By John Stallings
I LOVE AMERICA!
You love America too, or you probably wouldn’t be reading this.
But I don’t love seeing what this great nation is becoming.
Today in America we have oil spills, endangered seals, crooked deals, big-wheels, unpaid bills, fast-food meals, cheap thrills, sleeping pills, and you can’t tell the Jacks from the Jills.
THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW OF MY “LEAST FAVORITE THINGS” ABOUT WHAT THE U.S.A IS BECOMING;
Out: Prayer and the Bible in schools.
In: Sex education, evolution, situation ethics & “self-esteem.”
Out: Heterosexuality.
In: Homosexuality.
Out: Chastity.
In: Lust, illegitimate babies, abortion on demand.
Out: Unborn babies safe in their mother's womb.
In: Whales, trees, and snail darters safe.Kill babies and “Free Willy.”
Out: Families
In: Easy divorce and single parents.
Out: Men and women.
In: “Gays,” “lesbians,” and “trans-genders.”
Out: Marriage between a man and a woman.
In: Marriage between a man and a man, a woman and a woman, a man and several women, a woman and several men, several men, several women, or 6 guys & a duck.
Out: Decency.
In: NAMBLA- [North American Man/Boy Love Association.]
Out: National sovereignty.
In: Leaning toward One world government.
Out: Biblical truth.
In: One world religion.
Out: Robust, booming private sector/free market economy.
In: Government control of business.
Bondage has always been Satan’s plan for mankind. As we can see, Satan has gotten quite a ways down his list of accomplishments necessary for the destruction of America. All of this happened in two generations!! What’s going on??
Now let’s look at what’s happened in the last approximately two years.
SOFT TYRANNY
Washington has totally trashed the principles our founders espoused & given us a government that makes us “subjects,” not “citizens.”
Never has a national agenda taken America so far left so fast. Never has there been such a power grab as we’re now witnessing. We must stop this runaway train right now, - this November, quarantine this administration, and then vote them out in 2016.
Although it’s hip to castigate George W. Bush, Bush certainly did a much better job of listening to the people. As an example, when he proposed the Social Security reform, and the public resisted it, the White House backed off.
No more. This administration isn’t listening to the people- period. The citizenry is rebelling and trying to speak but this government has turned a deaf ear to their cries. There are just two possibilities; we’re either going to be free & self-governing- or ruled.
The following is just food for thought; could it be that the reason these Liberals don’t care about the people & what they think-is- that they don’t plan to ever leave office? God forbid that would ever happen for if it did it would play right into Satan’s hands. Marshall Law would be declared & the president would simply transition to a military government, a government of the gun. This would be done for the “safety of the people.”
Satan loves nothing better than anarchy and it would be very likely that the nation would be reduced to rubble. Then the “powers that be” would stand on that rubble and say, “well now, we can get about the task of rebuilding this nation after our own vision.” It would be a vision hatched in hell and it would be one that has failed time & time again wherever and whenever it has been tried throughout history. Make no mistake it would be serfdom for the masses.
Alex de Tocqueville coined the term Soft Tyranny in his 1840 book “Democracy in America.” Here’s a quote from that book;
“After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the government then extends its arms over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small, complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered but softened, bent, and guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting. Such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence: it does not tyrannize but compresses, enervates, and stupefies a people till they are reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is shepherd.” Book Four, Chapter VI.
IMHO, there are four main areas that we the people must contend for as I believe these are the areas the present administration is trying to stamp out.
LIMITED-BUT CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
FREE ENTERPRISE
NATIONAL SECURITY
Washington is weak in these areas so we need to start to get involved in government, local & national in every way possible. Impressive men and women are coming forward who heretofore were unknown and never dreamed of running for any kind of office, but they see their country being so upended they can no longer sit by and do nothing. In the coming election, I won’t vote for an individual unless they have near the top of their agenda repealing ObamaCare because a thousand liberty-stealing evils live inside this Trojan horse. It won’t be easy and it won’t be done overnight but that’s one of the pressing “changes” we’ll desperately need.
When Liberals in Washington see something that makes them nervous and insecure, they instinctively laugh and make light of it. They go after people they’re afraid of and have done this with Sarah Palin & also the Tea Partiers. This behavior is a dead-giveaway. Anything you see them ridiculing, take a closer look at it.
Washington chafes under the Tea Party folk because they see them as a group who’ve figured out their power grab quicker than most. While the Tea Partiers aren’t perfect, [who is?] they are truly a grass roots movement and to me are extremely inspirational.
We can very easily sum up Satan’s plan for America in a few words. The first one is;
DECEPTION
We are much more vulnerable to Satan’s deception than to any of his other schemes. Why? Because when he tempts us or accuses us, we know it. But when he deceives us, we don’t know it. Makes sense doesn’t it? If Satan can get people to believe a lie then he can control them. Sad to say, that’s exactly what he’s doing across our land, deceiving multitudes.
For example, how on God’s green earth can we allow a Muslim Mosque to be built within a stone’s throw of the graveyard of over 3,000 Americans in lower Manhattan where the Twin Towers once stood? Have we become so deceived that we can’t face the fact that the men who flew the planes that fateful day on 9/11 were Muslim extremists? Can we still say—“Muslim extremists?”
Would we allow a Shinto Shrine representing the Japanese religion to be built within the shadow of Pearl Harbor? I don’t think so.
Let’s look at one of many deceptions buried in the monstrous new OBAMACARE .. The Internet address where this can be verified is;
http://dailypaul.com.node/105079
“Buried deep within the massive US Health Care Bill (PDF) in a “non-discussed” section titled: Subtitle C-11 Sec. 2521— National Medical Device Registry, and which states its purpose as:
“The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that—‘‘(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; and ‘‘(B) is a class III device; or ‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable.”
In “real world speak”, according to this report, this new law, when fully implemented, provides the framework for making the United States the first Nation in the World to require each and every one of its citizens to have implanted in them a radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip for the purpose of controlling who is, or isn’t, allowed medical care in their country.
Shades of Revelation 13:16;
He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead.-NIV.
Obviously the best way to pass anything in the way of new legislation is to point out the “good side” of it and hide the “kickers.” Healthcare for everyone sounds attractive so long as the truth is hidden that with it comes more power and control over the people for the administration.
Bald-faced deception/lying have become prevalent of late among people seeking high office. It seems all that has to be done to cause a potential public servant to be disqualified is to look back over the things they’ve said in the past. We have people running for office who tell themselves they were in countries they never set foot in and tell it so often it seems like the truth to them.
If a man running for high office says he was in Viet Nam & meant to say South Korea, he could be said to have misspoken. If however he says again and again that he was in Viet Nam but never was, he lied. If he adds Viet Nam to his resume and knowingly continues to deceive, he’s a liar.
Another tool Satan is using to destroy America is;
DISCOURAGEMENT
Satan uses discouragement on individuals as well as whole nations.
Listen to a quote from, Rules for radicals, a book written by the late Saul Alinsky and whose principles have been endorsed & emulated by both Barak Obama, and Hillary Clinton;
"Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive affirmative non-challenging attitude change among the masses. They must be made to feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the present system they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is essential to any revolution."
Notice the words-frustrated-defeated-lost-futureless-and revolution. Does this sound like what Americans are feeling presently?
In Rules for Radicals (his final work, published one year before Alinsky’s death), he addressed the 1960s generation of leftist radicals, outlining his views on organizing for mass power. The documentary, "The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy," claims that "Alinsky championed new ways to organize the poor and powerless that created a backyard revolution in cities across America."
Alinsky was the subject of Hillary Rodham's senior honors thesis at Wellesley College, "There Is Only the Fight...” An Analysis of the Alinsky Model. Rodham commented on Lewinsky’s "charm," but rejected grassroots community organizing as outdated. Once Hillary Rodham Clinton became First Lady of the United States, the thesis was suppressed by the White House for fear of being associated too closely with Lewinsky’s ideas.
Alinsky also had a significant influence on Barack Obama, who used Alinsky's techniques while participating in Chicago community organizations in the 1980s. So we see that our President and Secretary of State are both believers in the tenants of the Saul Alinsky method, which is a sort of “soft tyranny” leading to revolution.
As I've opined in this bog several times, Obama is not a fool. As you know there is a big difference in being smart and being wise. There isn't a thimble full of wisdom in the White House at this point but they know exactly what they're doing; overwhelming the U.S economy to create systemic failure which will bring about economic crisis and subsequently social chaos. Obama Care and Cap and Trade/Tax have nothing to do with health care or global warming but all to do with redistribution of income and ultimate payoff to Obama's biggest contributors. Add up all the clues and they're alarmingly diabolical.
The next plank in Satan’s platform for America’s demise is;
DEFEAT
The book of Daniel tells us;
And he shall speak words against the Most High and shall wear out the saints of the Most High….Daniel 7:25
Daniel was writing about the end times-saying that the saints of God will be “worn out.” There’s no way around it, Daniel was speaking to you and me. I’m not suggesting that The Anti-Christ is on the scene at present but John spoke of “many anti-Christ’s” [1 John 2:18] and we know the anti-Christ spirit has long been at work in the world.
Over the last months & years haven’t you felt it? You get up in the morning & flip on the news [if you have the nerve,] and feel like you should yell “incoming” like the fighting men do on the battlefield? If you personally don’t feel “worn-out,” don’t you honestly feel it in the people you talk to, work or go to school with?
SATAN ALWAYS PLAYS CHESS!
Many Christians don’t understand the idea of warfare, and if they do, they see it like a kid occasionally confronting a bully on the playground in elementary school. We need a revelation of what’s happening to us right now, as individuals and as a nation. We need to understand we’re fighting a battle in and for our nation and Satan has a strategic battle plan. Too many people see warfare as a game like pinochle, or even worse, dodge ball. While we’re playing Checkers, Satan’s playing chess.
Satan is and has been at work with his plan for America since we first came into being. He strategically weaves things into society and even the church over the decades and even generations.
Lastly, Satan’s plan for America is;
DESTRUCTION
Someone has said, “Either America will have a revival or a funeral.” Francis Schaffer warned us- “If we don’t fight to save our nation, we’ll wake up one day soon and discover the America we once knew is gone.”
GOD’S PLAN FOR AMERICA
Make no mistake; Satan is behind the erosion of our freedoms we are seeing. Satan is “The master of Deceit.”
I wish I could tell you that I had all the answers to solve the dilemma we face in America, but I don’t. I do however have some insights. The one thing Satan can’t stand is any kind of repentance. Repentance throws Satan off his game. The reason for that is, he’s incapable of repentance and can’t comprehend it.
The thing that America needs for her survival is—Revival! The plan God has for us is laid out very succinctly in 2 Chronicles 7:14.
1. IF MY PEOPLE
I’ve said it so many times but it’s not original with me—God isn’t looking at the wino face down in the ditch, expecting him to get up and lead us in a national awakening. He’s looking at His people, who are called by His name. This change we can believe in doesn’t begin in the White House with some elected officials; it begins in the Church House with the born-again people of God.
Peter said, -For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God……1 Peter 4:17
We have a “saint problem” in America, not a “sinner problem.” Sinners aren’t alive spiritually, how could they be revived? Revival won’t come through the Chamber of Commerce or the Kiwanis, or the Masons, or the Mooses or the Gooses. It’s going to come through the redeemed that are called by His name, those who know Jesus Christ.
The Baby butchers, Whiskey distillers and Dope dealers can’t hold back revival but Hollywood, Wall Street and Washington can’t bring revival. The people of revival are God’s people. “If my people…
2. HUMBLE THEMSELVES
We must realize that we have nothing to strut about yet we are far too self-satisfied, self-serving and self-promoting. The word humble means “to bend, to bring low.”
Jesus said; - And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Matthew 23:12. The reason we’re not on our way up is because we haven’t been on our way down. Then God’s people must-
3. PRAY
Prayer doesn’t make a difference, prayer is the difference.
Below is a statement that was made over a hundred years ago. If you don’t recognize the words, humor me-especially you speed readers- and don’t jump ahead, -- but rather absorb the words and ask yourself if they sound like a preacher or politician.
“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven. We have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us: and w e have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us, then to humble ourselves before the offended power to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.”
On April 30th, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer.
Isn’t it an absolutely awesome thing that a President would lead our nation to prayer? Until the Supreme Court said students could not be led in prayer in our public schools it was a daily activity. Prayer may never be reinstated in school but it can be reinstated in our personal lives. No one can keep us from praying if we desire to pray.
I don’t believe there has ever been a spiritual awakening that didn’t begin with fervent prayer. Revival isn’t planned out or worked up, but it is prayed down.
4. SEEK MY FACE…..
We are told here that we’re not to seek revival but the Reviver! God isn’t a “spare tire” that we use when we’re in trouble but He’s the fuel that makes our lives go. There is also a sense here that we’re not to seek God’s hands, or His provision, but rather to seek His face, His pleasure. His smile.
5. TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS
There are many wicked ways Christian have but time and space fail me here. Let’s try jealousy, envy, backbiting, robbing God in tithes and offerings, and putting God Mammon on the throne of our lives. The Psalmists said,
If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me. Psalm 66:18
6. THE PROMISE-THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.
Is it too late for America? The pain our nation feels right now doesn’t have to be the agonizing pain of death. It can be, - it must be the rejoicing pain of birth-the rebirth of our great nation.
Though we may have taken a thousand steps away from God, it only takes one step to return.
In 1999, a headline appeared in a Texas newspaper. The headline read, “Comatose man wakes after 7 ½ years.”
Police officer Gary Dockery had taken a bullet in the forehead and was in a coma for 7 ½ years. What was so remarkable was when he woke up; he immediately spoke clearly to his sister as if no time had passed. A family friend said, “There’s not but one way to describe it. It’s a miracle of God.” When officer Dockery awoke he asked for his sons whom he’d not seen since they were 5 and 12 years old, then 12 and 19.
If a man who had been asleep for 7 ½ years can wake up, there’s still hope for America.
We in America have two great national songs; “The National Anthem,” and “God bless America.” England has only one, “God save the Queen.” I love my UK friends but a song for one woman to be blessed seems a little selfish to me.
Listen to these inspired words by Erving Berlin;
From the mountains,
To the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam,
God bless America,
My home, sweet home-
God bless America, indeed!
Blessings,
John
Monday, April 7, 2014
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