Apostate Evangelicals Are Poised To Become The Deciding Factor In A Hillary Clinton Election Victory - Michael Snyder THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BLOG

Apostate Evangelicals Are Poised To Become The Deciding Factor In A Hillary Clinton Election Victory Posted: 27 Oct 2016  Michael Snyder  THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BLOG If you look at the numbers, there is no way that Hillary Clinton could possibly win the election without the support of a substantial percentage of evangelical Christian voters.  In fact, if evangelical Christians stuck together they could pretty much elect whoever they want as president.   According to the Pew Research Center, 35 percent of all adults in the United States identify themselves as “evangelical” or “born again”, and it has been estimated that there are  94 million evangelical Christian adults in this country.  If evangelical Christians acted as a single voting block they could determine the outcome of every single presidential election.  Unfortunately, that simply is not going to happen. A survey that was recently conducted by LifeWay Research found that only 45 percent of Christian evangelicals plan to vote for Donald Trump and 31 percent of Christian evangelicals plan to vote for Hillary Clinton. That same survey discovered that moral issues are becoming increasingly unimportant to evangelical voters… Overall, the economy is the top concern for Americans regardless of religious affiliation (30%). National security (17%) and personal character (17%) also are significant issues. Supreme Court nominees (10%), immigration (5%), religious freedom (2%), and abortion (1%) are less important. “For churchgoers and those with evangelical beliefs, their pocketbook and personal safety are paramount,” said McConnell. “Moral issues aren’t a priority for many of them.” I don’t know how in the world abortion could come in at only 1 percent.  Even if you add “Supreme Court nominees” and abortion together, you still only get a total of 11 percent. This just shows that evangelicals in America have their priorities way out of order. And unfortunately for Donald Trump, he is getting a lot less support from evangelicals than other recent presidential candidates received.  According to the New York Times, previous candidates have generally received about 80 percent support from white evangelical voters, but Donald Trump is only getting about 65 to 70 percent support, and his numbers among non-white evangelicals are absolutely dismal. If you are an evangelical Christian and you have reservations about Donald Trump, I can respect that.  But there will be other names on the ballot and you do not have to vote for Hillary Clinton.  As I have said before, a vote for Hillary Clinton is an act of unmitigated wickedness. Hillary Clinton has made support for abortion one of the central pillars of her long political career.  In fact, I don’t know if there is any politician in America that is more associated with abortion than Hillary Clinton.  Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, more than 58 million babies have been murdered in the United States, and Hillary Clinton’s hands are drenched with their blood. If you vote for Hillary Clinton, your hands will be drenched with their blood too. Needless to say, I am absolutely horrified that so many prominent evangelical leaders have come out in support of Hillary Clinton during this election season.  For example, a group that represents over 6,000 Latino evangelical churches has just announced that they are endorsing Hillary Clinton… An organization representing more than 6,000 Latino evangelical churches in the U.S. is endorsing Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. In a statement Thursday, the group OPEN USA says Clinton has proven her willingness to engage in difficult conversations, listen to contrasting opinions and engage faith leaders. Meanwhile, 75 evangelical leaders recently signed a petition on Change.org that strongly denounces Donald Trump… We, undersigned evangelicals, simply will not tolerate the racial, religious, and gender bigotry that Donald Trump has consistently and deliberately fueled, no matter how else we choose to vote or not to vote. One of the truly alarming trends that we have been seeing this election season is the number of prominent women in the evangelical movement that are openly rejecting Donald Trump and embracing Hillary Clinton.  The following is a short excerpt from a recent Washington Post article that examined this phenomenon… When Jen Hatmaker speaks to stadiums full of Christian women, she regales them with stories about her five children and her garden back in Austin, Tex. — and stays away from politics. But recently she took to Facebook and Instagram to blast Donald J. Trump as a “national disgrace,” and remind her legions of followers that there are other names on the ballot in November. And Christianity Today recently published an editorial from one of the top female evangelical leaders in the entire country in which she publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton.  According to Christianity Today, Deborah Fikes is “the former Permanent Representative to the United Nations for World Evangelical Alliance, which represents a constituency of 650 million with alliance offices in 129 countries.”  Fikes says that she stepped down from some of her leadership positions so that she could openly advocate for Clinton… My recent resignations from evangelical leadership positions to endorse Hillary Clinton speaks volumes of how important I believe it is that she is elected in November. The toxic tone and atmosphere that surrounds Mr. Trump and is fueled among his supporters has done irreparable damage to not only our country and the future of the GOP but also to the public witness of evangelicals in America who are seen as some of his biggest supporters. There is no question in my mind or spirit that with the overwhelming challenges the next American president will face, Hillary Clinton is the most qualified person who has ever run for the Oval Office. On the issues of our national security, economic stability, seeing that healthcare reform continues to move forward, and tackling domestic challenges of poverty, inequality, and racism, we need her to be the person occupying this office. A lot of these women seem to think that abortion shouldn’t be a major issue in this election, but that is like saying that the Holocaust shouldn’t have been a major issue in Nazi Germany. Look, you don’t have to vote for Donald Trump or anyone else to be a good Christian. But if you cast a vote for Hillary Clinton, you are casting a vote for the most evil, wicked and corrupt politician that this nation has possibly ever seen, and you are publicly endorsing the sinful positions that she is proud to stand for. I know that I have been writing about the election a lot lately, but I feel that it is very important that I do so.  Most of the media coverage has focused on Donald Trump, but I feel that this election is far more about Hillary Clinton.  The things that her and her husband have done have been well documented, and if the American people willingly choose her they will know exactly what they are doing. Unfortunately, not even Christians are standing united against the Clintons.  The political divide in the evangelical Christian world has grown so deep that it has even reached Liberty University.  The following comes from the Atlantic… That’s why it was such a big deal when, two weeks ago, a group of Liberty students put out a letter explaining why they’re standing against the Republican presidential nominee. Jerry Falwell Jr., who has run the school since his father died in 2007, announced his support for Donald Trump back in January, and he has since spoken on the candidate’s behalf in interviews and at events. “We are Liberty students who are disappointed with President Falwell’s endorsement and are tired of being associated with one of the worst presidential candidates in American history,” the students wrote. “Donald Trump does not represent our values and we want nothing to do with him.” Thousands of people signed onto the letter, including, the students said, roughly 2,000 students or alumni with liberty.edu email addresses. Dustin Wahl and Alex Forbes, two of the letter’s authors, were featured on MSNBC and CNN. They said they received supportive emails and tweets from Russell Moore, the head of the political arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Erick Erickson, the conservative radio-show host. And the support for Clinton is particularly strong among young adult evangelicals.  When I read the following paragraph on the website of the New York Times, I was absolutely astounded… Kate Shellnutt, 30, the online editor of Christianity Today and editor of the CT Women section, said she had observed that “the millennial generation has a lot less patience for Trump.” Of the 33 influential millennial evangelicals she profiled for a cover story two years ago, she says she can now find only one, Lila Rose, who is pro-Trump, and even she has been publicly critical of him. Several have been using the hashtag #NeverTrump, Ms. Shellnutt said. The frightening thing is that this election might be the last chance for evangelical Christians to shape the political direction of this nation, because the truth is that demographics are rapidly shifting, and this includes the demographics of the evangelical community… As Robert Jones has expertly documented in his recent book The End of White Christian America, the number of older, conservative, white male evangelicals is shrinking each year. Meanwhile, the number of younger evangelicals of all ethnic backgrounds — whose moral and political views extend far beyond positions on gay marriage and abortion — is on the rise. If you follow my work regularly, then you already know that I have very little hope for the future of America. But if Hillary Clinton is elected, there will be exactly zero hope. If evangelical Christians stood united, they could stop her, but at this point it appears that is not going to happen.

"Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand" - Richard and Carolyn Hyde from Heart of G-d Ministries

Website  |  About Us  |  Music  |  Yeshua Project  |  Living Stones  |  Contact Us Click above to see photos Matthew 4:23 - a description of Yeshua's ministry:   "And Yeshua was going about in the Galilee...proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people."   These are Yeshua's instructions to his disciples found in Mathew 10:7-8:   "As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give."   Recently our son Ariel invited us to join him in training with a team who were going about the Galilee healing the sick and casting out demons.  I know this sounds incredible, but remember what Yeshua said would happen in John 12: 12-14:   "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these will he do; because I go to the Father." So we took Yeshua at His Word and hit the streets two by two.  When we met people we asked them if we could ask a question.  We prefaced it by saying the question was a bit unusual.  If they agreed we asked if they had pain in their body.  Depending on their response we would pray for them.   I was paired with a Jewish believer from Romania who barely spoke Hebrew and no English at all. My Hebrew is ok but sometimes I'm searching for words.  He was supposed to train me but due to the language barrier, he couldn't relay what we were to do. But that didn't stop him and with his broken Hebrew, he approached strangers and simply asked, "Do you have any pain in your body?" You can imagine some of the responses, "Excuse me?" "What did you say?" "Why do you want to know?"  "Who are you?!"  It was a challenge but he was undeterred.     Finally we met a gentle lady with an abundance of patience, necessary traits in order to bear our painful presentation.  She admitted that she did have pain in her lower back.  So we offered to pray for her.  Then I sensed there was something wrong with her feet.  When I asked her if we could pray for her feet, her eyes widened and she asked, "How did you know?!"  She not only suffered from a foot disease but one of her legs was longer than the other.  After we prayed for her, her shorter foot grew out right before our eyes!  She jumped up and danced while shouting that her back pain was gone and that we must be angels!  We assured her that we weren't angels but that Yeshua had touched her.  "I'm open.  Tell me more," she said.  So we explained the Gospel as well as we could. She gratefully gave us her phone number so Ariel could follow up with her. Carolyn also encountered people on the streets and together we are entering into a new season of seeking G-d's heart for reaching the lost, healing the sick and bringing the Kingdom of heaven to earth.  Please pray about several recent developments that are adding to our longing to see more and more of Him and less and less of us...  "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.   Freely you received, freely give."  Matthew 10:8 Speaking Song Lyrics - a testimony A dear friend described a recent encounter while sharing Messiah with an Orthodox Jew who became quite hostile.  Our friend suddenly quoted this song from my CD:  Just like Joseph, He's hidden from you.   Just like His brothers, you don't have a clue.   Can't you hear him?  He's talking to you.  What's it gonna take 'till you know what to do?   Then our friend walked away, leaving the man speechless! Living Stones Experience Our hope is to raise up informed intercessors for Israel through these meetings.  One young man after a meeting said, "I loved getting to come and I can't even begin to describe how much it impacted me." What an honor and a joy to minister to beautiful believers from the nations in Jerusalem and in the Galilee!   During my "spare time" I love adding Scripture to photos I've taken from Israel and posting them on my Facebook page.  Please feel free to share them and encourage others with the Word!  Upcoming Journeys We are beginning to put together a brief journey to Germany, Switzerland and France in January, 2017 and praying about another to the East in the spring or summer.  Please pray for G-d's perfect will and timing... Would you like to join us in praying for the coming Aliyah, the return of the Jewish people to Israel?  If so, please let us know and we'll send you details about an upcoming Aliyah conference this January, 2017 in Jerusalem.     We are so grateful for your faithful love, prayers and support.  May the L-rd bless you all and give you a keen spirit of discernment so you'll understand the times you live in and know what to do... Blessings in Messiah's amazing love, Richard & Carolyn Hyde Heart of G-d Ministries Israel: PO Box 112, Poriya Kfar Avoda   15220   USA:  PO Box 461546, San Antonio, TX 78246 Canada:  First Century Foundations   Canadian charitable tax #10780-1771-RR0001  *   Phone: 1-877-628-2800 Box 234 * Milton, ON * L9T 4N9 * Canada * www.firstcenturyfoundations.com   Worship Music and Outreach Booklets from Israel!        We write L-rd and G-d in this way because it's a Jewish custom that Carolyn grew up with and it's done only out of reverence and honor for the name of the L-rd.  Thanks for understanding.  Copyright © 20XX. All Rights Reserved.

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10 Ways to Show Godly Respect to Your Wife - CAROL PETERS-TANKSLEY CHARISMA MAGAZINE

A happily married couple can be found when both parties show each other the respect they deserve. (Flickr )

10 Ways to Show Godly Respect to Your Wife

10/25/2016 CAROL PETERS-TANKSLEY  CHARISMA MAGAZINE

A marriage without respect will not thrive. But sometimes it's hard to know how to show respect to your spouse.

Where respect falls in the hierarchy of needs and desires may differ somewhat between men and women, but it's a vital need for both sexes. Not demonstrating respect to your spouse will kill any real intimacy between you. Without respect you cannot be—and feel—connected to each other.

As a wife, you may feel as though your husband should earn your respect before you offer it. But if the situation were reversed, would you want him to demand you earn his love before he offers it to you? Showing respect for him should be a gift you voluntarily offer whenever possible.

As a husband, you may not realize how much the degree to which you show respect to your wife causes her spirit to either shrivel and die—or thrive and grow. If you want your wife to be a queen and display her beauty to you, treating her with respect will go a long way toward allowing her to do just that.

So here are some practical ways in which you can show respect to your spouse:

1. Listen—really listen—to them. Paying attention to and devoting real energy to understanding what your spouse is trying to communicate shows that you value what they have to say. Listening without interrupting or putting them down shows that their thoughts, ideas, opinions, and feelings are important to you.

2. Seek out their opinion. Don't wait for your spouse to always initiate conversation. Seek out ways and times when you can ask for their input on what you are working on, struggling with or interested in. Doing so shows you think they have something of value to offer.

3. Celebrate their wins. When your spouse accomplishes something that was a challenge, reaches a milestone or takes an active step toward fulfilling a dream, celebrate with them. Make a big deal—in appropriate measure—over their win. Brag about their win to others, as appropriate. Be your spouse's biggest cheerleader.

4. Ditch the criticism. That doesn't mean you sweep problems or issues under the rug. It does mean you don't nag. Period. No condescending comments. Express the concerns you have clearly, privately and with the purpose of solving a problem or offering support, not tearing down your spouse.

5. Guard their reputation. There will be things your spouse does that you don't like, or that hurt you. Don't air their dirty laundry to your friends, on social media or otherwise in public. If there are some serious issues about which you need advice or support, seek out a counselor, pastor or older godly Christian to get input from—privately. 

6. Speak well of them in public. This is the converse of No. 5, and it's one of the most powerful ways in which you can show respect. Speak well of your spouse in public or on social media. And it's great when your spouse can catch you doing this; it validates how much you respect him/her. And make your positive words real; no underhanded or qualified praise.

7. When you cause them pain, apologize. You don't want your spouse to dismiss your hurt feelings, so don't make that mistake with them. Your spouse feels how they feel; acknowledge that. Even if the pain you caused them was unintentional or seems unreasonable to you, apologize and make it right as much as you are able.

8. Be your best self. Take care of yourself in a way that your spouse can be proud of you. You're not doing it because your spouse wants you to, but taking care of your health, your appearance and your attitudes/behavior shows you care enough about your relationship to bring your best self to it.

9. Study your spouse. You study things that really matter to you. Studying your spouse—becoming increasingly aware of their moods, fears, strengths and love language—shows that they are the most important thing in the world to you. You're paying attention; that demonstrates respect.

10. "If it's important to you, it's important to me." If your spouse cares about something, you must care about it too. You may not feel the same as your spouse does about sports, fashion or what a particular person says or does, but you can care about it because you care about your spouse and the impact that issue, person or situation has on them.

Few things demonstrate disrespect more than making your spouse an afterthought in your life. Taking the time and energy to learn how to show your spouse respect will pay big dividends. Respect will strengthen and fuel your marriage in powerful ways.

Does your spouse know that you respect him/her—by what you say and do? If you're not sure, ask. And then invest the time and energy in learning how to demonstrate respect to them in the ways that will mean the most to them.

Question: How well are you demonstrating respect to your spouse? Is there a way you could do that better? You can leave a comment below. 

Dr. Carol Peters-Tanksley is both a board certified OB-Gyn physician and an ordained doctor of ministry. As an author and speaker, she loves helping people discover the Fully Alive kind of life that Jesus came to bring us. Visit her website at drcarolministries.com.

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