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The "Old Covenant" was established through Moses who became symbolic as the "Deliverer" of God's people. Jesus came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. Man the world over still seeks a "Deliverer" from pain, suffering, anguish, disappointments, evil, mistreatment, abuse, neglect, starvation, disease, being misunderstood, prejudice, discrimination, malignment, manipulation, exploitation, injustice of every kind, generalizations, stereotyping, judgment, mistreatment, favoritism, pride, greed, anger, arrogance and all manner of sin. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) Jesus Christ is our only deliverer, and our only hope of Salvation. Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychology, essentially espoused the idea that man does not need God, and that man is his own source of salvation. Not true. A divine encounter with the resurrected Christ, will demonstrate that we all need God, and our powerless to fulfill our God-given identities apart from knowing Jesus Christ. Through the power of His Holy Spirit, REVIVAL WILL COME TO AMERICA!
"True REVIVAL is the unrestrained, PASSION of God for the HEARTS of men, women, boys and girls who relinquish everything worthless in order to gain that which is priceless. Until we are passionate for God's heart, as He is for ours, there will be no genuine revival in America."--David Hammock "Eyes hath not seen, ears hath not heard, neither has it entered into the hearts of men the glory of the Lord that is prepared for those who love Him."
"Until we really believe that God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly beyond anything we ask or imagine according to His power that worketh in us...there will be no true revival." Until we unconditionally SURRENDER the ownership of what we think belongs to us, but in reality belongs to God, revival will escape us. Revival must begin and be sustained by HUMILITY, GENUINE TRANSPARENCE, TRUE SERVANTHOOD and REPENTANCE which can be found by dwelling in the "secret place of the Most High". Our cry must be "Try me and search me, oh God. Find if there be any wicked way in me," just as King David prayed (Psalms 139:1). We're not waiting on God for revival; He's waiting on us to join the party He started long ago!
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America is the only nation out of 225 nations of the world that does not know it isn't in revival. Despite the recitation of II Chronicles 7:14 repeatedly, very little has changed in America. Aaron Burr said "The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." America has succumbed to the "Politically Correct" movement rather than the movement of God to "Purely Consecrate" us. America is in search for it's soul, because She has abandoned her true identity and replaced it with a counterfeit sense of fulfillment. Our relationships are so fragmented in a society where people are sadly disconnected from one another, they can't even begin to identify the root causes of their disillusionment. One North Carolina legislator said in 2007, "Apart from revival in American, there is no hope for America."
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After Jesus was taken up to be with the Father, the Holy Spirit gave many commandments to the disciples. I'm sure they were reminded of all that Jesus had told them: to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind and strength and to love thy neighbor as thyself and to love one another as Jesus had loved them, that the world may know they were Christians. (Acts 1) I'm sure they were being prepared for the "birthing" of the church. Previously, Jews had the tabernacle, the synagogue and the temple. Jesus appeared unto the disciples following His resurrection for 40 days speaking to them about the kingdom of God. He commanded them that: 1-They should not leave Jerusalem; 2-They should wait for the "promise" (the Holy Spirit), that Jesus had told them about who was to be mightier than He; 3-They would be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days; 4-They would receive "power" after the Holy Spirit had come upon them; 5-They would be witnesses of Jesus (verifying the truth of who Jesus was) in Jerusalem and throughout the earth (Jesus is giving them a picture of the global impact of what the New Covenant was going to be like, commissioning them to evangelize, and letting them know they would have the "power" to do all He commanded and even do "greater" things. It was now possible for the church to be born, grow, multiply, and the "kingdom to come and the Father's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven." Everything depended on the disciples humility, desire, motivation to love and obey, their servant hearts, the application of the wisdom of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and their willingness to receive the "way, the truth and the life." (John 14:6). Had they not submitted, the first great revival, on the Day of Pentecost would never have occurred. (See Acts 2) Revival is about making a choice to do it God's way, or have a form of Godliness and deny the power of God and live a mundane, routine, life that yields no testimony to God's saving grace in our own lives.
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Many today among Christians in the church, Christians who don't go to church, and the world in general lack true joy and happiness. They live a life of survival, existence and compliance with what life demands and they think others expect. Some are miserable and they say they don't know why. They appear to have no freedom. One man said, "The Church is so"worldly" and the world is so "churchy," how can anyone tell the difference? "To whom the Son sets free is free indeed." "The Joy of the Lord is our strength." Some say happiness depends on our circumstances. The Bible says different. It tells us that "Happy" is the man who obeys the commandments of the Lord. We can have happiness and joy unspeakable and full of glory if we're willing to do things God's way rather than our own. We must deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him if we are going to have joy. In the midst of fiery trials, suffering, falling short of the glory of God and attacks from the enemy, as long as our identity in Christ is solid, joy is possible. So...we are either "people pleasers" or "God chasers."
In Jesus's final hours, He knew He had to have all of heaven's power to face what was before Him. He was sinless, but He was not perfect. He had to grow in grace, knowledge and stature in His life, and learn obedience through the things He suffered. He had already received the Holy Spirit into His life at His baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. But what lie ahead was going to require more. He had to go to Gethsemane to have the strength of heaven to face death, hell, taking back the keys to the kingdom, and defeating the devil on his own ground and to ratify the "New" covenant, a "Blood Covenant" which was His own sacrificial blood, for the church to be born. During His time in Gethsemane, it was a time of total surrender. In order to birth "REVIVAL" or "quickening" (from the Hebrew root-"chavah"), Jesus knew He couldn't do it alone and it
required Him to be "one" with the Father. He prayed, "Father, if it possible, let this cup pass fro me; nevertheless...not my will but Thine will be done." Each of us are being called in these times to go to our own Gethsemane spiritually, if TRUE REVIVAL is going to come. It is coming to America, but not without surrender. It's going to cost everything....just as it cost Jesus, if we're going to partake of His glory.
After Jesus left Gethsemane, He was able to endure the wounding, bruising, chastising, and 39 stripes which were
provided for our healing, along with our griefs, sorrows, pain and afflictions that we might experience life more abundantly. (Isaiah 53:5-6; John 10:10). Provision for our redemption, reconciliation, righteousness, justification, Blood Covenant (New Covenant), freedom, identity, righteousness, healing, authority, renewed mind and complete empowerment by the Holy Spirit to do anything God wills or that we can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20) was made because Jesus became the "sacrificial lamb" on the cross of Calvary. When He uttered his final Words, "It is finished, "that's when all that mankind would ever need was done, because we were bought with the price of His blood, to balance God's scales of justice due to our inability to atone for our sins. That's how much GOD LOVES US!
Three days after Jesus's death, He was resurrected just as He told His disciples. His resurrection demonstrated the defeat of death, hell and the grave. It was also symbolic of the "new life" or resurrection that everyone can have
if they accept Christ as Savior, Lord and Master. "If any man be in Christ, He is a new creature; old things have passed away, behold all things become new." The message Jesus Christ has come, was born of a virgin Mary, was tortured for our benefit, was crucified on the cross, died and was raised from the dead for our sins, is THE GOSPEL OF ALL MANKIND. If we repent, and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved, because it is not God's will that any should perish but that ALL should come to repentance. He won't make us do anything, but will invite us to do everything possible and good (Jeremiah 29:11), if we choose to do the RIGHT things.
The hope of every believer is the soon return of the Lord Jesus Christ. End-time revivals will be brought about as a result of God's Holy Spirit being poured out on all flesh; old men dreaming dreams and young men seeing visions; our sons and daughters prophesying; the gospel being preached throughout our Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the world; discipleship among nations; members of the body of Christ exercising their spiritual gifts, talents, callings and anointings; the remnant being humble,
submissive, obedient, prayerful, repentant, seeking the face of God....then He will hear from heaven, forgive our sin and heal our land ( II Chronicles 7:14 ). Christ is coming back for a bride who is adorned to meet Him, and without spot, blemish or wrinkle (spiritually mature).
"Parts of Me," is a book of quotes and sayings about love, freedom, justice, revival, our founding fathers, wisdom and other topics to remember collected over the years, including many of my own, released in 2007. You can order the book for $12 including S & H, by sending a cashier's check or money order to: Revivals For America, Attention: RFA Publications, 5804 Coffey Street, Raleigh, NC 27604-8661 USA. Allow 2-4 weeks shipping time.
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PLEASE GO TO: www.myspace.com/revivalsforamerica with the DISPLAY NAME OF DAVID HAMMOCK TO SEE THE HOPE ARISES PHOTOGRAPH AND WORDS TO THE PRINT "HOPE ARISES." THANK YOU.
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The photo "Hope Arises in the Midst of Tragedy" is about the cross that was found in the rubble at Ground Zero, following the bombing of the WTC on September 11, 2001. This photo was taken by David Hammock. It can only be obtained through Revivals For America. The rescue workers, families, firemen, policemen, and excavation teams said, "NO...leave it. We don't want it removed. It gives us hope." It is one of the only pieces of the wreckage that still stands today. This photo is also included in the print "Hope Arises" and the print, "The Solution" which will be a permanent part of the September 11 Memorial and Museum Project scheduled to open in NYC at the site of the WTC on September 11, 2009. REMEMBER, this is a collectors item. It was never sold to the AP or any other service or publication. It comes only in an 8" X 10" size, suitable ready for framing. The print "Hope Arises" sells for $17 including S & H and can be seen at myspace.com/revivalsforamerica. The actual print appears on white paper. To purchase: Send $12.95 which includes S & H, or $17, in the form of a cashier's check or money order to: Revivals For America, 5804 Coffey Street, Raleigh, NC 27604-8661. Allow 3-4 weeks shipping time.
The painting "The Solution" was painted by the elementary school children of Boston, Massachusetts following the terrorists' hijackings of United Airlines Flight # 175 and American Airlines Flight # 11 from Boston which crashed into the WTC on 9-11-01. They were asked what they thought the answer was to 9-11, and this is what they painted. The photograph was taken by David Hammock. The photo comes in a 5" X 7" size only and sells for $8, including S & H, and the print "The Solution," sells for $17.50 incl. S & H. This too is a collector's item. Allow 2-4 weeks shipping time.
Today, one of the hours MOST URGENT needs for prayer is for the outlawing of abortion in America. For nearly 35 years America has stood by and watched the legalization of the murders of nearly 50 million human beings, designed to bear the image of God and give Him glory. The warped arguments that a fetus is not a human being were accepted by our society. We sell corn seeds, carrot seeds and cabbage seeds to become vegetables, yet we don't even label them as seeds. We market these "seeds" in packages as the seed, grown to full term as carrots, corn or cabbage. Take a look, next time you go to Walmart. We do the same with plant bulbs. We don't call them bulbs; we call them tulips, buttercups, daffodils, daises and geraniums or whatever the package says the "flower" is. Yet, we don't call a fertilized egg a person, we call it a fetus, tissue or a potential human being. Some doctors say that a fetus feels pain sometime between 8 weeks and 20 weeks old. But still, the Supreme Court Justices of the United States of America are yet to insist on a return to common sense, decency, truth,moral justice, and true justice "for all." To the contrary, they have made a mockery of justice. And today we're waiting for the Supreme Court to define "marriage" and "family? NO wonder 91% of American teen-agers do not believe in absolute truth. No wonder 50% of ALL of America doesn't believe in absolute truth. To those who suggest a fetus isn't a human being, my question is, "What were you in your mother's womb?" If you weren't a human being then, (like a lima bean seed isn't a lima bean stalk, yet marketed as a full-term lima bean), then what makes you a human being now? "Since you weren't a human being then it should be legal to eliminate you like the 6 million Jews, 20 million Russians and 1,800 priests and other "undesirables." Right? Of course this is absurd! Even a sixth grade drop out knows that. The time is long overdue to hold public servants accountable for the decisons and they should be expected to produce results that are good, NOT EVIL! That my friends, is where you and I come in.
In the fiscal year 2007, the US Department of the Interior had a budget of $10.5 billion, of which, $141 million was for the protection of endangered species. An additional $808 million was available for the preservation and protection of threatened and endangered species for "PERMANENT" appropriations. At the year 2007, the average cost for a legal, non-hospitalized, locally, anesthetized mother to abort a child in America, was $413.00. Based on 1.38 million abortions for the year 2007 at the cost of $413.00 vs. the $949 million available to protect "endangered" species, we could have saved the lives of 2,297,821 human beings, who aren't on the endangered species list. Until America respects life, and honors life and the creative genius of God, it will continue to plummet into financial ruin, increased political unrest, family disintegration, the erosion of morals, common sense, decency, and the elimination of truth, any resemblance of unity and what will one day result in a complete illusion of hope, because what has been professed has be of the power of God. "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free" (John 8:32). May God have mercy on the American church and may God have mercy on America.
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New Beginnings Counseling Services Raleigh, NC US Founder and President
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Let Hope Arise Campaign USA Raleigh, NC US Founder and President
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REVIVALS FOR AMERICA was birthed out of New Beginnings Counseling Services in Raleigh, NC which began in 1995. In 2000, God instructed Rev. David Hammock, that it was time for a vision that had been given years earlier to be launched. Revivals For America is a non-profit, non-denominational, multi-faceted, Christian ministry with a VISION to see the traditional, moral, ethical and spiritual values re-established in America as our founding fathers intended them to be.
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No vision can be accomplished without a PLAN OF EXECUTION and PROPER FOUNDATIONS. OUR FOUNDATIONS ARE: the Sovereignty of God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), Rebirth or (regeneration, being born-again, salvation, being saved...however you want to describe it), Faith, the Power of God's Love (John 3:16), Discernment, our Identity in Christ, the Truth of God's Word, the Power of Words which bring forth Life or Death and our Authority in Christ and Unity in the Spirit. These roots allow authentic, Godly relationships, true discipleship, wholeness or completeness(prosperity of the Soul) with the ultimate goal, because of being properly founded, TO OVERCOME by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of our Testimony>>>> every obstacle, roadblock and weapon formed against us which are the world, the flesh and the devil.
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Our PLAN OF EXECUTION is based on our Spiritual gifts, talents, callings and fruits, anointings, God's timing, prayer and spiritual warfare, finances, human resources and Godly LEADERSHIP through the various ministries that God has called us to be a steward of. (See Companies i.e. MINISTRIES).
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TO PROPERLY UNDERSTAND CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS and others involved in the discovery and colonization of the Americas, we must view them in light of the world in which they lived. While Columbus had many shortcomings, his motives were most certainly CHRISTIAN. Washington Irving writes of Christopher Columbus: "He was devoutly pious: religion mingled with the whole course of his thoughts and actions, and shone forth in his most private and unstudied writings. Whenever he made any great discovery, he celebrated it by solemn thanks to God. The voice of prayer and melody of praise rose from his ships when they first beheld the New World, and his first action on landing was to prostrate himself upon the earth and return thanksgivings. Every evening the Salve Regina and other vesper hymns were chanted by his crew, and masses were performed in the beautiful groves bordering the wild shores of this heathen land. All his great enterprises were undertaken in the name of the Holy Trinity, and he partook of the communion previous to embarkation. He was a firm believer in the efficacy of vows and penances and pilgrimages, and resorted to them in times of difficulty and danger. The religion thus deeply seated in his soul diffused a sober dignity and benign composure over his whole demeanor. His language was pure and guarded, and free from all imprecations, oaths and other irreverent expressions."1
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COLUMBUS' actual journals have been lost, but two of his companions, his son Ferdinand and Bartolome Las Casas, recorded abstracts of the original journal. At places they quote Columbus and in other places they summarize his journals.2
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Writings in Columbus' journal reveal his primary motives for sailing were his Christian convictions. He had a desire to preach the gospel throughout the nations, and in particular to take Christianity to the Great Khan of eastern Asia. About 200 years before Columbus' voyage, Marco Polo, who had traveled throughout parts of Asia, brought word from the Khan of a desire for missionaries to be sent to his empire. Other Khans who had ruled since Polo's time had also made this request. Columbus had studied the writings of Marco Polo's travels and was also familiar with more recent requests for missionaries to be sent to teach the Christian religion.
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He opens his journal of his first voyage with the following:
"In the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Whereas, Most Christian, high, Excellent and Powerful Princes, King and Queen of Spain and of the Islands of the Sea, our Sovereigns, this present year 1492, after your Highnesses had terminated the war with the Moors reigning in Europe, the same having been brought to an end in the great city of Granada, where on the second day of January, this present year, I saw the royal banners of your Highnesses planted by force of arms upon the towers of the Alhambra, which is the fortress of that city, and saw the Moorish king come out at the gate of the city and kiss the hands of your Highnesses, and of the Prince my Sovereign; and in the present month, in consequence of the information which I had given your Highnesses respecting the countries of India and of a Prince, called Great Can, which in our language signifies King of Kings, how at many times he, and his predecessors had sent to Rome soliciting instructors who might teach him our holy faith, and the holy Father had never granted his request, whereby great numbers of people were lost, believing in idolatry and doctrines of perdition.
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"Your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians, and princes who love and promote the holy Christian faith, and are enemies of the doctrine of Mahomet, and of all idolatry and heresy, determined to send me, Christopher Columbus, to the above-mentioned countries of India, to see the said princes, people, and territories, and to learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to our holy faith; and furthermore directed that I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone..."
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After reaching land, which he thought were islands off the east coast of Asia (or India), Columbus saw many natives, whom he called Indians. He spoke often of his desire to convert them to Christianity.
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Friday, October 12, 1492...."As I saw that they were very friendly to us, and perceived that they could be much more easily converted to our holy faith by gentle means than by force, I presented them with some red caps, and strings of beads to wear upon the neck, and many other trifles of small value, wherewith they were much delighted and became wonderfully attached to us... I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion."
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On April 29, 1607, The Rev. Robert Hunt presided over the first Christian service In America at Cape Henry, Virginia, raising his hands towards heaven after planting a 7 foot cross in the sand and "CLAIMING AMERICA FOR GOD."
As the "pilgrims" (as they have come to be known) arrived in Massachusetts, 41 of the 102 passengers aboard the Speedwell signed a document, which is one of America's foundational cornerstones, known as the "Mayflower Compact"
stating their purpose in the new world to be for the "Glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith" on November 11, 1620. This document was the basis for written law in America. Half of the colony survived their 1st winter, but the survivors went on to celebrate our 1st "Thanksgiving" in 1621.
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"We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained..." (George Washington, First President of the United States of America, April 30, 1789); "No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States." (April 30, 1789); "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favor."
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and a religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." (October 11, 1798) "And may that Being who is Supreme over all, the Patron of Order, the Fountain of Justice, and the Protector in all ages of the world of virtuous liberty, continue His blessing upon this nation and its government and give all possible success and duration consistent with the ends of His providence." (John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America, March 4, 1797)
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"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?" (Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States, 1781)
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"The belief in a God, All powerful, wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world, and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it can not be drawn from too many sources..." (November 20, 1825); "....We have all been encouraged to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that Almighty Being whose power regulates the destiny of nations, whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising Republic, and to whom we are bound to address our devout gratitude for the past, as well as our fervent supplications and best hopes for the future." (March 4,
1809, James Madison, Chief Architect of the US Constitution, 4th President of the United States)
"There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations." (Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775)"Give me LIBERTY or give me death." "This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed." "We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
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"God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" (Benjamin Franklin, 1787) "Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God."
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Many pray today prayers that do not touch heaven because they regard iniquity in their hearts. They have aught against their brothers and are unwilling go make it right. They go through the routine of prayer with no hunger and thirst for righteousness therefore,; they are not filled. They do not truly seek God that they may find Him, because they have not searched with ALL their hearts. Some had rather complain to God rather than commune with God. "How can you love God whom you hath not seen, if you don't love your brother whom you have seen?" Prayer is about RELATIONSHIP, not just mere relief. We need to open our eyes to those around us and respond to their needs as Christians, if we expect God to respond to us.
FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU MAY CONTACT REVIVALS FOR AMERICA AT:
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Revivals For America, Offices of Rev. David Hammock, Founder, President & CEO, 5804 Coffey Street, Raleigh, NC 27604-8661 USA, 919.217.2755 or VM(generic)928.223.4680, revivalsforamerica@hotmail.com, davidhammock.revivalsforamerica@gmail.com. You can also reach us at 919.261.9323. Currently speaking engagement are scheduled into 2009.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DAVID HAMMOCK AND REVIVALS FOR AMERICA'S MINISTRIES ON MySpace, SEE: David Hammock, or www.myspace.com/revivalsforamerica. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT: Revivals For America Prayer Network on MySpace See: www.myspace.com/rfaprayernetworkusa.
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I am seeing things being built up for President Bush to declare State of Emergency and declaring Martial Law and Stopping the Election.
President Bush signed this ability into law when he created the Homeland Security and Patriot Act!
1} Bail-Out is NOT working like I said it wouldn't.
2} The House and Senate is on Vacation when they should be there in Washington to watch out for the people's interest.
3} Now there's a problem with people being able to exercise their Right to VOTE because of some Non-Existent Technicality.
All this BS is going to come about because they are being caught up with in the Governments involvement in the Economic Crisis
Have you ever lived under a Dictatorship? I see all of us living under this type of government if we don't Impeach Bush and his Cronies NOW! I also see this happening if McCain/Palin gets elected into office.
Do your research and make your own determinations. I have!
It has come to my attention that there are alot of people on the net who are fighting amongst themselves and friends over the politics. Well in my opinion, Everyone has the right to choose who they want in office. I don't believe that it is so drastic a thing that people have to lose friendships over this.
I really think that all the name calling and fussing amongst ourselves is ridiculous and if You are truly friends and feel anything at all, You would not let this come between You!
As for myself, I choose Obama and if that offends anyone then please feel free to delete me!
They say that opinions are like assholes, We all have one! Sorry about the language but this is the way people say it!
I feel that everyone is entitled to their freedom of speech and that all this name calling is truly out of line!
I only wish the best for all of You but I will not hold my tongue anymore! I don't call names to those who put their preferences on my bulletins and I would hope that everyone is mature enough to understand when I put mine on here also!
As I said before, If this makes You uncomfortable, then Please feel free to hit the delete button! I will not hold it against You!
It's a pleasure to have you among my friends. May you live at peace and with the awareness of God's love in every sunset, every flower's unfolding petals, every baby's smile, loving partner's kiss, and every wonderful, astonishing, miraculous beat of your heart.
I am asking you to help us find a very economical vehicle for us to travel from food plot to food plot and to help us deliver the food grown to help Americans.
Our plans as we advance the amount of food we grow are as follows:
1} Take abandonded vacant lots in citys and towns across America and turn them into a Food plot to help Hungry Americans and Homeless Americans have a place to harvest food to help them.
2} These lots/ vacant lots would be cleaned up if needed and soil tested to make sure there is no contamination that would be harmful for growing food. Then they would be worked by local voluteers and the homeless to grow food so people could harvest food to eat.
3} Along with taking care of the three acres we have here, I would be traveling to the different food plots to organize the planting and to insure they were producing quality food. This is why we need a economical vehicle for travel.
4} We could also use garden tools to have at each food plot.
5} Seeds, plants and fertilzer is also needed for each food plot. This will vary for each plot according to size of area to be planted.
6} This can help beautify the area of cities and towns across the nation as well. While being productive and helping feed the Hungry in America and the Homeless across the United States.
7} Any Help in making this happen across America, including suggestions, voluteering and donations would be Greatly Appreciated.
8} We also need a New Tractor and a PTO Driven Manure Spreader to help improve the Food Production. We produce a Spring and Winter Crop so this would be year round help for the people in America in need.
You may contact me from my web page at www. jimbonham. com/LFP. html or call me at 864-647-2084. We are in getting a Toll Free number as well. I will post it as soon as we get it.
Any help, including suggestions, donations would be Greatly Appreciated! Please Repost!
When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed. -Mother Teresa
If you expect respect be the first to show it.
What we do for our selves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal. -Albert Pine It doesn’t matter how you die, it’s how you lived that counts.
Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are. -Machiavelli
Time spent alone, is well spent, but time spent together, in silence is better, for all souls have the same silence
Do not fear what you can't see, fear what you can see but choose not too
In the long run, it's not a question of whether they deserve to be forgiven. You're not forgiving them for their sake. You're doing it for yourself. For your own health and well being, forgiveness is simply the most energy-efficient option. It frees you from the incredibly toxic, debilitating drain of holding a grudge. Don't let these people live rent free in your head. If they hurt you before, why let them keep doing it year after year in your mind? It's not worth it but it takes heart effort to stop it. You can muster that heart power to forgive them as a way of looking out for yourself. It's one thing you can be totally selfish about.
Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it. Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits
Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another
It always amazes me to see people making a decision to never forgive. It’s like trying to punish their tormentors by harming themselves.
Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hatred is the weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves
Labor Day differs in every essential from other holidays of the year in any country. All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflict and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.
No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level--I mean the wages of decent living. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services -Article 25 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (signed 12/10/48)
International solidarity is not an act of charity: It is an act of unity between allies fighting on different terrains toward the same objective. The foremost of these objectives is to aid the development of humanity to the highest level possible. -Samora Machel (1933 - 1986), First President of Mozambique
God give me work, till my life shall end and life, till my work is done. -Epitaph of Winifred Holtby
Sometimes when the world seems to have left us in darkness, it's us that have closed our eyes...
Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.
Tears from the heart hurt more than tears from the eyes I still believe in the sun even when I can't find my way through these heavy clouds.
Never let a person tell you that you are not worthy of something. You deserve the best in life. No body can take that away from you. Have a brave heart and have the courage to change the world
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr.
It's the art of not letting it get to your head, not letting it break your heart, and not letting the world see when it does.
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are
When we finally do change, I don't think it happens like an earthquake, or an explosion, or all of a sudden you're a different person. I think it's smaller than that, the kind of thing most people wouldn't even notice unless they look really close… Which thank god they never do, but you notice it, inside you that change feels like a world of difference and you hope that it is, and that this is the person that you get to be forever, that you'll never have to change again. The problem with being strong is, nobody bothers to ask if you're hurt
Sometimes it's not what you say that matters; it's what you don't say.
It's not what makes you fall apart that’s important...it's what keeps you together after you fall apart that’s important
If I was a crayon I would be white so I would never be used or broken
Sometimes, it’s not what you do in your strongest moments; it's what you do in your weakest
You change for two reasons; either you learn enough that you want to or you've been hurt enough that you have to... Some people say you don’t know what you have until you lose it…But it’s not like that…You always knew what you had…You just never thought you would lose it…
Faith is not about believing but about letting go of beliefs. Faith does not hope and pray for things to be different sometime in the future. Faith is the still heart that refuses nothing, our willingness to trust things as they are.
A cry, soundless yet coming from the depths of my soul Why? Torn from my heart, the question is there A splinter in my mind, a wound that never heals You say "Trust Me, it will come in My time" But trust is so hard, when Your time seems too far I want to believe, I want to let go, I want to know Your word is true I believe You are the Healer, so why am I not healed? I believe You are the Liberator, so why am I not free? I believe You are my Friend, so why am I alone? The questions are there, the hurt still remains. But above and beyond, I am sure of one thing: I believe in You, my faith is in You Though my world crumbles, I'll hold on to You When my mind screams I'm wrong, The world says your Word isn't true, This I'll stake my life on: ……I believe in You
