11-9-38 12-7-41 9-11-01 __-__-23/24

November 11, 2023 By Leave a Comment

Four dates—

11-9-38 Germany—organized in a day

12-7-41 Pearl Harbor—no warning

9-11-01 America—no warning

__-__-23/24 Day of Disaster—?surprise?—no excuses

Very few terrorist attacks are so clear ahead of time, almost documented in advance, as the coming Day of Disaster across the United States.
You have to use great effort to purposely ignore the signs, the opportunity, the groundwork in place NOW, for the worst day in American history.
Everything is set, except broadcasting the date.

Many are sounding general warnings over and over (like a broken record) about the open border invasion—few are speculating aloud and describing the details of the consequences, which are not a mystery.
Who is telling us how to get ready ?
Our enemies have a handful of options available simultaneously to bring this country to its knees overnight, and they have their people in place all over this land to carry it out.
What’s coming is the ultimate example of something so unthinkable we can’t afford to think about it, so we don’t.
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Israel has unified population, bomb shelters, sirens, iron dome, military readiness, decisive leadership, willingness to fight.

America has unprepared, unprotected, divided population, weakened military, dubious intelligence, absent leadership, welcome invasion, willingness to surrender.
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Disastrously, most Americans are still thinking and hoping some government leaders will rise and save us.
That is not happening, and we have no time to wait.

Our enemies also know they have no time to wait—AND THEY WON’T.

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Four dates—

++ 11-9-38 Kristallnacht—Hitler gave the order, and a day later “The Night of Broken Glass”—massive, organized terrorism on Jews, their homes, their businesses, their synagogues.

++ 12-7-41 Devastating attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, brought America full scale into WWII.
– fool me once . . .

++ 9-11-01 One-of-a-kind terrorist attack on New York, Washington, Pentagon, plus.
– fool me twice . . .

++ 10-7-23 Hamas terrorists used old, untrackable ‘non-technology’ communication and outsmarted latest intelligence.

++ __-__-23/24 Day of Disaster—Next Time—Will it be the Last Time ?—Will it be the Worst Time ?—Likely.
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Terrorists, the devil’s terrorists, emphatically, madly call for death to Israel (death to Jews), death to America (death to Christians).
Are we going to take them seriously, before it’s too late.

SOMEBODY, PLEASE, TELL US WHAT TO DO !

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IT’S SO EASY TO GET LOST THESE DAYS

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“It’s so easy to get lost these days, in the shuffle and the noise.”

There have been tough times before, all through history, that called for extreme courage and extreme faith.
But, today “the shuffle and the noise” added to the crises everywhere in the world, and the stress in our own lives, leaves most of us too dizzy to deal with it all as humans.
We are not designed to keep track of this much at this speed—it finally becomes just so much noise.

Too much coming at us too fast and too loud—we can’t afford to stop and think about who we are, really.
We continuously plunge into the next priority for our attention, and skip our own health and well-being, our human-being.
“When can I do something for me ?”
“What can I do for fun ?”

Busyness covers what we don’t have time for—“Who am I ?”
We can’t escape.
We’re lost.

We choose to participate in evermore technology.
Technology gives answers about ‘everything’, and fast, but . . .
Technology does not give answers about us, where we need to be for real.
The speed and volume of stuff just ends up adding to the noise, quickly.
The “shuffle and the noise” becomes its own coverup to hide what we need to hear and know—most especially being heard and being known.

I sing this short verse often, because I need to:

“Thank You, Lord, for hearing me.
Thank You, Lord, for knowing who I am.
Thank You, Lord, for seeing me.
It’s so easy to get lost these days,
In the shuffle and the noise.”

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ANGELS CAN’T – – – GOD WON’T

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ANGELS CAN’T . . .

Angels sent to destroy Sodom, had to drag Lot back into his house and hold back the gay mob and strike them blind.
The next morning the angels had to grab the lingering Lot and his wife and his daughters to get them out of town.
They used force to make them leave to escape destruction.

BUT, the angels could not prevent Lot’s wife’s destruction, after escaping.
Her free will prevailed—she had to look back at the good things she was leaving.
By the way, when Lot told his sons-in-law to escape with their wives, they laughed it off and perished with the city.

GOD WON’T . . .

One Christmas Eve, alone in a church parking lot (after a special greeting with a sweet three-year-old ‘angel’ in the service), I cried out to God with the ultimate “WHY?” question of my life,
“God, WHY didn’t you save my marriage, and my family ?”
God answered,
“I don’t, I won’t, override free will.”

So there you have one answer to the question of what God can’t do—or won’t do.

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LOSE YOURSELF – – – FIND YOURSELF

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Don Wildmon told the story on AFR of a man named Wright, working for the Air Force with a title, Inventory Specialist.
I didn’t write down details before deciding to pass this on.
So it’s not as clear as when Don shared it on “It’s My Turn.”
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Mr. White was a very upright man.
He wrote a sincere letter to his superiors explaining why his position was not necessary and that his own job should be eliminated.
His letter went up through the channels for several months, no doubt with some chuckles along the way.
Finally it came to the top level commander, and he took it seriously and agreed with it.
Result, Mr. White’s position and job were eliminated.
Mr. White received a $1000 check for his input.

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And . . . Mr. White was promoted to a Supervisor position.

It’s so good to hear when integrity is recognized and rewarded, especially integrity with humility.

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Add Jesus’ words:
“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.”

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ONE WRONG SEX – – – AND NOW THIS . . .

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Please read my recent article
CONTRADICTORY – OR – COMPLEMENTARY
I refer to things in the Bible we might not understand, and things we can understand.
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I will get to the title of this article later.
But first—reality check and more encouragement for the true Christian life.

God loves us, and shows His love, and we can receive His love—and yet we cannot understand Him, because God is beyond our understanding.
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What is happening in the world today is also beyond understanding, and we try to get hold of something to keep our sanity and personal peace.

Some seek and offer resolution by explanations through Bible prophecy.
I’m not smart enough or anointed enough to join one, or offer my own.

There are conflicts in this world—in life—in our life.
There are loads of conflicts in the Bible, because it tells history like it is, even with His People.
His People—Israel, the Jews.
His People—Christians, Jesus Followers.
You could say we’re stuck in this world with evil, and we’re stuck in this body and soul with its power and pattern to pull us down.
If we follow Jesus, we will have conflict—from outside and from inside ourselves.

Remember, when we accept Jesus and follow Him, we have it all—forgiveness, peace with God, heaven, promised rewards—we just don’t have everything we want, here, like understanding why so much bad stuff is happening.
We have the Truth, the Bible, with loads of promises to “fear not, for I AM with you . . .”—and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are praying for us now.
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If these verses seem cliche or antithetical at the moment, so be it—they still have power in our lives:

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
“In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to those who are called according to His Purpose.”
“We’ll understand it all by and by.” (song)

And if you’re really serious,
“All who live Godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”

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“I will serve Thee because I love Thee;
You have given life to me.
I was nothing until You found me;
You have given life to me.
Heartaches, broken pieces, ruined lives
Are why You died on Calvary.
Your touch is what I longed for;
You have given life to me.”

“Teach me Your Way, O Lord,
Teach me Your Way.
Your guiding grace afford,
Teach me Your Way.
Help me to walk aright,
More by faith, less by sight.
Lead me with heavenly light;
Teach me Your Way.”

“Thank You, Lord, for hearing me;
Thank You, Lord, for knowing who I am.
Thank You, Lord, for seeing me;
It’s so easy to get lost these days
In the shuffle and the noise.”

“God, I trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed.
Let not my enemies triumph over me.”
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And now, turning to what prompted this article, and the title—

“Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman (Hagar), the other by a freewoman (Sarah). But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh (out of the will of God), and he of the freewoman through promise (God’s promise),  which things are symbolic. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.  But, as he who was born according to the flesh (Ishmael) then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit (Isaac), even so it is now.”—–from Galatians 4

Perhaps the most puzzling and disturbing reality in today’s world conflict—Israel vs Muslims (Arabs)—is how it started, and what God said about it.

3800 years ago God promised Abraham that he and Sarah would have a son and a great nation of descendants like the stars and the sand.
But they were old, and years kept passing with no child.
Sarah got Abraham to have a child with her servant girl Hagar.
That was Ishmael.
Then, years later Abraham and Sarah had the promised son.
That was Isaac.

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That one time—sex outside God’s will—and now this, today, in the headline news—all-out war between descendants of Ishmael (Arabs, plus Islam) and descendants of Isaac (Jews).

The part I can’t understand in this story spanning two-thirds of human history, is what God said to Hagar when Sarah made Abraham kick Hagar and Ishmael out (for conflict in the home).
God met Hagar in the desert when she and her son were about to die.
God told her to keep going, that He would be with them, and that He would also make a great nation out of Ishmael.
God kept His promises to her, in spite of human weakness, doubt, and sin—and in spite of my not understanding why He did so—with the results we see today.*
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Can one act of sex cause this much trouble, this much hell, for this many centuries, for this many people ?
The Bible records it as it happened, then—and the news reports it as it happens, today.
Isaac’s descendants and Ishmael’s descendants—all-out war again.
No peace.

Never say sex outside God’s will can’t hurt anybody.

Consider the Truth in our own lives—how you and I must take God and His Word seriously, literally, completely, continually, in everything.

*God repeatedly raised up evil nations to punish His people for their sin, to bring them back to Him.
It worked—sometimes it took awhile.
He will do it again, and America also meets the conditions now

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WHEN NOAH WENT INTO THE ARK

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“Noah went into the ark a minority.
He came out a majority.”
—–Adrian Rogers

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WE NEED . . . IN OUR SCHOOL

November 11, 2023 By Leave a Comment

Who can we enlist to start a campaign with people carrying these three signs around my school (Temple High School), and your school, and then another school ?
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WE NEED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
IN OUR SCHOOL AGAIN
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WE NEED PRAYER
IN OUR SCHOOL AGAIN
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WE NEED THE BIBLE
IN OUR SCHOOL AGAIN
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And, cards could be given to passersby:

“Your laws ignore our deepest needs.
Your words are empty air.
You’ve stripped away our heritage.
You’ve outlawed simple prayer.

Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question, ‘WHY?’ . . .”
—–Darrel Scott, father of Rachel, killed at Columbine High School.
Watch Darrel Scott’s testimony and poem before the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime.
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I’m not good at printing signs.
I’ll go alone, but would like others to join.
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Got the prayer.
Got the plan.
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I’d like to know the rules for carrying signs on sidewalks, without asking for permits.
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If a few people, and then thousands of people across the country, carried those three signs in front of their school, some would make the connection, and God would make the difference.
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Please note my emphatic emphasis on “our school” (not schools)—that’s where change starts !

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