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Europe's 'Non-Violent' Campaign Against Israel | Tsvi Sadan ISRAEL TODAY

Europe's 'Non-Violent' Campaign Against Israel

Monday, January 25, 2016 |  Tsvi Sadan  ISRAEL TODAY
The European Union's relentless pressure on Israel to comply with conditions it believes would bring peace amounts to a "non-violent" campaign against the Jewish state. If in the end Israel capitulates to the EU's terms, the peace enforced upon her would be of the kind Field Marshal Archibald Wavell predicted for post-WWI Europe. Forcing Germany to sign the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, Wavell famously stated, would be a "peace to end peace."
The latest attempt to corral Israel was the EU's statement from January 18 reiterating that it will maintain a "full and effective implementation of existing EU legislation and bilateral arrangements applicable to settlements products. The EU expresses its commitment to ensure that … all agreements between the State of Israel and the EU must unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967." 
The statement then goes on to insist that the above "does not constitute a boycott of Israel, which the EU strongly opposes."
In other words, though it strongly opposes efforts to boycott Israel, the EU nevertheless continues its policy of boycotting Israeli goods coming from places like the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo and Barkan Industrial Park east of Petah Tikvah. This statement follows the November 2015 EU decision to brand Israeli products made in East Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights, which was brushed aside as "technical" by EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen.
Equally alarming is the American change in policy toward Israel that appears to be a closing of ranks with the EU. It was no accident that US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro delivered what one described as an "egregiously anti-Israel speech" on the very same day the EU issued its statement. 
In words that could have been said by the Swedish Foreign Minister, Shapiro launched his version of this same kind of vitriolic rhetoric. "Too many attacks on Palestinians lack a vigorous investigation or response by Israeli authorities, too much vigilantism goes unchecked," he said, even as Palestinian kids are killing and wounding Israelis on a daily basis. 
Shapiro appears to be joining the ever-growing crowd that blames Israel for Palestinian terror. If Israel would withdraw to its 1967 borders, these people believe, peace and tranquility would descend upon this troubled region.
Yet, if Israel's withdrawal to its 1967 Gaza borders is to teach us anything, it would tell us quite clearly that these borders have no magic in them, that there is no magic wand that can be waved to erase the Palestinians' stated purpose of conquering Israel. 
Under present conditions, pressuring Israel to accept a two-state solution is a recipe for peace that will end all peace, one that a responsible Israeli government must reject.
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Doug Addison: "2016 Prophetic Word: Get Ready for Realignments and New Assignments" - THE ELIJAH LIST

Doug Addison: "2016 Prophetic Word: Get Ready for Realignments and New Assignments"


Jan 25, 2016
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Prophetic Words for 2016
This year will be a time of healing and breakthrough for those who have suffered unjustly. 
We will open the year with a purging of the things that are not of God. We are all walking through a John 15 experience in which God will be pruning things from our lives over the next few months.(Photo via Pixabay)
The result of this time of deeper cleansing will be a closer relationship with God and you will have greater authority.
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. John 15:7 NIV
Major Adjustment in Our Beliefs
God will be revealing to us the beliefs, values, and doctrines that are not for now. This will be a major adjustment for many people as God is moving us away from mere tradition and revealing deeper revelation that will be needed to operate in the new things being released from Heaven this year.
This will not create new doctrine necessarily, but we will all be challenged with how we express our faith. 
Expect to be stretched, as God will be pushing our faith to new levels.
Hold on, as God is going to challenge you; you will need to get these verses in your spirit: (Photo via The Elijah List)
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13 NKJV),
and,
"...but with God all things are possible"(Matthew 19:26 NIV).
God has mercy and compassion for all people. He is bringing His heart to us so that we too can operate in new levels of His love and mercy.
Positioning is Very Important
It is crucial to align with the right people and places this year. It is important to look at the lives of those you are aligned with. What is the fruit of their ministry or efforts?
Are people thriving, or is there a trail of brokenness? Alignment and location is important for this new season. God will be moving some people unexpectedly because of new assignments that are coming.
First Quarter Forecast
January will be a continued time of deeper pruning as God prepares us to operate at the higher levels coming. 
What we did in past seasons we will not be able to do in the New Year. 
God will be revealing and healing things at a deeper level. (Photo via Pixabay)
February will be a time of old things dying, but the result will bring new life. Two major prophets (Bob Jones and John Paul Jackson) went to Heaven in February 2014 and 2015, and we can expect to reap a greater level of revelation in the month of February because of this. Some strange events will make sense later. Watch for God to speak to the world with a prophetic message in the NFL Super Bowl.
March is a breakthrough month. We will see a sudden acceleration of favor and sudden advancements. 
Expect to see lots of movement as God is realigning you to operate at new levels. 
The saying, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is going to be reversed. We are going to go out like a lion. We will see the start of new things. They might look small, but the result will be a greater impact.
Christmas Surprise
On Christmas morning last month I was awakened to an encounter in which I saw an angel taking measurements for expansion. This angel was very busy and ultra-focused. It reminded me of Ezekiel 40-43 where the angel was measuring to rebuild the temple.
Then I saw masses of worker angels assembling to rebuild a spiritual temple because the glory of the Lord is returning like never before. What I was seeing was God preparing for a coming movement.
This "spiritual temple" I was seeing is "The House" that the late prophet Bob Jones often referred to when he talked about the billion-youth revival.
Bob Jones' entire life and ministry was to help us get ready for one of the greatest moves of God and revivals in history. He died in 2014 before it manifested on earth. But the plans are still in place and God is setting this up right now. (Photo via Pixabay)
There is a lot of shifting happening right now that is going to bring about a major restructuring for those looking for the next level in their lives.
Bob's Lumberyard Experience
On April 10, 2007, I received a phone call from Bob Jones. He told me about a spiritual experience where he was given a paid receipt from Heaven to buy the lumber to build the "house" (for the billion-youth revival).
In the experience, Bob went into a lumberyard and placed the order from Heaven on the counter, but the foreman refused to fill the order. Bob picked up a silver hammer that was lying there and pounded it on the counter and demanded the goods, but the foreman refused, so Bob left.
I asked Bob if the foreman was a demon and he said, "Of course not, or I would have killed him with the hammer." He told me that the foreman represented the leaders of the Church. They want their own and their prodigals, but they do not want to reach this group of outcasts.
Bob's health declined after this, and he died in 2014 – which was seven years later. The Church said no at that time, but now it is time to pick up the calling and bring it into reality.
Radical Move of God Coming
A week before my Christmas encounter, I heard a distant rumble in the spirit, and it was the Lord coming. 
The glory of the Lord is returning like never before. It is not coming in the current Church structure, though churches are invited. 
It will not fit in the old wineskin because it will blow many churches up by causing division.
It is because of God's love and mercy for the current Church that He will not allow this movement to be damaged. We will still have our old church structure, and this move of God will be like what happened during the 1950's Healing Revival. That move of God took place mostly outside of churches in tents. 
I am not saying this new move of God will be tent meetings again, but in a similar fashion, it will happen outside and not inside.(Photo via Wikipedia)
There Will Be a Cost
Those who say yes to this new movement will pay a great price, but the reward will be even greater. 
The new anointing of fire and oil from Heaven can only be touched by those who are called by God and have made it through the tests of humility. 
This will cause jealousy from many leaders, who will try to control or own it – but they will not be able to. This new movement will not be contained by one group and will spread like fire around the world.
I do not know the timing of it. But something is starting for sure.
The Outcasts are God's Priority
Last year on New Year's Eve I had a very powerful encounter in which I literally heard the audible cries of people who have been wounded by uncaring Christians and leaders. Then I heard (this part was not audible) the Lord say,"Their blood has reached My ears and I must respond."
In 2016 God's new agenda is about those who have been wounded by Christianity.
These are the spiritual outcasts who do not fit into typical churches. Many have been pushed away and deeper into darkness by the very ones who hold the keys to God's light and love. (Photo by James Lee via Flickr)
I have been prophesying this for a few years now. But it is getting closer and closer.
High Grace Required
To operate in the new move of God for this year it will require us to have high levels of grace, mercy, and love for people. God is going to start moving on people that might be offensive to many Christians. We will need to give up the "tough love" attitude toward people to allow them to get healed relationally and spiritually.
Tough love is when we require people to come up to our level or agree with our beliefs in order for us to like or interact with them. Saying things like, "I am not going to candy-coat things for people, I am going to give them the truth."
This kind of behavior will not work this year. It will wound people and push them further away from God as opposed to drawing them closer. It is also a form of spiritual pride on our part. 
We need to be humble and get God's heart for people in need. (Photo by Sean McGrath via Flickr)
God is not a drill sergeant or an uncaring, angry father. This is a time to reveal the Father's heart to people through unconditional love.
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The Spirit of Elijah is Being Revealed
An angel spoke to John the Baptist's father, Zechariah, about the calling on his son:
"And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous – to make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:17 NIV).
Right after this encounter, Zechariah lost his voice and was not able to speak because of his negativity and doubt. After the birth of John, his voice was restored. This is a prophetic sign of what God is doing in this season. We are being called to bless the sons and daughters (spiritual or natural), and God is silencing our negative talk.
To prepare for this, you may need to ask forgiveness of people in your life.
Releasing What was Bound
There are judgments that have been made by Christians that need to be released.
Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven. 
Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by My Father in Heaven.Matthew 18:18-19 NIV (Photo via Pixabay)
Judgments against others cause us to come into agreement with darkness and not the Lord. A name for satan in the Bible is the Accuser of the Believers. We do not want to come into agreement with that. We need to agree with Heaven over people, cities, and nations.
So, what has happened is that people with spiritual keys of authority have locked down people and even geographic regions; knowingly or unknowingly this is what has happened.
God showed me that cities that have judgments against them usually have a spiritual root. I saw that there was a leader who was carrying a spiritual key to open revival over a major city in the U.S. But this leader got wounded and became judgmental.
Because this person was carrying the spiritual key from Heaven, when they got judgmental, it caused the entire world to look at this city (and cities similar to it) with judgment. 
In a vision I saw these keys being collected all over the world, and they are about to be redistributed.
Keys of Authority Reassigned
There are spiritual keys that have been given to people that unlock and lock things in the spiritual realm in and over people and regions. This is similar to the key of David mentioned in Revelation 3:7b:
"...These are the words of Him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open."
There is also a key of David mentioned in Isaiah 22:22. This is in the Old Testament, and it is mentioned in the context of judgment.
But the key in Revelation 3:7 is the redeemed key of authority that can open and close things with God's heart and love. 
There are people with spiritual authority operating in the Old Testament version of this gift. They often close things down in their anger and opinions (see Isaiah 22:22).
Because this has greatly wounded people and closed people down based on opinions and anger and not God's desires, these keys are now being reassigned. (Photo via Pixabay)
I saw two angels traveling the world right now, gathering these keys or assignments. This is happening over ministries, churches, cities, and even nations. Something has changed, and I am literally weeping daily over the intimacy level with the Lord. 
What is happening is that God is lining things up for a breakthrough in March!
Why 2016 Could Be the Start of Something New
The last global movement of God's power started 22 years ago this month in January 1994 with the Toronto Blessing. It was very powerful and lasted a few years, but was eventually spoken against, and some major leaders disassociated themselves with it. This caused division and even brought judgment on the ministries and churches of those who spoke against what God was doing.
This amazing move of God got bound by people with keys of authority, and the result is that we have not seen a sustained global movement of God for 22 years. This is related to the keys that I saw being redistributed.
There has been a move of God every 11 years dating back to the Azusa Street Revival in 1906. The 11-year intervals fall on the 1950 Healing Movement, the 1961 Charismatic Renewal, the 1972 Jesus People Movement, and in 1983, the Third Wave Charismatic Movement.
1994 had the Toronto Blessing, and 11 years later there would have been a movement that actually did start around 2005. But this amazing movement from God never got off the ground because of judgments. It was cut short, judged, and bound by those with the keys of authority. 
The 2005 move started with unusual signs of God's glory, such as gold fillings appearing in people's mouths, gold dust, and gemstones appearing supernaturally in meetings. But the move never went global as God intended and was very limited.
It is now 11 years after 2005, which is 2016, and there is a move of God coming this year. 
It will be with fire and oil from Heaven that cannot be touched by those who have not been prepared. This is what I saw in my Christmas morning encounter – an angel measuring for it, and worker angels being assigned to bring it about. (Photo via Pixabay)
2016 Financial Release
This new movement from God is going to cost a lot of money to fund, because it is going to be targeted to the poor in spirit and the outcasts; basically, young people and those who do not have much money.
It will cost a lot of money, so God is releasing financial strategies right now. God is calling us to something new, but we are holding things back by doing things according to tradition as opposed to "doing what the Father is doing."
Jesus said, "I only do what I see the Father doing," but many people today are only doing what they see their spiritual fathers or forefathers doing. This does not allow us to branch into new things as God opens them up.
An example from Genesis 26 is when Isaac was going to go to Egypt during the famine like his father did, but God spoke to him to go into the land of the Philistines instead. The result was that he got blessed 100-fold in a time of famine.
Many people are stalled because they keep trying to go back to old ways instead of leading out in the new. 
We need to get a new strategy to reach people and also to make money to finance what is coming.
A Major Key for this Year is Found in Isaiah
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. Isaiah 43:18 NIV (Photo via Pixabay)
We will need to let go of things that no longer work or that God is no longer moving on. Going into this new era will require us to look to God for our strategy. 
Just like with Isaac in Genesis 26, God wants to bless us 100-fold in the midst of economic difficulties.
What to Expect in 2016
Just to recap, we have a lot to look forward to this year. God is bringing a long past-due movement, and we will see the release of new spiritual gifts and blessings. 
Financial strategies are going to be revealed to help fund new Kingdom work. Expect to be encouraged and to see many prophetic promises of God that will be renewed and fulfilled in your life this year.
Doug Addison
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Doug releases Daily Prophetic Words online and is the author of several books, including Understand Your Dreams Now: Spiritual Dream Interpretation and Personal Development God's Way. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California.
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3 Things to Not Say to Someone in Depression - ROSILIND JUKIC CHARISMA NEWS

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3 Things to Not Say to Someone in Depression


1/24/2016 ROSILIND JUKIC   CHARISMA NEWS

Sometimes it's hard to be a Christian.
Christianity is a balancing act of being an example of Christ's life in us and honesty. It's not easy to balance these two things, because it's not sincere to act like we don't have real problems, but it is not a good testimony when the world doesn't see joy in our lives.
I believe Christians battle depression just as unbelievers do. The problem is when a Christian gives in to depression and stops trying to find God's strength to rise above it.
There are Christians who don't believe that Christians should fall into depression, and when they find a brother or sister in depression they pass judgement on them.
But last week in our Good Morning Girls' study we found Job in a depression. In the seventh chapter he says this, "Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul."
During the day he was in unbelievable pain and at night he couldn't sleep because of his nightmares. He had lost all his children, all his wealth, and now his health is gone. How wouldn't someone in a situation like his not fall into depression?
Depression, in these circumstances, is a normal thing. What isn't normal is when we surrender to it.
And Job didn't surrender. He fought. He prayed. And in the end the Lord rewarded him.
How should we respond when a brother or sister is in a depression?
Here are three things you shouldn't say to someone in depression
1. "Get over it." I am convinced that if it were possible to just "get over" depression, most people would immediately get up and get out of it. The problem is that it's not that easy, and that is why so many people are taking dangerous psychosomatic drugs. Because they can't get over it. And it's an insult to them to insinuate that their pain isn't legitimate.
2. "You are in a depression because you've sinned." This is, in fact, what Job's friends were saying to him. But we see in the end that God told Eliphaz in chapter 42, "My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has." Despite Job's depression, he remained righteous while his friends spoke wrongly of him and to him.
Even when it is clear that the depression is because of sin, we should always wait until the proper time to confront it because saying the right thing at the wrong time can close the door on an opportunity to help lead someone to a place of repentance.
3. "You don't have faith, and that is why you're depressed." There is a tendency in some circles to embrace the errant theology that if you are not rich, happy and successful you don't have faith; because these things indicate God's blessing.
I don't know, but I have seen a lot of unbelievers who live blasphemous lives and are rich, happy and successful, while many very dedicated Christians are poor, unsuccessful by the world's standards and are sometimes not very happy.
We see in the seventh chapter that Eliphaz had this belief system: Bad things = God's judgment, good things = God's blessing.
If only life were that simple!
But it's not.
When we face difficult circumstances our faith reminds us that God hasn't abandoned us, and He never will. Our faith reminds us that God will always turn things around for our good.
That is true faith!
So, what should we say to someone who is depressed?
1. "I am praying for you." Prayer is a powerful tool and these three words can mean everything! Our prayers can do one hundred times more for someone in a depression than anything we could ever say. And it is a comfort to them to know that you take their situation seriously enough to pray for them.
2. "Call me if you need someone to talk to." I am an external processor. Actually, there have been many times that I've solved my own problems just by talking about them out loud. One of the greatest comforts is knowing that we have someone we can talk to....who won't judge us.
We see that there were times when even Job realized that he had exaggerated or gone too far with what he said. And rather than his friends looking past that — knowing that he didn't always mean everything he said (such as in Job 6:26), they used his words against him. They were not trustworthy friends.
3. "God is with you, even if you don't feel Him right now." We all probably know this to be true, but there are some times when we need to be reminded that God hasn't abandoned us.
Have you ever had times when your brain knew that God was there, but your heart doubted it because you couldn't feel Him? Not in prayer, not in worship, not even when you read your Bible. It was like the heavens had turned to brass and God had turned His back on you.
But He hadn't turned His back on you. The heavens were not brass. This is why we don't listen to our hearts, but instead make a conscious choice to believe what His Word says. And a true friend will comfort us with those promises!
Depression isn't God's will, just as it wasn't God's will for Job to remain in his difficult circumstances. But sometimes depression is a normal reaction to hard times, and how we respond to a person in depression is very important!
Rosilind Jukica Pacific Northwest native, is a missionary living in Croatia and married to her Bosnian hero. Together they live with their two active boys where she enjoys fruity candles, good coffee and a hot cup of herbal tea on a blustery fall evening. Her passion for writing led her to author her best-selling book The Missional Handbook. At A Little R & R she encourages women to find contentment in what God created them to be. You can also find her at Missional Call where she shares her passion for local and global missions. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter,Pinterest and Google +.
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Just A Coincidence That A Historic Blizzard Named ‘Jonas’ Hit D.C. On The Anniversary Of Roe v Wade? - Michael Synder THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BLOG

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Posted: 24 Jan 2016  Michael Synder  THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BLOG

On January 22nd, one of the worst east coast blizzards in history slammed into Washington D.C. like a freight train.  More than three feet of snow was dumped on some areas, hundreds of thousands of people were left without power, and coastal cities all long the eastern seaboard experienced flooding to a degree not seen since Hurricane Sandy.  

Tens of millions of people live in communities that were completely paralyzed by this storm, and it is being projected that the total amount of economic damage done will ultimately be in the billions of dollars.  

January 22nd also happens to be the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states.  Since that Supreme Court decision, more than 58 million babies have been murdered in abortion clinics in America.  Could it be possible that it is more than just a “coincidence” that both of these events happened on January 22nd?

In a previous article, I noted that this east coast blizzard was officially given the name “Jonas”.  It turns out that “Jonas” is actually a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name “Jonah”.

In the Bible, Jonah was sent to the city of Ninevah to warn that the judgment of God was about to come.  Some are suggesting that it may not be any accident that a historic blizzard named after this Biblical prophet hit Washington D.C. on the exact anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision.

And without a doubt, this was a whopper of a storm.  According to USA Today, some cities broke their all-time records for snowfall from a single storm…
It was the biggest snowstorm ever recorded for three cities — Baltimore (29.2 inches), Allentown, Pa. (31.9) and Harrisburg, Pa. (34), the National Weather Service said. New York City picked up 26.8 inches of snow, missing its all-time record by one-tenth of an inch.
In the D.C. area things were absolutely crazy.  Dulles Airport got a total of 29.3 inches of snow, and Baltimore-Washington International Airport got 29.2 inches of snow.  Some of the outlying areas actually got closer to three feet of snow, and it could take weeks for transportation in the region to get back to normal.

New York City got absolutely pummeled as well.  CNN is reporting that John F. Kennedy International Airport got 31 inches of snow and New York’s Central Park has been buried under 27 inches of snow.

In addition to crazy amounts of snow, vast stretches right along the coast had to deal with tremendous flooding.  In fact, CNN is reporting that the flooding was even worse than during Hurricane Sandy in some areas…
Margate City, just down the coast from Atlantic City, was also affected.
“In a lot of our business areas and our back bay areas, water is coming over the bulkhead in a lot of the same areas as Hurricane Sandy hit,” Lt. Matt Hankinson of the Margate City Police Department said. “Some areas I would say it’s thigh- to waist-deep.”
Farther south in North Wildwood, the high tide was much higher than anticipated and caught many of the town’s 5,000 year-round residents off guard —with flooding levels that actually exceeded those during Hurricane Sandy, said Patrick Rosenello, the city’s mayor.
Meanwhile, a very powerful El Nino pattern continues to send storm after storm slamming into the west coast.  It didn’t get much publicity because of the giant blizzard on the east coast, but the California coastal city of Pacifica just declared a state of emergency due to the damage from these storms.  The following comes from the Daily Mail
As the East Coast is hit with one of the most powerful storms in recent years, the West Coast is continuing to be slammed with storms thanks to El Nino.
The city of Pacifica in northern California declared a state of emergency Friday after continuous El Nino storms slammed into the city’s coastline,KNTV reported.
A sinkhole and a severely damaged sea wall are part of the destruction in the city from the wild winter weather.
‘El Nino is hitting the city’s coastline very hard and creating almost daily reports of impacts to both public and private property,’ City Manager Lorie Tinfow told KNTV.
All of this continues a very unusual pattern of disasters that we have been witnessing over the past six months.  Just consider what we have seen happen since last September…
-Around the turn of the year the middle part of the country experienced absolutely horrific flooding.  

The only thing people can really compare it to is the great flood of 1993, and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says that some communities saw floodwaters get to “places they’ve never been before”.  Normally if the middle of the country is going to see flooding like this, it is going to happen when the snow begins to thaw in the spring.  For something like this to happen in December is absolutely unprecedented.

-Prior to that, a conveyor belt of storms that barreled into coastal areas of Oregon and Washington caused horrible flooding in many areas.  In fact, in early December we witnessed the wettest day in the history of Portland, Oregon.  The resulting landslides and floods made headlines all over the nation.

-Before that, the remnants of Hurricane Patricia caused nightmarish flooding in many parts of Texas.  The flooding was so bad that at one point an entire train was knocked off the tracks.

-Out on the west coast, flash flooding in southern California sent rivers of mud streaming across highways in southern California.  The lifeless body of one man that had his vehicle completely buried in mud was recovered several days later because that is how long it took emergency workers to get to him.

-To kick things off, moisture from Hurricane Joaquin caused horrible flooding all up and down the east coast back in early October.  The governor of South Carolina said that it was the worst rain that some parts of her state had seen in 1,000 years.

All of this flooding has happened since the end of September.

Never before in U.S. history have we ever seen a series of catastrophic floods like this within such a concentrated space of time.

And let us not forget that 2015 was also the worst year for wildfires in all of U.S. history, the state of Oklahoma absolutely shattered their yearly record for earthquakes, and much of the rest of the country has been experiencing highly unusual natural disasters.  In fact, the state of Alaska was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake just today.

In addition, my regular readers already know that global financial markets have just had their worst start to a year in all of modern history.

Could someone be trying to tell us something?

Most people out there would dismiss such a suggestion without even thinking about it.  To most Americans, it must just be a “coincidence” that we have been hit by major disaster after major disaster since the month of September.

But there are others that would point out that you eventually reap what you sow, and this nation has been doing a tremendous amount of evil for a very long time.

As I mentioned at the top of this article, America has murdered more than 58 million babies since 1973.  Instead of being horrified at our crimes, we just continue to shake our fist at God as we celebrate all of the evil that we are doing.  In fact, Barack Obama took time out of his day on Friday to actually celebrate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade
President Barack Obama issued a statement today, celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that declared abortion a constitutionally protected right.
“Today, we mark the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a woman’s freedom to make her own choices about her body and her health,” said Obama.
Despite being shown our guilt over and over again, we have absolutely refused to change our ways, and so now we will pay the price for our crimes.

As I have said on television, on the radio and in my articles, 2016 is the year when everything changes.

Derek Prince - Devotional: A Rushing Torrent - DEREK PRINCE MINISTRIES

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January 25, 2016

A Rushing Torrent

Psalm 126:4
Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the streams in the Negev.     NIV

 
     There’s a prayer from God’s people for restoration. The picture there is very vivid, if you’re familiar with the Negev. The word that’s translated “streams” in Arabic is a wadi. A wadi is something special that’s found mainly in the Middle East. It’s a riverbed, which is dry most of the year. You can see that water has flowed in it, but when rain has not fallen within a few days it dries up and you just have the evidence that water once flowed in it.

     And so God’s people there in that prayer view themselves like one of those dry riverbeds in the Negev, the desert of the south of Israel. But their prayer is that God will restore them like the streams in the Negev. Such a vivid picture, because at certain seasons when there’s rainfall in the Negev it comes copiously, abundantly, and in a few hours what was a dry riverbed is transformed into an overflowing, torrential stream that sweeps everything before it, sometimes washing away bridges, even causing serious accidents, washing cars away so that where just a few hours previously there was nothing but dust and dryness, there’s a rushing torrent.

     And their inspired prayer is that God would restore His people like that stream in the Negev – that though we’ve been dry and dusty without much evidence of water, suddenly God is going to visit us and send such a visitation of His Spirit that it will be like a rushing torrent that will sweep all obstacles before it.

 
—Derek Prince

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