Peanut Gallery: Millions of Egyptians cheer in the streets. Christians stand with military and opposition leaders.
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Click on video link: Military tells Morsi he is no longer president, http://fxn.ws/15gz9T9 – Sent via the FOX News Android App.
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Peanut Gallery: As we approach the celebration of our nation’s birthday, I am disheartened. I will fly the flag, but not with great enthusiasm. Why? Because, as Cosmocon points out “the United States is coming apart.”
And I don’t think this is just the sour grapes prognosis of a couple of old white guys. I think we are dealing with something much larger than that… way beyond organizational or political solutions.
This is a heavenly battle being played out on earth before our very eyes.
Please read Cosmocon’s original blog here:
http://cosmoscon.com/2013/07/02/is-there-no-hope-for-change/
And, as the saying goes, get on your knees and fight like a man.
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Is There No Hope For Change? – Cosmocon
The United States is coming apart and I don’t know how we save it.
We have reached a point where our overreaching Government has become so big that it is out of the control of even those who support it.
IRS, DoJ, NSA, looming Obamacare, Debt greater than our GDP, unsustainable entitlement programs….the list goes on and on.
Even today, the architect of Obamacare realized that he must scale back the employer mandate until after the mid-term elections. Of course he’s doing this because businesses have been expressing their displeasure to the Administration and the last thing Obama needs is another repeat of the 2010 mid-terms.
We are also seeing massive protests by the Pro-Abortion crowd because the Texas Legislature is trying to pass a bill to outlaw Abortions after 20 weeks. The vile tweets in the #StandWithWendy and #StandWithTXWomen are enough to make you sick to your stomach and it makes me wonder how we became a nation where many choose to defend the right to kill viable babies just for the sake of birth control. It’s not enough that we had to read about the evil inside Gosnell’s abortion clinic but there appears to be a large segment of the population that are totally cool with killing babies right up to birth.
@gdthomp01 I support a pregnant persons choice to terminate the pregnancy at any point. #prochoice #abortionondemandwithoutapology— (@GingerTimeLady) July 01, 2013
It’s enough to make me throw up my hands and wonder how we take this country back. There is a great PowerPoint presentation showing how Conservatives can be a force multiplier and get involved in precinct activism and it is worth a read by everyone. While that is good work that we should definitely be involved with, I was left thinking that there was a bigger issue that we have to attack in order to rescue the US from the path we are on which is eerily similar to the Roman Empire.
Then I saw this video of #StandWithTXWomen people chanting “Hail Satan” and I realized what we need.
We aren’t just fighting a political war. If that were the case, the only thing that would save us would be a revolution. But a revolution is only successful when the vast majority of the citizens are in opposition to the ruling government and this isn’t the case now. There are too many people that are opposed to Conservative principles to solve this with a revolution. Do I have to remind you that Obama just won re-election by a decent margin? This is not a problem that can be solved by a revolution or a civil war.
We can’t combat the “Hail Satan” crowd, the #STandWithTXWomen crowd or the “Free Government Handout” crowd with blog posts and cute tweets. Let’s face it; we can’t do it by ourselves. I just can’t do it. I have failed. The chasm is too vast. America is more polarized now than ever before. We need help. I need help.
And when we reach the end of our rope and realize that we can’t do it on our own that is when we turn to a higher power. And then we find that Jesus has been waiting for us patiently all along.
We are fighting a Spiritual war in America and we just can’t win without help from the Holy Spirit. Only when we fall to our knees and admit we are powerless against the Prince of Darkness do we get help. The past few decades may have served the purpose to humble the Church and make us realize that we have neglected the One who could help us. It’s time to turn to Him. He’s the only hope we have.
“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12
Reading: Acts 11:1-18 NLT
Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God.
But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him. “You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!” they said.
Then Peter told them exactly what had happened. “I was in the town of Joppa,” he said, “and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me. When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of tame and wild animals, reptiles, and birds. And I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.’
“‘No, Lord,’ I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean. ’
“But the voice from heaven spoke again: ‘Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.’ This happened three times before the sheet and all it contained was pulled back up to heaven.
“Just then three men who had been sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were staying. The Holy Spirit told me to go with them and not to worry that they were Gentiles. These six brothers here accompanied me, and we soon entered the home of the man who had sent for us. He told us how an angel had appeared to him in his home and had told him, ‘Send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter. He will tell you how you and everyone in your household can be saved!’
“As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning. Then I thought of the Lord’s words when he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”
When the others heard this, they stopped objecting and began praising God. They said, “We can see that God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of repenting of their sins and receiving eternal life.”
Prayer: Heavenly Father – You have repeated this story of Cornelius’ conversion and baptism three times for emphasis – everyone, regardless of their background, has been given the privilege of repenting and receiving eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. No people, tribe or nation is left out… no matter what I might think of them. Lord Jesus – You died for my sins and the sins of the world. Give me a passion for the lost… wherever I might find them. Holy Spirit – Show your power… demonstrate the authenticity of those who believe and repent… so that together we might rejoice with the angels in heaven over every soul that receives eternal life. I ask it in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Spiritual Song: “Hosanna” – Hillsong United
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