Jim

12/20/2009

Yesterday was the Angle Tree outreach 2009 for Word of Life Christian Center. We distributed over 500 gifts to over 200 families. A food basket was delivered to each family as and additions gesture of Christian love. There were 72 teams who delivered to 3 or 4 families each. Ana and I were given 4 Spanish speaking families in the central part of Denver.

This turned out to be a very busy day. Between the outreach we had the tires rotated, balanced, and the alignment corrected on my car. Yet God made it all happen within His timetable. It was after 7 when we got home.

The first part of the process was to go to WOL and help pack the food boxes. This was especially enjoyable for Ana. For over 14 years she has made 200+ trips to Mexico doing similar things. Many times they distributed food and yesterday brought back memories of some of those past exercises.

It was fun watching her help put in hams and pies and move the boxes into place. She is one not to sit back and watch the rest of the group do the work even though we were not part of the food packing team.

After we picked up the presents and food we were off after a short detour to move my car from the tire place to the alignment place.

Housing in this part of town is a bit small and not well marked. We stopped between two houses near that proper place and Ana called to find out which one to go to.

The first family consisted of a young man, a 10 year old boy and a 2 year old girl. Only the boy had presents so we think that he is from a different marriage where the father is still in prison. God knows but we do not care. We were there to minister to the people present at the time we arrive.

We were allowed to come right on in and to place the food box on the table. We gave the packages to the young boy, his eyes widely opened. Ana talked to the father for a bit and asked if we could pray for him. “Yes you can.” So we prayed for him and his family and his work.

Then Ana told him about the soon return of Jesus Christ, in Spanish of course. It is a marvelous thing to be with Ana as she witnesses to people, especially those from Mexico. The love she has for them pours out in rivers of living water. Such compassion and true love flows forth. Once inside of a family’s home she will not leave until they have been presented the opportunity to accept or reject Jesus Christ’s salvation.

A story unfolds twining together many experiences that I have been graced to witness with Ana. She tells of her past 14 years working throughout all of Mexico, I hear Durango, Juarez, Veracruz, Monterrey, and on. Then she relates the trip we made to Juarez last April in the midst of the drug lord war where we were surrounded by the Mexacili Federalies. This is where a vision from God about the Taliban wove into the story. This led us to a trip to Christians United for Israel in Washington D.C. Presented by John Hagee.

The point of this wonderful story is that we live in a perilous time. The return of Christ is just around the corner. There are satanic forces straining at the door ready to break down all restraints and unleash a terrible evil upon planet Earth. The radical Islamic nations desire to annihilate the nation of Israel. Ahmadinejad has Iran just a screwdriver away from having a nuclear bomb capable of destroying Israel. Next on his hit list will be the United States.

In the vision Ana had in Juarez, God told her that His people under the umbrella of His covering would be saved. Those outside of that covering would suffer greatly. God told Ana that she was to be the Jonathan and go forth and warn the people of this coming terror.

During her talking she tells how we, Ana and I, have an insurance policy that will take us to heaven when we die. She then asks them if they would like to receive that same policy. It is free just for the asking. The people almost always agree. Why would they not. It is free. It protects from the coming fracas.

We stand and hold hands. Ana prays a sinners prayer and has them repeat out loud along with her. This is when we often see tears of repentance and joy stream down their faces. God does his miracle and the Blood of Jesus cleanses them from their sins. A new creation is unveiled where there previously stood a defiant rebellious person.

Then Ana often tells them that right now the Angles in Heaven are writing your names in God’s book of life. That when you die and go to meet the Father that He will open that book, see your name inscribed within and bid you enter in my faithful friend.

I often snap a picture so we have something to pray over and to share with others.

Well, this is just what happened at Family #164. As Ana spoke I prayed and agreed in the Spirit to all she was saying. I watched the young man as she spoke. His eyes never wavered from soaking in all that was said. You can tell when a person is interested or not. They either are interested and pay attention, or are not and look to and fro and downward to advert eye contact.

He prayed the sinner’s prayer and accepted Christ into his heart. We gave him a New Testament with some scriptures underlined in it for him to start reading. We told him about the Iglesia De Cristo El Shaddai church on Alameda. He was sort of interested but said that he would rather come to our church. So someday we may see him standing up as a new visitor. Praise the Lord.

Our next stop was just a half mile away. A 13 year old let us into the house where a 30 year old father was laying on the couch with a 9 month old baby who had breathing problems and was on oxygen. Almost immediately Ana started praying for the baby and laid hands on it for Jesus to dynamically heal the child.

This led to a long conversation with the father. He was very interested in what Ana was telling him. His gaze never went far from the words pouring out of her mouth. When Ana got to the point of asking him if he would like to accept Jesus as his personal savior he said that he would rather have us return at 5 PM when his wife was off work. He wanted us to share with his wife what we had been sharing with him.

We left there praising God for the chance to witness to even more people when we returned later in the day. As we were driving off we discussed the smell of leaking natural gas in the apartment. I had worked for a gas service company in Kansas and am painfully aware of the smell of gas. We thought that this may be what is causing the child’s illness.

We made a mental note to have the family call the gas service company to have their house checked out. A slow leak can go unnoticed to the inhabitants and be potentially hazardous to their health. It can also cause a big bang.

Many years ago as I was walking to the Kansas State fair through an alleyway I smelt natural Gas. This was not too common in those days and I thought nothing about it. Two days later the very house I walked past blew off the face of the earth. The owners were on vacation and a gas leak filled the house with fumes which eventually ignited into a massive explosion totally destroying the house.

So Yes, we will tell the family to have the gas service company come and check out their house for leaks.

Now we were off for family #3 which was 10 or so miles to the East in the Aurora area. The GPS took us right to a bunch of apartments. Like most complexes, the numbering scheme is confusing to say the least. There must be a universal law that states that the actual street address and building numbers must be partially hidden from common view. And of course stopping a resident to ask directions led to total confusion. Father, forgive me for my grumbling and murmured words.

In the process Ana called the telephone number on the bag of gifts. Evidentially this person was at work and her niece was home tending to the children. She asked if we could just leave the packages inside of the door downstairs doors so that she could pick them up later. We at least got the correct building directions from her and headed that way.

When we got inside we noticed that the building had security doors requiring a code to gain entrance. Ana had been praying that God would open our way to finding the apartment. Just then a lady was exiting the building. Ana asked if she could let us in to deliver some Christmas gifts and a box of food. She gracefully entered the code to let us in. It was like an angle was sent to make the way open up for us.

When we got to the apartment we knocked at the door and there was total silence. No on seemed to be home. Ana again called and this time got the answering service. She left a voice mail stating that this was Angel Tree and we were standing outside her door with some presence for her children.

A little more waiting; some discussing what to do; then another phone call. This one was answered. Lo and behold the lady was actually home and opened the door for us. “Merry Christmas” shouted Ana as she pushed the bags of presents through the door. They were afraid and were hesitant to answer our knocking.

Once inside we found a very warm friendly and open family of six. Ana had a joyous time talking with them. I played on the floor with one of the boys. One small girl was shy and would not come out of her room to see us. We found their Christmas tree well decorated and full of presents. The ones we brought rounded out their hoard, hopefully making for a beautiful Christmas time.

Ana found that they wanted prayer for their work situation and their green card status. The lady was a professor at a university in Mexico but is unable to translate that into a job here. The lived a meager life and found their home to be their refuge. It felt like the middle of Mexico in their home. It was hot! Although it was cold outside, the man had on a T-shirt and flip flops. I was sweating inside of my winter coat.

We prayed together, me in English and Ana in Spanish, as the whole family (less the shy little girl) held hands with us. As Ana prayed I watched the man’s eyes. They never left watching the words Ana was praying. His attention was on the words of wisdom being proclaimed. He was taking God’s revelation to them deep within his heart. The mother was also riveted on each word being proclaimed.

So there was no resistance when Ana asked if they wanted to pray to receive Jesus Christ as their personal savior. Openly they accepted His salvation. Openly they committed their lives, as a family unit, to the Saving Grace of Jesus. What a wonderful time for Ana and I, to see this beautiful little family totally surrender their hearts and lives to Jesus at this special time of the year.

Ana talked with them for quite some time. We learned that they were from Juarez. Ana told of all the work she had done there. We discussed where Pastor Enrique’s church was. They knew the place well and mentioned some orphanages they knew about, quite possibly the ones Ana had worked with. What a marvelous time of reflection.

Ana later related the days experience almost as if she was in Mexico; from the packing of the food boxes to meeting this beautiful, obviously very Mexican, family. It was a flash back of previous enjoyable times. Our hearts are in Mexico and for the Mexican people. Today was just a glimpse of what God has in store for our continued work for His Kingdom.

The activities of the day brought back memories of another time for me which left a great impression on my memory. My wife went to be with the Lord on the morning I was to start a new job taking kid’s pictures. I delayed the start of the job for two weeks.

The company I started working with marketed a free 8×10 portrait, mostly to the poor Mexican people in this same area of town. The Mexican’s are very proud of their family and plaster their walls with pictures of them which they hold very near to their hearts, and were the only ones who would take such a free offer.

I visited 8 to 10 such families each day, finding my way through the apartment complexes much as we did today. I often entered into a complex and was transformed into the heart of lil’ Mexico. One place there were people cooking on the ground floor, washed cloths hanging from lines strung across the atrium, kids running around shouting and playing, and loud Mexican music streaming so that all could hear. This was before I had ever gone to Mexico.

One day I want to take Ana to the 6^th and Peoria area in Aurora to do some outreach. When I was shooting pictures in the area it seemed that even the street advertisements were all in Spanish. Ana mentioned today that she felt like she was back in Mexico. I believe a trip witnessing to people on the streets in this area will take her back in memory for a short time.

When I took pictures of babies for these poor people I produced great photographs. But I did not have the killer sales instinct like the person who trained me. One such time I took several gorgeous pictures of a new born. The mother was in tears when her husband told her that she could not buy any. My heart was sore.

God be blessed that now I am offering something to these same people which they can afford because it is totally free. The Free Gift from God of His Beloved Son Jesus Christ. Wow! What a difference there is in marketing the correct product to the correct people.

The third family we visited today came to America drawn by the dream of riches that would await them. When you are only making $3 or less an hour, the vision of making $11 seems like utopia. I have seen how they live in Mexico. When we were in Puerto Vallarta in October we found that we could rent a nice apartment for $300 a month. Yes they can make $11 an hour here, but it costs $12 an hour to survive.

They have not improved their lives. They have only made it worse by leaving all behind to live illegally in America trying desperately to survive in a foreign environment. I believe that this is what makes the Mexican immigrants so receptive to the Gospel. They have lost all meaning for their lives and are searching for answers. Plus the fact that most of them are catholic. At least they do believe in a supreme and benevolent God.

So when Ana and I go to them and offer them Salvation from Christ they accept it with open arms. Finally they have found something to grasp hold of and believe in. Isn’t God great! He allows Ana and I to present the Free gift of Jesus to the lost and receptive people.

We spent the day reaping where we did not sow. Just as pastor mentioned, this is a time of harvest and not sowing. The fields are indeed ripe for the harvest. Lord, take Ana and me into more fertile grounds to continue doing what You have called us to do.

I work on West Colfax Avenue. In the mornings as I come off C470 onto I-70 we go down the hill and most of Denver lies within view. The sky is dark and the millions of lights in the city are shinning brightly. Off to the East the sun is breaking through in all of it glory. What a sight to behold! I often muse about the millions of souls spread out just before me. What a rich and fertile harvest field this presents.

This takes us to family #4, the last one for the day. After a false trip to an industrial area, gotta put the right city in the GPS (a flaw in the programming – correct one was in Aurora and not Denver – right where the two cities meet), Ana called and found the correct area to go to.

The mom was home alone. We took the gifts and box of food in telling her where they came from. She was appreciative. She seemed a bit cold but soon warmed up when Ana asked her what we could pray for. Her husband was in prison and she wanted prayer for her and her children.

Ana had just started praying for her when she broke out in big running tears. She threw her arms around Ana as she led her through the sinner’s prayer. Hugs and kisses and tears and the outpouring of Gods presence fill the room. Ana broke out in a burst of tongues as the Spirit moved heavily.

This ladies husband had accepted Christ while in prison. She said that he often called her and spoke such beautiful words to her as he related his salvation and the words he had been reading in his new Bible. We were there just for such a moment as this. The entire day was orchestrated for that very instant. Her life was placed totally in God’s hands. Ana later said that she felt virtue flow from her to the woman when she prayed.

With the first two families we had copies of the New Testament to leave with them. We had no spare Bible to leave with this woman. As Ana was praying I looked down to the small Spanish Bible she was reading from and knew that she would present it to the lady. This Ana did. As she handed it over Ana felt power as a spark leave her hand and go into the woman’s hand. Wow! What a blessing.

We need to lay in a supply of Spanish Bible to be given out. I found some for $3 to $5 each but feel that we should spend more. A cheap Bible has the same words but does not carry the same love as one costing more. The one Ana presented today cost $25, maybe not quite that much. The previous Spanish Bible that Ana owned was given to Pastor Enrique when he lost his at the bus terminal picking us up in Mexico City.

More prayers were offered to God for this lady and her family. Ana instructed her to read her new Bible and relate what she is reading to her husband; two new recently converted souls sharing the Word of God. What a beautiful gesture. We had brought some oil with us. Ana anointed her from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet. We gave her the little vial to anoint her children and her husband when she next meet him.

This was the crowing joy of the entire day. This is why we were doing what we were appointed to do. This one meeting made the whole day worthwhile. But wait! The day is not over. We promised to return to family #3 after 5 to talk with the wife. God has more still to unveil to us and through us. The time clock is always on time and beating strongly. Listen! Can you hear it? Tick, tick, tick.

We took a short reprieve from our outreach. We had time to spend until the 5 o’clock hour arrived. We visited one of Ana’s closets friends. We went to Santiago’s for lunch/dinner. I had never been but was promised that it would be fantastic. I ordered a smothered burrito HOT. WOW! That was the hottest green chili I have ever eaten. Almost didn’t eat it, BUT I am Santiago myself and I gulped it down. Boy it was hot.

It was now time to go revisit family #3. We got there and the basement apartment was dark. We knocked several times but no answer. So we went upstairs and found the lady there. Ana introduced us and said that we were that afternoon and he husband wanted us to return and talk with her.

We went downstairs and she called her husband to join us. The baby was asleep in the little swinging chair with his oxygen tubes still on.

Ana explained what we had talked and prayed about earlier. Her husband confirmed what was said. The lady could speak English so Ana continued so that I could understand. There was nothing earth shattering that was said. Ana just unveiled the terror that is in the world; the plight and hardship people experience in life; the fate of their little child.

It was at this time that we mentioned to them about the smell of leaking natural gat that we could smell. They were oblivious to it. They promised to follow up by calling the gas service company to have it checked out. We firmly believe that this could be the reason for the babies breathing problems.

I was intently taking in what Ana was saying and how she presented the Gospel to this family. I consider myself in training as a servant of God to take His message to others. The presentation was simple and non intrusive. Not a threatening speech but rather a story about how life is and how we react to it.

When asked if there was any reason that they could not ask Jesus into their lives, the lady asked what it would involve. I think she though we would require some payment or commitment or joining some church. No said Ana. All you have to do I ask Jesus into you heart.

This we did as we all held hands. The light of the World flowed freely into that dimly lit basement and the glow of Christ soon became upon their faces. Look at the picture I took; such radiance to behold.

I prayed for the healing of the baby once again. Laying my hands on his forehead and asking that the stripes of Jesus would pour out healing and blessings upon his little body.

We left filled with the beauty and presence of God. What a full day this had been. A short detour to pick up my car from the alignment place and we arrived home by 7 PM.

Thank You Lord for allowing Ana and me to experience such a beautiful day witnessing to so many lost souls. Thank You for bringing them all in to Your fold, from the youngest to the oldest.

Ana and I want to do more witnessing in the Denver area. There is such a ripe harvest right at our door steps. Our hearts still long to live in Mexico for an extended period of time. The warm splashing surf of Puerto Vallarta calls to us as the days grow colder in the Front Range. It’s going to be 25 degrees on Christmas day! Yikes!

Father, open the doors for us to be involved in more outreaches through WOLCC. We see a need for the members being involved on a more frequent basis by placing their Faith on the line before the lost people of Denver. Amen.

For thin be the Glory for ever and ever. You are God Almighty. Creator of the Universe. Savior of all mankind. Fill us Lord, with You presence.

P.S. Happy Birthday Jesus.

Thanks for the gift of life.

Your servants,

Jim and Ana

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Jim

12/16/2009

Enter into the Holy of Holies.

Enter in by the Blood of the Lamb.

Enter into the Holy of Holies.

Take the coal.

Touch my lips.

Here I am.

This is taken from Isaiah 6:

Isa 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died I then saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.

Isa 6:2 Above it stood the seraphs; each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Isa 6:3 And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of Hosts; the whole earth full of His glory.

Isa 6:4 And the doorposts moved at the voice of the one who cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

Isa 6:5 Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

Isa 6:6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, snatched with tongs from the altar.

Isa 6:7 And he laid it on my mouth and said, Lo, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.

Isa 6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me!

Like Isaiah, Lord, take me into the Holy of Holies. Cleanse my lips. Here I am. I am ready to do service unto the Kin of Kings. Here I am. I have been called all of my life Lord; but I have not always been prepared, willing, or able to enter in until now.

Even now I have fear and intimidation, never fully knowing that this is for me or not. I can do no more than call out to You. I humbly pray that You take the coal. Touch my lips. Here I am.

It is only because of the Blood of Jesus that I am worthy to be able to enter into the Holy of Holies. Nothing else. No other way in. It is only by the Blood of Jesus that makes it all possible. By His precious Blood I am made whole and right with God. God sees me through the red of Christ’s Blood and sees me as a purified perfect soul.

I am not worthy or able to enter in due to sin; due to my own and the inherited sin of man. But I am made whole by the Blood of the Lamb. God only needs to cleanse my lips with Holy Fire from the altar to set me apart and let me be the instrument that He wants me to be.

This anointing frees me for His service. It is the final preparation needed to make my life presentable as a servant of the King; able to boldly go before Him, and before fallen man to proclaim His Righteousness and Grace.

I can boldly enter into the Holy of Holies, something that only a choice few were ever allowed to do. There were many thousands of Priests in the Old Testament, but only a select few were ever allowed to enter in, and then only once a year.

Entering into the Holy of Holies is something that the anti Christ will boldly do, an act that will set off the last 3 ½ years of Earths history.

Yet I am able to walk in at any time having been cleansed by the precious Blood of the Lamb of God. What a privilege: to be able to enter in. What a responsibility, to be able to go before the Living God Creator of the Universe.

It is only now that I am worthy enough to do this marvelous feat. Not worthy in my self doing but in His greatness to allow me. In the past I was too arrogant and full of sin to go in; too full of self to see the need or possibility of entering in.

Now I am free to enter because I have submitted fully to His Love. As I draw nearer to Him, He draws nearer to me. What a privilege to be allowed to enter into His Hoy of Holies; to be able to fall at His feet in adoration and worship.

In Isaiah 6 the Angles cried out to each other Holy, Holy, Holy is Jehovah. Holy is the Lord God Almighty. It was then that the doorpost moved and the temple was filled with smoke. Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lamb.

Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lamb who makes it possible for me to enter in to the Holy of Holies.

Enter into the Holy of Holies.

Enter in by the Blood of the Lamb.

Enter into the Holy of Holies.

Take the coal.

Touch my lips.

Here I am.

12/11/2009

Can you spell Jihad?

It’s Islam for kill the Infidels.

You are an Infidel, you Bible thumping Christian. Did you know that? It is the Muslims duty, at least those who read and believe the Koran, to kill you. To annihilate you. To wipe you from the face of this earth. This is really quite an uplifting concept, don’t you think?

Our President wants us all to openly welcome the Muslims into our land and give them the glad hand of hospitality. While they are slapping our backs and shaking our hands they are thinking of ways to do away with us. “Glad to meet you.” “Even more glad to see you disappear from Earth.” “Chuckle, chuckle.”

I just watched a documentary video titled “The Third Jihad”. It was not fun, in fact it made me feel terrible, but was very eye opening. We have been getting more and more informed about Muslims and their Islamic religion. Their god Allah and Muhammad his prophet.

America! Wake Up! You have fallen asleep!

While the majority of us Americans have been napping, the Islamic world has been about plotting our eventual overthrow. Part of them want to blow us all off the face of the earth. This is the smaller group of radical Islamist, those who carry around weapons and shoot them into the air at any moment. The rest, actually the majority of them, the peaceful ones, the ones who do not shove their gun or grenade launcher into your face, want to merely overgrow our country with their presence.

It is their design to overpower us by sheer numbers. They have 6 to 8 babies per couple while we Americans have less than 2. Do the math. It doesn’t take long to have an population explosion based on those numbers. They have also started recruiting prisoners. What else is there to do while in lock up but to talk to others about your bad fate in life.

We have been asleep, just like when Madelyn O’Hara had prayer taken out of school. Do any of you remember that? Were you awake then? Not me. I just woke up one morning and realized that prayer was no longer welcomed in public schools. Not to worry I was a catholic at the time and was not to hot on all the prayers then.

BUT, Now I am a Christian with a burning desire to serve the Living Savior, The God Creator of the Universe. I can not sleep through this intrusion into my world now. Not this time. We are at the end of the road. Christ is going to return before most of us die. Don’t believe that? Well you really are asleep.

Evil is rampant upon the face of the Earth. Satan wants to destroy the remnant of God fearing Christians before it is too late for him. His days are numbered and he knows it. He also has plans to destroy the Jewish nation. Just ask Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the self proclaimed president of Iran. It is his sworn duty to wipe the Earth clean Israel and the Jewish people. His country is in a head long thrust to develop nuclear weapons to throw at Israel.

Once he has accomplished the destruction of the “little Satan” he want to destroy the “big Satan”, that would be US. .Yes you read that right. It is Ahmadinejad’s purpose to kill all of US infidels. By doing this he hopes to unleash a world nuclear war which will cause his savior to come to Earth and set up the Islamic kingdom forever and forever.

Anyway. Back to the sleeping part. Are you asleep? Have you noticed that the end is near? Have you noticed that a great evil has infiltrated the United States and is growing quietly like a cancer. A cancer whose only goal is to destroy the host it lives in. Suicide bombers do not care that they are blown up with the victims they are killing. It is their great privilege to die as martyrs to Muhammad and his teachings.

While we sleepily go about our daily lives, the Islamic world is growing by leaps and bounds. They are overthrowing nation after nation influencing the policies of the land.

While we sleepily sit in the pews of our elaborate churches being feed meaty words from God, the enemy is stealthily slipping into our country. The video stated that there are 36 Islamic camps set up just a havens for converted convicts to hide away in after they gain release from incarceration.

Don’t think we are asleep? When was the last time your pastor spoke on the dangers of the radical Islamics? Not to mention the more peaceful intrusion of the mild mannered ones hiding just down the street. The video interviewed many Muslims born in the United States who’s goal is to see Islam overthrow all other religions.

I don’t know about you, but I am awake! I will not go down without a struggle! I will die for the sake of Christ and His remnant in the world. We have already pledged to wear a yellow star and stand beside our Jewish brethren should their persecution come about. There will not be another Holocaust. Not while I am walking about on this planet Earth.

So listen up! This is what we are going to do.

God is Lord of all. His Will shall be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. He will triumph over the evil running rampant on Earth. Why shouldn’t He? He created it all! He told us all about this a long time ago> it’s written down. Get the book and read it. The Bible of course!

We are to fervently pray and intercede for our country. America was founded on the truth of the Bible. We must as a nation return to those truths. We have let sin slip in and run rampant throughout the land. Let us turn from our ways and lift up God as the true head of us all. Honor Him and He will honor and support us.

We are His servants while we reside on this terrestrial ball. We are to be His lamps to light the way for the lost to see the richness of his Glory. We are stationed on the precipice, right at the edge of terror and sanity. We are beacons of His Glory and Light. Our lives are to be spent leading others to Him. Our lives are to be spent giving hope to those with out it.

In these end times we are to be stalwarts of faith. Standing firm on His Word for all others to see. When we were in Puerto Vallarta several people mentioned that they could see and feel the greatness of God in our lives. One man said that he could see the great faith we had in God. It is that faith that oozes out of us for all others to see and feel. Like rivers of living waters flowing out of our bellies.

Yes! A great terror is upon us. A fierce, tremendous, terrible terror. But not to fear! Our God is greater than all that. Greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world.

Be of good cheer for God is always near. Just draw near to Him and He will draw near to you. It’s Christmas time. Christ is in the season. He is the reason for the season.

Just wake up and see what is happening before it is too late to do anything about it. Ana and I are starting a prayer group that will be upholding America and the Jewish nation before God. Not a time to party and eat cookies. This will be a time of intercessory prayer like you may have never experienced before. You are invited to join in. It is our expectation to see God do might miracles through our obedience to His calling for our lives.

Jim
November 2, 2009

Last night Pastor Bagwell spent a lot of time talking about how each converted Christian filled with the Holy Spirit must be changed completely to be effectively used by God. They must continue to give to God everything, their very existence, to receive the changed nature present in and by the Spirit.

By giving I mean to totally give of their selves, color, race, creed, station in life, aspirations, dreams, etc. All must be presented to the Lord on His alter as a sacrifice. What is not burnt up will be returned as the real substance of our lives.

Pastor related this transformation like that of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Not just a change of cloths or attitude or anything simple or external; but rather the complete metamorphosis of one body into a completely different one, gloriously beautiful to the Lord.

The ugly little caterpillar is a foraging engine designed to devour all vegetation in its path. Its life is one of destruction that is the reason it exists. Eat and eat until it is fat plump and juicy still remaining un-tasty to birds.  After a summer of unrestrained gorging life comes to a halt as God changes the little worm’s very existence.

Have you ever noticed that they do not eat dandelions or crab grass? No! They go after the prized tomatoes, beans, tender young leaves on you shade trees; nothing but the best for these critters. Not like maggots that clean out the garbage can. No! They want the best of the best and then they want it all. Eating until they are fat and content.

Suddenly the God of the Universe causes them to slip away into a secluded place and to slip out of their caterpillar costume into a chrysalis; like they were attempting to hide out from the goings on in the world for a while. Is this the change that Pastor was talking about? Not quite yet.

It’s easy to think of a chrysalis as something a caterpillar makes, like a cocoon, but this isn’t really true. The body that the caterpillar reveals when it sheds its skin for the last time is the chrysalis. Along with the ability to occasionally twitch in response to threats, this shell is what protects the caterpillar while it transforms.

The transformation itself is amazing. Think of it as recycling, take something that isn’t useful anymore and make it into something new instead of just throwing it away — if you drop a plastic bottle off in the recycling bin, it can be melted down into an entirely different shape. This is what happens inside the chrysalis. Much of the body breaks itself down into imaginal cells, which are undifferentiated – like stem cells, they can become any type of cell. The imaginal cells put themselves back together into a new shape. A few parts of the body, such as the legs, are more or less unchanged during this process.

This process of complete transformation is known as holometabolism. The amount of time required to transform completely varies from one species to another, but in general it takes about two weeks. For species that survive the winter by staying in the chrysalis, it can take months.

After a caterpillar buries itself inside its cocoon, it waits to morph into a butterfly.  The caterpillar does not simply shrink a bit and sprout wings.  Instead, it sort of disintegrates into a puddle of ooze within the cocoon.  If we were to open the cocoon halfway through the process, we would not find a half-caterpillar half-butterfly type creature, but a blob of goop.

The goop is made up of a bunch of individual cells (Like stem cells. Initially, these cells are blank slates, meaning that their fate is undecided. But they have great potential. Stem cells are pluripotent, which means that they can develop into every cell, every tissue and every organ in the body) that are all basically the same type of oozy cells.  For whatever reason, after the caterpillar has turned into ooze, new types of cells start appearing.  The original ooze cells are NOT changing into these new cells, but rather the new cells seem to come out of nowhere.  They just appear out of thin air so to speak.

These new cells are called imaginal cells and they are so completely different from the original ooze cells that they are thought to be a virus or some other form of enemy so the ooze cells begin attacking the imaginal cells.  However, even though the imaginal cells are being killed off for not fitting in, they still keep showing up, more and more of them.

Eventually, the imaginal cells begin to find each other and cluster together.  Like attracts like, and the clusters begin to join up with other clusters.  The original ooze cells still keep attacking them but the imaginal cells continue to multiply and cluster together.
These cells become a large community and they switch gears from simply being a group of like-minded cells into the programming cells of the butterfly.

Some imaginal cells start changing into wing cells, some start changing into antenna cells some start changing into digestive tract cells, and so on.  They are no longer imaginal cells but become butterfly anatomy cells.  As we all know, if left alone to do his thing, the butterfly eventually emerges as a completely new entity from the original caterpillar

The above few paragraphs are a scientific explanation of the morphing process. It sounds a bit mysterious until you realize that it is God who is making the changes to the goop. It is His marvelous plan that it taking place to reform the caterpillar into the majestic butterfly. Not by accident doe this take place but by the Divine Hand of God, Creator of the Universe.

Now I think this is the changing that Pastor was referring to; a complete change into something totally different than what was there previously. That is what must happen to a Christian to make him totally usable by God for His chosen purpose.

All that makes up a person is still needed but it must be given over to God to be reformed into a new creation. A sanctified recreated glorious being, similar to a butterfly in comparison to the caterpillar it once was. The energies and dreams and passions of the former self are changed to match the Holy design of the Creator. The new creation is more glorious and usable by the Father of us all.

Of course the plight of the butterfly being released from its transformation cocoon is not an easy one. There is no help from the outside world or a supernatural releasing from God. The new creation must struggle to exit as a whole. The process of struggling to be set free actually makes the butterfly stronger and more able to withstand the elements of the world.

If someone would help the butterfly escape the wrappings severe damage would occur and its wings would not develop for flight. The act of struggle pumps needed blood into the wings and makes them strong.

Each recreated being is similar yet different from all the others. Each one has it own design and God given purpose to fulfill.

As caterpillars we Christians eat up all of the teaching and training that we can. We often stop here and merely become fat in the Spirit but really useless for Gods chosen purpose. Yet we need the fattening to make us fully able to be transformed. A starving shriveled up caterpillar will no more make a beautiful butterfly than a shriveled up starving Christian will make a dynamic Spirit filled witness for God.

Once filled with all that we can hold God will then put us in a transformation if we allow Him to do so. In that transformation we have a choice, not like the caterpillar, to give our all to Him to be changed.

We too go through a period of struggling to be set free. Nothing is automatic in Gods world. We must want to be set free. We must put up an effort to put the changed man into action to perform the new marvelous destiny set forth by God.

Once we have been changed we will be the mighty man or woman that God envisioned us to be before the beginning of time.

Then we can accomplish all of the glorious works set before us. Like the butterfly we will then be creatures of prosperity. We will be used to give life as we sow seeds of salvation into the lost world, as the butterfly pollinates the flowers to produce a harvest of seeds. We will fly with wings as eagles high above the dirt of the earth. People will marvel at our abilities and the heights we can soar to.

So eat heartily of the succulent feast presented before you, no matter where you attend church. Every anointed minister is designed by God to serve you food for eternal growth. Fatten up for the journey that lies ahead. There will be a time of intense struggle as you give yourself over to be changed.

Changed you will certainly become; changed into the marvelous beautiful creature that will bring Glory to Him who designed you from the foundation of the earth. What an Awesome God we serve.

Signs.

Jim

09/30/2009

Isa 7:11 “Ask the LORD your God to give you a sign. It can be from deep in the world of the dead or from high up in heaven.”

Sunday evening Benjamin Arden referenced this passage and told us to ask God for a sign for our Now Cow word.

So this morning I asked God for a sign.

On the way to work I saw the most beautiful sunrise ever. I called Ana and we discussed how, to me, it is a sign of God’s continued presence in my life. We talked about how it proves God’s existence. Why otherwise would there be beauty in the world if things just happened by happenstance?

This was Sign 1.

A moment later I heard about the Tsunami that hit American Somalia yesterday. Again Ana and I discussed this. She said that it was a sign from God of the battle being waged between good and evil on earth.

This was Sign 2.

A moment later I drove by approximately 12 or so police cars on the street just off of C470. They were parked blocking a road from both ends with lights flashing blue and red. Obviously they had someone trapped and were making some sort of a bust. I thought of how this was a sign of the depravity of man. We are so steeped in evil that it takes a dozen or so policemen to confront the incident at hand.

This was Sign 3.

A few more moments later and I arrived at work and found a serious production problem was happening on a system I am responsible for. It had the potential of impacting a process just put into place and cause dissention against our team. I asked God for help resolving the problem. As it turned out it was caused by a network failure totally out of my hands. It is just another incident stemming from the complexity of data processing; another attack from Satan to make my life more miserable.

This was Sign 4.

Is this the Sign I asked God for? In Isaiah God gave Ahaz the sign of the virgin birth of Immanuel since he had not requested a sign from God. I was expecting something more relevant to my inner calling: something more relevant to Vaya Ministries or Jimanas Portraits.

Yet these are signs: of Gods beauty, Natures power, Man’s depravity, the Complexities and helplessness of life.

Anna

October 6, 2009

Php 1:28 “Do not for a moment be frightened on intimidated in anything by your opponents and adversaries”.

Every day we can see and hear news telling us what is happening between the

Nations; how Iran is so close to completing its goal concerning a nuclear war, how

China is standing with Iran and how Russia is preparing to aide them, how Israel seems to be standing alone in all that is going around them.

We all know that since the beginning of time in the Garden of Eden the enemy tried to destroy God’s creation. It started with Eve’s deception concerning disobedience, then Cain killing his brother Abel, again disobedience. Abraham taking matters into his own hands whereby bring about the creation of two nations; one in the flesh by the name of Ishmael and one in the spirit by the name of Isaac. Two nations were formed by Father Abraham, Yes he became father of all nations, but in the mean time he brought about two nations that have warred against each other from the beginning of time.

We see here that the enemy has had his foot in everything that God has created. He has been out to destroy God’s creation always making a counter fit trying to compete with God.

The Jewish people are a people the he would like to see wipe off this universe. Why; because the adversary wanted to be the God of this universe since the beginning of time, undermining God so that he can become god. By this he could complete his goal. He has tried to get close to his achievement. We know that this will never happen for God’s eyes are open and his heart is hearing the cries of His children. We are not alone in this world; God stands by our side, the God of Zion and the creator of you and me.

The creator of this Universe is getting everything ready to fight for His people. He is lining the planets to His command, Michael and Gabriel the archangels are preparing for war, the other angles are standing ready to hear the command words of God , the stars are being called by name to help fight the war, and His saints which have gone before us are stand ready to do as they are told.

Should we fear if we have the strongest Commander on our side? NO! Because He has

For-warned us to get ready. He is calling out to his remnant to prepare for such a time

as this. Can man bring about a solution to what is coming upon this world? No! The

only one is the one that created this earth GOD, Himself. He will be the one that brings an end to all the threats that the enemy has and is now throwing at Israel. The treats he has threaten people with; threats that he has brought to you to destroy you and my family. We know his work is not in vain.

Sometime back the Lord spoke to my spirit. He told me to forewarn His remnant and others,” tell them to stay under my covering and to those that are were not that they would suffer much. He said, “Some will hear you, some will turn a death ear to you, and some will not believe you. I am coming back very soon”.

Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Rev 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

Rev 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

Rev 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

As we look around us we see signs and hear warning that this is really coming to pass. We can turn a death ear to what we hear and blind eyes to what we see, but whether we like or not it is coming to pass.

The enemy is working hard to destroy all he can because he knows what God has in store for him. Can we win the battle? YES, by staying under the shadow of his wings.

May God open the eyes and ear of those that think they have plenty of time to stay out of the covering of God’s Grace.

You may ask how I can help. First and foremost Prayer; pray for Israel, for others. Tell them that Jesus is the answer. Many see the troubles this world.

They wonder how can I escape what is coming upon this world? Where is my answer?

How can I save my family? You are that answer by telling them about Jesus. That he is the Savior of this world, that He and God alone has the answer. There are those around us around us who are suffering and wondering how they are going to make it.

Are things going to get better? No! We, who know the word of God, know that these are signs of the TIMES. He is the Savior of the world and no one not one on this earth can bring about the solution. Christ is the Creator and finisher of this world. Tell others that you have the answer and Jesus can bring about their answer.

Pray this with me, “Lord, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I come in humbleness knowing in my heart that it is You that is going to speak through me. There are those around me that are hurting that need to know the answer to what is happening to them and around them. Give me boldness to speak to them about You. Prepare their ears to hear, their eyes to see and their hearts to receive the greatest gift of all, and that is you. In Jesus name amen.”

God Bless , Anna

Insight into how to stay focused in Prayer.

Taught by Pastor Bagwell.

August 30, 2009.

Based on: 

Luk 11:1-2  And it happened as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught His disciples. And He said to them, When you pray, say:

Mat 6:9  …Our Father, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Mat 6:10  Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

Mat 6:11  Give us this day our daily bread;

Mat 6:12  and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors.

Mat 6:13  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer is a roadmap on how to pray and not just a prayer to memorize and repeat in rot. Jesus taught us in topics (demarcations) of prayers.

Charismatic’s want to pray as the Spirit flows, which is good, but we also need a structured prayer so that we can be effective in prayer each and every time we pray. This will allow us to cover all the bases when we pray, not leaving out anything important.

This is how Jesus taught His disciples to pray, it should be good enough for us to follow as an example. Each demarcation is a sample of how to pray. Start, middle, conclusion.

1. …Our Father, who is in Heaven,

We need to re-establish the relational fact about us and God. He is more than just our God, He is our Father. I am His son. He is my Papa. Abba Father.

I am more than just a citizen of heaven, I am His son. Jesus called God his Father, so can I. We need to crawl up into His lap and draw near to Him. Insecurity flees when we do so, as I feel the security of His presence.

2. Hallowed be Your name.

Praise His name. Study the names of God. Praise and adore His name, who He is. Focus on His greatness. Magnify His name and lift up His name.

God inhabits our praise of His name. Faith has to inhabit my prayer time to make it effective. I can not come to prayer in fear. His inhabitation casts out that fear. He is a strong tower able to protect me.

God You are my Father. You inhabit me. Praise Your name. I love You. You are my shepherd. Jehovah Jireh my provider. You never leave me. My Lord.

Get my mind off my stuff and upon Him and who He is. He is so great that there is nothing that He can not supply to me.

3.  Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

I need to get to the place that I need to be at before I can be of any use in other people’s lives. This is the time where I pray for myself and then for others. The first person I need to deal with is me.

I declare peace, righteousness and joy. I declare God’s way of doing things and His will and purpose upon me and those I am interceding for.

We have to be on our toes going with forward motion towards our goal and as we attack enemy territory.

Rom 14:17  for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit

Pray that God’s way of doing things will be manifest in my life. That God’s purpose will be poured out upon my life. God I ask that Your will be made real in my life. That upon my life You will pour out your Kingdom Come. Your nature, Your morals, Your wisdom.

I declare that His will shall come upon me.

Quit when I feel like quitting. When I have said it all. Then pray for Ana and the kids and grandchildren. Then others, the world, America, Israel.

Don’t pray for change in their lives to suite me but for God’s kingdom to come in their lives. Lift them up. Ask God to supply their needs, their health, and happiness. Talk about needs, heartaches, problems, and comfort.

Keep pressing in, interceding. Nothing but God’s will of Heaven.

Then pray for those God has called me to stand in the gap for. Warfare for them.

4. Give us this day our daily bread;

Acknowledge what my daily need is in dollars. Get an understanding what it actually takes in real dollars to survive, to run Vaya Ministries.

God I need $2,000 a week to sustain retirement with the ability to help others through Vaya Ministries.

Pray specifically for what I need on a daily basis. God said that he would provide all of my needs. Now is the time to ask Him for them. Release to me the daily bread that I need to survive as You see fit. Open doors for me Lord.

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Ask God for direction, guidance, and wisdom to accomplish the things He has given me to do.

5. and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors.

Pray for the forgiveness of all of my sins. This softens my heart towards those I need to forgive. All of my sins are laid at the cross. This is for me, my sins.

God forgive me for ….

Lord I have failed to …

Clean me, wash me. Create in me a new heart. Renew in me a right spirit.

Pray for the weak link in my spirit that I battle each day. That one thing that could bring me down if left on it’s own. My Achilles heel. If I do not pray for this then I will be hindered in my walk with God.

Father in the name of Jesus I rebuke this … that hinders me in my walk with You. Lord I thank You that You have given me strength to resist … for 3 weeks, etc.

Then show mercy to those who have wronged me. Stop offenses on a day by day basis. Release others who have hurt me. Take my hands off their throat.

Deep hurts need daily dealing with. This is the time to release all hurts and wounds. Recently and in the distant past. God help me to release this person. Take the hatred out of me. Get over it.

I have been forgiven of a debt that I could never pay, so I forgive others of a much less debt. Lord bless this person. One day I will feel freedom. Sweep my house clean—daily.

6. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil.

Mar 14:38  Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. Truly the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

It is one thing to be tempted but another thing to enter into it. It is not wrong to be tempted – Satan is at this every day. It is sin to enter into the temptation and make it real.

Prayer is an act of discipline. Be prepared for the testing that will come. Daily address the issues that will come up. This preparation will make us victorious, able to resist the temptation. Whereby we gain the strength to withstand the trials.

Put on the whole armor of God. Eph 6:10-18 to withstand the evil day.

7. End with Praise. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Jim

August 24-28, 2009

I had the opportunity to do some street witnessing August 24-28 on the 16^th Street Mall in downtown Denver.

I had humbled my self over the past many months and God saw fit to use me in a mighty way. At the prompting of my lovely wife Ana I took some tracks along with me as I attended a week long conference at the Colorado Convention Center.

On the way to the sessions I would walk along the 16^th Street Mall and God led me to speak to over 20 individuals. Tuesday morning I led the first soul to Christ in my life. What an exhilarating experience. Through the rest of the week I had the opportunity to lead 5 individuals to the cross of Christ to receive salvation from Him.

Those accepting salvation were:

Aaron – He was selling the “Denver Voice” paper as a means to support himself. He said his mother was a Christian and attended heritage. I talked with him a while and then led him in the sinners prayer of salvation. I am sure his mother has been on her knees casting him at the foot of the cross for a long time.

Kevin – He seemed to be struggling with life a lot. I asked to pray for him and he let me. Then I told him of the assurance of Heaven that he could have. He prayed with me the sinner’s prayer of salvation.

Mike – An older gentleman basking in the early morning sun. He asked me to pray for his health. We then prayer together the sinner’s prayer of salvation.

Tom – A younger homeless man looking for food and shelter. I prayed that God would provide for him. He then prayed with me the sinner’s prayer of salvation.

Manuel – An itinerate guitar player. He played a Gospel Bluegrass song for me. I prayed for his health. We then prayed the sinner’s prayer of salvation.

There were others who I talked to. Many listened but did not want to receive salvation. Others totally rejected anything I had to do with them.

Momado – From Africa. Blind and diabetic. Believed in all the prophets.

Don – Hitchhiking to Kansas needing a couple bucks.

Michael Lee – The Black Chinese.

Scott – Older bum. Closed to the Gospel.

Jim – Too busy reading the sports section of the paper to get involved.

Manuela – Selling papers. Said she was a Christian already. We prayed.

Jim Vanhorn – Retired AF. Open to talking as long as he was doing the talking. When I mentioned Christ he turned away.

Jack and Lori – From Virginia. Came to drive the horse carts on the 16^Th Street Mall but did not get the job. Both professed Christianity. Selling papers.

Lady sleeping – On bench with a pile of bags. Did not acknowledge that I existed. I left a track for her.

Dillon _ A very bright young man. Said he had trusted Christ but was not going to church. I told him to start attending. I prayed the sinner’s prayer to him but he did not repeat it.

Ron – Going in for his Chemo treatment. Taking one day at a time. Did not want to pray for salvation. But I prayed the sinner’s prayer of salvation for him.

Able – Said he prayed every night. Said he could not imagine having confidence that he could go to heaven. I prayed with him.

Junior – Just lost his house and was afraid to live alone. Was in a motorized wheel chair. Said he was a Christian. I prayed the Christ would provide for him.

Unknown – I tried to talk to him but he turned away and left.

Marcus – Selling subscriptions to Greenpeace. Only interested in talking while he thought he could sell me. I told him of our trip to Washington. About how abortions kill millions of babies after he told about the dying polar bears. He would not accept a tract.

Disabled Soldier – Sitting by the Light Rail with a sign “I fought for you – Please help me now” I dropped a tract and money in his basket and told him to read it. A look of gratefulness was in his eyes.

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There was so much that happen in Washington it was an eyes opener for us. As many of you recall we took a mission trip in April to Juarez, Mexico. It was then the Lord spoke to me as to the Taliban I had never paid much attention to that word till now. He told me that they were hiding behind the drug lords working to over throw the Mexican government. That they were already in the United States and in time would try to over throw our government. He said, to tell my remnant to pray, to stay under my covering, and that those that were not under His covering would suffer much.

At this conference we hear much concerning Iran and the Taliban, what they are doing to the world and to Jerusalem. How they are try to destroy the Jews and over take Israel and destroy America. So much information was given concerning standing in the gap for The Jewish Nation.

This event was intended to teach Christians the importance of standing with Israel and to build bridges between Christians and Jewish communities. For many years the only churches in America to hold Night to Honor Israel were John Hagee and Pastor George Morrison’s Faith Bible Chapel.

There were over 4,000 in attendance at this conference in Washington D.C. “Christians United For Israel”. The told us that there are also 50 million in the U.S. who are in support of Israel. When this kind of news hits the media they never take notice, but we know that God did. This is the fourth year that “Christian United of Israel” has gathered in Washington. The Conference keeps growing more every year. There were Representative from 50 states in the US and six continents. This mission trip is one we will never forget. We are ready to do what we can to help the Jewish Nation.

I want to share with you what we have learned that will happen to Israel and America if we don’t pray and seek action. I know you would like to know how to pray for our Jewish brother and prayer is what we need at this time. If we don’t stand together and ask God for guidance we will be destroyed by some radical terrorist. Iran is serious about destroying Israel and American if we don’t stand with them.

Isaiah 62:1 For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burn

The points below will explain what we have TO DO in order to get the attentions of our government. They need to take action before it’s too late.

ISRAEL IS NOT THE PROBLEM; PRESSURE ON ISRAEL IS NOT THE SOLUTION.

Background: Since taking office, President Obama has indicated that resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict will be one of his Administration’s top foreign policy priorities. He has called upon Israel to immediately cease the natural growth of its West Banks settlements, and he may pressure Israel to make significant territorial concessions.

Point #1: We applaud President Obama’s desire for peace in the Middle East. The Arab-Israeli conflict has gone on far too long. Too much innocent blood has been spilled. We fervently pray for the peace

Point #2: Israel has consistently embraced the peace and has taken significant risks for peace. In the 1990’s, Israel withdrew from most of the Arab populations centers in the West Bank. In 2000, Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon. In 2005, Israel withdrew all of its soldiers and settlers from Gaza. Israel consistent embraced the peace process and taken significant risk for peace.

Point #3: Israel’s risks for peace have not met with encouraging results. In each case, terrorism against Israel only increased. In 2002, Israeli troops had to reenter most of the West Bank to stop bloody wave of Palestinian suicide bombing in Israeli restaurants, cafes and buses. Israel has consistently embraced the peace and has taken significant risks for peace. Israel’s risks for peace have not met with encouraging results. In each case, terrorism against Israel only increased. Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon was followed by thousands of missiles being launched into northern Israel. Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza was followed by thousands of rockets being fired into southern Israel.

Point #4: Israel is not the obstacle to peaces in the Middle East. The real obstacle to peace is the refusal of Hamas, Hezbollah and even many supposed moderates to recognize Israel’s right to exists. Peace will come only when Israel’s neighbors are ready to recognize Israel and renounce terror—in both word and deed.

Action Items: Urge your senators and congressmen to oppose American pressure on Israel to make territorial concessions which the Israelis themselves do not wish to make. Given Israel‘s track record of taking ricks for peace we should respect the views of Israel‘s democratically elected leaders when it comes to considering further concessions.

STOPPING IRAN‘S NUCLEAR PROGRAM – PART 1

Background: Legislation has been introduced in both the Senate [S. 908] and the house [H.R. 2194] called the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanction Act of 2009. This bill would require the President to impose sanctions on companies providing refined petroleum to Iran or helping Iran to expand its own refining capacity. Although Iran is a major petroleum exporter, it actually imports 40% of its gasoline and other refined petroleum products.

Point #1: The president of Iran has repeatedly threatened to wipe Israel off the map. He’s also threatened to destroy America. He is repressing democracy political dissent at home.

Point #2: The window to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power is rapidly closing. According to United Nations officials, Iran already has enough enriched uranium to produce a nuclear weapon. Many observers believe that Iran could covert this enriched uranium into a nuclear weapon in less than one year.

Point #3: The only peaceful way to convince Iran to abandon its nuclear program is to make the economic price of this program too high. Today date, sanctions have been too weak to force the Iranians to change their policy. But reducing the flow of gasoline to Iran would have an immediate and powerful economic impact. Targeting Iran’s gasoline is our best hope for persuading the Iranians to abandon their nuclear program.

Point #4: As a candidate, President Obama recognized the importance of this approach when he stated during the October 7, 2008 debate that: “Iran right now imports gasoline….if we can prevent them form importing the gasoline that they need…that starts changing their cost-benefit analysis. That starts putting the squeeze on them. If we can prevent them for importing the gasoline that they need…that starts changing their cost-benefit analysis.

Action Item: If your senator or representative has already co-sponsored the Iran Refined Petroleum Act please thank them for doing so.

Action Item: If your senator or representative has not co-sponsored this bill please urge them to do so as soon as possible.

Action Item: Urge your senator and representative to press their leadership for prompt committee and floor action on this bill. Time is running out. We must act NOW to stop Iran’s nuclear program.

STOPPING IRAN‘S NUCLEAR PROGRAM—PART 2

Background: Legislation has been introduced in both the Senate [S. 1065] and the House of Representatives [H.R. 1327] called the Iran Sanction Enameling Act of 2009. The bill authorizes state and local governments to divest from companies investing in Iran’s petroleum and natural gas sector and protects funds managers who divers from such companies from potential lawsuits.

Point #1: Divesting by state and local governments and funds from companies doing business with Iran to tougher sanctions. Such divestment can have a significant multiplier effect in convincing companies that doing business with Iran is simply an unacceptable financial risk.

Point #2: Many states and local government and pension funds managers have resisted calls to divest from companies doing business with Iran because they are concerned that it may be illegal to do so . Investment fund managers in particular are worried that if they divest from profitable companies which do business with Iran they can be sued by investors for failing to minimize profits.

Point #3: Congress must send a message at once that it is not only fully legal, but enthusiastically encouraged, to divest from companies doing business with Iran.

Point #4: When President Obama was in the Senate, he was one of the original sponsors of this legislation.

Action Items: If your senator or representative has already co-sponsored the

Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, please thank them for doing so.

Action Item: If you senator or representative has NOT co-sponsored this bill, please urge them to do so as soon as possible.

Action Item for Senators: Urge your senator’s top press their leadership prompt committees and floor action on this bill. Time is running out. We must act now to stop Iran’s unclear program.

Action Item for Representatives: Urge your representative to press their leadership for prompt floor action on this bill (THE BILL HAS ALEADY PASSED THE RELEVANT HOUSE COMMITTEE). Time is running out. We must act NOW to stop Iran’s nuclear program.

Thank for helping us spread this information to other that need to know.

Representatives to the Jewish Nation,

Anna

August 13, 2009

P.S. We met with Congressman Mike Coffman in Washington. We expressed to him our concerns concerning this issue. If we all do something about this we will see a change and the enemy will not have his way.

From my youth Israel was always just a sleepy little country nestled away in the mid-east far enough away to be of no consequences to me. It always seemed that all of the trouble in the Arabian world stemmed from conflicts over religion and land. What a bother. Can’t they just get along?

When I became a Christian the small country of Israel was of a little more interesting to me but not much. It just seemed that this was the place where Christianity got its start and seemed to be a nice place for old codgers to spend vacations at in search of Mecca. Still it was not of much interest to me.

Growing deeper in my faith it seemed that Israel has some consequential part to play in the end of times and Armageddon. Thanks mostly to the books by Hal Lindsay. Just maybe there was something of importance about this little country. They did put on a good war that lasted only 6 days. Must be some fierce fighters living there.

More growth in spiritual things and Israel became more important since this is where the entire Bible was written, at least most of it. Maybe there is something special about these people. I doubt it though. But all of this warring stuff; it really is beginning to bother me. Is God really with them, backing them up in times of trouble and need?

Then one day we had listened to John Hagee speaking of supporting the Jewish people. Ana mentioned knowing Bob Schwartz and how he was very poor and always in need. We sent him $200 and I felt good about helping God’s chosen people; the apple of His eye. I knew God would bless us for this, even if it was just a token offering.

Little did we know what God would do in our lives? Israel has suddenly become branded on our minds. I am truly blessed in that Ana and I share the same feeling and passions in almost all areas of our lives. Ours is truly a marriage made in Heaven as we share many similar likes.

Anyway – we have become immersed in things Jewish. We found out that our neighbors are Jewish. We watched a presentation about the plight of the Jewish nation by John Hagee. In this telecast he mentioned the upcoming Christians United for Israel Summit in WashingtonDC in July. Ana said immediately “I want to go.”

I purchased admissions, air fare, and hotel reservations in March or early April. Sometime before going to Washington we heard about “Promise Keepers” and I purchased tickets to attend this conference also.

Before going to Washington we started reading more about Israel and hearing more from Pastor Hagee’s teachings. In all of this we started hearing more about what is happening in America as we are slipping away as a Christian Nation; things dealing with abortion, homosexuals, pulling support away from Israel, our seemingly complete disregard of thing spiritual and biblically based. We were suddenly awakened to the evil slowly taking over America.

We started feeling that God was pulling and pushing us in the Israel direction. Ana had a feeling that we would be going to tour Israel in March of 2010. At our last Intercessory prayer meeting before the trip, Paula prophesied that she saw us making many trips to Israel. All roads seemed to be leading to Israel.

So we went to WashingtonDC. Wow! It was awesome (the conference that is) (Washington is Washington)!

There were over 4,000 attending the Summit. Sunday evening was one of prayer and worship. Several speakers spoke and gave us a feeling for what was going to happen during the next 3 days. I took a picture of Ana and Pastor Hagee’s wife; this was after she hugged the stuffing’s out of Ana. We knew this was going to be something special. This was going to be another open door for our ministry.

There were several vendors present and we bought two prayer shawls, a shofar, two JER-USA-LEM T-shirts, and a plate of Jerusalem. We were becoming immersed in things from Israel.

The next day we sat front row dead center for the morning session. We rose early and made a special effort to be there extra early. This worked out well and became a special blessing because right behind us was a lady from Iran who is a now a US citizen. She recently ran for some state government position in Oklahoma and was sponsored at this event by pastor Hagee. We spent hours listening to what she had to say. We are not sure that she is a Christian but what she knows and what she told us gave us great insight into the state of America, our new president, and the Muslim world.

According to her the Muslim world rejoiced when President Obama took office, they praised Ala for giving them victory in America and in giving them a seat in the White House. She told how the Muslim radicals hunger for the time when they can annihilate Israel and the Jewish people. She mentioned that they only view Israel as “a small devil” and that the U.S. is “the big devil” one that they long to eliminate from existence. This view was echoed several times throughout the conference.

What an eye opener this was. This information brought back to mind the words Ana heard while in Juarez last April; the words of warning about the Taliban infiltrating Mexico and wanting to overthrow the U.S. This lady said that Obama was behind the Taliban and that they have already infiltrated America.

Pastor Hagee has been telling us that eight Radical Muslim cell groups already exist in America and they are poised to take suitcase nuclear bombs (when they are available) into our cities and destroy up to 1,000,000 people with each blast. What an eye opener that will be to this sleepy nation. What will we think of Obama then?

Many things began to fall into place in our lives and the visions and directions we have received from the Lord. We are to be immersed in world politics so that we can warn those around us of the pending doom laying in wait for us American and the Jewish people. Ana and I firmly believe this is what we are to be doing, warning everyone who will listen. We also believe that a praying remnant of believers joined together in fervent prayer can stay off the terrible end seemingly at our door steps.

2Ch 7:14 if My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Most of the day’s activities were to enlighten us to the plight of Israel and the stance that the U.S. has taken in the past. Many experts from Israel and our government spoke on subjects as U.S. policy, Israel’s position, and the pending threats from the Iranians, Hezbollah and Hamas, the strength of Israel, etc. It was very enlightening to say the least.

One military expert from Israel spoke for a long time on the defenses of Israel and the missiles threats from Iran. He had a PowerPoint presentation (all in Hebrew) depicting the range of weapons currently owned by Iran and the potential for future weapons. Even though the text was in Hebrew, the pictures of the rockets and the circle graph ranges they can attain were obvious. These rockets can reach Israel and in short order will be bombarding Europe and soon the United States.

He also showed photographs from his house of several rising plums of smoke where rockets had just exploded nearby. Then he mentioned that the school children are trained to seek shelter within 15 seconds of hearing the warning sirens. That is all the time they have, 15 seconds! Think of this. Fifteen seconds! Count for yourself right now – 15 seconds – where could you go for shelter right now? These children live with this on a daily basis. These are not just drills like we had during the 50’s when the cold war was heating up. This is for real because within seconds of the siren they can hear the bombs exploding nearby.

So the defense of Israel from Iran is not just about the Jews, it is about our own homeland security as well. This was when he again mentioned that Israel is deemed as just “a little devil”, while the U.S. is “the big devil” deserving extinction. We Americans are the real target of the radical Muslim world. Israel is just a toy to play sport with while they tune their weaponry for the much grander prize, you and me. Are you listening? Can you count out 15 seconds right now? Do you want to live with that fear over your head all day and night long?

Did you read what I just said? We American have just as mush to worry about the nuclear threat posed by the Muslim world as does the tiny little state of Israel. That should be enough to make the sleeping majority of people wake up and take a stance for righteousness sake. We are at war, not with just a nation or a group or radicals, but rather we are at war with the age old advisory Satan. Against powers of the spiritual realm who greatly desire to steal, kill, and destroy.

Eph 6:12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world’s rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Joh 10:10The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Now is the time for the remnant Christians in America to stand firm and claim the promises written for all to see in Gods Word. Ana and I have been sent as watchmen to hear and see what is coming upon America and to relay those warning to others. If we are forewarned and take action we will be stayed the terror coming upon us just as Israel was spared when they heeded to the warnings from the prophets of old.

Isa 62:6I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who will not always be silent all the day nor all the night; you who remember Jehovah, do not be silent.

But be warned, when Israel did not listen to the word of God spoken through the prophets, they failed as a nation and suffered great losses and were scattered throughout the world.

Isa 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah has spoken, I have nursed and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against Me.

Isa 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.

Isa 1:4Woe, sinful nation, a people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger; they have gone away backward.

Isa 1:5Why should you be stricken any more? You will revolt more and more; the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Isa 1:6From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

Isa 1:7Your land is wasted, your cities burned with fire. Strangers devour your land right before your eyes, and it is wasted, as overthrown by strangers.

Isa 1:8And the daughter of Zion is left a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city.

Despite what President Obama says about America no longer being a Judeao Christian nation. America was founded over 200 years ago on Biblical principles. Before they signed the “Declaration of Independence” the 56 members of congress prayed for hours and studied four chapters of scripture. Most every former President of this great nation upheld Biblical beliefs and openly spoke and wrote of their commitment to the God of Abraham.

So just when did America stop being a Judeao Christian nation? What even marks this terrible end to our beliefs in God? What stroke of Congress removed our strong faith in the Creator from the halls of Congress?

This terrible moment in time has not happened. With every ounce of our beings we will do all that we can to make sure that it will never happen. Not on our watch. Not now! Not EVER!

It is still our duty to stand up for what God deems right for America. Our prosperity has stemmed from our belief in God and from out standing firm for the State of Israel. Israel is Gods chosen nation filled with His chosen people the Jews. We must take a stand side by side with them throughout all of the coming terror and turmoil. God promises to bless us for our efforts.

Gen 12:3 And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Throughout our history we have taken a stand for Israel and have governed ourselves with beliefs based on Biblical truths. That is why America has been so blessed, blessed more than any other nation. But of late we have grown cold and turned our deaf ears towards things of God. Apathy has crept in and we have placed wealth, the almighty dollar, on a pedestal as our new god. This in conjunction with our total disregard for any moral behavior has begun our downfall.

Tuesday was a day in preparation for going before our Senators and Congressmen. Speeches were given that defined the law making process in WashingtonDC. This process seemed to us to be filled with a lot of favoritism and “what’s in it for me” theology. “I’ll wash your hand if you wash mine.”

Three key issues were laid out and explained fully. These were to be presented to our congressmen. We were told to keep the issues as definable and debatable facts. We were not to let spiritual feelings to creep in. No prophecies, visions or revelations would be acceptable by our lawmakers. Congress is run by lawyers and they only understand cold hard facts. So this we did.

1. Do not force Israel to give up its land. Israel had done that on several occasions only to have the Radical Muslims use the newly gained territory to launch over 10,000 rockets on the Jewish people living in Israel.

Israel is the land of the Jews. It was given to them 3,500 years ago and the title deed is recorded in Scripture. One of many references is:

Gen 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gained in Haran. And they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into the land of Canaan.

Gen 12:6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, unto the Oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Gen 12:7 And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your seed. And he built an altar there to Jehovah who appeared to him.

Do not force the Jewish nation to split up Jerusalem and share it with the Palestinians. Jerusalem has always been the capitol of Israel and is documented 813 times in the Bible. One such verse is:

1Ki 3:1And Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he finished building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall around Jerusalem.

The Koran does not mention Jerusalem a single time.

2. Stop selling gasoline to Iran. Iran is a rich oil producing state but does not have enough gasoline refining capabilities to sustain its life style.

There is a bill before congress “H.R.2194 Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009” which will stop American companies from selling refined fuel to Iran. This will make their headlong efforts to produce a nuclear weapon more difficult.

3. Stop American fund managers from investing in companies that supply materials to Iran.

There is a bill before congress “H.R.1357 Iran Sanctions Act of 2009” which will make it legal for such funds managers to NOT invest in these companies even if it makes their portfolios perform substantially. This will pull money out of Iran and make it more difficult for them to produce nuclear weapons.

The day was ended with a live satellite telecast of Premier Binyamin Netanyahu as he gave us full support for our efforts and profusely thanked us for that support. He mentioned that this broadcast is being transmitted from Jerusalem the undisputed ancient capital of Israel.

That day we learned that Israel is strong in might and beliefs. They will conquer any enemy Satan can throw at them; for God is with them from the conception of time on Earth. The 6 day war is an example how they will triumph over any force no matter how intimidating or great in the world’s eyes.

He did mention that maybe the rest of the world, who is also being threatened by Iran’s weapons of mass destruction, should take action and not let Israel have to do their dirty work for them. That struck a cord in my spirit. America stood still for 12 years as Hitler’s killers systematically eliminated 6,000,000 Jews. We only jumped in when we were viscously attacked at Pearl Harbor.

The theme for CUFI is “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent” and that is what we will be doing with all of God’s might behind us. We (Ana and me) will not keep silent’ NEVER.

Isa 62:1 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes out as brightness, and her salvation as a burning lamp.

That evening we attended the “A Night to remember Jerusalem” extravaganza. Speakers, eating, singing, dancing, flag waving, were some of the things that took place. There were over 4,000 people in attendance. As one body we united our goals and beliefs for the Jewish people of Israel.

Wednesday we went to “The Hill”. We first got to sit in the House gallery for a bit and see some congressmen making presentations on the Health Care Bill. Have you taken a close look at this bill? What a satanic designed piece of legislation being forced down the gullet of the seemingly unaware silent masses of Christian Americans. Thank you President Obama for another one of your fine works. In reality this is another slam against our Christian beliefs.

Then over 50 of us sat in our two Senators office as we presented the three points to their staff. This was so-so; we only hope that these junior staffers will relate the urgency of our information to the actual Senators who were too busy to meet with us.

Next six of us meet with Representative Mike Coffman. I was my privilege to present the third argument to his staff; as I was speaking Mr. Coffman stepped in giving us a chance to reiterate what we had said. He was very receptive to the topics. The meeting went well. I felt great knowing that I had done what I could to move the Israel issues forward towards a God given resolution.

Wow! We got a first hand taste of how laws are made in America. Neither Ana nor I had been politically involved anytime in the past but now feel moved by God to take an active stance for things of God in America and the world. It seems that the sleeping giant within both of us has been waken and unleashed. I have since written many more letters to congress and other government officials in the U.S. and abroad.

On the way back to our hotel we visited the national Holocaust museum. It was very depressing as we saw how the maniac Hitler came to power and mercilessly slaughtered millions of innocent people, while America stood still frozen in her shoes. We learned that our government knew what was happening but chose to not react because of fear of what would happen to our country. Why we were just recovering from the Great Depression and did not want to impact our lives any more than needed.

“We will not keep silent any longer.”

The remaining of the week we spent visiting WashingtonDC. We wore our JER-USA-LEM T-shirts as we visited ArlingtonCemetery. There were many uniformed soldiers present. Ana uplifted one young woman with her support and parted with both of them in tears. 

We watched the changing of the guard at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a very moving experience. Such honor and dignity was being given over this tomb. There was also a presentation of a wreath in honor of 225 years of the Chaplainry service of the armed forces. We had a chance to visit the more formal ceremony a little ways from the tomb. This proved to be another emotionally moving experience. We talked with one of the chaplains for a brief time.

Our shirts brought a lot of attention from those passing us by, leading to many conversations. After we visited the Viet Nam memorial we passed a man from England who was speaking praises to America for her involvement in the war. We spoke with him about America and about God for a while.

In all we saw a lot of how Americans honor their fallen soldiers. But death was everywhere we went and in everything we saw. Sorrow, sadness, lost ness, BUT we were beacons of the hope that can be had from Jesus Christ within us.

Visiting the Air and Space museum showed us how well we geared up for war against other people. America, along with the rest of the world, seems to be very resourceful and creative in ways to destroy each other. Although this was probably all necessary, the preciseness and matter-of-factness of it left us cold.

The Natural History and the American Indian museums portrayed our ancient past and how the various peoples of Earth honored all forms of god rather than the one True God Jehovah.

The overpowering portrayal of evolution never ceased to bombard us from every angle. Just for a moment could the men of Earth accept the reality of a Devine Creator? Each display showed the marvels of nature but stressed the randomness of it happening by chance.

God created Ana and I from the dust of the Earth in a marvelous fashion.

Psa 139:13 For You have possessed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother’s womb.

Psa 139:14 I will praise You; for I am fearfully andwonderfully made; Your works aremarvelous and my soul knows it very well.

Psa 139:15My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret andskillfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

Psa 139:16 Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written, the days they were formed, and not one wasamong them.

Psa 139:17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

We met a guard at the Museum of Art who had recently lost a son in Iran. We discussed why we were in Washington and how we were in support of Israel. He said that he had retired from the Navy and had spent a lot of time in Israel. He told of how strong their army is and how responsive to attacks they were. He also stated that Israel was advanced in new technologies for waging war.

We walked past the White House on the back side right by the fence. Suddenly someone mentioned seeing a person walking a dog. Immediately guards rushed us away as they closed down this area. Evidently Michelle was out wit the “First Dog” for a walk. Whoopee!

On the front side of the hose there were bunches of reporters preparing for a speech from the President later that evening. We saw armed sharp shooters scurrying over the roof tops. It was interesting that just a few hundred feet across the street was a park full of intenerate beggars vying for handouts from us passers by. I guess you could say “Welcome to America.”

On one hand we say a family guarded by hundreds of the elite secret service right next to bums smelling of urine and starving for food and attention.

Three times during our stay, as we about to cross the street, cops swarmed in from all directions blocking off all the streets. Minutes later a caravan of cops, security patrol, seemingly military looking vehicles, ambulance, satellite tracking vehicles, bomb squad, and of course a long black limousine cruised by; Hi Mr. President.Did you realize that every time he goes anywhere that all the streets get blocked off for several minutes before and several minutes after the car passes by? That’s a lot of cops running around looking and being important.

The next week end we attended the 20^th anniversary of Promise Keepers in Boulder’s Folsom Stadium. This session was the first time they had allowed women to attend and had also made a special connection to our Jewish friends. We went in hopes of learning how to be more committed to God and each other. Which is what happened?

But we were also thrown into a 10,000 member congregation of Jews and supporters. This turned into a carry on from the CUFI summit last week end. Only there was much more emphasis on togetherness and worship.

The last half of Saturday was awesome. There were dancing children, flag waving, and a group of 25 or so Shofar blowers praising God. Several Jewish speakers told of the renewed relationship between Christians and Messianic Jews. We worshiped together, sang together, and prayed together.

At the end of the sessions Saturday evening Coach Bill McCartney called all Rabbis to come forward for a time or prayer and healing. He then had all those seeking healing to come forward and be prayed for.

Before this healing time came about one of the speakers gave a presentation on the Yellow Star and its meaning to us. He told what it stood for and what receiving and wearing it would mean.

He then asked Coach McCartney if he would wear the star as a symbol of his resolve to stand with his fellow Jewish brothers through thick and thin. Coach responded YES and then asked if any one else in the audience would take a stand for the Jews. Almost the entire crowd said YES!

He then had the Rabbis come forward and gave each a handful of Yellow Stars. We all then went forward to pick up a star and be prayed for by the Rabbis.

Ana and I went forward. There were many tears shed as we embraced our fellow Christian Jews. We received several stars. We were prayed for by four of the Rabbis. The Spirit of God fell heavily upon that stadium.

Worship ensued from every corner of the field in song, dance, singing, shofar blowing, and flag waving. Such a time of true worship and praise I have never seen. The meetings were over at 5. We left at 5:30. The praising went on far after that.

I picked up a book “A Rabbis look at the end times” and read through it this week. It was more about the massive number of Jews coming to know Jeshua than anything else. These are the true signs of the end times. Paul went to the Jewish synagogue first to preach the Gospel of Christ, then to the Gentiles.

Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

God has shown His hand in what is in store for Ana and me in our continued walk with Him. We have grown from a slight interest in things Jewish to being totally immersed in things Jewish.

While in Washington we found out about Pastor Hagge’s trip to Israel next March. Wednesday I sent of our registration information and deposits for the trip on March 1-10.

I believe this move is in fulfillment of the prophecy by Paula and the deep desire planted within Ana and me to go and do. It is also in fulfillment of our ministry “Vaya” which means GO. It is also in response to several of the teachings we received in the past few weeks; stating that when God calls us out for a work it is our responsibility to take action. The ways and means will follow those actions.

It has been just a few short months since the first $200 offering went to Bob Schwartz to our total immersion in thoughts about the Jewish people and how we are to spend at least part of our lives reaching out to them and serving them.

We feel like God has appointed us watchmen on the Wall to announce to all present the coming of the enemy and terror in our times. Every day we receive emails and news articles of more things happening that affect our continued walk as Christians and the future of our great country.

Now we wait on how God wants us to use this storehouse of information. As the Master unfolds each step of our walk with Him our lives become richer and our visions become more clear and real.

God is at work in our lives. Many new and exciting things have been happening and many more are just around the corner. These are exciting times as we follow the leading of the Living God and Creator of the Universe.

Jim

08/10/2009

I will not sit by and be still.

“Step by step, precept by precept, it was written and can prove it.”

I am now on a search-and-uncover mission to find the hidden precepts that God has placed in my path. These will be hidden (at least from the unwary and uninitiated of us) but easily found because of the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit.

To that end I here and now ask God to reveal these secrets of the Universe to me by the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells every fiber of my being. “Father, through the marvelous power of the Holy Spirit, unravel the truths to me that are needed by Americans right now to survive as a Christian Nation.”

Mat 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the sophisticated and cunning, and revealed them to babes.
Mat 11:26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

I am a babe in the world of politics, theology, economics, and so many other areas, but I am an adopted child of the Creator of the Universe. His Spirit of power indwells comforts and guides me in all things.

The way has been hidden from normal man, not from Spirit filled men. I am such a man chosen by God for such a time as this.

Est 4:14 For if you are completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house shall be destroyed. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for a time like this?

I have been chosen from the beginning of time to be where I am right now; at this critical juncture in American history as we teeter on the fence between total chaos and total freedom and peace.

Doom and Gloom can become the fate of America if the warnings poured out upon us so heavily in the past few months are not acted upon promptly. I have been given visions and set forth on a mission to bring this new hope to the faltering American public.

Obama ran on a ticket of “New Hope”. But that hope is falling apart at the seams. America has blundered headlong into an economic nightmare. Our law makers are throwing good money after bad in an all out effort to correct that which can not be corrected. That is, it can not be corrected by the feeble efforts of man, only an act of God can bring resolution to this chaos.

This is where the vision “Step by step, precept by precept, it was written and can prove it” comes into play. I have been given the steps to take to reveal the precepts made available by God from the foundation of the world. They have always existed in words buried upon the pages of Scripture for all to see. These precepts have been hidden until this very time of extreme need. Only now are they being brought to light in view of the crisis taking place in America.

It has been appointed to me, no anointed to me, to systematically pull these pieces together in the written word so men may see that there is indeed a “New Hope” for America. This is not a “New Hope” of our president or our congress, but rather a “New Hope” revealed by God’s word.

Through prayer and teaching the fate of America can be turned around. Not teaching in new ways of economics, but rather teachings of revelations gleaned from the Word of God. America has fallen into a trance of apathy and needs to be awakened from her deathlike slumber.

Most of the people I work with are clueless with what is happening to us right now. They are overly involved with status quo, not really being interested in our coming crisis. Too busy working towards the next promotion or saving up enough for retirement.

Not too long ago I was also in this state mesmerism, living one day at a time waiting for something to happen to make a difference in my life. I too felt that there was nothing that one individual could make. The world was coming to an end, the anti-Christ was rising to power, and I was destined to go to heaven. So why worry, why get involved? It seemed all too hopeless.

God has awakened me over the past 18 months and blown a revival Spirit into my soul. I can now see that not all is lost or totally out of my hands. I have discovered that a remnant of praying dedicated Christians can do wonders in bringing about change.

The lost few who have dictated removal of prayer from schools, abortions, a non-Christian America, and homosexuality have not been sitting placently on their couches. They have taken action and have pulled the wool over the silent majorities eyes. They have robbed us of our basic freedoms a Christians in favor of their evil driven motives.

Suddenly I have seen that I can make a difference. I have seen that I have a message, a vision, a mission, a ministry to educate as many people as I can. I can be the spark that set ablaze dormant Christians into a furry of fire that will affect change throughout America.

God created the Heavens and the earth and then sat down for a rest. He was not tired. He was finished with His part. The World was given to man to do with as God gave him the ability to do. Look back into history and see all the wonders that man has done. This is impressive to say the least. Yet now we Americans seem to be willing to take a rest and let whatever the winds of change can bring to be the rule.

There is a grassroots remnant of dedicated praying Christians that will not allow America to fall into oblivion. God will not allow that to happen. He would have preserved Sodom and Gomorrah if ten righteous were found.

Gen 18:20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,. . .
Gen 18:32 And he said, Oh do not let Jehovah be angry, and I will speak only once more. Perhaps ten shall be found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

Believe me, there are many more than ten righteous remaining in America. We are standing tall and proud and our voices will be heard in the halls of Congress and across this might Nation. We will not be silent. We will not be defeated for God is with us.

Heb 13:5 Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, “Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!”

This week end we once again had our eyes opened to the plight of the Jewish people at the Promise Keepers. God gave Israel to Abraham as a covenant promise and God also promises to bless us if we bless His chosen people.

Gen 12:1 And Jehovah said to Abram, Go out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house into a land that I will show you.
Gen 12:2 And I will make you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you shall be a blessing.
Gen 12:3 And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

We had previously attended the CUFI summit meetings in Washington D.C. to go before our Congressmen in support of Israel. At that time we presented three requests to our Senators and our Representative to stand up for Israel and to take sanctions against them to end the nuclear threat they pose to Israel and ultimately to the U.S.

We plan on going to Israel March 1 to 11 of 2010 with John Hagee Ministries. Ana had a vision of us going there and Paula prophesized that she saw us traveling to and from Israel in our ministry.

This week end we pledged our support of our Jewish brothers by putting on a Yellow Star showing the world that we take a stand with them in whatever happened to them in the future. During the holocaust many Christians put on yellow stars and suffered the same plight as did the Jews. We wish to do the same. It is our duty. It is our right. It is our calling.

Jim
08/03/2009

This week end at a Promise Keepers rally, my wife and I pledged our uncommitted support of the Jewish people; both here in Colorado and throughout the world.

That sounds rather easy. “I Promise”. But what did this really mean to Ana and me? It means that we will do all that is within our power to tell the world of what is happening right now that is a threat to the Jewish people. We will be watchmen on the walls ready and able to announce pending attacks as they approach. We will be ready scribes penning down information for others to read. We will do anything to forewarn the coming persecution as Antisemitism increases across the U.S. and around the world.

God tells us of the formation and greatness of Israel in Genesis. There He also tells us to honor and bless the Jewish Nation. It is our duty as Christians to do so.

Gen 12:2-3 And I will make you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you shall be a blessing. And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

This year the Promise keepers rally stressed the bringing together all peoples, black, white, red, brown, Christian, and Jew. It was a time of great healing for the participants. There was a great emphasis on reuniting Christians and Jews into a common bond. Throughout the week end the Messianic Jews were honored and several speakers addressed the holocaust and our connection to the Jewish people.

At the end of the conference we had a period of praising God in all ways. This included blowing shofars, dancing, singing, openly praising God, waiving banners and flags, in all a glorious time of worshiping the Creator of the Universe.

Then Rabbi Aaron Fruh asked:

“As a Jew I ask you, will you stand with my people in the coming difficult days?  Will you risk your life to shelter and protect us?  Will you lay down your life for us?  Will you say, ‘never again will I allow my Jewish brothers and sisters to suffer alone’?  As a Jew I ask you, will you wear the yellow star of David as a declaration of solidarity with my people?  Will you declare, ‘united we stand and divided we fall’?  Will you walk the avenue of the righteous of the nations as thousands of other gentile Christians have, including Corrie Ten Boom?

“In the words of the Talmud, ‘he who saves one life, saves the world entire.’

“I’m asking you, Coach McCartney, will you lay down your life for me, and will you risk your life, and your family’s life in order to save my people, and will you wear the yellow star?”

With voice cracking under the emotion, Coach McCartney replied: “I say to Rabbi Aaron Fruh and to every Jew, I will wear the yellow star.  I will wear it with great humility, and with great resolve.  I’ll wear it like a warrior.  I understand the times, I know what to do about it, and it’s in my heart to stand with God’s chosen people.”

A Time to Honor: Transcript of Conclusion
http://www.promisekeepers.org/media/media-kit/conclusion

Thousands responded to the call, and voluntarily received yellow stars at the close of the program; Ana and I were two of those.

The yellow star was just a piece of cloth pinned to the Jews to single them out, to disgrace them, to mark them as undesirable, to declare them as ones destined for extinction.

It was Satan’s brutal attack to bring an end to the Jewish nation. To bring an end to the threat of what they could do to his kingdom once and for all. It was a savage attack that ended the lives of 6 million Jews. Precious souls went to their grave at the hands of a tyrant.

As we bonded together hugging each other and vowing our promise to stand together the words echoed.

“Never Again”
“Never Again”
“Never Again”
“Never Again”
“Never Again”
“Never Again”
“Never Again”

We will never let this happen again. NEVER. Not on our watch! Not while we are still alive!

Jim – 08/03/2009

Jim and Anna – Vaya Ministries

Here are seven topics that are of paramount interest to us as Christians living in the United States of America. Topics that we are compelled to present to you for consideration as you make and change the laws of our proud land.

We are compelled by God, not man, to take a stand and make our voices be heard. We can no longer hide with our heads in the sand as evil overtakes what we hold dear.

These are not trivial items, but ones of world shaking, eternity making consequence. Americas continued existence as “The Land of the Free” is at stake.

1.ISRAEL:

We are in Washington this week attending the Fourth Annual Christians United for Israel conference? We are here to take a stand for Israel and to impress you, our congress, to also take a positive stand for Israel. 

We firmly believe in the Word of God as written in the Bible. The Jewish nation of Israel was founded by God himself when He called Abraham out of Haran (also known as Carrhae, is a district of ?anl?urfa Providencein the southeast of Turkey)

Gen 12:1-5 And Jehovah said to Abram, Go out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house into a land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you shall be a blessing. And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed. And Abram departed, even as Jehovah had spoken to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gained in Haran. And they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into the land of Canaan.

In this passage God gives the rest of us a warning that we are to bless (stand up and support) Israel of God will curse us (the United States). Our strength as a nation is at risk if we do not follow God’s commands to us.

It is imperative that America continue to be in support of the nation of Israel and the Jewish people. Their struggle is not one of human making but one set in motion by God Himself. To take a stand against the nation of Israel would be a stand against the very precepts of God’s will for the World and for man.

This support from the Creator of the known Universe is the very reason that Israel stood firm and conquered against insurmountable odds in the Six Day War. It was a fight with God on their side and not a human effort. The same outcome will take place should an outbreak take place over Iran’s nuclear threat to Israel.

American can not be caught on the wrong side in such a conflict. Our sovereignty as a God fearing nation would be at stake. Our reign as a powerful nation would be at risk. We would cease to be America and taken to the ranks as minor player in World Politics.

2.RADICAL MUSLIMS:

From Mike Evans founder of the Jerusalem Prayer Team

While in Jerusalem, God gave me a vision concerning America and a major terrorist attack. 

Thursday, I received a call from a top government intelligence expert. He told me that Hezbollah cells are in the U.S. and are planning major terrorist attacks if Israel destroys Iran’s nuclear reactors. He said Iran wants to kill millions of Jews with the bomb thinking it will usher in Mahdi (the Muslim Messiah). He said President Obama knows about it and is pressuring Israel NOT to attack. Iran will have the bomb in 12 to 18 months if they are not stopped.

This is the reason for this urgent email. God has shown me the answer that will stop this attack and save tens of thousands of innocent lives. You have a divine assignment from heaven as did Esther and Daniel in the Bible.

God has told me in prayer that a Hezbollah plan to attack America can be stopped with 10,000 intercessors. The Bible says, “Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.” (Jude 1:14)

When Abraham saw judgment coming on Sodom and his family, he cried out and said, “Will you spare Sodom for the sake of ten?” God said, “Yes.” God has told me that if 1000 of my inner circle partners (that’s you) will enlist ten Christians to commit to pray and bind these demonic Hezbollah terrorists, angels on assignment will be united and defeat these powers. The terror attacks WILL NOT happen.

Description of Hezbollah from “A Guide to the Political Left”

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6256

Hezbollah, whose name means “Party of God,” is a Lebanese organization of several thousand Shiite militants that opposes the West and Israel, and seeks to create in Lebanon a Muslim fundamentalist state modeled on Iran. Its primary mission is to destroy the state of Israel and, in the process, to murder as many Jews as possible. Describing itself as “an Islamic struggle movement,” Hezbollah condemns “the Zionist occupation of Palestine” and candidly states that it “sees no legitimacy for the existence of ‘Israel.'”

The Hezbollah Founding Statement contains a section titled “The Necessity for the Destruction of Israel, which reads: “We see in Israel the vanguard of the United States in our Islamic world.  It is the hated enemy that must be fought until the hated ones get what they deserve. …

Description of Radical Islam from “A Guide to the Political Left”

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/guideDesc.asp?catid=107&type=issue

While professing unwavering faith in a transcendent deity, radical Islam also presents itself as a militant, politically activist ideology whose ultimate goal is to create a worldwide community, or caliphate, of Muslim believers. Determined to achieve this new world order by any means necessary, including violence and mass murder, radical Islam is characterized by its contempt for the beliefs, practices, and symbols of other religious traditions. This intolerant, condemning creed serves as the ideological justification that contemporary Islamic terrorists cite for their actions.

Radical Islam’s kinship with terrorism, and its willingness to use violence as a means to its ultimate ends, is clearly spelled out in a training manual produced by the radical Islamist terror group al Qaeda, whose operatives carried out the 9/11 attacks. Noting that among al Qaeda’s “long-term goals” is “the establishment of an Islamic state,” this publication candidly says that an “Islamic government would never be established except by the bomb and rifle. Islam does not coincide or make a truce with unbelief, but rather confronts it. The confrontation that Islam calls for with these godless and apostate regimes, does not know Socratic debates, Platonic ideals nor Aristotelian diplomacy. But it knows the dialogue of bullets, the ideals of assassination, bombing, and destruction, and the diplomacy of the cannon and machine-gun. The young came to prepare themselves for Jihad [holy war], commanded by the majestic Allah’s order in the holy Koran.”

In spite of this our President intends to sit down with the radicals and have peaceful negotiations. We Americans need to take heed and be forewarned. It is not the radical’s intent to ever have peace with us or Israel; we are infidels worthy of inhalation only, not peace or co-existence.

‘Obama peace plan: Muslim world must recognize Israel‘

By Reuters

The United States is promoting a peace plan for the Middle East involving a “57-state solution” in which the entire Muslim world would recognize Israel; Monday’s Times of London quoted Jordan‘s King Abdullah as saying.

“We are offering a third of the world to meet them with open arms,” the king said. “The future is not the Jordan River or the Golan Heights or the Sinai, the future is Morocco in the Atlantic and Indonesia in the Pacific. That is the prize.”

But he warned: “If we delay our peace negotiations, then there is going to be another conflict between Arabs or Muslims and Israel in the next 12-18 months.”

The radical Islam’s have already proven their ability and willingness to strap a bomb or a jet airplane to their bodies and explode it to kill thousands of innocent people (whom they call infidels). How much more so would they be willing to attach an atomic weapon to their body and explode it ushering their soul into the arms of 72 virgins; while ending life for millions of your constituents.

Please unite with us in fervent intercessory prayer that God will hear our plea and stay the destruction of people of all religions, colors, nationalities and races.

America has a rich history of religious freedom and co-existence with peoples from all walks of life. Not so with the Muslim world who will kill anyone worshiping God (not Allah) while within their lands.

3.FREEDOM FROM OIL:

From “Trading Freedom for Oil”

http://marychristinalove.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/trading-freedom-for-oil/

America is in a highly compromising position of servitude after decades of concessions with the Saudis to obtain oil and preserve invested business interests. Submissiveness to Saudi/Islamic rules has placed America in a state of dhimmitude, which is essentially enforced compliance of Islamic Law on non-Muslims. It extends into the arenas of energy, security, policy, education, finance, and religion.

Saudi-Islamic interests became synonymous with “American national interest.” when Saudi King Faisel warned the president of ARAMCO in the 1970s that American oil companies must prove their loyalty to his Islamic kingdom or suffer higher oil prices, and perhaps lose all their investments in the region. With bribery an incentive and extortion a consequence of non-compliance, officials engaged in public relations efforts to improve the Arab image in America. The effort involved intense lobbying, public relations events, and massive media propaganda to influence Congress and to change America’s opinion regarding Israeli concerns, and Israel’s right to exist

We have become addicted to Arab oil. Millions of dollars daily continue to poor into their hands because of this need to fuel our way of life. This way of life is about to be turned against us to bring us to a terrible end.

The Arab nations do not have to be creative or productive to exist. America’s constant dumping of bundles of money into their laps sponsors their lives of luxury; freeing them to pursue acts of Jihad on the infidels of the world (specifically the US and Israel).

America’s addiction to oil must be brought under control, essentially causing a boycott of the Arab nations. Without an abundance of free money pouring into their coffers the Arab people would not be able to freely gather weapons of mass destruction.

4.CHRISTIAN BELIEFS:

Our founding fathers believed in the Bible and forged our independence and constitution the beliefs written by God. Following are quotes from some of them:

Samuel Adams

Father of the American Revolution, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

I . . . recommend my Soul to that Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.

Will of Samuel Adams

Charles Carroll

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for salvation and on His merits; not on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts.

From an autographed letter in our possession written by Charles Carroll to Charles W. Wharton, Esq., on September 27, 1825, from Doughoragen, Maryland.

John Hancock

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

I John Hancock, . . . being advanced in years and being of perfect mind and memory-thanks be given to God-therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die [Hebrews 9:27], do make and ordain this my last will and testament…Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it: and my body I recommend to the earth . . . nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mercy and power of God. . .

Will of John Hancock

John Witherspoon

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

I entreat you in the most earnest manner to believe in Jesus Christ, for there is no salvation in any other [Acts 4:12]. . . . [I]f you are not reconciled to God through Jesus Christ, if you are not clothed with the spotless robe of His righteousness, you must forever perish.

John Witherspoon, The Works of John Witherspoon (Edinburgh: J. Ogle, 1815), Vol. V, pp. 276, 278, The Absolute Necessity of Salvation Through Christ, January 2, 1758

Since America’s inception we, as a people, have been God fearing and missionary in concept. Throughout our 200 year history Americans have been missionaries to all of the nations of the world. Proclaiming the Word of God and the Salvation available through the Blood of Jesus Christ shed for their sins.

Mat 26:27-28 And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink all of it. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

1Jn 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

God has poured out His blessings on America because of our involvement in missionary work. We are a blessed beyond any other country or nation on planet earth. We are a resourceful people and are looked up to by most of the World.

Because of our founding belief in God we have been a beacon and light to the rest of the World. In these end days this light still shimmers but dimly. If we falter and let God’s blessings fall from us we will receive His curse. Should we allow this to happen the rest of the struggling nations will sub come to the pending evil posed to overthrow mankind?

We believe that America has been seduced by the great harlot (Satan) and has fallen into a time of apathy. Years ago we threw prayer out of our schools and introduced condoms and sex education in its place. We remove references to God from buildings and monuments then state that America is no longer a Christian nation. Our President quotes from the Qur’an more than from the Bible.

We can not stand with President Obama when he says that we are no longer a Christian nation. This is just not true. The majority of Americans hold the Bible as the cornerstone of their beliefs. Just because a new man takes office and holds tightly to his Muslim beliefs in the Qur’an his beliefs can not change our rich heritage.

5.HOMOSEXUALITY:

Our President now wants us to openly address homosexuals as normal in spite of God calling it an abomination.

Gen 18:20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come to Me.

See Gen 19 for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

Lev 18:22 You shall not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is abomination to God.

Lev 20:13 If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be on them.

1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit thekingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals,

1Ti 1:8-11But we know that the law is good if a man uses it lawfully, knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous one, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and anything else that is contrary to sound doctrine,according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

Sin is still sin and passing laws to allow it or to openly accept continues to be an abomination to God. We can not accept the sin of homosexuality ever. We love the people who commit such atrocities but we can not condone their open flaunting of such sin in the face of man or of God their Creator.

6.HATE CRIMES BILL:

We stand in opposition to Senate Bill 909 the Hates Crime Bill. We can not accept what this bill is trying to do. We object to the fundamentals of the bill. It is our command to stand with God and not with the government of the United States.

Such a law can have a chilling effect on free speech. Especially for those who would simply share from the Bible God’s views on issues such as homosexuality.

All crimes are ones of Hate. Why single out a certain group and allow the courts to punish them for what they are thinking or what they have strong beliefs in. In a Christian/Judean society (we are irregardless of what president Obama thinks) Hate-crimes laws are unnecessary based on the rule of law.

I am a strong Christian and believe that such a bill will lead to unnecessary harassment and legal problems for God fearing Christians. All in favor of catering to the wishes of a few who choose to disobey God’s commandments.

Rom 1:26-27 For this reason, God gave them over to degrading passions. Even their females exchanged their natural sexual function for one that is unnatural.In the same way, their males also abandoned the natural sexual function of females and burned with lust for one another. Males committed indecent acts with males, and received in themselves the appropriate penalty for their perversion

7.ABORTION:

For several decades America has mercifully been killing millions of unborn children to give women rights over their body functions. Murder is still murder.

Exo 20:13 You shall not kill.

We were made secretly in our mother’s womb from an embryo, not a glob of stuff. We are wonderfully made by God for His purpose; know from the beginning of time.

Psa 139:13-16 For You have possessed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are marvelous and my soul knows it very well. My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skillfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth.Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written, the days they were formed, and not one was among them.

Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

People amass campaigns to save the whales, stickleback fish, and spotted owls; even rescue orphaned sparrows. Yet we do not blink an eye at killing the offspring of a child of God formed in His own Image.

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

Will we continue until we hear God utter this again, only to America and not the Jewish Nation?

Num 14:11-12 And Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? And how long will it be before they believe Me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?I will strike them with the pestilence and will disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they.

As you can see our trip to WashingtonDC is one that covers a variety of topics, each one of them very dear to our Christian beliefs and heritage. Issues so strong that they demand our attention, they demand our standing up firmly in support. We can not afford to let evil reign uncontrolled any longer.

We consider ourselves to be a remnant of God’s church in America; such a strong remnant that we must stand up and be heard as we cry out to our Government and to our God to heal our land.

2Ch 7:14 if My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

These things which plague our land today have Eternal Consequences. These are not mere flighty situations needing only a brush over by our courts. These are basic beliefs that are at the core of our beliefs.When the end of life comes, and it will come to every one of us, we will stand before God and have to plea our case before Him a jealous God.

Exo 20:5 You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me,

CONCLUSION: 

It is by the Grace of God that we stand before you today in reverence of your position as a governing entity for the United States of America. With reverence of your position we plea to your heritage as a child of God to take action to stand firmly with the Word of God.

If you do not have assurance of your position with God, if you can not say with absolute confidence that you know that you will spend eternity with God; we ask that you get that issue settled once and for all. Pray with us this simple prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins.Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of eternal life. I ask you in to my life and heart to be my Lord and Savior. I want to serve you always.”

Rom 5:8 But God commends His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

Eph 2:8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Joh 1:12 But as many as received Him, He gave to them authority to become the children of God, to those who believe on His name,

Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with Me.

Jim – July 16, 2009

Blessed of God.

Deu 28:1 And it will be, if you shall listen carefully to the voice of Jehovah your God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command you today, Jehovah your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth.
Deu 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on you and overtake you, if you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.
Deu 28:3 You shall be blessed in the city, and be blessed in the field.

Deu 28:6 You shall be blessed when you come in, and blessed when you go out.

Deu 28:12 Jehovah shall open to you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. And you shall loan to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
Deu 28:13 And Jehovah shall make you the head, and not the tail. And you shall be always above, and you shall not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you today, to observe and to do them.

These are quite some words from the Most High God that I serve. I have read and heard several arguments for and against them. Parts of them get repeated continually in prayers and sermons.

I accept and receive these promises and hold them dear to my heart. I am indeed blessed by God in marvelous ways.

I have heard that if you do not obey ALL of Gods commands then this does not apply to you. The then go on to say that it is Faith Jesus alone that gives us blessings.

This I also believe. I believe that it is in Jesus only that we receive blessings from God. I believe that by accepting Jesus as Lord of my life and placing my every care and concern in His Mighty Hands that I indeed do have these blessings.

This is quite a list of blessings. God did not write about them for us to glaze them over and not totally accept all of their wonderment.

Some claim them all just because they love God. I believe this to be true also. If we truly Love God with all our heart, soul and mind then we can have this list of blessings poured over us fully.

Yes the scriptures above do state “observe and to do all His commandments “.  But as we have found out in our lives, this is impossible to do on our own. To strictly obey each and every commandment that God gave to mankind over the years is impossible.

But that is exactly why Jesus came to Earth to die. He came to die in our stead to accomplish what it is impossible for any of us to do on our own. He paid the penalty of sin imbedded deep within our soul. Through His death and resurrection we have the Power from His shed Blood to claim these promises.

I claim the blessings as I come and go into the country and into the city and I am the head and not the tail and I am above and not below. All because of what Jesus has done for me. He laid down His life for me and shed Blood to allow me to be an heir to the Most High God.

Jim Gregg
July 9, 2009

Bishop Ewo from Nigeria.

Joh 7:37 And in the last day of the great feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
Joh 7:38 He who believes on Me, as the Scripture has said, “Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”
Joh 7:39 (But He spoke this about the Spirit, which they who believed on Him should receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

We should have Rivers of living water flowing through us. We should live life that overflows with the Holy Spirit, free of struggle.

Mat 11:28  Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take My yoke on you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls.
Mat 11:30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

My yoke is easy My burden is light. Life should be free of struggle filled with the Holy Spirit. Read, pray, obey without struggle.

Joh 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

The well is life. The Spirit flows like a river of water through us. Not just for me but for others.

A well is stagnant and not exciting, but a river flows clean clear and with excitement. It flows and touches other people. Life is meant to be like a river, full of life.

I need to have an overflowing of the Holy Spirit in me.

Peter was changed at Pentecost from one who denied Christ, to a river of living water flowing freely to others, touching 5,000 others for Christ.

I can not minister effectively without the power of the Holy Spirit flowing freely through me. Make the Holy Spirit my friend. There is no place for myself without Him.

If I thirst let me come to the well and drink freely. Then the fullness of the Holy Spirit will flow through me as a river. Not my own strength but the Spirit of God.

With the Spirit my strength and energy will build up. I will no longer walk with struggles; He makes the difference in my life.

“Come to me and drink” – “Out of my belly will flow rivers of living water.”

Grace, Love, Power. Renew with the power of the Holy Spirit daily. It is a daily walk with Him, not just a one time fill-er-up thing. Daily be filled with the Holy Spirit.

That which I do not desire, I will not attract. Desire the fullness of the Holy Spirit. He will change my weakness into strength; only by the power of the Holy Spirit that works in me.

Desire Him into my life day by day. Ask Him to fill me to overflowing and to rule my life. Drink deeply, and then I will be an instrument of God.

God saved me to GO, not for salvation for myself. I have been saved to influence society.

Do people know me as a child of God where I work? Live?

I am to make a difference to my generation.

Act 1:8 But you shall receive power, the Holy Spirit coming upon you. And you shall be witnesses to Me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Jim Gregg

June 28, 2009

What an incredible time we had at the intercessory prayer meeting last night. The Spirit of God was unleashed as we held up Israel and the United States Government continued support of the Jewish people.

Gen 12:3 And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

President Obama was lifted up to God in fervent prayer that he would accept Jesus as his personal Savior. In the past there were visions of the President having a Damascus road experience where he would dynamically be converted. There were also visions of his demise by the hand of God if he does not trust Jesus with his life soon.

Our country is on the verge of a climax. The rest of the world is in the wings waiting on the outcome. “We The People” have been the moral and Christian stalwart to the world for two centuries, ever since our founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence based on God’s word.

What happens to America and to Israel will foretell what happened to the rest of the World. We are not dealing with kids toys here, these things are eternal and have weighty consequences.

My life as an intercessor/prayer warrior has come into full bloom. The first few meetings Ana and I attended were rather difficult for me. I seemed to be an onlooker looking in on the meeting from the outside. I did not make connection to the flowing of the Spirit of God as He filled the room with prayers.

In the past few weeks my Spirit life has taken on a new revived meaning. Something that Pastor Ewo said brought my life into order with a passion for things Spiritual.

Pastor Ewo mentioned our needing to drink from the well that Jesus gives us but that in order for rivers of living water to flow out of our bellies, that we need to be basking in the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

Thinking of this opened my Spirit to Gods Spirit in a way that has allowed me to speak in the Holy Language with ease. I now feel the flowing of rivers of Spiritual blessings and meaning come out of me.

Joh 7:38 He who believes on Me, as the Scripture has said, “Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”

Putting this new burning impulse to speak out the flowing of the Spirit within me, with the ever increasingly involvement with the state of the World, has unleashed a flood of prayers and feeling and words to God.

My place as an intercessor at Word of Life has come about. I am firmly planted in a vital function of the church that edifies me as well as the functioning of the church. I am elated over my new found prayer life. Ana and I agree that this is the place God wants us to be functioning in at this time.

We (Ana and I) are in a training camp for the up-coming “Christians United for Israel” conference in Washington D.C. in two weeks. Ana discerns mighty things happening at this series of meetings; things that will shake the world; things that will change our lives as a couple. We are destined for great and mighty works for the Lord.

Last night the Spirit of God flowed through the room as we bared our hearts and souls to God asking Him to uphold America. We prayed as if with one mind. Hutch mentioned that collectively we were speaking the mind of God. The experience was elating but very draining.

The group functioned together as one being in the Spirit; each one taking part and honoring the prayers of the others.

At the end of the two hours we prayed over one another; anointing the ones being prayed for. It was a blessed event rampant with emotional feelings of closeness with God and to each other.

Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope; for what anyone sees, why does he also hope for it?
Rom 8:25 But if we hope for that which we do not see, then we wait for it with patience.
Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Rom 8:27 And He searching the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Peace.

Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Peace. What is it? Absence of worry, fretting, care, concern, trouble, strife, fear, anger…..

Last night we had an elongated time of peace as we heard the Father tell us to “Be Still”.  This came after an hour of praying and lifting our hearts up to God.

It was wonderful just being together without a care in the world coming to mind. Just being engulfed in the presence of God and having His peace flow over and around us.

Psa 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God!

It seemed sort of strange to not be thinking of anything. Suddenly the house became very quiet. The dogs were asleep; the refrigerator not making its noises; outside the city was strangely quiet. God was in control. Not us, but Him who sustains our every being, our every moment.

Time seemed to stand still as we relished in the quiet. Nothing was bothering us enough to break through this stillness. As if we were in the presence of God and waiting eagerly, yet patiently for His will to be unfurled over us.

Nothing of Earth shattering importance came over us or was reveled to us. Nothing but the utter joy of feeling such stillness and peace fill us so full that there was room for nothing else.

Thoughts of today, tomorrow, the end times, the invasion of Israel or the utter destruction of it had any weight. Not the aches and pains abated our minds. Saving the lost, encouraging our families, painting our house, going to Washington, nothing was strong enough to enter in and conquer the stillness given to us by the Master and Commander of the Universe.

It was like receiving a profound revelation from God. It just came upon us. Nothing we could do to bring it on, or nothing that we can do in the future to revive it once again. It was a simple yet beautiful gift from Him.

We succumbed to it totally and lay there drinking in the absolute absence of anything but His presence. How sweet was the nectar we drank in; it was refreshing, so light and pure.

The end of times could have ushered in around us, yet we would not have cared or possibly even noticed. Can this serene state of being be a glimpse of what it will be like in Heaven as we sit at the feet of our Lord and Savior? I hope it so.

Father I thank You for this sacred time being in Your presence basking in the warmth of Your Love for us. May this experience come again, if not I will hold its pleasure close to my heart and know what a foretaste of You it presented.

It is like You told us to be still and know the absolute peace that comes from drawing nearer to the Divine Creator of the Universe.

The Deception of America

Ana Gregg
06/04/2009

In Romans 13; 1-4 Paul point out that we are to have an orderly government which is part of God’s provision, even in a wicket world.

Rom 13:1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but of God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.
Rom 13:2 So that the one resisting the authority resists the ordinance of God; and the ones who resist will receive judgment to themselves.
Rom 13:3 For the rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the bad. And do you desire to be not afraid of the authority? Do the good, and you shall have praise from it.
Rom 13:4 For it is a servant of God to you for good. For if you practice evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is a servant of God, a revenger for wrath on him who does evil.

Under normal circumstances the Christian is to be obedient to the laws of the land. This does not mean we are to obey the regulations that are unmoral or anti Christian.

In such case we are to be obedient to God and not to man.  We are to speak up and stand up for what is right. We are not to fellow the leading’s of the corrupt leaders leading us into a down fall in America.

We have to take a stand against abortion. This is NOT a blob of flesh that has no life. Fourty million abortions have been allowed in America.

We have children that are in school and have to pray in secret because Prayers are not allowed in schools.

They are talking about taking “IN GOD WE TRUST” off of the currency.

The Ten Commandments hold not value in courtrooms or in the schools.

Our students are not allowed to study their bibles in school.

Prayers is not allowed in the schools.

Merry Christmas is not allowed for it may offend none believers.

That same sex marriages in okay and they are trying to pass it in all states.

They are passing the hate crime law which will make it illegal to speak out against abortion, gays and Muslims.

It’s time for the remnant to stand up and take notice of what is happening to us.  We have to wake up before the raft of God falls upon us.

Right know America is in a free fall of deception, our economy is crashing and we seem to be asleep.  WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.

Our very foundations are been shaken to the core.  Our nation cannot spend its way back to wealth; our hope is not in Washington bail out; our hope is in the Lord of Glory.

We have to return back to the bible and back to God.
As John Hagee Stated

“So what shall we do?  We must have a moral and spiritual revival that takes us back to the God of the Bible, back to the motility, back to individual responsibility and back to the 10 commandments. He states, I am begging every Bible believing Christian to stand up, to speak up and never shut up until our nation and our government returns to the GOD OF OUR FATHERS”.

Recovering Our Lost Influence
By R. Loren Sandford

Recently I’ve heard prophecies that America has just two to three months to turn things around before the judgment comes. Those voices have it wrong. The two to three months applies to a period of time concerning which the Lord spoke to me at the end of last year, and the judgment is not on America, but on the church in this country.

After Obama’s election I believe the Lord told me that we would see six months of delusory hope, followed by a whirlwind. Caught up in the whirlwind I saw a flurry of papers representing accelerating change. I suspect the papers represent a flurry of legislation. We will see the effect of it two to three months from now.

I don’t see judgment falling on the nation yet but rather on the church—God’s people—and it has only just begun. 1 Peter 4:17 clearly indicates that judgment begins with the house of God.

The first stage of judgment—already in motion—is that we have lost both our power as a voting block and our cultural influence. We have lost these things (1) because we have presented ourselves to the nation in the religious spirit rather than the Spirit of Christ and (2) because our integrity in high places has been badly compromised.
The second stage of judgment on the church in days to come is that the culture of this nation will continue in the direction it has been choosing to take for the last 40 years. The judgment is that we can do nothing to stop this slide into lawlessness and immorality because we’ve sacrificed our moral authority.

Where the world is concerned, we’ll begin to see an economic recovery take hold at mid-year. The signs are already beginning to surface and will take a long time to have full effect, but we will see the beginning. Morality, however, will continue its downward spiral, and in many cases, legislation will back it up.

At the root of our loss of influence politically and culturally is the spirit of the Pharisees, the religious spirit. The Bible teaches us that Jesus invites righteousness, the grace that leads to repentance, while the religious spirit tries to force behavior. Jesus demolishes walls and builds bridges while the religious spirit creates a chasm between those who think themselves righteous and those the righteous judge to be defiled. Hatred results.

The Pharisees called people to repent, but the only motivator they could offer was condemnation—and condemnation presents too great an obstacle for anyone to overcome. For example, in Luke 19 the Pharisees grumbled against Jesus because He honored Zacchaeus, the sinner, by going to stay at his house. Condemnation never motivated anyone to repent and change, but love and honor do. In response to the honor Jesus offered him, Zacchaeus gave away half his wealth and restored four times to those he had cheated. Honor and grace lead to repentance.

Remember the power of the Republican Party just four and eight years ago? Do you remember how that party was widely viewed as the party of evangelical Christians? Do you recall the power both Republicans and evangelicals wielded in every election? Today many are singing death songs over the Republican Party and over evangelical Christian influence in general. I’m not saying that one party is better than the other. I’m saying that any political party left to itself without a balancing influence is a bad thing.

We can’t pray in the schools. Islam and the New Age can be taught in the classroom but not Christianity. State after state approves gay marriage. The Ten Commandments get removed from the statehouse lawn. But that’s not the fault of the unbelievers, nor can we lay that at the door of Barack Obama. We might cry, “Bad Democrats! Bad liberals!” as if it were their fault, but it isn’t. Nor can it be blamed on unbelievers. Neither the liberal left nor the devil did this to us. Don’t blame them. We Christians did it to ourselves.

President Vows Middle East Solution in Two Years

By: Mike Evans

Centuries of conflict have surrounded the Jews and Palestinians, both claiming ownership of the tiny parcel of land that is Israel. Learned men have devoted themselves to a resolution; politicians have haggled over the perfect peace treaty that would, ultimately, mean a star in their negotiations crown. Men and women have died to preserve the nation of Israel, and now comes President Barack Obama who has given himself just two years to resolve the Israel/Palestinian issue. Is he foolhardy, or will he abandon Israel in order to achieve his goal?

The president will travel to Egypt later this week to deliver a speech that the White House says will “take on the tough issues.” At the top of his list of concerns is a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

According to White House advisers, in his speech in the Egyptian capital this week, Obama will “take on the tough issues” including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and offer to help overcome disparities with the Muslims predicated on “mutual interests and mutual respect.” Apparently, the president believes he must placate the Muslim nations by sacrificing Israel on the altar of appeasement. Unfortunately for Mr. Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t seem too eager to satisfy the president’s desire to interfere in Israel’s political future.

President Obama’s foray into the Middle East will begin with a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a meeting with King Abdullah. One can but wonder if he will again bow to the sovereign of a Muslim nation as he did on their first meeting. Obama and the king will review the Saudi peace initiative which calls for, among other things, Israel to return to her 1967 borders and give East Jerusalem to the Palestinians as a capital.

Denis McDonough, Obama’s foreign policy advisor said, “Some of the things that you will hear in the speech are returning to proven and effective policies and initiatives that have . . . served the national interest well in the past.” Would someone care to translate that into understandable English? To what policies and initiatives does this statement refer? Many of the proposals proffered by past administrations place Israel in the vice of appeasement, demanding that it relinquish yet more land-for-peace – a plan that has never worked, and never will.

Egypt has long been a U.S. ally, and is the largest Arab nation worldwide. Cairo, its largest city, is home to 18 million people and to Al Azhar University, the center of learning for Sunni Arabs.

Egyptian historian Mahmoud Sabet applauded Obama’s choice of Cairo to deliver his address to moderate Muslims: “If you are going to conceive of Iran as being a rival in the region, and Iran is a Shia country … if you are going to tell the vast majority of Sunni Muslims that you are not their enemy, it makes sense.” There is some concern, however, about the president’s overtures to Iran, a Shia nation at odds with its Sunni Arab brethren. Arabs, moderate and fanatical, are clamoring for a Palestinian state for only one reason; it would mean the demise of the state of Israel.

This is the aim today, as it has been since the miraculous founding of the Jewish state in 1948. It is the reason the PLO was founded in Cairo in 1964, and the explanation for Yasser Arafat’s deadly intifada against the Jewish people. It is the reason Israel has been compelled to go to the bargaining table time and again and forced to accept agreements that were detrimental to the safety and security of the tiny nation.

With the delivery of a speech in Cairo on Wednesday, President Barack Obama will join the long list of American presidents who have tried to back the Israelis into a corner. It will be interesting to see how the pugnacious prime minister of Israel reacts to the determined president.