(Happy Birthday, Axel!)

NOVEMBER'S BIBLE STUDIES

For a warm sunbeam, coming through your window, touching you, as gently as if the Lord's hand was softly pressed against yours. For the pleasure we feel as we are kept warm. For the smell of a delicious meal cooking. For this food that our Good Lord provided, for these things and millions of others that are daily given with mercy and love unto us, let us present thanksgiving unto the Lord. We should give Him thanks every day. His Goodness is not limited to just one day a year. Every time He answers a prayer, let us give Him thanksgiving. For us to feel we can go to Him with a prayer, let us give Him thanksgiving. It's limitless.

He's waiting for us. Let's go to Him in His Word.........

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November 1st- Jeremiah 24-26 & Titus 2

November 2nd- Jeremiah 27-29 & Titus 3

November 3rd- Jeremiah 30-31 & the book of Philemon

November 4th- Jeremiah 32-33 & Hebrews 1

November 5th- Jeremiah 34-36 & Hebrews 2

November 6th- Jeremiah 37-39 & Hebrews 3

November 7th- Jeremiah 40-42 & Hebrews 4

November 8th- Jeremiah 43-45 & Hebrews 5

November 9th- Jeremiah 46-47 & Hebrews 6

November 10th- Jeremiah 48-49 & Hebrews 7

November 11th- Jeremiah 50 & Hebrews 8

November 12th- Jeremiah 51-52 & Hebrews 9

November 13th- Lamentations 1-2 & Hebrews 10: 1-18

November 14th- Lamentations 3-5 & Hebrews 10: 19-39

November 15th- Ezekiel 1-2 & Hebrews 11: 1-19

November 16th- Ezekiel 3-4 & Hebrews 11: 20-40

November 17th- Ezekiel 5-7 & Hebrews 12

November 18th- Ezekiel 8-10 & Hebrews 13

November 19th- Ezekiel 11-13 & James 1

November 20th- Ezekiel 14-15 & James 2

November 21st- Ezekiel 16-17 & James 3

November 22nd- Ezekiel 18-19 & James 4

November 23rd- Ezekiel 20-21 & James 5

November 24th- Ezekiel 22-23 & 1 Peter 1

November 25th- Ezekiel 24-26 & 1 Peter 2

November 26th- Ezekiel 27-29 & 1 Peter 3

November 27th- Ezekiel 30-32 & 1 Peter 4

November 28th- Ezekiel 33-34 & 1 Peter 5

November 29th- Ezekiel 35-36 & 2 Peter 1

November 30th- Ezekiel 37-39 & 2 Peter 2

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May God richly bless you in your continuing studies!

I'm so very proud of you! -Rev. Debbie*

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Israeli archaeologists: tiny Christian relic found

By MATTI FRIEDMAN - Associated Press | AP – 4 hrs ago

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  An Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) restorer displays a Byzantine 0.8 by 0.6-inch
  

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  An Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) restorer closes the lid of a Byzantine 0.8
  

JERUSALEM (AP) — A tiny, exquisitely made box found on an excavated street in Jerusalem is a token of Christian faith from 1,400 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday.

The box, carved from the bone of a cow, horse or camel, decorated with a cross on the lid and measuring only 0.8 inches by 0.6 inches (2 centimeter by 1.5 centimeter), was likely carried by a Christian believer around the end of the 6th century A.D, according to Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority, one of the directors of the dig where the box was found.

When the lid is removed, the remains of two portraits are still visible in paint and gold leaf. The figures, a man and a woman, are probably Christian saints and possibly Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

The box was found in an excavation outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City in the remains of a Byzantine-era thoroughfare, she said. Uncovered two years ago, it was treated by preservation experts and extensively researched before it was unveiled at an archaeological conference last week.

The box is important in part because it offers the first archaeological evidence that the use of icons in the Byzantine period was not limited to church ceremonies, she said.

Part of a similar box was found three decades ago in Jordan, but this is the only well-preserved example to be found so far, she said. Similar icons are still carried today by some Christian believers, especially from the eastern Orthodox churches.

The relic was found in the City of David excavation, a Jerusalem dig named for the biblical monarch believed to have ruled a Jewish kingdom from the site.

The politically sensitive dig is located in what is today the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, just outside the Old City walls in east Jerusalem, the section of the holy city captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and claimed by the Palestinians as their capital. •

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I pray blessings to you and yours, fellow believers, in the Name of the Only Begotten Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ! - Keep looking up, our redemption draweth nigh! -Rev.Debbie ♥

(This video is from a YouTube Channel called: TheJonathankleck's Channel)

Hi Friends, this Video has important information for you:

Hi Friends!
(This is beautiful and I think you'll really like it!)

From a sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon entitled "The Eternal Day,"
delivered May 31, 1874.

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We are coming to a jubilee! It was a glad day for Israel when the trumpets rang out the morning of the Jubilee, for every slave was free, and every debtor found his liabilities discharged. Back came each man’s lost inheritance, and the whole nation was glad. With sound of trumpet and of cornet they saluted the rising of the sun on the first day of that Jubilee year; but the jubilee year went by, and lands were mortgaged and forfeited, and slaves fell again into slavery, and bankrupts were again seized by their creditors. Ah, beloved, we are coming to a jubilee, of which the trumpets shall sound on for ever. We shall regain our once forfeited inheritance never to have it encumbered any more; we shall snap the fetters which have bound us, never to feel them again. “If the Son make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” _______________________________________________________________ Blessings to you and yours, believers! Keep looking up, our redemption draweth nigh! -Rev.Debbie ♥

I wanted you to see this, what is going on around us today:

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New international organization to bring world religions under one roof

The organization hopes to foster peace through dialogue

Saudi Arabia has financed the founding of a new international organization in Vienna designed to bring the world's religions together. The organization hopes to prevent conflict through interfaith dialogue.

The foreign ministers of Austria, Saudi Arabia and Spain signed the founding treaty of a new international organization designed to foster dialogue between the world's major religions on Thursday.

"The thesis is valid that world peace cannot exist without peace between the world's major religions," Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said during the signing ceremony in Vienna.

The King Abdullah Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, initiated and financed largely by Saudi money, is set to have its seat in Vienna. Plans envision an organization with a governing body composed of 12 representatives from the world's five largest religions.

The governing body is set to be staffed by two Muslims (Sunni and Shiite), three Christians (Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox), a Buddhist, a Hindu and a Jew. The organization will also have a consulting body with 100 representatives from the five world religions plus other faiths as well as academics and members of civil society.

Saudi initiative

Austria's Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said that the organization's structures are designed to ensure that none of the represented religions dominates the organization. The three founding states are also open to the membership of other countries, according to Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez Garcia-Herrera. Saudi Arabia largely initiated and financed the organization

Saudi King Abdullah initiated the idea for the center after visiting Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in 2007, the first Saudi monarch to do so. Shortly thereafter, King Abdullah stated that Christians and Muslims should offer a common message of peace to humanity.

Abdullah then initiated an interfaith dialogue in Mecca in 2008 followed by a second meeting in Madrid with Jewish representation. A third meeting took place in Vienna's Hofburg in 2009, where the concept of the organization was agreed upon.

The Initiative of Liberal Muslims protested Thursday's signing ceremony in Vienna, saying that the center was an attempt by Saudi Arabia to spread a conservative form of Islam.

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Chrislam Starts To Spread In America

Pastors that are really wolves in sheep’s clothing

You knew this day was going to come, when the liberal “love gospel” preachers who, desiring to fill their seats and bank accounts, would find a way to merge apostate christianity with the Devil’s religion of Islam. That day is here.

Quote of the Day: “Before we “shake your hand” in responding to your letter, we ask forgiveness of the All-Merciful One and of the Muslim community around the world.”
– Rick Warren in a speech to Muslims.

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Hi Friends!
I wanted to show you this today in light of world events:

Israel lost a dear Christian friend and supporter when David Wilkerson, pastor of Times Square Church in New York City, was killed in a tragic car accident near Dallas, Texas, April 27, 2011.
He was a great man of God.

In 2003, Israel Today editor Aviel Schneider had the privilege of interviewing Wilkerson during a visit to the UK. That interview is reproduced below:

Wilkerson: I read the Koran and I am sure that this book is false teaching. Islam is a religion of destruction. I find it so strange that Gospel preachers don’t understand that God didn’t break His covenant with Israel. God gave the Land to Israel, and every nation that wants to destroy Israel will be punished.

israel today: You have great courage to take such a strong pro-Israel stand.

Wilkerson: I’m often criticized in the Christian world for this. But I feel God’s rich blessing for it, which is much more valuable to me.

israel today: After the war in Iraq, Israel is once again at the top of the world’s agenda. Do you think the ‘roadmap’ has a chance to bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians?

Wilkerson: No! How can Bush, who knows the Bible, have no fear of God and pressure Israel into territorial compromise for the sake of the roadmap? God will punish him for it. The dollar will fall, Bush will sink into depression and he could very well lose the next election. I pray daily that the President’s believing advisors will influence him more than his political advisors.

israel today: In other words, you’re saying there’s no human solution to the conflict between Israel and the Arabs?

Wilkerson: God has promised to protect His people. He’s made a covenant and given them the Promised Land. He set the nation’s borders and He will safeguard them. I don’t see a realistic hope for peace because I can’t imagine that Israel will relinquish the Jewish settlements, as the Arabs are demanding. The Arabs also say there won’t be peace unless East Jerusalem becomes the capital of a Palestinian state. But that’s strictly against God’s will. My friend, if the world forces Jerusalem to be divided, it will come to chaos.

israel today: We in Israel can thank God that He is our secret weapon.

Wilkerson: Please publish my warning to the nations that take a stand against God’s people and His city Jerusalem. God said this and He will fulfill it. Shalom and God’s blessings.

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May God richly bless you, fellow believers, as each day we are one more day closer to His coming in the air, in the clouds, for us! -Rev.Debbie ♥

"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28).

Zechariah 12:3, 9:

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

WATCH AND BE READY!!!

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Hi Everyone! -
I hope you're doing great today!
Jesus is the Bread of Life, so I thought I'd give you this story of our Great Lord and Hope, Jesus Christ!
I thought this story was just beautiful and I wanted to share it with you:

Why Did Jesus Fold the Napkin?

Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection?

Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen.
{John 20:6-7}

The above verses tell us that the napkin, which was placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that his napkin was neatly folded, and was placed at the head of that stony coffin.

Early the next morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the Entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!'

Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other disciple outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there...

...while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and lying to the side.

Was that important? Absolutely! Is it really significant? Yes!

In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day. The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition. When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it.

The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished. Now if the master were done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that napkin and toss it onto the table. The servant would then know to clear the table.

For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, 'I'm done'.

But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because..........

The folded napkin meant, 'I'm coming back!'

He is Coming Back!!

Enjoy your day!
-Rev.Debbie ♥

'Twas The Night Before Jesus Came'

(written by Unknown Author)

'Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house
Not a creature was praying, not one in the house.
Their Bibles were lain on the shelf without care
In hopes that Jesus would not come there.

The children were dressing to crawl into bed.
Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head.
And Mom in her rocker with baby on her lap
Was watching the Late Show while I took a nap.

When out of the East there arose such a clatter.
I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash!

When what to my wondering eyes should appear
But angels proclaiming that Jesus was here.
With a light like the sun sending forth a bright ray
I knew in a moment this must be THE DAY!

The light of His face made me cover my head
It was Jesus! returning just like He had said.
And though I possessed worldly wisdom and wealth,
I cried when I saw Him in spite of myself.

In the Book of Life which He held in His hand
Was written the name of every saved man.
He spoke not a word as He searched for my name;
When He said "it's not here" my head hung in shame.

The people whose names had been written with love
He gathered to take to His Father above.
With those who were ready He rose without a sound.
While all the rest were left standing around.

I fell to my knees, but it was too late;
I had waited too long and thus sealed my fate.
I stood and I cried as they rose out of sight;
Oh, if only I had been ready tonight.

In the words of this poem the meaning is clear;
The coming of Jesus is drawing near.
There's only one life and when comes the last call
We'll find that the Bible was true after all! ♥

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Blessings to you and yours, fellow Believers! He's coming soon! Perhaps Today! -Rev.Debbie ♥

HOW TO KNOW YOU WILL MISS, “THE GREAT TRIBULATION” - Joseph Chambers - www.pawcreek.org

A MULTITUDE IS GOING TO SUDDENLY REALIZE, “I HAVE MISSED THE RAPTURE.” You will be frightened beyond insanity. “THE DOUBLE MINDED CHURCH WORLD IS JUST NOT READY” One of the most powerful Scriptures in the Holy Bible warning us of people missing the Rapture is Matthew Chapter Twenty-Five. These are the words of Jesus Christ and there is only one Marriage Supper in the Word of God.

The five foolish virgins were unprepared to go with the Lord because they were “DOUBLE-MINDED.” “And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.” (Matthew 25:8-10)

“Foolish” virgins are virgins that are religious and decent people. They live clean and love many things of truth but they are unsettled and undisciplined in walking after the ways of God. In other words they have never abandoned themselves to taking up the cross, denying themselves and following wholly after the Lord. In Revelation, Jesus said they were lukewarm. “So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” (Revelation 3:16)

James talked about the “double-minded state of nonspiritual people. “For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” (James 1:7-8) The church world has never been so full of “double-minded people.” Their Christian walk is up today and down tomorrow. They appear religious unless it’s a bad day or someone angers them. They move from church to church or from one marriage to another marriage. Nothing is an absolute to them. But it is absolute that they will miss the Rapture and be left for the “Seven Years of the Great Tribulation.” Jesus said it and that settles it. •

While we Wait....

"God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near."

—Revelation 1:3

There are benefits to studying Bible prophecy. Then there are those who completely ignore it, and in some cases, don't really want to know that much about it. But that is a big mistake.

If we really believe that Jesus Christ is coming back again soon, it will cause us to want to live godly lives. In 1 John 3:2–3 we read, "Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure." Believing in Christ's soon return has a spiritually purifying effect on our lives.

Also, believing that Christ is coming back should motivate us to reach others with the message of the gospel. We read in 2 Peter 3, "And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight. And remember, the Lord's patience gives people time to be saved . . . " (2 Peter 3:14–15). We want to be reaching as many as we can as we await Christ's return.

The Bible promises a special blessing to the person who studies, understands, and keeps the words of the prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ (see Revelation 1:3). I don't want to miss any blessings that God has for me. Do you?

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Blessings to you and yours! -Rev.Debbie ♥

Hi Guys and Gals!
Don't give up on our Lord's soon return in the air for His own! He's coming soon!
So many things are going on all over the world that are just hard to even fathom. Today alone, over 1,900 dead birds in Nevada! There was a report of horses falling down dead on a property in New Zealand, floods of Biblical proportions in Thailand, Christ Church in New Zealand is shaking! These things aren't 'business as usual'! He's coming and we have to be ready!




If you're an unbeliever:
In order to be saved, one may sincerely pray a prayer like this:
Lord, I thank You for Your love and Your mercy, thank You, Lord, for the word that has reached my heart today. Father, I ask for Your forgiveness. Forgive me. Wash me with Your precious blood. Please write my name in the Book of Life. Accept me as Your child, Lord. Right now, I forgive anyone that I had not been able to forgive. I renounce my sinful ways! I renounce all things that have hindered Your being Savior of my life, and I ask You to please transform me and wash me white as snow. Please fill me with Your presence every day. Thank You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; in the Name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

If you said that prayer and meant it from your heart, you are now a child of God.

AND NOW MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND MAY THE LORD KEEP YOU AND MAY THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU AND MAY THE LORD BE GRACIOUS UNTO YOU AND GIVE YOU HIS PEACE. MAY YOU WALK IN THE DIVINE DESTINY THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. MAY YOU HAVE THE PEACE OF GOD THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING AND MAY GOD GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART FOR HE IS YOUR FATHER AND HE CONTROLS YOUR TOMORROWS. REJOICE AND BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD FOR YOU ARE HIS AND HE IS YOURS, IN JESUS’ NAME.

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"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him." (Hebrews 11:6)
May God richly bless you friends! -Rev.Debbie ♥

We're going home soon Friends!
Stay strong!! Keep oil in your lamps! Our Bridegroom is coming!!
I bet Mary & Martha were looking hard for Jesus when Lazarus was sick, and then he died. I bet they were just heart-sick! Jesus hadn't arrived when they wanted and needed Him! Even though He loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, when Jesus heard Lazarus was sick He stayed two days longer, on purpose! He knew what He was doing! And He knows what He's doing right now, too. Whatever is going on, He's doing it for our best and it'll be plain in the end.
(from John 11:5-6 -King James Version.)
We just have to wait awhile longer.
-Rev.Debbie ♥

All who are interested: -If you're looking for October's Bible Studies, you can find them on the post for September 30th, 2011. It's seriously good for our souls when we get filled up on God's Word through Bible study!

Hi Everyone!
If you're looking for October's Bible Studies, you can find them on the post for September 30th, 2011.
It's so good for us when we do daily Bible study!
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18 Examples Of How Christians Are Being Specifically Targeted By Big Brother

When the freedom of speech of one group is being threatened, it is a threat to all of us. Just because you may not be a Christian, don't think that what you are about to read is not a problem for you as well. The truth is that any individual or group that does not "fit in" with the new "politically-correct" global system that is emerging is going to be persecuted sooner or later. In our society today, it has become quite fashionable to bash Christians. In fact, I am quite certain that some of the comments that get left after this article will say really horrible things about Christians. But after "Big Brother" is done with the Christians, are you sure that they will not come after you next? When I speak of "Big Brother", I am not just speaking of the government. In today's world, giant corporations and the mainstream media also play instrumental roles in the totalitarian police state prison grid that is being constructed all around us. The elite control the government, they run nearly all of the major corporations and they own most of the major media outlets. Anyone that does not "conform" to their system is a threat. As time goes by, the persecution of those that attempt to "rebel" against their system is only going to become more intense.

So if you are not a Christian, do not applaud when the system cracks down on Bible-believing Christians.

You never know, you might be next.

The following are 18 examples of how Christians are being specifically targeted by "Big Brother"....

#1 Home Bible studies are now banned in the city of San Juan Capistrano, California. According to city officials, regular gatherings "of more than three people" in private homes are simply not allowed. One couple that has held home Bible studies for years has already been fined twice and is being threatened with even more fines.

#2 Paypal has initiated "formal investigations" of a large number of Christian websites and organizations. Apparently, many of these investigations have been launched due to concerns that these websites and organizations do not hold to a "politically-correct" view of sexuality.

According to WorldNetDaily, Paypal has targeted include Americans For Truth, Last Days Watchman and a host of other Christian organizations including "Abiding Truth Ministries, New Generation Ministries, Noua Dreapta of Romania, Truth in Action Ministries, Dove World Outreach, Faith Word Baptist Church, Family Research Institute and American Society for the Defense of Traditional Family".

#3 In Wichita, Kansas last year, a Christian minister was handcuffed and hauled off to jail by police for sharing the gospel and handing out tracts to Muslims on a public sidewalk. Apparently freedom of speech does not apply on the public sidewalks of America any longer.

#4 In the UK, police recently threatened a cafe owner with arrest for silently playing a Bible DVD on a small television on the back wall of his cafe. The following is an excerpt from a Daily Mail article about this incident....

Mr Murray, 31, was left shocked after he was questioned for nearly an hour by the officers, who arrived unannounced at the premises.

He said he had turned off the Bible DVD after an ‘aggressive inquisition’ during which he thought he was going to be arrested and ‘frog-marched out of the cafe like a criminal’.

#5 Last year, a high school student in Southern California was suspended for two days because he had private conversations with his classmates during which he discussed Christianity. He was also banned from bringing his Bible to school ever again.

#6 Big cable networks regularly feature "comedians" that love to mock Christians. For example, HBO "comedian" Bill Maher recently stated that "there's a term for people who hate charity and love killing: Christian".

If that had been said about another minority group, it would have made front page headlines for weeks.

#7 Down in Texas, the Department of Veteran Affairs actually tried to ban prayers that include the words "God" or "Jesus" during funeral services for veterans.

#8 In North Carolina last year, a pastor was dismissed from his chaplain duties for praying in the name of Jesus.

#9 An unclassified Department of Homeland Security report published a couple years ago entitled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" claims that a belief in Bible prophecy "could motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition and weapons." The report goes on to state that such people are potentially dangerous.

#10 Back on February 20, 2009, the State of Missouri issued a report entitled "MIAC Strategic Report: The Modern Militia Movement". That report warned that the following types of people may be potential terrorists....

*anti-abortion activists

*those that are against illegal immigration

*those that consider "the New World Order" to be a threat

*those that have a negative view of the United Nations

#11 All over the nation, "child protection agencies" are ripping an inordinate number of children out of Christian homes. In many of these cases the parents believe in homeschooling their children or they do not believe in having their children vaccinated.

#12 On June 18, 2010 two Christians decided that they would peacefully pass out copies of the gospel of John on a public sidewalk outside a public Islamic festival in Dearborn, Michigan and within three minutes 8 police officers surrounded them and placed them under arrest.

#13 A Christian consultant was recently fired by Bank of America and by Cisco because they discovered a book that he had written that expressed Christian viewpoints about social issues.

#14 A while back, a federal judge actually ruled that the University of California can deny course credit to applicants from Christian high schools that use textbooks that teach that it was God who created the earth.

#15 Back in 2009, one 8 year old boy in Massachusetts was sent home from school and was forced to undergo a psychological evaluation because he drew a picture of Jesus on the cross.

#16 The Obama administration has announced that there is a whole host of laws that it will not be enforcing, but one thing that the Obama administration has chosen to do is to aggressively pursue lawsuits against anti-abortion protesters.

#17 During a Congressional hearing earlier this year, U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee warned that "Christian militants" might try to "bring down the country" and that such groups need to be investigated.

#18 According to a shocking FBI document obtained by Oath Keepers, the FBI definition of "suspicious activity" now includes making "extreme religious statements" and believing in "radical theology".

The good news is that there still is at least a limited amount of religious freedom in America. It may soon be gone, but at least we are in better shape than most of the globe.

Almost 70 percent of the population of the world now lives in countries where religious activities are highly restricted.

The sad truth is that the entire planet is moving away from freedom of religion.

That is a right that we are supposed to be guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, but it should be obvious to everyone that our right to religious freedom is rapidly dying.

If you are not religious, don't think that you should not be fighting for religious freedom along with the rest of us.

Once they take some of our rights away, it will be much easier for them to take all the rest of our rights away.

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Blessings to all believers during these difficult and unprecedented times, friends! -Rev.Debbie ♥