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The church has undergone transformations since its origin, but is the American church totally dead inside? One pastor made it her mission to find out.
Watch the video to see what she discovered while touring churches across the country.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Israel Photo Trivia ✡ "God Will Protect Jerusalem"
MY TOP #10 PICKS FOR PROPHETIC INSIGHTS from Super Bowl 2015 - Lance Wallnau
MY TOP #10 PICKS FOR PROPHETIC INSIGHTS from Super Bowl 2015
PROPHECY WITNESSED BY 100 MILLION VIEWERS…but perceived by those with “eyes to see and ears to hear.”
The picture for this post shows a hoped for hanging of Number #12 Tom Brady. (See PROPHETIC INSIGHT #10 for the lesson.)
The picture for this post shows a hoped for hanging of Number #12 Tom Brady. (See PROPHETIC INSIGHT #10 for the lesson.)
Prophet Kim Clement said this game would be prophetic- and it was! He predicted that the unknown would become well known and the Superstars need to let the Day of the Saints begin. (Malcolm Butler makes this prophecy interesting.)
MY TOP #11 PICKS FOR PROPHETIC INSIGHTS
The Patriots’ win was not a prophetic story about the team franchise…though the symbolism of America’s true Patriots winning is a clear message! From a prophetic perspective Christians should not miss the point. God does not like New England more than the North West. Christians were playing on both teams, and believers live on both coasts.
HOWEVER: The game is a HUGE platform for insight into where America is and where it is going. It is a PROPHETIC STATEMENT for all of us who have EARS TO HEAR. Even those who don’t like football… (or half-time shows where Joel Osteen isn’t invited to sing).
PROPHETIC INISIGHT #1
THE COMMERCIALS REVEALED THREE THINGS!
1. GOD IS TURNING THE HEARTS OF FATHERS TO THEIR SONS AND FAMILY IS A BIG DEAL TO GOD!
2. HUMOR IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORM OF MARKETING. (Stop being grumpy when you preach.)
3. CARS, CARS, AND SOME TRUCKS! All are prophetic symbols of ministry vehicles. GET READY FOR GOD TO GIVE YOU A NEW VEHICLE FOR YOUR MESSAGE!
THE COMMERCIALS REVEALED THREE THINGS!
1. GOD IS TURNING THE HEARTS OF FATHERS TO THEIR SONS AND FAMILY IS A BIG DEAL TO GOD!
2. HUMOR IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORM OF MARKETING. (Stop being grumpy when you preach.)
3. CARS, CARS, AND SOME TRUCKS! All are prophetic symbols of ministry vehicles. GET READY FOR GOD TO GIVE YOU A NEW VEHICLE FOR YOUR MESSAGE!
IMPORTANT….
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson became a Christian when Jesus visited him in a dream when he was a teen.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson became a Christian when Jesus visited him in a dream when he was a teen.
He is already a very blessed man. Yesterday he was looking for his second Super Bowl win in only his third NFL season.
Got to love this 26 year old guy. His Twitter tagline:
“Too blessed to be stressed” along with the Bible verse John 3:30:
“He must become greater; I must become less.”
“Too blessed to be stressed” along with the Bible verse John 3:30:
“He must become greater; I must become less.”
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #2
SOME CHRISTIANS NEED TO BE LESS SO OTHER CHRISTIANS CAN BE MORE. The competition in ministry is killing the platform for new champions and ideas to emerge.
SOME CHRISTIANS NEED TO BE LESS SO OTHER CHRISTIANS CAN BE MORE. The competition in ministry is killing the platform for new champions and ideas to emerge.
He was a super star and draft pick while attending University of Wisconsin-Madison but friends say: “He didn’t handle HIS CELEBRITY like a college kid,” said former Wisconsin teammate Aaron Henry. “Once he started having a little bit of success you found out if God was real or not for him. Girls coming at him at 100 mph. I was with him one night and I watched him pushing girls away. Any other person would’ve taken that and ran with it.”
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #3
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE TEMPTATION THAT COMES WITH SUCCESS.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE TEMPTATION THAT COMES WITH SUCCESS.
Quarterback Wilson wears the number #3. This is the number for the trinity. Wilson is blessed, but the Trinity is throwing the ball to a ROOKIE!
Enter…The ROOKIE No. #29 Malcolm Butler!
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #4
THE “BUTLER” IS IN THE STORY OF ALL THE “JOSEPHS” GOD IS RELEASING FROM THEIR PRISON. You’ve been a prisoner – not of circumstance, but prisoner of a prophetic process of preparation.
THE “BUTLER” IS IN THE STORY OF ALL THE “JOSEPHS” GOD IS RELEASING FROM THEIR PRISON. You’ve been a prisoner – not of circumstance, but prisoner of a prophetic process of preparation.
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #5
MALCOM BUTLER had a VISION the night before the game. God showed him he would make a BIG play. THE BUTLER IN JOSEPH’S STORY HAD A DREAM WITH #3 BRANCHES WHICH MEANT IN #3 DAYS HE GOT RESTORED! The number 3 is connected to the dream of the “Butler”!
MALCOM BUTLER had a VISION the night before the game. God showed him he would make a BIG play. THE BUTLER IN JOSEPH’S STORY HAD A DREAM WITH #3 BRANCHES WHICH MEANT IN #3 DAYS HE GOT RESTORED! The number 3 is connected to the dream of the “Butler”!
Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days. Now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.” (Genesis 40:12-13 NKJV)
THIS is the story of all of us who have had reversals but get A SECOND CHANCE!
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #6
A YEAR TO OVERCOME THE CURSE THAT KEEPS ROBBING YOU! Malcom had to OVERCOME a HUGE REVERSAL when he thought he tackled No. #15 Jermaine Kearse (pronounced curse) but in a crazy moment in Super Bowl history the ball bounced off of Kearse’s stomach and he kept possession! The reversal was bad. The dreaded Kearse (curse) could not be stopped even when it looked like breakthrough.
A YEAR TO OVERCOME THE CURSE THAT KEEPS ROBBING YOU! Malcom had to OVERCOME a HUGE REVERSAL when he thought he tackled No. #15 Jermaine Kearse (pronounced curse) but in a crazy moment in Super Bowl history the ball bounced off of Kearse’s stomach and he kept possession! The reversal was bad. The dreaded Kearse (curse) could not be stopped even when it looked like breakthrough.
BUT As the Seahawks went to score and END the game, ROOKIE Malcom Butler intercepted the throw! The game was REVERSED again and over! (And, I don’t think Kearse is a “curse”. He made a great play…just surprised when my secretary told me his name and pronunciation.)
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #7
—– 2015 is a year of REVERSALS REVERSED!—- Malcom Butler WAS NOT CHOSEN BY MEN! There were 35 cornerbacks drafted by NFL teams in 2014….AND MALCOM WAS NOT ONE OF THEM!
—– 2015 is a year of REVERSALS REVERSED!—- Malcom Butler WAS NOT CHOSEN BY MEN! There were 35 cornerbacks drafted by NFL teams in 2014….AND MALCOM WAS NOT ONE OF THEM!
He had to sign with the Patriots as a free agent! He was one of many undrafted rookies who reported for training camp, the chances of sticking with the team somewhere between slim and none.
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #8
THIS IS A YEAR WHEN THOSE NOT CHOSEN BY PRO’S WILL MAKE WINNING PLAYS! GOD IS GIVING YOU A SERIES OF “WOW” MOMENTS TO GET NOTICED.
THIS IS A YEAR WHEN THOSE NOT CHOSEN BY PRO’S WILL MAKE WINNING PLAYS! GOD IS GIVING YOU A SERIES OF “WOW” MOMENTS TO GET NOTICED.
How did he get into the BIG GAME? He had a lot of ‘wow’ moments that kept building, they said. This is a guy that wasn’t drafted, but I believe wholeheartedly that HE THOUGHT HE BELONGED HERE.
BUTLER had a dream before the game. Instead of a big play he had a big setback. THEN….the BIG PLAY.
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #9
DAVID HAD HIS BIGGEST REVERSAL AT ZIGLAG ONE DAY BEFORE HIS BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH TO THE THRONE! Overcomers must not quit. At his worst moment…David “encouraged himself in the Lord!” And WON back all he lost!
DAVID HAD HIS BIGGEST REVERSAL AT ZIGLAG ONE DAY BEFORE HIS BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH TO THE THRONE! Overcomers must not quit. At his worst moment…David “encouraged himself in the Lord!” And WON back all he lost!
For years people will debate the wisdom of the Seahawks decision to throw the ball rather than hand it to the man who led the team as an unstoppable force running with the ball.
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #10
A Seahawks Fan said to me: The only prophetic thing I get out of this is “Don’t do STUPID things to sabotage your victory when you’re THAT close. DON’T do it ….”
A Seahawks Fan said to me: The only prophetic thing I get out of this is “Don’t do STUPID things to sabotage your victory when you’re THAT close. DON’T do it ….”
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #11
TOM BRADY, Playing NO.12 was beset by slander and allegations of winning by cheating, this was a game where no curse could stop #12…the government of God in the earth. It represents apostolic vision. The kingdom of God will overcome all curses of the enemy and keep advancing to victory and vindication.
TOM BRADY, Playing NO.12 was beset by slander and allegations of winning by cheating, this was a game where no curse could stop #12…the government of God in the earth. It represents apostolic vision. The kingdom of God will overcome all curses of the enemy and keep advancing to victory and vindication.
AMERICA SHALL BE SAVED!
Some would say I am reading into things. Maybe so, but if God can speak through a donkey…
Monday, February 2, 2015
Giuliani: Netanyahu Congress Visit a 'No-Brainer'
Giuliani: Netanyahu Congress Visit
a 'No-Brainer'
Monday, February 02, 2015
Giuliani arrived in Israel over the weekend to speak at a two-day business conference. He met with Netanyahu on Sunday.
The former mayor told the Jerusalem Post the upcoming congressional address has been blown way out of proportion. Netanyahu is obviously well qualified to speak on the Iranian threat, he said.
Giuliani called House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu "a no-brainer," saying he had little reason to believe President Barack Obama would care.
"The prime minister has addressed Congress before," Giuliani told Israel's Channel 1. "Right now Congress is holding hearings on Iran so this would be the perfect time to ask him to speak."
The former New York City mayor says 70-75 percent of Americans support Netanyahu and an even higher percentage support the State of Israel.
Responding to Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi's warning that Democrats may boycott the speech, Giuliani said he didn't think "they will make that mistake."
"It would be a terrible mistake…to insult the prime minister by not being there for his speech," he said. "I don't think they will make that mistake."
Huckabee: Christians Shouldn't Be Punished for Beliefs
Huckabee: Christians Shouldn't Be Punished for Beliefs
Monday, February 02, 2015
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Christians shouldn't be punished for opposing same-sex marriage as they stand for traditional Christian beliefs.
On CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday he argued that forcing people of faith to accept gay marriage is like forcing Jews to serve "bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli." Both foods are violations of Jewish kosher rules.
"We're so sensitive to make sure we don't offend certain religions, but then we act like Christians can't have the convictions that they have had for over 2,000 years," Huckabee said.
"I would like to think that there's room in America for people who have different points of views without screaming, shouting, and wanting to shut their businesses down," he said.
Over the past few years, gay activists have done exactly that, targeting Christian cake makers, florists, and chapel owners who declined to service same-sex weddings.
Huckabee's comments come as the former Baptist pastor is weighing a run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. He's counting on social conservatives and evangelicals who have great clout in early nominating Iowa to help him.
Huckabee also added a pitch for inclusion in his remarks, saying he has some gay friends.
"I accept a lot of people as friends maybe whose lifestyle I don't necessarily adhere to, agree with, or practice. Doesn't mean that I can't have a good relationship with anyone or lead them or govern them," he said.
"I don't chuck people out of my circle or out of my life because they have a different point of view," Huckabee said.
Still, he remained steadfastly opposed to special rights for gays and lesbians.
More and More Jews Visiting Temple Mount
More and More Jews Visiting Temple Mount
Monday, February 02, 2015 | Israel Today Staff
The number of Jewish visitors to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount saw a significant boost over the past year, despite ongoing efforts to discourage non-Muslims from ascending the holy plateau and a firm ban on all Jewish and Christian prayer.
Last month, the Temple Institute made a “freedom of information” request to the Israel Police regarding the Jewish visits to the Temple Mount. The group was pleased to learn that no fewer than 10,906 Israeli and foreign Jews had come to Judaism’s holiest site in 2014.
By comparison, 8,528 Jews visited the Temple Mount in 2013, and there were just 5,658 Jewish visitors in 2009.
For those who advocate full freedom of religion at the Temple Mount, those numbers were encouraging, especially given that Jews and Christians are only permitted to visit the holy site three days out of every week, and even then only at very restricted hours.
The issue of the Temple Mount has increasingly been the focus of tense debate within Israel’s Knesset in recent years. Last February, the Knesset held its first ever discussion on extending fully Israeli sovereignty over the site, which is presently managed by an Islamic Trust (Waqf).
It is at the Waqf’s request (demand?) that Jews and Christians are not allowed to utter even silent prayers while visiting the Temple Mount, and outbreaks of Muslim violence over any perceived violation has ensured that Israeli authorities do their best to honor the Muslims’ conditions.
Many Israeli lawmakers are increasingly frustrated by this situation, which they deem to be a total surrender to the dictates and threats of radical Islam. They want Israel to become the official overseer of the Temple Mount.
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Israeli Singer Who Caused National Stir Begins First Album
Israeli Singer Who Caused National Stir Begins First Album
Monday, February 02, 2015 | Israel Today Staff
Shai Sol, the young Israeli Messianic singer who caused something of a national stir in December after boldly declaring her faith while competing in the televised singing contest Hakochav Haba (The Next Star), is now working on her first album.
Israel Today covered Shai’s initial “coming out,” which was shocking enough for Hakochav Haba’s producers to make it the focus of their weekly promotional commercials at the time.
That episode sparked a very positive debate in the Israeli media regarding Jewish believers in Yeshua and their place in Israeli society.
Israel Today’s David Lazarus later spoke to Shai and learned how her television appearances had encouraged many more young Israeli believers to share their faith. (The full interview can be read in the February 2015 issue of Israel Today Magazine)
Since leaving Hakochav Haba, Shai has written yet another song to go with her catalogue of over 300 originals (see below).
She is also asking Israel Today readers to help her out in a crowd-funding campaign to produce her first full album. You can click here to learn more
Listen to Shai’s new song (Hebrew):
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Are You Abiding in the Shadow of the Almighty? - POWERUP! SpiritLed Woman
Because I was late when I arrived at the intercessory prayer meeting I had been invited to attend, I sought a far, vacant corner of the room that everyone seemed to be avoiding.
The frantic hand signals of a fellow intercessor stopped me in my tracks. Her finger was pointing to an ominous reflection on the wall next to me. There, looming bigger than life, was the shadow of a spider—hairy legs and all!
I shivered. My mind raced with pictures of the hairy beast jumping onto my sweater—or worse, into my hair! I shivered again. Thank God someone stopped me! What if it had bitten me? Then I saw the culprit.
Was that it? Why had I been so afraid? I laughed. The actual spider wasn't as big as the shadow it had cast. It raced to a crack in the door and disappeared. Obviously, it had been a shadow.
This reminded me of the enemy and how he works. Satan whispers to us all the time, playing the "What if?" game. What if you lose your job? What if they whisper about you when you leave the room? What if you gain all that weight? What if you go belly up financially? What if you are too old to try something new?"
Satan's lies, like dark, ominous shadows on the wall, loom big, at times bigger than our power to do anything about them. God's Word warns us that the devil walks about like a roaring lion (see 1 Pet. 5:8). He isn't the real McCoy, but his threats can, if we are not careful, get us to take our eyes off Jesus and His great power that guides, provides for and protects us.
That is not to say that you or I don't need to take care of ourselves and our families as good stewards; but we do so with our eyes on Jesus and not on the fears that overshadow Him and His great powerful promises of God—promises for eternal life and for abundant life on earth, promises for a future, no matter how bad the past has been.
Jesus commands us in Matthew 6:25: "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on." No worry or ominous threat to us is any match for our Lord, "the God of all flesh" (Jer. 32:27). It is He, after all, who is the "head of all principality and power" (see Col. 2:10).
It is sometimes hard to remember this during seasons in which you see nothing but shadows. Yet God promises to take care of us in such times. Psalm 23 mentions "the valley of the shadow of death" (v.4)—revealing that it is a place one goes through but doesn't live in permanently.
And even in the valley we are to fear no evil, for the Lord our Shepherd is with us. The psalm ends with a promise of position for us—that we are to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. A God who claims us for eternity is a God of power. What, then, is there to fear in the shadows?
You and I are in Christ—"the secret place of the Most High" (Ps. 91:1)—which means that you and I are under only one shadow, and that is the shadow of the Almighty (v. 2). When the dark shadow on the wall sees the shadow of the Almighty, in whom we dwell, it has to go.
Prayer Power for the Week of Feb. 2, 2015
This week praise God that we are protected under the shadow of the Almighty when we abide in Him. Choose to believe His Word and embrace His peace, no matter what you face. Pray in faith, knowing that He hears and answers according to His perfect will. Continue to pray for our president and others whose decisions impact the entire world. Pray for those affected by recent storms and ask the Lord what you can do to help meet needs. As you pray for Israel, remember the persecuted church and ask God for more workers for His harvest fields (Ps. 91; Is. 26:3; 1 Tim. 2:1-8).
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WATCH: Ancient End-Times Bible Prophecy Rapidly Unfolding
As world events unfold, CBN Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell's book, Destination Jerusalem, aims to put today's events in perspective.
Mitchell chronicles firsthand the meteoric rise of the Islamic State (ISIS), the growing persecution of Christians, the minimal response by the West and much of the Church, as well as the part Jerusalem plays in the scenario.
As prophecy unfolds before our eyes, Dateline Jerusalem points to how Christians can prepare for the days ahead.
Franklin Graham: There Are Storms Coming
Times have changed. And no politician or political party can save us.
That's what Franklin Graham told an Oklahoma City crowd Monday night at the Oklahoma State Evangelism Conference.
Talking about the forces of secular humanism that have taken root in the United States, Franklin Graham called on Christ followers to take an active interest in politics—from local school board races to Washington.
"Now I'm not talking about Baptists or Republicans and the Tea Party," he said. "I have no confidence that any of these politicians or any party is going to turn this country around. The only hope for this country is for men and women of God to stand up and take a stand."
"Well, you say, 'Now Franklin, your father wouldn't get onto these subjects,'" Franklin Graham said, addressing the need to stand up to secularism.
"Wait a second. My father, when he was going to school, they had a Bible in school," he continued. "When he was going to school, they had the Ten Commandments on the wall. When he was going to school, you could pray in school, and the teachers would lead in those prayers.
"Our country has changed. And we've got to take a stand."
Talking about growing up in the '50s and '60s under the Red Threat, Franklin Graham recalled that communism was seen as the ultimate enemy of freedom.
"When the Berlin Wall came down, everybody said we won," he said. "And secularism came. And secularism and communism are the same thing. They're godless. They're anti Christ."
The message was strong and challenging. But a thread of hope ran through it, from start to finish.
"There is only one who can save," Franklin Graham said. "Only one. Jesus Christ."
Pulling from Matthew 8, where Jesus calmed the storm that had his disciples fearing for their lives, Franklin reminded the crowd that we aren't very different from the people who were with Jesus 2,000 years ago.
"There are storms that are coming," he said. "And we find ourselves in these storms, and many times we as a church, we run and we run to the wrong place.
"You see, Jesus is in the boat. All we have to do is call Him, call on His name."
Sometimes that will mean facing ridicule from a secular world, Franklin Graham continued. But the people of God have to stay strong.
"The secularists and the humanists, you mention the name of Christ, they jump all over you," he said. "I get jumped on all the time. I don't care. I really don't.
"I gave my life to Christ. He died for me; He shed his blood for me. I'm not going to back up, and I'm not going to run."
Sunday, February 1, 2015
US Taxpayers Funding Anti-Netanyahu Campaign?
US Taxpayers Funding Anti-Netanyahu Campaign?
Sunday, February 01, 2015
Two U.S. lawmakers have sent a letter to the State Department, asking whether President Barack Obama has "launched a political campaign" against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and whether American taxpayers are helping to fund the campaign.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y. sent a letter this week asking the State Department to explain whether a non-profit group called One Voice, supported by U.S. tax dollars, is working with a campaign called Operation Victory 2015 (V15) to influence Israel's elections, to be held March 17.
The lawmakers called taxpayer funding for such a purpose "completely unacceptable."
"State Department grants should never be given to entities working to overthrow strong allies like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," Zeldin said Thursday. "Today, I join with Sen. Ted Cruz in calling for a U.S. Department of State investigation into this important matter."
In an article earlier this week, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz highlighted the work of Jeremy Bird, a political strategist who helped organize a door-to-door effort for the Obama campaign against Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina. The effort was very successful, and it helped to break open a dead even race between the two candidates, eventually leading to Obama's nomination and election.
This year, Bird brought a team of consultants to Israel to help organize Israeli political groups opposed to Netanyahu.
The 2014 version of anti-Netanyahu campaign is not without precedent.
The eagerness among former President Bill Clinton's staff to defeat Netanyahu in his first term was so strong that top Clinton operatives James Carville, Bob Shrum and pollster Stanley Greenberg camped out in Israel to help Labor Party candidate Ehud Barak to a come-from-behind victory over Netanyahu in 1999.
This year's activity comes amid charges by Democrats that Republican House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is playing politics by inviting Netanyahu to address Congress before the elections to report on the danger to Israel and the West from Iran's nuclear weapons program.
On the Republican side, Cruz and Zeldin want to know how much money the U.S. government has given to groups working in the Israeli elections, including One Voice and Peace Works Network Foundation, who approved the funding, how much oversight and accounting is involved, and whether non-profit groups such as One Voice are violating terms of their tax exempt status.
"Of course private American citizens are free to engage in political activities according to their inclinations," their letter stated. "But given the overtly partisan nature of this particular case, we are deeply concerned by the relationship that also exists between One Voice and the Department of State."
Lost in the din of the political battle another question looms: as the diplomats spend years negotiating with Iran, how close are the mullahs to acquiring nuclear weapons and what are the consequences for Israelis, Americans and the people living in the Middle East tinderbox if they do?
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