I'm going to venture into politics, again.
The shenanigans going on in Washington D.C. and other places in this country are incomprehensibly appalling. No one except conservative talk radio seems to be aware that we have a Marxist in the White House and he has an agenda to make this a Marxist country. I know he calls himself a Democrat. I know he calls himself an agent for "hope and change." Bunk. He's out to destroy our free enterprise system, destroy small business, nationalize everything he can get his hands on and throw out the constitution as irrelevant.
Don't believe me? That's okay, you don't have to. You are just as entitled to your opinion as I am. But I believe this. NOT because talk radio says so. Because I listen to what is going on up there in the capitol and I pay attention.
The debacle with GM is only one of many examples that our government is moving inexorably toward a Communist/Marxist type of government. The government wants to tell you what kind of car you will be allowed to drive, what kind of medical treatment you will be allowed to obtain and what you will be allowed to say in public.
Why do you think the mainstream media is so harsh and degrading to people to like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh and the other conservative talk radio people? Because they are afraid people will actually start listening to what they have to say and start questioning the existing policies! How dare we question our own government? Because it is OUR government.
The President and Congress work for US! We hired them, we can fire them. That's what voting is, people! You, a voter in the United States of America has the Constitutional right to hire and fire your Mayor, City Council Member, State Representative and Senator, US Representative and Senator. YOU voted/hired them into that office. They are REQUIRED to answer to YOU. That is the LAW!
Don't let the government continue to break the law and stomp all over your rights and your beliefs. When they are wrong, stand up and say so. Quit being afraid to say that wrong is wrong. The government has no trouble coming down on the citizens when they cross the legal lines, so neither should we as citizens have trouble coming down on our government when they cross the legal lines.
Get off your duffs and say something. Do your homework. Pay attention to what is happening in Washington and your own state capitol. This problem is not limited to the federal government; it happens in state and city governments as well. Start finding out the truth behind what's happening. If you don't, and if I don't, and if we all don't, we're going to find ourselves nationalized out of business.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
National Day of Prayer
2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
Today is the National Day of Prayer. A day designated to be set aside for people to pray for . . . health, peace, prosperity, protection, rain, sunshine, etc., etc.
To whom are you praying? Do you even know? I hear the words "our prayers are with you" and "Thank God" and "God bless America" and I wonder if people even have a clue anymore just Who it is they are really invoking?
One of the commandments says "You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain." What does that really mean? Don't cuss? Sure, of course. Profanity is just an ignorant man's cover up for his lack of vocabulary. Don't use the name of God or Jesus as an expletive? That, too. But it means so much more.
A person who claims to be a Christian, and yet lives as if that means nothing, is taking the name of the Lord in vain. A person who invokes prayer only when it is convenient or publicly acceptable is taking the name of the Lord in vain.
Prayer is a unique privilege for those who have a personal relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ. It is the open line of communication to the Savior and Creator. The Holy Spirit is the conduit through which that communication is channeled. God hears the prayers of His children and the prayer of the sinner seeking to become His child. He does not hear the empty words of those He does not know.
I am grateful that we are still allowed to have a National Day of Prayer and that it is called that rather than some namby-pamby politically correct day of "contemplation" or "meditation" or "moment of silent reflection". Prayer is what it is. And in the hands, and hearts and mouths, of true believers, it is the most powerful tool available to anyone.
James 5:16 "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
Today is the National Day of Prayer. A day designated to be set aside for people to pray for . . . health, peace, prosperity, protection, rain, sunshine, etc., etc.
To whom are you praying? Do you even know? I hear the words "our prayers are with you" and "Thank God" and "God bless America" and I wonder if people even have a clue anymore just Who it is they are really invoking?
One of the commandments says "You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain." What does that really mean? Don't cuss? Sure, of course. Profanity is just an ignorant man's cover up for his lack of vocabulary. Don't use the name of God or Jesus as an expletive? That, too. But it means so much more.
A person who claims to be a Christian, and yet lives as if that means nothing, is taking the name of the Lord in vain. A person who invokes prayer only when it is convenient or publicly acceptable is taking the name of the Lord in vain.
Prayer is a unique privilege for those who have a personal relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ. It is the open line of communication to the Savior and Creator. The Holy Spirit is the conduit through which that communication is channeled. God hears the prayers of His children and the prayer of the sinner seeking to become His child. He does not hear the empty words of those He does not know.
I am grateful that we are still allowed to have a National Day of Prayer and that it is called that rather than some namby-pamby politically correct day of "contemplation" or "meditation" or "moment of silent reflection". Prayer is what it is. And in the hands, and hearts and mouths, of true believers, it is the most powerful tool available to anyone.
James 5:16 "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
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