A very joy-filled Gratitude Day! You each are reasons to upgrade our Thankfulness! 

This run Pam shares a recent testimony about our river. You’ll be encouraged!

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Hearing Ana Mendez Ferrell and watching the testimony as she shared asking forgiveness of the African Elephants was so impactful for me.So much so that I actually dreamedabout it the following night.

In the dream Ana came to me and said, “You can do this.”I was thrilled and not sure what that might look like.

As soon as we began looking at the riverfront property (we now own) we heard the accounts of the river flooding and the death and destruction that followed it.

We knew this was our property and beganapplying, “I will give you the land you step on.” and began to speak to the river.“You will remain within the boundaries God has given you, and will not flood while we own this land.” We also blessed the forest, hills and mountain range and the moisture, rain and snow.

During this summers drought we prayed daily for the right amount of rain. We always blessed thearea. Its a big thing to me to bless the area we live around.

When we lived in agricultural areas we prayed often for the right amount of rain, snow, wind so that the farmers could get the best harvest. Mostly it was praying for the drought to end and the rain to come and it always did.

We have seen the river drop to the lowest level the community has seen this past summer and now the news sources were telling us the rivers of western WA. had not been this high since 2015. Truly flood stage. Communities beyond us were being evacuated, as homes were in jeopardy,some under water.

Our closest neighbor called Steve and I could tell from his side of the conversation our neighbor was fearful.Steve offered to pray with him and led out, and then something unusual happened. The neighbor prayed, OUT LOUD. He had never done that, in fact he’d been a stinker at times and a bit of a trial for us.So humbling himself to ask for Gods help was a big deal.

Ihad complete peace yet kept praying as we watched the river rise, coming nearer and nearer to our riverfront yard.

Our neighbors started coming down (we live at the lowest point on our cul-d-sac) watching the river and parroting the past scenarios.Loss of houses, land, bridges and deaths that ensued.

Steve had gone down to measure how far the river had risen and how close it was to flooding our property, within 2 feet.

The rain had been pouring downnonstop for a few days and my weather app was indicating there was 100% rain for the next few days.

I had been watching and praying but now I sensed I was to go visit the river. With peace in my heart I told Steve, “I think I’m supposed to go to the river.”

I put on my rain gear and walked outside. I was greeted by a neighbor talking about moving his RV and another couple who were fully engaged in the fear and worry of the first guy.

They walked up to me and began to share fully.

I listened and gently but firmly replied, “Thats not going to happen today.”They shared more.I took a breath to reply and felt a shift and instead of disagreeing I agreed with them. ‘Yes, in the past these things had happened andthis may even be a perfect time for more of those things to happen again”, BUT… I let them know we had prayed over this river and I was certain this time was not that. (In my heart I was surprised as I heard myself, I was so confident, so at peace) I encouraged the neighbors to do what gave them peace patting one gentleman on his shoulder.

I walked on down to the rivers edge noting the huge beach, we enjoyed most of the time we had lived here ( 2 years), was gone. I walked along on the last rocks left above water and talked to God.

“God did you hear what I said. I sure hope you back me up. I don’t usually talk like that. Those people don’t know You and we have been gently loving them and sharing who we know.

What am I doing here?”

I sensed I was to place my feet in the water. So I stepped into the water and stood there watching the angry, brown water churn around my boots.

Looking up at the expanseof the river I spoke.“ Tilton River I release you from death and destruction and I realign you to agree with Gods plan for you, to bring forth life and that abundantly.”

That seemed to be it. I waited, but nothing more came and I worshipped with the rivers new identity, and walked back up to my home.

The rain slowed, Steve took another measurement and the river was 8 inches lower than previous.Later that day it was 2 feet lower and the rain was a light drizzle.

(I had not addressed the rain.)

The rain slowed and actually stopped for a while. Our neighbor stayed up all night watching the river.We went to bed and slept well.He called us as soon as our lights went on the next morning telling Steve, “God heard our prayers, and I’m going to bed now.”

The rain stopped for half of the day and the river has continued to go down.

And I am so excited about the life that will begin on these banks, for families and this community.

God is so good to back up my faith and my words and with Ana I learned I can partner with heaven to bring that realm to earth.

WATCH THIS VIDEO AS OUR RIVER COME CLOSE TO PEAKING

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DEATH IS ICKY, AND JESUS IS WONDERFUL!

“Daddy, what happened to the kitty?”

I’ve always maintained that death is icky. I’ve never changed my mind. We began our acquaintance with death as tots when we saw the dead cat in the road and the fly on the window sill.

When I was about eight my grandfather died. There was an open casket at the funeral. I went up to the casket with my mom at the end of the service. Grandpa looked bad, really bad. Mom said, “You can touch him if you want.” I had no desire to touch him. It was icky and scary!

They took grandpa in the box and put him under the ground in a country cemetery. We drove past the cemetery whenever we went to visit grandma and other relatives. I did not like driving by that cemetery. I did not like thinking of grandpa underground in that box. Other relatives were there in boxes under the ground. It was icky and scary.

A childhood friend shared a “helpful” superstition with me. He told me, “If you can hold your breath when you drive by a cemetery you will live a year longer.” It was challenging if you drove by larger cemeteries. But, you know what? It worked! But what it didn’t do was change my attitude that death is icky and scary.

Beyond the thought of being in a box under the ground was the wondering about life after death. Could there be something ickier after death? Rotting flesh is icky, but what if there were ickier, scarier things in an afterlife?

I attended church as a youth and learned that Jesus was sweet and kind. In retrospect I think there was more about “Jesus was” than “Jesus is.” I never got the message that Jesus gave death a royal trouncing. Because of this it seemed death was bigger and more tenaciously powerful than the “was” Jesus.

Finally, as a Senior in High School I read the New Testament for myself. I developed a love and respect for this marvelous, wise, virtuous, powerful Person. Eventually I came to call Him, “My Lord.”

I found Jesus really is the Resurrection and the Life! The grave, death and the powers of hell are helpless before Him. His promises gave me victory over the great-granddaddy or all fears, death.

I came to see that not only can we be free of the fear of death, we can vaunt over it, mock its weakness and celebrate its destruction – all because of the victory which our Redeemer gained for us at the cross, and through his resurrection and ascension. We are able to spurn, diminish and despise death! Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:

Where, O death is your victory?

Where, O death is your sting?

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Our powerful, loving God sees death as icky too. It is totally out of order with His kingdom of vibrant life, and unbecoming his children. So, He dealt with it, and made a way out for us all!

I’ve walked through cemeteries and been overcome with tremendous confidence and boldness as I’ve sited Isaiah 26:19;

But your dead will live; their bodies will rise – let those who dwell in the dust of the earth wake up and shout for joy – your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead!

You will think me daffy but once as I was walking through a cemetery quoting this verse I heard death under harassment say, “Stop doing that!”

The tables are being flipped! Death is afraid of believing Christians. What thrilling resurrection reality! Dust reconstituted! Lost things recovered! Grief and tears wiped away by the Hand of the Loving One! Old renewed! Reunion!

Death is a weakling compared to our “Stronger One.” What comfort, what rest, what exhilaration and delight! We flaunt over death because of Jesus!

Every fear – spiders, falling, financial loss, rejection – is connected to the great granddaddy of all fears, the fear of death. “He delivered me from all my fears.”

My Christian brother and sister, no long allow yourself to be intimidated by death. You are built to intimidate it! Death has been given a mortal blow!

 

How grateful are you that Jesus tasted death for us that we might taste His life?

What can you do today to put the fear of death in its place, and embrace the wholesome, regenerating fear of the Lord?

Do you have a testimony of overcoming the fear of death?

 

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I highly recommend this book, especially for men who want to up their game as encouragers. The articles are brief, upbeat, tender, and tough. During the past two years, almost weekly, I’ve been in prayer rooms and men’s meetings with Steve Johnson—I’ve never encountered a person anointed as much as he is with the gift of encouragement (Romans 12:8). And with his comprehensive writing, Steve continually captures his reader’s attention with vivid, creative lines. Read this book, one chapter at a time; and if you can, find a way to meet this man!

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I found your book to be very encouraging. It calls us to a higher ground. I heard God speaking through the words he gave you to write. I appreciated having his Word to read throughout the book.

I especially enjoyed the lessons on wonder, amazement and creativity. I wrote down a quote to pray for friends and family: “May our friends and family who are distant from Yeshua be hit hard by his overflowing kindness, bringing them to true repentance.”

Also, having a background working with special needs children, I was touched by the pool story about Cain. Thank you for giving me the privilege of reading your book!!

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Open-mindedness is one of our highest values. We encourage growth in knowledge, discovery of new truths, free thinkers and think tanks. Narrow-mindedness closes the door to new insights, exiting discoveries and fascinating new vistas.

Among the narrow-mined are the bigots, the mentally blind, the stagnate and fools. But, could it be, that on occasion, the narrow-minded approach is the way of the wise while others are so open-minded that their brains fall out?

Jesus of Nazareth said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find it” (Matt 7:13). Jesus tells us we should narrow in.

Christians are often accused of being narrow-minded. The charge really needs to brought to our Lord Jesus.  His claims, “I am the bread of life,” “I am the light of the world,” and “I am the door” seen singular and exclusive. What do you do with a guy who says in John 8:24, “Unless you believe that I am He [God’s chosen One] you shall die in your sins?” You either put him in an asylum or you follow Him as your Master.

The musician does not say, “Any note will do.” The doctor doesn’t say, “Any medicine will do.” So what nonsense overtakes us when we say, “Any religion will do?” My teacher said, “Children, put your thinking caps on.”

“Narrow-minded” Christians for the past two millennia have been confessing, “there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:2).

Many profound religious leaders of all types have come along. They have said, “I’ll show you the way. I’ll teach you the truth. I’ll instruct you in life.” But Jesus says, “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life. No one comes to the father except through me” (John 14:6). Pretty audacious wouldn’t you say? Who is this Jesus anyway? Glad you asked!

Some would like to make Jesus out to be a philosopher, political activist, or one of the “ascended masters.” Jesus claimed to be none of these.

Jesus claimed to be the only Son of God (John 3:16 5:16-18)

to have the power to forgive sins (Mark 2:5-7)

the power to raise the dead (John 5:24-25)

and the authority to judge mankind (John 5:27).

You may accept it or reject it but the Bible clearly teaches, “There is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. (1 Tim 2:5-6). Had Jesus thought that other religious would do the Job He would certainly have avoided Jerusalem and passed up the cross. He died there convinced that He was God’s ransom to set us free from sin and judgment (Mark 10:45).

Many are offended with Jesus’ claim to be the only way to God. But the drowning person doesn’t complain  that the life ring is the wrong color. I have never heard anyone protest that oxygen should not be an essential element. Still, many would like to think of following Jesus as an optional religious hobby. Some say what is really important is sincerity. “

“It’s not what you believe, it’s that you believe it sincerely.” Does that make sense to the horse? What would you say to the mechanic who says, “You don’t need oil in your crank case.” Use sand, water or flower petals. The important thing is to be sincere.” Sincerity is certainly desirable but it only functions in tandem with truth. “Faith is like a rope,” says Dr. Michael Green. “”It matters enormously what you attach it to.”

Whoever heard of someone phoning a friend and thinking in their “open-mindedness” that any number should do the job? How can what is nonsense in everyday life suddenly become profound wisdom when dealing with religion? Witness some open-minded folks who say, “All religious are basically the same.” On the surface this seems tolerant, humane, conciliatory. But attempts at harmonizing religions produces ear-jarring cacophony.

My friend, all religions could be false but they cannot all be true.

Try to harmonize the views of God: One? Many? None? The god of self?

Check out the views of the afterlife:

Oblivion?

Disembodied spirits?

Reincarnation?

Merging with the cosmic whole?

Resurrection to hell or to heaven.

When someone says, “All religions are basically the same,” are they thinking of religions which cripple the feet of women, sacrifice children, eat their enemies, force children into “sacred” prostitution, or practice “honor” killing? It just won’t mix. The discrepancies between various religious systems are irreconcilable. Although we may find things of value in a number of religions there is a lot of rot that passes as spirituality.

When Jesus comes again in the glory clouds of heaven with an innumerable host of angels, some religious folks will be upset! But they will not be able to protest, “Leave me alone, Jesus, I’m trying to tap into my god-self” or “ Jesus, how dare you break my reincarnation cycle!” Every eye will see him. It will be the most colossal reality check!

Many religions pursue vaporous and intangible delusions. Real Christians eagerly wait for the substantial and concrete return of our crucified and risen Savior. The power of His indestructible life assures us that we will live with Him forever (John 6:51; 14:19). That’s why we call Jesus’ message, “Good News!”

If you are hunting for a nice religion you have literally hundreds to choose from. In fact, new designer religions are being fabricated every day. But if you are hunting for LIFE come to the narrow way that is universally open to all! Jesus invites in Matthew 11:28  “Come to me ALL  you who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest.” I commend to you Jesus the only Son of the living God!

Where to from here? Anywhere if you don’t care about your destination. But if you are asking, “How do I enter the narrow road that leads to life?” I suggest the following:

Read the New Testament accounts of Jesus. You will find yourself falling in love.

Believe the far-out truth that God really loves you and proved it in His Son.

Own up to your own sins, your shortcomings and mortality before God.

Ask Jesus to forgive your sings, to be your Master, to come into your life and make you a new person. He will!

Be determined to grow in your new life by communicating with God every day!

Plug into a sincere group of Christians who strive to live out the truth of God’s word in the power of the Holy Spirit!

Horses are known for horse-sense. Keep your mind and heart open to the narrow way of the Lord Jesus Christ. Enter in the narrow door that leads to broad open places!

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Many believers are seeking religious exemptions from taking the mRNA injection as their jobs are threatened. For fun I start with some different classes of religious exemptions.

A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR ATHEISTS

I am an atheist. The only one I worship is myself, and I do so devotedly. I make my own decisions without giving a damn for others. This is a free country. I own my body and will not be bossed around. My body, my choice. I’ll take a jab if I want to, and I’ll refuse it if I don’t want to. And the government has no right to know what I have decided. I’ll take the shingles vaccine if I want to, and won’t if I don’t want to. It’s that damn simple. I am a person of conviction and you have no right to be insensitive to my beliefs!

A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR JIHADISTS

Death to infidels! Allah is great and America will die by plague, famine and our swords. The mujahedeen will not submit to the injections of infidels. No, they shall be injected with our bullets! A thousand curses as the wrath of Allah brings calamity by disease, earthquake and fire on the corrupt. No medicines will save them from our wrath!

A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR AGNOSTICS

I don’t know for sure… Maybe there is no God and all of life doesn’t matter. Maybe life and death have no meaning. Maybe it doesn’t matter if we take a covid shot or not. Since I don’t know for sure, and don’t like injections, I think I better just save some time and discomfort and stay home and watch TV. You guys let me out of jury duty. The least you can do is let out of this.

A FOUNDATIONAL FLAW TO RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS

How is it possible for an anti-God politician to make judgments on the validity of the faith decisions of those who reverence God and seek to please Him?

Someone at the top of the political food chain by whim or fancy decides the validity of a person’s religious faith. While denying God they place themselves in the god-like role of being the judge of religious authenticity.

Are we by submitting a religious exemption conceding our position of strength, and permitting non-religious “public servants” to have authority over our religious affairs. In essence we may be handing over ultimate religious as well as political authority to those who oppose our faith. Those elected to serve become those who negate the validity of our faith.

WA State Governor has said no religious exemptions will be accepted for State Troopers? Hundreds are facing termination. If Gov. Inslee can disallow the religion of believing Troopers he can disallow exemptions for dog groomers and computer techs. If he is not challenged how far will he go?

There was a document that came out a few years ago called The Constitution of the United States of America. In the very first amendment to that document we find these words:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

There are many lawsuits going on around the country against employers and governments who are attempting to coerce employees to take an experimental treatment. Many companies are in danger of being slammed! Many are backing down!

I am not a lawyer, but my thought is this. If your job is threatened do not resign. Instead have a legal notice sent to your employer or government supervisors that you intend to sue them if fired. Many, many class action suits are in motion! This will be another tool to remove corrupt government officials. It is a rare day when I would advocate for pursuing a lawsuit but this is the type of leverage many will respond to.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and stories especially if you or someone you know is being threatened.

IF YOU STILL FEEL A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION IS THE WAY TO GO

I would use the whole situation to magnify my witness for Jesus! I would hammer the powers that be with my confidence in Christ. I would talk up Jesus a lot! Take advantage of a setting where interviewers are forced to hear your testimony! Get aggressive. There is no need to present your rational reasons for refusing the injection. This would simply send you down rabbit holes of debate. If you take the exemption appeal route be a fragrance for Christ, either of life or death. Your letter could be very different than what I drafted below.

MY RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID INJECTION

I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. I love Him with all my heart, mind soul and strength. He died to save me and give me eternal life. He is my Companion in this life and the life to come. I serve and obey Him for what He has done for me. I owe Him everything. I belong to Him and He belongs to me. I seek daily to follow Him because of my love and reverence for Him.

He has taught me that my body is His temple. He lives within this body. Because of this I only want healthy things in my body so this temple is not defiled. I must be very scrupulous about what I put into my body to respect Him.

I am not debating, at this time, the benefits or dangers of what is called the Covid 19 immunization. Having studied carefully the potential liabilities of this injection I cannot risk defiling my body, Christ’s temple, with what has the potential to corrupt it. I wish to be a thoroughly clean vessel for the Holy Spirit of Jesus.

I understand I am presenting a religious exemption, not a medical one. Many will never understand my religious reasonings because they have never encountered Jesus Christ in His power. But I have!

Most Sincerely,…

 

AFGHANISTAN: FUMING ANGER, DEEP GRIEF, HUMILIATING EMBARRASSMENT AND ENDURING HOPE!

How are you doing with it? What are you praying and hearing?

 

IMPEACHMENT OR COURTMARSHAL?

Either Mr. Biden is a bumbling idiot with dementia, or a demented calculating mad man. I have no other categories to explain him.

I pray for him that he may escape the fires of hell but come to judgment in this world. I continue to pray for him and his cohorts as I would Jezebel, Athaliah, Absalom or Amnon.  

 

CRT

Einstein developed the theory of relativity. Who Theorized CRT?

How does CRT work in Algeria, Nicaragua and Romania?

If whites are naturally racists what are Asians?

Are there people in the world who are systemically infected with love and generosity?

 

JOINING JESUS’ GANG OF RUFFIANS

Jesus is the ringleader of a bunch of ruffians who are keying Satan’s car, slashing his tires, bashing his windows and knocking off his side mirrors.

Jesus and his disciples certainly like destroying things – that is things that need to be destroyed of course. What do you expect when He says, “The Son of Man came to destroy the works of the evil one!”

WISDOM FOR DEMOLITION

Prov 21:12 The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

Prov 21:22 One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

 

Steven C Johnson

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LUKE: THE SEEK AND SAVE GOSPEL            

Luke 24:45 “Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.”

 

                                       

Pam and I would love to have old and new friends join us for an exciting, systematic study of Luke’s gospel and its themes! You can join us from virtually any location online!

Your life will be transformed as you are saturated with the Biblical text, soaked in the Holy Spirit and Connect with other believers! This class is designed for serious disciples of Jesus who wish to grow strong in Word and Spirit.

 

Find security in Luke’s Rescuer!

Feel the heart of the Son of Man who came to “Seek and Save”

Learn new study and communication skills

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Fuel you lamp to burn brightly!

Pray confidently for the sick and deliver the demonized!

 

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“WILL YOU JOIN IN OUR CRUSADE?”

The sexual revolution enticed us with a brave new world of pleasure and freedom. However, the fruits of the revolution brought us horrific damage and pain. Millions now are in bondage to sexual sin and bound by its tyranny. But a counter-revolution is in motion. Will you join our holy crusade to bring rescue, healing, comfort, restoration and peace?

TOLERATION GONE BAD

Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.  Rev 2:20

The sixties brought a proclamation of sexual “freedom” and “liberty.” The “stultifying, tyrannical and archaic morals” of previous generations were abandoned.

Those who questioned the revolution were shot down with compelling arguments like, “If two consenting adults want to be sexually active, affecting only themselves, what is that to you?”  It was airtight reasoning, so sensible, and emancipating.

We sang songs mindlessly because we loved the beat and the tune. The songs said,

“I’m trying to get some girl pregnant”

“If you’re not with the one you love [your boyfriend or girlfriend], love [have sex with] the one you’re with.”

“I’m not talking about commitment…but I really want to see you [have sex with you] tonight.”

A bi-line of the sexual revolution was, “If it feels good do it.” And many of us gave up the “old fashioned” moral restrains for a promised land of pleasure.

I apologize for my part in this revolution, either actively or by standing on the sideline and not fighting to hold the ground. Those sexual liaisons between those “two consenting adults” impacted us all. The revolution went sour for those who participated and for those who tolerated it. 

THE FRUITS OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION

            Undermined marriages

The sexual revolution taught us that there is nothing holy or sacred about sex and marriage. It undermined the sanctity of marriage. Many became convinced that marriage is an archaic, worthless illusion. Besides, why risk failure?

             STD’s

Venereal disease somehow effected those two consenting adults. Society became burdened with the apparent need to help them deal with the physical consequences.

             Single moms

Broken hearts followed those sexual revolutionaries. Single moms gave up the happily-ever-after vision for a life of stress, poverty and loneliness.

             Abortion

Abortion is a family planning afterthought. Had those “two consenting adults” first decided to commit themselves in sacred matrimony there would have been far fewer abortions. The baby became the “fall guy” for “unprotected” sex.

              Fatherless children

Where did they all come from? In some schools, half of the children no longer live with their biological fathers. There is no fatherly voice speaking value and purpose, vision and devotion, disciple and safety. What loneliness and pain!

            Crime

I’ve witnessed personally, about 95 percent of the inmate, in penal institutions are fatherless. Some still have the “sires” but they provided negligible fathering. Why do you suppose? Those inmates are abandoned children, part of the fallout of the revolution. Moral laxity in the sexual department found its way into all the other moral departments.

            Aimless men

Men became convinced they were only animals lead by uncontrollable passions. They were taught they could not control those passions. The dignity and honor found in self-controlled, disciplined manhood was forfeited. We gave up meaningful disciplined lives for lives of momentary pleasure. We traded our treasures for a bowl of stew.

            Broken hopeless, hearts

Who can grasp the great pain that the revolution brought to the hearts of men and women, boys and girls? It seems we were all wounded by “friendly fire.” I’m too overwhelmed to find words.

            National debt

The fallout from the revolution has been enormously costly financially. We’ve gone in debt treating STD’s, supporting single moms, building prisons, paying for abortion “services,” converting schools into nanny daycares, caring for homeless adults, and paying an arsenal of counselors to treat our mental disorders and sexual identity questions. These costs outstrip every item in our national budget, our military spending and spending on roads and infrastructure. Those two consenting adults had no idea what a Pandora’s box they were unleashing.

PERSPECTIVE ON THE  SEXUAL REVOLUTION

No one today would claim that the sexual revolution won us a healthier, happier, more wholesome America. The revolution produced massive casualties!

“Liberty” came short lived, like an evening of binge drinking. Those that wake feel something was lost or stolen in the night. We were “liberated” from security and faithfulness, from belonging and permanent relationships, from prosperity and peace. We impoverished ourselves spiritually, intellectually, morally and financially.

But even today many are staying faithful to “the cause.” They are working to indoctrinate our small children in sexual promiscuity, just as some radicals indoctrinate their children for Jihad.

A COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT?

If I ever hear someone say again, “If it feels good do it” I will reply, “Does that mean if my bladder is full that I can relieve myself by peeing on your carpet?

I refuse to be discouraged and give up on our culture. I am stirred to join the counter-revolutionaries fighting for sexual sanity. Luke Skywalker and company took on the evil empire. Our counter insurgents have a much larger battle, to turn the minds and hearts of the delusional.

What weapons do you have to overcome the vain imaginations of the sex marketers?

What medicines do you have for the sexually violated and heart-broken?

What soaps do you have to help cleanse defiled consciences?

What tools and building materials do you have to help others reconstruct their broken lives?

 

You can arm yourselves with Christ’s loving and redemptive heart.

You can decide to purge yourself of any residual contamination.

You can model a way of purity in both singleness and marriage that inspires.

You can renew your mind and the minds of others with the truths of Scripture.

There are things you can do to save your tiny children and your adult friends from the seductions of Jezebel.

ZERO TOLERANCE

May God forgive us for our toleration of the woman Jezebel!

May we expel this spirit from our circles!

May we walk in the blessings of moral purity, and be found worthy as overcomers to receive the promised Morning Star!

Rev 2: 20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. ²¹ I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. ²² So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. ²³ I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

THERE ARE FIXES

There are no quick and easy fixes for a land decimated by war – But there are sure fixes!

We must realize and own that our own folly has brought trouble on ourselves. And – we must look up and return to the Creator who made us male and female! He is willing to heal our land if we truly and humbly return to Him! The Lord is willing to pour wine and oil into our wounds, and comfort us as we recuperate.

FINDING BETTER ARGUMENTS AND IMAGES

There were many persuasive, enticing, arguments for the sexual revolution. The images projected by the revolutionaries were as intoxicating as a juicy worm on a fish hook. A vision for a spiritual and moral awakening, a counter-revolutionary movement, must also have winning arguments. Do you have credible and appealing arguments for convincing a culture that God’s wonderful idea for sexual intimacy is found in a consecrated, faithful marriage? Can you project that as pictured in your life?

There is a pathway back to sanity. Who will have the courage to show the way and be counter-revolutionaries? Who will find the arguments and demonstrate visually the blessing of lives renewed under God’s wisdom and safe boundaries? I’m determined to be one engaged in the fight to liberate captives from strongholds of thinking which lead only to death.

Old excuses and reasonings can be torn down and wholesome values and models recovered. We will be saved and restored as we return to the ancient highway of holiness.

Jesus said, “The Son of Man came to seek and save the Lost.” This is still our mission as Sons and daughters of God!

Will you join in our crusade?

 

AS ALWAYS, I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND THE WAYS YOU ARE LIVING YOUR LIVES TO MAKE TRANSFORMING IMPACT ON OUR CULTURE. PLEASE COMMENT!

Steven C Johnson

LandingStripEnterprises.Com

 

Worth watching – Darren Stott does a powerful job with

Gender Identity & The Good News

You may wish to forward through the music

 

 

 

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Has the potency of our Independence been lost behind a smoke screen of fireworks?

The significance of holidays degrade by inattention. Thanksgiving becomes gluttony day. Christmas Incarnation becomes gift-giving day. Resurrection Sunday becomes eat a chocolate bunny day. Independence Day becomes picnic and fireworks day.

Independence Day originally was more than explosive light shows. It was death-defying determination to escape totalitarian rule. In a much smaller land, and missing the millions who live here today, 4,435 died because of The Declaration. They put action to the words, “appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, … And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

What if you could not buy products from Turkey, Germany or South Africa unless they first were shipped to England, and then were shipped to you with English taxes?

What if a British officer knocked on your door and informed you that ten soldiers would be staying at your home for a few months starting now?

What if you were not allowed to make the most basic laws governing the behavior of people in your state or community?  

What if the Crown taxed you more than they taxed the people in England and refused to listen to your many questions and petitions?

Would you patiently implore the understanding of England as did the colonies? Would you petition and implore? Would you, like the the colonist eventually say,  “Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God” and “Don’t tread on me!”

A question for us moderns is, “Would you and I have signed the document?”

Would we have laid down our lives, our bank accounts and reputations to back up our signatures?

Our behaviors as everyday patriots will show us what we would have done had we been planted in those pivotal days of history. Perhaps our days are no less momentous. 

It’s been said that “To maintain our nation’s freedom it will take the same kind of resolve that it took to form it.” Let’s be grateful for the intelligence, wisdom and determination that those before us acted on to gain us freedom. Let us somberly remember our children and grandchildren, and refresh our resolve as we celebrate our costly freedom.

John Adams wrote regarding the Declaration.

“The Second Day of July 1776, [the day Adams thought the signing and commemoration would both be on] will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.

It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with-

Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.

You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States.

Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.”

Please do solemnize the day by setting off fireworks, clanging the kitchen pots and honking your car horn, but don’t fail to tell your children the reason for doing so!

Steven C Johnson

Landingstripenterprises.com

Note this excellent article written by Scott Williams

The cost paid by the signers of the Declaration of Independence

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I had three pairs of goggles, put one on, and left the other two at the end of my lane. After swimming about 15 minutes, I saw a boy sitting beside my goggles. He looked at me and innocently asked if he could borrow a pair. It was interesting that he asked so straightforwardly. I said, “OK,” adjusted the goggles for him and resumed swimming. The boy swam with full-length blue Jeans.

He was diving for a toy. I stopped and talked to him while he labored to tread water. His name was Cain; he was eight and lived in a group home. A handful of other boys from the home were also there. He asked if I would play with him. What innocence and frankness! We dove together for a few minutes.

As Cain was trying on the other set of goggles, he said, “Someday I hope I will have a foster family.” I was touched and felt an impression: The curse is coming off Cain.

After finishing laps, we visited in the water. Both of us linked an elbow on the side of the pool. I asked, “Cain, do you know anything about Jesus?” He gave a childlike account of Jesus’ death and resurrection. I told him that it was a powerful story, and that it was true! Feeling I might never see Cain again, I encouraged him to get to know Jesus better and better by talking to him daily: “Jesus is real and He deeply cares for you, Cain. He will help you through life.”

I was growing attached to this boy and felt like packing him home and fathering him. He said, “I sure wish I had a pair of goggles like these.” I told him, “Keep them. I give them to you.” He confided that he had had some discipline problems at the home, but he had a special class apart from the others and that he thought he was doing better. He mentioned also that there was a tiny child in his group that chattered and babbled and sounded funny. I told him that he was probably a good friend to that child.

I prayed a short but earnest prayer with that eight-year-old boy. As I was getting out of the pool, he asked, “Do you know the song ‘I See the Moon?”  He sang:

“I see the moon and the moon sees me…God bless the moon and God bless me.” As I walked away, Cain continued to sing the song to himself. I was touched with emotion for Cain’s challenges, his innocence, uncertainty and hope. May the living God follow that young man’s career!

 

NEW BOOK COMING! 

I’M THOROUGHLY PLEASED to inform you that my newest book is coming out shortly!  

It’s called, “COMPOUNDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT!”

I think you’ll like it. “In the Pool with Cain” is one of thirty edifying pieces in the book. 

Compounds of Encouragement is coming in both audio and eBook.

When Riverfront Property: Connecting the River of Life came out some of you graciously offered to be reviewers. I’m seeking reviewers again. If you’d like to have access to the book early and are willing to give a review. simply send me a note saying,

“Steve, I’d like to review Compounds of Encouragement!”

Add “In Audio” or “In ebook.”

I’ll be posting more in the next few weeks.

 

As a PS the Riverfront Property Prophetic Documentary has been on the back burner. It is a rather daunting undertaking. Hoping to get more motion on it in the fall. Thanks for those who have prayed for this!

Steven C Johnson

Landing Strip Enterprises