Your liberal friends may not be so liberal

        This was posted on Breitbart.com.  If Liberals would stop to think what they really believe instead of voting what sounds good or because the media has made it sound undesirable to be labeled a conservative, this country wouldn't be in such a state by electing politicians who don't have our best interest at heart.

Your Liberal Friends May Not Be So Liberal by JOEL B. POLLAK                             
 Originally posted on Breitbart, Nov. 9, 2012 

Your liberal friends aren’t as liberal as they think they are. Most--not all--actually share what you believe about freedom, responsibility, and limited government. They just will not bring themselves to acknowledge their values openly, or vote for them. But they put those same conservative values into practice every day, whether they admit it or not.

I have friends and relatives, for example, who are in unions. A high school buddy of mine is in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), one of the top Democratic donors, and has spent the last several months arguing passionately for Obama on his Facebook page. 

Now that the election is over, he’s back to posting a variety of stuff, including this article by a school principal in an Australian newspaper, offering advice to teenagers (“This goes for some Adults who act like teens, they need to grow up too!”):

Go home, mow the lawn, wash the windows, learn to cook, build a raft, get a job, visit the sick, study your lessons and after you’ve finished, read a book. Your town does not owe you recreational facilities and your parents do not owe you fun. 

The world does not owe you a living....In other words grow up, stop being a cry baby, get our of your dream world and develop a backbone not a wishbone. Start behaving like a responsible person.

This from a person who supported Obama. 

I have another union friend on Facebook, a retired teacher from my high school days who spars with me frequently when I post links to conservative-minded articles. He is a partisan Democrat and a former union leader--yet after securing his generous pension from the state of Illinois, he moved to Florida, where he pays no income taxes, voting for conservatism with his feet.

It is clear that the founding principles of our nation are now a minority creed--at least in political terms. Yet they persist, quietly, in deep-blue America. Harvard’s Ruth Wisse once said of urbane, left-wing Israelis that they “practiced hypocrisy in reverse--abiding by principles that they would not profess....They may have turned Zionism--tsiyonut--into a byword for cant, for empty and tiresome phraseology, but they continued to live out, and often to live out passionately, the Zionist reality they would not preach.”

So, too, with Americanism and many of our blue-state friends. The voters of California raised taxes on the rich, but voted down labeling of the genetically modified foods they themselves buy. The voters of Michigan went for Obama in the end, but also turned down a constitutional amendment that would have tightened the grip of the state’s unions. And, of course, the country as a whole kept Republicans in control of the House.

For the past two decades, the founding ideas of our Republic have been the principles we Americans would not profess. The left has tried to twist the meaning of those ideas. The Critical Race Theory school of thought teaches that the founding principles were irredeemably racist. The “living Constitution” school has stretched the Framers’ words to include policies they would not have approved and rights they could not have imagined.

Despite appearances, that has left many of our liberal friends feeling empty, at odds with themselves. They flocked to Obama to fill the void, but Obama had to fill it with hatred of Republicans to get them to vote again. 

It is well past time for conservatives--especially those of us in blue states and cities--to start professing the founding values, to “get in their faces,” as Obama said, and make the political personal. It’s the only way back.

Kris Vallotton & Mychal Massie

      I'm posting two articles from different perspectives together today because I feel they are saying some of the same things.  The first one is a prophetic word given in February by Kris Vallotton.  The second is by Mychal Massie,  a hard-hitting conservative blogger.  Kris' word, of course, is from a spiritual perspective.  Mychal's is from an human perspective.
       Now is not the time to give up.  I still believe prayer is the most important component in any change in this country, but we also must put feet to our prayers.

Kris Vallotton:

Don't Look to the Political Climate - A People Movement is Coming

Prophetic word given by Kris Vallotton on February 19, 2012 at the Sunday evening service at Bethel Church in Redding, CA:

     I have a sense that our country is improving. I had a vision of God blowing or breathing on this continent as Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." It wasn't a suggestion, but a command. I saw the nation turning blood red from the East Coast to the West Coast. It was the redemptive nature of forgiveness being assimilated into the ground, and out of the soil – souls were emerging like soldiers in a battlefield.

     Dead bones were coming to life. They were dressed for battle in different realms. Some had expensive business suits and others were dressed like doctors, teachers and mothers, and so forth.They all were given secret messages that they read and then ate. The message transformed them and equipped them for their mission. Revelation was released over the nation, and inventions and innovations were springing up all over like the first week of spring.

      Pennsylvania was highlighted as if a major breakthrough was rising from there. Instead of two towers, three towers were being built as a sign of the strength of our economy being supported by a three-cord strand. I felt a warning that many would look at the political climate to determine the condition of the country, but the signs of revival would not flow from the White House – but to it. Hope would not arise from the polls, but from the people. This was a people movement that swept the globe, turning the planet a deep purple.

       I saw the Lord blowing freezing cold air over Iran and North Korea. It created impossible conditions for war. He literally froze their war machines – it was a political climate change equal to the fall of the Iron Curtain. There was much more, but every country that was bent on war was frozen – the climate was suddenly and unpredictably changed. It was weird, but good.

      I saw that God had already released Daniels into China, and humility and generosity would spring up from the East. God called it a "helps movement". I saw that China would be given the "gift of helps" for the world. God was hugging centuries of brokenness out of China. I heard the words "singing revolution".

A People Movement

      America – I really feel like we are in a good season. But just to be really clear, I don't think that the political climate will determine what God is doing. I don't think that the Lord is leading with politicians right now. I don't mean that He never does, I want to be really clear. I do think that there are countries outside of America where the main move of God is coming from the political realm, but I don't think that in the next four years that will be demonstrated. I don't think you can look to a person for the answer. But I'm actually saying is that I don't think that a person is going to bring this dramatic change that I see happening in our country.

       I think it's a people movement. I think the Lord is doing it all among the people, and I think it will be many people that will rise up and become powerful, and, if you will, famous in this movement. But it probably won't be the people that you vote for. The Lord said, "Don't look to the political climate to determine what I'm doing in America in the next four years." So don't get excited or disappointed by what's happening in the political climate because the Lord has chosen a different venue for this season.

      Vision of three towers – I saw the Lord rise up, and I saw generosity and humility come to our nation. And I saw that generosity, humility and stewardship were going to begin to break the back of poverty and debt. Invention and innovation are going to begin to flow out of America.

      Pennsylvania – I saw Pennsylvania highlighted like neon. I feel like something powerful is going to flow out of Pennsylvania to the rest of the United States and to the world.

      China – I saw a map of China, and the Lord said that a helps movement was coming out of China. I heard the word"misunderstood" and I saw it written over the country. I feel like we have demonized people that we don't understand. The great dragon coming out of China was actually demonizing the very people that God loves.

Kris Vallotton
KVMinistries
Email: info@kvministries.com

November 9, 2012

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  The Face of Never Give Up   by   Mychal Massie

OK folks, it's time to man up.  Time for the "oh-whoa this is terrible," is over.  Time for lip service is also over.  It is time to take things into our own hands.  It's time for us to start shaking things up.

One of my heroes is Phyllis Schlafly.  She is a diminutive woman, slight of frame and somewhat fragile in appearance.  But  Mrs. Schlafly is a titan and she is the one person I would want on my side in a dark alley.

I’m referencing Mrs. Schlafly  because she, from her kitchen table, assisted by a small number of committed, refuse-to-lose women, fought an epic battle for over ten years before she was able to raise the mantle of victory over the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).  She was opposed by the wives of the presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter including at times the presidents themselves.  Congress opposed her, the liberal media opposed her, the courts vacillated back and forth in support and opposition to her, but Mrs. Schlafly and her small group stood their ground and ultimately prevailed.

She worked with  a rotary phone.  There were no cell phones, there was no Internet, and the copy machines were archaic and slow.  But today the world not only knows her name as the woman who was single-handedly responsible for the defeat of  the ERA, the signature legislative initiative of the radical feminists — she is today recognized as one of the fiercest defenders of the pro-family movement.

As we move forward we must have the resolve of those like Mrs. Schlafly.  This isn’t a time for tears and gnashing of teeth.  Mrs. Schlafly faced the full weight of the presidency, the media, and, at times, Congress in her commitment to defeat the encroaching darkness of the radical feminists.  Ten years of being called names and mischaracterized in the press and media is a long time, but she prevailed and we today are the better for her steadfastness.

What I and others will be proposing over the coming weeks is not going to be easily accepted.  In fact, the very ones responsible for the condition we find ourselves in today are the ones who will most fiercely oppose what we will be proposing.

But it is important to realize that the system didn’t fail us; those we have allowed control of the system have failed us.  And now it is time for us to change that.  Republican hierarchy and the GOP have sucked our blood and money and in return for same they have treated us like liberals treat black Democrats.  But unlike the blacks who grovel and bow at the foot of the party that keeps them shackled to mediocrity, we can and must turn things around.  And we must start now.

There is a reason Karl Rove, et al, hate the Tea Party and rail against same at every opportunity.  It’s because we were tremendously successful in 2010 and because the Tea Party threatens the power of those who failed us.

Reince Preibus, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, John  Boehner, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, John Cornyn, et al, have failed us time and again.  They have been the masters of dividing us and having well-meaning citizens turn on those who understand the nature of the battle we face.  But that tactic has been less and less successful the last years.

We have been betrayed by the sycophants who have inflated opinions of themselves and who fantasize about having a seat at the table of those who keep us underfoot, not realizing that they are being played for the useful idiots they are.

I believe the time has come for us to change the face of politics as they are conducted today.  But we must be committed and possess a tunnel vision to accomplish the goal.  It will take time, money, and people willing to be called names.  But  if there was ever a time to begin this journey it is now.

In the weeks upcoming, the details will be  made clear.  So take your shore leave now, rest up, reinvigorate yourselves because the battle is about to kick into high gear.  The traitors and stunads may have reelected one of the worst persons in American political history, but the  victory will be ours.  I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life.

So many Jewish contributions to society

        I don't know who wrote this, but it contains many facts I didn't know.  We have so many reasons to thank the Jewish people.  God has blessed them and calls them His chosen.  Shouldn't we do the same? 

A Jewish Boycott, what?

 A short time ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the Muslim World to boycott anything and everything that originates with the Jewish people.

In response, Meyer M. Treinkman, a pharmacist, out of the kindness of his heart, offered to assist them in their boycott as follows:

"Any Muslim who has Syphilis must not be cured by Salvarsan discovered by a Jew,  Dr. Ehrlich.  He should not even try to find out whether he has Syphilis, because the Wasserman Test is the discovery of a Jew.  If a Muslim suspects that he has Gonorrhea, he must not seek diagnosis, because he will be using the method of a Jew named Neissner.

A Muslim who has heart disease must not use Digitalis, a discovery by a Jew, Ludwig Traube.

Should he suffer with a toothache, he must not use Novocaine, a discovery of the Jews, Widal and Weil.

If a Muslim has Diabetes, he must not use Insulin, the result of research by Minkowsky, a Jew.  If one has a headache, he must shun Pyramidon and Antypyrin, due to the Jews, Spiro and Ellege.

Muslims with convulsions must put up with them because it was a Jew, Oscar Leibreich, who proposed the use of Chloral Hydrate.

Arabs must do likewise with their psychic ailments because Freud, father of psychoanalysis, was a Jew.

Should a Muslim child get Diphtheria, he must refrain from the "Schick" reaction which was invented by the Jew, Bella Schick.

Muslims should be ready to die in great numbers and must not permit treatment of ear and brain damage, work of Jewish Nobel Prize winner, Robert Baram.

They should continue to die or remain crippled by Infantile Paralysis because the discoverer of the anti-polio vaccine is a Jew, Jonas Salk.

Muslims must refuse to use Streptomycin and continue to die of Tuberculosis because a Jew, Zalman Waxman, invented the wonder drug against this killing disease.

Muslim doctors must discard all discoveries and improvements by dermatologist Judas Sehn Benedict, or the lung specialist, Frawnkel, and of many other world renowned Jewish scientists and medical experts.

In short, good and loyal Muslims properly and fittingly should remain afflicted with Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Heart Disease, Headaches, Typhus, Diabetes, Mental Disorders, Polio Convulsions and Tuberculosis and be proud to obey the Islamic boycott.

Oh, and by the way, don't call for a doctor on your cell phone because the cell phone was invented in Israel by a Jewish engineer.

Meanwhile I ask, what medical contributions to the world have the Muslims made?"

The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000;
that is ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION or 20% of the world's population.

They have received the following Nobel Prizes:

Literature:1988 - Najib Mahfooz

Peace:1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
1990 - Elias James Corey
1994 - Yaser Arafat:
1999 - Ahmed Zewai

Economics:(zero)

Physics:(zero)

Medicine:1960 - Peter Brian Medawar
1998 - Ferid Mourad

TOTAL:  7 SEVEN

The Global Jewish population is approximately 14,000,000; that is FOURTEEN MILLION or about 0.02% of the world's population.

They have received the following Nobel Prizes:

Literature:
1910 - Paul Heyse
1927 - Henri Bergson
1958 - Boris Pasternak
1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1966 - Nelly Sachs
1976 - Saul Bellow
1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer
1981 - Elias Canetti
1987 - Joseph Brodsky
1991 - Nadine Gordimer World

Peace:
1911 - Alfred Fried
1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser
1968 - Rene Cassin
1973 - Henry Kissinger
1978 - Menachem Begin
1986 - Elie Wiesel
1994 - Shimon Peres
1994 - Yitzhak Rabin

Physics:
1905 - Adolph Von Baeyer
1906 - Henri Moissan
1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson
1908 - Gabriel Lippmann
1910 - Otto Wallach
1915 - Richard Willstaetter
1918 - Fritz Haber
1921 - Albert Einstein
1922 - Niels Bohr
1925 - James Franck
1925 - Gustav Hertz
1943 - Gustav Stern
1943 - George Charles de Hevesy
1944 - Isidor Issac Rabi
1952 - Felix Bloch
1954 - Max Born
1958 - Igor Tamm
1959 - Emilio Segre
1960 - Donald A. Glaser
1961 - Robert Hofstadter
1961 - Melvin Calvin
1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau
1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz
1965 - Richard Phillips Feynman
1965 - Julian Schwinger
1969 - Murray Gell-Mann
1971 - Dennis Gabor
1972 - William Howard Stein
1973 - Brian David Josephson
1975 - Benjamin Mottleson
1976 - Burton Richter
1977 - Ilya Prigogine
1978 - Arno Allan Penzias
1978 - Peter L Kapitza
1979 - Stephen Weinberg
1979 - Sheldon Glashow
1979 - Herbert Charles Brown
1980 - Paul Berg
1980 - Walter Gilbert
1981 - Roald Hoffmann
1982 - Aaron Klug
1985 - Albert A. Hauptman
1985 - Jerome Karle
1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach
1988 - Robert Huber
1988 - Leon Lederman
1988 - Melvin Schwartz
1988 - Jack Steinberger
1989 - Sidney Altman
1990 - Jerome Friedman
1992 - Rudolph Marcus
1995 - Martin Perl
2000 - Alan J. Heeger

Economics:
1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson
1971 - Simon Kuznets
1972 - Kenneth Joseph Arrow
1975 - Leonid Kantorovich
1976 - Milton Friedman
1978 - Herbert A. Simon
1980 - Lawrence Robert Klein
1985 - Franco Modigliani
1987 - Robert M. Solow
1990 - Harry Markowitz
1990 - Merton Miller
1992 - Gary Becker
1993 - Robert Fogel

Medicine:
1908 - Elie Metchnikoff
1908 - Paul Erlich
1914 - Robert Barany
1922 - Otto Meyerhof
1930 - Karl Landsteiner
1931 - Otto Warburg
1936 - Otto Loewi
1944 - Joseph Erlanger
1944 - Herbert Spencer Gasser
1945 - Ernst Boris Chain
1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller
1950 - Tadeus Reichstein
1952 - Selman Abraham Waksman
1953 - Hans Krebs
1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann
1958 - Joshua Lederberg
1959 - Arthur Kornberg
1964 - Konrad Bloch
1965 - Francois Jacob
1965 - Andre Lwoff
1967 - George Wald
1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg
1969 - Salvador Luria
1970 - Julius Axelrod
1970 - Sir Bernard Katz
1972 - Gerald Maurice Edelman
1975 - Howard Martin Temin
1976 - Baruch S. Blumberg
1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow
1978 - Daniel Nathans
1980 - Baruj Benacerraf
1984 - Cesar Milstein
1985 - Michael Stuart Brown
1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein
1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montalcini]
1988 - Gertrude Elion
1989 - Harold Varmus
1991 - Erwin Neher
1991 - Bert Sakmann
1993 - Richard J. Roberts
1993 - Phillip Sharp
1994 - Alfred Gilman
1995 - Edward B. Lewis
1996- Lu RoseIacovino

TOTAL: 129 !

The Jews are NOT promoting brainwashing children in military training camps,
teaching them how to blow themselves up and cause maximum deaths of Jews and other non-Muslims.

The Jews don't hijack planes, nor kill athletes at the Olympics, or blow themselves up in German restaurants.

There is NOT one single Jew who has destroyed a church.

There is NOT a single Jew who protests by killing people.  The Jews don't traffic slaves, nor have leaders calling for Jihad and death to all the Infidels.

Perhaps the world's Muslims should consider investing more in standard education and less in blaming the Jews for all their problems.

Muslims must ask 'what can they do for humankind' before they demand that humankind respects them.

Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel 's part, the following two sentences really say it all:
 "If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence.   If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel."
 
Benjamin Netanyahu:  General Eisenhower warned us.  It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.

He did this because he said in words to this effect:  'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'

Recently, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.

It is not removed as yet.  However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.

It is now more than 65 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.

Now, more than ever, with Iran, among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.

Israel News Digest Weekly 11-12-12

An interesting perspective (and several reasons to pray) from Israel News Digest's weekly newsletter: Will Israel Be the Big Loser? Foxnews recently carried an article written by K.T. McFarland about what to expect during the next four years now that Barack Obama has gained a second term. McFarland says, “Foreign policy is something Americans care about when the economy is good, and when it isn’t they hardly notice it. It’s hard to worry about what happens in the Mideast when you don’t have a job in the Midwest.” She believes that for the next four years, most Americans won’t pay much attention to what happens beyond our nation’s shores. When they do pay attention they will find America in a very different place in a very different world.  So what will happen in the next four years while Americans are looking for jobs so they can feed their families? According to this writer, we can look for the following: The big loser will be Israel. The tiny nation now has to make a choice – does it accept a practically nuclear Iran and keep President Obama’s support, or does it try to stop Iran unilaterally and risk Obama’s abandonment? Israel itself goes to the polls in a few months and this will surely be a critical issue. The big winner will be Iran. Obama will likely make a deal with the Iranian regime. In exchange for Iran stopping just short of nuclear weapons…the president will drop sanctions and restore relations. It will look like a diplomatic victory for Obama personally, but what it means in essence is that a nuclear Iran becomes a nuclear weapons state and can dominate the oil-rich Persian Gulf. The world’s energy security will to a great extent be in Iran’s hands. The big question mark will be the Middle East. Do Iran’s neighbors go nuclear themselves, creating a nuclear arms race in one of the most dangerous and economically important parts of the world? Or do they accommodate Iran, and let Iran dominate the region from Iraq to Egypt? The Arab spring nations will increasingly move toward chaos and Islamism and blame Israel and the US for their economic woes. As America retreats from the region, Israel will be isolated. Another Arab Israeli war is likely. So writes Katherine T. McFarland, who is an American communications consultant. The biggest change will be America's role in the world. The American economy will eventually recover, although it’s likely to be later rather than sooner. And when it does Americans will once again look beyond their shores. What we're likely to see is an America less involved with the world, especially in the Middle East and Asia. They will no longer be the world’s sole superpower; they won't be leading from the front, or even from behind. “Will that be so bad?” Maybe…maybe not, depending on who or what takes America’s place. But it will certainly be different than the way the world has been for the last 75 years. “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God” (Psalm 20:7). Reporting for CFI Jerusalem, Lonnie C. Mings

Children Go Where I Send Thee by Tennessee Ernie Ford

      I'm posting these two videos for nostalgia's sake. My parents loved Tennessee Ernie Ford!  Be sure to watch the little boy sitting next to him (as if you could miss him!)
       TV entertainment has certainly changed.  I'm not sure for the better.  At least we didn't have to worry about whether the program would be appropriate for children when we turned on the TV. 

Great Dance Routine: James Cagney and Bob Hope

These old guys are good!!

Joseph Prince Devotional

How Tender Is God’s Heart Toward You

Ephesians 2:7 7that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Have you ever blown things out of proportion and gotten angry with God when you were going through a trying time? This happened to Jesus’ disciples when a storm hit them hard. In their fear of drowning, they cried out to Jesus, who was getting some much-needed sleep in the boat, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38) For accusing Him of not caring, you would think that they received a rebuke from Jesus. But it was the wind which received His rebuke, and a great calm followed. (Mark 4:39) Because of His tenderness toward His own, Jesus did not waste time taking offence. Instead, He wasted no time taking care of the problem that had caused His disciples so much anxiety and fear. This also happened to two sisters, Martha and Mary, who did not hesitate to let Jesus know how they felt when He finally showed up days after their brother Lazarus had died. Both sisters made the same remark to Him: “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” (John 11:21, 32) Both sisters had seen Jesus’ miracles of mercy and love. Now, in their grief, they focused on how He could have prevented their brother’s death, but did not. They did not know His heart — how tender it was toward them and how His help would never fail them, but would even extend to raising their dead brother. (John 11:41–44) Beloved, your heavenly Father sees you trying to stay afloat when you are in the midst of a storm. He sees you trying to provide for yourself and your family, and thinking, “If I don’t take care of these things, no one else will!” And He wants you to know how tender His heart is toward you, how He is not offended by all the bad things you have ever said of or to Him. He wants you to know how much He wants to and will help and bless you. So let go and experience afresh the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward you!

A Word of Encouragement from Mark Alexander

     An encouragement to remain in the battle for reestablishing the moral foundation of our nation.

Patriots, I am writing you today for two reasons. First, I have heard from many Patriots who remain very disheartened about the election and direction of our country. I have also heard from many who appreciated the words of encouragement in Thursday's column, "We're Back in the FIGHT!," and have forwarded those to family and friends. That message is reprinted below so please forward them to others who need encouragement. Second, I wanted to send you the most current county-by-county election map, which clearly reveals what state election maps don't, and what Obama and his Leftist cadres do NOT want you to contemplate. It shows where Leftist constituencies reside. (By the way, we have taken the Liberty to correct the colors -- red is a much more fitting color for the Leftist strongholds.) The assault on Liberty we witnessed Tuesday, as was the case in 2008, was led primarily by those on urban "ObamaNation Plantations," those who depend on what Obama calls "redistributive justice" from the rest of us in order to survive. They account for almost 60 (SIXTY) percent of Obama's constituents, and Socialist Democrats are masters of co-opting (read: "buying") their allegiance and getting them to the polls. The good news is that about 10 million fewer Obama voters showed up in 2012, despite his billion-dollar campaign. Words of Encouragement Patriots, we were dealt an awful body blow on Tuesday, and the odds we face in our quest to restore Liberty and Rule of Law enshrined in our Declaration and Constitution may seem insurmountable. However, we can find strength and encouragement in the words from the most noble of Founding Patriots, George Washington. In 1777, at a very dark moment amid a string of defeats in the first quest for Liberty -- and just before the fall of Philadelphia and the brutal Winter at Valley Forge, Washington wrote one of his generals: "We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times." I also recall the words of Thomas Paine from his Revolutionary pamphlet, The American Crisis: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." When Samuel Adams signed the Declaration, he said, "We have this day restored the Sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come." Indeed, God is Sovereign in the affairs of men. As for the challenges we face, faithful Patriots, hold fast to this wisdom from James 1:2-4: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." (Some among our Patriot ranks are not Christians, but we know your devotion to Liberty is strong. However, everyone on your Patriot Post team here is a devoted Christian, and the bottom line -- you can bank on our faith, even if you don't share it.) Patriots, we have lost a battle -- but not the war. Hold your head high and redouble your courage and resolve. Remain steadfast in your devotion to Liberty and hold the line. As Paine wrote, "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. ... I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." It has taken generations for our nation to get into the ditch we are in now. It will take more than a few election cycles to pull it out. But there has been a great awakening among Patriots, and our ranks have grown rapidly in recent years. Our fight for the eternal cause of Liberty, as "endowed by our Creator," ends only with our last breath. On behalf of your Patriot Post Team, God bless our great nation and God bless each of you among our Patriot ranks!   Pro Deo et Constitutione — Libertas aut Mors Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis Mark Alexander Publisher, The Patriot Post

Jane Hansen-Hoyt: The Greater Purpose: Taking Dominion

      I say 'Amen" to this newsletter from Jane Hansen-Hoyt!  Our purpose has not changed with the re-election of our president.  We must not lose sight of why we are here.  We're here to extend God's kingdom on earth and to bring Him glory.  Let's be about the Father's business.

November 7, 2012
Jane Hansen-Hoyt: The Greater Purpose: Taking Dominion
       Last evening a President was elected to another term of office in the United States. It was a measured victory with half of the nation voting for the other candidate. Such a divided vote speaks to the reality that we are a nation divided on many issues, serious issues, that continue to profoundly change America. We have seen historically what occurs when a nation continually turns from the principles of God's Word to walk in its own ways.
       As you might imagine, there are many voters who are concerned with the outcome of this election. While I am certain that we, as Believers, must continue to make our prayers heard in the gates of our respective nations, I also want to remind us of our true purpose.
       When Pilate questioned Jesus about being "King of the Jews," Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world!" Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice" (see John 18:33-37).
       Jesus knew who He was. His identity was secure. His purpose was focused. He could not be turned aside by people's opinion of Him or the questions they asked. He never once wavered in the purpose for which He had come, which was to demonstrate the realities of another Kingdom. That Kingdom was vastly different from the world around Him. He had come to establish a new mindset, a new culture, and a new way. We, as the followers of Jesus, have been sent into the world to continue what Jesus began.
       Think of Pilate's response to Jesus: "Do You not know that I have power to crucify You?" (see John 19:10). In essence, Pilate was saying that he had the power to destroy Jesus and all that He had come to do in the earth! The bold answer of Jesus captured the totality of the situation, even as it does ours, "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above" (verse 11).
       Jesus knew that there was a greater purpose He had been sent to accomplish. While things around Him swirled in opposition to that purpose, He walked in total confidence that God, His Father, was in control and would not allow any deviation from the plan.
       Nothing has changed! We, too, walk in the knowledge that God's plan is marching on. We are the people of another Kingdom. We have joined ourselves to Him in that purpose, as we move on with Him. The hour is more critical than we know and our prayers and worship more vital than we perhaps see. It is the time of our arising. We have stepped into a new place in our identity and purpose. Do not be moved by what you see and hear. Keep your eye single and you will be filled with the light of His revelation as we walk forward together, male and female, taking dominion.

Jane Hansen Hoyt
President/CEO, Aglow International
Email: aglow@aglow.org
Jane Hansen Hoyt serves as President/CEO of Aglow International, a Kingdom community of more than 200,000 warriors, champions, and global leaders who touch 17 million people annually.

Another page from the devotional, Jesus Calling

     As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am really enjoying the little devotional, Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young.
    In the reading for November 3 she talks about being joyful in adversity.  This is a wonderful way to choose to live.   When we see everything as an opportunity to grow in our love for God and others, life takes on new meaning.  We stop stressing about things and embrace them as one more obstacle and one more opportunity to watch God use all things to work together for our good.  Life becomes an exciting adventure instead of a contest of endurance.  I need to be reminded of this daily--moment by moment.

From Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Nov. 3)
     "Every time something thwarts your plans or desires, use that as a reminder to communicate with Me. This practice has several benefits.  The first is obvious: Talking with Me blesses you and strengthens our relationship.  Another benefit is that disappointments, instead of dragging you down, are transformed into opportunities for good.  This transformation removes the sting from difficult circumstances, making it possible to be joyful in the midst of adversity.
     Begin by practicing this discipline in all the little disappointments of daily life.  It is often these minor setbacks that draw you away from My Presence.  When you reframe setbacks as opportunities, you find that you gain much more than you have lost.  It is only after much training that you can accept major losses in this positive way.  But it is possible to attain the perspective of the apostle Paul, who wrote: Compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus, I consider everything I once treasured to be as insignificant as rubbish."

Colossians 4:2  (NIV)

² Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Philippians 3:7-8  (NIV)

⁷ But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ.

Disappointment and Hope

      I felt like David in 2 Samuel 12:20-22, this morning when I saw the news that Romney had lost.   ^"His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
²² He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ ²³ But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again?"  I threw off my sack cloth and ashes, worshipped the Lord and had breakfast.  It is time to get on with life--I am not going to mourn what has happened.  The Lord is in control.  What He declares WILL be done.  I will continue to trust Him in all that is going on.
      When we got home last night from a meeting, Country Guy and I decided to go to bed and not even turn on the TV to watch election results.  I'm so glad we did!  All we would have gotten was a bad night's sleep.  Last night I went to sleep with hope for America, trusting we would have a new leader who understands the foundations of our country and would lead us back to greatness, so I slept pretty well, although I realize when I woke up that I had been praying all night long.
      Today I awoke to the reality that only Jesus can fix this country.  There are consequences for our actions--just as David experienced.  I guess I have been looking to a man to lead us out of this mess.  Now my only hope is God--where I said it was all along--but realize I was also thinking a new president would help.  I am thoroughly disappointed to have to go through 4 more years of a president who is an embarrassment to this nation, but then the moral state of this nation is an embarrassment to God, so why do I think He would want to give it a quick fix with an upright moral man as leader when our hearts are not to seek Him?
      I have to admit that if I listened closely to my heart (where God was speaking) I had doubts about the outcome of the election, but I would push away those thoughts and look at the enthusiasm and the message of Romney/Ryan and hope would be stirred.
      It looks as if the prayer movement that was started to cover this election has just begun.  Do we truly believe God?  He said He is a jealous God and that He would have no other gods before Him.  It seems we have put many gods before Him including our comfort, our desires, the love of money, the men running for President...
      I repent, Lord.  Forgive me.  And teach me the way I should go, lead me in the path of understanding.  And give me persistence in prayer.  I believe Your promises, Lord.  I stand on them and expect that all things will work together for the good of those who love You.  Thank you, Jesus, you are worthy to be praised.

"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?  That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?  Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep forever."   Thomas Jefferson