Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts

Thursday, October 4, 2018

The Tentacles of Big Abortion Now Try to Silence Pro-Lifers Overseas - ACLJ STAFF

Pro-abortion leaders in Ireland are reportedly pushing legislation that would force Catholic pregnancy centers to promote abortion. (ACLJ.com)

The Tentacles of Big Abortion Now Try to Silence Pro-Lifers Overseas

ACLJ STAFF
The tentacles of Big Abortion are snaking their way across the globe to constrict the voices of pro-life workers.
Lawmakers are trying to make pro-life pregnancy centers promote abortion to desperate pregnant women looking for answers and help. This might sound familiar, but it's not just happening here in America.
Remember how we told you Big Abortion has worked tirelessly to manipulate abortion friendly lawmakers and pass laws that would force pro-life pregnancy centers to promote government funded abortion. Pro-abortion organization NARAL—the same vile group peddling abortion-themed ice cream "Rocky Roe vs Wade" in Oregon—championed legislation that would shut down pro-life centers in California that didn't also advise pregnant women of abortion as a viable option.
We scored a major victory for life in that case, as the Supreme Court agreed with us, ruling that the state cannot force pro-life pregnancy centers to parrot a government-dictated pro-abortion message that was in stark contrast to the very reason they were created—to be an alternative to abortion.
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This was just one small victory in the global battle to end abortion and save countless innocent, precious lives. Big Abortion will not go down without a fight, and it has expanded its efforts far beyond America.
Now pro-abortion leaders in Ireland are reportedly pushing eerily similar legislation that would force Catholic pregnancy centers to promote abortion. This move is being spearheaded by Ireland's Health Minister Simon Harris.
Harris said every pregnancy center that receives taxpayer funding will be required to provide its clients with information about where they can get abortions; there will be no religious or moral exemptions.
"I believe that crisis pregnancy agencies, regardless of who owns them or who runs them, if they're funded by the taxpayer, should make all of the information available to women," he said.
Traditionally thought of as a Christian nation, with one of our own annual holidays named for its Patron Saint, Ireland only recently voted to legalize abortion. This decision to overturn Ireland's 8th Amendment, repealing protections for women and unborn babies was rightly characterized by pro-life advocates in the country as "a tragedy of historic proportions."
Irish Health Minister Harris is trying to push his legislation through as quickly as January of 2019.
Along with snatching the free speech out of the mouths of pro-life workers, Harris reportedly wants to force all hospitals and medical facilities that receive public funding to have to perform abortions.
Perhaps the most disturbingly familiar part is that Harris wants the Irish taxpayers to pay for these abortions, regardless of how they feel about it. In a recent interview, Harris was cagey about the exact numbers free abortion will cost the Irish taxpayers.
"Obviously, there's a cost with all of this. Those costs will be determined both through the estimates process and through the discussions that I'll have in terms of the contractual obligations,' he said. 'This needs to be resourced, it needs to be resourced adequately so that we can have safe, women-centered provision of this service in our country."
However the Irish Times has put the cost at about $5.8 million in taxpayer dollars per year. If that figure doesn't seem like very much, keep in mind the country of Ireland is just over 1 percent the population of the United States.
And regardless, no one should have to pay a single penny toward someone else's abortion. Especially because the government tells them they have to.
The Irish people need to stand against this legislation and demand that not a single cent of their taxes goes to support killing babies, before Big Abortion sinks its claws any deeper into their nation and their religious liberty.
We recently told you how Ireland has already used abortion to "cure" Down syndrome in the country, exterminating anyone who may possibly be born with disabilities.
As abortion spreads internationally, we see the effects here at home.
The ACLJ fought to help strike down similar laws targeting pro-life pregnancy centers and protect free speech for pro-life pregnancy centers in California and in Hawaii. And we just helped cut off taxpayer funding to one abortion-related business that was selling aborted babies' body parts to the federal government.
Here in America, we are fighting Big Abortion right now in courtrooms across the nation—and at the Supreme Court—fighting to end taxpayer funded abortions and cripple Planned Parenthood and its empire of death permanently. At the same time, we are fighting internationally to defeat Big Abortion. The defenseless across the globe need your voice. 
For the original article, visit aclj.org.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Ireland Post - Cliffs of Moher and Southwestern Ireland (photos by Steve Martin)

Sea shells from the Atlantic beach in Irland (Steve's hand)

Ireland Post - Cliffs of Moher and Southwestern Ireland
(Photos by Steve Martin)
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

 Tour bus (of another...)

Cliffs of Moher

 Steve & Laurie Martin - Cliffs of Moher, Ireland



 Steve and Bob Smith (brother-in-law)

 Abbey in Ireland

On the streets of Galway, Ireland

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

A wee bit more of Ireland...in Killarney, Ring of Kerry - May 29, 2018 Tuesday (Photos by Steve Martin)

 Thatched roof

A wee bit more of Ireland...in Killarney, Ring of Kerry
May 29, 2018 Tuesday
Photos by Steve Martin

 Killarney church

 Steve Martin


 (L-R) Steve & Laurie Martin, Mary & Bob Smith

 Laurie Martin

 Killarney National Forest waterfall

 Red deer in field

 Muckross House near Killarney, Ireland


Saturday, May 26, 2018

Ireland - We will be seeing you...

Christchurch in Dublin, Ireland

Ireland - We will be seeing you...

May 26, 2018
Saturday 10:20 am Ireland time

Greetings from the Irish island.

You may not see a lot of posts on this website in the next week. Just because I will be spending a few days on "Stephen's Island" as he said in the movie "Braveheart." Most likely won't see him either, but hope to visit a few of his hometown castles while we are here.

And when it is all complete, you WILL see a few of my photos from this journey. (I had to use these two shown from the Internet until I get some good ones of my own.)

Be blessed,

Steve Martin
Love For His People 
Website Publisher/Editor

P.S. If any Irish friends of the ministry see this post, I hope to meet you along the way!


Thursday, February 8, 2018

Friend or Foe? - Charles Gardner ISRAEL TODAY

Friend or Foe?

Thursday, February 08, 2018 |  Charles Gardner  ISRAEL TODAY
Fine-sounding words are not enough. Actions speak much louder. The apostle James berated those who boasted about their faith when it wasn’t matched by their deeds (James 2.14).
Britain’s new Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has said the United Kingdom “will always be Israel’s friend” and spoke of how the Jewish state is a “beacon of light and hope in a region where there is so much hatred and hurt”.
In addressing the Conservative Friends of Israel’s annual parliamentary reception, he also hailed “the wonderful blooming of democracy that is Israel”.
I was heartened by his resounding praise for the Jewish state, and do not doubt his sincerity, but he is part of a government that in recent days has refused to follow U.S. President Trump’s lead in recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and which also continues to desist from applying a full ban on the Hezbollah terrorist organisation.
Both these actions encourage Israel’s enemies to believe they have our support for their bloodthirsty Jihad (holy war) against the Jews, illustrated once more on Monday with the brutal stabbing to death of a 29-year-old Israeli rabbi at a bus stop in Samaria. Itamar Ben-Gal leaves a wife and four children. This followed last month’s murder, also in Samaria, of a 35-year-old rabbi and father-of-six in a drive-by shooting outside Nablus (the biblical Shechem, home to Joseph’s Tomb and Jacob’s Well.) Ten children in the area are thus left fatherless in the space of a few weeks.
At best, we are sending out mixed messages, the modus operandi of Palestinian politicians who have often been caught saying one thing to their Arab audience and quite another to the English-speaking world. (For examples of this, see https://www.palwatch.org/">Palestinian Media Watch)
Oh yes, I know that diplomats are charged with seeking peace and should try, if at all possible, to accommodate all parties, but appeasement will only ever succeed in putting off the evil day of reckoning which, when it comes, will be much more difficult to unravel. The current Israeli-Palestinian conflict is itself an example of the persistent failure of short-term deals made to keep the ‘peace’ with Arab parties ever since the Balfour Declaration was published 100 years ago.
Instead of getting on with it and immediately implementing its declared goal – the resettlement of Jews from the diaspora in the Promised Land – we dithered and dallied for decades in a fruitless effort to please all parties. The enemies of Israel saw it as weakness, which they exploited to the hilt with violence that had us chasing our tails looking for a way out of the awesome responsibility we had been given.
Now, just days after marking Holocaust Memorial Day in Parliament and all over the country, we hear of rising anti-Semitism in Britain, Ireland and France.
The Community Security Trust, in their annual report on anti-Semitism, said there were 1,382 such incidents in Britain in 2017 – the highest since it began gathering data in 1984.
In Paris, an eight-year-old boy was attacked in the second assault on Jewish children in the area in three weeks, drawing condemnation from French President Emmanuel Macron, rightly concerned at the prospect of losing yet more citizens as a result. France has Europe’s largest Jewish community, but many have made Aliyah (emigrated) to Israel in the wake of increasing anti-Semitism in recent years.
The Irish Parliament, meanwhile, is considering a Bill that would boycott goods produced by Israeli companies based in Judea and Samaria and the Golan Heights, with up to five years’ imprisonment awaiting offenders.
Quite apart from the fact that such a boycott would also harm Palestinian workers, it is a shocking form of anti-Semitism which, not surprisingly, provoked anger from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with reported intervention from the United States. The parliament has now postponed voting on the Bill, which is likely to be re-visited in the summer.
From Britain’s point of view, the situation is aggravated by worrying in-fighting among the ranks of the Conservative-led government – mostly over Brexit – which could open the door to a Labour Party having its own problems with anti-Semitism.
The Bible says: “When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.” (Proverbs 28.2)
The Irish, like the South African government, have clearly fallen into the trap, set by Palestinian propaganda, of seeing Israel as an ‘apartheid’ state. South African diplomat Clinton Swemmer told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva that apartheid, once used to describe black disenfranchisement in South Africa, now applies to Israel because of its policies towards Palestinians.
He said: “Israel is the only state in the world that can be called an apartheid state.” But as Dan Diker, of the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs, points out, Swemmer is speaking for many who know little or nothing about Israel and never lived through apartheid. “There is not even one point of similarity (between apartheid South Africa and Israel),” Diker said, adding: “Our parliament, Supreme Court, universities, bathrooms, hospitals and everything else in Israel are fully integrated.”
At the end of the day, the word of God is clear, “For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling…” (Psalm 132.13)
PHOTO: Nablus, where the murder of a 35-year-old rabbi and father-of-six took place. Courtesy Charles Gardner.

Charles Gardner is author of Israel the Chosen, available from Amazon, and Peace in Jerusalem, available from olivepresspublisher.com
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Monday, September 4, 2017

Jim CLINT FAMILY UPDATE - Supporting the Aliyah of the Jewish people - September 2017 Northern Ireland


Jim CLINT FAMILY UPDATE September 2017
 - Supporting the Aliyah of the Jewish people

Northern Ireland

Sept. 4, 2017

Greetings from our family to you who love Israel and the Jewish people,

We continue to praise the LORD for His faithfulness. Over this last few weeks the "2nd hand clothing to Israel" program has steadily picked up pace. We've really been encouraged to see how Christians on the island of Ireland are beginning to stand with the Jewish people. 

Recently I made a 350 mile round trip to River of Life fellowship in the city of Athlone in the Republic of Ireland. I was able to share about Ezra UK's Aliyah work in Eastern Europe and the FSU countries. I was blessed to have spent time with pastor Trevor Hill and his wife Diane. It's encouraging how the LORD is opening up speaking opportunities in southern Ireland at this time.

Pastor Trevor Hill, Diane Hill, Jim Clint

This coming week we'll have Ezra's Turkish representative visit Northern Ireland. Please pray that the LORD will use her to touch the hearts of all who listen to her. Turkey is quickly becoming a dangerous country for the remaining Jewish who live there, pray that they will make it home to Israel soon.  

With the Lord's help, we are helping Jews make aliyah to Israel. Please join us in prayer and support.

Blessings,

Jim Clint











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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

70,000 March Against Abortion In Ireland Jul 04, 2017 - Will Maule HELLO CHRISTIAN

70,000 March Against Abortion In Ireland


Jul 04, 2017 by Will Maule  HELLO CHRISTIAN
A huge crowd of pro-life supporters have marched on the streets of Dublin to show their opposition to abortion. The theme of this year’s march was “Save the 8th” with record numbers turning out to defend the amendment to the Irish Constitution, reports LifeNews.
“This is an incredible, powerful day, when massive crowds of ordinary people turned out to Save the 8th, to say no to abortion and yes to Life, to tell Leo Varadkar that he would lose this referendum on abortion, because the pro-life majority has arisen and will work night and day to Save the 8th,” said Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute.
“We were expecting 50,000 but as the Rally moved through Dublin City, up to 80,000 people brought the city to a standstill as they joined in to Save the 8th.”
Watch more on this below. 

Friday, March 3, 2017

Mass Graves Found Under Church-Run Orphanage - CONOR HUMPHRIES/REUTERS

The entrance to the site of a mass grave of hundreds of children who died in the former Bons Secours home for unmarried mothers. (REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo)

Mass Graves Found Under Church-Run Orphanage

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The remains of babies, ranging from new-born to three-years-old, have been found in the sewers of a former church-run home for unmarried mothers in Ireland, the government said on Friday.
A report from an inquiry the government ordered in 2014 backed up a historian's claim that up to 800 children may lie in an unmarked grave at the home. It said: "significant quantities of human remains have been discovered in at least 17 of the 20 underground chambers which were examined."
Radiocarbon dating found the remains, which ranged from 35-week-old fetuses to 3-year-olds, dated from between 1925 and 1961, when the home was run by the Bon Secours Sisters.
The inquiry was launched after a local historian said there was evidence of an unmarked graveyard at the home, where records showed almost 800 children died between 1925 and 1961.
The church ran many of Ireland's social services in the 20th century, including mother-and-baby homes where tens of thousands of unmarried pregnant women, including rape victims, were sent to give birth.
Unmarried mothers and their children were seen as a stain on Ireland's image as a devout Catholic nation. They were also a problem for some of the fathers, particularly powerful figures such as priests and wealthy, married men.
Government records show that in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, the mortality rate for "illegitimate" children was often more than five times that of those born to married parents. On average, more than one in four children born out of wedlock died.
In 2014, the Archbishop of Dublin said that "if something happened in Tuam, it probably happened in other mother-and-baby homes around the country." The commission is investigating 17 other church-run institutions.
Ireland's Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone said Friday's news was "sad and disturbing," adding that the commission of inquiry would work with local authorities to investigate further and decide what should happen to the remains.
The commission did not say how many babies' remains were recovered or how many might still be buried in what are believed to be the home's sewage and/or waste water treatment system.
Ireland's once powerful Catholic Church has been rocked by a series of scandals over the abuse and neglect of children. The Archbishop of Tuam said in 2014 he was horrified and saddened by the historian's discovery. 
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Saturday, December 12, 2015

"Prophetic Children: To See a Prophecy Come to Pass it Must Be Believed and Acted Upon" by David Walters THE ELIJAH LIST


"Another Prophecy? Well, We Will Just See What Happens..."
The Lord recently revealed to me what is happening in the Charismatic kingdom today regarding the interest and a desire for prophecy and prophets. He said that prophecy and prophets are very popular and people wait patiently for the next prophetic utterance. He showed me the prophetic conferences and websites which are popular with many people. He also reminded me that of the many prophetic declarations brought forth, some have been fulfilled, yet others haven't.
He then showed me that an unfulfilled prophecy often devolves into a delayed prophecy, and finally ends up as a discarded prophecy. As I meditated on this, I saw that most of us have short memories, so many discarded prophecies have now gone out of sight. 
The Lord told me He knows and remembers everything, except confessed sin which is cast into the sea of His forgetfulness and remembered no more.
He told me that to see a prophecy come to pass, it must be believed and acted upon. 
Just to nod and say, "Another prophecy! Well! We will see what happens," is not helping to bring it to pass. He reminded me that, "Without faith it's impossible to please Him." 
(Photo via Tawny Nelson)
"Does this mean we accept every prophecy that is uttered?" I asked, "No!" He replied.
"What about the certified and recognized prophets? Are those the only ones we trust?" He said, "Even those can make mistakes. Remember, no one is infallible."
Then He reminded me of the Scripture, "For we know in part and prophesy in part."
Prophecy: Children Do Not Have a Baby or Junior Holy Spirit
Many years ago, I prophesied that God would use children in the last days to bring about a great revival, which was considered to be rather radical at the time. Most leaders feel that if revival comes it should come down from the leaders to the congregations. In other words, it comes through the front door and, more likely, in the large, prestigious front doors of the mega churches.
Personally, I have found in over 50 years of ministry that revival has mostly come through the back door and, in many times, by the children."Children...are for signs and wonders" (Isaiah 8:18).
I have personally seen God use children and youth for signs and wonders over the years.
In my book "Children Aflame with the Spirit" on the 17th Century Wesleyan Revival, there are numerous accounts of amazing supernatural events with children which confirms the amazing events that I have seen in my meetings. This book was one of the most popular books sold during the "Brownsville Pensacola Revival." I also had the privilege of ministering there twice during that revival.
In my meetings many miracles have happened when children have prayed for the sick during the "miracle service." When I have children praying for the sick, we have had as high as 100% healed; usually an average of 70%-85% are healings. 
Last year I was in a church in North Carolina; I had the children pray for a man who was born deaf. After a couple of attempts by the children, the man began to hear. He was so excited that he signaled his wife, who was also born deaf, to come and be prayed for. When the children first prayed for her, she seemed confused; but as I whispered in her ear, she began to speak what I was saying to her. The people were amazed. 
(Photo via James Goll)
Many children have been to Heaven, seen Hell, and have had angels visit them. In Ireland one time, as the anointing fell on the children and youth, they were transformed in Heaven; their faces were bright red and they were miming with their hands as to what was happening. Many were trying to draw pictures in the air.
In a meeting I was teaching at, one little boy was struck dumb, because he was talking and fooling around. When I found out, I told the boy to repent, so he did. While he was repenting he still couldn't talk, but as soon as he finished repenting he got his voice back. In amazement, he cried out, "I can talk, I can talk!"
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In another conference I was speaking at, a young boy told me the Lord had said to him that he was sending him back to his hometown to preach to his friends, the children in his neighborhood, the children at his school, and then when he was older He would send him to be a missionary. Two years later, he came back to the same yearly conference and his parents told me he had led over 100 children to the Lord. He was then 12 years old.
Often, children have been "glued" to the floor and couldn't move until the Holy Spirit had finished with them.
Much of what I prophesied and believed has come to pass. Twenty-five years ago I proclaimed that children did not have a baby or junior Holy Spirit. Today, many leaders are quoting that, so children are being used far more than they ever have been.
"My Time is Always Now! So Do Not Hinder the Children"
Part of being a prophet is to go farther than anyone else has been in order to bring others into the next phase of God's divine purpose. Prophets also need patience. I have been marking time waiting for others to come to the complete vision of what the Lord showed me years ago, but many have settled for a measure rather than fullness. 
The Lord told me now was the time to reaffirm what He had showed me years ago. So now is the time for us to prepare. Prepare is better than repair. (Photo via Pixabay)
One of the biggest obstacles of hindering the coming to pass of the fulfillment of this prophecy is to keep children locked up in the "children's church." Tradition, or the common ways that things are executed, hinders that "paradigm shift" that God's desires to accomplish. Having children marching or running around the church during worship waving flags and banners before they go off to the children's church is not revival, especially if that is all they have to add to the spiritual welfare of the Church.
It's great for children to have "Holy Ghost Children's Meetings" where the youngsters are encouraged to pray for each other and move in the gifts and taught to become soul winners, as numbers of churches are doing – but how about if and when a child brings the "word of the Lord" forth in a main meeting? That has happened in numbers of churches. 
How about having some of the children join the prayer team to minister alongside the adults to those that have needs? How about having some talented and anointed children part of the worship team? I've seen a young boy, an anointed drummer, give out visions that were right on.
It's great to hold "Holy Spirit Workshops" for children and youth. This is where the youngsters learn how to prophesy, have visions and words of knowledge for each other.
Just recently I was ministering in a church in California where the children were under the anointing, dancing, prophesying, praying for the sick, and having a fire tunnel to bless the whole congregation.
My prophecy still stands and will come to pass, but we must let go of our old traditions and mindsets and realize there is no age in the Spirit to be able to enter in and to be part of this prophecy fulfillment. 
Don't lock up children in children's church. The children and youth have assets and can become a great benefit to the spiritual welfare of our churches. 
(Photo by Donna Smallenberg "Out of the Darkness" via elijahshopper.com)
"My time is always now!" says the Lord "For now is the day of salvation – not tomorrow or yesterday, for I dwell in the continuous present, outside of time. I already see all things fulfilled. My people are still waiting on Me to fulfill their spiritual goals and ambitions, yet I am still waiting on them to enter in and receive them, so wait no longer and do not hinder the children."
If we are waiting on God and He is waiting on us, who will wait the longest?
David Walters
Good News Ministries

Email: Davidmwalters@mindspring.com
Website: davidwaltersministry.com
David Walters currently ministers both nationally and internationally to families, pastors, youth pastors, children's pastors, parents, children, and teens. God uses David to impart a vision to pastors, elders, parents, and teachers in a way that brings the younger saints into a place where they become effective, viable members of the Body of Christ. David has witnessed the Holy Spirit move on whole churches, including children and teenagers, who were touched by God's power. 
In his special "Family Revelation & Ministry" workshops, he not only unfolds the keys to parents and teachers, but also empowers them to become successful in raising families, including the youngsters, to become godly, powerful, and anointed. David has been featured in "Charisma" magazine and has written articles for "Ministries Today." He was also interviewed on TBN By Dr. Mark Chironna. David is the author of seventeen books.
David's daughters, Faith and Lisa Joy, traveled with him when they were children. From time to time he now brings his grandsons to assist him at his meetings. David believes that it is time for whole families to become part of God's mighty Kingdom.
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