tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47618931420481743152024-02-19T08:17:59.779-08:00Christian SentinelDan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-41382862862763096662011-02-09T20:49:00.000-08:002011-02-09T22:24:18.033-08:00A REMARKABLE INCIDENT AT THE TEMPLE MOUNT<div align="justify">The issue here is not whether or not you believe in UFO's or not, but something did happen recently at the Temple Mount, or the Mount of Olives it is also known as, in Jerusalem recently. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDJXg8o8CMQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDJXg8o8CMQ</a> This particular site is most important to the the Jews because it was the site of the Temple before the Romans destroyed it in the First Century A.D. The site plays an important part in Jewish prophesy; concerning the rebuilding of the Temple and Coming of the Messiah. Christians believe that is the exact spot where Christ will return in all His glory. Presently, a mosque, the Dome of the Rock, the third most holy site of the Muslims occupies the space where the new Temple is to be built. It will take an act of God, such as an earthquake or a misguided ballistic missile launched by one of Israel's many enemies striking the Dome and destroying it in order for it to be moved out of the way so the new Temple can be constructed. Whatever means God chooses, the Muslim world is going to demand that the Dome be replaced . There is no way that the Israeli's are going to let that happen.<br />Was the incident at the Temple Mount on January 28, 2011 a sign from God? Whether or not it was from God, I don't know, but it was a sign. There have also been orb sightings around the Western Wall in daylight recently as well. Already, the skeptics are out, calling the incident a hoax, and the video computer generated, even though there are at least four views from different cameras, is only normal. People are going to believe what they want to believe regardless of the truth. Still photographs from the ground of the incident are beginning to emerge; one witness saying that the orb was not a solid object, but appeared <strong><em>spiritual</em></strong> in its form. Ummmm!<br />I want to be very careful here; because I do not want to be deceived and I do not want to deceive anyone by saying this or that. I have always believed that UFO's had a spiritual connection, whether they are angelic, demonic or both. As far as there being aliens, they too were created by God. They may come here from other galaxies by whatever means unknown to us; I believe that they come here because they are enamoured with us. We are special in that we are made in the image of God, and they are not. I am not saying that we are the only ones in this vast universe neccessarily made in the image of God, but we are exclusive in that we are His children.<br />With all that is going on in the world today, Biblical prophesy is being unfolded before our eyes. Credible UFO sightings are taking place all over the world and the frequency of the sightings is on the increase. I look at these sighting as being one of the many signs that the scriptures tell us to expect. For sometime now, I have had the feeling that something big is about to happen. I am one who is ready for Christ's return. If it happens tomorrow, I would be overjoyed.</div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-69101550905348133422011-01-07T01:07:00.000-08:002011-01-06T22:23:38.797-08:00BELEIVE IN GOD'S WORD; NOT THE MAYAN CALENDAR<div align="justify">REMEMBER back in the late 1990s all the hubbub and the rigmarole of all the Chicken Little's running around warning us about all the calamities that were going to take place as the calendar rolled over from 1999 to year 2000. <strong><em>Y2K</em></strong> as it was conveniently labeled became the topic of the day for all the major news organizations and the entertainment media. Chris Carter, creator of the <strong><em>X-Files</em></strong> based a two year television series, <strong><em>"Millennium"</em></strong> on the subject, As a photojournalist, I did several stories for <strong><em>WSBTV Action News in Atlanta</em></strong> relating to people from all levels of society preparing for this event. According to some of the worst fear mongers, planes would fall out of the sky, Bank ATM (automatic teller machines) would stop working; bank accounts would be frozen and massive amounts of data would be lost, creating financial chaos on an unprecedented scale, causing many to lose their life savings; food and fuel shortages, world wide panic; a complete breakdown of law and order, and even the end of the world. Even many local churches began hording food, fuel and basic necessities as though Armageddon had finally come calling. I actually shot an interview with a local preacher that his church was doing this because they wanted to be prepared just in case. The reporter did not ask him, where was his faith, or didn't he believe in the scriptures? All this commotion was because nearly all the computer software developers of the time had forgot to prepare for the rolling over of the calendar to the year 2000 and didn't include it in their programs. The fact was that none of these intellectuals knew what would happen; if anything, even though many companies did simulations and still they were uncertain. I remember telling my editors and the news reporters that I worked with, that this was all nonsense and not to be taken in by all the doomsayers. My editors chose to ignore me because it made good copy because that was what all the people were talking about. I really couldn't argue with them on that, and like the obedient, faithful, gracious and magnanimous photojournalist that I was, I went along with it; just waiting for the opportunity to say, "See! I told you so."<br /><br />On New Years Eve, December 31, 1999, I was at Underground Atlanta, in the South Mobile Bureau Live Truck, feeding back all the activity going on leading up to the dropping of the <strong><em>Big</em></strong> <strong><em>Peach. </em></strong>I was on the clock making double time, so I didn't really mind being there since it was an easy gig and making the big bucks. I spent the evening monitoring the networks and seeing the New Year or the New Millennium that it was incorrectly called, come and go in other parts of the world with nothing happening out of the ordinary. Of course by Atlanta time, all the fear had been replaced with the typical New Year's celebrations and partying. During the course of the evening, I must have heard<strong><em> Prince</em></strong> sing <strong><em>We're Gonna Party Like It's 1999 </em></strong>three times an hour the entire time I was there. All the fear and hype was for nothing, except for those in the military surplus and survival gear business; made tons of money by exploiting the fear of the fearful. So, I guess you could say that it was good for the economy.<br /><br />History is already repeating itself with all the same kind of nonsense attributed to end of the world prediction made by the Mayans, a Central American tribe that was highly advanced but practiced human sacrifice and have long since vanished. Many of the doomsayers are pointing to the Mayan Calendar that mysteriously ends on the Winter Solstice, December 21, 2012. Others that have deeply embedded themselves into the subject of the end times point to other indicators as well; ancient Chinese texts, the books of Ezekiel and Joel from the Old Testament, and The Book of Revelation from the New Testament; Nostradamus, and modern day prophets like Edgar Cayce, and Jeanne Dixon. However, it seems that most of the attention is going to the Mayan Calendar.<br /><br />I have already seen several television documentaries dealing with the subject. You can go to You Tube and do a search on 2012 and you will find a six part documentary called December 21, 2012: The End of the World? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KGg0BWFb-4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KGg0BWFb-4</a> A movie called<strong><em> 2012 </em></strong>came out last year. Hollywood has always had a love affair with disaster movies and you can be bet that there will be more as the the appointed time gets closer. Already, the Chicken Little's and the alarmists are running around, warning us that end of the world is coming. NASA has put up a website that refutes all the predictions that a new planet has been discovered and it is going to collide with earth, or an asteroid of immense size has a trajectory lined up with earth, and that the Mayan Calendar which is calculated in five thousand year cycles mysteriously comes to a stop on that day in which the doomsayers are presuming that is the day the world comes to an end. However, NASA scientists have said the December 21, 2012 is just the end of the calendar and another will begin on December 22. There are no impending cataclysmic disasters such as a polar shift on the horizon; such an event takes hundreds of years to complete. There is no alignment of the planets or celestial bodies that are scheduled to take place; the last being on May 5, 2001, in which science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke wrote <strong><em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em></strong> and Stanley Kubrick made into a movie. It's the same group of people that are claiming that global warming is going to melt the ice caps and all the ocean islands are going to be submerged and they are using the Internet to spread their fear. Fearful people are easily manipulated and are readily willing to give up their liberty and freedoms if it makes them think they will be more secure. Within the past several years, global warming has been the vehicle for establishing more government controls, to tax carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and factories within this country, to be given to the UN so that a one world government can be set up to end poverty around the world. So far, the Left has not succeeded in implementing their goals. Last year, the global warming, now climate change cause, was found to be a gross miscalculation based on junk science. From this, a scam on the American people was conceived, built on one lie stacked on top of another lie in order to achieve the goal of a one world government. Even though the climate change cause was found to be bogus and has lost ninety percent of its credibility, the Left in this country keep pushing it. With the extreme cold weather, the lack of significantly sized hurricanes, and cold weather in places like the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico have demonstrated that these prognosticators of long range weather patterns based on faulty projection models are doing nothing but making fools of themselves. Yet, as recently as last week, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California foolishly stated that all the extremely cold weather we are experiencing is due to global warming.<br /><br />It is pitiful to see that so many of our young people are lost, without any hope, which is why so many follow any wind of doctrine that comes along. The government has become their god. It is the government that they look to provide all their needs from cradle to the grave. They are grasping for anything that they can hold onto that will put meaning and purpose in their lives.<br />Causes like opposing the War on Terror and global warming have become that purpose in order to live, which leaves them wide open for someone like the anti-christ to come along to lead them, and they are willing to give up their liberty and freedom to be secure. Make no mistake about it, the spirit of anti-christ is here, not just here in the US, but the world over.<br /><br />As Jesus said, the fields are white ready for harvest which this would make for a golden opportunity to bring a lot of lost, dispossessed souls in to the Kingdom. If you know of someone that fits into this category, try to reach them and let them know that Jesus is the Hope of the world; the only hope.<br /><br />As for you my brothers and sisters, ignore all the hype around the Mayan calendar. It is not the Mayans that are going to determine when the world will end, but God Almighty. He created it and it is His to do what He wills with it.<br /><br /><br />In Mathew 24:6-7, Jesus said, "<strong><em>There will be wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places."</em></strong>How often it is that I see people in turmoil over every natural disaster or catastrophic event that occurs, believing that the Apocalypse is at our back door.<br /><br />In Luke 21:25-28, Jesus says, <strong><em>"There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint form terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."</em></strong><br />The Lord will prepare his children for that time. Even though no one knows the day and hour of His coming, there will be signs for His children to look for.<br /><br />He continued in Luke: Then He told them a parable: <strong><em>"Behold the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they put forth leaves, you see it and know for yourselves that summer is now near. "So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near. "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place. "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away."</em></strong></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-42775032147312338132010-10-24T14:00:00.000-07:002010-10-25T20:09:54.199-07:00THE SPIRIT OF ANTI-CHRIST IS HERE AND THE CHURCH MUST TAKE A STAND<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cRPNnTjZ9sXXjJjX1tDkRc7TPFcRJcU4tLF3dndc-Bzi-7Z00Sdn2kJJz0cTQDe0_QEUu06oCPgYUXOhyphenhyphenzgXIcjQNbuKr8xtXIzCgpzKRMw2kF6fm6q0cZOi9syFyNK7pb3I2HhQJcTZ/s1600/Dan+courtyard+portrait+small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 153px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494692326291794034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cRPNnTjZ9sXXjJjX1tDkRc7TPFcRJcU4tLF3dndc-Bzi-7Z00Sdn2kJJz0cTQDe0_QEUu06oCPgYUXOhyphenhyphenzgXIcjQNbuKr8xtXIzCgpzKRMw2kF6fm6q0cZOi9syFyNK7pb3I2HhQJcTZ/s200/Dan+courtyard+portrait+small.JPG" /></a><br />Perhaps the anti-christ has not yet come, but the spirit of anti-christ is everywhere. Even though we have not reached that point in Bible prophesy, the signs of the coming of the anti-christ are as sure as the leaves beginning to bud on the fig tree.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">It doesn't really matter if you are Four Square, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Mormon, or Seventh Day Adventist. There's one thing that we can all agree on and that is the Christian Church, not only here in America, but around the world is under attack like it hasn't been since the reigns of terror of Roman Emperors Caligula and Nero. Nearly all of Christ's disciple's, the Apostle Paul and a million other early Christians were martyred at the hands of those two Romans tyrants. Presently, the Church is under attack on several fronts. The Muslims present the biggest threat to the Church worldwide, and according to experts in Middle East and Persian Gulf affairs, tell us that the world population on Islamics is growing six times faster than non Islamic religions and it is their quest to conquer the world for Islam. Radical Islamic Imams have declared an all out jihad against the infidels; meaning Christians, Jews and any other religion that is not Islamic. Their hate filled rhetoric being spewed forth have put our missionaries around the globe in constant danger from these Islamic fanatics, and are being killed simply because they are spreading the Gospel. Their own holy book, the Koran, tells them to <strong><em>kill the infidels where they sleep.</em></strong> We need to remember the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001 to remind us of their evil intent.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">The spirit of anti-christ is clearly on display in New York City with all the controversy surrounding the proposed mosque to be built near the site of the World Trade Center Towers. We who remember September 11, 2001, are now being accused of being anti Muslim because we don't want a mosque built near<em> <strong>Ground Zero.</strong></em> We are being accused of being anti Constitution for being adamant about not wanting the mosque by denying them freedom of religion. In no way we as Christians are denying them the freedom to worship. Christians everywhere should stand up to this affront because we recognize this mosque for what it is. It is a shrine of victory for the Islamics who want to build it there under the guise that it is a place for peace, tolerance, and interfaith understanding. There are already over a hundred mosques in New York and there is no objection for this one being built as long as it is somewhere else. Background research has found that Imam Rauf, the one who is pushing for the mosque, has already revealed his sinister intentions in recorded and documented speeches he has made. He has already been found out that he is a deceiver and a liar.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">The mosque, supposedly to be named Cordoba House, would be a shrine to Islamic victory, just as the Dome of the Rock which sits atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and in Spain, the Cordoba House, which is a rub it in your face. insulting term gloating over their victory over the Christians. It is a shrine to the Muslim conquerors who symbolized their victory over the Spaniards by transforming a church there into the world’s third largest mosque complex.<span lang="EN-CA"> This issue is a test for Americans to see if we are going to be bullied by these so called immigrants who refuse to assimilate into our society in their undeniable goal of conquering the entire world for Islam. Already, there are New Yorkers, including the Mayor and the City Council who are backing the mosque and are arrogantly ignoring the will of the people by issuing a permit to build it. They are historically ignorant and they lecture us on being intolerant when it is the Islamics who are the most intolerant people on earth. No churches or synagogues can be built in Saudi Arabia, or any other Islamic dominant country. No Jew or Christian is even allowed to enter the city of Mecca, and our missionaries face imprisonment for spreading the gospel. They claim that we are judging the entire faith by a few fanatics. True devout Islamics don't carry out terroristic acts. Was it not devout Islamics who flew planes into the Towers and was it not a devout Islamic who shot and killed several soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood Texas? I know that there are moderates; there always are, but in this case you can't tell them apart because Islamic militants are masters of deception and they mix in with those who want to live in peace with others of different faiths. Even the very elite are deceived. I personally find it difficult to accept Islam under any circumstances; even the moderates because they have done nothing to fix their religion, but cower in fear. If there is a spirit of anti-christ, it is ever so obvious in New York City. The Christian Church has to take a stand in this. This mosque must not be built.</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><span lang="EN-CA"></span><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">The spirit of anti-christ is prevalent right here in our own government. Left wing radicals, secular humanists who advocate the one, centralized world government and open borders, atheists, and others, including our own courts and taxpayer supported institutions, have also launched attacks against the Church. For example, the American Civil Liberties Union, which is a private funded organization which also receives grants from our own government. The ACLU, is almost in constant litigation against a church or a group because some benign Christian object such as a road sign in the desert, or a cross on top of a mountain, a Christmas manger scene is offensive to someone. Even the words <strong><em>In God We Trust</em></strong> and <strong><em>One Nation Under God</em></strong> are under being challenged in the court using the tired, well over used reason that it violates the separation of Church and state clause in the Constitution. I really don't need to tell you this because you should be well aware of this almost daily occurrence by these attention craving individuals. What bothers me most about all this is that we have people in our own government that are in support of this persecution of the Church. The US 9th Circuit of the Court of Appeals, which is notorious for overturning the will of the people via legislation from the judicial bench by activist judges, is the one place that an attorney specializing in frivolous civil rights lawsuits will take on one of these cases pro bono. These lawyers know they can count on this court to rule in their favor, no matter how ridiculous their case is. Nonetheless, the Christian Church and Christians make for easy targets and it is the taxpayers that are taking the hit in paying these attorneys large sums of money. The American Center for Law and Justice, headed up by attorney Jay Sekulow is the best known donation supported organization, does not receive any government grants, is dedicated to the challenges to our religious freedoms. Unfortunately, there are too many cases that need to be defended and the ACLJ is simply overworked and undermanned to take on every case. The ACMJ needs help and this is where the<strong><em> Church itself must take a stand</em></strong>. The ACMJ is a worthy cause that needs our support; and individual churches should consider the ACMJ as a ministry that needs the support of the Church. We can no longer afford to be run over roughshod because in the political climate in which we find ourselves, our Christian principles and institutions are under attack; right here in the USA. The left wing Liberals who are in control of the government right now look at Christians as being intolerant bigots because of our stands against homosexuality, abortion, and the apologetic gestures toward those enemies that would kill us if given half a chance. They look at our Constitution as being a major hindrance to their Marxist, even Stalinist agenda. Even the President of the United States, who claims to be a Christian; there are those of us who have our doubts because of his lack of parliamentary actions, is lecturing us on being tolerant to Muslims and understanding of the Islamic faith, has openly declared that the United States is no longer a Christian nation. This has opened the door to more in your face persecution of Christians and the Church. Jesus' words, <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em>I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man can go to the Father except by me </em></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">no longer have any validity because the Holy Bible is regarded as <em><strong>hate speech </strong></em>in the far left wing sectors of our society. </span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">What bothers me most is how liberalism has crept into our mainstream denominational churches and for the most part, the message they are putting out is tolerance. Tolerance is what got us into the state we find ourselves today. Tolerance is responsible for the politically correct climate in which we are entrenched. I attended a graduation ceremony of a major denomination owned university a few years ago, who displayed their large red cross icon and flame; yet not one word by the guest speakers, who were basically left wing radicals or the peacock attired academia elites, mentioned a word about Jesus Christ or God. Even the invocation was politically correct in that it referred to God as the Great Supreme Being so as not to offend anyone, let alone end the prayer in Our Heavenly Father or Jesus' name. I could hear the groans of those attending parents and relatives as the guest speakers spouted off about their ideology, or what's wrong with America and our image around the world. I can remember when the United States of America was the beacon, the city on the hill, where all the world could see, a land of hope and freedom.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">All this is frightening, I know, and you probably feel helpless in wanting to do something to stop this trend. Fortunately, the Tea Party movement has united us in trying to get this nation turned around into the right direction, and hopefully this November there will be a change in who's in charge of running the country. Until then, however, we do have a most powerful weapon. It's called prayer. Believe me, the Lord knows what we are facing, and He is the God who inhabits the praises and hears the prayers of His people. Pray for this country daily as if your life depended on it; it does. Not to sound self righteous, but I pray for this country everyday; praying that there be a mighty revival across this land, the magnitude the world has never seen, where millions upon millions would be saved, and once again the United States of America would be that beacon; that city upon the hill. Then the world will see that there is indeed a God in the United States of America, and it is the Lord. </div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-79068290937362432752010-09-19T00:00:00.000-07:002010-09-19T21:12:14.805-07:00WHITNEY MILLER: AN INSPIRATION IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQPWYDS9FX388RANSSC90-BSXTp2QdXOfOG-devtEdKmhAgmBbmcbkXnYhq7P-tXJDDn5XQQPF741vLHIQAr0SS0ikzRGrJ-2EiC8Q99giCCDW4ynzJnNJeFEK7usnNdKuN6pgYT3161C/s1600/show-masterchef.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 147px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 80px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518463602911149026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQPWYDS9FX388RANSSC90-BSXTp2QdXOfOG-devtEdKmhAgmBbmcbkXnYhq7P-tXJDDn5XQQPF741vLHIQAr0SS0ikzRGrJ-2EiC8Q99giCCDW4ynzJnNJeFEK7usnNdKuN6pgYT3161C/s400/show-masterchef.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYB12be8kLKZ8etI-6lKvw9Rqh95IsV8koqNxpZKz8fmMvRIIHra4fPKXX92-RfZrukF1kaIJOYnkYQdXfI2yIcXGwLonjwx6Dj6Sz5dHLrVE3CgQHavgCOWucs3VZDM4PJ7r8ppIL-n9/s1600/kitchen.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 145px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 80px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518464250239746866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYB12be8kLKZ8etI-6lKvw9Rqh95IsV8koqNxpZKz8fmMvRIIHra4fPKXX92-RfZrukF1kaIJOYnkYQdXfI2yIcXGwLonjwx6Dj6Sz5dHLrVE3CgQHavgCOWucs3VZDM4PJ7r8ppIL-n9/s400/kitchen.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQPWYDS9FX388RANSSC90-BSXTp2QdXOfOG-devtEdKmhAgmBbmcbkXnYhq7P-tXJDDn5XQQPF741vLHIQAr0SS0ikzRGrJ-2EiC8Q99giCCDW4ynzJnNJeFEK7usnNdKuN6pgYT3161C/s1600/show-masterchef.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 145px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 80px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518463042229470482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8Nhlmqk7Y9nlQLACw0OmU0L2V_gdWZvZrNbemWfAoi6id3VMzlSRhObzvHnYB9sm76wKfASsdo4QGlaVxDz3EecOxyeiF0LleVFqPGwduKAW2IE8BxBvuNl9L65zpL14e3BtgJ_9aPvP/s400/HellsKitchen.jpg" /></a>To suggest I would ever receive any kind of inspiration from the Fox TV Network program called Hell's Kitchen for me would be ludicrous. It would be the last place in the vast waste land of prime time television I would expect, to watch foul mouthed master chef Gordon Ramsey belittle and humiliate restaurant owners and their kitchen employees as if he were a Marine boot camp drill instructor; or so I thought. That was a few months ago and now my opinion of the show has made a one-eighty. At first, the show was a little too much for me, but like millions who have become fans of the show, people are realizing why he commands respect, even to make restaurant owners cry or make them fighting mad. Even though I thought it entertaining because a lot of Ramsey's cutting remarks were funny, at the expense of those where the comments were directed. Just like the Marine DI who turn boys into fighting men who burn with pride, shouting <strong><em>Semper Fi</em></strong> (Always Faithful), Ramsey's often cruel criticisms have resulted in a dying restaurant to rebound amidst our bad economy.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518465115085100674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCQ9tkWPDNet-pRoNyxc6hK2sdsTR5qdsbq7MED-_6t5j-SOGly6UjKwoatonTXNcBgK_993Vus0gvjufGe2o15DS9QrxKsi5xLedivLP16WCXVnevOaJ3R_uP5B8lQbSSn9PCJZPbQEk/s400/MC+final+four.jpg" /><br />During the last few months, a summer replacement show called Master Chef joined the other reality TV shows such as <strong><em>America's Got Talent</em></strong>, <strong><em>So You Think You Can Dance</em></strong>, and of course <strong><em>American Idol</em></strong>. Again, like the others, the show was a competition, for amateur cooks, that had thousands of applicants; for those whose dream is to be a the head chef in a fancy restaurant. Gordon Ramsey was the host. There were fifteen thousand applicants that auditioned. Out of that number, only the top fifty would be selected to compete in the television series. The winner of the competition, America's first Master Chef, would receive $250,000 with a cook book deal, perhaps worth millions, and guest appearances on television shows throughout the land. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><br /><br /><div>You don't have to watch the entire series, only the final two hour episode to get the point of this article. You can go to <a href="http://fox.com/"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://fox.com/</span></a> and watch a replay of the final episode via streaming video. Believe me, you and your children should watch this because there are lessons in life on display here. </div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518466975262150978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTNowQ6GeqHqKoEw7DLVyYx6Mw5DncsEioDLuA-SJtwThdD38RY8ZiM2sd-b7CChpKmdv0V8RVi7SlU-C5U9b3GiJ7bqZ2xjjhFFZxa90xhZMLjMwJ1iseHBQduOnoo8j4JfWV5aZRouy/s400/MC+final+two.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gS55ypHrXfbBJ0Ml73qajPy-kFJYBG8fVx4Lpi44npKfxNEqZsGw-HujSWuZA0ksMtlrkiHLdXkMu6SkMvQQrMMsKSvCM3-mFBMXFU-IMzhBGNcbR_r2NMwWTJUaookI1Ixkyq2QbtFM/s1600/Whitney+Miller+Masterchef.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518460230027777826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gS55ypHrXfbBJ0Ml73qajPy-kFJYBG8fVx4Lpi44npKfxNEqZsGw-HujSWuZA0ksMtlrkiHLdXkMu6SkMvQQrMMsKSvCM3-mFBMXFU-IMzhBGNcbR_r2NMwWTJUaookI1Ixkyq2QbtFM/s400/Whitney+Miller+Masterchef.jpg" /></a>Whitney Miller, is a twenty-two year old student at Southern Mississippi from Poplarville,Ms. She was a long shot at best in the over all competition; the reasoning was that she was inconsistent. However her strong point was in desserts and early on in the contest, she was dubbed the <strong><em>Pastry Princess</em></strong>. She came very close to being eliminated and had to face another competitor by preparing a three course meal in ninety minutes. Ramsey and his two two consulting judges picked their dish. Each participant won a point for one of their dishes but Whitney came out on top when she delivered a perfect souffle, a very difficult dessert to make, <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">in the cook off competition which got her into the final four. The following video is the homemade one she submitted to the producers of the Master Chef show.</span></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJqygi1LPw0"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJqygi1LPw0</span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><br /><div>In hour two of the season finale, the drama became very intense. Ironically, both she and her <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518465864786676674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0IJkmxKOilZJ9lkKMxiDXOZ1PQ6RETaEdOxCFs44jRIVWWyVDDuoIWzRi8o2N3asQyXjuCybVBZ5NYlchq6GctuduWo6A6tLNJsWew-rApOsfSHU68BQVvFInStkw0lyR1GbncOaaCTM/s400/Whitney+3+final+dishes.jpg" />competitor David had the same last name; Miller. Again under intense deadline pressure, both had to produce another three course meal; an appetizer, a main entree, and a delicious dessert.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518459099592920914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn6qaksrkpeYWfSlD9IqQo62a7gkPlWJCmdY6r5p9Q7j0oliyZCSPm9xarlKjUQpfo_CIwXONvgURyvhrofHCjKSSgHkPVVWSuQuniYvAhnM4t0R5iSa3UvCAtb8JCkcYSeA7e7NRQUCN/s400/David+Miller+and+Whitney+Miller.jpg" /> David went for trying to impress the three judges by going the fancy restaurant style route and presenting a very difficult main entree, Beef Wellington, a dish Ramsey admitted that it took him a thoudand tries to perfect. Whitney chose simplicity. Instead, she chose to go with simple items such as pan fried chicken, and collards, Southern cooking, inexpensive ingredients taken to a much higher level. During the time the two chefs were preparing their meals, David was being very flippant, talking and joking to the audience and his family while Whitney remained focused; not once even acknowledging the audience was there. No one knows for sure, perhaps David was fighting off fear of losing which revealled his insecurity. </div><div> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518458282808186594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXJGJrPnFB3LJ4FgNR49JeP8q81btY67H4ABeNivDE8Cf9JjSGVxoBsJ4_9kvll6ocUUjuqn4L_IDIaV8x0Q_qL6jOsZn4rlyL6L2AYz_aTxOVYrgz2bFVzMpociKOSX5XCG9qAnE5pX4/s400/Whitney++and+Gordon.jpg" />Disaster struck when the worst for the Pastry Princess happened. Whitney dropped her chicken on the floor with only seven minutes remaining. My heart sank while watching this, because it appeared that it was all over for the twenty-two year old hopeful. She closed her eyes, fighting back the tears, looked up, received her strength and the will to continue from you know where, and started over by flowering another chicken breast. Gordon Ramsey told her that it was virtually impossible to cook chicken to where no pink showed in seven minutes. It went down to the final second when the two were ordered to stop. Ramsey looked at Whitney and said to her, "if this chicken is the slightest bit pink, I'm not going to taste it. I'm going to cut it at it thickest place, and if its pink, I'm not going to touch it." Whitney bit down on her lower lip and waited as Ramsey cut the chicken which he said was nicely, evenly brown on both sides. He looked up to her and smiled, "it's perfect." Whitney's hope was still alive, because David's Beef Wellington failed to pass the test. It came down to the dessert, and again, Whitney chose to go with simple ingredients. It was a difficult decision for the judges to make, but Whitney overcame the odds, even seemingly overwhelming and impossible adversity, and became America's first Master Chef. Never once during the competition did the editors have to bleep something that she said, as they did some of the other competitors, which says to me that she was raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. If you go to Whitney's Face Book page, she comments that she has been "<strong><em>truly blessed</em></strong>."</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518457696517539490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cbIR0sv0OEClcbaHLXYlsdb7KUHYZ-gsLNqXjt_zsv8E2YGx5b0afKGILvEnKkeNKERUpPQfLKf1-TvQbfYHx2oTXN1HZd87LjZyrohdWUFyk3z4IoO8M65chszwoj3UJZflHxXTfF_T/s400/Whitney+cooking.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div>Whitney said in post interviews that it was a dream come true. Never once did she doubt her ability, laying claim all along that the title of Master Chef was her's. Whitney wanted to have her own catering business, but that dream may be replaced by having her own cooking show on TV. She has already been talking to the Food Channel about having her own show. All possibilities are open to her and opportunity will not have difficulty in presenting itself to her in many forms. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRfN9WGRRsD4fAHDjg0dc8Ik8CPfpK2vFQUwCkhSRmH8zZ9EkROeaNT1VJhs_H5KAYiL-SzJ-sVQH4uEDpYxK_hhxnrD_ocK0_q07p4ZqsBPo5RPpuS-1MF-IxGomG2ibiekc6-_deYDA/s1600/Whitney+cooking+at+home.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518475101513591858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRfN9WGRRsD4fAHDjg0dc8Ik8CPfpK2vFQUwCkhSRmH8zZ9EkROeaNT1VJhs_H5KAYiL-SzJ-sVQH4uEDpYxK_hhxnrD_ocK0_q07p4ZqsBPo5RPpuS-1MF-IxGomG2ibiekc6-_deYDA/s200/Whitney+cooking+at+home.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Parents: If your child has a dream to become something special, don't be a dream killer and tell them they can't do this or that. Encourage them to <strong><em>keep focused </em></strong>on what it is they want to accomplish. This lesson really came to me too late in life for I allowed others to tell me that I was "dreaming" and not to be taken seriously. Not blaming anyone, because we are the sum total of the choices we have made in life; good or bad, but I'm sure that was one thing that kept me from being all that I could have been. This is why rags to riches stories about ordinary people; Paul Potts and Susan Boyle from Britain's Got Talent, and now Master Chef Whitney Miller, continue to inspire me, and I'll write about them.</div><div></div><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518456661602297330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYH4BbnhyPwTlWEGEWbpnaHdShuRENknDU6DbA0RZCyGpXWA1D-WBQtU0Ng4t7LtHB5GbKNn72RpmHTVwDVtZTjzbHYdzmbZL2GawVPyXdfhD5tX35v2AyBBAuii7NAJ6g_qTh72iKvz0T/s400/Whitney+with+check.jpg" />From left to right Graham Elliott, Master Chef, Gordon Ramsey, Whitney Miller, Master Chef Winner, Joe Bastianich, Restauranteur.<br /><div>all photos courtesy of FOX </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-83182436616983522042010-08-26T19:00:00.000-07:002010-08-26T17:14:50.253-07:00WITH MY HEALING CAME A RENEWING OF THE MIND<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjon4eQxH4eQbAffhs7JF2QCVgCZYG3RGAuSskVW05k55x-MB9rtthlzq-vwgrrYLzytbBA5XVqwKQGhdhQzdYbZmXER8QTikOYRIfLKDaBHQGuChyphenhyphenjFTmZkus4yg14c_eGWrNxglUvNbOA/s1600/Dan+courtyard+portrait+small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 165px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 205px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509868606423841202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjon4eQxH4eQbAffhs7JF2QCVgCZYG3RGAuSskVW05k55x-MB9rtthlzq-vwgrrYLzytbBA5XVqwKQGhdhQzdYbZmXER8QTikOYRIfLKDaBHQGuChyphenhyphenjFTmZkus4yg14c_eGWrNxglUvNbOA/s400/Dan+courtyard+portrait+small.JPG" /></a> Last March, my doctors informed me that I was terminally ill. They told me that at my rate of decline I have at most only a couple of months left. When they told me, I wasn't really surprised, but if you know anything at all about me, you'll know that I didn't accept their prognosis. Instead, I decided to put my faith, hope and confindence in the Lord and not in any doctors.The decision to keep on keeping on and continue writing is what I'm going to do as long as I am able.<br /><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">I sent out a letter to you and just in case you don't remember what I said, this is it.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: 100%" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><br /><br /><tbody><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: 100%" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><br /><br /><tbody><tr style="HEIGHT: 120pt"><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #d2eaff; HEIGHT: 120pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="100%"><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: 100%" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><br /><br /><tbody><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" width="10"></td><br /><br /><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; OVERFLOW: hidden; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top"><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: 100%" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><br /><br /><tbody><br /><br /><tr style="HEIGHT: 6pt"><br /><br /><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; HEIGHT: 6pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in"></td></tr><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in"><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'sans-serif';color:#00407f;">To my friends, former WSBTV associates, relatives, and those of you who take the time to read my blogs. As most of you know, I have been in the hospital four times since last July, and each time I've been, my condition has gotten progressively worse. This is not an attempt to be melodramatic, but to be as truthful and as forthcoming as I can to let each of you know straight from the horse's mouth, that my last stay at Emory Hospital was not very encouraging, to say the least. My doctors essentially told me to "get my affairs in order, talk to my family and friends, and prepare myself for the enevitable because they have done about all they can for me."</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'sans-serif';color:#00407f;"></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'sans-serif';color:#00407f;">Needless to say, I do not accept their report. I have had too many miracles in my life to expect nothing less than another miracle. I look at this as another opportunity for the <span id="lw_1275256323_5" class="yshortcuts">Lord God Almighty</span> to demonstrate His awesome power in my life. I prefer to put my <span id="lw_1275256323_6" class="yshortcuts">faith and trust in the Lord</span> and not in any doctors or any other man. It is my God, who has numbered the hairs on my head, who determines how long I live in this realm. Meanwhile, I will get my affairs in order, not to undermine the the Lord's Will for my life, but to simplify matters whenever that metamorphisis takes place; for I look at death as a portal from this life which is temporal to the promised one that is eternal. Think of it this way: a caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon. It hasn't the slightest inclination as to why? But in the spring, we see the morphing, the moment of truth when a beautiful butterfly emerges from the precipuce. As our Lord stated, <em><b><span style="font-family:'sans-serif';">Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it stays alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit.</span></b></em> John <span class="yshortcuts">12:24</span> For when that transformation takes place, I can rest assured knowing , in the words of Paul, "I have run the race, fought the good fight, kept the faith, and have finished the course."</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'sans-serif';color:#00407f;"></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'sans-serif';color:#00407f;">Just in case I don't get another opportunity, let me take this time to say farewell.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'sans-serif';color:#00407f;">Dan Casey</span></p><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /></td></tr><br /><br /><tr style="HEIGHT: 6pt"><br /><br /><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; HEIGHT: 6pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Of most of my sixty six years, I have been a Christian. Thankfully, I was born of Godly parents and grew up having the church as part of my life. During those years, I was involved with the church in different ways; as a member of the choir, Sunday School teacher, and serving for a brief time on the Board of Stewards of a small Methodist Church as its chairman. Having the mistaken belief that it wasn't by God's Grace that got you into Heaven, rather it was by works that you had to earn yourself into that God had to prepared for us.<br /><br />Without reservation, I confess that during those sixty six years, I have not lived the Christian life the way it is intended. Along through my journey through life, I discovered things about myself which happen to be true with every man. As a human being, it turns out that there are three of us; the <strong><em>physical body</em></strong>, the one we have now that grows old, sick, and finally dies. The <strong><em>spirit</em></strong>; that part of us that lives forever, and the <strong><em>soul</em></strong>, which consists of the mind, will, and emotions. There's also three lives to every man; his <strong><em>public</em></strong> life, on the job, in the public arena. The second one is his private life; when he is at home with his family, mowing the grass, and relaxing while watching the NFL on TV. Then there is man's secret life; you know, the one he lives when he's alone, out of town on a business trip, or involved in something he shouldn't. I learned about these nuggets of knowledge later than most men because I was slow maturing into a real man, busy <strong><em>doing my own thing</em></strong>. Aside from making a lot of bad choices and mistakes along the way, I lived my life at times with reckless abandon. If you believe in personality types; <strong><em>Type A</em></strong> or <strong><em>Type B,</em></strong> I was definitely <strong><em>Type A</em></strong>, and had the attitude that <strong><em>I was born to have a good time.</em></strong> To me, the line in the Declaration of Independence, <strong><em>life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness</em></strong> should have read pursuit of a good time. Even though, I was technically <strong><em>Born Again</em></strong>, I did not have the renewing of the mind which is supposed to come with it. I did have a renewing of the mind; it didn't last. I still had the rebellion of backslider. Self gratification was my daily goal. Any time I would see something that appeared to be fun, I had to try it out. For example, I was covering a Georgia Bulldog football game in Athens as part of my job as a photographer for <strong><em>WSB Sports</em></strong> and witnessed the launching of a hot air balloon outside of Sanford Stadium on the UGA campus. It didn't take long for me to find a some balloonists and do a story on them, getting some free balloon rides. I invited my brother along and almost got him killed when he was in another balloon and it struck a radio tower in Lawrenceville. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">In the late fifties, I was at the opening ceremonies of Hartsfield International Airport. WSBTV was doing a live remote. Only eleven or twelve, I remember seeing television engineers manning the large bulky black and white cameras as the ceremonies were being broadcast live. That experience is relative to this story in that I envisioned myself as one of those cameramen on top of the remote truck because it made one look important and it looked like fun. I can't recall how many times I have done that in my career as a TV news man. What was once a fun job became extremely stressful and caused two heart attacks, with complete arrest.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3uB1mWGeXvoNdZ5ye8YE8zF9Keaconk317svJUtHeIQdaKNSduKVI7CTSBBlFrBqGZ45lCylEam4icEcqRfJdzBKtPLOorAoXTrhvXw8c0cWTSb7wctPnzH_cTk_Rz3WysU1gH5lQIei/s1600/Live+Truck+small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 219px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465108892164279042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3uB1mWGeXvoNdZ5ye8YE8zF9Keaconk317svJUtHeIQdaKNSduKVI7CTSBBlFrBqGZ45lCylEam4icEcqRfJdzBKtPLOorAoXTrhvXw8c0cWTSb7wctPnzH_cTk_Rz3WysU1gH5lQIei/s320/Live+Truck+small.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />On November 15, 1989, became the day when I became to know Jesus up close and personally. A thunderstorm system moved through the state of Alabama leaving wide swaths of destruction in the wake of numerous tornadoes that had touched down. More than twenty people were killed in Anniston when an apartment complex was splintered by one of the many twisters. That same storm system was heading up Interstate 85 toward Atlanta. I was sent down to wait on the chaotic weather to arrive. I didn't have to wait long. Having just filled my tank in my five ton live truck, the type that has a telescoping, retractable forty foot mast, I was waiting in a Gulf service station with the double side doors open, sitting in the captain's chair at the video edit station and live microwave console with my camera sitting on my knees, taping hail stones as they struck the black asphalt pavement. It quickly became a lightning storm unlike anything I had ever seen before. I heard a buzzing and cracking sound as it began to rain hard and lightning in every direction. I looked through the wind shield as the wipers went back and forth, and that's when I saw the ominous, very menacing funnel cloud only about a hundred yards away, back lit by lightning coming from every direction. Stunned by witnessing an empty service station vanish in front of my eyes. I had a decision to make, and really I didn't know what to do. Putting my camera down, and climbing into the driver's seat would take up what time I had in an attempt to save the truck. That's when the inner voice spoke to me, loud and clear, "get out of the truck!" I did just that, and taking my camera with me, I ran inside the Gulf station and warned everyone to get down, a tornado was upon us. I took refuge behind a Coke machine which was sucked out into the parking lot leaving me <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9NoHuZ11AjG62IQTTaJKi9yheBNSJUvRmQa7Li0pE2mvKdziv7zk_7c-Z65DMZ5mLskjEWiP4oUzJObBmbJ7I7TGoyQTWc-ufdl058kOkqjXYL_kXHIJWQaOA0KTUa97pkiYdXbY62Sx/s1600/Wrecked+Live+Truck.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 219px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465109835170279122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9NoHuZ11AjG62IQTTaJKi9yheBNSJUvRmQa7Li0pE2mvKdziv7zk_7c-Z65DMZ5mLskjEWiP4oUzJObBmbJ7I7TGoyQTWc-ufdl058kOkqjXYL_kXHIJWQaOA0KTUa97pkiYdXbY62Sx/s320/Wrecked+Live+Truck.jpg" /></a>exposed again. I grabbed hold of a newspaper dispenser box and held on for dear life. I saw my five ton Ford van picked up and then disappeared from my sight. The entire event took less than a minute. The van had been tossed over 400 feet.<br /><br /><br />This part was documented on video by myself as I approached the crumpled van. I was completely overwhelmed by what I saw; the most frightening few moments in my life, realizing if I hadn't heeded the voice that told me to get out of the truck, I would have certainly been killed. You can hear me on the video sobbing, because I knew that it was the Lord who saved me from certain death. That was the first time I got up close and personal with the Lord.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Exactly four months later, I had my first heart attack. Even though I was in reach of a nurse at Henry Medical Center, it took doctors and emergency personnel over forty five minutes to resuscitate me. Defibrillators were used numerous times, and it took over three years for the circular burn marks to go away. I remember flat lining and at that precise moment, as I was looking at the nurse, she hit me so hard in the chest with her fist, she broke my sternum. I lost consciousness within a second and the scene in front of me collapsed into a round dot, like the old tube TV sets did when you turned them off. It seemed as though I was being drawn into that circle of light which turned into a tunnel. The next thing I remember was that I was looking into a bright light and the I saw the blurry silhouettes of the doctors working feverishly over me. The same inner voice that spoke to me in the live truck said,<span style="color:#ff0000;"> <strong><em>I am the resurrection and the life. Any man who believes in me, though he dies, yet he shall live. </em></strong></span><span style="color:#330033;">Jesus spoke these words just before he raised Lazarus from the dead.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">The night before that heart attack, I was at a funeral home where the father of my best friend was lying in state for viewing. I mentioned to him that I had been having chest pains and thought that I would have a heart attack very soon and probably would not survive. Resigning to the fact that both my grandfathers had died prematurely, one was forty six and the other was fifty; I had pretty much thrown in the towel. I survived my first heart attack, and it was a good thing for I was not in the least prepared. I was saved, but that was about it. No will, no living will, no plans for anything for my family; not having filled out my 1989 IRS tax return, leaving it in a mess for them to figure out.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Six years later, while working on a story at Atlanta City Hall, I told <strong><em>Sally Sears,</em></strong> a reporter that I was having chest pains and that I needed to get to the hospital emergency room. The WSBTV assignment desk was alerted and the fine people at Georgia Baptist Hospital were waiting on me. On my way there, I began praying in tongues. My own cardiologist was notified and he came as quickly as he could. Meanwhile,<strong><em> Sally Sears</em></strong> and my immediate supervisor and friend, <strong><em>Janice Elder</em></strong> were kneeling by my gurney praying for me. Even though I was only half conscious, what I saw them do was simply overwhelming. I think I knew then that I would survive again. When my cardiologist spoke to me, he said that he didn't think that there would be anything he could do for me. I refused to accept that report, and continued to speak in tongues. I later found out that I was praying in Latin, a language I had never learned. For the next few hours, the waiting room at Georgia Baptist was filled with WSB people, so many that the hospital treated me as a v.i.p. and assigned a press liaison, George Ivey, to me who kept everybody updated on my condition. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />The next four days were very critical for me; barely clinging onto life. The reports that my wife, family and friends were getting from the doctors were not in the least encouraging. I had undergone open heart surgery, and had been placed on a LVad machine, a heart pump, that no one had ever lived more that four days while attached to it. I was on it for almost a week. The call for prayer went out and there must have been thousands praying for me. I was placed into an induced coma where I was for fifteen days. During that time, I had a visitation from the Lord, not knowing if it were a dream, a vision, or an over active imagination fueled by drugs that had hallucinogenic side effects. It appeared more like stage production, with a beginning, middle, and an ending. I did not recall the visitation in chronological order, but rather piecemeal after I had come out of the coma. Being a video editor, I took the scene and edited it in my mind while conscious. The doctors told me that it was the drugs that caused the dream.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">In the dream, I was naked, standing with bare feet in a dark, damp place. I could only see an faint outline of my surroundings which I immediately thought of as like the <strong><em>place of outer darkness</em></strong> as our Lord made reference. Then I saw a naked man, standing and somehow realized I was looking at myself. I was in deep despair because I thought that I was dead and would spend the rest of eternity there. Suddenly, I saw light coming from afar. I was approached by two orbs of light, one glowed reddish, and the other green. They were angels, large in size with wings that disappeared upon landing, wielding large swords. I immediately thought of the angel that banished Adam and Even out of the Garden of Eden once they partook of the tree of knowledge. My heart sank because I felt they were there to tell me that I would not be admitted into Heaven. As I felt at my lowest, another orb appeared, a golden one, with a bright white light coming from it. I could see the silhouette of a man holding a staff. He raised his free hand and I could see light coming through the hole in his wrist. Falling to my knees, I knew immediately it was the Lord. I could not look at the super bright image, and I covered my face in shame within my hands. I felt so ashamed; sobbing, as broken and contrite a person could be.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">The Lord spoke to me, <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em>Dan, Dan, Dan, what am I to do with you?</em></strong></span><span style="color:#330033;"> The Lord spoke to me like a father admonishing his son. He said that I was a double minded man and that I had to chose which I was going to be. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways, just as Judas Iscariot was. Judas loved to hear the pretty words of the Master, but did little in following any of His teachings. The Lord told me that I would live and not die, that he had something for me to do. He warned me about starting any kind of ministry, but to wait on Him and when I was ready, He would reveal what it is I am to do. Looking back, I feel the Lord wanted me to write which is what I'm doing now. Suddenly, the Lord and His two accompanying angels were gone.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"><br />It wasn't until I was taken off life support that I would begin to turn around.When I came out of the coma, I sat up on the edge of the bed in my room at St. Joseph's in Atlanta. I could see myself in the mirror. I saw a different person in the mirror. Somehow, miraculously, my countenance had returned.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">The next three weeks were amazing. I was sent down to South Fulton Hospital in East Point where I would undergo rehab. It was discovered that the back side of my heart was dead, but miraculously, I was getting better. I was visited by doctors from Georgia Baptist because they were curious as to what <strong><em>they</em></strong> did to make me better. Ha! It turns out they were over medicating me. It was during the third week of my stay at South Fulton that they sent me home. I didn't do well at home, so I was readmitted to South Fulton. My personal cardiologist, Dr. Joseph DeJunco told me that if I didn't receive a heart transplant within six months, I would be dead. He revised the prognosis a few days later saying that if I didn't get a transplant within the next three months, I would be dead. A few days later, he revised my prognosis again saying that if I didn't receive a heart as soon as possible, I wasn't going to make it. I was contacted by Dr. Randy Martin, who was the Action News physician and told him of my situation. He got me into the Emory Heart Transplant program. That's all fine and dandy except it is a long and involved process and there is a waiting list as well as certain criteria one has to meet; such as blood and tissue types. I was getting weaker all the time, and I wasn't holding my breath; speaking figuratively, waiting to get all the details finalized .</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Physically, I was at the point of being wheel chair confined, towing a canister of oxygen behind me. One Sunday morning, I wheeled into my church. My pastor was talking to a visiting evangelist from England. Suddenly, the visiting preacher, his name was Gordon White, turned and looked at me, and said, <strong><em>"God just told me to tell you that He's going to give you a new heart.'</em></strong> Under my breath, I muttered, "yeah, right." I had never seen this man in my life. The bottom line is here, <strong><em>in just forty one days, I had my new heart.</em></strong> The heart transplant itself was not the miracle; keeping me alive long enough to receive the transplant was the result of many miracles and the answer to a lot of prayers that people were praying for me. Going into one is a story in itself and for the sake of brevity, I'll skip the details.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">The heart I received was that of a seventeen year old boy killed in a traffic accident. His heart was thirty six years younger than my body. I have had that heart going on fourteen years. It has been a good heart, and through much of that time, I have lived a high quality life, working at my job as a photojournalist; without a single organ rejection issue. Back in 1996 when I got the transplant, my cardiologist told me that the heart was only going to last an average of fifteen years. However, he expected the artificial heart would be a reality and I would not need another transplant. The artificial heart is still years away, so I'm frankly in the Hands of God because I am too old to qualify for another transplant.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">For the last three years, my health has been in decline, starting with a dry cough which would not go away even with five rounds of antibiotics. Now, and as recent as eight weeks ago, my weight ballooned upwards to nearly three hundred pounds. My heart was getting weaker by the day. I was requiring the use of bottled oxygen more and more. With the combination of a weak heart and the huge weight gain, I had trouble walking, climbing stairs and breathing. I could barely fit in a wheel chair.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">The diuretics that I had been taking were not working the way they are supposed to work.Eight weeks ago, when I was released from Emory, my doctors told me to go home and get my affairs in order, inform my family and friends, and prepare myself for the inevitable. I've done that. I have spent a great deal of time in prayer and continued to believe in healing, and I'm expecting nothing less than another miracle. I was released into home hospice care.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">This is something that I must confess. It wasn't until recently that I actually overcame the fear of dying, It appeared that all the scriptures regarding healing were not getting results. I thought I was doing everything necessary; reciting and meditating on the healing scriptures and it wasn't working. As I continued to decline, I wondered if I had actually exceeded my limit on miracles. My faith started to buckle and my confidence in the Lord as my healer was being tested. I became afraid and more afraid as my doubts started to have an effect on me and my general disposition to those around me. </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">My good friend, David Mussell, the 82 year old patriarch of our church came to my house and gave me counseling. He had had a very difficult life and had to out of necessity depend on the Lord throughout most of his adult life. He related some of his own experiences which were much, much more than I've had to endure. He told me of the time when he had no job, he was on the verge of having his home auctioned off on the Fulton County Courthouse steps, and he had seven mouths to feed. He was at the end of his rope and his situation looked hopeless. He went to the Lord in prayer, pouring himself out to the Lord, saying that he could no longer fight the battle and the Lord would have to fight the battle for him. It was only then Pastor David turned his situation and his life over to the Lord that things began to turn around. The Lord saw him through. With that lessonI, too, have placed myself into His Hands. My complete trust and faith is in the One who has never lost a battle. My complete confidence is in Him.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">In the last four weeks, things started to change. I am no longer wheelchair bound. The edema that I had in legs and feet has almost completely gone away. My body has eliminated over seventy pounds of water and I find it easier, to breathe without oxygen and to walk and go up and down stairs. I feel better overall, and I don't think about dying anymore. More imortant is my attitude. I pray a lot, no longer praying for myself, but for you and others who are suffering and are in need. I pray for this country and I spend quite a bit of time in private praise and worship. The way I look at this whole experience is that it was just God finding a way of showing what He can do; He just keeps on adding to my testimony.<br /></div><br /><p></p><br /><p>Today, I consider myself healed. All my symptoms of congestive heart failure are gone. I feel the best I have felt in several years. However, more important now than ever before is that I finally have real peace and joy in my life. I am no longer afraid of dying because I rest in the Lord, and it is He who decides when it is time for me to move on. A miracle? You decide. </p><br /><p></p><br /><p><strong><em>Those that wait upon the Lord will gain new strength. They shall mount up on the wings of eagles. They shall run and not be weary and walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31</em></strong></p><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><strong><em>He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, He took the chastisment of our peace upon Himself, and by His stripes, we are healed.</em></strong></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTH5LlHZGDCgG7J2yFteRFEG5qXKZX9deajw73AApkkJl-xe86bJcyDTRx2Yl3s7HVLvx1z9dmTvqCw7SWOfIU36rju3mQTYLw6OzoSYwdqTCbGtrsu2XDT2-JOFYxxBIX9NDTllTocWS/s1600/photoshoped.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477186702173652562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTH5LlHZGDCgG7J2yFteRFEG5qXKZX9deajw73AApkkJl-xe86bJcyDTRx2Yl3s7HVLvx1z9dmTvqCw7SWOfIU36rju3mQTYLw6OzoSYwdqTCbGtrsu2XDT2-JOFYxxBIX9NDTllTocWS/s320/photoshoped.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><strong><em>Isaiah 53:5</em></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /></div><span style="font-size:180%;">TO GOD BE THE GLORY, FOR NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN<br /></span><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Dan Casey</div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-80016623644343539582010-02-14T04:00:00.000-08:002010-02-14T10:38:17.028-08:00VERONICA REECE; ONWARD TO GLORY<div align="justify">Whenever we lose someone close to us, we not only find it to a be a time of mourning, but a time when we question our faith as well. In our grieving process, we must come to terms with ourselves. Our first question to the Lord is, why? Sadly those who aren't rooted and grounded in the Word of God find it difficult to rationalize the tragedy and out of ignorance have the inclination to blame God. Why God, did You allow this to happen? I am reminded of the story in John chapter Eleven, that Martha met Jesus on the road to Lazurus' house after he had died, when she cried out to Him, <strong><em>"Lord, only if you had been here, he would not have died." </em></strong>Of course, we know the story how Jesus explained to her that Lazarus was sleeping. When Jesus arrived at Lazurus' house, mourners were carrying on in typical Jewish fashion. Jesus wept; not because Lazarus was dead and had been for four days, but because of their unbelief. Before Jesus raised Lazurus from the dead, He said this poignant verse, <strong><em>"I am the resurrection and the life, any man who believes in Me, though he were dead, yet he shall live." </em></strong>We know that Jesus was speaking of the after life, but He raised Lazurus from the dead, so that all that mourned for Lazurus would believe.<br /><br />No one was any more shocked than I when my daughter informed me by telephone at 1:30 Sunday morning, that our former pastor and co-founder of Living Way Church had passed due to complications from pneumonia. At the time of this writing, I know few details. My wife Meg and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Veronica Reece. Our prayers and condolences go out to Pastor Scott and his family.<br /><br />Certainly, the passing of Veronica Reece was untimely and completely unexpected. This should remind all of us, that <strong><em>nothing is as uncertain as life</em></strong>. No one knows when their soul is required of them, which is why it is of utmost importance that our salvation above everthing else be secured when we accept <strong><em>Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.</em></strong>Knowing Bishop Scott Reece as I do, he is deeply grieved for having his beloved wife and mother of his children taken from him, but he would be the last one to blame God for his loss. I am confident that Bishop Reece will remain unshaken in his faith. During times like these, we can be truly thankful that our Lord has given us the <strong><em>Peace that Passes All Understanding.</em></strong><br /><br />Death is something we all are going to have to deal with; for death is part of living. Both spiritually and philosophically, we as Christians have an edge over the non believers in that our faith teaches us that death is not the final episode in the never ending journey through eternity. Right now, we cannot see the broader picture, only images that are conjured up when we were in Sunday School of the City of Golden Streets and the lion lying down with the kid. Just as the caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon, it has no foretaste of what happens next, only that in the spring, the precipice, the opening of the cocoon and a beautiful butterfly emerges. Death is simply a portal, that allows our spirit to travel from this world which is temporal to that one which is eternal. We can only imagine what it's like on the other side, but one thing is for sure; it will be glorious. We will be able to enjoy our new bodies; ones that don't grow old, get sick, and die, but a new one that will last forever. Being children of the <strong><em>Most High God</em></strong>, we can be thankful that He gave us the opportunity to be <strong><em>born again</em></strong> into His kingdom, through the free gift of eternal life through Him, we will once again meet with our loved ones who have gone on before us. My vivid, God given imagination shows me that now our beloved pastor, friend, mother and sister is sitting at the feet of Jesus, and He is holding her hand and she is grinning ear to ear.<br /><br />Dan Casey 14 February 2010</div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-14071052281130554712010-01-08T19:45:00.000-08:002010-01-09T00:12:37.157-08:00ELVIS AND THE LORD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJn-oRV6yE_MhpmvnZ_G4McTnuOzzVbIQGYSw95AribgMnzIACFv1ppMuDN6fpOswF9AiOksdzJCnc4cEcyzZzVCkK7p4KmTe36YiYTZlywjtdHC5kB8BmfUVRYsb42CA1iRIpF19ABPYf/s1600-h/51BPS6MGchL.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424639446137449250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJn-oRV6yE_MhpmvnZ_G4McTnuOzzVbIQGYSw95AribgMnzIACFv1ppMuDN6fpOswF9AiOksdzJCnc4cEcyzZzVCkK7p4KmTe36YiYTZlywjtdHC5kB8BmfUVRYsb42CA1iRIpF19ABPYf/s400/51BPS6MGchL.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">As I write this, Elvis Aaron Presley would have been seventy-five years old today. Like many of you, in my younger years, I was an Elvis fan. My wife actually had a date with him. Her dentist's office was across the street from Graceland in Memphis. Meg, my wife, who met Elvis through a friend through an insurance company where she worked, recalls that Elvis was rather short, about five-eight, and dyed his hair black.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvis was an isolated and lonely man; his manager Colonel Tom Parker made sure that Elvis was well protected and not over exposed. The Colonel's over protection probably indirectly contributed to his premature death. Being cooped up in one place for long periods of time, one is likely to get bored, one can get cabin fever and it opens the door for other things, unwanted things to enter in. My wife recalls that Elvis was not only nice, but super nice. He had rented a theater in Memphis and invited only his friends so that he could be with them. There was a double feature playing at the theater; neither were Elvis movies. The limo picked up Meg and her only contact with Elvis was at the theater where he kept asking her if she needed anything and wished her to have a good time. My wife didn't realize that Elvis had probably twenty dates that evening. The next evening, Elvis rented the fairgrounds after hours where it was reported that he was more like himself.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Being blessed with having the most perfect male singing voice, Elvis was becoming more and more popular while the hits just kept coming. His rapid success was suddenly interrupted when he was drafted by the Army. He didn't try to skirt or dodge his responsibility, but rather made it a part of the man called Elvis. He was treated like any other soldier, serving in Germany in the tank corp as a private. The Army basked in Elvis' popularity and the favorable press they received from it; even to let him perform occasionally. His managers saw this as another opportunity to exploit his immensely growing popularity, coming out with the movie, "<strong><em>GI Blues</em></strong>."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There were the tabloid stories concerning Elvis and his marriage to Priscilla, with its high visibility and social limelight, constantly being thrown on them. Elvis and Priscilla had some happy times, but the relationship became strained when Elvis retreated from her for reasons only known to them. Elvis began having doubts about his marriage to Priscilla which is what happens when a couple looking for either a trophy husband or wife, and in this case both, was a factor in the union. Priscilla sought more notoriety for herself because she had been relegated to a position to which was she was not accustomed, and although it wasn't obvious to the Elvis fans, there was contention between the two of them. Their breakup was plastered over the covers of every major tabloid magazine world wide.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvis was a high priced commodity, which Elvis often thought of more as a curse than a blessing. He resented being treated like an object, but being the nice, gracious and magnanimous, cooperative nice guy that he was, he was easily manipulated. In his prime, Elvis tucked away in the safe confines of Graceland, found himself even more miserable without Priscilla, and became lonelier than ever. He had trouble sleeping, and was more bored with his life in Graceland which had become a prison for him.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvis became the favorite topic for the tabloids. There were the alleged sexual affairs, the rumors of Elvis' voyeuristic tendencies; where he would watch others having sex either by closed circuit TV or one way mirrors. None of this was ever really proved; but as far as the media goes; don't let the truth stand in the way of a good story, especially if it sells magazines. Elvis' involvement with pain killers, barbiturates to help him sleep; uppers and downers, accompanied him when he went on the road, but went unchecked when he gave performances that left his audiences clamouring for more. The phrase, used after he had left the stage, "<strong>Elvis has left the building</strong>" became an adage that is used still today. Elvis was a true professional; never did he leave his fans disappointed. According a friend who was in one of the gospel groups that backed him up both in the recording studio and the concert tour told me, Everybody, literally everybody loved him. One of the most admirable events in Elvis' life that really helped form my final opinion of him was when he gave a concert in Atlanta at the now, only a memory, OMNI, there were thousands of counterfeit tickets sold and it left many fans bitterly disappointed because their seats were stolen from them. What did Elvis do? Elvis had another unscheduled concert following the one that he gave. That concert was also sold out, but Elvis himself made sure that those who had their seats stolen from them, had prime seats up front at the second concert. I have never before or since heard of anyone of doing this for their fans.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />While it is true that Elvis didn't do as well as we would like in his last year or so, Elvis we must remember was not the perfect human; he had his faults and like so many, he fell victim to his own devices. Elvis died at Graceland on August 16, 1977. Within a day or so after Elvis' death, I was talking to Jim Howell, part of the Jim and John duo at WSB AM 750 before it became all news talk. Howell was the consummate Elvis fan as was John Moore. Jim wept when he heard the bad news of Elvis' death. I wasn't in a very good mood myself. I remember that there were millions of fans in mourning for the <strong>King of Rock and Roll</strong>. One of the reporters that I worked with at WSBTV News asked me, if I thought Elvis had gone to heaven; that there was no record that he knew of that he had ever been saved and that he was involved in some things that bordered on perversion. I emphatically told him, <strong>YES</strong>. The reasons I had this opinion were several. First, Elvis was born a poor sharecroppers son in Tupelo, Mississippi, who had a fundamentalist upbringing in the country church. He loved the Lord and you could tell it when he sung his Gospel songs. He would sing them as if he was singing them unto the Lord. A friend of mine who was a member of the Stamps Quartet, a group that frequently backed up Elvis in a number of his secular songs told me, that Elvis loved singing Gospel music. J. D. Sumner, the legendary bass singer for the Stamps quartet and the Blackwood Brothers loved Elvis and the two of them established new audiences for gospel music. It is one of those favorite stories that Elvis' only demand was that he wanted to make sure that J. D. Sumner's voice could be heard in the background. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMvnWr-51o">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMvnWr-51o</a> J. D. knew that Elvis loved Gospel music. By working with Elvis, J. D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet created a whole new fan base for gospel music. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70WJ4GD7I3Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70WJ4GD7I3Y</a> Even though J. D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet worked with Elvis, they maintained a full gospel itinerary, which presented the best of both worlds. Records would show that in the time frame they were working both arenas, they had the opportunity to present gospel music to more audiences and a larger number of people than anyone had, before that time. <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/elvispresley">http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/elvispresley</a> After a recording session, he would often invite the backup singers to Graceland and they would sing Gospel music until they couldn't sing anymore; often til daybreak. At all of Elvis' concerts, he would honor the Lord by singing, "<strong><em>How Great Thou Art</em></strong>" and the "<strong><em>Battle Hymn of the Republic</em></strong>." Elvis never won a Grammy for any of his secular music, but he won three Grammies for his Gospel Music.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvis did not have a mean bone in his body. Whenever someone would speak ill of another, Elvis would walk away, and the message that he conveyed resonated with everyone that knew him. Elvis' music transcended style by taking what was known as rockabilly, a combo of rock and hillbilly, and turning it into Rock and Roll. Even his rock and roll evolved into something more, that in his final years, he was singing <strong><em>American Trilogy</em></strong> and <strong><em>In the Ghetto</em></strong>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />For me, I don't want to remember any of the bad about Elvis, because I've got those areas of my life that I don't care to remember either. I want to look at the entire life, the man, a patriot, a talented musician and singer, and a lovable human being who was in love with the Lord.</div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-53535522058916209722009-11-13T07:06:00.000-08:002009-11-13T07:35:27.989-08:00THOSE ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN THE WORD WILL RECOGNIZE THE FALSE PROPHETS WHEN THEY COME<div style="text-align: justify;">Those of you who spend a great deal of time watching Christian televison or listening to Christian radio will attest there is no shortage of media prophets on the air today. How are we to know which ones are real and which ones come as ravenous wolves in sheep's clothing? Being a blogger for a Christian theme blog, I am being sent things in my email from readers and friends asking my opinion on a variety of things; one of which is sometimes a prophetic message given to someone in hopes of spreading it via the Internet. In the Sermon on the Mount, Mathew 7:15-20, Jesus warns us to beware of false prophets. How are we to know them? According to Jesus, "We are to know them by their fruit."<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What is a prophet? Being a prophet is not neccessarily someone who fortells the future. A prophet is a proclaimer of truth; a person who speaks for others. Many of the people today are of the misconception that it is only a person who fortells of certain events is a prophet; for example, the destruction of the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. There were a number of people who made this prediction, one of which was Tom Clancy in his book, <strong><em>THE SUM OF ALL FEARS</em></strong>, in a strikingly similar scenario where radical Islamic jihadists crashed planes into the World Trade Towers. Of course, when Hollywood got into making the book into a movie, the bad guys were Neo Nazis, not Islamic jihadists. This prediction was relatively easy to make since there was a prior attempt to bring down the towers in 1992. The point here is, that it is easy for someone who made this prediction to be sucked into the belief that he or she is a prophet; and I know of one such self proclaimed prophet who has done just that. Most of his other predictions have either failed to take place, or were completely wrong to start with. He is now circulating via the Internet a prophetic message concerning the current President of the United States. While his prophesy is a possibility, it is diametrically opposed by others who do not shout out the fact that they are prophets,by consensus that the opposite will happen. The reason why they have not shouted their message is that they feel if they did, it would hurt the person whom the prophesy concerns, causing ridicule and fuel for criticism, something this person doesn't need at this time. I did a little checking into this particular prophet and found that his track record was not very good. It seems that you only hear of the predictions that he got right and not the ones he didn't. Most prophets who stick their necks out with times and dates usually end up regretting their decision to go public with their prophesy. Even people like Benny Hinn and Rod Parsley. Does this mean that they are false prophets? No. It means they are human and like everyone else, they can be presumptive, they can misspeak and they can be wrong. The Apostle Paul mentions on more than one ocassion how the tongue can get us into trouble if we are not careful.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The false prophet is one who uses deception to mislead, and often leads away from the Word of God, in the arena of cultism for power or money. Jim Jones, the so called spiritual leader of the 909 people who <strong><em>drank the kool aide</em></strong> laced with cyanide, in a mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, in South America, back 1978 was probably the best known false prophet that I know about in my lifetime. Jones, whose ministry, Peoples Temple Agricultural Project headquartered in San Francisco, at one time, was operating under the guise of the Gifts of the Spirit in gathering his believers. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In researching this article, I went on the Internet to find references to what a modern day false prophet may look like. There is an over abundance of websites whose sole purpose is to expose false prophets. According to one site I visited, anyone who has a television program is a false prophet; people like, Joyce Meyer, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Fred Price, T.D. Jakes, Joel Osteen, John Hagee, and scores of others whom I have a great deal of respect. This site doesn't give the person's name who is making these charges, but he is just one of many such bloggers or webmasters that have this opinion. Frankly, there are times when I think there is a little too much show biz associated with a particular TV program, however, there are a lot of good, well meaning people in the ministry who have at one time or another put their foot in their mouth. That goes for myself as well and certainly most everyone who stands behind a pulpit every Sunday. <br />
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Dan CaseyDan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-19149121298285162232009-10-24T00:00:00.000-07:002009-10-24T10:23:15.658-07:00WORRY CAUSES PREMATURE AGING AND IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH<div align="justify">Worry is a destructive force. It causes you to get old before your time and is bad for your health. Psychologists will tell you, people worry mostly about things out of fear and uncertainty, and ninety percent of what they worry about doesn't happen and the other ten percent there's nothing they can do about it anyway; so why worry?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There is plenty of cause for worry here today, in our time. The political situation is on the verge of chaos, our economy is on the course for total collapse. An economic depression looms in the background waiting for the right moment to manifest itself. Many people have been laid off, and some have lost their jobs because the company they worked for has gone under. There are a lot of people with maxed out credit cards tied to their mortgages who are now in default and are facing foreclosure on their homes and bankruptcy. To add to this economic misery, they are being harassed by bill collectors, so much so they are afraid to answer the phone. Most of you know someone who is in this predicament.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There is a man whom God has raised up into a full time ministry and he's gotten rich off of it. His name is Dave Ramsey and you can listen to him everyday on News Talk 640am WGST from 3 to 6 pm daily. Before you jump to conclusions, Dave Ramsey makes it perfectly clear here; it is no sin to be rich. I don't know why it is that some people think you have to take a vow of poverty in order to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. Concerning the tithe, giving ten percent of our first fruits to God lets Him know right off the top where your heart is. When you tithe, it opens the windows of Heaven where God can pour out a blessing for you more abundantly than you can ask or think. It doesn't matter what the amount is. Jesus illustrated this in the story of Widow and her mite, giving not out of the abundance like the Phariasees did, but she gave all that she had. Dave is adament in including the dicipline of tithing in your financial makeover. The beautiful thing about tithing is, that you get it all back plus a lot more. Don't make the mistake of tithing just to get more money to add to your bank account. God blesses us so that we can be a blessing, a giver, to others so that His Covenant can be established in the earth.<br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396205289146168242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 393px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2N0DpLf1p4ej4wiUJXWFLsLZEjkzhpqC5kT9_zCGHk3yw-ZLGJkqUwRlsZWsWAt8A6cddYRlXjQSSm1L6YqknACEJXAFje-aGsAd1oMibST0xZZkhlWpwreBDnuUqiFVNGFA2Ozx8KOzX/s400/Dave+Ramsey.com" border="0" /><br /><br />In the Sermon on the Mount, Mathew 6:25-31, Jesus said,<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396206160200624578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 357px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEstCHECJX9-pCWFg92-6AcWcPScpL9NYAR9pFYsZtPkGUmZl18gMieo78ryewpOZXOcouTzpPpkl4VSRe_uaGW5I4Nwji2Li_DB65lu1bOwD5pAbyXJrkDXJNKfTpsDIsk46BcTzoHuL/s400/Jesus'+Sermon+on+the+Mount.bmp" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />25: <span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important</span> </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">than clothes?</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">26: </span>Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?</span> 27 <span style="color:#cc0000;">Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?</span> 28: <span style="color:#cc0000;">And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. </span><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000000;">29:</span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;">Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. </span>30:<span style="color:#cc0000;"> If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?</span> 31: <span style="color:#cc0000;">So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?</span>32:<span style="color:#cc0000;"> For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. </span>33: <span style="color:#cc0000;">But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. </span>34: <span style="color:#cc0000;">Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.</span> NIV<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Part of Dave Ramsey's testimony that twenty years ago he was on the bottom looking up. He had declared bankruptcy and lost everything he had. In his book <strong>The Total Money Makeover</strong>, Dave tells his amazing story on how he was completely broke and became a multi-millionaire. His books and Financial Peace University Course and classes have helped millions to get debt free. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396218178044438274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKoLIh5TO9QiZ6jDX2dT_L9ij2t35lJBmwptz-DZoG87olimbNzfL99UQ3UKu-XaNeERVG0CmnyXOA5276nJYUgWh4s3Zzk6M96ivLvRt3cQwYQ0uO8lxDiVBuylnaXParR3zoaON-BPu/s400/drstore_books_bk_tmmo_book.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />This is not an infomercial for Dave Ramsey and I don't receive a cent in advertising for him. This is the real deal. One thing I want to leave with you; in order for the Plan to Financial Freedom to work, you and your spouse have to make a quality decision and be in total agreement together. You will have to make some lifestyle changes and sacrafices, however these things are only temporary, and in most cases, you can be debt free in five years or less. But first, you must learn to <strong>Act Your Wage. </strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><br />Daniel A. Casey 24 October 2009Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-16755297513797553692009-10-22T20:29:00.000-07:002009-10-22T13:28:09.824-07:00KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, IGNORANCE IS A CURSE<div align="justify">One of the most disturbing scenes I witnessed on television news last fall just before the 2008 elections was the kind of answers that were given by Barack Obama supporters when asked why they were supporting him? I vividly recall one lady saying that he was going to get her a new house. Another said he was going to get health care and yet Another said that he was going to save her house by forgiving the debt she owed on the mortgage. Almost everyone that was interviewed gave similar answers; after all, they were promised hope and change and they were expecting to receive something in exchange for their vote. Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. He's been in office for nine months and he has failed to deliver on any of his promises. Where is the hope and change now?<br /><br />That's the way it is when governments try to supplant God as their source for the people. The government does not produce anything; they can only take away from others and give to someone else in the form of taxation and wealth redistribution; taking from those who earned it and giving it to those who did do nothing to earn it. This is called Socialism, and Marxism is an embellishment of Socialism in that it takes control of everything from health care, education, even the factories and manufacturing plants, where you work, where you live, and what kind of car you drive. When a person is on the bottom rung of the economic ladder, it is easy for them to be manipulated into embracing this ideology and depend on the government to provide for them from cradle to the grave. This time, however, those in power have been exposed and a resistance has been coalescing and is getting stronger every day.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br />In the early 1960's, when US President Lyndon Baines Johnson was in office, he introduced the so called <strong><em>Great Society</em> </strong>where poverty would come to an end in this country. The Great Society became the largest Socialist giveaway program in history, over ten trillion dollars. Poverty did not end and The Great Society was a massive failure. Instead, it became a monstrous comfort zone for people who had little to no ambition, or any inclination to do anything to help themselves. The tragic results of this wasteful entitlement program are immeasurable in terms of literal destruction of the black family; the emasculated father figure as the provider in the home was replaced when the government stepped in to take his place. Until that time in the mid-sixties, it was the largest transfer of wealth in the history of the country. The awful reaction from this flawed social program is the condition that is prevalent today in our inner cities, where poverty, drug and alcohol addiction, and street kids from fatherless families run in gangs in neighborhoods where crime runs rampant. <strong>They are not taught the lessons in how to live life, but are taught where to go to receive their handouts.</strong> . Thus, a class of government dependants has emerged whom the Democrat Party depends, designed to keep themselves in power in our cities by receiving in one huge block vote made up of welfare recipients, bureaucrats and special interest groups. Meanwhile, thousands of male children grow up not being equipped in how live life, but find themselves locked up in prison, where the number of young black males outnumber those that are enrolled in college. Their class envy and life of crime is fueled by coveteness, finding themselves in a hopeless world of lack and poverty in the midst of a world of plenty This is of course is not what the Socialists who masterminded this plot intended, and their answer always is that <strong>the programs are underfunded.</strong></div><p align="justify"><strong></strong></p><p align="justify">Of course, it is these <strong>limousine Liberals</strong> who have all the best intentions who inconvenience themselves once or twice a year, usually at Thanksgiving and Christmas, who in order to make themselves feel good, go to the homeless shelters and serve their fellow human beings in the food lines. I'm not pointing the finger at those of you who care for your fellow man year round, but those who wear the little ribbons on their lapels, and you have seen them on TV on the award shows, silently proclaiming that <strong>I care more than you do because I'm wearing this ribbon</strong>. Jesus, Himself, was aware of this when he saw the Pharisees standing in the market place praying out loud for all to see how devout they were. The one thing that angered Jesus the most was their hypocrisy, and I don't have to tell you of the overwhelming abundance of hypocrisy on the Left. </p><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br />Our country right now is in turmoil, bordering on chaos politically. Not since the <strong><em>War Between the States</em></strong> has there be such a division among the people. As our Legislative branch has been taken over by the Left, a super majority in the House of Representatives and a filibuster proof Senate, and a radical Left wing president who is filling appointee positions with as many radical extremists he can. Now, the opposition has the potential of pushing onto us any state sponsored program without any help from our side. Our judicial system has become corrupt and the economic outlook is bleak, with a full blown depression waiting for the right moment to manifest itself. We are in danger of becoming at least a Socialist country while the rest of the world is trying to rid itself of socialism, or worse, a Marxist country where the government controls everything. The bailouts are the first step in the takeover and largest power grab in American history.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br />Would you have thought a year ago that all this would happen here, in this of all countries? Many of us did see this coming because about 48% of us knew what we were up against. The other 52% got caught up in the fervor of a promise of hope and change, and a new direction, not taking into consideration what direction that would be. Many people voted for the first time, a lot of college students, the so called <strong>enlightened ones</strong>, who have been indoctrinated by the liberal institutes of higher learning which have been co opted by the Left. The big three broadcast news networks did not carry out their responsibilities as journalists and look into the background of all the candidates objectively. Had they, we would not have an enigma of a man as President, a man who hides all the things that we as citizens have the right to know. We even have doubts if this man is even qualified to be President because he has yet to provide a legal, birth certificate to show that indeed he is a citizen of the United States.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br />Most of us, Christians, whom those on the Left label Right Wing Extremists now find ourselves having to fight, showing resistance to the move that is going on in Washington to turn this nation from the godly nation that our founding fathers intended into a secular, godless, and classless society. A lot of us are fearful that the Left is winning and our outlook is dismal at best. However, <strong>there is a rainbow on the horizon</strong>. Serious divisions are cropping up in the Democrat party. There are Conservatives within the Democrats, called <strong>Blue Dogs</strong>, who have thrown a monkey wrench into the plans of the Speaker of the House Pelosi and Senate where they are forced to go it alone and use the nuclear option, a simple up or down vote to push these gigantic Socialist programs through. Once the nuclear option is implemented and it fails, there will be a general house cleaning within the Democrat Party with the leftists being thrown out of office.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Recently polling data has shown that the people in California, the state where the Speaker is from, has only a 33 percent approval rating, which means she can be defeated in next year's election. Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader from Nevada probably will not be reelected. The chances for Republicans to win back the House and at least a sizable number of seats in the Senate are very good, provided they can keep Acorn out of it and voter fraud at a minimum.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">For those godless, secular humanists who want to eliminate God from our foundation as a country and rewrite the US Constitution, God has a word for them. From the One who sends the rain on the just and the unjust, and places the bow in the sky, <span style="color:#cc0000;">I WILL NOT BE MOCKED AND I WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO CONTROL MY WEATHER. </span><span style="color:#000000;">Dan Casey 22 Oct 2009</span></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-56443628884185552412009-10-19T14:49:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:57:04.429-07:00A PRAYER FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA lot of God's people are afraid. Many are without employment and are dependant upon the government to provide for them during this period; some for the first time in their lives. Many feel betrayed; were promised "hope" and "change," getting the change, but not what they expected, and certainly not what they hoped for. The future looks bleak as they are beginning to see that they have been deceived, lied to, and their hope is being dashed by broken promises and promises that were never intended to be kept. Many of them are losing their homes and some are watching their life savings and retirement plans evaporate right before their eyes. Real fear is starting to grip them as they feel their country is being stolen from them, while their leaders are telling them that the worst is over and it's getting better; just give them time to fix it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The country is more divided now than anytime since the War Between the States. There are those of us who are trying to preserve our heritage which was founded on Godly principles and there are those on the other side who want tear down what we have stood for and fought for for 230 plus years, and remake it into something completely opposite of what we believe and what the founders intended. Our Lord was adamantly clear when He said, <span style="color:#cc0000;">"a country divided against itself cannot stand."</span> We are in a war, many call it a culture war, but really it isn't a war of flesh and blood, but a war being fought in the spiritual realm. The Apostle Paul wrote about this in his letter to the Ephesians. <strong><em>"We war not against flesh and blood, but of the rulers, against the powers, against the principalities of darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in high places."</em></strong> Ephesians 6:12<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Since we are to fight this war in the spiritual realm, we have been provided by Our Lord the spiritual weapons we are to use. Our main weapon is prayer, and when used collectively, it becomes a mighty force that can overtake anything, anybody, anywhere. Our main problem is seeing the manifestation of prayer, and that can be disheartening if we don't see results right away. The reason being, we don't understand how God works, and sometimes, the results come at us piece meal or in stages. For the most part, we can't see the forest for all the trees or the entire picture and of course all this depends on what we are praying for. Simple prayers usually get simple answers and quick results. Other, more complicated prayers require setup, for example, one thing has to happen before something else can happen. All in all, God answers prayer as long as we stand in faith believing, but works in His own time and his own way. Also, the number of people you have united in faith believing has a great deal to do with how prayers are answered. In my own case, back in 1996, I lay near death in a coma on a heart pump. The doctors had no hope of me surviving my second major heart attack. However, prayer chains from all over began praying for me, and perhaps as many as a thousand people at one time were praying for me. I survived long enough to get a heart transplant which I've had for over thirteen years and have lived as close to a normal life as anyone could expect under these circumstances. So, for me, I don't need to be be convinced that miracles happen; I am one.<br /><br />Everything it seems that we believe in, our way of life, our spiritual lives, and institutions of marriage and family are under attack. We can see with our own eyes how <span style="color:#cc0000;"><em><strong>Satan goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.</strong></em> </span>The following is a prayer for our country. I have been praying a lot for our country lately, and to be honest, I find it difficult to pray for our leaders, or those that are in power at this time. I cannot bring myself to ask God to bless them, but I do<em> <strong>pray for their salvation, a change in their hearts, and a renewing of their minds</strong>, </em>along with their protection, that <strong><em>no weapon formed against them shall prosper.</em></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:180%;">A PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY</span><br /><br />MOST RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY HEAVENLY FATHER,<br /><br />FORGIVE US LORD FOR <strong>WE AS A NATION HAVE SINNED</strong>. YOU ARE A MOST RIGHTEOUS AND JUST GOD AND IT IS RIGHT FOR YOU TO JUDGE US HARSHLY.<br /><strong>WE HAVE BECOME COMPLACENT, LAZY, AND FAT</strong> WHILE DEVELOPING AN ATTITUDE OF <strong>ENTITLEMENT</strong> AND EXPECTATION. WE HAVE TAKEN YOU FOR GRANTED, SIR , FOR WE HAVE ALLOWED <strong>MATERIALISM, SELFISHNESS AND COVETOUSNESS </strong>TO ENTER INTO OUR THOUGHTS MANIFESTING IN THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES. IN OUR QUEST TO PILE UP WEALTH AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS, <strong>WE FIND OURSELVES HEAVILY IN DEBT AND ENSLAVED TO THE LENDERS. </strong>IF WE DO NOT GET WHAT WE WANT WHEN WE WANT IT, <strong>WE FIND OURSELVES FULL OF JEALOUSY, ENVY AND RAGE.</strong> AS A RESULT, WE ARE DRIVEN TO WORK LONG HOURS AT THE EXPENSE OF BEING THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY AND FORCE THE MOTHERS OF OUR CHILDREN TO ENTER THE WORKPLACE. BY DOING SO, WE HAVE OPENED THE DOOR TO <strong>ADULTERY</strong>, AND <strong>BROKEN MARRIAGES</strong> WHILE AT THE SAME TIME <strong>WE HAVE HANDED OVER OUR CHILDREN FOR OTHERS TO RAISE</strong> AND BE TAUGHT THE WAYS OF THE WORLD WHICH WE KNOW ARE NOT YOUR WAYS. OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT TO BE <strong>POLITICALLY CORRECT</strong>, TO BE <strong>TOLERANT </strong>AND GIVE<strong> ACCEPTANCE</strong> TO THOSE OF OTHER <strong>ALTERNATIVE, PERVERTED LIFESTYLES.</strong><br /><br />WE HAVE ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ALL THE WAY UP THE LADDER, FROM THE LOCAL LEVEL TO THE TOP TO THE PRESIDENCY BECAUSE THEY STAND FOR SOME SELFISH SPECIAL INTEREST THAT WE HAVE. NOW, WE FIND OURSELVES AT THE MERCY OF OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WHO IS USING <strong>DECEPTION AND LIES</strong> TO MANIPULATE US INTO ACCEPTING THEM TO BE OUR PROVIDERS INSTEAD OF YOU. THESE ARE THE SAME ONES WHO ARE TRYING TO HAVE ANY REFERENCE OF YOU REMOVED FROM OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OUR MONEY WITH THEIR FALSE PROMISE OF PROVIDING FOR US FROM OUR CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.<br /><br />WE HAVE LEGALLY ALLOWED THE MURDER OF INNOCENT UNBORN BABIES WHILE SPARING THE LIVES OF HARDENED MURDERERS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE AND THEIR CHILDREN GOING ABOUT THEIR DAILY WORK. <strong>WE HAVE ALLOWED YOUR CHURCH TO BECOME CORRUPTED, PERMITTING FALSE DOCTRINE, WORLDLY ENTERTAINMENT AND APOSTASY TO ENTER IN. </strong>MANY OF OUR CHURCH LEADERS ARE LIVING IN SIN AND ARE ALLOWING SIN TO BE CARRIED OUT IN YOUR CHURCH. IN OUR FEEBLE EFFORTS TO ADVANCE YOUR KINGDOM TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, WE RESORT TO WORLDLY METHODS AND ATTRACTIONS INSTEAD OF TAKING THE UNFETTERED, UNMITIGATED AND UNADULTERATED <strong>WORD OF GOD</strong> TO THE PEOPLE. TOO <strong>MANY OF US HAVE BECOME LIKE THE MONEY CHANGERS IN THE TEMPLE</strong> WHICH YOUR SON JESUS SCOURGED WITH A WHIP, TURNING OVER THEIR MONEY TABLES.<br /><br /><strong>WE HAVE ABANDONED ISRAEL,</strong> TO FACE HER ENEMIES THAT OVERWHELMINGLY SURROUND HER, CONDEMNING HER IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD AS SHE TRIES TO PROTECT HER PEOPLE AND HOLD ON TO THAT LITTLE PIECE OF LAND WHICH YOU GAVE HER.<br /><br />WE CONFESS THAT WE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF YOU, LORD, AND WE PRAY FOR <strong>MERCY </strong>NOW THAT OUR WORLD IS COLLAPSING ALL AROUND US, FOR NOW WE SEE THAT WE ONLY HAVE YOU TO LOOK TO FOR OUR <strong>SALVATION.</strong> SAVE US LORD. SAVE US FROM OURSELVES. <strong>OPEN THE EYES OF YOUR CHILDREN, LORD</strong>, AND <strong>HELP US TO UNITE UNDER YOUR BANNER.</strong> <strong>WE PRAY FOR REVIVAL</strong>, SIR, ON A GRAND SCALE, THE LIKES THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, THAT IT WILL LEAVE NO DOUBT IN ANYONE, ANYWHERE, THAT <strong>THERE IS INDEED IS A GOD IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</strong>. WE PRAY THAT ONCE AGAIN THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE THAT <strong>BRIGHTLY SHINING LIGHT UPON THE HILL</strong> THAT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WILL SEE. WE PRAY THIS PRAYER IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY, AND SEEK MY FACE, WILL TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR THEM FROM HEAVEN AND FORGIVE THEM OF THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND. <span style="color:#000000;">2 CHRONICLES 7:14</span></strong></span>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-11441056906444494572009-10-19T14:47:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:49:26.588-07:00PRAY FOR YOUR LEADERS WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR NOT<div>With all that is going on in Washington here lately, and with the seeds of discord finally starting to take root, there's been a showdown of sorts in the House of Representatives and the Senate over the US Government take over of our health care system. As more and more people discover what's in the bill that is being presented, citizens are raising their concerns in ways the party in power did not expect. There is such resistance for such a large scale overhaul of a system that most people now say isn't broke; that it is only a way of establishing Socialism as the type of government that the party in power wants to do business. The party in power is now reeling from the fact that their plan which they tried to push through without people first getting to find out what's in the bill, is being rejected and their approval numbers are crashing, and the President's job approval rating is declining at a rapid rate. Political experts all thought that since the party in power had a super majority in the House and a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, this entire scheme would be a slam dunk. The party not in power is now saying, that they are unified against this bill and if it goes through without bipartisan support, that there would be a massive overhaul of the House and Senate in next year's elections.</div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-43993954100816353422009-10-19T14:45:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:47:17.626-07:00WHY CONFLICT RESOLUTION WON'T WORK BETWEEN ARABS AND JEWS<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnw9xaL3wIQWjUrHNaw4nTRuFAmaT6uMVn9crJjL-mqUhaUPYvwgNPGhR2bhCSt84Ql937x2yCuQw4MDrJ_ms2Y0NFRpCDX8i12jnVKS2-D4z0asWlH1fsh_-wl_t54vCtY9mDQjeWjc/s1600-h/western-wall-on-tisha-b-av-05-cc-Aaron-Wenner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226243602246181650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px" height="254" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnw9xaL3wIQWjUrHNaw4nTRuFAmaT6uMVn9crJjL-mqUhaUPYvwgNPGhR2bhCSt84Ql937x2yCuQw4MDrJ_ms2Y0NFRpCDX8i12jnVKS2-D4z0asWlH1fsh_-wl_t54vCtY9mDQjeWjc/s400/western-wall-on-tisha-b-av-05-cc-Aaron-Wenner.jpg" width="319" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9H57PXgJ6i5TTRA9xLjRGJwOknA2xSNusSc2ZPVYgOHWqQYB-RrCgauPQoxD4tQjBQzDTgsHvsHO7JGI_T-cdt_UkE9ZyqxPltB0EZw5WG7wcYjpP65LCmPbZE6R9mp6yPvNjs4nWmRE/s1600-h/praying-soldiers-c-damon-lynch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226244647471934370" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9H57PXgJ6i5TTRA9xLjRGJwOknA2xSNusSc2ZPVYgOHWqQYB-RrCgauPQoxD4tQjBQzDTgsHvsHO7JGI_T-cdt_UkE9ZyqxPltB0EZw5WG7wcYjpP65LCmPbZE6R9mp6yPvNjs4nWmRE/s400/praying-soldiers-c-damon-lynch.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="justify"><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="justify"></div><p align="justify"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4z98tgNIMPCrlU0-0VmjVlsf51rlVfH4GABuvSsalSkimWC_41Ix8CWUtF505MPL4tqIXp5nC2fe1efej3iLFer8Eek15uM3yjDh0wFUmjoiBW-MvUqf0BrYMA8oFk54w5efr-nlLN4/s1600-h/praying5-c-damon-lynch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226245116716910146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4z98tgNIMPCrlU0-0VmjVlsf51rlVfH4GABuvSsalSkimWC_41Ix8CWUtF505MPL4tqIXp5nC2fe1efej3iLFer8Eek15uM3yjDh0wFUmjoiBW-MvUqf0BrYMA8oFk54w5efr-nlLN4/s320/praying5-c-damon-lynch.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p align="justify"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8MqAogU-A5C2v7Cq-mcb0_ysmI8Fkon9Hc8lJpOq89TU8KzMVENAufNPRikl4o-jpEU_aQ8ai5RYsB8PtQXecJFwNTMjYwK3o1eR2BstJk9mfvObfd7brlKzv-9qw96Gtjfnu7HGiz4/s1600-h/the-kaba-01-500.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="justify"></div><p align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGV0uUBA6ETVIiWjVYd30dBeueAJaGf7mMMHm9PXGvCILL1iMe2AH8X6bCDNR-z4YOBrbyafuf29979oZG3d0g__fRW7n11RdEoNpHXiXPcCMNYpNhdPFhb0ZvWHF8OexQrzBACLORmc/s1600-h/wailing+wall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226253741164927778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGV0uUBA6ETVIiWjVYd30dBeueAJaGf7mMMHm9PXGvCILL1iMe2AH8X6bCDNR-z4YOBrbyafuf29979oZG3d0g__fRW7n11RdEoNpHXiXPcCMNYpNhdPFhb0ZvWHF8OexQrzBACLORmc/s320/wailing+wall.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">These are scenes at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Old Jerusalem. In the background, the Dome of the Rock, built on the Temple Mount, site of Solomon's Temple, now the third holiest site in Islam. It serves the Jews as a reminder, that they have been displaced as God's Chosen People, and in their grief, they face the wall and mourn their losses. Sometimes, we Christians become disheartened and frustrated when it seems the whole world is against us. We have Jesus' words to comfort us during such times when he said, "<em>Be of good cheer for I have overcome the world."</em></div><div align="justify"><em></em></div><div align="justify"><em></em></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Right now, many of us are experiencing economic hardship and our government doesn't seem to be able or want to do anything about it. The price of crude oil has really put a crimp in our lifestyle and what little disposable income we might have is being taken from us in the form of higher fuel costs. One side, the one not in power at the moment says, "drill here, drill now," which would bring down the cost of fuel by increasing the supply side. The other side, the one that is in power and could do something about it, won't do anything because of pressure from environmental groups that oppose any form of increasing the supply side. We are forced to buy petroleum crude from our enemies, and they are using that as a weapon against us by wrecking our economy because there is no way they can defeat us militarily in the War on Terror. Who is this enemy and why are they trying to destroy us? We buy a lot of oil from the Arabs, but they are not our enemy on paper, although our enemy lives among them. Militant Islamo-fascism is our enemy and the attack on the World Trade Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on September 11, 2001 was the day we received our last wake up call. We had been given several wake up calls and it was the present President of the United States that decided to answer the call. The Taliban, Al Qaida and Muslim extremists around the world, not just in the Arab countries have been at war with us for twenty years prior to 9/11, but we did little to nothing about it. Now we have a better picture of what we're dealing with, but still there are some that have eyes, but refuse to see, and ears, but refuse to hear.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify">Recently, I visited the web site of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press because I wanted to get a true feel for what the media thought about Muslims and Islamics throughout the world. What I got was a lot of polling data, and few facts. (I don't consider polling data factual; not very reliable)I didn't get information much on Islamic extremism, but poll results in a country by country list of whether a particular country had a positive, negative or neutral view on Muslims and Islam on whether they were supportive or against suicide bombings and random attacks on innocent people, including the elderly and children, and even other Muslims. There were no surprises there. In most Muslim countries, including some of our so called allies, the majority saw the necessity and approved of such extreme measures. Whenever I see a news story about this or containing this topic, it doesn't seem to matter what source, it nearly always reveals that the reporter doing the story is ignorant of world history, especially Jewish history and completely misses the reasons why this ruthless kind of violence is condoned in most of the Arab, Islamic world. This point was clearly illustrated by the United Nations and the 9/11 Commissi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqhcELekaIHm4Fc3UGbnAiHjqSPJkRYX4O8l6EhEFIVM5mfWwnXlYX7qqRNOmR3TAbeUC5wG78C8WmuK42vGpSSMhinlsmIx7O4OFTecsyq2Zd4vJJjF5MOHhjmW6zSQndkZsHGr4Y80/s1600-h/_44221588_abdullahpopeafp2203b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226211657551082146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqhcELekaIHm4Fc3UGbnAiHjqSPJkRYX4O8l6EhEFIVM5mfWwnXlYX7qqRNOmR3TAbeUC5wG78C8WmuK42vGpSSMhinlsmIx7O4OFTecsyq2Zd4vJJjF5MOHhjmW6zSQndkZsHGr4Y80/s400/_44221588_abdullahpopeafp2203b.jpg" border="0" /></a>on in the months following the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. The Commission found that the number one reason why the United States is hated by most of the Muslim world, (surprise-surprise) is because of our support for Israel. The majority of the left, demographically speaking is made up of the 18-35 age group. Since the overwhelming majority rarely go to church or Sunday School, they know little to nothing about the history of the Muslims and the Jews. For most of them, including the reporters and correspondents in the media, who are supposed to bring us the unfettered truth about what's going on in the world, history began at their birth, and the entire Jew-Arab conflict is a result of the Jews(Israelis) taking land away from the Palestinians. None of the reports that I have ever seen bothered to venture when all the conflict began, about four thousand years ago. In addition to ignorance, one has to believe in God in order to believe the stories below. Since the left don't believe in God, then these stories to them are not true, which is why they are passed off as myth or ignored altogether by the left leaning news media. </div><p align="justify"><br />Here is a brief history lesson according to Hebrew ancient writings, mainly Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament in the Holy Bible. First of all, it was the Jews who introduced the belief, revealed the One True God, monotheism, to the world; not the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinD0XHHcC4y6Cuy_wACsBNdat0H6-_EEqDksD32CkEzTWRP09PDkt27X0ZBIY3PMbWcBK45jcoHhJWChgIYIDV8Dq_6Sr3WFx-sR__-gbgLW5vNb0Sf2DTTAHsiINk_Z-ADMlolFklu-8/s1600-h/660px-Flag_of_Israel_svg.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226207940659260258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 118px" height="183" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinD0XHHcC4y6Cuy_wACsBNdat0H6-_EEqDksD32CkEzTWRP09PDkt27X0ZBIY3PMbWcBK45jcoHhJWChgIYIDV8Dq_6Sr3WFx-sR__-gbgLW5vNb0Sf2DTTAHsiINk_Z-ADMlolFklu-8/s400/660px-Flag_of_Israel_svg.bmp" width="273" border="0" /></a>Arabs, and certainly not the Muslims. In the Book of Genesis, the eleventh chapter, several generations after the great flood, in the re populated earth, a man named Abram lived in Ur, in the land of the Chaldean<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvabz1yL6r2oimJAulDqGEXXW1VdUaQTzxNxKvgxLVeq_RuVpxQshFDeyOxqe8SH_ou6gX6T0uEQNBAwg_MN3F650Vwt0NYNAbrLqT8wx6PtgRRjsPfFJAsb-wNgd3j5flJbOFoJS-2w/s1600-h/1_a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226213503342865746" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvabz1yL6r2oimJAulDqGEXXW1VdUaQTzxNxKvgxLVeq_RuVpxQshFDeyOxqe8SH_ou6gX6T0uEQNBAwg_MN3F650Vwt0NYNAbrLqT8wx6PtgRRjsPfFJAsb-wNgd3j5flJbOFoJS-2w/s400/1_a.jpg" border="0" /></a>'s. (present day Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers) In a manner best describe as being a prophetic dream, the Lord came to Abram and told him that he and his family must leave the land of the Chaldean's and go to a land He had given them, the Land of Canaan. Now, this next paragraph contains scripture from chapter twelve of Genesis, and is critical to the point I'm trying to make. It is quoted from the New American Standard Bible.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYon77TPcAmLUBN0ChQ_axbJHe9LGr8Pq6ifqtSJ7HNh5w1FuwQ9duh2uXmrEw88B9T9BedsS3UjA4Svp9xclrd9QHnSZRPgiTwdRfGglCRVBTMcWNAIq77Kh-3-BWdvZ-R4aDgu0Cm5Y/s1600-h/280px-Dome_of_the_rock_distance.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226212505143166178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYon77TPcAmLUBN0ChQ_axbJHe9LGr8Pq6ifqtSJ7HNh5w1FuwQ9duh2uXmrEw88B9T9BedsS3UjA4Svp9xclrd9QHnSZRPgiTwdRfGglCRVBTMcWNAIq77Kh-3-BWdvZ-R4aDgu0Cm5Y/s400/280px-Dome_of_the_rock_distance.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226223078143317122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="169" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3pKY2DPtvy0uYmOr-PUJ5BGfWp_DuE-3yq70D4Ih4uB3VHK7QJBwLFEK4HbOyHp0cZl05sUYrbJtLTAZsLpyzKj0jXumrH3uOz7E9ukARDZi9ROnTLJZETgLqq2sZzfGgAlie_jWIXY/s400/200px-Dome_of_the_Rock_west.jpg" width="229" border="0" /> <p align="justify"><br /><br />Now the Lord said to Abram,"Go forth from your country, And from your relatives, And from your father's house To the Land which I will show you, And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing, And I bles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDIdIADG5NOTNyk4NRhW6kFbQInPNMNkQgA16GOyiUUs2yN8Yu5OPU-Fdy4s5yyGMQkTLOCIbLiLkZ1cDIMGA8hdsAMbzRA2BKtQP9b7pyVo5Mohm4Jj-ljhc6rtekTLNPpjaJSwh9Rc/s1600-h/2008-05-22T161205Z_01_TEH01_RTRIDSP_0_IRAN.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226216221947179714" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDIdIADG5NOTNyk4NRhW6kFbQInPNMNkQgA16GOyiUUs2yN8Yu5OPU-Fdy4s5yyGMQkTLOCIbLiLkZ1cDIMGA8hdsAMbzRA2BKtQP9b7pyVo5Mohm4Jj-ljhc6rtekTLNPpjaJSwh9Rc/s400/2008-05-22T161205Z_01_TEH01_RTRIDSP_0_IRAN.jpg" border="0" /></a>s those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." Don't you find that fairly simple and easy to understand? One of the biggest reasons that the United States has had such prosperity, is that it stands with Israel, practically its only friend. With the exception of a couple of administrations in the past forty years, namely the Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton years, when those two presidents gave credence to Israel's enemies and known terrorist organizations. During Carter's one term, he gave us double digit inflation and interest rates, called the misery index, and the disposing of the Shah of Iran who was friendly to the United States and enabled the exiled Iyatollah Humani to tyranically take over Iran and give rise of militant Muslims and Islamo-fascism in the Persian Gulf region. Clinton had one scandal after another, the most remembered Monica Lewinsky affair, which did much to denigrate the Office of the Presidency of the United States.<br /><br />Let us fast forward and skip over other unrelated stories, such as his journey into Egypt and his stay in Sodom and Gomorrah, and remain with the theme of when the conflict began between the Arabs and the Jews. We pick up where Abram and his wife Sarai were for ten years living in the land of Canaan. In a prophetic dream, God came to Abram and made a covenant with him. He said that he would give them the land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates. However, in subsequent prophesies, God also said that the land would not become theirs until they had spent four h<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosImLr0g6uHGOMCh9CKcCQKEBmZYsSCW_nqlBwX1OYekcrKbDsiONYJ5yXznG27VOVMFTObePFtKTOxokGXUc1ZhEVwOQ7V8D8OJpnm2J7YZlPlM-ANl36jqHqiH3gt6r0WJWLM8GT3M/s1600-h/Menorah-89.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226215281741655970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 112px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" height="121" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosImLr0g6uHGOMCh9CKcCQKEBmZYsSCW_nqlBwX1OYekcrKbDsiONYJ5yXznG27VOVMFTObePFtKTOxokGXUc1ZhEVwOQ7V8D8OJpnm2J7YZlPlM-ANl36jqHqiH3gt6r0WJWLM8GT3M/s400/Menorah-89.bmp" width="76" border="0" /></a>undred years in Egypt as slaves, and another forty years wandering in the desert when Moses would lead them out of Egypt and Joshua would take them into the Promised Land. When Abram and Sarai were in their eighties, God came to Abram and told him he would have an heir. Sarai was barren and women in their eighties don't have children. When Abram told Sarai what God had told him, she had her doubts. She had thought that God had prevented her from having children. Sarai must have thought that Abram was having delusions. Rather than disappoint her husband, she offered her Egyptian maid servant, Hagar, to him and let her bear him his child. Of course, for every action, there is a reaction, and usually with unforeseen consequences. Hagar conceived and Sarai reacted with jealousy and treated her very harshly. An angel of the Lord came to Hagar and gave her the following prophesy."Return to your mistress and submit yourself to her authority. Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count." The angel of the Lord said to her further,"Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has given heed to your affliction. "And he will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And every one's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers."<br /><br />When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him again, and said,"I am God Almighty, Walk before Me and be blameless."And I will establish my covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly."And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him saying,"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you shall be the father of many nations,"And you shall be the father of a multitude of nations." God changed Abram's name to Abraham and Sarai, his wife became Sarah. God added to the covenant.<br />"And I will give to you and your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Can<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPh2kL2lLGyXigy_qnRVpWsV41q1zMvhCC7KJTJGo-c4RMyqtOdyt07-m4kbC5soOSlGb6iH8o3B8qiyXYkIH60mm7gm6ozEBANbybtA20djSRkRDggsSgzUeWGzvLzIJinIzx6k72V44/s1600-h/180px-Ovadia_Yosef%252C_2007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226225933694881426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPh2kL2lLGyXigy_qnRVpWsV41q1zMvhCC7KJTJGo-c4RMyqtOdyt07-m4kbC5soOSlGb6iH8o3B8qiyXYkIH60mm7gm6ozEBANbybtA20djSRkRDggsSgzUeWGzvLzIJinIzx6k72V44/s400/180px-Ovadia_Yosef%252C_2007.jpg" border="0" /></a>aan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."God promised to give Abraham another son by his wife Sarah, named Isaac through which His covenant will be established. It must be noted here that Isaac is the child of the Promise, not Ishmael. In Genesis, Chapter 17, starting with verse 18; And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!"<br />But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.<br />"As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. "But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year."<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmAzgbt8oxNOprceUkMgxuIe3uhUP3gUCFYUHq6UU-LmEny7FkAYE9ahgIR8dyvKHZGxmYWnLwJ_8dHxaJtyUW2ZpGsiTYwrURHzKqPZLMzDIz6ji-JTGhe3wjdNDBPcvq-w_au8gBDY/s1600-h/Saudi+Couple.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226237084049801922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmAzgbt8oxNOprceUkMgxuIe3uhUP3gUCFYUHq6UU-LmEny7FkAYE9ahgIR8dyvKHZGxmYWnLwJ_8dHxaJtyUW2ZpGsiTYwrURHzKqPZLMzDIz6ji-JTGhe3wjdNDBPcvq-w_au8gBDY/s400/Saudi+Couple.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />So, Abraham had two sons, but only one would be the heir, and that would be the child of the promise. Abraham loved Ishmael, but the older lad picked on his younger half brother, out of jealousy and mocked him. This angered Sarah and she went to Abraham and complained about it. She demanded that Hagar and her son Ishmael be driven away, that Ishmael will never be a co-heir with Isaac. Hagar left with her son, Ishmael and settled in the land of Paran. To make a long story short, the descendants of Isaac became the Jews and the descendants of Ishmael became the Arabs, and the two have been at odds with each other ever since.<br /><br /><br /><br />What about the Palestinians? First of all, there were never was a land called Palestine. General Edmund Allenby of the British Army, early in the last century, drew the boundaries of the present day middle east and he named the the land of ancient Israel, Palestine. The people that lived there were naturally called Palestinians. Where did the Palestinians come from? For that, we must go back to the Abraham's son of the Promise, Isaac. Isaac also had two sons; the older named Esau and the younger named Jacob. From the story in the ancient Hebrew scripture, Esau sold his birthright to his younger brother for a bowl of lintels. Jacob, using deception tricked his father Issac into given his blessing intended for his older brother, to him. Jacob and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPSvfih2MgieUeH_PlVe5AMA0QcuNw-1t5_GaPcO8Rl4dsOGwXnS3Ordp7eTaUZX1Nmd5dmJGop3vJWiticeQbmPwfedMO0xoUH7U2F1itvIvneiqzfw4f4enCgnrikWI5ld6ieBrgH4/s1600-h/200px-Palestine_girl_with_flag-284x358.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226213996845588434" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPSvfih2MgieUeH_PlVe5AMA0QcuNw-1t5_GaPcO8Rl4dsOGwXnS3Ordp7eTaUZX1Nmd5dmJGop3vJWiticeQbmPwfedMO0xoUH7U2F1itvIvneiqzfw4f4enCgnrikWI5ld6ieBrgH4/s400/200px-Palestine_girl_with_flag-284x358.png" border="0" /></a>Esau separated and Esau and his descendants settled in a region south of Canaan called Moab. Jacob had twelve sons and each of them became one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jacob's, just as his grandfather's name had been changed, name was changed to Israel. Esau's descendants all but died out, but some intermarried with people in Gaza called the Philistines, who became a perpetual thorn in the side of Israel. Some of the other descendants of Esau intermarried with the sons of Ishmael and became the Idumeans. When Israel was taken into exile by the Babylonians, the Idumeans moved into the vacated land. However seventy years later, the Israelites returned to find their land squatted upon. There was a lot of violence and bloodshed, because the Idumeans thought that Israel had given up their right to own the land when they were in exile. Rome then moved in to take control of the region. In Jerusalem, Herod Agrippa, was installed as the puppet King of Judea (Israel) by Julius Caesar. His son Herod the Great, and his son Herod Antipas, all cruel and wicked tyrants, were not Jews, but Idumeans, the present day Palestinians. So if you think that killing children is something born from jihad, you are wrong. From the capital, Jerusalem, Herod the Great, issued a decree that all the children two years old and younger in Bethlehem slaughtered when he heard from the three wise men that a new king, the messiah, the King of Kings, (Jesus Christ) was to be born there.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY0PSzaTK0gzpCKq10jZ_73oQgiiFCjDQj6P9IwG2V8d3bToPrYAWePrC001IgZxIjp796gwAy_Xufao0XBFEj4uJPJKH6P_HojOujzprIpNfkQAZeZYaNrDU5yoQ8TVHoG5ZUf01CU0/s1600-h/Auschwitz_march_of_the_living_2000_march.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226227642962455090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY0PSzaTK0gzpCKq10jZ_73oQgiiFCjDQj6P9IwG2V8d3bToPrYAWePrC001IgZxIjp796gwAy_Xufao0XBFEj4uJPJKH6P_HojOujzprIpNfkQAZeZYaNrDU5yoQ8TVHoG5ZUf01CU0/s400/Auschwitz_march_of_the_living_2000_march.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="justify">Rome, put down the Jewish rebellion at Masada, their last stronghold, and in a.d. 70, the Jews were dispersed throughout Europe. It was after the Jewish Holocaust in the 1940's that the few Jews that weren't killed, or survived the concentration camps, returned to the state of Israel, set up by the United Nations and the United States given them as a homeland, which was rightfully theirs in th<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWf1-yBisP5DfeCusaEnnv97awd8TGCNkAiZbjJ054PId1HLo3UE-seUO8gGYLkzvv4NAtjX9CzrYByO9MV2f2-FUtjiNp5HxpM_sCjgU3Ae4lSLJlffbiOPiKzbdpSmxaAwWD9GoYEM/s1600-h/Israel+color+map.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226226922386789874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="353" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWf1-yBisP5DfeCusaEnnv97awd8TGCNkAiZbjJ054PId1HLo3UE-seUO8gGYLkzvv4NAtjX9CzrYByO9MV2f2-FUtjiNp5HxpM_sCjgU3Ae4lSLJlffbiOPiKzbdpSmxaAwWD9GoYEM/s400/Israel+color+map.bmp" width="331" border="0" /></a>e first place. Once again, in 1948, they returned and had to fight for possession of the land that God had given to them. In 1967, in the Six Day War which was started by Egypt, Syria and Jordan, in an attempt to drive the Jews out, Israel took back all the land which God had given them. This included the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the Jordan West Bank, land in Egypt east of the Nile River, and all of divided Jerusalem, in which the capital was moved from Tel Aviv. In typical naive, liberal conflict resolution, little by little, treaties and land for peace deals by European third party negotiators,(Oslo Accord) all favored everyone but the Israelis; have eroded their boundaries, save for Jerusalem, back to where they were before the Six Day War. This precedent was set and meant for the Jews only; where else has there ever been a country required to give back land they captured in a war that the other side started?</div><br /><br /><p align="justify">Finally, where did the Muslims come from? The Assyrians, Babylonians, Meades, Persians, and Egyptians, were all pagans, idol worshippers. Only the Jews believed in the One God, Jehovah. It was about six hundred years following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the establishment of the early Christian Church, after much of the Roman Empire and Greece, and Asia Minor had converted to Christianity, that the Prophet Muhammad entered the scene. Muslim believers call Muhammad the last and greatest <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UmV0tn4Vl8SHluZLjIu8_y9EMDx2JNsMLOCJ416Y4bmcYc3gIht8jLs_mPRbg3DGYyQHWFmY-VZIdv8rD5b8XLZqtR3qgH-9Gad32c842RYfoRxAAwvWGlYhE3nyz3I8uVjCaC7nx6I/s1600-h/the-kaba-02-500.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226238728674331954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UmV0tn4Vl8SHluZLjIu8_y9EMDx2JNsMLOCJ416Y4bmcYc3gIht8jLs_mPRbg3DGYyQHWFmY-VZIdv8rD5b8XLZqtR3qgH-9Gad32c842RYfoRxAAwvWGlYhE3nyz3I8uVjCaC7nx6I/s400/the-kaba-02-500.jpg" border="0" /></a>Prophet. Born in A.D. 570, in Mecca, their holiest city, the religion was founded by Muhammad and based upon both Jewish and Christian beliefs, and mixed in some new ideas and theology along with some of their inherent pagan practices. Actually, they picked the good parts, and discarded the parts that didn't fit their uniquely different beliefs, but made their own versions of laws; for instance, Love your friends and hate your enemies. Kill the infidels where they sleep. Originally, Muhammad was a merchant, searching for something to believe in, has a religious experience that changes not only his life, but the history of a large part of the world. He hears a divine voice, later believed to be the angel Gabriel of the Christian religion, tell him that Allah is the only god. He receives further instructions to adopt the name of "Prophet" and convert the Quaraish(parishioners) to accept the monotheism.The Quaraishs resist the new religion. Muhammad and his small band of followers migrate to the town of Yathrib in the north, which is open to his new faith. They change the name of the city to Medina (the city of the prophet) which is where most of their military campaigns are launched. If Muhammad lived in today's society, he would be branded a child molester for taking a nine year old wife. He was supposed to <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYshKlyCl6v90UrCJ1eh1WXCeAafeslcEtydPXYP7QNeQ305jyC1ybLx0xN8Faz0N-YtM_em_9UC7ge4YGPWeYpZfR_oskGxhRrZNvFpl0iONIggmGusvk2_fyyXzILbWVk-j23rWejc/s1600-h/_44221593_meccamosqueafp203b.jpg"></a>have ascended into heaven from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem riding a white horse, but that of course was a fabrication, to give him parity with Jesus and the prophet Elijah. Following the death of Muhammad, Islam, by the power of the sword, is spread by war and violence. Struggles within the hierarchy are decided by murder and assassination. When the militant followers move into a new territory, the local people are given an option of, convert or die. This is the way it always has been and still is to this day, no matter how they try to defend or dignify their actions. The murdering of Christians in Dar fur and in Nigeria, causing strife and destruction around the world, proves my point. Calling themselves the religion of peace is a lie from hell itself; there can only be peace when the entire world is Islam. Remember the words of Jesus, "<em>beware of false prophets, for they are ravenous wolves in sheep's clothing.</em>" And these words, "<em>the enemy (Satan) comes to steal, kill and destroy, but I have come to give life and to have it more abundantly."<br /><br /></em><em></em>If you listen to Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, it will demonstrate their intolerance and mission of hate. According to an undercover law enforcement officer of my a<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwB1hhD83QZb5MfEFyP77gNtym5f_Plk5W8tHXoF0hKZ3oCf68Wx88S5x0p7CMzrBa_jeFR2qMCB74bXESCwfo4zs73SWSihw_5pkYBveI9HzsOWiuVevoUOFivVguoNvERbmDGzmm6fQ/s1600-h/farrakh.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226240390775610274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwB1hhD83QZb5MfEFyP77gNtym5f_Plk5W8tHXoF0hKZ3oCf68Wx88S5x0p7CMzrBa_jeFR2qMCB74bXESCwfo4zs73SWSihw_5pkYBveI9HzsOWiuVevoUOFivVguoNvERbmDGzmm6fQ/s400/farrakh.jpg" border="0" /></a>cquaintance, in almost all of the mosques that he has been in, the message of hate and intolerance are being spewed routinely. The mosques are being closely scrutinized in this country, and some have been known to raise funds for our enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan. So called freedom fighters by the left wing liberal media (in reality, terrorists) are given sanctuary; all within our own borders. One expert on Islamic and Muslim affairs has said that there are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world. One in ten want to kill you where you sleep; that's 130 million Muslims, would kill you if given the chance. It is my opinion, and I'm not exclusive in this belief, that the radical Muslims are the ones who left the main body of fundamentalist hate mongers and moderated to peaceful coexistence with their non Muslim neighbors. From all that I have learned, it is the mainstream Muslims who are the ones who bask in violence and perpetuate the doctrine of hate.<br /><br />Probably, the main reason why there has been so much opposition in this country and in Europe to the war in the Persian Gulf region is because of the inability of many to understand the nature of our enemies. They just can't see why we all just can't get along, hold hands and sing kum ba ya. Add to that the element of ignorance and you have a dangerous combination. Because of immigration, open borders and a much higher birth rate, Europe is being taken over from within by Muslims and a lot native Europeans don't realize it. Muslims in France and the United Kingdom are making a lot of noise, and governments are being forced to deal with their demands.<br /><br />There is a bright side to all this. First, victory is within grasp in the War on Terror. Al Qaida is on the run and is mainly concentrated in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, and a new move of moderation is beginning to happen among Islamics in the Persian Gulf region. The hard liners are finding it extremely difficult to recruit new suicide bombers and things are all around are a vastly improved; a lot better in Iraq and Afghanistan than it used to be. Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaida are playing their last hand and placing all their bets on a Democrat victory in November. Hopefully, the right man will be elected President in November, and those who are making life difficult for you will voted out of office. If the Republicans win in November, or least hold ground in the House and Senate, we can prevail Remember, we as Christians are in spiritual warfare and we have to fight a spirtual war in spiritual terms. <em>As the Apostle Paul wrote, "we war not against flesh and blood, but of the rulers, against the powers, against the principalities of darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in high places."</em> Ephesians 6:12<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226249106075144626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjik_Yw1RXVJxZPZ_R4BS5RXg6OWw4hhEZBB8yYvxhzxRKBA1okdUUsC_eabZC_oA2pFooaYw4NHmk_-8w8FceSbUttkuNLEXYnsg99pABi4UedWPy4WjUkd4AuaHML_LRGHINrrCnq7n0/s400/womens-side-c-zyzy.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />So, why does the media not tell you the truth regarding why all this is? I assure you that it is a lot more than what a liberal friend told me, "you can't say all that in a two minute report with two or three soundbites."<br /><br />Daniel Casey 2008</p>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-82495603217761522072009-10-19T14:44:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:45:34.936-07:00WE WAR NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-bGy8_AMrLgd1SxeNbPoH-XIf6kZvnSVYBXc_yQs_8UZoutm1lOEzz-tpPPkzOLy143-lL1ClSxSaoSjEEPbPSi_Z4rmFGLKXSjGii0wdoiVQt5NX04X8rsLQE7ICca55Zu7WAmo6Nc/s1600-h/Obama.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262231711678715426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-bGy8_AMrLgd1SxeNbPoH-XIf6kZvnSVYBXc_yQs_8UZoutm1lOEzz-tpPPkzOLy143-lL1ClSxSaoSjEEPbPSi_Z4rmFGLKXSjGii0wdoiVQt5NX04X8rsLQE7ICca55Zu7WAmo6Nc/s320/Obama.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsR1V6hK6uTzGWVcnuaOEmpDB4QHQLt1dctxBN2tVHEp-vmKYhfoZcvatP8aCC5EGlQbTTCE0_STAgO9PjEkRWboIz2Cr5xjUk5vhdLOIhiUjE-rDD6j5msbkLi15CDtRAAxcCJ7wip8I/s1600-h/capt_cps_naf62_280408004913_photo01_photo_default-512x341.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">The Presidential Election of 2008 is the most important election since our nation was founded 232 years ago. Never before has there been so much at stake. There are evil forces including <strong>some of our own</strong> who have been deceived by the eloquent, soft spoken words of one, Barack Hussein Obama, a charismatic figure, speaking in platitudes about hope and change for the future, being used to advance his quest to become not only President of the United States, but the Leader of the World. Make no mistake about it; the people of God are under attack, and to listen to the news reports, we are losing, big time. </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">Our enemy presents himself as a Citizen of the World someone who cares about seeing that everyone is treated fairly and the same. His plan is to join with the other Socialist nations of the world in ending poverty everywhere on the planet. To do this, they will take from those prosperous nations and give it to those that aren't. Of course, he'll start in his own country, the United States, by redistribution, the largest transfer of wealth in the history of the world; taking from those who earned it and giving it to those who didn't. He will resort to the old <strong>divide and conquer</strong> scheme using <strong>class envy</strong> and warfare to wedge this through.</div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">How does a man who has admitted to prior illegal cocaine and marijuana use; who won't release his medical records to assure us that he is drug free and not still using illegal drugs, have within his grasp as being the President of the most powerful nation on earth? How does a man who embraces a Marxist ideology and associate himself with other Marxist radicals and terrorists in the name of William Ayers be on the verge of being elected to the highest position in the land? How does a man who has been caught in one lie after another and not be held accountable be only a week away from being the leader of the free world? How does a man become an instant celebrity with a devoted and unquestioning following; some even referring to him as "messiah?" The answer reduced to the lowest common denominator is this: He is the <em><strong>Angel of Light</strong></em> the Word of God warns us about. The Apostle Paul wrote again in <strong>2 Corinthians 11: 13-15</strong>, "<em><strong>For such men are false prophets, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. "And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. "Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness; whose end shall be according to</strong></em> <em><strong>their deeds."</strong></em></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">We are just one week away from election day. Already, early voting is taking place in various parts of the country, and the lines are long. Another voter record turn out is expected. Even though the polls are indicating that the gap is gradually closing, candidates John McCain and Sarah Palin are behind. Some say it will take a miracle for them to make up the difference and win. Frankly, I believe in miracles, and miracles begin in the spiritual realm. Believe me when I say we are engaged in spiritual warfare. As the Apostle Paul wrote, <em><strong>"We war not against flesh and blood, but of the rulers, against the powers, against the principalities of darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in high places."</strong></em></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div>Daniel Casey 2008</div><br /><br /><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Below is a letter from Pastor Dutch Sheets of Colorado Springs, Colorado.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">It is rather long, but its a good word and well worth the read. Please feel free to forward this on to those on your email lists. Dan </span><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Intercessory Prayer Initiative </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">PRAYER ALERT – 10/22/08 </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Dear prayer warrior, </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">We are in a very critical time in the spirit and the future of our nation is in the balance. Today, we received an email from Dutch Sheets who is asking that we get it out to as many intercessors as possible. Pastor Dutch Sheets from Colorado Springs is a very respected leader in the prayer movement in our nation and God has used him strategically in the political realm.We are forwarding his letter to you in order to equip you to pray more effectively in this time.. We need God's intervention for our nation. Although the letter is long, we felt it was important for you to receive the entire message. Please join us in praying with Pastor Dutch Sheets. Feel free to forward this email to anyone you believe will join us in prayer.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">For His purposes, Joy Strang</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">October 20, 2008</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Dear Praying Friend,</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">In 2000, I wrote the 2nd most important letter of my life—a call to prayer for the elections of that year. I'm now writing what may be my most important letter. I knew the importance of those elections in 2000 was beyond any in my life up to that point and that the spiritual warfare surrounding them would be unlike anything any of us had ever seen. That letter was read by millions of people and I believe millions of them responded by praying. I also believe the prayers turned the tide.You may question whether President Bush was the right choice; obviously, he has made some blunders in his tenure as president. But two of his decisions alone left no doubt he was God's choice: Roberts and Alito.These two Supreme Court Justices have proven critical in the process of breaking the hold of humanism, death and anti-God agendas that have ruled the Court for 50 years. I assure you that more devastation—the shedding of innocent blood, immorality, decay of the family and an erosion of our godly heritage—has flowed into our nation through that institution than any other door in America. Many times more. The poison allowed into America through their decisions is beyond any of our abilities to articulate. The reality in America is that you don't need to control Congress or the White Hose to rule the nation. You only need 5 people – 5 out of 9 on the Supreme Court. And for decades those who disagree with just about everything you and I stand for have been in control!In Bush's two terms, the process of turning this around began with the appointments of Roberts and Alito. Now, we win some cases 5-4 and lose some 4-5. (We barely outlawed partial birth abortion. The vote of one judge saved thousands of babies from this horror.) We need one more conservative Justice for a consistent majority, then more to build a strong majority.In Obama's own words, "the next president will appoint at least one, perhaps two or more Supreme Court Justices." He's right. Almost certainly two or more older, liberal Justices are waiting until after the elections to retire, in hopes of Obama winning and appointing more liberals to replace them. And he certainly would. He voted against the confirmation of Roberts and Alito. So did Biden. And Biden led the fight against Justice Thomas several years back, another of the 4 solid conservatives. Make no mistake about it, the two of them do have a litmus test for Supreme Court Justices, and a major part of that test is Roe vs. Wade. McCain and Palin, on the other hand, both have very strong pro-life positions. This alone makes the choice for President simple. To vote for the 2nd and 3rd most liberal senators (Obama and Biden), both of whom are firmly and blatantly pro-abortion, would be unconscionable. Obama has actually said that if he wins, he would like his first action as president to be the signing of the Freedom of Choice Act, which would eliminate every other law against any aspect of abortion (partial birth abortion, parental notification, etc.). And with a democratic majority in the House and Senate, pretty much any legislation he and Biden want to pass will be a slam-dunk. There are many other unrighteous positions they hold but this position alone makes the choice easy. If they win this election, it will set America back decades in the cause of life and the restoration we seek.Just as many of you do, I too, want to see a first black President, but not Senator Obama. To allow that noble and godly desire, the economy or one's position on the war to trump this issue of life and death for the innocent unborn is simply wrong. The scriptures teach that if we choose first to exalt righteousness and turn from evil, God promises to heal our land (see Proverbs 14:34; 2 Chronicles 7:14). It is righteousness that exalts a nation, not wealth, prosperity or armies. If we will finish the process of removing the curses of death and anti-God laws off of America by electing a president that will continue to shift the Court, God will grace us with breakthrough in other areas such as the economy, the war against terrorism, etc. My faith is not in a person, and certainly not a political party, for the healing of America, but I know God's word and His ways well enough to know that our decisions do move Him to action or inaction. Now to the heart of my reason for writing this letter (I realize I am "preaching to the choir"—most of you who know or listen to me are conservative enough to vote for McCain and Palin.) I have not written any appeals for prayer concerning this election because: 1) others have, and 2) I believe our movement has matured to the point that the prayer base of the Church is already praying.But I now feel the need to raise my voice. I am appealing to you to pray for these elections the next two weeks like you've never prayed for any in the past. Faithfully. Passionately. Boldly. Ask God for His mercy and grace. We deserve His judgment for removing His influence and authority from our government, schools, homes and businesses; for the killing of 50 million babies; for leading the world in the consumption and exporting of pornography; for passing laws to reject His; etc. But mercy triumphs over judgment and in His wrath He remembers mercy. In 2000 we actually lost the popular vote and won the election—talk about grace! Please pray for this grace to be released again.But I am also asking you for something more than normal prayer. For those of you who understand spiritual warfare, I am asking you to also include this aspect of prayer. There is no doubt that we have entered a Daniel 10 moment in time: "Then he said to me, 'Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, I have come in response to your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia'" (Daniel 10: 12-13 NAS). The spiritual warfare in this election is incredibly fierce, and just as it was in Daniel's day, is all about the restoration of a nation. And also like Daniel, we must keep praying until we win the battle in the heavens.In August of this year I predicted that September would mark a shift in momentum for these elections. This happened with the appointment of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential nominee (who is a true Esther in our generation), but when the economy began its meltdown and the media ramped up their unprecedented attacks on Palin, that momentum wasn't sustained. But we can see it turn again if we approach this battle as the spiritual warfare it truly is and bind the evil forces involved (see Matthew 16:18-19). The reality is that this election can be the breakthrough we need to fully shift the Court (and ultimately our nation) or it will be an immeasurable setback that could take many years to reverse—if ever. Please understand what I am saying: if we engage in this battle and do what I am asking—in mass—we will win; if we do not, we will lose. I, for one, don't intend to allow the latter. I am in Washington, D.C. now (October 20-22) with Lou Engle and a team of prayer leaders from around the nation to war for this election. Join us! Lose some sleep, miss some meals— pray! Pray like never before for these elections. And as you do, involve yourself not only in petitioning prayer but also in spiritual warfare. Use your God-given authority over the plans and strategies of Satan's kingdom. Bind all witchcraft that is working to control the outcome, including occultic powers that are suppressing truth. Release Christ's Kingdom rule in every way the Holy Spirit leads you.Don't be deceived and don't lose hope (if you have to, turn off the TV.) It is not too late to turn these elections. God is plenty powerful enough to do so. The real question is will we rise to the level of prayer and spiritual warfare necessary to release that power. And remember, we don't need a majority of Christians who are willing and able to do this—only a praying remnant.. We can do it!Here are some practical suggestions to consider: 1) Fast (a meal a day; a day a week; a Daniel fast; 3 days; 10 days; TV; etc.) and spend the time praying. 2) Agree in prayer with someone everyday for God's will to be done. 3) Form/participate in prayer groups regularly. Churches could pray everyday. 4) Take time in every gathering to pray. (Take 15 minutes in every service to pray for the elections. Turn an entire service to harp and bowl style intercession—worship and prayer combined.) 5) Join 2 or more on a conference call and pray for 15, 20, or 30 minutes. 6) Pray on the way to work (and on the way home). 7) Pray before you go to sleep. 8) Pray before church services. 9) Ask God to give you His strategy—He will!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">In His grip, </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Dutch Sheets</span></div></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-56806611823407570022009-10-19T14:43:00.001-07:002009-10-19T14:43:51.301-07:00THE BOLD CONFESSION<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH3Msc0H2IfZzEfGFN4ynZXxpNtrN0vqKanUSm611eGdHi3Wd-6eCKEAVP5PlaC2le_oBdguVAvcsbNoeVGo5ChtjaJwr6rWBFgPTDXlsmcJbeF7HZ42pRCrh9Aw3EMrDpAVvZw6r47A/s1600-h/Casey_with_Camera.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211307560621389794" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH3Msc0H2IfZzEfGFN4ynZXxpNtrN0vqKanUSm611eGdHi3Wd-6eCKEAVP5PlaC2le_oBdguVAvcsbNoeVGo5ChtjaJwr6rWBFgPTDXlsmcJbeF7HZ42pRCrh9Aw3EMrDpAVvZw6r47A/s400/Casey_with_Camera.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">Some of you may be wondering if Covenant Rewards would still be around after the launching of my new blog, Screemin' Eagle. The answer is yes, and here is the next post below. Politically, I have a lot to say, and sometimes I feel that what say about politics may offend some of you simply because you don't agree with me. So I have decided to have two blogs, one for Christians, and one for Conservatives. Also, I feel that politics should be left at the front door when entering a church as I'm certain many of you feel the same way. However, I must make it abundantly clear that I am a Christian first, and no matter what happens politically, my Lord is going to take care of me and you, too. I must say however, that when I step up to the voting machine, I am a Christian who's voting. My Christian beliefs influence the way I vote as it should with you as well. The overwhelming majority of political conservatives are Christians, and that's the big reason why conservatives are regarded with such contempt and disdain by the liberals and the left in this country. I must recognize however, that there are some liberals that are Christian, at least they claim to be Christians, or maybe think of themselves as being Christian Lite. I am reminded of a verse in the book of Revelation when the Lord is addressing the Seven Churches. He referred to the Church at Laodicea as "you are lukewarm, being neither hot nor cold, and I will spew you out of My mouth." I can think of a number of mainstream denominational churches that are lukewarm, and they have been steadily declining and evangelical churches are thriving and growing. I am not going to be the one to say that they are wrong and that only we are right, because God in His infinite wisdom will be the judge of that.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="justify">Right now, our country is divided almost right down the middle and as the scripture says, "a house divided cannot stand." There are two distinct philosophies that are warring for control in this country, liberals and conservatives. These opposing philosophies are present in both polictial parties, for there are conservative Democrats and there are liberal Republicans. For many of us, we are going through some hard economic times, and paying four dollars for a gallon of gasoline is making things worse, and the politicians are not doing anything to fix the problem. This causes a lot of trouble within the family, especially when you can't pay your bills, or the mortgage company is about to foreclose on you, and you're about to lose your home. Money problems are the main cause of divorce in the country. God never intended for His children to do without. He gave us the instruction book on how we can rise above our circumstances just by knowing who we are.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="justify">I am a firm believer in the power of prayer. Prayer by friends and family have brought me through some difficult times. Twice, I had life ending heart attacks. If I had been somewhere other than the hospital in each instance, I would have died, and as a matter of fact, I had some what I think were life after death experiences. The doctors say that the drugs they gave me can cause hallucinations and I may have had the experience of an over active imagination based on stuff I read about others having a similar experience. I don't think so. Nevertheless, I had one miracle after another. I had a heart transplant back in 1996 which is why I'm still around, but that wasn't the miracle. I had one miracle after another miracle that kept me alive long enough for me to get a heart transplant. If it weren't for the prayers of literally thousands of people praying for me, I wouldn't be here, today.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="justify">Not only do I believe in the power of prayer, but I believe in the power of the tongue. Our words have power and usually we get what our tongues are saying. For instance, if we are constantly saying that nothing goes right for me, or I can't do that, then that's precisely what the end result will be. If we are always going around repeating gloom and doom, then that's really all we can expect. We usually end up getting what we fear most. On the other hand, if we walk by faith and not by sight, and the words coming from our mouths are positive, our point of view will start a transformation in our attitude, and I firmly believe that attitude is everything. For starters, we need to know and be reminded of who we are in God. One way, in my opinion the best way, is the word confession. We have a word confession that we recite in our church service at Living Way from time to time. Below is a very detailed confession, what I call, the Bold Confession. All of the words in this confession are based on scriptures from both the Old and New Testaments, and are the teachings of the Apostle Paul and the Old and New Covenants. Recite this confession every day, and more than that, get it memorized and written down in your spirit. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the truth of everything that it is in this confession; believe it with all your heart, and do not doubt. You will soon see your attitude beginning to change, and one by one, the stone idols that were standing in your way will topple over.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I AM OF A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, AN HOLY NATION.<br /><br />I AM A CHILD OF GOD, A JOINT HEIR WITH JESUS, A BROTHER TO ALL IN CHRIST,<br />AND I HAVE BEEN ANOINTED WITH AND HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVING WITHIN ME.<br /><br />I AM THE BLESSED OF GOD. I AM THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL. I AM ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH.<br /><br />I AM BLESSED IN THE MORNING, AND I'M BLESSED IN THE EVENING.<br /><br />I AM BLESSED IN THE CITY, AND I AM BLESSED IN THE COUNTRY.<br /><br />I AM BLESSED IN THE FIELD, AND I AM BLESSED IN THE MARKET PLACE.<br /><br />I AM BLESSED IN MY GOING OUT, AND I AM BLESSED IN MY COMING IN.<br /><br />I AM BLESSED IN MY LYING DOWN, AND I AM BLESSED IN MY RISING UP.<br /><br />I AM BLESSED IN EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE FOR MY GOD HAS OPENED THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POURED OUT BLESSINGS MORE THAN I CAN RECEIVE. I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED, I HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, FOR MY GOD SUPPLIES ALL MY NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS.<br /><br />I AM THE FAITHFUL OF GOD. I HAVE THE FAITH TO MOVE MOUNTAINS THEREFORE NOTHING TO ME IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.<br /><br />I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR FOR I CAN OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLE OR STUMBLING BLOCK PLACED BEFORE ME BY THE ENEMY. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME WILL PROSPER.<br /><br />I AM A SUCCESS WITH GOD IN EVERYTHING THAT I SET FORTH MY HAND TO ACCOMPLISH. EVERYTHING THAT MY HAND TOUCHES SHALL PROSPER FOR I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME FOR I HAVE BEEN ANOINTED TO WIN, EMPOWERED TO PROSPER, AND I AM IMPOSSIBLE TO CURSE. I WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT.<br /><br />I AM THE REDEEMED OF GOD FOR I HAVE BEEN PURCHASED FOR A PRICE, PAID FOR BY THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED FOR ME AT CALVARY. FOR MY GOD HAS SHOWN ME HIS SALVATION AND HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BORN AGAIN INTO HIS KINGDOM. HE HAS FORGIVEN ME ALL OF MY SINS AND HAS GIVEN ME THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH HIS SON, MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.<br /><br />I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST; NOT BY ANY WORKS THAT I SHOULD BOAST, BUT BY HIS GRACE, AND HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME.<br /><br />I AM THE HEALED OF GOD. FOR HE SENT FORTH HIS WORD, HIS LIVING WORD, THE WORD THAT WAS MADE FLESH AND LIVED AMONG US. THE ONE WHO BORE MY SINS AND MY SORROWS, WHO WAS WOUNDED FOR MY TRANSGRESSIONS, WHO WAS BRUISED FOR MY INIQUITIES, WHO TOOK MY CHASTISEMENT UPON HIMSELF, AND BY HIS STRIPES, I AM HEALED!<br /><br />I AM HEALED FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO THE SOLES OF MY FEET. I AM HEALED FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, AND FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THERE IS NO SICKNESS, DISEASE OR INFIRMITY ANY WHERE IN MY BODY. ALL MY BODY PARTS AND INTERNAL ORGANS ARE WORKING HARMONIOUSLY TOGETHER. MY HEART IS BEING RENEWED DAY BY DAY. ALL MY VEINS AND ARTERIES ARE CLEAR OF PLAQUE AND ANY OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS, AND HEALTH GIVING BLOOD FLOWS FREELY THROUGHOUT MY BODY, DOWN TO THE SMALLEST VESSELS IN MY TOES.<br /><br />I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, FOR THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH, FOR WITH HIM I HAVE EVERYTHING AND WITHOUT HIM I HAVE NOTHING. THE LORD IS MY ROCK, MY FORTRESS, AND MY DELIVERER, FOR HE IS A MIGHTY WARRIOR, WHO CAN SMITE THE NATIONS WITH A WORD. HIS WORD IS TRUTH AND HIS TRUTH IS A TWO EDGE SWORD. HE IS MY BANNER, HE IS MY VICTORY, HE IS MY CHAMPION, MY GLORY AND THE LIFTER OF MY HEAD. IT IS IN HIM THAT I LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE MY BEING.<br /><br />I AM GOD'S COMPLETE PERSON, FOR HE HAS GIVEN ME THE KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, POWER AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD OF GOD AND OF THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I HAVE SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT IN ALL MATTERS. I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO USE THE NAME OF JESUS TO CALL INTO EXISTENCE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS THOUGH THEY ARE, AND WHEN I PRAY WITHIN HIS WILL AND IN HIS NAME, ALL THAT I PRAY FOR WILL BE DONE FOR ME, AND WHEN I LAY HANDS UPON THE SICK, THEY SHALL RECOVER.<br /><br />I AM THE RECIPIENT OF GOD'S COVENANT BENEFITS FOR I HAVE ALL THE BLESSINGS AND NONE OF THE CURSES. I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE TALENT AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE WEALTH, NOT SO THAT I CAN LAY UP TREASURE FOR MYSELF, BUT TO BE A GIVER AND A BLESSING TO OTHERS SO THAT HIS COVENANT CAN BE ESTABLISHED IN THE EARTH.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Whenever I have difficulty sleeping, or I wake up and can't go back to sleep, I sit on the edge of my bed and I repeat this bold confession. There are very few days that I don't repeat this confession, but there are other times that I repeat it more than one time a day, for instance, when I go to the doctor for my twice a year checkups. I will even repeat it when I'm in the examining room waiting on the doctor. When I was waiting for my heart transplant at Emory, I saturated myself with scripture, and I recited a rough form of this confession several times a day. The transplant was text book perfect with no complications. My heart was given to me through a prophesy by an evangelist from England who told me that God was going to give me a new heart. He didn't know me from Adam's house cat, but in two months, I had it. I no longer take the organ anti-rejection drugs and I wouldn't be surpirised if they did a dna test on my heart, it would have my dna. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This time a year ago I was in a bad way. My health had declined to the point that I didn't think that I would last another year. I had acute bronchitis, sleep apnea, and congestive heart failure with difficulty breathing associated with all three maladies. I no longer have the acute bronchitis where I was coughing up blood, and the sleep apnea where I was fearful that if I fell asleep, I wouldn't wake up because I had stopped breathing. My congestive heart failure can be controlled with a diuretic when I get bloated, and I usually get bloated when I've eaten or drank something I shouldn't have. However, I can still manage to go grocery shopping and mow the grass with a push mower, taking some breaks, and I'm able to function in my television duties at the church, and of course write two blogs and a novel. There's a lot of people my age that can't do as well I can, and I'm thankful that I can do as much as I do. I feel that I am getting stronger and the last few days, I've been feeling pretty good. I am believing that when I go to Israel this September, I will be able to do all the walking required without having to stop and rest every five minutes.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>You owe it to yourself to take this Bold Confession and apply every word of it to your life, but its not enough to have the faith, but you need to worship and praise God daily, to delve deep into His Word and soon you will see a change remarkable enough that you'll be testifying to others about it. Dan Casey Friday June 13, 2008</div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-69944266388026444082009-10-19T14:39:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:40:28.556-07:00THE RELIGION OF THE LEFT: THE GRAND HOAX<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-gMiMUhIg2455AUF7GEfk3lqeiodYtaw_bWWUfl4T2WZNbnd0isVFb20MD_1VCO6ad8IgYMPrPxp_BQ4RR59hdC_bXjR-yFc4hLuv5LW-IUoD-4xW7QsjyVY46v7QdxXTda1KvIALek/s1600-h/Casey2x3blog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205716166355615346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-gMiMUhIg2455AUF7GEfk3lqeiodYtaw_bWWUfl4T2WZNbnd0isVFb20MD_1VCO6ad8IgYMPrPxp_BQ4RR59hdC_bXjR-yFc4hLuv5LW-IUoD-4xW7QsjyVY46v7QdxXTda1KvIALek/s200/Casey2x3blog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I was driving down Moreland Avenue near Little Five Points, not long ago, and saw a young woman driving a Dodge Colt with bumper stickers plastered all over it. One of the bumper stickers, not the one that said "War is not the Answer", or "Give Peace a Chance", but the one that said, "Live Simply so that others may simply live, "and was next to the Christian fish symbol that had the feet added, caught my eye. My initial reaction was that I wanted to give her the middle finger salute, but being a Christian, I didn't. She was living simple, all right, and she probably was proud of the noble sacrifice she was making by "living simple so that others could simply live." I remember an evangelist saying once, "Jesus said, the poor you will always have with you." He was right, Jesus did say that. The evangelist added, "He also said, don't be one of them." I have never understood why some people have to take vows of poverty to be happy, but it really isn't about happiness; it's about guilt. To liberals, unless you are one of the elite, a person can have too much and it isn't right that Americans have so much more than the rest of the world.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>According to the bicycle riding, granola bar eating, Birkenstock wearing, anti-war, dope smoking, tree hugging, environmentalist, global warming crowd, I am a global warming denier. Well, I guess even they have to be right about something once in a while. I detest being lectured to by these liberal, socialist, malcontents that blame America first for everything. I know, I know, I sound like one of the many talk radio hosts when I repeat their talking points. Unlike the talk radio personalities, my reasons for opposing the global warming or climate change hoax goes far deeper than their talking points. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>All of my adult life, I have been interested in Bible prophesy, especially the books of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation. I have also been interested in books dealing with the topic of end time prophesy, for instance; <em>The Late Great Planet Earth</em> by Hal Lindsey. Lindsey's runaway best seller of the seventies was the one book besides the Bible that had the most influence on me during that time. In his book, Lindsey discusses the reformation of the old Roman Empire, that eventually becomes the United States of Europe. His prediction was reasonably accurate in that the European Union actually became the name instead, at least for now. I say at least, for now, with a reason; Lindsey predicted that there would be ten member states, but there are twenty-five in the European Union. Wait a minute, here; how can this be? Simple; everything in Europe is subject to sudden change, and no one predicted that when Ronald Reagan told Michail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall", that it would trigger the breakup of the Soviet Union into another fifteen countries. Anyone who has studied world history has seen how the boundary lines in Europe change practically every decade. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So what does this have to do with climate change or global warming? The answer is, its not about saving the polar bears, the spotted owl, or the snail darter. Its about one world government, and control. They are using the global warming/climate change hoax as a vehicle to drive their agenda, to prey upon the fears of school children, the ignorant and misinformed. These liberal socialists want America to surrender their sovereignty and join the rest of the world where they can tell us where to live, what kind of car to drive, what light bulbs to use, what kind of clothes to wear, and what subjects we are to take in school. According to them, it is America, the United States that is holding up things. I got news for them; it ain 't gonna happen as long as I have breath in my body.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The one world government is discussed at length in the prophetic books. They also talk about the Mark of the Beast, the number 666, along with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I have read the prophetic books, and I can't seem to find any kind of reference to the United States. This leads me to believe that the end time prophesies, the tribulation, and the destruction and the persecution of believers is not about us, but them, the Europeans, and those in the Middle East, and the Arab/Muslim world. Europe is being taken over by subterfuge, from within by Muslims who have immigrated there as part of the grand plan of taking over the world for Allah. The native Europeans have been in moral decline for the past forty years. One of their main past times, recreational sex includes various forms of sodomy and along with abortion, the birth rate has dropped alarmingly, where the birth rate among Muslims is about six times that of the native citizens. In the not too distant future, some Europeans are going to wake up one morning following an election and discover that they are now a Muslim nation. Already, there is a lot of dissension among native Europeans, especially in Germany and the United Kingdom. One can expect violence to break out any day on a large scale. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>As of right now, the European Union doesn't have a constitution, the reason being they can't seem to come to an agreement on one. That doesn't surprise me as I look at European history. Twice, American lives were lost in liberating Europe from the Germans. When liberals try to tell me that Europeans have a higher quality life style, the kind not measured in material possessions, than Americans, its a just another in a long list of liberal lies. If they think that I want to be part of their mess and roll back my lifestyle, then they have another think coming. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The reason I am so passionate in this nonsense regarding the subject of man made climate change and global warming is that the whole thing is a hoax. I am not denying that climate change is taking place; I am denying that man is causing it. In 1992, Mount Pinatubo, an active volcano in the Philippines, erupted and spewed more sulphur dioxide and sulphuric acid, carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere than all the automobiles and factories in the entire history of the world since those things have been around. Somehow, nature took care of all that natural pollution just as it did in the seventies when the Exxon Valdez ran aground in the Prince Edward Sound in Alaska. Despite the millions of dollars that was spent in the most massive crude oil cleanup in history, there were millions of little nooks and crannies that weren't cleaned up. So what happened? Sun light and oxygenation took place and the crude broke down and in a year, the rocks and beaches were as clean as if no spill occurred at all. In other words, if these environmentalists had done nothing, the results would have been the same. However, this incident is still being used by the left to promote their attack on the big oil companies. Nature itself is its own worse polluter; hurricanes, flooding, volcanoes, mudslides, forest fires, all do their share of polluting, but somehow, man tips the balance and we are the ones at fault. God in His creation plan provided nature with a way to clean up its own messes, and it doesn't involve us.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Not since the founding of this country and the hammering out of our Constitution has there been so much partisanship and division in this country. I think it is satanic in origin. My opinion is, that Satan is behind all this division, and seems to be succeeding. There is a war going on between the people who go to church and those who don't. Global warming and climate change just happens to be the battlefield. Satan knows that his time is short and he is throwing everything at us. As the Apostle Paul said, <em>we war not against flesh and blood, but of the rulers, against the powers, against the principalities of darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12</em></div><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div>Republican presidential candidate John McCain joined Democrats Hillary Roddam Clinton and Barak Hussein Obama and jumped on the global warming bandwagon. This infuriated conservatives again and it was received as another <em>thumb in the eye. </em>There is little doubt that McCain will be the next President, but I pray that conservatives in both parties will unite and at least get a debate started so that this subject can be brought to an end, once and for all. It has been shown that it is a "no contest" when it comes to the left trying to prove their case about man made global warming and climate change; they lose, which is why people like Al Gore refuse to debate the issue.<br /></div><div></div><br /><div>copyright 2008 Daniel Casey May 29, 2008</div><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div><em></em></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-46738663970854318242009-10-19T14:37:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:38:03.233-07:00GLOBAL WARMING OR NUCLEAR WAR?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7ZAbnRZ8lgmYp_wxuaQWfWJbSzWjv1Rt3hh4iEk2EwucvG8_RQ7G4exV7WAo01je0OxiEl1ZLFL_rMpI6ABlu1ceJxTcP482FgI8QZx2ShNZERTxLvJMm1PL81hzhYVEtzMDGCggwQQ/s1600-h/seattlemarch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7ZAbnRZ8lgmYp_wxuaQWfWJbSzWjv1Rt3hh4iEk2EwucvG8_RQ7G4exV7WAo01je0OxiEl1ZLFL_rMpI6ABlu1ceJxTcP482FgI8QZx2ShNZERTxLvJMm1PL81hzhYVEtzMDGCggwQQ/s400/seattlemarch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131041403477008946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZl00GOi9Ooqsi3lyVcv80Vj1z2rHZvfhqA1xCVU6545xGvb0g8mObS3HFs1Ah9ZCqEypKfsrNaFhaU5rLbHpre_FBXVUDUtM9s4n3dQ34VT6mcBiUIcT71D9WvYwYsBY_pT4N2mmU88/s1600-h/Dan+Casey+outside+grafix.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZl00GOi9Ooqsi3lyVcv80Vj1z2rHZvfhqA1xCVU6545xGvb0g8mObS3HFs1Ah9ZCqEypKfsrNaFhaU5rLbHpre_FBXVUDUtM9s4n3dQ34VT6mcBiUIcT71D9WvYwYsBY_pT4N2mmU88/s200/Dan+Casey+outside+grafix.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131040995455115810" /></a><br /><br /><br />Don't you find it a little hard to believe that there is a large group of people in this country that consider <em>"global warming"</em> to be the greatest threat to the future of this planet? With all that is going on in the Middle East and the rest of the Arab Muslim world with the threat of World War III, don't you find that rather strange? Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with all his rhetoric in his quest to obtain nuclear weapons, has promised on numerous occasions to wipe Israel off the map and has placed the rest of the civilized world on alert. A preemptive strike by Israel on Iran could trigger all sorts of unimaginable scenarios. An attack by Iran on Israel could bring the United States and several other countries into the conflict on a much larger scale. Pakistan, India, and Israel have nuclear capabilities, and in the last few days we have witnessed how unstable the political situation in Pakistan, a Muslim nation, has become. It is not known for certain that several Muslim states that were part of the former Soviet Union have nuclear weapons or not. <br /><br />Nevertheless, the Greenland ice flows are melting, sea levels are rising and the polar bears are going to drown has become the mantra for the left wing environmentalists in this country. It doesn't matter that the opposite is taking place on the other end of the globe. They are undermining our efforts and disparaging our troops in our war against the evil that threatens every Christian and Jew and lover of freedom and democracy on this blue orb. The not so "mainstream media," network television particularly, are aiding and abetting this push for all of us to cut back our lifestyles by limiting our energy usage. Raising our taxes is the answer to get us on board with the rest of the world to fight this threat to humanity. After all, isn't it the United States and capitalism that is using up the world's resources and creating the most pollution? By being on the <em>politically correct</em> side of the issue, the four major networks began the new fall season by kicking off with a <em>"GOING GREEN"</em> campaign. As the networks battle for ratings, the <em>"GOING GREEN"</em> campaign hopefully will accomplish two things. Since we are all dying to do our part, the campaign will make us feel good about ourselves while watching their programming and remind us that we should elect politicians that place this issue at the top of their agenda. This means of course, taking absurdities to new levels. The networks have stated that this crusade against "global warming" as if man really had something to do with the cause of it, is not a political. Pardon me, but it is. When the television networks invite former senator and Vice President Al Gore on their early morning shows to talk about this scam of all scams, it erased any doubts in my mind as to its intentions. Thank God for the Writers' strike. After Al Gore's got his Oscar for <em>"An Inconvenient </em><em>Truth",</em>business analysts are saying that Hollywood is dying because business is so bad; does anyone have a shovel? I forgot to mention that Al Gore is co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Palestinian Liberation Organization President Yassir Arafat, a member of the Black September thugs that murdered the Israeli Wrestling Team members at the 1972 Munich Olympics was also a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.<br /><br />Being a member of the news media for forty plus years, I was there in the heyday when television news was heralded on the three major networks of that time. I filmed the stories and wrote none of the copy. Oftentimes, I disagreed with what was being written about what I just filmed. The reason that I came to realize why, was that liberals had control of the media, both print and broadcast. They presented themselves to everyone that they were <em>"objective"</em> even though I look back now and see the great majority weren't. I admit, they did a good job of concealing their prejudices. They had me fooled to the point that I thought that I was the one that was out of step because of my Conservative views. When I strongly took exception to what was written about a story in which I filmed, I was shunned, even ridiculed complete with rolling eyes and "Oh please!" Being a Christian in that kind of environment was tough and I endured a lot of persecution in the workplace. There were those that tried to get me fired by building a case that I was troublemaker. However, the Lord stood by me during those times. I retired recently with forty years service and all those that tried to get rid of me are long gone. At my retirement party, I was honored with a lot of kind words and praises. My family was impressed by all that was said about me.<br /><br />Looking back over forty years, I witnessed the rise of the communist-socialist left in this country. "Make Love, Not War" was their chant as they marched by the thousands in the streets of the United States. The pressure this movement exerted forced the politicos in Washington to withdraw our troops from Viet Nam. Even though the American forces had decimated the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong as a fighting force during the Tet Offensive of 1968. Why did we pull out? Because our "most trusted man in America" Walter Cronkite declared that the war was unwindable. Now, it is known that Walter Cronkite is a firm liberal on the same scale of that of Jimmy Carter. A large number of the dope-smoking leftists that marched in protest to the Viet Nam war in the sixties are now occupying seats of power in all branches of our federal government; from the House and Senate, the Courts, and the State Department. Others have found tenure and position in our colleges and universities where they are now propagandizing our sons and daughters in the captive audience of the classroom and using their grades to force the issues like having to watch Al Gore's <em>"An Inconvenient Truth."</em> The remaining dregs, few in number, are still marching and protesting try to drum up sentiment against the war, trying to make it another Viet Nam. The environmental movement has become their RELIGION and has become the number one item on their agenda. They are using the movement to subvert the rest of us into adopting their socialist ideology while feeling sorry for the polar bears.<br /><br />The left have tried to make the "War on Terror" another Viet Nam. They have failed. We are winning the war in Iraq in spite of a lot of political resistance here at home. Instead, we are being besieged by left-winged liberals in the media with a lot of propaganda about global warming. All this alarm about our planet being in peril that is being aimed at us is political; make no mistake about it. This was all prophesied by our Lord in Luke 21:25-28.<em> And there will be signs in sun moon and stars, and upon the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, :26 men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. :27 And they shall see THE SON OF MAN coming in a cloud with power and great glory. :28 But when these things take place,straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.</em><em></em><em></em> <br />Daniel A. Casey Friday, November 9, 2007Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-79499475232435614832009-10-19T14:35:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:36:39.538-07:00THOU SHALT NOT COVET<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDeThPQCwzLrChtHT-9zdwAPCXYxfVRY1zrq5kK4pKcLPEm56eHZda48yOO5SaHL0jdgIP6eFnZVwiSUOAS_znM5txUo6EJP_f-Va8Tuyc4ZJ2DAIHWRmxxKA2PCnlvxsWWk8qOYhP-g/s1600-h/Casey+head+shot+green+small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127737577171474178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDeThPQCwzLrChtHT-9zdwAPCXYxfVRY1zrq5kK4pKcLPEm56eHZda48yOO5SaHL0jdgIP6eFnZVwiSUOAS_znM5txUo6EJP_f-Va8Tuyc4ZJ2DAIHWRmxxKA2PCnlvxsWWk8qOYhP-g/s200/Casey+head+shot+green+small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We are all familiar with the Commandments, at least, we SHOULD all be familiar with the Ten Commandments. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. There is one, however, that is hardly ever mentioned. This, the Tenth Commandment, is more often ignored than not, and few people even know what it means. <em>Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's</em>. (Exodus 20:17)<br />Let us put this in today's vernacular. Thou shall not desire your neighbor's wife(husband) nor his house, nor his servants, his Mercedes Benz, nor his Rolex, nor his job or position. This sin is especially destructive in that the desire leads to other sins: adultery, theft, murder, and bearing false witness. Covetousness boiled down is lust: lust for the flesh that takes shape in the acts of adultery and fornication. A lust for material things which leads to a lust for power, for position, and for prestige.</div><div></div><div>The following are some comments by my proofreader and editor Karen Pearcey regarding what was mentioned above. </div><div></div><em>The</em> <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">specific words here are 'your neighbor's' -- wanting something LIKE what your neighbor has is not wrong. 'Keeping up with the Jones' family' was not expressly prohibited. What WAS prohibited was the notion that 'might makes right' and I am entitled to TAKE what belongs to someone else just because I am who I am ... this arrogance of self is what the commandment prohibits. To see ourselves as above and beyond the law. David's abuse of power when he takes Bathsheba from her husband. The Pharisees' attacks on Jesus because they want the charismatic abilities He has over the multitudes. Saul's visit to the witches because he wants to return to power as King of Israel and discredit David's lawful and God-ordained claim to the throne. Eve who wanted the knowledge she knew that God alone possesses, and was persuaded to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The list of offenders is Biblically long. Wanting EXACTLY what someone else has been given, and having the desire to TAKE that specific gift away from someone else is an act of supreme arrogance and ego, in defiance of a God who gives all good gifts.)<br /><br /></span><br /><div></div><br /><div>Desire itself is not wrong. We are all better people when we set a goal, work hard to accomplish that goal, and then finally receive a reward. God rewards the diligent. Where the error of our ways comes into play is how we do, or what we do, in order to get what we want. Covetousness<br />is the desires which become obsessions, making us willing to do whatever it takes to win. The fault lies in compromising principles, going along with the consensus because that is the popular thing to do.<br /><br />In the business world, how often have we seen where the "dog eats dog" cliche is both acceptable and expected? Ambition, the lust for money and power, does not count how many people must one trample on to get to the top. We can see this condition today in the world of politics, when politicians or political parties will do anything to gain power. The ambitious will resort to "spin", which is our sanitized word for lying or misrepresenting the truth, character assasination, making false accusations, and deliberately trying to destroy another's credibility by any means possible. The liberal left in this country are known for this underhanded kind of political strategy, and we can see a new incident virtually every day on display in our country.<br /><br />The commentators on the evening political talk shows would rather be amused by how certain politicians will attempt to spin their way out of situations, rather than have the moral and social conscience to confront these politicians and demand that they speak the truth. Our own President Bush has had to endure insults, slander, accusations, and allegations on a level that no other president has had to endure. The Hand of God has been upon this man, quite obviously, and our prayers have put a hedge of protection around him, <em>that no weapon formed against him shall prosper. </em></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Closer to home, while covering the News for WSB-TV in Atlanta, I once did a story on a student who was beaten up on his way to school, and the culprits stole the child's "Air Jordan" athletic shoes. Covetness leads to greed, jealousy, envy, theft, and eventually, murder. No other sin affects others on a personal basis in the same way that covetousness spills over from our lives into the lives of others. One scenario played out daily on school campuses around the country involves class envy and jealousy. Fights and confrontations break out between students, the 'have nots' pick fights with the 'haves' -- each defined basically by the latest fashionable styles of clothing. Those 'in style' look down on those who 'aren't', and those that 'aren't' despise those who 'are'. The only viable solution? A growing number of school systems have adopted the policy of uniforms for everyone. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Godly desire is necessary for us to be effective human beings. Afterall desire is what motivates us. Without desire, very little of any worth would be accomplished. While we are in pursuit of our dreams, we are to be content at where we are. Contentment is the opposite of Covetousness. The Apostle Paul said to the Phillipians, <em>not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.</em> Phil. 4:11 </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>In our quest to aquire <em>things</em> we soon find ourselves with an abundance excess baggage which does little or nothing to reach even the threshold of contentment, but only fuels our desire to aquire more. Our quest for success becomes a question of where we place our priorities.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">(Karen's note: I am reminded here of George Carlin's routine about "stuff" -- that we live all our lives consumed with acquiring "stuff" and places to put our "stuff". The more "stuff" we acquire, the bigger the places we need to keep our "stuff", until -- like the man in Scripture who said, "I have all I need. Tomorrow I will tear down my barns to build bigger barns" -- we eventually leave our "stuff" to others for whom it may have little or no value.)</span><br /><br />As our Lord so aptly summarized in Mathew 16:26 <em>For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?<br /><br /><br /></em></div>Karen Pearcey contributed to this article. Thanks Karen.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-62221295884457382942009-10-19T14:32:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:35:26.925-07:00THE LESSONS OF HISTORY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmWkF7VPGug8Z4Bf7TYOaqzQJro5n7w6G-3EA2hSzFCPjErcnfkfaT0ns9qG3QvyYqNDTycWXI4S38Epf3oFrkhkQdYsgX0IGJI-L0Ne5crwTKx0kqHyPT3P4ObNfolyjSRPHstpkKtQ/s1600-h/Hitler_Stalin_Mammoud.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120630794405326258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmWkF7VPGug8Z4Bf7TYOaqzQJro5n7w6G-3EA2hSzFCPjErcnfkfaT0ns9qG3QvyYqNDTycWXI4S38Epf3oFrkhkQdYsgX0IGJI-L0Ne5crwTKx0kqHyPT3P4ObNfolyjSRPHstpkKtQ/s400/Hitler_Stalin_Mammoud.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzW4Qf9woMH98qo39E6il0i3-e7Sh0iiC8sK8s43kGs_qAA77Y3vGMWAfAlqjQPZdlQ7bCeyuecAXtC_BiaXgmp9XQ4FGEQjiKmq4MSgtxskhy1fmLI-z1HuE7W0gkyB-Xw-Hk09CtD4/s1600-h/virginia.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120629896757161378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzW4Qf9woMH98qo39E6il0i3-e7Sh0iiC8sK8s43kGs_qAA77Y3vGMWAfAlqjQPZdlQ7bCeyuecAXtC_BiaXgmp9XQ4FGEQjiKmq4MSgtxskhy1fmLI-z1HuE7W0gkyB-Xw-Hk09CtD4/s400/virginia.gif" border="0" /></a> Too many people have not taken their history lessons seriously, or see no important reason for having learned the lessons in the first place, and these people have put themselves into a room with no windows. History begins for them at the moment of their own birth, and all they can relate to is what few life experiences they have had.<br /><br />These unfortunate, self-deprived individuals are attracted to others with the same shallow views of life, lessons learned mostly while attending liberal colleges and universities. They view themselves as being smarter and brighter than anyone else. They are told that they must be the ones to make the world a better place. They join a cause to give meaning and purpose to their shallow lives. They become involved in the anti-war movement, environmental movements, or some other well-meaning cause. These "enlightened ones" become sponges for all the indoctrination and propaganda, both subliminally and superficially, as they are being fed the lies and distortions of the left-wing saturated academia. Every new cause becomes a new religion. Josef Stalin referred to this kind of person as a "useful idiot", and he manipulated these so-called brightest and smartest to advance the Communist Manifesto, gaining control and forming the Soviet Union. Since "useful idiots" never study history, or take the lessons of history seriously, they do not realize that people just like they are allowed Hitler to grab power in the 1930's. They are the same people who allowed the Communists to become the dominant force in Europe during the Cold War. These deceived people failed to see that what they became were political slaves, simply because of their "enlightened " pacifism. By the time they realized what was happening, their own dissent tactics were held against them, and they were the first ones hauled off to the gulags.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxTjuUhCSoe9FC4VygRwIEpZRBO9zDlU_DAL24XkZT_a9pX-XCBeJjfJPHetdN1Q15ZiPdGuV2UPiAdZff9UagySZqDQSuKdi4s2-6yOjFRczCU-vyh3lJHzbw2TOnaTDL3ZLfp51NfA/s1600-h/032103_wash.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120629600404417938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxTjuUhCSoe9FC4VygRwIEpZRBO9zDlU_DAL24XkZT_a9pX-XCBeJjfJPHetdN1Q15ZiPdGuV2UPiAdZff9UagySZqDQSuKdi4s2-6yOjFRczCU-vyh3lJHzbw2TOnaTDL3ZLfp51NfA/s400/032103_wash.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>On September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur was on board the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese formally surrendered to the United States and the Allies in Pacific. In an address following the ceremony, he said: "As long as we ignore the lessons of history, we are doomed to repeat it." He later commented on the utter destructiveness of the atomic bomb, a destructiveness which quickly brought the war to an end: "Military alliances, Leagues of Nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only path to be by the way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war now blocks out this alternative. We have had our last chance. If we will not devise some greater and equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4Xqk0onlmU5U0tXFoO07UjWp-KauFqzFa3D4XiHcwp6_gYNYbYZc_7k5WwOYAMTMiGG1-BkB31zK9Sp8-1lIyaPiMWH3-Nrxa8_nuMK0Fxja0tFqcuTCZ-lQMYDDbm-UPzGXpF0aObc/s1600-h/MacArthur+Speaking.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120622440693935474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4Xqk0onlmU5U0tXFoO07UjWp-KauFqzFa3D4XiHcwp6_gYNYbYZc_7k5WwOYAMTMiGG1-BkB31zK9Sp8-1lIyaPiMWH3-Nrxa8_nuMK0Fxja0tFqcuTCZ-lQMYDDbm-UPzGXpF0aObc/s400/MacArthur+Speaking.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Over and over, history has shown us that no "magic" system exists, and that spineless negotiations do not work. The United Nations is a corrupt organization, with most of the member nations holding an anti-American stance, and nearly all of the nations anti-Semitic. Negotiations and appeasement only postpone the inevitable, and our enemies that are hell-bent on our demise look at our inaction as weakness on our part.<br /><br />Since the obvious lessons of history have been ignored, nuclear annihilation is an increasing possibility, especialy since the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the harsh fact that several Islamic states now have access to nuclear weapons. In addition, Pakistan, India, North Korea, and Israel have also armed themselves with nuclear technology. Best estimates are that this group will be joined by Iran within the next two to five years. Iran's fanatical leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has on numerous occasions denied that the holocaust ever happened, and that it his intention to destroy Israel and wipe that nation from the face of the earth. The world is now waiting to see if Israel will make a preemptive strike on Iran. Israel, on constant threat alert, just recently flew into Syria and took out a possible missile launching installation without being detected. If Syria launched a gas attack against Israel, should we be surprised if Israel retaliates totally in kind, and as a result, destroys Damascus in a fulfilment of prophecy?<br /><br />Of course, if we follow this scenerio to the logical conclusion, the rest of the Arab world would be so outraged that they would try to rally the other Arab nations to launch an all-out invasion against Israel, but would hesitate, because the Arab world is very much aware of the "Samson Option" that Israel will use if it is forced into a position of ultimate defense. If everything else fails, launch everything you have against your enemies, realizing that in doing so you will probably be destroyed as well. The option refers, naturally, to Samson, who killed 5000 Philistines in Gaza when he brought down their pagan temple on them. In his death, Samson killed more people in one act than he had killed in all his other battles combined while he was alive.<br /><br />Israel captured Gaza during the 1967 War, but recently gave it back in the "Land for Peace" deal. Since then, the Gaza strip has become a haven for Al Qaida terrorists.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120620164361268562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 616px; HEIGHT: 175px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="141" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOlrJ29oeEVzM3yLsMbLCkN7uONTKYWjJysX9NoBik6THawR4p1AR2OK2tLDCq81wYydLRCoTyoi8MutCKah52JEtcADmdIReEdnxr4-k7bTWdxUDxmIxz7eoG5Lk9nJQz_7JIaotDD4/s400/ac02717comp2+copy.jpg" width="515" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120618287460560194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 635px; HEIGHT: 176px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="143" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr93aQcYx6WpfvxWnlkb6YU_-xWO6APKsSmwDD0DeIZaJMT1LBtW0pSB-gIWabahjZK2_BXrbzVroowxz6C6RLLsX2h_bc3TAVIJPm1p87OeNUnGBcJfhyphenhyphenQDaqyjx4IC3IELuSyJ4z1ig/s400/s213700comp2+copy.jpg" width="534" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSwZfhUDvKoTXeDt7pgnZ6xGKhg5Q_Zmg6VnW0JukWigLCkf6sgxITeiJC-aERy-4T6PmWYuFRNZ9VpaSXvm9CF83j0FsCVjWHUx49ZuShTVEbgM1PskJ0zWJgqjkArmoKNbBDU44xE8/s1600-h/ATOMIC+BOMB+01.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120615946703383858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSwZfhUDvKoTXeDt7pgnZ6xGKhg5Q_Zmg6VnW0JukWigLCkf6sgxITeiJC-aERy-4T6PmWYuFRNZ9VpaSXvm9CF83j0FsCVjWHUx49ZuShTVEbgM1PskJ0zWJgqjkArmoKNbBDU44xE8/s400/ATOMIC+BOMB+01.bmp" border="0" /></a> So... there is not really a question about whether or not these events will happen. The real question is "When?" God would not have us in ignorance and darkness, which is why He has spoken to us through His prophets. Scripture tells us that in the latter days, the books will be opened when men will run rapidly to and fro and knowledge will vastly increase. Presently the sum of man's knowledge is doubling every two years. The books have been sealed, but now they have been opened. Other prophesies are also really starting to make sense in light of what is going on the Middle East and the Arab world. The faithful few in Europe are going to undergo tremendous persecution, and their tribulation is best described as being horrific. As the Word says to those undergoing persecution, " Look up for My time draweth nigh. " We Christians in the United States have been alerted to what is going on, and we know that it is extremely important for us to make sure the right person is seated in the Oval Office. The leader of the United States is undoubtably one of the most powerful individuals in the world, and we do not exaggerate to say that the decisions made by that person could quite possibly determine the future of all mankind.<br /><br />In any event, we must be ready for the Coming of the Lord.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-48777044008242135722009-10-19T14:31:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:32:22.025-07:00THE LESSONS OF HISTORY<div>To a lot of people who have not taken their history lessons seriously, or see no important reason for having it in the first place have put themselves into a room with no windows. History begins for them at the moment of their birth and all they can relate to is what few life experiences they have had. These unfortunate self-deprived individuals are attracted to others with the same shallow views of life mostly while attending colleges and universities. They view themselves as being smarter and brighter than anyone else. They are told that they must be the ones to make the world a better place. They join a cause to give meaning and purpose to their shallow lives. They become involved in the environmental movement or some other cause. These "enlightened ones" become sponges for all the indoctrination and propaganda, both subliminally and superficially as they are being fed the lies and distortions of the left-wing saturated academia. Their new cause has become their religion. "Useful <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">idiots</span>" as Josef Stalin referred to them, manipulated these <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">so called</span> brightest and smartest to advanced the Communist Manifesto and gained control to form the Soviet Union. Since they never studied history or took it seriously, they don't realize that people just like them allowed Hitler to grab power in the 1930's and the communists to become the dominant force in Europe during the Cold War. They failed to see that they were becoming political slaves because of their "enlightened " <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">pacifism</span>. When they realized what was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">happening</span>, guess who were the first ones being hauled off to the gulags when they tried to use their dissent tactics against those that were in charge? </div><br /><div> On September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur on board the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese formally surrendered to the United States said in a followup address, "as long as we ignore the lessons of history, we are doomed to repeat it. " Later he added to illustrate the utter destruction of the atomic bomb which quickly brought the war to an end. "Military alliances, Leagues of Nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only path to be by the way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war now blocks out this alternative. We have had our last chance. If we will not devise some greater and equitable system, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Armageddon</span> will be at our door." </div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>It has been shown over and over that no other system exists and negotiations do not work. The United Nations is a corrupt organization with most of the member nations being anti-American and nearly all of them anti-Semitic. Negotiations only postpone the inevitable and our enemies that are hell-bent of our demise look at this as a weakness on our part. Since the lessons of history have been ignored, nuclear <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">annihilation</span> is now more of a possibility since the breakup of the Soviet Union in which several Islamic states have access to nuclear weapons. Add to that, Pakistan, India, North Korea and Israel. Iran is on a quest to get them and the best estimates is that they will have them with two to five years. Iran's fanatical leader President Mahmoud <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ahmadinejad</span> has stated on numerous <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">occasions</span> denied the holocaust ever happened and that it his intention to destroy Israel and wipe it from the face of the earth. The world is now waiting to see if Israel will make a preemptive strike on Iran. Israel is on constant threat alert and just recently flew into Syria and took out a possible missile launching installation without being detected. Don't be surprised that if Syria launches a gas attack against Israel that Israel will <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">retaliate</span> totally in kind and as a result Damascus would be destroyed, which by the way is prophesied. Of course the rest of the Arab world would be so outraged that they would try to rally the other Arab nations to launch an all out invasion against Israel but would hesitate because the Arab world is very much aware of the <em>Samson Option</em> that Israel will use if it is forced to. If everything else fails, launch everything you have against your enemies realizing that in doing so you will probably be destroyed as well. Samson, if you remember killed 5000 Philistines in Gaza when he brought down the temple on them. In his death, Samson killed more people than all the other times combined while alive. Israel captured Gaza during the 1967 War but recently gave it back in the "Land for Peace" deal. Since then, the Gaza strip has become a haven for Al <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Qaida</span> terrorists.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>It's not a question that this will happen; the question is when? God would not have us in the dark which is why He has spoken to us through His prophets. In the latter days the books will be opened when men will run rapidly to and fro and knowledge will vastly increase. Presently the sum of man's knowledge is doubling every two years. The books have been sealed , but now they have been opened. The prophesies are really starting to make sense in light of what's going on the mid-east and the Arab world. The faithful few in Europe are going to undergo tremendous persecution and their tribulation is best described as being horrific. As the word says to those undergoing persecution,<em> " Look up for My time <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">draweth</span> nigh</em>. " We Christians in the United States have been alerted to what's going on. It is extremely important for us to make sure the right person gets seated in the Oval Office which is why this next presidential election is probably going to determine the future of all mankind. In any event, we must be ready for the Coming of the Lord.</div><br /><div> </div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-92032686487671652882009-10-19T14:30:00.000-07:002009-10-19T14:31:04.896-07:00THE ENEMY WITHIN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3yck9SMw3qLhgj6yLMeHj7OPPUS2ol9nlWQyGrjkE2brfRpTd-DwkoeIoNUBZU38_ZxvqbN8vVTPvhnFHV7PMFZY5_SSRwVRQ5fHTK1p4agcOQY0Zr7pD95uyF1VFlTde39llwY5KWQ/s1600-h/muslim+protest+9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119370071180094754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3yck9SMw3qLhgj6yLMeHj7OPPUS2ol9nlWQyGrjkE2brfRpTd-DwkoeIoNUBZU38_ZxvqbN8vVTPvhnFHV7PMFZY5_SSRwVRQ5fHTK1p4agcOQY0Zr7pD95uyF1VFlTde39llwY5KWQ/s400/muslim+protest+9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Ever since Hal Lindsey wrote the <em>Late Great Planet Earth </em>back in 1970,I have been interested in end time prophesy. I confess that when I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIUpzgpGS42xCKB26Cs6dY4ve5GGVs1V2AqUS1ft0_T4QAB3ELW3TwAjd0HeYMtSBMti9a9NWb9iP3YYwFxkZbS0MzFTdzTchjEWQN8Vb2ndMFGP4yAIX4vKymKRKC8beBTu_I__DTE4/s1600-h/muslim+protest+5.jpg"></a>started delving into this challenging and thought provoking subject I was a bit confused and with the world <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">situation</span> the way it was (The Cold War) I couldn't see how much of what Lindsey wrote would be possible. Of all Lindsey's predictions, the one that stands out the most is the reforming of the old Roman Empire into what Lindsey dubbed the United States of Europe. From its capital the anti-c<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hrist</span></span></span> would arise. Lindsey predicted that there would be ten member states, and this would actually become the European Union. In today's European Union there are 27 states, and with the additional states being those that broke away from the former Soviet Union. Whether or not some mergers will take place, or the present setup will be dumped in favor of a new one remains to be seen. It must be noted however that in the western alliance, there are just ten member states. All of this of course is subject to change. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>In most end time prophetic literature, one thing is apparent concerning the United States. It's not mentioned. Perhaps this is why I feel that the United States is a nation apart, sanctified if you will, because we are <em>One Nation Under God. </em>We were founded on Godly principles. Another reason is that we are the most blessed nation of earth is that we are Israel's only true a<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">lly</span></span>.</span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjaYMwTEtDkrXRrt6LUYk3LwPmbwkrgL5ch8EG17e3DVwg1lnUI64xq7KWj0Uafz8j2zc4DDd8-rNlkWLz7TYM44nZerAtZJk0COYjBjiJrcrpGN3CSEG9XG6DR5Nt_Qf-7rCQncRltM/s1600-h/7.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119348342940544258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjaYMwTEtDkrXRrt6LUYk3LwPmbwkrgL5ch8EG17e3DVwg1lnUI64xq7KWj0Uafz8j2zc4DDd8-rNlkWLz7TYM44nZerAtZJk0COYjBjiJrcrpGN3CSEG9XG6DR5Nt_Qf-7rCQncRltM/s400/7.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Within the year of following the 911 attack on the World Trade Towers, the 911 Commission was established. One of their first jobs was to find out why the Muslim world hated us. We as Christians know the obvious reason. It's because we are friends with Israel. God says in His Word<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzPkKOJvbCtUVCdz1_oR8h_VKQefaycpH_4mBHKc3o-c019_sJ2zXinfMJiwf_eYBwGKES4EHGHSDAgo_9xKrmdpLGi13a3fI4MqguWJLOerR_UB-R3edqKTBEUl6vEr2XgiCU0hjS8k/s1600-h/muslim+protest4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119343064425737458" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzPkKOJvbCtUVCdz1_oR8h_VKQefaycpH_4mBHKc3o-c019_sJ2zXinfMJiwf_eYBwGKES4EHGHSDAgo_9xKrmdpLGi13a3fI4MqguWJLOerR_UB-R3edqKTBEUl6vEr2XgiCU0hjS8k/s400/muslim+protest4.jpg" border="0" /></a> that He would <em>Bless the nation that blesses Israel and curse the ones that curse Israel. </em></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I remember when President Clinton invited <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Yassir</span></span></span> Arafat, a known terrorist, one of those that took part in the massacre of Israeli Olympic team members in Munich, Germany in 1972, to stay overnight at the White House. It wasn't long after that President <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Clinton's</span> personal problems and scandals began to emerge. When President Bush took office, he reestablished support for Israel and our economy took off. Israel has been an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">indispensable</span> a<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">lly</span></span> in the <em>War on Terror.</em><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCqL1NkRlePwqv3Kd7_-6VNE3TXyU2GHN766BnfvhKPEs2IfOxpMBICRa-ol1hnnRn9-RBzyCv4JJ2vjwMMOUjNw6iaeFjsrchsB8qB-tSoc3fbjbFcz8GpUTmmYyAhfR8pSrH27jj9A/s1600-h/muslim+protest+8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119339009976610018" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCqL1NkRlePwqv3Kd7_-6VNE3TXyU2GHN766BnfvhKPEs2IfOxpMBICRa-ol1hnnRn9-RBzyCv4JJ2vjwMMOUjNw6iaeFjsrchsB8qB-tSoc3fbjbFcz8GpUTmmYyAhfR8pSrH27jj9A/s400/muslim+protest+8.jpg" border="0" /></a> Another thing that stands out about Lindsey's predictions from the seventies is the Gog and Magog as mentioned in the Book of Daniel are states that were once part of the former Soviet Union, all Islamic, along with nations of Europe would rise up against Israel. What <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">puzzled</span> me about this was how could Christian nations such as Italy and France knowing what the Jews have gone through with the holocaust and present day anti-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">semitism</span></span></span> go along with the destruction of Israel? The answer is becoming more clear. The immigration of Muslims into Europe has reached alarming proportions. While the Europeans have been engaging in immoral sexual behavior and aborting their babies, the average Muslim family is having an average of eight. Already throngs of Muslims are marching and making demands throughout Europe. This <em>March of Peace</em> took place in the UK in February of this year. The passive and politically correct governments are cowering to their demands and the situation is getting worse. In the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">foreseeable</span> future, the French are going to wake up and discover that they are now an Islamic republic.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRtN6DMg9B-3Y2heqlFBz9t5R9mxpXRj4cO3HrRyHvwJENsDkf_0QZEPdoB7Rt9k0cKm_ZdWDP628-xLNaK5KSPRUxXQjOd2jgC_-JGsaUMCG9sqNvxor1kFMUoscRZTdmB0ifBF0Ejk/s1600-h/muslim+protest+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119333705691999442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRtN6DMg9B-3Y2heqlFBz9t5R9mxpXRj4cO3HrRyHvwJENsDkf_0QZEPdoB7Rt9k0cKm_ZdWDP628-xLNaK5KSPRUxXQjOd2jgC_-JGsaUMCG9sqNvxor1kFMUoscRZTdmB0ifBF0Ejk/s400/muslim+protest+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Since the United States is not referred to in the end time prophesies doesn't necessarily mean that we are not going to be involved. From all the prophesies concerning the end time we are told that the events that are to take place are going to happen in that part of the world, in the Middle East, Europe, and Western Asia. In the the destruction and tribulation and destruction of Israel, one of two or possibly both may take place. It would have to happen so quickly that the United States would have little or no time to react. The other really scares me, that the United States abandons Israel and leaves them hanging out to dry. Israel would then be left with only its <em>Samson Option</em>, destroy yourselves and takes as many of your enemies with you as you can. A lot depends on who we elect as President of the United States whether or not the United States supports Israel. The Europeans, and their associates in this country consider themselves to be s<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">uperior</span></span></span> and enlightened in their cowardly passiveness have failed to learn from the lessons of history and are doomed to repeat it. Sorry, but I have to say this; with the exception of the faithful few, I fear that Europe is on the fast track to hell.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-F8yQcSppFYp-yxaSkS3k23lCnaPOVOjcHlnKWMv7sgRfOckii4DTGVyrN4qUP55aurQPxCrASiT3YNq5ptVY38k2nrJNW4LarAA62tL5joRFD1-ZArh4mcJ8cX00QSZfR_gK39nZDA/s1600-h/muslim+protest+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119333430814092482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-F8yQcSppFYp-yxaSkS3k23lCnaPOVOjcHlnKWMv7sgRfOckii4DTGVyrN4qUP55aurQPxCrASiT3YNq5ptVY38k2nrJNW4LarAA62tL5joRFD1-ZArh4mcJ8cX00QSZfR_gK39nZDA/s400/muslim+protest+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Satan has placed blinders on the rest of the world because they refuse to recognize the real enemy which is presently dwelling among them. These are the same people who <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">sacrificed</span> their children to idols by throwing them into a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">fiery</span> cauldron. What would be the difference if they strapped a bomb on their children and send them into a crowded shopping district for the sake of jihad? There are no more vile and wicked people than these Islamic extremists who who would send their innocent children to their deaths in order to advance their evil cause in the name of Allah.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvymAaQhd-FBKi_Vvd7YeJbyXd6vFKzaKrJyzw9P87YJyRTMA_viy5BhJMDZH45S09_Kd_csOT1TuTiaXl2YBhBOv-eg_ZAJuP93SyRrcRrURYHQXjMKEvarTA1OseCX6PJGY3cTQLVI/s1600-h/muslim+protest+6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119330578955807922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvymAaQhd-FBKi_Vvd7YeJbyXd6vFKzaKrJyzw9P87YJyRTMA_viy5BhJMDZH45S09_Kd_csOT1TuTiaXl2YBhBOv-eg_ZAJuP93SyRrcRrURYHQXjMKEvarTA1OseCX6PJGY3cTQLVI/s400/muslim+protest+6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>As current events unfold, such as what's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">going on </span>with Iran and its all too familiar rhetoric by its leaders, it is extremely important this next presidential election who we put the Oval Office. A president who wants us to be liked and go along with the rest of the world, or a president who stands up for the United States and Israel, adhere to our Constitution, keeping us apart from the rest of the world. How can God say it any plainer, <em>I will bless the nation that stands with Israel.</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKBG9k6Vc1pRzdP9maflRAHwaG6PmHd17escVucvXqfEP6dyReyRlINOknUc144UTwS5l1PMqpqAzjXj3vXyyPng_DX-f22F-DZWzl2lPCRwxGBy34upAQq_wFFFtseUm5Dnocsj80_Y/s1600-h/muslim+protest+7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119327967615691938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKBG9k6Vc1pRzdP9maflRAHwaG6PmHd17escVucvXqfEP6dyReyRlINOknUc144UTwS5l1PMqpqAzjXj3vXyyPng_DX-f22F-DZWzl2lPCRwxGBy34upAQq_wFFFtseUm5Dnocsj80_Y/s400/muslim+protest+7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761893142048174315.post-54360123598731074472009-10-19T14:29:00.001-07:002009-10-19T14:29:59.113-07:00ARE WE GETTING CLOSE<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3b3jXtL2ya_tqkGzndTiP6jBvZjjIcafsIbaUvCSx2BLdFkhYqFjvihu-otOyLkUnoF5X_R1GwjkzdqLTiGPxsJAn5cD_L5QkNSELa8DsWNzLKMsO3XkJDyW8NA1EUDSo6csxpwKi38c/s1600-h/muslim+protest+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119326520211713170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3b3jXtL2ya_tqkGzndTiP6jBvZjjIcafsIbaUvCSx2BLdFkhYqFjvihu-otOyLkUnoF5X_R1GwjkzdqLTiGPxsJAn5cD_L5QkNSELa8DsWNzLKMsO3XkJDyW8NA1EUDSo6csxpwKi38c/s400/muslim+protest+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomOB7lDs6U1lhdTLx0L24lBfbjeIL1gD0aLRhI2anS_QiNV_NWnXl6RoGgvmCKyov3qiVuhnZxRt8MC__JSxLXW7RWdvA8vxEECvmWv5JcOHFC8v7-gmhkP3Le53J6TEoRa00Oo1iyq0/s1600-h/muslim+protest4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119326146549558402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomOB7lDs6U1lhdTLx0L24lBfbjeIL1gD0aLRhI2anS_QiNV_NWnXl6RoGgvmCKyov3qiVuhnZxRt8MC__JSxLXW7RWdvA8vxEECvmWv5JcOHFC8v7-gmhkP3Le53J6TEoRa00Oo1iyq0/s400/muslim+protest4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuJTlAv9q0dYK_TZ3ntwqJpzSPyAM9z5KQ3UMa7-3b0U1sJM8QAmLS-IorHGVgOi-deD_6gYQ3En81jn3cv4ts45rVt2vgq9V_zv4-tUGmpUFIufyZdwRHjxJS3r1TWZ6Zhnt7lybyGs/s1600-h/muslim+protest+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119325699872959602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuJTlAv9q0dYK_TZ3ntwqJpzSPyAM9z5KQ3UMa7-3b0U1sJM8QAmLS-IorHGVgOi-deD_6gYQ3En81jn3cv4ts45rVt2vgq9V_zv4-tUGmpUFIufyZdwRHjxJS3r1TWZ6Zhnt7lybyGs/s400/muslim+protest+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzOO5PzxQ5hMoPHY9yP1YIVE6qIW-AeKXkDvS9QlFR9GUInDKJ1VELoYhbYh8YiWPUm_Wl19FAtBFF5fxS0cHzjSqnZQEI8GzZMzAwmYbWcJA3VepprN2KS3lbLrHX33kIoFfMVvvkAE/s1600-h/muslim+protest+8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119325356275575906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzOO5PzxQ5hMoPHY9yP1YIVE6qIW-AeKXkDvS9QlFR9GUInDKJ1VELoYhbYh8YiWPUm_Wl19FAtBFF5fxS0cHzjSqnZQEI8GzZMzAwmYbWcJA3VepprN2KS3lbLrHX33kIoFfMVvvkAE/s400/muslim+protest+8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Ever since the 1970 about the time Hal Lindsey's <em>Late Great Planet Earth </em>was number one on the New York Times best seller list, and all time best seller of 15 million copies world wide, I have been interested in end time prophesies. I confess that I was really confused and with world situation at that time couldn't see how much of what Lindsey wrote would be possible. In all of Lindsey's predictions, the one that stands out the most is the forming of the United States of Europe, in reality, the European Union. It was to be a reforming of the Roman Empire and from its captial the anti-christ would rule.Lindsey predicted that there would be ten states to make up the United States of Europe, now there are twenty-seven, hower it can be noted that there are just ten nations in the western alliance. Of course, we can see now the all this is subject to change. Recently, the Eruo, the EU currency is replacing the dollar as the currency of choice. How long that will last, who knows? I can remember back in the eighties when the Yen was highly touted as the currency of the future, but as history has shown us, it didn't happen. The dollar came back.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>In all the modern day prophetic literature, one thing also stands out, that is the United States is not mentioned. Perhaps this why I feel that the United States is a nation apart, sanctified if you will, because we are <em>One Nation Under God</em> founded on Godly principles. Another reason is that we are the most blessed nation on the face of this earth is that we are Israel' s only real alli. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>God says in His Word that he would bless the nation that blesses Israel and curse the ones that are against Israel. I have noticed that when the United States was coddling the Palestinian Liberation Orginization, for instance when Yassir Arafat was allowed to stay at Whitehouse, things, mostly a lot of little things started turning negative. Then President Clinton's troubles and scandals started to surface. When President Bush reestablished support for Israel, our nation's economy started booming. Israel has been an indispensible alli in the <em>War on Terror.</em></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Another thing that stands out about Lindsey's predictions from the seventies is that Gog and Magog, the southern states of former Soviet Union are Islamic, along with all the nations of Europe would rise up against Israel. What puzzeled me about this was how could Christian nations such as Italy and France knowing what the Jews have gone through with the holocaust and present day anti-semitism go along with the destruction with Israel? The answer is becoming more clear. The immigration of Muslims into Europe has reached alarming proportions. While the Europeans have been engaging in immoral sexual behavior and aborting their babies, the average Muslim family is having an average of eight offspring. Already, throngs of Muslims are marching and making demands throughout Europe. The passive governments are cowering to the demands made and the situation is getting worse. In the not too distant future, the French are going to wake up to discover that they are now an Islamic republic.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Since the United States is not referred to in the end time prophesies, one of two or both of these things may take place. The tribulation, destruction of Israel along with armegeddon would confined to just that part of the world and it would happen so fast that the United States would not have time to react. The other really scares me, that the United States abandons Israel and leaves them hanging out to dry. Israel is left with only its <em>Samson Option,</em> destroy yourselves and take as many enemies with you as you can. A lot depends on who we can elect President of the United States whether or not the United States supports Israel. The Europeans consider themselves to be superior and enlightened who have failed to learn from the lessons of history and therefore doomed to repeat it. Sorry I have to say this, but I fear that Europe is on the fast track to hell.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Perhaps satan has placed blinders on a lot of people because they refuse to recognize the real enemy. These are the same people that were sacraficing their children to idols 3500 years ago by throwing them into a firey cauldron. What's the difference if they strap suicide bombs on their children and send them into shopping districts in the name of jihad. Islamic extremists are evil, wicked and to them life is cheap. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>As current events unfold, such as what's happening with Iran and its all too familiar rhetoric coming from its leaders, it is extremely important this next presidential election who we put in the Oval Office. A president who wants us to liked by the rest of the world and join with them, or a president who will stand up for us and Israel and adhere to our Constitution, keeping us apart from the rest of the world. God has plainly stated, "I will bless the nation that stands with Israel."</div></div></div></div></div>Dan Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115291578989870474noreply@blogger.com0