God is grieved by man’s sins.
“Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways” (Psalm 95:10).
God is grieved to the depths of His heart with man’s sins.
“And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart” (Genesis 6:6).
These are good reasons not to celebrate Halloween, and reasons why we are proud to offer a great Christian alternative in our Fall Family Festival. We need an alternative, and many in our community benefit from it, as do our own children. We can bury our head in the sand if we want to, or we can rise to the occasion of the biggest opportunity we have each Oct. 31st!
Invitation:
Man was God’s creature, the most noble and dignified creature ever created, but man abused God’s love and purpose in creating him. Man rebelled against God: he rejected God’s love and purpose in creation. Man chose to reject, ignore, neglect, and deny God, his Creator.
You need Jesus Christ to save you from the penalty of your sins.
Make the right choice today and choose to put sin aside and turn to Jesus.
“How should we respond to the gay couple that wants to engage in our church? A couple that wants to apply for membership, who wants to be in leadership, who wants the opportunity for a deeper relationship with God and to experience authentic Christian community without being ridiculed or ignored,” he asked.
Farah said that if a church is going to honor God with a clear biblical teaching and a Christ-like presence it needs to fulfill the Great Commandment and do two things – love people, love God.
“It’s easy to talk about ‘those people,’ but those people have names, are committed to their partners, love their children and want deeper relationships with God,” he said.
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-leaders-urge-church-to-love-gays-all-people-as-jesus-commanded-84024/#wesFUcW9BGDLYcTz.99
The bolded phrases from this fragment were highlighted by me.
I have just one question: REALLY ???????
Romanian version:
Botez încheiat tragic într-o localitate din Vaslui, Romania. O fetiţă de doar cinci luni a murit chiar în timpul petrecerii organizate pentru creştinarea ei.
Părinţii au băut şi au mâncat cu invitaţii la botez până după miezul nopţii. A doua zi dimineaţă când s-au sculat şi au vrut să vadă ce se întâmplă cu micuţa care nu scotea nici un sunet, au descoperit că aceasta zăcea fără suflare. Au chemat imediat Salvarea dar orice încercare de resuscitare a fost în zadar: copilul murise. Potrivit medicilor decesul survenise în urmă cu câteva ore. Părinţii spun că fata lor era puţin răcită, au dus-o la doctor şi peste câteva zile urma să se ducă la control. Reprezentanţii autorităţilor au declarat că se va face o necropsie pentru a se stabili cauza decesului.
English version:
Baptism ended tragically in a village in Vaslui, Romania. A girl just five months old died during the party organized for her Christianization.
Parents drank and ate with baptism invitations until after midnight. The next morning when rose up and wanted to see what happens with little girl which could not draw any sound, they found that it was lying lifeless. They immediately called the emergency team but any attempt to resuscitation was in vain: the child was dead. According to doctors death occurring a few hours ago. Parents say their daughter was slightly chilled, took her to the doctor few days ago and wait for the follow up visit. Representatives of the authorities said they will do a necropsy to determine cause of death.
Be Careful
This morning, the Muslim Brotherhood warned the United States that if the United States continued meddling in Egypt , Libya , Syria, Afghanistan and other hot spots in the Middle East, they intend to cut off America’s supply of 7-11 and Motel 6 managers.
If this action does not yield sufficient results, cab drivers will be next, followed by Dell, AT&T, and AOL customer service reps.
Finally, if all else fails, they have threatened not to send us any more Presidents, either.
It’s gonna get ugly, people.
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