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It has come to my attention that although I have been declaring a general idea, I have left room for the reader to miss the intensity of what is said.
This then is my clarification:
In a sleepy state it is easy to ignore a warning, assuming that if you leave it alone, things will work themselves out.
In watching Glenn Beck, I see the same trend I have used, and that is to try to give people motivation to change. So we offer hope that the problem can be changed, we still have time for it to be fixed.
This is a weak hope at best.
America is already doomed.
We have already offended God enough.
God has already determined the destruction of America as we know it.
That destruction has already begun.
Ridiculous! you say, America is too big to sink.
So was the Titanic.
What we have now, is not a time to hope it might get better.
What we do have, is a last ditch opportunity to appeal to God and throw ourselves at his feet for mercy.
There are several examples in the scriptures that an appeal was able to change God’s intent for destruction, but frankly, I don’t see America making that appeal.
Where are the all night vigils of fasting and praying?
Where are the hoards of praying Christians encircling the Whitehouse, or Congress, or even their local seats of Government?
Where are the signs that America is appealing to God for his mercy?
Do Christians actually believe that God can help us?
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chronicles 7:14
Sure, Americans are getting involved again.
And saying; “We have had enough!”
But it is too late for that.
We should have done that 30 years ago.
After the Titanic struck the ice was not the time to cry; “We are going too fast into the dark!” Afterwards is only a time to cry out to God for personal mercy, in a desperate effort to save ones life! The ship was already lost, though still under their feet.
America has already struck the ice.
The unrecoverable damage is done.
We now owe more than our nation is worth... several times over.
USA debt surpasses world GDP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVOuC0qSrR8
Our national birthrate is now below sustainable.
unsustainable population
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDYMC-f3Y3A&feature=related%253Cbr%20/%253EWe%20cannot%20recover
Frankly, America will sink. That is assured.
And like the Titanic, we have not prepared enough lifeboats for most the people.
Our national officers are the first ones into the few lifeboats they kept for themselves, and the billions they have paid themselves with our money will float them out of the initial sinking for a time.
The media band is playing soothing music on the deck, and most the passengers on this once great ship called America cannot comprehend the horror soon to come.
There is no way to stop it now.
Just as the people on the Titanic had their fine cabins, possessions and comforts, you have your cars and boats, and fine furnishings in your nice homes.
They could not imagine such glories would soon be lost under the waves of the sea of horror, so you too simply cannot imagine loosing all you have.
"The Titanic cannot be sunk!" was their confident declaration.
But America has already struck the ice.
A new president at this point will not fix that.
The captain we now have, has looted the vault and distributed it among the officers who are quickly making their way to the lifeboats while we wander around the decks in a daze, still wondering what has actually happened.
Panic has not yet set in because few even know the size of the hole which has already been created. From the upper decks hardly a shudder was felt.
But panic will come, and soon.
Is that clear enough?
If you can wake up a little to see the reality, it may just terrorize you enough to fall on your knees and truly BEG GOD FOR FORGIVENESS!
Only he can help you now.
But how do I honestly think God is our answer?
He won’t turn back time.
He won’t miraculously fill our coffers with money.
He won’t suddenly provide new jobs for millions.
He won’t bring back the millions of aborted babies.
He won’t suddenly dry up our drunks,
or remove the addictions of our youths.
he won’t cure our lust for porn,
or evaporate the hate from the hearts of our children.
He won’t magically make parents love each other again.
God does not work like that.
We are the ones who have sunk our own ship by foolishly driving full steam into the darkness where he said not to go.
But what our founders believed God does do, is un-noticeably, yet steadily guide our path WHEN we walk with him.
Only then will He cause us to “choose” the correct corridor, where we will “luckily” find a rare life vest, and “lead” us out a hidden “unlocked” gate to “find” our way to a “strangely” vacant seat in the last lifeboat. And sitting safe in the boat we can ask; “Where was God in all that?”
That is how God works.
“Blessed is the man who walks not after the council of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful…” Psalm 1:1
“… Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.(God)” Psalm 2:12
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD:…” Psalm 33:12
“… blessed is the man that trusteth in him.(God)” Psalm 34:8
“Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.” Psalm 106:3
“… Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.” Psalm 112:1
“Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.” Psalm 119:1
Do you qualify to be Blessed?
‘Blessed’ in the original language is; happy through knowing your way is right.
It has been interpreted; fortunate, prosperous, how happy!
Unlike the rich guy who gained his wealth through lies, deceit and theft, then either drinks himself to death or commits suicide,
A Blessed man is happy in his very core even in his poverty, if that is his lot.
America’s doom has been determined.
We have ceased to be a blessed nation.
We no longer qualify.
We can, as a nation, return to our laws.
Return to our principles.
Return to our morals.
But even the plowing of the wicked is sin. Proverbs 21:4
Our sinking is a symptom of our national rejection of the Nation Maker.
It may be God who determined our end, by placing the ice,
but it was us who fearlessly plunged our Nation full steam into destruction,
claiming; "America cannot sink!"
Yet like Nineveh, we can stall our destruction if we repent in earnest. Jonah 3:4-10
But be warned; once you have made God mad, it is not wise to play games with him!
So far, I don’t see the signs of national repentance, just unhappiness with the way things are.
Give me one reason why God should
HAVE MERCY ON OUR NATION?
Virtually the only reason I can think of is because we are still on Israel's side.
and this is structurally a very strong argument. Genesis 12:3
But because our nation's leaders are Godless, I expect very soon to see them turn on Israel, the signs are already present.
I fear greatly for what is to come, as were great men of the past;
"I tremble for my country when I recall that God is just, and his justice cannot sleep forever." Thomas Jefferson 1781
"If God does not judge America he will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah." Billy Graham
Now like the guy running down the hall of the Titanic yelling at 1:00am, I’m going to get a lot of angry response, because the masses cannot yet see their own doom just moments away!
I’m sorry for that.
If you feel that things are getting better, and America is strong and sound...
there is a poker game down in steerage you might want to attend.
But if I can wake up a few to gather their wits and find their way to a life boat, I care little for those who get angry.
You ask where is the life boat?
From observation, all the nations of the world are in a bad way as well.
Fleeing the country is not a great plan, and is missing the point entirely.
So what are we to do?
It seems we have got ourselves in, where there is no good answer.
I am pointing to Jesus the Son of God as literally the only good answer, but you have to find the right way with your own feet.
If enough of us reconcile with the Nation Maker, who knows the stories we may be able to tell our children!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
This Morning’s Prayer
post 059
Dear Almighty God of our founding fathers,
The source of all goodness and blessing in this once great land we call America,
The battle lines for the life and values of this nation have been clearly drawn, and those who choose to do nothing choose to side with the enemy, that evil destroyer you call Satan.
You have watched as we grow apathetic and lazy, and you have quietly observed us wander away from your protective covering, not from your lack of care, but because we have told you to stay behind.
We have elected the godless to lead us as our own hearts grow colder to you through our pleasures and lusts. We have allowed those godless leaders to actually make laws against honoring you. And now the man we call our President has publicly declared; “We are no longer a Christian nation.”
Yet in your mighty love and concern you have sent to us, not a leader, but a councilor.
One of us risen up, not through his own design, but willing to go where “circumstances” have dictated. You have overcome the powerful restraints of the corrupt and godless media to send us a man willing to show us from where we have fallen, and the path we need to take in order to find national repentance and restoration.
I pray to you, the maker and breaker of nations, that you send your angels of protection to perpetually encompass Glenn Beck, his family, and the staff that work his show, so that the minions of the Dark One cannot remove him from the place you have given him.
If America is to fall, may it be at our own willful choice, and not because the Devil has removed your voice of guidance from us.
But I ask yet even more,
That you would move in our hearts to believe in your forgiveness and your longsuffering, that we would catch the hope and clear understanding that you can and will yet forgive us, and restore this nation to its greatness, if we would but turn from our familiar sins, and selfish slothfulness, to claim for ourselves the right to shamelessly lead this nation in righteousness.
For this I earnestly pray with expectation,
Your servant,
Kyle Ponsford
Dear Almighty God of our founding fathers,
The source of all goodness and blessing in this once great land we call America,
The battle lines for the life and values of this nation have been clearly drawn, and those who choose to do nothing choose to side with the enemy, that evil destroyer you call Satan.
You have watched as we grow apathetic and lazy, and you have quietly observed us wander away from your protective covering, not from your lack of care, but because we have told you to stay behind.
We have elected the godless to lead us as our own hearts grow colder to you through our pleasures and lusts. We have allowed those godless leaders to actually make laws against honoring you. And now the man we call our President has publicly declared; “We are no longer a Christian nation.”
Yet in your mighty love and concern you have sent to us, not a leader, but a councilor.
One of us risen up, not through his own design, but willing to go where “circumstances” have dictated. You have overcome the powerful restraints of the corrupt and godless media to send us a man willing to show us from where we have fallen, and the path we need to take in order to find national repentance and restoration.
I pray to you, the maker and breaker of nations, that you send your angels of protection to perpetually encompass Glenn Beck, his family, and the staff that work his show, so that the minions of the Dark One cannot remove him from the place you have given him.
If America is to fall, may it be at our own willful choice, and not because the Devil has removed your voice of guidance from us.
But I ask yet even more,
That you would move in our hearts to believe in your forgiveness and your longsuffering, that we would catch the hope and clear understanding that you can and will yet forgive us, and restore this nation to its greatness, if we would but turn from our familiar sins, and selfish slothfulness, to claim for ourselves the right to shamelessly lead this nation in righteousness.
For this I earnestly pray with expectation,
Your servant,
Kyle Ponsford
Sunday, April 11, 2010
What if Winter Lasted 70 Years?
post 058
After a long and miserable winter, the sun is casting its warmth over my neighborhood.
The snow is melting fast and there is an exciting expectation in the air.
You never think about the absence of the birds song, until you hear it in the spring, and take pleasure in the sound.
People whom have been grumpy all winter, are suddenly friendly, and almost ‘frisky’ with new energy. The unspoken thought is; “I can’t wait until the snow is gone, so I can…”
Spring is here, and the winter is past!
This year, in my area of the world, winter was from November to May, so to speak.
That’s about 7 months.
But what if winter was to last for 70 years?
What if there was no spring,
but a harsh,
cold,
miserable darkness for 70 long years?
The problems of “cabin fever” would be exponential! You think folks get strange after 6 months of winter, what if the winter just kept going, on and on, year after year.
70 years is an entire lifetime, not just a season.
Those who once experienced summers, would actually forget what it was like while trying to wrap the thin blanket just a little closer for warmth.
Those born too late to experience the warm season, would never be able to comprehend the idea.
Always cold,
always deep in snow,
always a chore to survive.
There would be no gardens to harvest, no fruit to pick.
Just a constant searching for ever more difficult to find sustenance.
What if there was a way to ensure this did not happen?
What if you could do something to keep the hard times short, and be able to expect, in a few months, a season of warmth, and life, and comfort?
Would you take the effort?
Or would you shrug your shoulders and say; “what’s the use.", "what is to be, will be.”
I find in myself and others, a strange mental propensity to forget what is not presently the condition;
When it's winter, and I am living with winter, it seems it will always be winter.
But when it is summer, I can hardly remember what winter was like, it feels like it will always be summer!
After a week of sunshine, I tend to ignore the things I should do while the weather is good, like fix the hole in the roof. Mentally I imagine there is plenty of time to fix the roof, and I am enjoying the sunshine now.
But when it begins to rain again, I am mad at myself for putting it off and find myself up on the roof, soaking wet, cold, and miserable, fixing the hole.
This is that spirit of apathy I wrote of previously.
It is an unwillingness to endure discomfort today, in order to secure comfort in the future. It is living only for the now.
Yet these issues are seasonal, and most problems in our present life can be endured for a season.
But what if winter was to last for 70 years?
Are you hearing the question?
Are you contemplating the thought?
Take a moment. Think about it.
Our founders left a nation of dark winter, and came with hope, to a new land in an effort to establish a "nation of summer".
Whether you acknowledge it or not, or whether you believe them correct or not, the facts and proofs show that the founding fathers created our nation to be based on the willing obedience of the creator God, In hopes of obtaining his blessings.
Our form of government and our laws were established on this concept.
The question before you, is not do you believe in the God they did?
The question is, did it work favorably, until it began to be changed?
Was America the most benevolent, wealthy, comfortable, free, and hopeful nation on the planet?
It has been summer in America for at least 150 years, with spring at the beginning, and fall now at the end.
The founders who gave us this “nation of summer”, believed in the Holy Bible as the word of God to mankind. It does not matter that you do not believe it, they did, and they are the ones who formed this nation.
So IF they believed it, and IF they were successful at giving us this nation of summer, lets take a moment and explore the warnings of the Book on which they based their beliefs, and formed our government.
Whole volumes could be, and have been written to expound on this topic, so I will not go into a study here, but will present only the concept regarding the warnings.
This God whom our founders believed, gave promise that as long as the people served God, he would bless them, and protect them from their enemies, plagues, famine, and beasts. (Leviticus 25)
But he also warned, that in the same degree that the people turned away from Him, they would experience hardships, and droughts, and wars. And the blessings they experienced before would be replaced by curses. (Leviticus 26)
There is a historical and mathematical principle in the Bible, which our founders understood. And that is the principle of cause and effect.
Once the people reached a state of confused disobedience, there would begin a period of punishment.
That punishment was to last 70 years.(Leviticus 26:23-24, 34-35)
It has happened to Gods people before. (Jeremiah 2:5-12)
The principle still stands.(Romans 1:18-32)
Those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it.
If you never read a single verse of scripture, you owe it to yourself and your children to read these 2 chapters of Leviticus, so you will know where our troubles are coming from, and your children will know how to fix the problems after you are dead.
How bad can it get here in America? Just read the history of Germany to get an idea.
Simply open your ears and listen to the public intent of Islam against America!
Mr. Obama, sitting in the office of the president of this nation, has publicly, and un-apologetically proclaimed to the world, that; “America is no longer a Christian Nation.”
Obama speech 1
Obama in turkey
But even worse than such a proclamation, is the lack of uprising from the populous of America. It appears that the man was speaking a horrible truth!
The apparent fact that “America is no longer a Christian nation” is what put the man in that office in the first place. Where are all the supposed Christians standing in the gap?
America, and Christians specifically, cannot blame Obama for our downfall because he made such a declaration. that declaration was only a definitive point in time, like a road-sign that does not cause the hazard in the road, just points it out.
The source of our punishment soon to come, is that Americans are confused; believing themselves to be Christian, but showing insignificant indications that might verify the claim.
According to the Book, who’s values America was founded on, Our national problems are not economic, environmental, political, or moral.
These are but consequences of the problem.
These are only the signs that winter is coming on America.
But it has not even yet begun to snow!
Is our doom certain?
No.
But it is up to you!
If you know more about the characters from your favorite TV show than you do about the sources of America’s foundation, then don’t continue to pretend to be a Christian.
If you don’t claim to be a Christian, but have lived in the abundance and comfort of this nation, you owe a debt to learn where these blessing came from.
Perhaps in knowledge, you both might gain gratefulness to those who gave so much to you, and even more gratefulness to the God who blessed this land.
Perhaps in the humility of such knowledge, we might cry out to God for mercy. God might hear our repentance and extend His mercy on our land.
If you think this notion is foolish, but know nothing about the details on which I write, you are actively and ignorantly participating in the cause of our destruction.
It is God who said;
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,…”
Hosea 4:6 Holy Bible
After a long and miserable winter, the sun is casting its warmth over my neighborhood.
The snow is melting fast and there is an exciting expectation in the air.
You never think about the absence of the birds song, until you hear it in the spring, and take pleasure in the sound.
People whom have been grumpy all winter, are suddenly friendly, and almost ‘frisky’ with new energy. The unspoken thought is; “I can’t wait until the snow is gone, so I can…”
Spring is here, and the winter is past!
This year, in my area of the world, winter was from November to May, so to speak.
That’s about 7 months.
But what if winter was to last for 70 years?
What if there was no spring,
but a harsh,
cold,
miserable darkness for 70 long years?
The problems of “cabin fever” would be exponential! You think folks get strange after 6 months of winter, what if the winter just kept going, on and on, year after year.
70 years is an entire lifetime, not just a season.
Those who once experienced summers, would actually forget what it was like while trying to wrap the thin blanket just a little closer for warmth.
Those born too late to experience the warm season, would never be able to comprehend the idea.
Always cold,
always deep in snow,
always a chore to survive.
There would be no gardens to harvest, no fruit to pick.
Just a constant searching for ever more difficult to find sustenance.
What if there was a way to ensure this did not happen?
What if you could do something to keep the hard times short, and be able to expect, in a few months, a season of warmth, and life, and comfort?
Would you take the effort?
Or would you shrug your shoulders and say; “what’s the use.", "what is to be, will be.”
I find in myself and others, a strange mental propensity to forget what is not presently the condition;
When it's winter, and I am living with winter, it seems it will always be winter.
But when it is summer, I can hardly remember what winter was like, it feels like it will always be summer!
After a week of sunshine, I tend to ignore the things I should do while the weather is good, like fix the hole in the roof. Mentally I imagine there is plenty of time to fix the roof, and I am enjoying the sunshine now.
But when it begins to rain again, I am mad at myself for putting it off and find myself up on the roof, soaking wet, cold, and miserable, fixing the hole.
This is that spirit of apathy I wrote of previously.
It is an unwillingness to endure discomfort today, in order to secure comfort in the future. It is living only for the now.
Yet these issues are seasonal, and most problems in our present life can be endured for a season.
But what if winter was to last for 70 years?
Are you hearing the question?
Are you contemplating the thought?
Take a moment. Think about it.
Our founders left a nation of dark winter, and came with hope, to a new land in an effort to establish a "nation of summer".
Whether you acknowledge it or not, or whether you believe them correct or not, the facts and proofs show that the founding fathers created our nation to be based on the willing obedience of the creator God, In hopes of obtaining his blessings.
Our form of government and our laws were established on this concept.
The question before you, is not do you believe in the God they did?
The question is, did it work favorably, until it began to be changed?
Was America the most benevolent, wealthy, comfortable, free, and hopeful nation on the planet?
It has been summer in America for at least 150 years, with spring at the beginning, and fall now at the end.
The founders who gave us this “nation of summer”, believed in the Holy Bible as the word of God to mankind. It does not matter that you do not believe it, they did, and they are the ones who formed this nation.
So IF they believed it, and IF they were successful at giving us this nation of summer, lets take a moment and explore the warnings of the Book on which they based their beliefs, and formed our government.
Whole volumes could be, and have been written to expound on this topic, so I will not go into a study here, but will present only the concept regarding the warnings.
This God whom our founders believed, gave promise that as long as the people served God, he would bless them, and protect them from their enemies, plagues, famine, and beasts. (Leviticus 25)
But he also warned, that in the same degree that the people turned away from Him, they would experience hardships, and droughts, and wars. And the blessings they experienced before would be replaced by curses. (Leviticus 26)
There is a historical and mathematical principle in the Bible, which our founders understood. And that is the principle of cause and effect.
Once the people reached a state of confused disobedience, there would begin a period of punishment.
That punishment was to last 70 years.(Leviticus 26:23-24, 34-35)
It has happened to Gods people before. (Jeremiah 2:5-12)
The principle still stands.(Romans 1:18-32)
Those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it.
If you never read a single verse of scripture, you owe it to yourself and your children to read these 2 chapters of Leviticus, so you will know where our troubles are coming from, and your children will know how to fix the problems after you are dead.
How bad can it get here in America? Just read the history of Germany to get an idea.
Simply open your ears and listen to the public intent of Islam against America!
Mr. Obama, sitting in the office of the president of this nation, has publicly, and un-apologetically proclaimed to the world, that; “America is no longer a Christian Nation.”
Obama speech 1
Obama in turkey
But even worse than such a proclamation, is the lack of uprising from the populous of America. It appears that the man was speaking a horrible truth!
The apparent fact that “America is no longer a Christian nation” is what put the man in that office in the first place. Where are all the supposed Christians standing in the gap?
America, and Christians specifically, cannot blame Obama for our downfall because he made such a declaration. that declaration was only a definitive point in time, like a road-sign that does not cause the hazard in the road, just points it out.
The source of our punishment soon to come, is that Americans are confused; believing themselves to be Christian, but showing insignificant indications that might verify the claim.
According to the Book, who’s values America was founded on, Our national problems are not economic, environmental, political, or moral.
These are but consequences of the problem.
These are only the signs that winter is coming on America.
But it has not even yet begun to snow!
Is our doom certain?
No.
But it is up to you!
If you know more about the characters from your favorite TV show than you do about the sources of America’s foundation, then don’t continue to pretend to be a Christian.
If you don’t claim to be a Christian, but have lived in the abundance and comfort of this nation, you owe a debt to learn where these blessing came from.
Perhaps in knowledge, you both might gain gratefulness to those who gave so much to you, and even more gratefulness to the God who blessed this land.
Perhaps in the humility of such knowledge, we might cry out to God for mercy. God might hear our repentance and extend His mercy on our land.
If you think this notion is foolish, but know nothing about the details on which I write, you are actively and ignorantly participating in the cause of our destruction.
It is God who said;
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,…”
Hosea 4:6 Holy Bible
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