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A LAYMANS DISCOURSE

HEBREWS 4:12 FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK, AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THAN ANY
TWOEDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING ASUNDER OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND OF
THE JOINTS AND MARROW, AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE
HEART.

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June 17, 2023

WHY JETPACK?

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged business, Censorship, deceit,
evil, flee america, GOD, government, ignorance, judgements, judgment of america,
liberty, Mankind, persecution, prayer, shadowbanning, Study, wordpress ¶ Leave a
comment

Not worth it, Chinese ads and no security….

WORDPRESS is History now after doing so much good, they’ve gone WOKE so not
recommending them to anyone, gone into censoring, given into the Chinese model
of social networking reporting your movements to fakebook and suckerburgs
sycophants, what was once a great system for startups and beginners and elders
of blogging, its time to throw it out with the trash and jetpack with it.

February 19, 2023

SHADOWBANNING

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged abuse, Censorship, deceit,
government, Grace, liberty, shadowbanning ¶ 1 Comment

It seems the algorithims of WordPress do not like posts about prolife or issues
that go opposite of the mindless drivel of the current narratives.

Tags don’t show, posts crash and/disappear completely or both. WordPress does
have a history of ghosting some conservative and Christian sites so it’s not
surprising.

One or two times could be overlooked as a possible glitch but several posts over
a couple of month, I doubt it.

I’ll continue to post as time and thought permits but for me WordPress is
pushing its limits if it keeps this up. At this point I do not recommend
WordPress to anyone.

February 19, 2023

ABORTION TOURISM ON THE RISE IN FLORIDA DESPITE THE END OF ROE V. WADE

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged believe, Bible, faith, Grace,
Mercy, Paths, Prolife ¶ Leave a comment

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Florida’s relatively lax pro-life protections compared with neighboring
Republican states could be drawing out-of-state women to travel to Florida for
abortions, just as they would to far-left states like California and New York.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign rally at the Cheyenne
Saloon on November 7, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty
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This article has been updated following publication to provide further clarity
regarding the ACHA data.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — Despite its reputation as a “right-wing
paradise,” Florida recorded a 14-year-high of over 82,000 abortions in 2022, the
same year the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a grassroots pro-life
group is warning.

The group’s leader is nonetheless hopeful that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’
strong popularity among his conservative base and apparent eye on national
leadership could provide the crucial opportunity to get strong pro-life laws
enacted in 2023.

Tallahassee-based grassroots lobbying group Florida Voice for the Unborn flagged
the rising abortion rate in a February 15 press release.

In the statement, the group pointed out that Florida’s Agency for Health Care
Administration (ACHA) reported February 3 that 82,192 abortions were performed
in the state the year of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark June 24 reversal of
Roe v. Wade.

That’s compared with 79,817 abortions reported in 2021 and 74,868 in 2020.

> 2-15-2023 PRESS RELEASE: “The ‘Free State of #Florida’ Reports a Record Annual
> Number of #Abortions in 2022 With More Than 82,000 Unborn Children Killed on
> Governor Ron #DeSantis’ Watch; #FloridaVoiceForTheUnborn Continues to Strongly
> Urge @GovRonDeSantis https://t.co/Z9xh9tsbiL… https://t.co/2wUa0bHIXi
> pic.twitter.com/XPzYdnRK36
>
> — Florida Voice for the Unborn (@UnbornVoiceFL) February 15, 2023

Earlier reports of declining abortion rates weren’t based on up-to-date data

Florida Voice for the Unborn argued that previous reports suggesting that the
state’s abortion numbers had declined by 14.5% had relied on early data that
weren’t representative of the Sunshine State’s true abortion numbers.

The ACHA has yet to release its final statistics for 2022, suggesting the final
tally for the year could be even higher. On December 2, the agency reported that
just 68,217 abortions had been committed in the state last year, suggesting that
abortion rates had ticked down. That wasn’t the final report, though. In its
February 3 update, the ACHA reported that that number was up to 82,192.

As noted by Florida’s Voice, the ACHA’s “Yearly reports encompassing abortions
through the entire year are typically not compiled until well into the next
year.” Abortion facilities must submit their monthly reports “within 30 days
following the preceding month,” according to the agency’s rules.

For reference, the final ACHA numbers for 2021 weren’t completed until May,
2022. The numbers for 2020 were compiled in March, 2021.

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Florida’s abortion regulations are looser than those of many neighboring states

In a phone conversation February 17, Florida Voice for the Unborn founder and
executive director Andrew Shirvell, J.D. told LifeSiteNews that Florida’s 1989
state Supreme Court decision declaring that Florida women had a “right to
abortion” under the state constitution’s privacy amendment has formed the basis
for the Sunshine State’s abortion policy to date.

While Gov. DeSantis has helped make the Supreme Court more conservative with his
judicial appointments, Shirvell said it has been difficult to get a law before
the court to successfully challenge the erroneous 1989 decision.

“A lot of that has to do with, unfortunately, Gov. DeSantis’ lack of leadership,
lack of prioritization of defending the unborn in the legislature, and we’ve had
very weak legislative leaders on these issues,” he contended. “All that has
culminated in the place we’re in today, which is: abortion numbers are rising,
even though Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and our state has sadly become, you
know, an abortion destination.”

Florida’s rising abortion numbers contrast with the strong pro-life actions
taken by many neighboring southern states.

Georgia bans abortion as soon as a baby’s heartbeat can be detected, which is
usually about six weeks’ gestation. In nearby Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas, abortion is now a criminal offense throughout
pregnancy. South Carolina, meanwhile, allows abortion up to 22 weeks after the
reversal of its heartbeat bill, and North Carolina allows abortion on demand up
to 20 weeks.

Thus, while tougher than the laws currently on the books in the Carolinas,
Florida’s 15-week abortion ban falls far short of the life-saving rigor of many
of its Republican neighbors.

That comparative laxity could be drawing abortion-seeking women from out of
state to travel to Florida for abortions, just as they would to far-left states
like California and New York that openly advertise themselves as abortion
sanctuaries.

Over 6,700 out-of-state women obtained abortions in Florida in 2022

The higher number of abortions in 2022 comes as the state has seen an historic
overall population increase, but Florida residents aren’t the only ones
obtaining abortions in the Sunshine State.

According to data from ACHA, 6,708 of the abortions committed in Florida in 2022
were performed on mothers who came from out of state, compared with 4,873 in
2021 and 3,988 in 2020.

“In the year that Roe v. Wade was overturned, it is outrageous that Florida has
transformed into an abortion destination state,” Shirvell said in his group’s
Wednesday press release. “Even more appalling, however, is that unlike the other
states with exceptionally high abortion numbers, such as California and New
York, Florida is led by pro-life Governor Ron DeSantis, who has a pro-life
supermajority Legislature.”

Shirvell argued that Gov. DeSantis, who many see as a strong contender for the
U.S. presidency in 2024 after earning widespread support among conservatives for
fighting liberty-crushing COVID-19 measures, backing law enforcement, limiting
abortion, and working to uproot radical ideologies from the classroom, has
“lacked the political courage to stop the record amount of bloodshed that has
repeatedly occurred on his watch here in the ‘Red’ state of Florida.”

While 82,192 abortions is the highest Florida has recorded in recent years and
coincides with the elimination of the federal “right to abortion,” it’s not a
record for the state.

Florida tallied its all-time high of 95,586 abortions in 2006 per the CDC. In a
correction to its February 15 press release, Florida Voice for the Unborn
clarified that the state’s 2022 numbers aren’t a record but do represent a
14-year-high.

“We’re talking about hundreds and hundreds of innocent preborn babies being
violently ripped apart and disposed of like garbage every single day here in
Florida,” Shirvell said. “And, quite frankly, by his stubborn lack of meaningful
action since the formal fall of Roe v. Wade last June 24th, Governor DeSantis
seems intentionally indifferent to the horrendous plight of unborn children in
his so-called ‘Free State of Florida.’”

LifeSiteNews has reached out multiple times to Gov. DeSantis’ office to obtain
its reaction to Florida Voice for the Unborn’s report and the recently released
abortion numbers. This article will be updated if response is provided.

DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban last year and has promised to sign more
pro-life legislation

In a previous statement to LifeSiteNews, deputy press secretary Jeremy Redfern
backed up DeSantis’ February 1 comments affirming that he would sign a bill
banning abortions at six weeks if such a bill were to land on his desk.

The statement also directed LifeSite to the governor’s similar response during a
December press conference. Asked about whether he would sign a potential
heartbeat bill, the governor said, “I’m willing to sign great [pro]-life
legislation. That’s what I’ve always said I would do.”

According to DeSantis’ office, “The Declaration of Independence promises three
inalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness — and we stand
for all of them.”

READ: DeSantis’ office assures further protections for the unborn, rebukes media
claims of abortion silence

The success of the state’s current 15-week abortion ban is seen by the DeSantis
administration as a crucial hurdle to clear before it can pursue further
pro-life action.

Signed into law in April 2022, the measure has been beset by court challenges.
In July, the governor’s office told LifeSiteNews that the “pending state legal
battle must necessarily be resolved before future legislative action can occur.”

The state Supreme Court agreed to consider a challenge to the constitutionality
of the 15-week ban on January 23.

Shirvell argued, however, that the Florida governor and legislature aren’t doing
enough.

He told LifeSiteNews on Friday that had DeSantis and the GOP-dominated
legislature been “more proactive” and not “dragged its feet” ahead of the
rollback of Roe, it could have been positioned to enact tougher pro-life laws
upon Roe v. Wade’s fall rather than waiting on the state Supreme Court to rule
on its 15-week ban months later, in 2023.

In a post-Roe America, Florida doesn’t need ‘half measures’

In his press release, Shirvell argued that Florida need not settle for “[h]alf
measures” like a heartbeat bill. “Unborn children in Florida have waited for
justice for far too long.”

“Just as in Texas, every single abortion facility in Florida must be permanently
shut-down [sic].” he said.

Shirvell told LifeSiteNews on Friday that his group and other grassroots
pro-life organizations within the state are pushing for a “trigger law” during
the upcoming special legislative session that would work to ban all abortions
within 30 days after the state Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of
the 15-week ban.

“That’s forward-thinking,” he said, arguing that the governor and legislature
have failed to prioritize the pro-life issue in the state. “We’re going to keep
pressing until we get full protections [for the unborn], but it’s very
frustrating here in Florida.”

Shirvell told LifeSite that his group sees this year as a key time to push the
Florida government toward better pro-life laws.

“We are putting the gas at full-throttle because this is the window of
opportunity,” he said, pointing to “the super-majority pro-life legislature and
a governor who is at the peak … of his power with a 19-point re-election victory
and a mandate from the people” as well as apparent “national aspirations.”

“We have to strike while the iron is hot,” he said, vowing to continue fighting
on behalf of the preborn.

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February 17, 2023

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Open Discussions of Religion ¶ Tagged believe, Bible,
Christians, Church, faith, GOD, Jesus, Mankind, Mercy, prayer, repent,
Salvation, Scripture ¶ Leave a comment

John 17

1. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father,
the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life
to as many as thou hast given him.
3. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou
gavest me to do.

February 13, 2023

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged believe, Bible, blessings,
Church, faith, forgiveness, GOD, Jesus, Jews, prayer, Salvation, savior,
Scripture ¶ Leave a comment

John 10:15. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down
my life for the sheep.
16. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring,
and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might
take it again.
18. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay
it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of
my Father.

February 12, 2023

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged believe, Bible, Christian,
COVID19, endtimes, evil, faith, fear, GOD, government, Grace, Jesus, Jews,
judgements, Justice, love, Mankind, Paths, prayer, Salvation, Scripture ¶ Leave
a comment

John 8

12. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he
that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
13. The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy
record is not true.
14. Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my
record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell
whence I come, and whither I go.
15. Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
16. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the
Father that sent me.
17. It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
18. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth
witness of me.
19. Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither
know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

Throughout His ministry our Saviors primary detractors were the religious
hypocrites in positions of authority, the educated, those religious wealthy and
leaders who always appeared righteous but were inwardly full of death and
darkness.

In our day we have the same and similar groups taking a stand against
righteousness, people who profess knowing GOD but have never known Him.

Religious leaders around the world, of all faiths, are following the dictates of
corrupt governments, turning in those who stand against the Governments
narrative of fear and lies. Churches shut their doors because they were ordered
to while liquor stores remained open. Whether it was masking or the mRNA shots
the world, including Christianity bought into the fear porn of something that
has a 99.7% survival rate.

Am I taking this in an awkward direction, not really, because the belief system
of those who follow the dictates of the Covid narrative do so with a mind that
is deceived with half truths and outright lies. They blindly follow whatever the
narrative is with what some could define as faith based assumptions.

Those faith based assumptions are whatever the talking heads are screeching in
their ears at the moment.

So in regards to the Scriptures noted above, Christians are being separated, the
wheat from the chaff, the world is being separated also, the mindless from those
who could respond to the Gospel.

A Great Winnowing in occurring and we are witnessing it, if you do not have a
personal relationship with Jesus the Christ I would recommend that you begin
praying for the Lord to open your heart to His Spirit.

February 8, 2023

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Open Discussions of Religion ¶ Tagged believe, Bible,
Christian, Church, compassion, faith, freedom, Jesus, Salvation, Scripture ¶
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John 2

13. And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14. And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the
changers of money sitting:
15. And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the
temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and
overthrew the tables;
16. And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my
Father’s house an house of merchandise.

Most Pastors today do not seem to be able to reconcile the fact that Jesus,
coming first as a servant/king, would be capable of such intolerance of others
religious views that He would turn to violence. The fact is simple, righteous
indignation has its place. The only people Jesus vocally condemned were
self-righteousness hypocrites. He also warned against unbelief ie sinners,
giving parables and examples of how sinners are to repent, but He never used
violence except against those who abused their station in religious circles.

The Father is Love, not just the feeling type but as a noun, living in Christ is
living inside of what love actually is. He is our everything, our love, our joy,
our safety, our peace, our GOD.

With The Father’s love also come righteousness ond holiness. It’s because of
these latter two that righteous indignation exists with the Father and the Son.
The violence by GOD exhibited throughout the Old Testament and this recorded
example here shows us again the why and when violence or righteous indignation
is necessary.

Bless God and may He bless you today.

February 7, 2023

IGNORANCE OF THE BIBLE ISN’T JUST A PROBLEM IN OUR CULTURE—IT’S A PROBLEM IN
THE CHURCH

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Open Discussions of Religion ¶ Tagged believe,
Censorship, children, Christians, Church, faith, fear, forgiveness, GOD,
government, humility, ignorance, Man, Mankind, Mercy, Orthodoxy, Scripture,
Study ¶ Leave a comment

Story is here.

Ignorance of the Bible isn’t just a problem in our culture. It’s a problem in
the church, and it’s scandalous.

While America’s evangelical Christians are rightly concerned about the secular
worldview’s rejection of biblical Christianity, we ought to give some urgent
attention to a problem much closer to home—biblical illiteracy in the church.
This scandalous problem is our own, and it’s up to us to fix it.

How bad is it? Researchers tell us that it’s worse than most could imagine.

Only half of all Christian adults can name the four gospels. Many Christians
cannot identify more than two or three of the twelve disciples. According to
data from the Pew Research Center, nearly half don’t even realize that the
Golden Rule is not one of the Ten Commandments.

Multiple surveys reveal the problem in stark terms. Most Christians in the
United States believe the Bible teaches, “God helps those who help themselves”
(and some even believe this quote is a Bible verse). A series of Barna surveys
shows that only 19% of “born again Christians” hold to the simplest elements of
a basic biblical worldview.

We would not expect secularized Americans to be knowledgeable about the Bible. A
Barna poll once indicated that at least 12 percent of adults believe that Joan
of Arc might be Noah’s wife. Another survey of graduating high school seniors
revealed that over 50 percent thought that Sodom and Gomorrah were husband and
wife. A considerable number of respondents to one poll indicated that Billy
Graham preached the Sermon on the Mount.

The larger scandal is biblical ignorance among Christians. Choose whichever
statistic or survey you like, the general pattern is the same among professing
Christians. America’s Christians know less and less about the Bible. It shows.

How can a generation be biblically shaped in its understanding of human
sexuality when it believes Sodom and Gomorrah to be a married couple? No wonder
our culture has so quickly embraced the normality of same-sex marriage. And it’s
little wonder that Christians show a growing tendency to compromise on such
issues.

Worse, many who identify themselves as Christians are similarly confused about
the gospel itself. An individual who believes that “God helps those who help
themselves” will find salvation by grace and justification by faith to be alien
concepts.

Christians who lack biblical knowledge are the products of churches that place
too little value on biblical knowledge. Paul’s words to Timothy are as valuable
today as ever: “Give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine” (1
Timothy 4:13). Bible teaching now often accounts for only a diminishing fraction
of the local congregation’s time and attention. And while the increasing
emphasis on small group ministry has certainly increased opportunities for
fellowship, many of these groups never get beyond superficialBible study.

Youth ministries are asked to fix problems, provide entertainment, and keep kids
busy. But how many local church youth programs actually substantially increase
their Bible knowledge during the critical junior high and high school years?

Even the pulpit has been sidelined in many congregations. Preaching has taken a
back seat to other concerns in corporate worship. The centrality of biblical
preaching to the formation of disciples is lost, and Christian ignorance leads
to Christian indolence and worse.

Recovery starts at home. Parents are to be the first and most important
educators of their own children, diligently teaching them the Word of God
(see Deuteronomy 6:4–9). Parents cannot pass their responsibility off to the
congregation, no matter how faithful and biblical it may be. Even if they have
had little training themselves, it is no excuse. God assigned parents this
nonnegotiable responsibility, and children must see their Christian parents as
teachers and fellow students of God’s Word. (Spiritual leadership is far more
important than second jobs, second cars, and the many other distractions of
modern life.)

Churches must recover the centrality and urgency of biblical teaching and
preaching, and refuse to sideline the teaching ministry of the preacher. Pastors
and churches too busy—or too distracted—to make biblical knowledge a central aim
of ministry will produce believers who simply do not know enough to be faithful
disciples. (Worse, they will fail to pass down a clear understanding of
the gospel to the next generation sitting in the pews.)

We will not believe more than we know, and we will not live higher than our
beliefs. The many fronts of Christian compromise in this generation can be
directly traced to biblical illiteracy in the pews and the absence of biblical
preaching and teaching in our homes and churches.

This generation of Christian parents and pastors must get deadly serious about
the problem of biblical illiteracy, or a frighteningly large number of
Americans—Christians included—will go on thinking that Sodom and Gomorrah lived
happily ever after.

Without a mature knowledge of God’s Word, how can churchgoers expect to make new
disciples of Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19)?

February 6, 2023

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Religious Persecution of Christians ¶ Tagged believe,
Bible, Christians, faith, GOD, government, Jesus, judgements, liberty, love,
Mankind, persecution, Salvation, Scripture ¶ 1 Comment

Luke 22

2. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they
feared the people.
3. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the
twelve.
4. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he
might betray him unto them.
5. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6. And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the
absence of the multitude.

In our society today it’s becoming increasingly popular in Churches to follow
the fads of the Day, to give up their moral clarity to follow sin and
wickedness. In His day Jesus introduced pure and undefiled religion to the
people, going against the norms placed by the religious rulers of His day, those
who corrupted the faith of an entire nation.

Nowadays in the west Christians who goes against the so-called norms or fads of
the Day are ridiculed and condemned by an evil society. Some face jail time for
expressing their faith. In England a ruler in a church turned in a congregant
because he expressed views opposite to the popular fad, that being the
acceptance of the LGBT XYZ garbage.

Just as our Savior was killed by the religious leaders of His day, in our time
in the west the Lord is separating the wheat from the chaff, the goats from the
sheep, and we are seeing the fulfillment of the words of Christ when He said,
The world hated me without a cause, so now the world still hates Him without a
cause, th world hated Him, the world hates those who follow Him.

Don’t be afraid when persecution comes knocking on your door but praise GOD in
that you are counted worthy to suffer for His sake.

February 6, 2023

EARLY UPPERS

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged believe, Bible, blessings,
change, Christian, faith, freedom, GOD, liberty, Mercy, prayer, sailing,
Scripture ¶ Leave a comment

For years now I’ve been waking before the alarm fires off its annoying sounds. I
guess one becomes conditioned through the years, I don’t really know although I
consider it a blessing because I do find myself thanking GOD and doing my
morning prayers as I begin my day.

Being an early upper allows for more time to begin whatever routines one may
have, mines pretty basic, get up, prayer & reflection time, wash off, get
dressed, get coffee, drive…. ’bout it. After 31 yrs of sitting behind a
windshield and over 3 million miles I’m beginning to think my wandering days are
kinda coming due for some closure.

My 31 foot liveaboard sailboat is down in the Carolinas and that sealonging is
starting to tighten its grip on my heart and mind.

Getting my affairs in order on land has taken its own sweet time, some of it was
due to me, some to work and other external events that had to take their due
course to finish. But now that next chapter is about to start, I’m praying the
Lord will bless the coming move and use it for His glory.

And to close with Psalm 37
4. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine
heart.
5. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to
pass.
6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as
the noonday.
7. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him
who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to
pass.
8. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Bless GOD and may He bless your day.

February 5, 2023

1ST POST OF 2023

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged Bible, Christian, faith, Grace,
humility, Jesus, Mankind ¶ Leave a comment

Nuttin’ ta see here ‘cept scripture versus an a couple clumsy blurbs ’bout
morals an stuff. Gittin tired of politic’en, ain’t much else can be said bout
that since folks been warn’n ’bout moral collapse for a hun’nerd yrs now.

Luke 18:9. And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves
that they were righteous, and despised others:
10. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a
publican.
11. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I
am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this
publican.
12. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes
unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other:
for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.

Most church goin’ folks an holiday christians probably fit into the first
example there, thinkin’ their devout because of what they do and “who” they
think or feel they are. When in truth those they despise and gossip about are
probably closer to the Lord.

Humble yourself before the Lord and ask to be forgiven and God will show His
mercy.

December 27, 2022

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged Bible, Christians, faith, GOD,
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Luke 14

7. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how
they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
8. When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest
room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
9. And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and
thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
10. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he
that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt
thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
11. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.

Always remember humility is a good thing.

December 15, 2022

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged faith, GOD, Grace, Israel,
jewish, Jews, judgements, MiddleEast, Old Testament, Scripture, wisdom ¶ Leave a
comment

Micah 3

9. Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the
house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
10. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire,
and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and
say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

November 6, 2022

GREEN INVASION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged Bible, Catholic, Christians,
Church, earth changes, GOD, government, Mankind, prophecy, tyranny, wisdom ¶
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by Tom DeWeese
November 16, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

Teachers, Preachers and Greens: The Unholy Alliance to Transform America

When Communism “fell” in the late 1980’s, those who were busy scheming to impose
global governance on the sovereign nations had a problem. Suddenly, the only
super power in the world was the United States – the only nation on Earth based
on the ideals of limited government, individual liberty and free enterprise. If
American bedrock ideals of freedom took hold in the emerging nations of the old
Soviet Empire, global governance was impossible.

What to do? The answer was obvious. Change America. Get her to join the
community of nations with a proper attitude. Force her to learn her proper
place. Target: America’s attitudes, values and beliefs. And to force us to
quickly question those American ideals, elements of guilt and fear would be
essential.

Two specific targets were identified: the American public school system and
America’s Christian churches. These were the breeding grounds for the out of
step American ideas. The schools taught us of the Founding Fathers and their
courageous battle to recognize that we are all born with our rights as free
individuals. And they taught us that its government’s job to protect those
rights. Moreover, the very source of those ideals, as stated by the Founders
over and over again, came from Christian teachings. In short, Christianity is
the root of American culture.

The guilt and fear elements of the scheme were to come from a campaign that told
us that American selfishness and mass consumption were destroying the planet. In
short, the modern environmental movement was chosen as the shock and awe tactic
to force America into the global village. Over the next three decades these
forces combined to rapidly and drastically change America in a very significant
way. As Ronald Reagan said, “We are but one generation away from losing our
liberties.” Change the attitudes, values and beliefs of just one generation and
America will forget its founding principles and fall in line with the globalist
world view.

School reform = Indoctrination

Throughout American history parents took on the role of teaching children
boundaries, without which a free society cannot function. Children were taught
at a young age to respect the rights of others; they were taught the rules of
games, without which they could not be played; they were taught to not go into a
neighbor’s yard without permission; they were taught modesty and loyalty and
pride in their school, town, and nation. They were taught to be independent and
take care of their own, without expecting someone else to do it for them. And
they were taught that their property, ideas and dreams are their own, to control
and pursue. These are attitudes, values and beliefs that make a free society
possible. To get America to fall in line and accept the concept of global
governance, these things needed to be changed – and fast.

It is fairly well known what has happened to American schools since the 1990s,
when massive “reform” took place through the establishment of the federal
Department of Education and programs with names like Goals 2000, School to Work,
Workforce Development and later, No Child Left Behind. Local control of American
schools disappeared and a federal curriculum based on behavior modification,
focusing on a global outlook replaced basic academics and true American history.
A psychology-driven curriculum instead focused on breaking down the structure of
American society.

Parents were virtually eliminated from the education process, kept from visiting
classrooms, participating in homework assignments and banned from seeing copies
of tests and evaluation exams. In time, Americans began to notice that their
children changed after entering school. Children were not learning to read and
write. Math skills declined. Knowledge of basic American and world history was
near non-existent.

But children suddenly announced that they were now vegetarians (usually at about
the third grade). Parents began to notice that environmental questions or
statements started popping up in math, language and history text books. Children
were obviously learning little about America’s unique history or the ideals of
the Founders.

Today, in the classroom, rather than basic academics, the children are fed a
steady stream of pictures and stories of environmental destruction, supposedly
caused by man. The text books speak of the earth only as a fragile victim of
man’s development. The students are taught that the earth is their “mother” for
which all good derives.

A fourth grade math book called Quest 2000 contains “math” questions like this
one: Mindy read that a typical goldfish lives for 6 years. Mindy has a goldfish
six years old. Should Mindy continue to buy goldfish? Explain your thinking.

Representatives of groups like the Sierra Club and People for the ethical
Treatment of Animals (PeTA) are brought into the classroom for days on end to
talk to the children and indoctrinate them in the “green” message.There are no
opposing views introduced (because that would interrupt the behavior
modification process). Some children have been forced to watch Al Gore’s film,
“An Inconvenient Truth” as many as four times during their school days.

The children, after being fed a constant diet of such dribble, are then assessed
and evaluated on the progress of their behavior modification. Parent’s think
those tests are about testing for academic ability. If children fail to respond
with the proper attitudes, they are given special courses and “personalized”
computer programs to help them along the way. And then they are tested again and
again until they submit.

After twelve years of this indoctrination your children will certainly have all
of the proper environmental attitudes, unable to think or reason for themselves,
ready to accept and support whatever message those in charge hand down. In other
words, your child has become the perfect anti-property, anti-technology,
anti-industry, unquestioning, simple-minded, global village idiot.

And the indoctrination is taking its toll. Children have been known to break out
into tears when meat is served for dinner because they’ve been assaulted by PeTA
in the classroom – told not to eat their friends, the animals. One six year old
girl refused to sleep in a beautiful old four poster bed inherited from her
grandmother. When asked why, sobbing, she told her mother, because they had to
kill trees to make it. Another young boy compared lumber jacks to rapists and
murderers.

The American public education system has become a major tool in the drive to
destroy from within the American ideal.

Green Invasion of Christian Churches

Some worried and concerned parents try to find comfort that their children are
at least safe in their church Sunday school, where they will at least learn the
proper attitudes, values and beliefs from a solid Christian view. They are about
to be shocked out of that comfort zone.

The lesser noticed and perhaps more covert effort to modify American society has
been the assault on Christian churches. It’s an invasion specifically designed
to change the very root of Western culture. Beginning in 1993, 67,000 Christian
congregations were targeted by a highly organized and well funded effort to
change, and ultimately remove Christianity as a threat to their agenda.

The driving force behind the assault on Christian churches is called the
National Religious Partnership for the Environment (NRPE). The Partnership is a
formal agreement among four of the nation’s largest religious organizations,
including the U.S. Catholic Conference, National Council of Churches, Coalition
on the Environment and Jewish Life, and the Evangelical Environmental Network.
In addition, The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) holds a special
“consultative” relationship with the Partnership. Funding comes from (among
others) Pew Charitable Trusts, Stephen C. Rockefeller, the Turner Foundation, W.
Alton Jones Foundation and the New World Foundation.

Story here https://newswithviews.com/DeWeese/tom183.htm

November 1, 2022

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

By R. Smith ¶ Posted in Uncategorized ¶ Tagged Bible, Christians, Church,
compassion, faith, forgiveness, GOD, Grace, Israel, Jews, judgement, prayer,
repent, Salvation ¶ Leave a comment

Ezekiel 3

18. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not
warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life;
the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at
thine hand.
19. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from
his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20. Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit
iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast
not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he
hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21. Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and
he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast
delivered thy soul.

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