HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Another year has come and gone
"Thank You, Jesus" is our song
May our hearts be turned to you
Forgive us Lord, wash us new
Fill us with your Holy Spirit
May we obey Your Word as we hear it
We offer up our lives to you
Every morning and evening too
Thank You Jesus for the cross
You paid the price at such great loss
You died for me and everyone
You are my God, my Lord, the Son
By your blood I am forgiven
Filled with joy for you I'm livin'
Risen Savior, we praise Your name
Jesus Christ, always the same!

Love and blessings to all for 2006

Cathy

"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18

WAKE UP NEWS
The tide of anti-Christian propaganda is rising: NBC to Air Series About Dysfunctional Christian Family

WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST
Yes, the world is full of problems but is God ignorate of these things? Certainly not! And like the song says, "His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me." Sometimes when talking to an atheist, I'll tell them that the Bible says there is no God. Shocked by this comment, I now have their full attention as I continue, "Yes, it says, 'A fool in his heart says there is no God!'" The more I read about the horrors that abound in this world, the more I realize MY ONLY HOPE IS IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. It's all about Him and I must daily pick up my cross and follow Him. When I initially turned my life over to Jesus in 1976, I received not only forgiveness of sin but so much more - for example, now I am a child of God, I am an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb, I am more than a conqueror, I am loved, I am abounding in grace, and I have the mind of Christ! As I trust in the Lord with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, and in all my ways acknowlege Him, He promises to direct my paths - hallelujah! Paul wrote, "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." 2 Corinthians 2:9 May we each look to the Lord Jesus Christ for true peace and freedom!

WAKE UP NEWS
1996 Video: Mind Control: Out of Control Update - Mark Philips & Cathy O'Brien (transcript)

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." Isaiah 9:6,7

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever!

WAKE UP NEWS
Commentary: The United States vs. Jesus Christ by Dorothy Seese
Educate Yourself: The Illuminate Formula to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Control Slave by Fritz Springmeier & Cisco Wheeler
Washington Times 12/21/05: Military chaplains told to shy from Jesus by Julia Duin
Video: Electromagnetic Warfare by the History Channel

ARE YOU AWAKE?
First, I highly recommend that you turn OFF your tv and find another source of news. Then blow the dust off your Bible, read it, and do what it says. The days are evil and the Lord Jesus Christ is your only hope.
Commentary: Merry Conspiracy by Nancy Levant
Video: Coincidences by Free Press International
"Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." Ephesians 5:14-16

"An aborted baby is THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE sacrifice to Lord Satan.
The baby is totally innocent, and is therefore most highly regarded sacrificially."
- a former Black Magick Satanist
4,000 PRECIOUS LIVES LOST PER DAY IN THE USA ALONE!
After I finished ministry school, I went to Germany where I lived for over three years until this past June when I returned to America. Why? I believe this is what God wanted and now I am greatly concerned for this nation and for the church in general. Like I was, I think much of America is deceived/asleep/distracted/compromised/lost and tragically, on their way to hell. Most are too busy serving themselves rather than putting God first. I know it grieves the Holy Spirit because He desires a close relationship with each of us, but if we don't obey Him, we have no hope. These are critical days and time is short. We each need to turn to Jesus and turn away from our sin. Our heavenly Father loves us so much, but if we turn our backs on him, He will not welcome us into His heaven. America is still slaughtering 4,000 unborn children a day and if we don't stop this, we have no hope - we need to repent now because no one is promised tomorrow. Over the past several months, I have done a lot of research and have seen much evidence proving that there has been a government coverup regarding the events of 911. Even though I voted for Bush both times as well as his father, I now see that their actions have not matched their words and I now feel we have been deceived/betrayed. This was very hard for me to accept when my eyes were opened last spring and I "woke up". However, I now see how it all ties in with Bible prophecy and the return of the Lord. Not everyone wants to hear about any of this, but we need to wake up, like it or not, before it is too late! I believe what is most important is this:
Where will I spend eternity?
Is Jesus Christ Lord of my life or am I running the show?
Am I born again or am I playing games?
Is my name written in the Lamb's book of life or has He blotted it out?
Do we believe that God loves us so much that He gave His one and only Son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life?
Did Jesus die on the cross and shed His blood for my sin?
Did he rise from the dead after three days?
Is He alive today and will He return for His bride, the church one day?
Am I praying and obeying the Word of God?
Am I ready to meet the Lord when I die?
If not, why not?
These are all important questions for each of us. So there you have my sermon for today! Comments?

EXPOSING THE LIES AND REVEALING THE TRUTH
News Article: Jesuit defends secrecy in priest sex case
Proverbs 6:16-19 "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."

CALL 911
Why did Building 7 collapse? Owner Larry Silverstein said, "I remember getting a call from the fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it.' And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collapse." Does this make any sense at all since it takes several weeks to prepare a building for implosion??? Side note: Just two months before 9/11, Silverstein leased the twin towers from the Port Authority, giving him control of the entire site. After lengthy and continuing court battles, he stands to collect a maximum of $4.6 billion in insurance money.

Read & watch: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cutter.html
WTC janitor & eyewitness, William Rodriquez: "Seconds after the first massive explosion below in the basement still rattled the floor, I hear another explosion from way above."
FPI Documentaries: http://fpidocument.blogspot.com
Alex Jones: http://www.prisonplanet.com/011904wtc7.html
Google search: "larry silverstein" 911 "pull it"

MATTHEW 12:35-37
"A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." - the Lord Jesus Christ

PAT ROBERTSON'S BUSINESS DEALS from today's Wayne Madsen Report:
December 11, 2005 -- SPECIAL REPORT. Additional ties between southern Christian fundamentalists, Texas oil interests, and Russian-Israeli mobsters and weapons smugglers uncovered. According to informed Washington insiders, there is increasing evidence of financial links between key "Christian Right" GOP notables and an international ring of Russian-Ukrainian-Israeli mobsters tied to notorious Russian weapons smuggler Viktor Vasilevich (aka Anatoliyevich) Bout.... Bout's connections with the Christian Right do not end with Gambia. Bout was Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's primary arms and diamond smuggler. Bout and his associates were given Liberian diplomatic passports and, with Taylor's blessing and protection, they registered a number of their front companies in Monrovia, the Liberian capital. Taylor, who is now in exile in Nigeria, was a business partner with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson. Robertson's organization mentored both Ralph Reed and Richard Hines. According to British and Israeli intelligence sources, Taylor also enabled Al Qaeda to launder blood diamonds for cash through Liberia. Liberia and neighboring Sierra Leone were where Israeli mobsters engaged in business with Israeli gangsters who operated under the full protection of the Israeli Likud government... Robertson and Taylor were business partners in a Cayman Islands front company called Freedom Gold, Ltd. In fact, Freedom Gold bas headquartered at Robertson's CBN offices in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Robertson's African interests also crossed paths with Bout's in another country -- the former Zaire. Robertson's African Development Company used the cover of Robertson's tax-exempt "Operation Blessing" to ferry conflict diamonds out of civil war-ravaged Zaire (now Congo). (read more)

PROVERBS 30:7-9
"Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain."

WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
Saved? From what? Saved from condemnation and death. This is why the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, came to the earth: too die for our sin so that we through faith can receive eternal life.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." (John 3:16-19)

Do you believe that Jesus died for you and then rose from the dead? Do you believe he is coming back again? Do you talk to him? Do you read his Word, the Bible and do you obey it?

Not one of us will make it to heaven on own merit, by being good person, nor by going to church. Not one of us is good enough. All of us have sinned and we each come short of the glory of God. Our sin separates us from this Holy God. In Titus 3, Paul wrote that it is, "not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

And to my Roman Catholic friends, ex-Catholic evangelist, Mike Gendron, says: Many Catholics do not understand who Christ is because the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church paints a different picture of Him than what is revealed in the Sacred Scriptures. Vatican Council II declares that we attain our own salvation and co-operate in saving our brothers through prayer and good works (p. 66, Vatican Council II Documents; Flannery). Was Christ merely "the gate opener" of heaven or was He the Savior? If we can attain our own salvation, then why did Christ have to die for us? Is Christ the only Mediator between God and man or does He share that role with Mary? According to VC II, when Mary was "taken up to heaven, she did not lay aside her saving office, but by her manifold intercession, continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation," (page 419). Is Jesus the only Way to the Father, or are Moslems, who reject the deity of Christ, part of God's plan of salvation as stated by VC II, (page 367). Is Christ and His Word the Truth or should we believe the Dogmas of the Catholic Church that nullify the sufficiency of His perfect sacrifice, His grace and His Word. Vatican II states, "In the supremely wise arrangement of God, sacred Tradition, sacred Scripture and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated that one of them cannot stand without the other," (page 756)... The importance of believing who Christ is can best be summed up by the words of Christ Himself, "You will surely die in your sins unless you come to believe who I am," (John 8:24). (Mike's website)

May nothing stop you nor I from discovering the Truth which brings freedom and eternal life I pray!

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN THE US: NO LONGER A PREDICTION by Wayne Madson
December 9, 2005 -- Internet censorship. It did not happen overnight but slowly came to America's shores from testing grounds in China and the Middle East. Progressive and investigative journalist web site administrators are beginning to talk to each other about it, e-mail users are beginning to understand why their e-mail is being disrupted by it, major search engines appear to be complying with it, and the low to equal signal-to-noise ratio of legitimate e-mail and spam appears to be perpetuated by it. In this case, “it,” is what privacy and computer experts have long warned about: massive censorship of the web on a nationwide and global scale. For many years, the web has been heavily censored in countries around the world. That censorship continues at this very moment.

Now it is happening right here in America. The agreement by the Congress to extend an enhanced Patriot Act for another four years will permit the political enforcers of the Bush administration, who use law enforcement as their proxies, to further clamp censorship controls on the web. The warning signs for the crackdown on the web have been with us for over a decade. The Clipper chip controversy of the 90s, John Poindexter’s Total Information Awareness (TIA) system pushed in the aftermath of 9-11, backroom deals between the Federal government and the Internet service industry, and the Patriot Act have ushered in a new era of Internet censorship, something just half a decade ago computer programmers averred was impossible given the nature of the web. They were wrong, dead wrong. Take for example of what recently occurred when two journalists were taking on the phone about a story that appeared on Google News. The story was about a Christian fundamentalist move in Congress to use U.S. military force in Sudan to end genocide in Darfur. The story appeared on the English Google News site in Qatar. But the very same Google News site when accessed simultaneously in Washington, DC failed to show the article. This censorship is accomplished by geolocation filtering: the restriction or modifying of web content based on the geographical region of the user. In addition to countries, such filtering can now be implemented for states, cities, and even individual IP addresses.

With reports in the Swedish newspaper Svensa Dagbladet today that the United States has transmitted a Homeland Security Department "no fly" list of 80,000 suspected terrorists to airport authorities around the world, it is not unreasonable that a "no [or restricted] surfing/emailing" list has been transmitted to Internet Service Providers around the world. The systematic disruptions of web sites and email strongly suggests that such a list exists.
News reports on CIA prisoner flights and secret prisons are disappearing from Google and other search engines like Alltheweb as fast as they appear. Here now, gone tomorrow is the name of the game. Google is systematically failing to list and link to articles that contain explosive information about the Bush administration, the war in Iraq, Al Qaeda, and U.S. political scandals. But Google is not alone in working closely to stifle Internet discourse. America On Line, Microsoft, Yahoo and others are slowly turning the Internet into an information superhighway dominated by barricades, toll booths, off-ramps that lead to dead ends, choke points, and security checks.

America On Line is the most egregious is stifling Internet freedom. A former AOL employee noted how AOL and other Internet Service Providers cooperate with the Bush administration in censoring email. The Patriot Act gave federal agencies the power to review information to the packet level and AOL was directed by agencies like the FBI to do more than sniff the subject line. The AOL term of service (TOS) has gradually been expanded to grant AOL virtually universal power regarding information. Many AOL users are likely unaware of the elastic clause, which says they will be bound by the current TOS and any TOS revisions which AOL may elect at any time in the future. Essentially, AOL users once agreed to allow the censorship and non-delivery of their email. Microsoft has similar requirements for Hotmail as do Yahoo and Google for their respective e-mail services. There are also many cases of Google’s search engine failing to list and link to certain information. According to a number of web site administrators who carry anti-Bush political content, this situation has become more pronounced in the last month. In addition, many web site administrators are reporting a dramatic drop-off in hits to their sites, according to their web statistic analyzers. Adding to their woes is the frequency at which spam viruses are being spoofed as coming from their web site addresses. Government disruption of the political side of the web can easily be hidden amid hyped mainstream news media reports of the latest "boutique" viruses and worms, reports that have more to do with the sales of anti-virus software and services than actual long-term disruption of banks, utilities, or airlines.
Internet Censorship in the US: No Longer a Prediction

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Cisco Systems have honed their skills at Internet censorship for years in places like China, Jordan, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and other countries. They have learned well. They will be the last to admit they have imported their censorship skills into the United States at the behest of the Bush regime. Last year, the Bush-Cheney campaign blocked international access to its web site -- www.georgewbush.com -- for unspecified "security reasons." Only those in the Federal bureaucracy and the companies involved are in a position to know what deals have been made and how extensive Internet censorship has become. They owe full disclosure to their customers and their fellow citizens.

JESUS LOVE ME!
This morning I was reminded of a vision I had years ago during prayer: I was little and crawling on my hands and knees on the grass playing peak-a-boo with Jesus. We were laughing and having fun. Then he picked me up, looked into my eyes and said, "You thought you weren't wanted, but I always wanted you!"

Like me, Jesus wants you too and desires a close relationship - we simply need to turn to him. It is good to know that his mercies are new every morning, so on the way to work today, I began singing "Jesus loves me" and here are the words:

JESUS LOVES ME! (listen)
Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.

Refrain
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! This I know,
As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee,
Saying, “Let them come to Me.”

Jesus loves me still today,
Walking with me on my way,
Wanting as a friend to give
Light and love to all who live.

Jesus loves me! He who died
Heaven’s gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.

Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee.

Jesus loves me! Loves me still,
Though I’m very weak and ill,
That I might from sin be free
Bled and died upon the tree.

The Rev. Dr. Jacob Cham­ber­lain, who for ma­ny years has been work­ing among the Hin­dus, writes as fol­lows re­gard­ing this hymn, long one of the most pop­u­lar child­ren’s songs in the world: “Ma­ny years ago I trans­lat­ed in­to Tel­e­gu the child­ren’s hymn, ‘Je­sus loves me’ and taught it to the child­ren of our day-school. Scarce­ly a week lat­er, as I was go­ing through the nar­row streets of the na­tive town on horse­back, I heard sing­ing that sound­ed na­tur­al, down a side street. I stopped to list­en, cau­tious­ly draw­ing up to the cor­ner, where un­ob­served I could look down the street and see and hear. And there was a lit­tle hea­then boy, with hea­then men and wo­men stand­ing around him, sing­ing away at the top of his voice: ‘Je­sus loves me this I know…’ As he com­plet­ed the verse some one asked the quest­ion: ‘Son­ny, where did you learn that song?’ ‘Over at the Mis­sion­a­ry School,’ was the an­swer. ‘Who is that Je­sus, and what is the Bi­ble?’ ‘Oh! the Bi­ble is the book from God, they say, to teach us how to get to hea­ven, and Je­sus is the name of the di­vine Re­deem­er that came in­to the world to save us from our sins; that is what the mis­sion­ar­ies say.’ ‘Well, the song is a nice one. Come, sing us some more.’ And so the lit­tle boy went on—a hea­then himself, and sing­ing to the hea­then—about Je­sus and his love. ‘That is preach­ing the Gos­pel by proxy,’ I said to my­self, as I turned my po­ny and rode away, well sa­tis­fied to leave my lit­tle proxy to tell his in­ter­est­ed au­di­ence all he him­self knew, and sing to them over and over that sweet song of sal­va­tion.” (source)

AND ON ANOTHER NOTE...
Please read this powerful commentary: MARTIAL LAW: DRILLS, DRILLS & MORE DRILLS by Nancy Levant

THE NEW PEARL HARBOR by David Ray Griffin
This books asks disturbing questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11. Taking to heart the classic idea that those who benefit from a crime ought to be investigated, here the eminent theologian David Ray Griffin sifts through the evidence about the attacks of 9/11--stories from the mainstream press, reports from abroad, the work of other researchers, and the contradictory words of members of the Bush administration themselves--and finds that, taken together, they cast serious doubt on the official story of that tragic day. He begins with simple questions: Once radio contact was lost with the flights, why weren't jets immediately sent up ("scrambled") from the nearest military airport, something that according to the FAA's own manual is routine procedure? Why did the administration's story about scrambling jets change in the days following he attacks? The disturbing questions don't stop there: they emerge from every part of the story, from every angle, until it is impossible not to suspect the architects of the official story of enormous deception. A teacher of ethics and theology, Griffin writes with compelling logic, urging readers to draw their own conclusions from the evidence. The New Pearl Harbor is a stirring call for a thorough investigation into what happened on 9/11. It rings with the conviction that it is still possible to search for the truth in American political life.

COMMENTARY: December 7, 1945 Vs. September 11, 2005: Infamous Comparisons by Ed Rampell
Today marks the 64th anniversary of Imperial Japan’s 1941 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, which has often been likened to the 9/11 terrorist strikes. This past Sept. 11th was the fourth anniversary of Al-Qaeda’s airborne assaults on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, which some have dubbed "the New Pearl Harbor." In less than four years after entering WWII, America and its Allies defeated the greatest military threat ever assembled in world history – the fascist Axis powers of Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo. But four years after 9/11, Bush remains unable to defeat a ragtag group of insurgents and terrorists, with no end in sight to the Iraqi insurgency and "War on Terrorism." (read entire article)

EXPENDABLE ELITE: ONE SOLDIER'S JOURNEY INTO COVERT WARFARE by Daniel Marvin tells about a special operations perspective on the Vietnam War and the truth about a White House concerned with popular opinion.

This true story of a special forces officer in Vietnam in the mid-1960s exposes the unique nature of the elite fighting force and how covert operations are developed and often masked to permit—and even sponsor—assassination, outright purposeful killing of innocents, illegal use of force, and bizarre methods in combat operations. Expendable Elite reveals the fear that these warriors share with no other military person: not fear of the enemy they have been trained to fight in battle, but fear of the wrath of the U.S. government should they find themselves classified as "expendable." This book centers on the CIA mission to assassinate Cambodian Crown Prince Nordum Sihanouk, the author’s unilateral aborting of the mission, the CIA's dispatch of an ARVN regiment to attack and destroy the camp and kill every person in it as retribution for defying the agency, and the dramatic rescue of eight American Green Berets and hundreds of South Vietnamese. Daniel Marvin, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Special Forces and former Green Beret who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars, is now a born-again Christian and lives in Cazenovia, New York.

AMERICA'S LEADERS KNEW
Like it or not, the book "Day Of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor" by Robert Stinnett, who served in the U.S. Navy with distinction during World War II, examines and proves the tragic truth that our nation's leaders were fully aware that the Japanese army was going to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

One reader writes:
Because of the brave men, like my father and uncles, who fought for America in World War II, because of them, not in spite of them, does the heartbreaking story of "Day of Deceit" need to be shouted from the housetops. The Old Testament prophet Isaiah lamented how there is no one so blind as him who refuses to see, and no oneso deaf as him who refuses to hear. The mountainous--and ever-mounting--pile of evidence that Roosevelt and the United States political leadership dragged our country into a war it had told them repeatedly it did not want is rendering the arguments of those who regurgitate the received history of America and "The Good War" increasingly untenable. And what better chronicler of these wicked deeds than a World War II combat veteran like Stinnett, who agrees that they should have been done? What agenda can he have other than getting the truth out? He is certainly on no crusade against FDR. In recent interviews, he seems not to take issue with the postulate that the thousands ofAmerican sailors and soldiers who were murdered at Pearl Harbor were a small price to pay for ridding the worldof Naziism, etc. (And replacing it with our allies the Communists for a half-century.) My question is--who really murdered those brothers, those fathers, those husbands, those sons of ours? A nation that does not know its own true history, what it has done well and where it has erred, will eventually bring utter ruin on itself and its people. History is quite consistent on this point. I have forefathers who have fought in every American war, several of them in the Revolution. I salute their courage and valor. And I pray that if ever my children or grandchildren or great-grandchildren are called upon to shoulder arms, the leaders of America will have the moral courage to tell them the truth of why they are doing it.

THE WORDS OF THE LORD
These are critical days for the church as the enemy of our souls wants to deceive us and lead us astray. I believe there is a famine in the land regarding hearing the words of the Lord. It is vitally important that we know the scriptures, listen for His voice, and obey the the Spirit of God in all things. The Lord Jesus Christ is coming again and we need to be ready, like the five wise virgins.

"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again." Amos 8:11-14

May we have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

OSWALD & GERTRUDE CHAMBERS
After the Bible, my next favorite book is "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Converted in his teen years under the ministry of Charles Spurgeon, he studied art and archaeology at the University of Edinburgh before answering a call from God to the Christian ministry. He then studied theology at Dunoon College. From 1906-1910 he conducted an itinerant Bible-teaching ministry in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. In 1910, Chambers married Gertrude Hobbs and they had one daughter, Kathleen. In 1911 he founded and became principal of the Bible Training College in Clapham, London, where he lectured until the school was closed in 1915 because of World War I. In October 1915 he sailed for Zeitoun, Egypt (near Cairo), where he ministered to Australian and New Zealand troops as a YMCA chaplain. He died there November 15, 1917, following surgery for a ruptured appendix. Although Oswald Chambers wrote only one book, "Baffled to Fight Better" , more than thirty titles bear his name. With this one exception, published works were compiled by Mrs. Chambers, a court stenographer, from her verbatim shorthand notes of his messages taken during their seven years of marriage. For half a century following her husband's death she labored to give his words to the world. "My Utmost For His Highest" , his best-known book, has been continuously in print in the United States since 1935 and in this, the last decade of the century, remains in the top ten titles of the religious book bestseller list with millions of copies in print. It has become a Christian classic. Read it and more here.

Here is today's text from "My Utmost for His Highest":

December 6
"My Rainbow in the Cloud"

I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth —Genesis 9:13

It is the will of God that human beings should get into a right-standing relationship with Him, and His covenants are designed for this purpose. Why doesn’t God save me? He has accomplished and provided for my salvation, but I have not yet entered into a relationship with Him. Why doesn’t God do everything we ask? He has done it. The point is— will I step into that covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and complete, but they are not mine until I enter into a relationship with Him on the basis of His covenant.

Waiting for God to act is fleshly unbelief. It means that I have no faith in Him. I wait for Him to do something in me so I may trust in that. But God won’t do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man must go beyond the physical body and feelings in his covenant with God, just as God goes beyond Himself in reaching out with His covenant to man. It is a question of faith in God--a very rare thing. We only have faith in our feelings. I don’t believe God until He puts something tangible in my hand, so that I know I have it. Then I say, "Now I believe." There is no faith exhibited in that. God says, "Look to Me, and be saved . . ." ( Isaiah 45:22 ).

When I have really transacted business with God on the basis of His covenant, letting everything else go, there is no sense of personal achievement— no human ingredient in it at all. Instead, there is a complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and my life is transformed and radiates peace and joy.

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?!
A video has surfaced on the Internet showing private security contractors working for Aegis Defense Services "Victory" Group firing indiscriminately at Iraqi civilian motorists in Baghdad! Private security companies, which are not subject to any form of regulation in Iraq, could be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent Iraqis.

UPDATE: Booman Tribune has now obtained a copy of a memo that implicates employees of a second private security company, Triple Canopy, Inc., an American firm operating in Iraq, in the possible homicide of two Iraqi civilians on the road from Ramadi to Amman near the Jordanian border in December, 2004.

Hebrews 10_26-31
"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU
Paul wrote, "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition" (2 Thessalonians 2:3).

The phrase, "a falling away", in Greek is "apostasia" which is defined in Vines' Expository Dictionary as "a defection, revolt, apostasy, is used in the New Testament of religious apostasy; in Acts 21:21, it is translated 'to forsake,' literally, 'thou teachest apostasy from Moses.' In 2 Thess. 2:3, 'the falling away' signifies apostasy from the faith. In papyri documents it is used politically of rebels."

Today, as we look around, we can see that this "falling away" has been happening for centuries and continues even now. The biggest example is the Roman Catholic church who follow the traditions of men rather than the Word of God. This very dangerous position is eternally fatal for those who do not repent by coming out of this false religion. Worshipping Mary and the pope, partaking in wine and wafer believing it is the actual body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, paying money to save souls from pergatory are a few of their unscriptural activities. Read the Bible and discover the Truth. The Lord Jesus Christ says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

If you are in an apostate church, come out now and "be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." (2 Corinthians 6:14-18)

JESUITS
Who needs science fiction when the truth is strange enough! According to several sources, the Jesuits (the society of Jesus - a religious order of the Roman catholic church founded by Ignatius Loyola and in direct service to the pope) and their current leader, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, have instigated most of the terror over the ages as well as what we are seeing today. When I saw this photo from the pope's funeral, it shook me deeply realizing something was terribly wrong. Thus began my journey of "waking up" from the deception I had been believing about our American leaders and the apostate church. Eric Jon Phelps wrote a powerful book, "Vatican Assassins", which is no longer in print (banned?) but you can read much of the content at his website: http://www.vaticanassassins.org. (And for those with an enquiring mind, do a web search using "jesuits cia" and see what you get! Also, Brother Eric has a very interesting message board here.)

VIDEO: Secrets of the CIA

"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." Ephesians 6:10-13

God knows!
ARTICLE: The Downing Street Memo and the Rove leak are the TIP of the Iceberg!
This article traces the roots of Fascism, through the Bush dynasty, back to the Nazis and their roots in the Inquisition. The "New World Order " is an old project of the world's elite facilitated by a coup d etat in Dallas. George Bush senior was one of its leaders. Since then, some of the CIA became home to many Nazis. The anthrax attack remains unsolved, even though evidence shows it CAME FROM a U.S. MILITARY Base. The most likely suspect, Dr. Zack was covered up by major media. If followed up, this story would unravel the Official 911 theory, and the administration. (more)

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SAYS
"I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (John 10:9-11)

TWO BOOKS
Today, I received a couple of emails which had quotes from the above pictured books:
The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun by Paul Hattaway and Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Neil Cole & Leonard I. Sweet. Here are the quotes:

From Heavenly Man:
"Before I travelled to the West I had absolutely no idea that so many churches were spiritually asleep. I presumed the Western church was strong and vibrant because it had brought the gospel to my country with such incredible faith and tenacity. Many missionaries had shown a powerful example to us by laying down their lives for the sake of Jesus. On some occasions I've struggled while speaking in Western churches. There seems to be something missing that leaves me feeling terrible inside. Many meetings are cold and and lack the fire and presence of God that we have in China. In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state. They have silver and gold, but they don't rise up and walk in Jesus' name. In China, we have no possessions to hold us down, so there's nothing preventing us from moving out for the Lord. The Chinese church is like Peter at the Beautiful Gate. When he saw the crippled beggar he said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!" In a similar way, I pray that God might use the Chinese church to help the Western church rise up and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. It's almost impossible for the church in China to go to sleep in its present situation. There's always something to keep us on the run, and it's very difficult to sleep while you're> running. If persecution stops, I fear we'll become complacent and fall asleep."

From Organic Church:
"As passionate as I am about church planting, I found it perplexing that the Bible never instructs us to start churches. There is not a single command in all of the Bible to initiate churches. The reason is quite clear: we are not to start churches, but instead to make disciples who make disciples. That is actually the way churches are started, at least in the New Testament. Jesus gave us instruction that is on the molecular level of kingdom life, for a very good reason: it works. Trying to multiply large, highly complex organisms without multiplying on the micro level is impossible. Ladies, imagine if you had to give birth to full-grown adults... George Patterson, an experienced missionary & father to current thinking about spontaneous multiplication of movements suggests that what he calls obedience-orientated education is necessary to see spontaneous reproduction. He lists 7 NT commands that all disciples must obey as the starting point of following Christ. Repent, believe & receive the Holy Spirit; Be baptized; Love God & neighbour; Celebrate the Lord’s supper; Pray; Give; Disciple others."

And now quotes from my very favorite book, the Holy Bible!
MATTHEW 28
18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

MARK 16
15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

LUKE 24
45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48And ye are witnesses of these things.
49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
50And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

JOHN 21
25And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

If you believe Jesus Christ is your Savior and your Lord, are you ready to answer "Yes!" at the point of a gun or a bayonet?

GOD'S WORD: OBEDIENCE REQUIRED by Dorothy A. Seese
"Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Test time is coming, fellow believers, and it is God's Spirit alone that shall uphold us in the trials ahead. We shall be called upon to declare our allegiance -- to the new world order or to Jesus Christ. Be forewarned. Be faithful unto death. There's little use to try and "prepare" for the trials and tests ahead of us as the heathen New World Order (or Global Governance Elite) attack American Christians with the idea of stamping out this "religion" that teaches there is but one way to God and that is through faith in Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior! Our fellow Christians around the world are facing tests, and too many of the liberal churches in America are more than willing to "pray for the martyrs" as long as martyrdom is over there and not on this continent and not in the United States." (more)

O, give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good;
for his mercy endureth for ever.

THANK YOU, LORD JESUS!
Each day offers us another opportunity to give thanks to our Creator. Over the years I have discovered the secret to joy and it comes by being thankful. We all know how easy it is to complain and find fault in others as well as ourselves. But to lay that all aside and simply say, "Thank You, Lord Jesus" makes all the difference in the world. There is a gospel song which says, "Count your blessings, name them one by one. Count your blessings, see what God hath done." Being thankful brings freedom to the soul of us who believe and follow the the Lord Jesus Christ. MAY YOU AND YOURS HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING DAY!

Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Patricia Green (in middle wearing blue) with the staff and girls at Rahab Ministries in Bangkok, Thailand

RAHAB INTERNATIONAL
Today I got an email from my friend, Patricia, who I met while living in Berlin, Germany. She works on behalf of sexually exploited women and children all over the world, being a voice for the abused and broken. Originally from New Zealand, she lived in Thailand for 18 years and currently is based in Berlin. Patricia speaks on issues of sexual exploitation, trafficking, and prostitution with a passion to create awareness of these issues and motivate the church to reach out in the name of Christ. The tragedy of human trafficking is on the rise world wide but most main stream media here in America talk little of it. May the Lord Jesus Christ continue to bless Patricia Green, a woman of faith who simply obeys the Word of God wherever she goes. (Rahab International)

James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

SECURE IN CHRIST
I believe a person can loose their salvation and this book by Dr. Cathy Burns does a good job to prove this out by citing approximately 1,000 scripture references which plainly show that a Christian must walk in holiness before the Lord in order to be assured of heaven. She writes, "This is the most important issue anyone will ever face--the eternal destiny of one's soul. Your decision made on earth will affect you for all eternity. A wrong choice made here on earth cannot be corrected when you stand before God. Pleading ignorance or incorrect advice will do no good. YOU are responsible for your decision and it had better be based on God's Word because that is the standard by which we will be judged. Please set aside your preconceived notions and ask the Lord Himself to reveal to you His Word. One phrase that is repeated quite frequently is 'once a son, always a son.' We are told that once we become a son of God, we can never lose our sonship. There is nothing we can do--blasphemy, murder, adultery, lying, etc.--that will ever make us lose our sonship status. We are then told that once you are born you cannot be unborn. It is also stated that your earthly father would not disown a rebellious son, so God will never disown you even though you sin grievously and willfully. Is this what the Bible teaches?" See other books by Dr. Cathy Burns

I asked Jesus, "How much do you love me?
He replied, "This much."
And he stretched out his arms and died.
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Both last night and this morning, I am reminded of God's great love for us, so great that He sent His only begotten Son to die in our place for our sin and then rise from the grave to give us eternal life. That is amazing, don't you think? Jesus tells us that he himself is the true vine and his Father is the Farmer. "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." I used to think this fruit was either good works or people who got saved, but Galations 5 says, "the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance." If my life is hidden in Christ and I am obeying him, then the fruit of the Spirit should be coming forth from my life, just like delicous apples coming forth from an apple tree!

Rejoice and give thanks!
GOOD ADVICE
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and Paul's first letter to the believers at Corinth ends with some great advice for you and me: "Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen."

North Tower during top-down collapse. Notice
mysterious squibs far below pulverization region
WHY INDEED DID THE WTC BUILDINGS COLLAPSE?
Last Tuesday in a paper posted online by BYU Physics Professor, Steve E. Jones, he wrote that he thinks bombs, not planes, toppled WTC. "It is quite plausible that explosives were pre-planted in all three buildings and set off after the two plane crashes — which were actually a diversion tactic. Muslims are (probably) not to blame for bringing down the WTC buildings after all," Jones writes. As for speculation about who might have planted the explosives, Jones said, "I don't usually go there. There's no point in doing that until we do the scientific investigation." (read the entire news article and his research paper) For those who take the time to look at all the evidence, the obvious truth is quite painful. I have been trying for months to tell people about this without much success. May we have open eyes to the see the truth hidden in plain view.

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TODAY IS VETERAN'S DAY
Not every American likes the war in Iraq and we should listen to one group in particular: IVAW (Iraq Veteran's Against the War). On their website they say: "Honor Those Who Have Served & Mourn Those Who Have Fallen. Another Veterans Day passes as our government continues to ignore the lies that have sent thousands of soldiers to unjustified deaths. Those who have survived return home injured, suffering from PTSD, or poisoned by Depleted Uranium, only to find their Veterans benefits slashed by the very people that put them in harm’s way. Iraq Veterans Against the War honors all of our fellow soldiers who served and continue to serve our nation, and fights to save us all from this ongoing war based on lies. We work to ensure we receive the care and benefits we deserve. Help us Support the Troops by bringing them home NOW and giving them the medical care they deserve! The malfeasance, fraud, and outright lies of the Bush Administration need to be investigated, and those that are guilty should be punished for their crimes. Contact your Senator and Congress reps and demand: 1) Stop funding this unjustified and senseless war. 2) Bring the Troops Home Now. 3) Restore full funding to the Veterans Administration above previous levels. NOT ONE MORE SENSELESS IRAQI OR AMERICAN DEATH FOR LIES."

Now read this: 2,000 US TROOPS DEAD IN IRAQ: ONE SURVIVOR TELLS HIS STORY "I went to fight in Iraq to get revenge for 9/11... I found out Bush had led us into a war that was immoral and totally wrong" by Ryan Parry in Kansas City, Missouri.

In Mark 13 Jesus says, "take heed lest any man deceive you, for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And when you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be not troubled, for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet." What are we to do? Jesus says, "Watch you therefore: for you know not when the master of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning, lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."

Behold, I stand at the door and knock
BE ZEALOUS THEREFORE AND REPENT
This morning, I was reminded of this painting that I remember seeing in my friend's home when I was very young and forgot all about it until today as I read Revelation 3: "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." Here, Jesus is knocking on the door of the church. He's telling His church that they need to repent quickly of their sin. This is a message that we need to obey today! Do we have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying? FORGIVE ME, HEAVENLY FATHER, FOR I HAVE SINNED.

Listen to Amazing Grace
played on the bagpipe
HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT
Several years ago while on a mission trip to Scotland, our team was invited to attend the Edinburgh Military Tattoo which is held outdoors at the foot of the Edinburgh Castle. It was a wonderful experience and at the end, "the lone piper" played his song from the top of the castle. I love to hear bagpipes, especially when they play the familiar song, "Amazing Grace". This morning while praying for a friend, I was reminded of God's grace and encouraged with this passage in which Paul wrote:
"And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong." (2 Cor 12) As a disciple of Jesus Christ, may you too be blessed knowing that His grace is sufficient today and everyday!

Novus Ordor Seclorum = New World Order
FREEMASONRY AND THE ILLUMANTI CONNECTION
Last night I listened to an 1993 radio interview with William Cooper, a Viet Nam era intelligence officer, who was very outspoken about his beliefs and at 58 years of age, was shot and killed by deputies of the Apache County (Arizona) Sheriff's Office while they were attempting to serve an arrest warrant for aggravated assault and endangerment on Nov. 5, 2001.

IN SUMMARY, here is some of what Mr. Cooper believed, "History is replete with whispers of secret societies. The oldest is the Brotherhood of the Snake, also called the Brotherhood of the Dragon, and it still exists under many different names. The Brotherhood of the Snake is devoted to guarding the 'secrets of the ages' and the recognition of Lucifer as the one and only true God. Its secret symbol is the all-seeing eye in the pyramid... the heart of the Bilderberg Group consists of 39 total members of the Illuminati. The three committees are made up exclusively of members of all different secret groups that make up the Illuminati, the FREEMASONS, the VATICAN, and the BLACK NOBILITY. This committee works year round in offices in Switzerland." Cooper states that he has traced the history of the nefarious Illuminati all the way back to the Ancient Temple of Wisdom in Cairo, long before the birth of Christ. 'The Illuminati exist today under many different names and many different occupations. They practice Hegalian conflict/resolution. They appear to oppose each other at the bottom ranks, but at the highest levels they are actually organizing and controlling the conflict which they have created to produce the solution that they seek. The Illuminati are extremely powerful, very wealthy men. They believe that they are the guardians of the secrets of the ages. They believe that the vast majority of people would not know what to do with the real knowledge and the real truth and the real science -- and would, in fact, misuse them all. They further believe that everything that they do is for the ultimate betterment and survival of humankind -- even if it means killing two billion people to reach their goal..."

DISTURBING FREEMASONRY QUOTE: "You must conceal all crimes of your brother Masons...and should you be summoned as a witness against a brother Mason be always sure to shield him...It may be perjury to do this, it is true, but you're keeping your obligations." Ronayne, Handbook of Masonry, page 183 (link)

EMAIL COMMENT:
"Freemasonry is really a religion at its' core. A blue lodge always has an altar. Altars are always associated with religious worship and sacrifice. The Scottish Rite temples are so called because they have what is a supposed to be a copy of King Solomon's temple in them. Initiates are told that Masonry is based on Hiram Abiff who lost the 'secret name of God' while he was building the great pyramid. As punishment he was entombed alive in the pyramid. When a Mason reaches the 33rd degree he is taught that the 'secret name of God' is Jahbulon (sic Jobulun), a three part composite of Jehovah, Osiris, and Baal. Jehovah is the Germanic translation of YHWH, the tetragramaton, the God of the Israelites. Osiris was a god of the Egyptians, and Baal was a god of the Babylonians. The problem with this is that the YHWH of the Bible said He would never share His glory with any other, especially not the false gods of the Egyptians or the Babylonians. He brought the Israelites out of Babylon and Egypt and told them not to have anything to do with the people of those lands or their false gods. So at its heart, Freemasonry is a religion based on the worship of esoteric knowledge, that is, the 'secret name of God'. Many Masons are unaware of this, enjoying the power and prestiege of their fraternity. Also, not every Mason is a Shriner, but every Shriner is a 33rd degree Freemason."

MY GREAT GRANDFATHER was a 33rd degree Freemason and as teenagers, both my sisters joined the Job's daughters. I now realize it was the Lord's protection when I was not accepted into this organization as well. Friends, it is vitally important that we realize mankind's only hope is through a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Also, God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. And he that believes on him is not condemned, but he that believes not is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. In John 8, Jesus said to the Jews which believed on him, "If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." In John 11, Jesus said, "I am come a light into the world that whosoever believes on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words and believe not, I judge him not. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. " And in Matthew 26, when Jesus took the cup giving thanks, and gave it to his discipes, he said, "Drink you all of it for this is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins." COME TO THE TRUE LIGHT AND HAVE YOUR SIN WASHED AWAY TODAY!

sunset from the front porch
PSALM 113
Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised. The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

sunrise from the back porch
PSALM 5
"Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up..."
(listen)

Deutsch
PSALM 5
"HERR, höre mich, wenn ich bete, vernimm meine Klage! Höre meinen Hilferuf, mein König und mein Gott, denn ich bete zu dir. Höre meine Stimme am Morgen, HERR. Früh am Morgen trage ich dir meine Bitten vor und schaue auf..."

BIRD FLU - THREAT OR HOAX?
Dr. Leonard Horowitz is an internationally known expert in the fields of public health, behavioral science, emerging diseases, and bioterrorism and his testimony before the Government Reform Committee of the U.S. Congress brought the hearing to a screeching halt. He forced the committee to acknowledge that a secret report showed a link between mercury (Thimerosal), found in many vaccines, and the spiraling rate of autism and behavioral disorders in American children. He is one of many who believe the current avian flu scare is highly suspicious.

In a recent article, Dr. Horowitz said: “If avian flu becomes more than a threatened pandemic, it will have done so by political and economic design. This thesis is supported by current massive media misrepresentations, profiteering on risky and valueless vaccines, gross neglect of data evidencing earlier similar man-made plagues including SARS, West Nile virus, AIDS and more; continuance of genetic studies breeding more mutant flu viruses likely to outbreak, inside trading scandals involving pandemic-savvy White House and drug industry officials, curious immunity of these pharmaceutical entities over the past century to law enforcement and mainstream media scrutiny, and published official depopulation objectives.”

Dr. Horowitz said vaccines contain ingredients that can increase human disease and death. Growing scientific evidence, he said, suggests vaccines are chiefly responsible for spawning cases of autism and learning disorders, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, lupus, MS, ALS, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, allergies, type 1 diabetes, and many other pandemics. Dr. Horowitz added: “Vaccines and other pharmaceutical industry inventions are literally killing or disabling millions with little effort on the part of government officials and their drug industry cohorts to arrest this scourge.” (read more)

WHO PROFITS? Bilderbergers, Rumsfeld Profit from Avian Flu Scam and from Fortune Magazine BIG PHARMA The Tamiflu Tug of War

WAKE UP, FOLKS! Is Avian Flu another Pentagon Hoax?

RED FLAG: U.S. Could Restrict Travel to Prevent Flu

MORE: Evidence Against Vaccines

My grandmother died in 1918 from this when my mother was 4 years old: Vaccine not virus responsible for Spanish flu

ONE MORE: Experts dismiss scare over bird flu

JESUS SAYS...
"Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers (or different) places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven." (Luke 21:8-11)

HARVEST PARTY
Friday night and last night friends came over and we had fun sitting around the bonfire, toasting marshmallows, going on hayrides, listening to music, drinking hot chocolate and much more! (more pics)

Psalm 133
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

DEUTSCH
ERNTE-FEIER
Freitag und gestern abend kamen Freunde und wir hatten Spaß dabei, um das Lagerfeuer zu sitzten, Marshmallows zu grillen, Heufahrten zu machen, Musik zu hören, heiße Schokolade zu trinken und vieles mehr! (mehr Bilder)

Psalm 133
Siehe, wie gut und wie lieblich ist es, wenn Brüder einträchtig beieinander wohnen. Wie das köstliche Öl auf dem Haupt, das herabfließt auf den Bart, auf den Bart Aarons, der herabfließt auf den Halssaum seiner Kleider. Wie der Tau des Hermon, der herabfließt auf die Berge Zions. Denn dorthin hat der HERR den Segen befohlen, Leben bis in Ewigkeit.

INDICTMENT DAY?
Third Bush Administration Insider Indicted This Month on Criminal Charges
Noe indicted: GOP backer is accused of laundering cash
Constable indicted for tampering with record charge
Shenandoah officers indicted by grand jury

Definition of indict: to accuse of wrongdoing; charge; to make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury

Psalm 37
"Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him."

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." - The Lord Jesus Christ in John 16:33
SUPERSTORM 2005
"The first major storm of the 2005-06 winter is underway. The storm have been produce winds 40-50 mph along the coast, heavy, wet snow in southwest Pennsylvania and a renewed flooding threat across New England fueled by deep Atlantic moisture, partially thanks to passing Hurricane Wilma. More importantly, a deep upper-level trough of low pressure slowly pushing through the Ohio Valley will provide the energy and cold air for this strengthening storm. Along the coast, fierce winds will gust up to 60 mph with heavy rain in coastal New England. Well inland, heavy, wet snow will fall, mainly at elevations above 1000 feet, bringing the first snowstorm fo the season to many areas." (acuweather.com) MAY WE EACH PUT OUR TRUST AND HOPE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TODAY AND EVERYDAY!
Check out the Weather Wars website: http://www.weatherwars.info

WHITE ALREADY TO HARVEST
Today while walking in my new neighborhood which is in a little country community of southeast Alabama, I was thrilled when I came to a large field of cotton, so white! I picked a small branch of it to bring back home and prayed for the Lord to speak to me. When I got back, I thought about what Jesus said in John 4: "Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest." Then I thought about a new friend I met at work who told me that she had an encounter with God while reading the Bible during hurricane Ivan last year. She got excited when I told her that I read the Bible too and was a Christian. Then we had lunch in the park last week, prayed together, and talked about doing a Bible study. BEHOLD, NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME; BEHOLD, NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION!

DEUTSCH
WEIß, BEREIT ZUR ERNTE
Heute war ich, während ich durch meine neue Nachbarschaft lief, die in einer kleinen Landgemeinde im Südosten von Alabama ist, begeistert, als ich zu einem großen Baumwollfeld kam, es war so weiß! Ich nahm einen kleinen Zweig davon mit nach Hause und betete, daß der Herr zu mir sprach. Als ich zurück kam, dachte ich darüber nach, was Jesus in Johannes 4 sagte: "Sagt ihr nicht: Es sind noch vier Monate, und die Ernte kommt? Siehe, ich sage euch: Hebt eure Augen auf und schaut die Felder an! Denn sie sind schon weiß zur Ernte." Dann dachte ich über eine neue Freundin nach, die ich auf der Arbeit kennengelernt habe, sie hatte mir erzählt, daß sie eine Begegnung mit Gott hatte, während sie die Bibel, während dem Hurrikan Ivan letztes Jahr, las. Sie wurde begeistert als ich ihr erzählte, daß ich auch die Bibel lese und Christ bin. Dann machten wir letzte Woche Mittagbrot im Park, beteten zusammen und sprachen darüber, ein Bibelstudium zu machen. SIEHE, JETZT IST DIE WOHLANGENEHME ZEIT; SIEHE, JETZT IST DER TAG DER RETTUNG!

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
This morning I was reminded of this truth: I belong to Jesus and He is my Shepherd, so I need not fear but trust Him with child-like faith in spite of what I see in the natural world around me.

Psalm 23
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

DEUTSCH
DER HERR IST MEIN HIRTE
Heute morgen wurde ich an folgende Wahrheit erinnert: Ich gehöre zu Jesus und Er ist mein Hirte, deshalb muß ich mich nicht fürchten, sondern kann Ihm mit kindlichem Glauben vertrauen, trotz dem, was ich um mich herum in der natürlichen Welt sehe.

Psalm 23
1Der HERR ist mein Hirte, mir wird nichts mangeln.
2Er lagert mich auf grünen Auen, er führt mich zu stillen Wassern.
3Er erquickt meine Seele. Er leitet mich in Pfaden der Gerechtigkeit um seines Namens willen.
4Auch wenn ich wandere im Tal des Todesschattens , fürchte ich kein Unheil, denn du bist bei mir; dein Stecken und dein Stab, sie trösten mich.
5Du bereitest vor mir einen Tisch angesichts meiner Feinde; du hast mein Haupt mit Öl gesalbt, mein Becher fließt über.
6Nur Güte und Gnade werden mir folgen alle Tage meines Lebens; und ich kehre zurück ins Haus des HERRN lebenslang.