your health freedom

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The link, below, should take you to the Health Freedom USA website of the Natural Solutions Foundation.
It will alert you to what is being promoted by those in government who would like to use what they are calling "a vaccine" to maim, kill, or damage you and your health.

(I realize I am using strong language. This is quite serious! Have been following information shared by the Natural Solutions Foundation, for some time now, and they are being targeted by some, in our nation's government, who *do not* want the truth that NSF is sharing, to get out to everyone in the general public, in America, or anywhere else.)

In order to make wise, informed choices, regarding our health, I am sharing this information with you, ... because I do care that your health may soon be, again, in jeopardy. (potentially)

Do not do all that some folks tell you you have to do.
That is simply not the truth, by law, in the U.S. A.
We "still" have a choice.

And after someone in government begins telling us we will be prosecuted, or jailed, or imprisoned, or killed, ... we "still" have a choice.
Yeshua did.
He chose "eternal Life" for you and me!

Many, who were told they would be killed, during WWII, were not.
Many, in other countries, who are threatened with death, or torture, ... are sent Mighty, Powerful Help, and Deliverance, from Heaven above! Not all are sent that same help. Some must suffer horribly, or are murdered, by those whose hatred is actually against The Lord Almighty, The Maker of Heaven and earth.
But God uses all things to draw more men and women and children to a saving knowledge of His Son, Who came to earth, to live, suffer & die, to make full (complete) atonement for your sins and mine, by the shedding of His Blood, through His death on the Roman execution stake. Then, He was raised from the dead after He had been in the tomb for 3 days!
He is now alive, and is able to help those who put their full trust in, and they believe in, His Name, and in His Redemption He bought for each of us, through His atoning sacrifice, as The Lamb of YHVH God.
Yeshua is His Name. He is The Messiah of YHVH God. He is The Promised One of The God of Israel.
John 1:1-18, and John 3:3, 3:5, 3:16-21, plus John 6:27, 32-33, 35-40, 44, 47-48, and John 8:12, John 10:1-18, and John 12:24-26, 12:44-50, and John 14:6, 10-27, and John 15:1-17 will be of help to you, in learning more about The Messiah of YHVH God.

If you already know Him, then I rejoice with you!
The angels in Heaven rejoice over one sinner that is converted (to a saving knowledge of Who God's Son truly is) and now has eternal Life!
HalleluYah!

Please, choose "Life" for you and your children and grandchildren!
Go to http://www.livingwaters.com/ for more information on how to be born again.
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Please, also, choose "life" and "good health" for you and your children and grandchildren!

http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=6094

The link, below, will take you to an "action" opportunity, in which you may (first) register, and then, submit a very simple message to your Congressman, your state Senators, and ... at times, the message is also sent to the men in The White House.
After you are registered, you will receive future alerts, by email newsletter.
Then, you need only put your zip code in, in a box on the "... salsa. democracy in action .org ..." link page you are re-directed to.
Then, a message page will come up.
Then, all you do is choose your subject, and type that in.
Then, you may edit the message.
Then, you may send it.
And, in some cases, particular Congressmen, or Senators, or The White House, may expect you to share a bit more information, such as your "title," like "Mr." or "Mrs." ... or which "topic" you are writing them about, so your message can be sorted, to be read by the appropriate "aide," most likely.

I have used this system to alert my Congressman, and our two state Senators, and also the man in The White House, in the past.
It is a very easy system to use, and one that I truly believe has been very effective in making "those folks" aware that we are quite aware of the things they are doing, to go against several of the "God-given" rights of legal, U.S. citizens and their family members!

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4376

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For more helpful information, regarding the safety of vaccines (immunizations) being administered within the U.S.A., please visit the site below:

http://www.nvic.org/

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inspiring words from a wise man ...

http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/1027.htm

The Joy of The Lord, the Strength of His People

A Sermon Delivered on Lord's Day Morning, December 31st, 1871, by
C. H. SPURGEON, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington (England)

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http://www.spurgeon.org/sw&tr.htm

Excerpts from The Sword and The Trowel

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http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/treasury.htm

The Treasury of David
by Charles H. Spurgeon

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http://www.spurgeon.org/spwrtngs.htm

(Charles H.) Spurgeon's Writings

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http://www.spurgeon.org/spsrmns.htm

(Charles H.) Spurgeon's Sermons

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http://www.spurgeon.org/fsl.htm

Spurgeon's Personal Library at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary & College

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http://www.spurgeon.org/otherrec.htm

other Spurgeon resources

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http://www.spurgeon.org/medit.htm

Spurgeon's Daily Meditations

some more stuff to be aware of "from the news desk"

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=181957

Godonomics: What America needs, article by Chad Hovind
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=181997

Our military needs your help -- now, article by Jane Chastain
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=182261

Congressman says Mr O is buying votes in Kenya ... and is pumping $23 million into advancing abortion and Islamic law, article by Jerome S. Corsi
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=181865

Obama advisor says U.S. is "ideal place for renewal of Islam" article by Aaron Klein
(this article is about "who is behind" the idea of building a mosque near Ground Zero)
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=181961
Is this man Mr O's worst nightmare? -- my re-wording of title of a very good article by Chelsea Schilling
Mr O may have met his match, now, in a possible (he's praying about it) presidential candidate who is a strong believer -- Herman Cain
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http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jul/10072002.html

In Spain, women now must look at "information" about what abortion does (to the baby) -- this is good news! Truth makes us free!
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The links, below, are shared here because they will, each, lead you to some informative articles. Staying informed about the news that the "regular" media "outlets" are not reporting will help you know more about the truth. And The Truth does make you free!
We can all make wiser decisions when we know all the facts!


http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/crime/4073-washington-post-investigates-us-intelligence

http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/crime/4080-mccarthys-still-right-communist-treason-in-the-state-department

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/4067-obama-accused-of-misuse-of-taxpayer-dollars-in-kenya

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/history/american/4011-deporting-illegal-immigrants

http://67.227.136.225/component/content/article/1009-commentary/6405-glenn-beck-discovers-philip-dru-administrator

http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/constitution/4074-obama-retreats-from-qreligious-freedomq-to-qfreedom-of-worshipq

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Yes, I know I did not begin this "blog" just to share links to news articles, friends.
But ... am seeing and hearing, from some others, that some Americans are simply not "reading" this side of what is really going on, in the U.S.A. and elsewhere in the world.

It "is" important to find out that one's government leaders are not dealing honestly (if they are not), nor are they admitting all that they are "up to" *behind closed doors (this only applies to those leaders who are planning & trying to carry out their selfish, wicked plans, from YHVH God's perspective) ," as they "make deals" with those who are, honestly, America's bitter enemies. (some of those enemies are descendants, for many generations, of honest, hard-working "true" American citizens, but these men & women have corrupt minds, destitute of the truth, and they follow evil, wicked ideas of men & women like themselves, whose hearts dwell in darkness, not being satisfied unless they have done someone harm, in some way)

I am not bitter. Am only trying to share the Truth.
But to the previously-sovereign nation of the U.S.A., those nations and leaders, in other countries, and even in our own country, who were admittedly called "our enemies" because it was widely known that they were (and are) against Almighty God YHVH, The God of Israel.

And He is also The God Whose only-begotten Son is named Yeshua (in Hebrew; He *was* born a Jew, of the tribe of King David, the tribe of Jehudah / Judah, in Israel; by the way, Israel was never named, by The Lord who established it for His chosen people, as Palestine. That name is abhorrent, as it is currently being used by some within the current U.S. administration.)...

... and "our enemies" (of the U.S.A. and of its rightful, legal citizens) were known as the ones who hated the Jews and the Christians, ...
... and they were known to be Communistic and Socialistic in their philosophy and ideology.

... and "our enemies" (not mine, personally; they are The Lord Adonai YHVH God's enemies; I am "for" Adonai YHVH God; I pray for them, as I become aware of each one.) were known to be ones who hated life in the womb (some are inconsistent in this -- they love their own children, but think that the unborn children of people of "certain" races, or of some other ideology or theology, deserve to be murdered in the womb! That is hypocrisy and bigotry and racial discrimination!). They are those (some) who would beat, torture their wives and children, when they thought it was the right thing to do, as men do in countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and in any country that claims allah is who it wants to please).

... historically, those who have been called "our enemies" would fit the ideology (though I have not shared its many misunderstandings of Truth from its Qu'ran [Koran]) have been known to be Islamic and have been following the teachings written in the Qu'ran (Koran).
No Islamic or Islamist who reads or studies the writings in the Qu'ran (Koran) can say he / she is a moderate. It teaches hatred and war against any who will not submit to its false god, allah.
It contains lies about Jews and true Christians. Adolf Hitler met with the imam to discuss plans. They agreed on many points of ideology!
So, for that reason, and many more (which are all based on truth about Islam), those who follow it, read it (as believing the ideologies taught in it) would be considered to be "enemies" by The Lord our God, The God of Israel, Who is The Adonai and Elohim of both the Jews and the true Christians, who are both "for" Peace (true, lasting Peace -- Shalom).

Please understand. Read all things with as high a level of spiritual understanding as you are able, according to how The Lord Adonai YHVH Elohim has designed you! We do not "hate" Islamists! YHVH God sees them as "enemies" of the state of Israel, and of His people Israel. But we Americans do not "hate" people. We "hate" the sin of any people, including our own sin(s)!!!

We pray we will, submitted (in agape Love) to YHVH God, through our belief and trust in His Son, Yeshua The Messiah, be enabled by Him, to live our lives in such a way that it is seen that we abhor and detest our own selfishness, our self-seeking plans (from our old selves, that we continue to battle against, within our minds and souls, not against our brothers and sisters, fellow humans, in this world!), our pride, our personal "rights" and expectations, hopes, and dreams, that are all vanity and vexation of spirit, as King Solomon wrote.
We must take upon ourselves, as YHVH God enables us, through His Holy Spirit (the Ruach ha Chodesh), the character, the traits, and the image of, Messiah Yeshua, as He continues to sanctify us, in our souls and our being, through His Grace and Might.
YHVH God's Power is agape Love! He does not fight with weapons, or murder people. He hopes they will love Him as He has shown them genuine, "perfect" Love. His agape Love is able to cover all sins!, if we but repent, confess our sins, and forsake them, as King David did, in the Scriptures of The God of Israel, El Elyon.

... and "our enemies" now reside (and many do not call themselves Islamic; however, their ideas they live by are very similar, and contain rebellion, at heart), some even have permission to dwell, within the borders of the U.S.A.
I don't know why they would want to stay. (don't write me to explain; I know more than this last statement would lead you to suppose, friends)
I believe it is high time for all who follow, adhere to, or "like" or "honor" the writings in the Qu'ran (Koran), to leave America (the U.S.A.) and return to their original locations, or to where that ideology is "wanted," and "where it is agreed to" by the people in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq or Iran, as well as Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Yes, I do realize that there are various factions within Islam.
Yes, I do realize that some Islamists cannot "get along with" others who also claim to be faithful followers of Islam or of Mohammed's writings.
Yes, I realize that there are people, in America, who claim to be true believers in Yeshua The Messiah, or call themselves followers of Christ Jesus, ... but a true believer (according to YHVH God's Word, which "is" Truth!) in Messiah Yeshua, is able to live alongside other believers, and able to dwell peacefully with one another, with their neighbors, because they have a Spirit inside them Who "is" Peace, Who "is" Love. (genuine Love; not human love; Divine Love, from El Elyon, El Shaddai, The Lord YHVH God Almighty)
( you can tell this is difficult to explain in words only )
( those who know The Lord YHVH, through His Son, Yeshua The Messiah / Christ Jesus, will understand what I mean to say, in this post; others will not be able to; this is not an insult; it is merely the Truth )

Lest anyone assume I am being quite unkind, or even hateful, or prideful, or self-righteous, in saying this, please read this next statement:

Those people who do not and will not adhere to, honor, "love (by The Almighty God's definition of it since He is The Author of agape Love itself)," and take upon themselves (deep down into their souls) the beliefs written down (not kept secret) by our Founding Fathers, men such as
Patrick Henry, and
George Washington, and
Thomas Jefferson, and
James Madison, and
John Adams, and ...

Dr. Benjamin Rush,
John Hancock,
Francis Hopkinson,
Elbridge Gerry,
Stephen Hopkins,
Roger Sherman,
Robert Morris,
Lewis Morris,
and
John Witherspoon, among others, ...

... if those who call themselves Islamic in their ideology, will not adhere to all that agrees with what is written in the Jewish Scriptures (the Torah, especially), and the Old and New Covenant scriptures, many true Christian believers call The Word of (YHVH) God, ...
... then, it is imperative (as the former Prime Minister of Australia said, not very long ago) that they leave the country of America (in his case, he told them to leave Australia), because they misunderstand the reason why they "should have come" to make their new home in the land where men are free to not be oppressed by some government or leaders telling them which religion, or beliefs, to believe and adhere to, ...
and ...
... they should return, permanently, to the land where their ideology (it is "not" a religion; that has been spoken about by wise men, already, so that statement is a 'done deal') of Islam is the main ideology people believe and "like."

Those who do not like The God of The Bible, Adonai YHVH, The Creator and Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, will not "fit in" in America, in truth, among true (legal) American citizens, who fear YHVH God.
We, who are "true" American citizens (my definition is my own, but based on Truth), who fear Adonai YHVH God and walk in His ways (here, I define it), ... can (are able to) live among those who adhere to Islam.
And we will not seek to kill, or hate, or harm / hurt, anyone who adheres to the tenets of Islam.
But an Islamist is unable to see us as "friends" or as "comrades."
That is only from the viewpoint, or "side" of the Islamist.
They are taught to hate Jews and Christians. (vehemently)
They are taught to destroy Jews and Christians.
True believers in YHVH God, and believers in Messiah Yeshua, have never been taught to hate, or destroy, any other person, of any belief!!!

From the viewpoint, or "side," of the true American citizen, by my definition, ... we do not hate Islamists.
We pray for them, we treat them with dignity and as equal human beings whom YHVH God has created, for His Good purposes, and for His Glory.

Those who are Islamic, in their own personal ideology, however, should return to such nations as Saudi Arabia, or Egypt, or Iran, or Pakistan, ... where they can be tied in closely with Islam, where it is promoted by, pushed by, ... and adhered to by, the Islamic leaders who hold the control over those who live in their "country," their "land (sheikhs, wealthy oil well owners, oppressive land-owners who do not share their wealth with their fellow countrymen and women and children who are "not" born within their own personal family "line" -- is that love in its truest sense?)."

They will just never "fit in (only from their own viewpoint)," nor will they want to, to choose to, believe in and accept as Truth, what "true" American citizens believe and follow (if they are born again of Water and of The Spirit of YHVH God, through believing trust in His Son, Who willingly shed His Blood as the atoning sacrifice, to pay the penalty for their sins, for all time), ... unless they are willing to accept the agape love and YHVH God's free gift of deliverance from eternal condemnation and damnation, which was bought through the shed Blood of Messiah Yeshua / Christ Jesus.
We will all stand before The Judgment Seat of Messiah Yeshua, one day.
We will be judged according to "the deeds done in our body." (while we lived on earth) I know I cannot depend on, or lean on, anything I have, or have done, ... to stand before Him, at that Judgment Seat of Messiah Yeshua. I will only be able to stand, because of my belief in, trust in, His atoning Redemption He did for me. I am nothing. He is everything! He gave me faith to believe, Grace to receive, and understanding to know and "see" that His free gift of deliverance from eternal condemnation was for me! HalleluYah!!!
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An added note:
Islam will never conquer all the people in this world.
It will utterly fail in its attempts to overcome, subjugate, and defeat or destroy all the Jews (Hebrews, which is actually more accurate; yes, those who have a Hebrew heritage have told me this is more correct) and all true believers / true Christians (those who believe in, trust in, submit to, and obey The Lamb of God, Yeshua The Messiah, Who shed His Blood to pay the debt we owed to YHVH God, to satisfy His Justice, which is also merciful, righteous, just and good).
It will fail only because it does not acknowledge Who is The One, True God, El Elyon, Adonai YHVH Elohim, The God of Israel, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
It goes against The One Who made all things in this universe, and nothing is able to stand against Him! He has all power in Heaven and in earth, over all things.
I praise His Holy Name!!!
He alone is The God Most High, YHWH Sabaoth, Melech ha Olam, The King Eternal, The King of the universe!

Islam has no power in it.
Its god is false.
It is based on lies & hatred.
Ask any former Muslim, who has found the Truth.
They know, now.
(and you can, too, if you do not yet know...)

Even King Nebuchadnezzar, and King Darius, and King Cyrus, among others, have acknowledged that The One, True God (Adonai echad), The God of Daniel, a man of Israel, who served under all three of these kings, in Babylonia, and in Persia (and Medo-Persia), is "the living God, and steadfast for ever, and His Kingdom (is) that which shall not be destroyed, and His Dominion shall be even unto the end." -- Daniel 6:26 (these are words decreed by King Darius)

King Nebuchadnezzar declared, "I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed The Most High, and I praised and honored Him that liveth for ever, Whose Dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His Kingdom is from generation to generation:
"And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His Will in the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?
"At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
"Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honour The King of Heaven, all Whose Works are Truth, and His Ways judgment, and those that walk in pride He is able to abase."
Daniel 4:34-37
( I am aware that the former dictator over Iraq, S. Hussein, believed himself to be the "new" King Nebuchadnezzar, and S. Hussein promoted, pushed, Islam upon his people he ruled over. But what S. Hussein taught and did goes against what King Nebuchadnezzar believed! )
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To clarify a few things:

In other words, those who adhere to, and agree with, the Judaeo-Christian doctrine / principles on which this country's laws and government were originally based on, are the only people who will be able (enabled by The Lord YHVH God) to live in this land in true Peace among their brethren, under the laws as they were originally written by, and were intended to be understood by all who dwell in the U.S.A., by the men who signed the Declaration of Independence and those who signed the Constitution of the United States of America (one may need to gain a "new" understanding of what I mean by the word "Peace" that I use, here).

The doctrine & beliefs of these Founding Fathers have been written about, over and over, by these men who helped established this country (after 1600) to be the land of the free (with responsibility to YHVH God and to all other men), and the home of the brave. This land "we" call America was meant to be a nation of people dedicated to living for and serving ... The Lord Almighty, The God of Israel, Who alone reigns over all the earth and over all the universe and all those who dwell upon the earth He made and sustains.
Our nation's Founders acknowledged that they only wanted The Lord YHVH God as their king. They wanted no other sovereign ruler over them!

Others, of other belief systems (in one sense) ... do not belong in America (their "hearts" are not in it or for what and Who it stands for). That is because they are against what "true Americans" believe and have as their goal -- to love, serve and acknowledge The Lord YHVH God Almighty as Creator, Redeemer and King of all, ... to do good for all men, and ... to love their brothers and sisters (love is an action, not a feeling; see the writings of Charles Finney, for one), ...who are the Jews and the Christians, and others who are willing to dwell "in {true} Peace among them," *without* contention or strife, or bearing false witness against one's neighbor, or hatred that leads to murder.
... and "true Americans" are willing to share what we have with all others who are willing to listen, who have "teachable hearts," and to learn true Wisdom and the Truth (from YHVH God's perspective, since He *is* Truth, and He rules over all men and for all time; He cannot lie; He knows all things and has all power over all things in the universe).

The Lord YHVH changeth not.
He "is" Truth, Understanding, Compassion and Love. (Love in its truest sense)
He has chosen His own.
He, alone, may choose whomever He wishes to choose to Love.

He will not allow us to have any other gods before Him.
(that's a good thing)
He will not tolerate other ideologies to be promoted that are against His own.
(that is not unreasonable; it is for the protection of those who are His; and it is fitting for Him to do this)
He is a jealous God.
He visits the iniquities of the fathers unto the third and fourth generations of those who hate Him. And He shows Mercy unto thousands (of generations) of them that love Him, and keep His Commandments (before their eyes, to think about and meditate on, and learn, and take heed to His Commands).

He will not allow, for ever, the evil that is currently going on, against His chosen people, in Israel, or in America.
He is pro-Life, pro-Israel, and pro-true-believers-in-Yeshua.

He wants all to come to the knowledge of The Truth.
He does not want that any should perish (forever; the second death; eternal death & separation from YHVH God for ever).
He "will (it's His Will to) have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of The Truth." -- I Timothy 2:4 (a letter written by the Apostle Paul, Rav Shaul)
See also II Timothy 3:1-7.
See also Paul's statement in (the letter to the) Philippians 3:7-21.
See also Colossians 2:2b-3.

... and there is no true god named allah.
That is the name of a demon, or of the devil, who appeared as an "angel of light" in a cave, outside Mecca, to Mohammed.
Mohammed told the other tribal leaders that they had to worship "his" god, allah, and they ran him off. They threatened to kill him.
He was a rebel, a murderer, an immoral man and a liar / deceiver.
He had to leave. (all of this was shared by a man who knows the truth about Mohammed; Mohammed wrote it down, so others would know; he only wrote down part of it; historians wrote down the rest)
... he is a liar, just like his ''father,'' the devil, which means deceiver.
allah is not the same as YHVH God.
Just because someone goes around an area of land and kills, tortures, or maims, all who will not follow his own personal god, ... does not make that person wise, or worthy of following!
Mohammed did that, and more.

Please, please, learn The Truth! YHVH God is One. There is no other. He made all things, and He made you!
He loves you and does not want you to perish in the lake of fire, at the end of time!
There is only One Way to get to Him, to know Him, and to dwell with Him in perfect Peace, in Paradise, and in Heaven! ......
If you want to learn how, please visit: http://www.livingwaters.com/
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Please, stay informed.
Those who do not know ... are used, abused, by those who have an evil plan to destroy you.

The time is short.
Please, if you have not yet done it, "repent, the end is near." -- these words were spoken by One Who was there at creation, and ... is still alive....

Get to know Him.
His Name is Yeshua the Messiah of YHVH God.
He died to pay the penalty for all your sins. (for ever)
He is still alive! He rose from the dead! He was seen alive on earth by over 500 people, at once, and He remained on earth for 40 more days, after He was resurrected, to teach His disciples what He wanted them to do. (to live in His agape Love, toward others, and to show others The Way, The Truth and The Life)
Why? He died, taking upon Himself the penalty I deserved, for my sins and iniquities, my transgressions against the Holy God, The Lord Almighty, Adonai YHVH, The I AM, El Elyon (The Most High), ... so that I could live with Him, for ever, in His Heaven, with all who will also believe in Him and follow Him!

... more later .....
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For those who would like to learn more about the doctrine of YHVH God, and what men who have staked their lives and reputations, on what The Lord God Almighty, The God of Israel, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, teaches is Truth, ...
please do some online searches using the names below:

Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
John Newton
John Bunyan
Charles Finney
David Brainerd
John Wesley
and
John R. Rice
Andrew Murray

When you have read at least 12 writings, from the originals (they're available online; or you can learn about these men, online, reading short biographies about each one), ... penned by all these men, you will have a good idea of what doctrine our Founding Fathers held to.

These were not simple men.
They were men who feared (reverenced, honored with their entire lives) Adonai YHVH God, The God of Israel, Who sent His Son, Yeshua the Messiah, to earth to live, suffer, die and rise from the dead on the third day after He died on the Roman execution stake, just outside the city walls of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim).

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Another note:

Some people, nowadays, may not think they should call America a "Christian nation." However, it "was" founded upon principles and the doctrine taught in God's Word, The Holy Scriptures, The Torah and The Prophets of The Old Testament, and also of The New Covenant (The New Testament), The Bible.
So, ... perhaps it should be called a Judaeo-Christian nation.

But by no means could it ever be called Islamic, or be said to be related to what Islam's sharia law "enforces," or any tenet taught in the Qu'ran (Koran). "Submission" under Islam is a misuse of the true, inherent meaning of that word. It involves blind, fearful obedience to an oppressive, hate-filled, dictatorial, repressive, ignorant (in the dictionary definition sense, folks; lacking in knowledge), unjustly abusive and holds its "captives" (adherents, followers of Islam) in bondage to its horrifying life-style (especially torturous and unjust in its treatment of women and female children).
True Christianity, or what some still call The Way of Messiah Yeshua, ... involved not a blind faith, but a faith based on knowledge, on Truth, on what has been shown to be true, and will be, that YHVH God has confirmed, by bringing about, .. that He told / had His true prophets write down, such as King David, who also wrote prophetic words, and Elijah, Elisha, and Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Zechariah, Micah, Malachi, and others.

If you doubt any of this, please visit:
http://www.actforamerica.org/ (ACT for America)
or
http://www.jihadwatch.org/ (Jihad Watch)
or
http://www.shoebat.com/ (this site is owned by Walid Shoebat)
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some news notes & some personal notes

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/irs-obamacare-has-us-doing-things-were-not-remotely-qualified-burdens-small-biz

IRS: Obamacare Has Us Doing Things We're Not Remotely Qualified For, Burdens Small Biz
Healthy.
BY Mary Katharine Ham
July 8, 2010 11:05 AM

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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37953


Sens. Coburn and Barrasso Release 100-Day Obamacare Check-Up
by Connie Hair
07/08/2010

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http://www.nfib.com/legal-center/healthcare-lawsuit

Press Conference: NFIB Joins Lawsuit

Fla. Attorney General Bill McCollum and NFIB Small Business Legal Center Exec. Dir. Karen Harned discuss NFIB joining 20 states in challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law.

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http://www.brownbailout.com/?fbid=EkHiJzuIOD3

http://www.brownbailout.com/media-center/

( Note: these last two links will lead you to a site that offers you a way to "take action" regarding the UPS "bailout" attempt, which is UPS's way of using legislation regarding the FAA to have a negative effect on FedEx, as a corporation. I believe that is illegal and wrong. It all has to do with unions. Unions and how adamantly opposed I am, personally, to them in any form, ... is one reason why I am thankful my Lord & God, The Almighty, allowed me to be born in Texas, a former Republic, a nation of its own. Texas does not 'have' unions, as some states allow. I am just thankful for that. It does not mean Texas is better than other states. It simply means I do not see the benefit of unions in any state in what we call the U.S. of A. And the laws in Texas also reflect that same viewpoint.)

... and that note and the various events that have gone on, over the past 2 years, and more, also lead me to make the following statements, though I realize some may not understand "why" or may think I am going pretty far "out of reasonable bounds" in saying this.
... but I just feel led to share it here (since this is 'my' blog), even if only for the few who will "try" to understand my "heart" in what is typed, below, here, and who will pray for many, like me, who have the same, basic beliefs I have, and whose hearts are quite broken over the evil being pushed upon us by evil leaders in our country, and evil leaders all over the world. They are men and women who are "of the world," though I am only "in it," by my Lord's decree and Plan.

... please understand, that if you do not agree with what I share, here or anywhere, you can still "love one another (aimed in my direction)" and pray for me.

You can still study God's Word, and see if your allegiance should only be with The Lord Almighty!

You can still pray for God's Might and Power to continue to work actively in your soul and life! (and in mine)

You can still pray for God to bring the kind of deliverance He has brought to the people of Israel, in many positive ways, over many centuries!

You can still abide by the original intent of the men who were willing to die, when they signed the Declaration of Independence, so we (the people) could be a nation that glorified God, and whose leaders would (were meant to) only be true believers in The Sovereign Lord Adonai, The Controller of the universe He made and designed to be His, and His alone, believers in His Son, Yeshua The Messiah of Israel.

You can still trust in God, and be loyal to Him, His Plan for all people, and for this earth we live on, ... and continue fulfilling the responsibilities He has given you to do, without being disloyal to your fellow Americans, by praying fervently and with a zeal for The Lord of hosts, Y-hw-h Sabaoth.

You can love your brothers and sisters in America, and across the world, by seeking God's Face, by believing every Word God teaches you to understand and know, and by living out His Plan for your life, regardless of how others, around you, choose to live, looking only to Yeshua, The Author and Finisher of our Faith (our trusting belief).

You can still "love" me, and others like me, by getting to know The Lord of all better each new day He gives you, until you see Him face to Face! (in Heaven)

... okay, now, for what I wrote, that might shock some, and might be used by others to condemn me, but which I hope most will try to understand I believe I needed to write here.
Wrote it here just so some would understand that, when push comes to shove, some of us "will not back down" from our belief in The Great I AM, El Elyon, nor will we back down from our full support for Israel and the Israeli people whose God is The Lord (for God's chosen people, that is), and for The Word of God, which is our Life and our necessary "daily food."
We will not stop learning how to speak the Truth (of The Lord) in agape Love, though that does not mean we will only speak what others want to hear, but will do all we can to be faithful to speak the Truth in agape Love, as our Lord commands us to do. .... We are not perfect, from a human viewpoint. We are just "forgiven!" Thanks be to God, The God of Israel, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

(Here [below] is my main message; like some "pastors" in the U.S. of A., I had a long introduction before even getting to 'the meat' of what I was intending to share, here. Maybe it's a 'southern' thing. Sorry. Yes, I do tend to use far too many words to suit many people. Am learning. Thank you to those of you who are able to remain patient with me!)

Many Texans, in state or currently living out of our native state, as I now am, ... may be seen as odd to others (and some have not set a very good example of what I, personally, believe the heart of a true Texan is like), but many will be working to urge our fellow Texans to, once again, oppose those (in the current administration in Washington, D.C.) who try to "hold it over us" as did Spain and Mexico, in their time (when Texas was not yet a Republic or a state in the U.S.), or who wish to "use us" to bring in income or commerce (via NAFTA or NAU, both of which I am opposed to) they want to use for their own personal, evil agenda, or their evil plans contrary to The Good and Righteous Plan and the perfect Will of The Lord God Almighty, The I AM, El Elyon.

We are not unAmerican. We are faithful to what the men believed, who founded this country! But the current government administration is not! And the man in The White House is not legally an American citizen. I learned this through the (audio) testimony of his own grandmother, because she was there at the hospital when he was born in Mombasa, Kenya.
He was the son of a man who had dual citizenship in Britain and in Kenya (who already had another wife in England, at that time), and of a woman who, by all available information, was anti-American, herself, and a rebel at heart, but who was an American citizen herself.
In 1961, a mom's U.S. citizenship "does not" guarantee that her children are automatically U.S. citizens, no matter where they are born. She was "under a U.S. law, in 1961," that said that, at her age at the time of her son's birth, her child had to be born within U.S. borders to be a legal U.S. citizen.
BHO was not born within U. S. borders.
(Yes, I realize some will not want me to share this. It has been shared, over and over, on several websites, and through video sites on the internet. What I am sharing is not new. I just believe it is true. I believe we should all have an opportunity to know 'the truth.')
So, from all that I have read, about all of this, from all viewpoints, I can only come to the conclusion that what I am sharing here is the truth, from my personal perspective and from my level of understanding.
If you wish to disagree, or do disagree, kindly do it on your knees, before The Lord Who is The Controller of the universe, and rules over all men and women who have ever lived on this earth. He always hears and answers the cries and the prayers and supplications of His own children. If you are one of His children, He will hear your prayer and He will answer you. He promised that, in the book Jeremiah was told to write, in Jeremiah 33:3)

I belong to The Lord Almighty, through belief in, trust in, and knowledge of His only-begotten Son, The Lord of all lords and King of all kings, Yeshua The (True) Messiah.

I do not plan to support any form of a U.S. government that turns its back on YHVH God, and on Israel, by decisions made by its leaders in government that are against Israel as a people, or against the Jews and the Christians in America, or in any other nation in this world. True believers in The Lord Yeshua The Messiah are always pro-Israel and pro-Jew, because we worship the same Creator and Lord, and we study and live by The Word of YHVH God.

I am glad for anyone who wants to know, to know this, ... that my King and my Lord and only Sovereign is not related to the U.S. of A., but He is The Lord Almighty, The King of the universe He made and He still holds all things together, in it.

I owe all my allegiance, all that is in my life and what my life is, to Him, alone! He is The Only One Who has the right to give me life, or to take it. When I die, I will return to Him, Who gave me life on earth, from before I was seen on earth, while I was in the womb, being formed by His Loving, Merciful Hands!

I am a lady of Peace / Shalom; I do not wish to, nor would I, fight except in The Spirit of God, through Spirit-led, spiritual warfare prayer. I mean, I belong to The Lord of Sabaoth, YHVH Sabaoth, El Elyon, Whose Name is also YHVH Shalom, The Lord Who is (our) Peace.
I wish only to be known to be independent of all ties to the current administration of the U.S. government, because I have no beliefs that agree with what the current U.S. administration is doing to go against the commands and the teachings of Almighty God, The Lord YHVH.

I wish to be known to have my allegiance in and with YHVH (Whom some call Y-hw-h), my Father in Heaven, The God of Israel, and The Messiah of YHVH God, Yeshua (Who is also YHVH God in the flesh, and Who was raised from the dead on the third day after He died, and He lives now and forever, and is active in my life. And my Teacher is The Holy Spirit, Ruach haChodesh, Who is also YHVH God.

... for those who wonder why I feel led to share this, ... just trust that some, who are willing to lay down their lives on our behalf, on the battlefield,
... either standing by a "church" pulpit,
... or on their knees at the side of their children's beds, praying,
... or holding a weapon that can end someone's life (under military jurisdictional authority, operating under "orders"),
... are all willing to give their lives for more than just their own families and themselves, and those they love and know personally.
They are willing to die for others (for you and for me), because there is One Who died in their place, long ago, yet He lives, now and for ever.
-- They are, and I am, willing to die for (and being faithful to) The One Who bought (redeemed) you and me (if only we will accept His free gift of deliverance from eternal condemnation for our sins and transgressions against The Almighty God, YHVH) -- Yeshua The Messiah.
He (Yeshua, God's Son Who came in the flesh, to live on earth, suffer & die, and then, rise again, on the third day after he died, according to God's Word, which is Truth) fought for you and me, in much prayer and entreaty, before The Throne of God Almighty.
He (Yeshua) then suffered much grief over those who would oppose Him and His Father in Heaven, and who would reject Him, for all eternity.
And then, He gave the last measure of His Strength, while saying: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

He (Yeshua) also said (while hanging on a Roman execution stake, outside the walls of the city of Jerusalem): "into Thy Hands, I commend My spirit."
And, I must say, with my Lord, that I am entrusting my entire life, as I have done already, but am sharing it here, to The Hands of The Lord Adonai YHVH, Elohenu, The Lord of all, and Yeshua The Messiah is One with The Father YHVH. I can do nothing without Him.

And He (Yeshua, God's True Son) has chosen me, and ordained me, that I should go and bring forth fruit, and that my fruit (souls for His Kingdom) should remain: that whatsoever I shall ask of The Father in Yeshua's Mighty Name, He may give it (to) me.
-- I only share my version of this verse to show that He chose me, and has ordained me, to do His Will. If I am unfaithful in doing that, then I have failed to fulfill and do what He has commanded me to do. It will not mean He has failed. He is ever True and Faithful. And He will fulfill all His Will.

When I fail Him, He is ever Faithful, and He will bring me, draw me, back to His Heart, in Patient Mercy, and in Mighty agape Love, through Grace, and through His Righteous Will, so I can, then, begin to walk with Him more closely, afterward.

When I fail Him, He is still ready to forgive me, as I repent, confess my sins, and forsake my former wandering ways, ... agreeing, again, with His Truth.
Admitting to The Lord that we were / are wrong does not make us weak. It shows our Strength can only be found in The Joy He gives us. When we let our Strength be "in Him," He makes us meek, one whose strength is under His Control. When we are weak, He shows Himself to be Strong. He is our Strength, our Rock! (for those who believe in The Lord Messiah Yeshua in His Blood Atonement He did in their place, to pay the sin-debt each of us owed to God, our Father, Who made us)

May each step you take be taken in a way that is drawing you and bringing you closer to His Loving Heart, in fellowship with Him, and for His glory and praise!
And may others see Yeshua (Jesus) in you!

This is my heart, folks. (not all of it; just a part of my thoughts)
I just hope others will not take offense at my words.
But if you do, please first take it before The Lord in sincere, heart-felt prayer.
Please do not attack me. My Lord takes attacks of that sort as if they were made against Him, personally. I dwell "in" Him. I abide "in" The Lord Yeshua, The Messiah of God Almighty.
These words only reflect some thoughts that are in my soul.
If they are not in yours, that is fine. You must walk your path. I must walk mine.

I have been misunderstood before (and am not real good with words), many times, ... and I realize I will be misunderstood again.
But before I die, which might be 52 years from now, at age 104 (hee hee!), or before I am taken up into the clouds by my Lord, Who redeemed me by His Blood He shed in my place, ... I would like to leave this "note" as part of a legacy my own children may read, one day.

Of course, I do believe that, when I am "taken up (caught away, in the Greek)," that all my (our) children will also be taken up / caught away, ... to meet The Lord in the air, and then, we shall be "ever" with The Lord YHVH / The Lord Yeshua! Hallelujah! Am so thankful to The Lord, The Lamb of God, has chosen to redeem all six of my (our) children! Praise His Name!

Maranatha! Come quickly, Lord Yeshua!

"giveaway" at Raising Homemakers

http://raisinghomemakers.com/?p=476

Above is the link. This giveaway is simple. Just read what Emily shares in her post, for June 11, 2010, and ... leave her a comment, below.

You will get a great opportunity to win the book, by Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin, entitled _So Much More_.
I'll quote from RH's description of this book:

_So Much More_ is a wonderful book for daughters of all ages, as it gives biblical and practical advice on being daughters, serving our families, fighting sin, honoring our parents, and thriving in our God-given roles!

(I could not have said it better than Emily did, in her post about this giveaway she's offering.)

Also, within the giveaway "bundle" are two audio CDs of two important "talks" shared by Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin!

wow! Be sure you visit Raising Homemakers to enter to win this giveaway!

Blessings of The Lord to all of you!

helpful, informative site links

Below is a preliminary post, just to let you all "check these out," friends!

However, until I have fully "looked over" these websites, I cannot fully
endorse all that is on them.
They "were" recommended to me by others who liked them very much.

So ... you "check them out" and I will, also! ;o)

Thank you very much (!) for coming to my site, for "help" in finding home-educating "help sites" to use while educating / training your children,
... and, if you came for "help" regarding information on modesty (of the heart, for ladies), I trust you found something "truly helpful" here;
... and if you came to read (a few) "helpful articles" related to American sovereignty, what others are doing to try to change our nation's citizens from being God-fearing to being fearful, I trust you found some that will help you learn more of what you need to know "to be informed" of the truth;
... and if you are visiting this site to read "articles" to learn more about safety (physically and emotionally) and "protection" and "help" for children and Bible-believing, Son-of-YHVH-God believers in Yeshua (Jesus, The Messiah).

I also share, here, "helpful articles" regarding the coming threat of "things going on in the world" such as the threat of sharia law (yes, there are those who would like to see it become "law" in America! Let's not close our eyes to what is being
planned. Let's seek The Lord Almighty, The One, True God -- Adonai Echad. He knows what He has planned for us to do, for Him, in Love & in Peace, and what He wants each of us to do, as His children, to bring glory to His Name.)

I do not live in fear. I serve The One, True God, Who is Sovereign over all (people in the universe), Who rules over all, & Who loves all who honor & believe in Him and in His Son, Yeshua (Jesus). I do not fear any violent terrorists or political elite, or any who wish to wield their power over me or anyone else who professes belief and faith in The Lord Yeshua The Messiah (Jesus Christ, The Anointed One of YHVH God, Adonai).

I only hope, in my small way, to help others become informed about information they are not aware of, or that they do "need" to become aware of. That way, we can pray for effectively!

The Lord is in the midst of us! He is Mighty to save (deliver)! (Zephaniah 3:17)
He is The Victorious Warrior!
He is the Jealous Lord God, Who wants "all" your Love, & life, & service!
So, trust in Him, because He is can only tell The Truth, can be trusted implicitly (and completely) and He is The Only Redeemer there is. His Son, Yeshua (Jesus), *is* The Truth, The Way and The Life!
He is your All in all (Yeshua is). (Colossians 1:12b - 23)

Keep thinking!
Keep reading and learning!
(things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report)
"...if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise (or anything worthy of praise, of being honored), think on these things." (from Philippians 4:8)

The Lord has put you here (on this earth) "for such a time as this."
Keep looking to Him, for your inspiration, and for your deliverance!
He will keep you! He is your Best Friend!
No one can love you like He can: He is your El Shaddai, El Elyon (The Most High God),
YHVH Sabaoth (The Lord God of hosts), YHVH Tsidkenu (The Lord our Righteousness)!
He alone knows all things and only speaks The Truth!
So, read His Word -- it contains the highest & best "reading" you could ever find.
Amen! Hallelujah!
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These websites are listed, below, for your careful consideration:
They cover many areas of learning, and need.
Please use Godly discernment while perusing the pages of these websites.
Thank you for "stopping by" here.


http://homeschoolace.ning.com/
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http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
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http://www.genevabible.org/files/Geneva_Bible/6_Version_Comparison.pdf
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http://infinitelearninglab.org/
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http://kids4truth.com/home.aspx
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http://homeschoolusa.com/
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http://frugalabundance.com/links.htm
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http://www.theheartofthehome.org/
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http://www.mindwareonline.com/
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http://www.alliancechildhood.org/
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Jerry Ray's "video" report re: the unConstitutionality of the Census Bureau's
illegal "ways":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsDhkPym01k
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help for those with ADHD, in children & adults:
http://www.simplesolutions4.com/about
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Alaska Center for Coastal Studies, in Homer, Alaska
http://www.akcoastalstudies.org/teacherresources.htm
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a collection of lessons, calculators, and worksheets created to assist students and teachers of algebra:
http://algebrahelp.com/
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a Homeschool Audio you should listen to

... it blessed me!

Robin Sampson, of Heart of Wisdom, is sharing a blessing of a message, on audio, that you can learn about, through both links below.

The second link will take you directly to her Homeschool Audio.

The first link will take you to a blog post she wrote that shares a "contest" she is having. As part of that contest, she shares about what she feels is "the most important advice" she "could share with Christian homeschoolers." And that "advice" she shares on the Homeschool Audio, which you can listen to using the second link, below.

It's a blessing! (what is? What you will find at both these links will bless you!)


http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/homeschool-warning-and-blog-contest/


http://www.sendspace.com/pro/1d3ktt

deception as part of a religious system of belief

For those who may wish to learn some more about 'the Muslim faith' of a man who claims to be qualified to be in a position that most, in America, would say he is in (living in The White House), but whose numerous "wordings" and seeming "mistakes" when speaking in public, give him away as being (definitely) a Muslim (one who is of the Islamic faith), and not truly a Biblical believer (he does "claim" to be a "practicing" Christian), as he wanted voters to think "before" the 2008 election for U.S. President, ... well, the article link, below, should help you learn what you need to know -- the truth.

http://carylmatrisciana.com/x2/content/view/72/108/

As with everything in life, please read it with discernment and spiritual understanding.
I don't hate this man! I pray for him!!

He has been deceived, as we all were, at one time, ... that is, if we are now true, Biblical believers in The One, True (and Only-begotten) Son of The Almighty, The I AM, YHVH (Jehovah) God, The God of Israel, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Avraham, Yitzhak and Yaakov).
He needs our prayers!
(He does not even use his legal name! And he will not prove that he legally changed his name to the one he now uses to sign legislation that, when enacted, affects every citizen living in the U.S., as well as those who are living in the U.S. illegally.)

Once again, Caryl Matrisciana has done a thorough job of pulling together many facts! I thank God for this woman! She does not have to share all this information for free. But she does. She just wants other people to know the truth.

When we know The Truth, it will make us free!
But "The Truth" (with capital letters) is a Person -- The Lord Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ). He is The Way, The Truth and The Life. Those are not just words. They "are" the truth!
(but my readers should know that)

If you do not know that to be true, then please do a search, online, using the word "Bible" (using a capital letter). When Blue Letter Bible comes up, as a site to choose, choose it. Then, go to the "book" of John, and read chapter 14, verse 6. Then, read as much around it as you wish.
The Lord wants everyone to know He loves them and is ready to accept them as His children, His followers, His friends, if they will learn about Him, then respond to His offer of the free gift of deliverance from the penalty and punishment for their sins and iniquities, and from the power of sin ... to a new, free life "in Him."
That new life will lead them into realms of glory and Joy (beyond our imagination) that we can only say we will get to enjoy for eternity! He will share His inheritance with us all! But only with those who will call upon His Name, in faith and in truth (genuinely, sincerely), believing in Him as the True Son of YHVH God, Who was born of a virgin, in Bethlehem, Israel, of the tribe of Yehudah (Judah), and lived and suffered and died a cruel, shameful death (He was innocent of all charges; He never sinned!) on a Roman execution stake.
Yet, He said "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do," while He was dying on what most call "the cross." Then, He rose again the third day after He died (yes, he was fully dead). He appeared to more than 500 people, at once (one day, at one time).
He met with His 12 disciples and others, over a period of 40 days, after He arose from the dead. Then He ascended into Heaven, into a cloud, from the Mount of Olives, and ... that is where He will return, again, one day.

If you have any questions about what I have shared here, about this Man and His Life He lived on earth, or about His Resurrection from the dead, ... in fulfillment of the prophets' words that are in the Old Covenant (some call the Old Testament), ... please visit http://www.lifeinthebible.org/
You may read what is there, and contact the owner of that site. You should, soon, receive a very helpful reply.

May The Lord Almighty fill your days with His Grace and Peace!
He loves you!
Will you return His Love? His Love is unconditional.

please read this & pray for this young lady, now!

This link, below, should take you to a very helpful article about the now-endangered life of a young believer we have all become aware of -- Rifqa Bary. Her life is more in danger than it was before! Her parents lied. CAIR lied.
And if you would please pray for this young lady, for God's special protection on her physical, mental, emotional life, as well as asking God to use whatever He allows to happen to be used to bring the most glory to His Holy Name, I sure would appreciate it.

http://carylmatrisciana.com/x2/content/view/163/1/

I trust this source. Caryl Matrisciana is a trustworthy source of informative and educational information on many topics.
For now, I hope this might direct you in how to pray for this young lady.
I know she will thank you, when we all meet in Heaven, one day.
I trust that for her ... that she will get to meet The Lord in the air,
with the rest of us. (well, me, anyway)

God bless you all !

Beware! -- a telephone "scam!" Don't call 809 area codes!

The link to the Snopes.com website should take you to their webpage that shares about a "telephone scam" (as I call it) that you need to be aware of!
Please go there and read about it.
Do "not" reply by email or call back any phone messages on your answering machine, or that you answer yourself, to any "809" area code!

Thanks to Snopes, we know this is a scam.

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/809.asp

May God bless the folks at Snopes.com !

my version of persevering, for now

Below is my post related to Sarah Joy Albrecht's "January Giveaway: Learning Perseverance From Making Tamagoyaki" -- Please go to Sarah's website to enter her January giveaway! You only have one day left! I only just found out about it, today! Hurry! ;o)
http://www.sarahjoyalbrecht.com/2010/01/20/january-giveaway-learning-perseverance-from-making-tamagoyaki/comment-page-1/#comment-3349

The Lord has been teaching me perseverance in many ways. He has allowed our family to be pruned by Him, for good and for God's glory (I trust; whether or not we give glory to God depends on whether or not we choose to show an attitude, and actions, of submission to our Lord's and Redeemer's Will). He has richly and generously blessed us. His riches are not of this world. They last into eternity. Souls last. His riches include wisdom, spiritual understanding, and the knowledge of His Will, and the knowledge of "The Holy."

The Lord has allowed us the opportunities He knows He can enable us to endure and overcome, by challenging situations that most would call "impossible." He likes to show Himself strong on our behalf. So, though I see my response to these "opportunities" as perseverance, He wants me to learn, by them, to trust Him more than my mind may understand how He can deliver me (or us) out of them.

We have had to change some priorities in our lives and, yet, have been learning, for quite a long time, that life is about serving others, and by that, serving The Lord. I was not born to "enjoy" life on earth. It is a journey of mine, as a stranger on earth, ... on The Lord's Way (for me) to Heaven, my true Home. Hallelujah!

We have chosen to walk the narrow-er road some call ministry. Our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ), lived a life of serving others, ... teaching, healing, helping, delivering, encouraging, inspiring, leading, ... then, being rejected, despised, hated, ignored, ... then, suffering (horribly; He was innocent!) and a shameful death on a Roman execution stake (for "my" sins!!!! He had nothing worthy of death. I had! He took my sins upon Himself, and took the punishment I deserved!), ... then, He rose again to new life in His spiritual Body. So, I'd suppose that what we do (as a family) could be called following, or serving-while-training. We are learning how to live as our Lord lived. He did without some things, yet was rich in so many ways that could not be counted with a thousand fingers!

We do not depend on corporations, any longer, to provide a way for bills to be paid. A believer, who loves us, ... helps us with that. Praise The Lord! Persevering in serving is a lesson I'm learning. If I get my focus off of the serving part, I begin to wonder about some things that God has not commanded me to wonder about. He wants me to trust Him above all!

We have no regular financial support for a teaching ministry we began, over 3 years ago. God has provided a means of support, but I believe God wants us to continue seeking His Will for how He wants His Name glorified through the provision He'd like to bring forth. ;o)
If we're doing God's work in God's way, as Hudson Taylor said, a good while back, it will not lack God's provision. (my wording)
God wants us to continue doing the work He has put before us to do. He continues to give us ideas for many things, some of which He will bring to fruition, if those will bring glory to Him, by drawing others to His Son, Yeshua (Jesus).
That might include serving local folks through a food pantry we've been asked to take charge of. It might include ministering to older folks whose health is not as good as they wish it was.
It might include ministering to folks whose lives have been forever altered, through no fault of their own.
It might include encouraging other believers through singing music, in harmony, without musical accompaniment, as a group of 7 (or 8), ... and we know that if the sound uplifts the hearers, it could only have been accomplished by God Himself, the Master Maker and Glorifier of all music.
(I mean, music was first designed by God, Elohim! He made it to be used to glorify Him and praise His Name! Music that does not do that is worthless.)

Whether we get paid a regular income, or not, for what we do, each day or week, is more important to God, my Father, than it is to us. He is more concerned and busy about us having "enough" than we are! It is His responsibility to provide for His children, so ... I need not worry or fret. (though I forget and do that, at times)

Persevering, while living this way, can be a challenge. My emotions can take turns in the wrong direction. (!) But God's Word, that He has stored in my "heart," steps in and replaces my wrong thoughts, and brings me up out of the low place that the enemy of my soul would like to hold me. Satan cannot hold me. I am The Lord's! He says I am His child! He loves me with an everlasting Love and no power anywhere can overcome His Love for me! (Nothing can separate me from The Love of God, which is in Messiah Yeshua, my Lord! -- from Romans 8:35-39)

God's help, hope, peace and provision never ends!! He supports us as we choose to do what pleases Him! He has unlimited resources! He uses other believers who befriend us and relatives who show their care and love for us in many ways. The Lord has upheld us through many times of "my wondering...." God, alone, has enabled us to continue! He is faithful to remember. We are learning He alone can sustain us. We are still looking for ways to support a ministry such as ours. Doing this on a human level can be quite a challenge! We choose to focus on the serving part, rather than on the support-seeking part. That way, we're not thinking with our fleshly minds, trying to figure out "how to get money to do the next step," but working with our hands and hearts, as we believe God wants us to do. We're trying to live by faith.

Our Father in Heaven has done miracles! He has brought new, Godly friends to help us along, encouraging and praying for us so kindly and faithfully! He has shown us ways to stretch our food provisions as we never had to, before. But this has been good! Now, we can help others to do the same thing. God wanted to improve our health and used what I called "a lack" to do some good work in that direction. ;o) He also helped me learn to be more grateful to Him, for whatever He lets us use or have, to eat and otherwise.

When I wondered how we would get through the coming week or month, in a way that I believed would glorify The Lord's Name, God would come through in a way I had not thought of!
When I was not trusting Him for all things (temporarily) and was letting my emotions get the best of me, He was right there to comfort, and then renew me with His Word, and by His Spirit bringing to my mind verses He had enabled me to store in my mind / heart. He gave me lots of hugs! I need lots of hugs!!

When I was ungrateful for what He was allowing to occur, He reassured me that He still loved me and wanted me to remember that He would bless me as I submitted my will and thoughts to His, and that He would restore what the enemy was trying to destroy.
When I did not keep my focus on Him, and what He had shown me through multiplied evidences of His protection, His care, His deliverance, His healing, His blessings and His provision, He brought my spiritual eyes back to see things from His perspective! How humbling!!

Though we are still unemployed (from the world's perspective), He has enabled me to overlook that, as often as possible, and to look forward to the many ministry duties (to help our pastor) He has us doing, each week, throughout this long period of time, ... while He provides just enough to get us to places where we are sharing His Love, in action. He is faithful! Will I choose to be faithful, also?

We have seen Him provide what's needed to reach out to others who are in situations they also cannot change, medically, physically, financially, and ... He is persevering in showing me mercy, lovingkindness, patience and His faithfulness.
What can I do but thank Him? ... and persevere through the things He allows to happen.

They're all lessons to prepare me for further service! I've seen Him do things that show me I need only "ask" or "cry out to God" for what is (truly) needed. He *does* answer!
And He begins bringing the answer to our "cries" immediately, as we pray. The manifestation of answers to my prayers may take awhile. But He has to send forth His angels to do the battling in the heavenlies, before I see the results, on earth. (see Daniel 10: 9-21)
Praise The Lord, He has done this for me! And I know He is doing it for so many believers, who are crying out to The Lord for deliverance, help and healing! He did it for our childrens' granddad, their aunt and their other aunt! (and more)

His mercy endures all that I've put Him through!
I can let Him enable me to endure all that He will use for His glory, that He lets me go through!
His longsuffering and patience with me has been used by The Lord to teach me good lessons He has wanted me to learn for a good while! Thanks be to God! His patient Love for me will continue forever! Hallelujah!!

Persevering? Is He the only One persevering? Or will I persevere, ... for the glory that is due to His Blessed Name? Baruch haShem Adonai Elohenu! Baruch ha Shem Adonai Yeshua, Melech ha Olam! (Blessed be The Name of The Lord God! Blessed be The Name of The Lord Jesus, King eternal, The King of the universe!)
The Lord is Mighty, indeed!
I will persevere! He is re-making me into the image of His Dear Son! He cannot fail!
(see Romans 8:29)
Colossians 1:12-23a is a blessed passage that God has used to help me get through some trying times, while He's teaching me perseverance.
Ephesians 1:5 and Galatians 4:4-7 shares that we are sons (children) of God, also, by adoption. Hallelujah! What a great reason to persevere! (for Him only!)

from the heart (my "right" heart, my renewed mind, my humbled soul)

The Lord has really been "working" on my heart! -- By the word "heart," I am referring to my "right" heart (my terminology, again), that He has renewed and is delivering, daily, from its old ways of thinking (my soul: which includes my mind, my will and my emotions). Realizing my terminology contains errors, if you're still with me, you may read on at your own risk. (Maybe, Noah Webster would not have appreciated a dictionary I might have put together, had I lived, as he did, in the 1700 to 1800s -- 1758 - 1843; he worked as an educator, who had studied law at Yale University, first. And he is known also as America's first lexicographer, as well as a journalist, textbook author and spelling reformer. Do you know what was the year in which Mr. Webster published his first dictionary of the English language? I didn't. But you can do an online search and learn this!)

To explain a bit, ... using the word "heart" to mean, in my case, more than just what motivates me to accomplish a task or speak a thought, ... I would say my use of this word would include the concepts of the believer's mind. I'd consider my will to be my "choose-r." And I'd consider my emotions to be my feelings, my impulses, my passions, my affections, ... though I'd consider my attitude to come from my spirit, but it being affected by my heart and what it is motivated to "compel" me to do.

If you're still with me, let's move on to the next thought from my "heart." My "right" heart, motivating me to learn more, and grow closer, to my Lord I love and am drawn toward, to obey and serve Him, ... urges me to focus, as I begin my day, to praise Him, in both song and prayer. It also urges me to think thoughts that are about things which are "true, ... honest, ... just, ... pure, ... lovely, ... of good report," and which are virtuous and worthy of praise. (taken from Philippians 4:8) Right away, as my day begins, I become aware that wrong thoughts and wrong motives try to sidetrack me from reaching God's best for the day. As soon as I am aware of those derailing engines, as God has taught me to do, I'm (learning to be) choosing to speak a verse that my Lord brings to my mind, to resist the wrong thought and replace it with a thought that pleases my Lord. It works! Hallelujah! (spoken with an enthusiastic shout!)

As God works on my "heart," He keeps tugging at the part of my heart that still wants to motivate me to worry, or become anxious, regarding meeting the demands of a world system of thinking that proposes that women are the ones who tend to worry, or get upset, or anxious, ... or fearful. But as a true believer in my Lord, Who made heaven and earth, and controls and maintains all things in His creation (which includes the entire universe and all that is required to keep it going, enable the wind to blow properly, the rocks to hold together and not suddenly burst apart, and continues to provide water to come from springs under the ground layers, and ... provide water that flows down brooks, into streams, from creeks, into rivers, and then into larger rivers, and then, in the ocean. Do we run out of water? No! He renews it, and brings it forth, again, so that those He loves will have access to water they need to water crops, give to their children, and give to their animals, besides its other, many uses), ... as a believer, ... my Father in Heaven has given me all (I need) to live for Him, with Him and "in" Him.

Ephesians 1:3 shares this: "Blessed be The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshua the Messiah), Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Heavenly places in Christ (Messiah):"
(verse 4) "According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in Love:"

II Peter 1:3 shares this: "According as His Divine Power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto Life and Godliness, through the Knowledge of Him that hath called us to Glory and Virtue:"

Though there are many good verses related to us noticing things like worry, anxiety or fear trying to "creep in" to our thoughts, or attitudes, each day, I'm citing these for now.
What I may be tempted to overlook, in those is this: The verse, just before Ephesians 1:3 and II Peter 1:3 shares this -- (Ephesians 1:2) "Grace be to you, and Peace, from God our Father, and from The Lord Jesus Christ." (Yeshua the Messiah) -- (II Peter 1:2) "Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you through The Knowledge of God, and of Jesus (Yeshua) our Lord."
What blessedness, to read these verses, altogether!
I don't mean I always skip through the Bible, not usually reading verses "in order." But if we read Eph. 1:3 or II Peter 1:3 without first reading the "verse 2's," we've missed the Power God is ready to give us, each moment of each day, if only we will submit our "hearts" to His Holy Spirit's leading and promptings. He is ever with us! He "is" Emmanuel! He promised to ever remain with us, to enable us and help us "not" to worry, become anxious or fearful.

II Timothy 1:7 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of Power (dunamis), and of Love (agape), and of a sound mind." ("mind," here, in the Greek, means discipline, self-control)

Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with The Right Hand of My Righteousness."
The verse just before this shares: "Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art My servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away."

(also, please read & pray, asking God to bless you with what is in Ephesians 3:16 and any verses around that one!)

Seeing that verses we seem to remember are preceded by verses that remind us of more thoughts God thinks toward us (as He mentions in Psalm 139) for our good, He seems to be reminding us that we need not worry, or wonder what next week, or next year, might bring. We need only to rest in Him. (it's a great study to read through the verses, in God's Word, that contain the word rest, when used in regard to people needing to rest in God, our El Shaddai).
He may be putting those preceding verses there to remind us He has chosen us and called us to be His, because of His Love for us, ....
Or He might have put those preceding verses there to remind us He has gone before us, to make the way He is asking us to walk in, or travel along. Since He has "made the way" for us to "walk in," He surely has worked out things so that our "walk," along that pathway, be filled with an attitude, a "heart," resting (as fully as we are able, by receiving His enablement, that I call "grace") in The One Who loves us more than we truly understand.

If He truly has not given us a spirit of fear, ... then do we realize why we are "feeling" fearful? (at times) Have we let ourselves, in the thinking we've allowed ourselves to embrace, or to ponder for awhile, slip into a trap that the enemy of our souls (satan) set for us to fall into? Have we let ourselves choose "not" to receive what God has been holding out toward us, in His Gentle, Loving Hand? It's His Grace and Peace.

Have I begun my day without stopping to thank The One Who made me and to Whom I belong for His Grace and Peace I'm receiving, at that moment, ... simply because He has offered it to me, to help me to get through that day's responsibilities (duties) ... which will include challenges, mess-ups, interruptions, distractions, and struggles? Have I "heard" His Voice? (as I begin my day)

Have I remembered that He is not the one who is trying to get me to think anxious thoughts? or to worry? My Lord has given me His rest! I must simply accept it! He smiles, I imagine, whenever I just reach forth the hands of my heart toward His open Hands, to receive the Grace and Peace He is ready to give to me.
He rejoices! (when we obey and receive the blessings and the help He offers us, each moment)

I leave you with these two verses that are separated by at least one chapter, but they have blessed me, and do seem to have a strong connection in the ideas they share:
Isaiah 30:15 "For thus saith The Lord God, The Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength:...."
Isaiah 32:17 "And the work of Righteousness shall be Peace, and the effect of Righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

The Joy of The Lord truly "can be" our strength. (from Nehemiah 8:10c) But will we allow it to be? My "will" is my "choose-r." "The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is Mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with Joy; He will rest in His Love, He will Joy over thee with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17)

I close this post with this truth that also inspires me and brings me back to the thinking my Lord wants me to think like: Isaiah 26:3-4 "Thou (O Lord) wilt keep him in perfect Peace, whose mind is stayed (focused) on Thee : because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in The Lord for ever: for in The Lord JEHOVAH (YHVH) is everlasting Strength:"
(by the way, please also read through the verses just before and just after these two!)

;o)
hee hee!
Let's rejoice in our Lord, to Whom nothing gets in the way, nor upsets Him in a way of causing Him to become anxious or worried, ... nor slows Him down from reaching His goals, nor makes Him wonder if He will be able to help us when we seem to be in an impossible situation, on earth.
If He is The One Who is re-making us in the image of His dear Son, then we are becoming more and more confident (in Him alone), "keeping a quiet heart," instead of a worried one, and trusting (in Him) more, and less and less in ourselves or anyone else on earth.
He is able! He can deliver you! (from anything evil) Evil cannot touch you. (your truest self -- your spirit where God's Holy Spirit indwells your spirit; it is not the same as your soul, in my understanding) (from I John 5:18)

He has all power in heaven and in earth! Nothing is too hard for Him. (Jeremiah 32: 17, 27) He holds all things together, and in Him all things consist. (from Colossians 1:16-17) Since this is true, He is able to alter any circumstance, if it will bring glory to His Holy Name. If He chooses not to do what we think or hope He will do, then He has a greater reason and a higher purpose for that suffering, or that delay, or that lack of something we thought we had to have, .... He knows.
He is listening to our cries! He is hearing our yearnings! He's been teaching me that He works when I can't see "that" with my human eyes, on bringing about the good He has intended, from the beginning, to use to bless His children, to deliver them from evil, to accomplish the salvation of all those who He knows will "love" Him back, willingly, and to heal those whose healing will bring Him glory and praise.
He has given us all the reasons we need to fully trust Him. He has proved Himself to be trustworthy.
Then, why don't I trust Him at all times? Have I received His Grace and Peace, today?
He offered them to me. (ouch!)
My Lord, and Redeemer, thank You for offering me your gifts, your blessings, your enabling power and your Loving Might! Help me, today, to receive all that You are giving me, freely! Show me what I have, in my soul, in my thoughts, in my motives, that is blocking me off from receiving Your Grace and Peace, my Father in Heaven! Thank You for hearing my prayer! You are awesome and generous! Help me keep my mind on Your Truth! Hallelujah! In Yeshua's Mighty Name. Amen.

websites you will like (to help you)

Below is a list of websites I trust will bless you or someone in your family, in some way.
I cannot say I fully endorse all that is on these websites. (That's true of any website I share a link to.) But some of these have really blessed me!
And I know the young man who "owns" the business on one of these sites.
One endorsement: I highly recommend Salem Ridge Press!
Some of these websites have been shared with me by another home-educating mom, or on another website I was on. What a blessing when folks "network" and share about websites of others they learn about!
Others have been found as a result of someone speaking at a special event, like a homeschool bookfair.

Hope some site in this list will be "new" to you, so you can find another helpful resource you did not know about, before. To me, that's a special blessing.
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http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/gettingorganized/planner.php#monthly
This link takes you to only one page on a good website. I like this page, among others here, because it has planning pages on it, ... showing the entire month at one glance. ;o)

http://specialneedshomeschooling.com/?page_id=161
This is a website for homeschoolers who have children with special needs.

http://www.freechristianaudiobooks.com/
This has Christian audio recordings of such men as Andrew Murray and Charles Spurgeon, among others. What a blessing this site is!

http://www.homeschool.com/articles/top100-2009/default.asp
This is a link to only one page on a great website! This page shares the top 100 websites for 2009.

http://www.salemridgepress.com/index.html
This site offers some great books that you, or your children, can read and enjoy!

http://www.backtothebible.org/index.php/Table/Gateway-to-Joy/
Elisabeth Elliot (Gren)'s "old" radio program -- transcripts only, I think -- called Gateway to Joy. This is a real gem! Am thankful this ministry has saved these archives from Mrs. Elliot Gren's former radio program. Our family was so blessed, when we used to get to hear her share lessons God had taught her, as well as special stories around holiday times like December (birth of Yeshua / Jesus) and March-April (Crucifixion / Resurrection).

http://creation.com/
Look for "the Homeschool Corner" on the main page of this website
This website is filled with wonderful, educational material! Please check this out!

http://www.jonesgeniuses.com/
We know the man whose site this is. He has figured out some wonderful things to help parents help their children learn much in a short time!

http://www.artisanbreadinfive.com/
This site shares recipes & their ideas about putting together a mix to make bread dough, and then putting it into the refrigerator, and taking some of it, each day, to bake some bread that's tasty and healthy, too.
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Website Links You can Look at & Listen to

Elisabeth Elliot's former radio program messages (to read; these are typed transcripts): her radio program was called Gateway to Joy. These great messages are available on Back to The Bible's website:

http://www.backtothebible.org/index.php/Table/Gateway-to-Joy/
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Kevin Swanson: articles shared from his radio program:
http://generationswithvision.com/resources.aspx?p=articles
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about "surviving, teaching & appreciating boys" --
http://www.raisingrealmen.com/
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Professor Carol's website podcasts, on which she (an SMU university Music History Professor) shares about instruments and musical compositions, plus more: (very interesting!)
http://www.professorcarol.com/podcast/
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