EZRA

After reading from Ezra this morning; my thoughts were centered on

Humility;
Worship of the one true God,
The consequences of sin
Recognition of our failures
Asking forgiveness
Honesty in approaching God
Fasting
Prayer
Lent
Faith in God's promises
Mercy
Grace

Thanksgiving

In the words of Ezra

" our God protects all those worship him,
but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him.
 So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our
God would take care of us and he heard our prayer."

 

Pray for America Group

Pray for America Prayer Group

March 30, 2008

 

 

Homosexual Day of Silence

On, Friday, April 25, several thousand schools across the nation will be observing "Day of Silence (DOS)." DOS is a nationwide push to promote the homosexual lifestyle in public schools. Pray that the alarm will be sounded, as groups fight

For the hearts, and the minds, of our children. American Family Association 

 

 

 

 

Pray for President Bush

Pray for President Bush as he continues to work for the initiatives and principles to which he feels called and committed.  Pray for his spiritual vitality, his protection and for strength and stamina to continue to lead as God directs him. presidentialprayerteam.org

 

 

 

Pray for  Elliot Spitzer

Pray for New York Governor Elliot Spitzer and his loved ones as he steps down from his post following the revelation earlier this week of ethical misbehavior on his part.  Pray that God will use this experience to bring renewal and grace to his life.  Pray for Lt. Governor David Paterson and members of his team as they prepare to step up to lead, asking God to help and empower them throughout this important transition. presidentialprayerteam.org

 

 

 

Pray for peace

Pray for peace and the powerful presence of God to sweep through Los Angeles and all our nation’s cities following the senseless shooting of Jamiel Shaw, Jr. who was shot near his Los Angeles home earlier this month.  Pray for an end to gang violence in our cities, asking God to unite citizens, regardless of race, income, neighborhood or other allegiances.  Pray for comfort for the Shaw family and the students of Los Angeles High as they mourn the loss of this young athlete.  presidentialprayerteam.org

 

 

 

 

Praise God and Thanks to You

Your support of the boycott played a key role in convincing Ford to cease its significant support of the homosexual agenda. During the 24 months the boycott was in effect, Ford sales dropped an average of 8% per month. The boycott was not entirely responsible for the drop in sales, but it played a very significant role.

American Family Association 

 

Christian liberty in the U.S

A new TV series produced by The Inspiration Networks (INSP) in partnership with AFA will reveal the erosion of  Christian liberty in the U.S. under the assault of secularism and political correctness. www.silencingchristians.com

 

 

 

Pray it’s Not To Late

 Citizens  have been arrested for speaking out at a public rally’s, students are being forced to attend classes that require them to recite verses from the Koran and to stage their own jihad (Muslim holy war), and activists pushing social tolerance to such an extreme that the Bible itself is being labeled “hate speech.”

www.silencingchristians.com

 

 

 

Pray God Will Remove the Double Standard

“Separation of church and state” only seems to apply when it is being used to keep Christ out of school. Islam is being promoted in California public schools while a student in Nevada, speaking of her own personal beliefs, was forbidden to speak the name of Jesus. Plus, the hypocrisy of the tolerance movement and what it does to silence the voices of Christians and conservatives is unconscionable.

www.silencingchristians.com

 

 

 

Hate Crimes on a Federal Level

  “Hate crime” is the new buzzword in law enforcement.  But what do hate crime laws aim to punish? This legislation elevates homosexuals and transsexuals and affords them expanded protection while criminalizing the actions of Christians and conservatives. The punishments often target thought and speech, making 75-year-old grandmothers face life in prison and teenagers in public schools  forbidden to speak out against homosexuality in the name of tolerance.  This is what we can expect to see more of here in the United States if these laws are passed on the federal level. www.silencingchristians.com

 

 

 

Pray God Will Stop Forever

The Equal Rights Amendment

While we all agree with equal rights for women, the ERA amendment will not increase women's rights, but instead will strip away their current protections and benefits. Because of its vague language and broad coverage, it will also legalize same-sex marriages, mandate state funding of elective abortions, and weaken the balanced structure of our government. Illinois Family Institute

 

 

 

 

Pray for a Fair Up-or-Down Vote

I have noticed over the last year a disturbing trend with regard to the slow pace of the Senate’s consideration of judicial nominees, especially those for the Courts of Appeal. If the nominee has conservative credentials, is deemed to be a person who takes their faith seriously, and has expressed any opposition to abortion, it appears that this becomes a disqualifier for those who are in the majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee. A judge’s membership in the Federalist Society or Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship should not be a basis for exclusion for serving on the federal courts.  This is especially so when the nominees receive a well-qualified ranking from the American Bar Association.  This is what Senator Patrick Leahy called “the gold standard.”  Yet despite these rankings from the ABA, a number of judicial nominees have been denied a fair up-or-down vote. Sign the Petition to Give Judicial Nominees an Up-or-Down Vote

 

Clean Up Our Airwaves

There is not much TV that anyone with moral values can watch and not be offended time and time again. We must clean up our airwaves for the sake of our nation and we who inhabit it. We have a right to be decent people and this is one place to start. My family needs good entertainment that is free of indecency and cursing.

The high court will review a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy that calls for broadcasters to be fined for "fleeting expletives," or one-time uses of a common four-letter word. The case before the court involves two airings of the Billboard Music Awards on FOX. During both airings, celebrities' expletives were broadcast live. NBC has a separate challenge to an FCC fine for airing a rock star's expletive during a Golden Globe Awards show. Pray that examples will be made of these violations so that others will be detoured, and our airwaves once more will be closer to being free from filth. Alliance Defense Fund'

 

 

Pray for Our Troups 

Give thanks for the members of our military who serve with dedication and faithfulness, dealing with difficulty and danger night and day.  Pray for their encouragement and their protection under God’s mighty wings of care. presidentialprayerteam.org

 

Great Links That Make You Think

Pray for America Group

Pray for America Prayer Group

March 9, 2008

 

 

 

1.      Pro-Family Legislation Sees Success in South Dakota

Women will be offered an ultrasound image of their preborn baby before an abortion; sexually oriented businesses will be regulated statewide; and public preschool will not be mandatory. www.citizenlink.com Praise God..

        2.  Gay Activists Line Up Potential Presidential Nominees 

The Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute launched its Presidential      Appointments Project last week to recruit openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) professionals to serve the next president of the United States.

 “They know that these strategic appointments will advance their pro-gay agenda with little or no interference by elected officials in the legislative branch,” he said. “They're expecting a Democrat to win the presidency. And given the homosexual community's overwhelming financial support of the Democratic Party, they expect payback for their support.”  www.citzenlink.com   Pray for God’s intervention.

3.       Louis Farrakhan heaps praise on Barack Obama

Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is the "hope of the entire world."  According to the Chicago Tribune, Farrakhan spoke about the war in Iraq, the nation's economic problems, and the increase in natural disasters, saying the world was in a perilous state and Obama could help it recover. "This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be a better place," he said.  www.OneNewsNow.com   Pray that our next President is a follower of Jesus Christ.

4.  'Earth worship' on the rise among evangelical youth

Janice Crouse, a senior fellow with Concerned Women for America, says it's disturbing that many young people in evangelical churches are experimenting with the Wiccan religion. Church leaders and Christian parents, she warns, must be ready to counter that growing interest among their youth.  

Crouse cites an article in Religion Journal which said youth pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention were worried about large numbers of evangelicals taking part in Wicca, a religion that involves nature worship, stresses moral autonomy, and includes remedies and spells -- beliefs that Crouse points out are distinctly different from orthodox Christianity, not to mention incompatible with the Bible.  www.OneNewsNow  Pray for our youth.

5.      Senate amendment targets federal funding of abortions. 

Senator Vitter is hailing passage of an amendment he sponsored to prohibit federal funding of abortions at Indian health services facilities. He says today's vote in the Senate indicates the tide is slowly turning in the battle against abortion on demand. The pro-life measure sponsored by Senator Vitter (R-Louisiana) codifies the Hyde Amendment in the Indian Health Care Act.  Vitter testifies that tens of thousands of pro-lifers who lobbied for positive votes on the amendment "made the difference."   www.OneNewsNow Praise God for He is good.

 

6.      Oklahoma City workers can celebrate Christmas again. 

Christians who work for the local government in Oklahoma City will be able to celebrate Christmas again this year after having been told all religious symbols and observances were off-limits for Christmas 2007.  Thanks to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). Thank you Jesus.

7.      Million$ to pro-homosexual groups bad news for Christians, says pro-family activist Peter LaBarbera.  LaBarbera warns that a $65 million endowment given to several groups that promote the homosexual lifestyle will be used in their efforts to "criminalize" Christian opposition to their agenda.

The Pride Foundation of Seattle announced  that Ric Weiland -- one of the first five people to work at software giant Microsoft -- has left $19 million of his estate to the homosexual activist group, and an additional $46 million for the Foundation to distribute to ten other pro-homosexuality groups, including the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Network, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
 
Weiland, who retired in 1988, committed suicide in 2006 at age 53 after a long struggle with depression and homosexuality.  Americans for Truth About Homosexuality  Pray for the lost, pray for protection for Christians.
 

8.      Illinois Judge Blocks Parental-Notification Law

An activist judge in Illinois has ruled that teens can continue to get an abortion without telling their parents. Illinois is one of 35 states with parental-notification laws, but the 1984 law has never been enforced.

“The law is very clear. We had a law that was passed by the state Legislature years ago. And we can’t get it enacted because of the judicial activism. It is a disgrace.” www.IllinoisFamilyInstitute.org  Pray for God to change the heart of this judge.

 

 

9.      Deerfield High School Offers Pornographic Literature to Students in English Classes

Deerfield High School is offering the books Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (Part One & Two) -- laced with graphic sexual content, including gay sex, pervasive expletives, religious denigration and mockery --- in English classes this spring. www.IllinoisFamilyInstitute.org  Pray that Christians take a stand.

 

10.  Pray for President Bush as he now moves to develop a relationship with

newly elected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev whom he spoke with via telephone on Tuesday morning. Pray for God’s guidance in this relationship that it may lead to greater personal freedoms and liberty in Russia.  www.ThePresidentialPrayerTeam.org

 

11.   Pray for President Bush as he has expressed complete support for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and the democracy of Colombia, in the face of conflict with Venezuela. Pray for the success of the free trade agreement which will bring an infusion of economic help to and strengthen our relationship with Colombia. Pray for a calming of the troubles at the border of Colombia. www.ThePresidentialPrayerTeam.org

 

12.  Friday, April 25, several thousand schools across the nation will be observing "Day of Silence (DOS)." DOS, sponsored by an activist homosexual group, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), is a nationwide push to promote the homosexual lifestyle in public schools.   www.afa.net   Pray for our children and grandchildren.

 

 

PRESIDENTIAL QUOTE

 

Herbert Hoover

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty. Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitiveness to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invasion by foreign armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior.
— President Herbert Hoover

www.ThePresidentialPrayerTeam.org

Political emails

Have you noticed all of the political emails?  Now you are not surprised that most of mine come from the "right".

I forward few of them.  They most often have an element of truth but there are twists or exaggerations or distortions which make the message other than the real facts--the truth!  Sometimes there are simply untruths, misinformation, along with the facts.  

Reader beware!  It happens on the "right" and on the "left".  Look what H. Clinton and B. Obama are doing to each other!!    But those of us who especially name the name of Christ and try to prayerfully judge and vote should be especially careful about forwarding misleading political emails.  

The unvarnished truth should be sufficient to convince any Conservative or thinking Moderate to vote for Senator John McCain (who is the most probable Republican candidate.)   There may be some Liberals who realize that national security is the key issue of this campaign and want someone in the presidency who will be on top of the national and international threats!