Do NOT Be Troubled! November 5, 2008

I am appreciating the fact that I am an American. The USA has made History in this 2008 Election! This election in itself well be forever remembered in History books across America. This Great Country has elected the first African American President and the people have spoken! I call that Freedom of Speech, what this country was founded upon.

God holds our future in His hands and we as Christians know the outcome! I would like to use a quote from our worship leader at Crosspoint Community Church, “Presidents will come and go, but Jesus Christ, will forever be, never changing, the same yesterday, today and tomorrow!” Thank you Kevinchristian.wordpress.com for this quote it helped me put everything into perspective.

Now we as people of this Great Country, should come together and stand in one accord being obedient to God and pray for our Country and all of our leaders of this free land!

Think about it why are we here? From all indications we have a Creator and we have the Word (Jesus Christ) that died for our sins so that we may have eternal life. He came to save the world and He left this world to go and prepare a place for us.

John 14: 3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”Again think about it…why are we here? We are here to be about His business, God has called us to be servants, Jesus called His disciples to be servants and the barrier of the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Luke 10:2 He told them, “The harvest is huge, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 “Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

Since I have been at Crosspoint Community Church I have learned what the Vision of winning lost souls to Christ is and to put that Vision to work! I’ve seen this Vision work in our church and my own extended family members! Already three have been saved in our family (one being Zach our High Functioning Autistic/Bi-polar son) because our Pastor is sincere in His vision to win lost souls for Christ. God is using our pastor and our church to harvest the fields.

So I leave you with Do NOT be troubled for God is in control of this world and I pray that you will seek His face and be workers of the field that needs to be harvested.

John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God. Trust in me also.

God Bless All and God Bless America

The DAY 2008! November 4, 2008

I woke this morning with a thrill of excitement…Election Day! I was a Proud American ready to do her duty at the polls! Our family has been praying for this election for a long time! This is an historical one that my youngest son Zach will probably see in his History book! Not for it being the most chaotic, mud slinging, and no good choice election, but for our Country finally allowing an African American Presidential candidate and a woman Vice Presidential candidate. I am proud of my country for this…it’s time to stop the racism of any kind. I pray that Gods will be done in this election, and pray that we all have interceded on behalf of this Great Country!

I was just going to talk about voting today but my daughter changed my mind! I’m going out on a limb here, but this is what is in my heart!

I have to tell you a about my 13 year old daughter, Liana. She has taken this election to heart! When she got up and dressed this morning, she came to me and said, “Mom I am literally sick of how this election may turn out!” This child’s stomach was in knots! We have talked to our kids about our political views and why we have them. Yes, we are conservatives! We have always taught our kids biblical principals…based on the rule book “The BIBLE” and the Ten Commandments…you get the picture. So with all that said…you have to know Liana. She is a very strong willed teen and she doesn’t mind telling you how she feels about what is right and what is wrong. She sees this very liberal candidate that doesn’t have values like what we have instilled in her. She just can’t fathom why all these people are voting for this candidate. He may be a good man, a good father, a good spouse, but his beliefs do not line up with the Word of God and she knows that! I hate that my child is worrying over an election and I told her that when it comes down to it if the other candidate is chosen we will pray and intercede on his behalf. I needed to add this little piece of information in…for never did I think about an election when I was 13 years of age.

Our children are suffering because of this GREAT Country turning against God. We as Christians are afraid to speak out! Sorry…if you didn’t like the sound of that, but this is my belief and my blog. I don’t have to be a theologian to know the world is going to hell in a hand basket and the Bible is being fulfilled!

I like Kay Authors quote, “Our country has changed—now, are we headed for revival or judgment?” I am hoping revival. It is time for all Christian Americans to raise the battle cry and take our nation back! How do we expect to change lives if we are afraid of speaking out as Jesus did during His time on earth. He told it like it was, no sugar coating, he got angry with the money changers in the temple and drove them out! Yes, He is loving, but yet He is God and weather you want to believe it or not God is a God of love and destruction. Can you believe that on several occasions He wanted to destroy the Israelites? Check out Exodus 32 and Numbers 11, Moses intercedes for the Israelites and God does not destroy them. When the Israelites are obedient to Him, God destroys their enemies!

So…now we know why we are faced with the problems of today! Rebelling against God! Christians not standing on the truth! Letting the evil of this world take over! Yes, I know God is in control, and the Bible is being fulfilled, but do you think God wants us to sit around twiddling our thumbs and not stand up for what He has written to us in His Word. The agnostics and atheist do a good job of standing up for what they believe in! So go figure!

These are solely my views and I know that many of you have your own that are completely different from mine, and I do respect them! The U.S wouldn’t be called a free Country if we could not voice our opinion.

I will be watching the election tonight with my family and when the time comes for one of the candidate to concede and the other make his victory speech…I promise that I will be obedient to God and pray for the leader Democrat or Republican of this GREAT Country!

God Bless All and God Bless America!

Election 2008 Countdown! November 3, 2008

This election is a horse race. In the Investor’s Business Daily TIPP tracking poll released today shows Obama with 46.7% and McCain at 44.6% – just 2 points separate them!

I read that this poll was the most accurate poll in 2004 election.

This poll shows that almost 9% of voters still remain unsure, this could be incredible news.

Contrary to what the media and Obama want you to believe, this election has yet to be decided.

God has given us a choice in all that we do! We can choose to believe there is a God, choose to believe that God sent his only Son into the world for our sins, choose to believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God and He also gives of the choice to follow Him or follow the world.

The Apostle Paul did not encourage the Christians to “just believe” in Jesus and to merely accept the teachings of the Bible and Christianity “on faith.” Instead, he said to, “Test all things; hold fast what is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Paul urged people to check into the facts and believe what they could prove to be true! This reflected Old Testament passages where God challenged the Israelites to “prove Me now…if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3:10).

Does God want us to “just believe” what these two men are asking us to accept. No He said to, “Test all things; hold fast what is good.” Check into the facts of each candidate. Yes, God is in control…but He also is giving us a choice of who to put in office which requires your vote, He gave us the freedom in this great Country to do that and He expects it, He says to “prove Me now”. We should be on our knees praying for God to lead us in deciding who the next President of the United States will be for the people of this great country!

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