THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Why do I hate GOD ?

Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, is the author of :

Women Without Superstition: No Gods - No Masters (ISBN 1-877733-09-1) and edits the FFRF newspaper Freethought Today.

Her husband, Dan Barker, author of

Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist (ISBN 1-877733-07-5) is a musician and songwriter, a former Pentecostal Christian minister, and co-president of the FFRF.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_From_Religion_Foundation

 

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It seems as if no one willingly or willfully does the wrong thing.

Most people will do some kind of mental gymnastics to 'sanitize' whatever choice is made.

We justify ourselves either before or after the fact.

We call these explanations, others call them excuses.

 

How can we help ourselves better understand the complexities of our choices?

There seems to be no easy answer.

 

Throughout human civilization various codes or standards of behavior have been used.

It is difficult, however, in our day to day lives, to tell what 'system' or

'moral code' may be in use by a given individual in any situation.

 

The mixing and merging of values is even further complicated by our inconsistencies.

We often use what has been described as situational ethics. So that we will make some

behavior 'wrong' in one situation and 'right' in another.

 

The Ten Commandments of the bible seems to be the universal

set  of 'guiding principles' for human behavior.

 

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http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-religion-map.htm

 

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The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives that, according to the Hebrew Bible, were spoken by God (referred to in several names) to the people of Israel from the mountain referred to as Mount Sinai [2] or Horeb,[3] and later authored by God and given to Moses in the form of two stone tablets. They are recognized as a moral foundation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

 

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The United States spends nearly $68 billion on our prison system. Ever wonder what kind of return on investment those tax dollars earn?

http://volunteer.prisonfellowship.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=13

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Jimmy Says:
April 2nd, 2010 at 7:04 pm

http://realtalkny.uproxx.com/2010/03/topic/topic/videos/nycs-crime-rate-is-going-up/

Something has to be done we need more law enforcment in nyc this county is slowly before our eyes going to hell and we're letting the criminals and terrists take over our great country. We need to beef up the security in the city and make the laws for criminals stricter we need help and we're not getting it we need help now!!!!!!!

 

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http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=kftp&tid=3

Are crime rates going up or down?

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This program is based on values reflected in the life and teachings of Jesus. (PRISON FELLOWSHIP)

Phase One: focuses on the prisoner's personal values and thought processes and encourages the development of spiritual and moral filters. A heavy emphasis on education, work and support helps create a new foundation for productive growth.
Phase Two: tests the inmate's value system in real-life settings and prepares him/her for life after prison. Inmates may spend much of the day in off-site prison work programs or involved in the reentry portion of the IFI curriculum.
Reentry Support: IFI participants are assigned volunteer mentors, who continue to provide encouragement and support after their return to the community.

http://www.prisonfellowship.org/why-ifi

 

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Ninety-four percent (94%) of American teenagers DO NOT believe in moral absolutes. (Barna Update, February 12, 2002 [www.barna.org])

Faced with the "moral crisis" what do our mayors and city officials say? "

Add more law enforcement officers…build more jails."

http://www.tencommandmentsproject.org/purpose_problem.htm

 

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rambling - this week

BY REASON OF USE
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Isaiah 19 concludes with a wonderful description of peace and harmony by the uniting together of three ancient enemies: Egypt, Assyria and Israel.

Is it significant that the president of the United States chose this particular country, Egypt to deliver a speech calling for eventual peace between nations.?

verses 24-25 describe a shared commitment to God: "In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land, whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, 'Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance."

http://brianleesblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/significance-of-egypt-in-prophecy.html
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blind?

why didn't I see it?

maybe I was not looking, not paying attention, not careful, not vigilant !!!

or

maybe I did not know what to look for.

maybe it was dark, not enough light.

or maybe I have a vision problem, no sight or low vision.

there is none so blind as him/her who will not see.
This is an old proverb attributed to the Englishman, John Heywood, in 1546.
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PLANET FITNESS is very popular in our area....WE BECOME STRONGER... by excercise.... who are "those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil"? - Hebrews 5:14...Matthew Henry said, "Christian experience is a spiritual sense, taste, or relish of the goodness, sweetness, and excellence of the truths of the gospel." Are you flabby? Lacking moral firbe? spiritual muscle?

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Songs of Praise is a 1925 hymnal compiled by Percy Dearmer, Martin Shaw and Ralph Vaughan Williams.[1] THIS WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL HYMN BOOK AT WOLMERS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Praise_%28hymnal%29

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"Morning Has Broken" is a popular and well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by Eleanor Farjeon and a traditional Gaelic tune known as "Bunessan" (it shares this tune with the 19th century Christmas Carol "Child in the Manger"[1]). It is often sung in children's services. Pop and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat. The song became identified with Stevens when it reached number 6 on the US pop chart and #1 on the US adult contemporary chart in 1972.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Has_Broken

Steven Georgiou was the third child of a Greek-Cypriot father, Stavros Georgiou (b. 1900)[8], and a Swedish mother, Ingrid Wickman (b. 1915).[9] He has an older sister, Anita, and brother, David.[3] The family lived above Moulin Rouge, the restaurant that his parents operated on the north end of Shaftesbury Avenue, a short walk from Piccadilly Circus in the Soho theatre district of London. All family members worked in the restaurant.[3] His parents divorced when he was about 8 years old, but they continued to maintain the family restaurant and live above it.

He formally converted to the Islamic religion on 23 December 1977, taking the name Yusuf Islam in 1978. Yusuf is the Arabic rendition of the name Joseph.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens

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meaninglessness : death
purposelessnes / aimlessness
everything means something
life is finding the meanings

you will seek and find ME
when you have searched with
ALL YOUR HEART
http://bible.cc/jeremiah/29-13.htm


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ATTENTION AUNTIE LIDZ - JADICUS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadakiss#Controversy
Bill O'Reilly
Jadakiss attracted some controversy and condemnation from commentator Bill O'Reilly, who labeled him a "smear merchant" due to lyrics in the song "Why?", which state Jada's belief that George W. Bush coordinated the September 11, 2001 attacks.

"Why do niggas push pounds of powder? Why did Bush knock down the towers?" In the music video for "Why?", a man holds up a picket sign reading "Buck Fush" (a spoonerism of "xxxx xxxx").

O'Reilly took the position that the President should be allowed to sue Jadakiss for slander. The track was eventually banned on some radio stations or played with the lyrics in question censored

http://artsociety.suite101.com/article.cfm/hip_hop_culture_and_creativity
So many seem to lament that hip hop culture is all about braggadocio, gangsta rap and misogyny. In reality, trash-talking, cop-hating, gangta rap is a very small segment of the vibrant, diverse, and positive hip hop culture that is spreading all over the world. For curious and discerning music aficionados and historians, hip hop culture is important and can be transformational, especially to young people. - Mary Rayme

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news-carriers, backstabbers and gossips are all
trying to acheive a positive goal : communication

http://news.zdnet.com/2422-19178_22-408973.html?tag=columns;col1

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1 flee fornication
2 follow peace with all men
3 fight the good fight of faith

following

far / close

foot /

not


not going dark...the night comes
when no man works...I must work the
if we walk /follow in the light
as He is in the light
we have fellowship

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we have fellowship / communication / infolfow

my uneasiness

I came away from the conversation feeling a little uneasy....I woke up this morning and it was still on my mind.....so I thought about it some more.

I had a professor who came into class one day and quickly got everyones attention by saying this:

"Whenever you begin to think of truth, you are in error!"

....I never forgot that. Essentially he was saying I/we should be careful of beleiving something is true about a person without realising that my/our own thinking ALWAYS has some kind of bias or error or evil motivation or at the very least I must admit that I myself am just as capable of evils.

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So what is evil? and why I was wrong to say someone is evil.

Satan said - you can be as God : knowing good and evil

The Genesis story suggests that the enticement that got the woman

in trouble with her husband (and God) was she was decieved into

thinking that she could have the ability to decide if something was

good or evil

 

Jesus - resist not evil

James - resist the devil

Paul - we are not to fight people, we are fighting powers dark

 neither give place to the devil

 

these are ALL bible quotations

 

When I say that someone is evil

I am not saying anything about that someone

I am saying something about myself

So, today I must confess my

sin of evil speaking; then

my uneasiness goes away!!!

Jesus said I must love these people

I must love my enemies.....

it is very HARD....no impossible

without supernatural help !!!

 

EVIL IS CREATED

AND SUSTAINED

BY SPEAKING

 

and so

The tongue is that kind of flame. It is a world of evil among the parts

of our bodies, and it completely contaminates our bodies. The tongue

sets our lives on fire, and is itself set on fire from hell. James 3:6 <-click it

 

the following is from a google search on "prayer let us confess our sins"

http://www.stjohnabingdon.org/Sample%20Worship%20Bulletin.pdf

 

Let us confess our sins in the presence of God and of one another.

 

Gracious God, we would not be here if you had not

chosen to touch our lives with your love in the person of

Jesus Christ. Yet we confess that we sometimes have

trouble in our decision-making when we're faced with

questions of whether we wholeheartedly serve you or

not. Often, we're tempted to put others before you as

first in our lives, especially when we're faced with

choices which affect how we live as your people.

Forgive us when the choices we make reflect not your

glory, but our own selfishness. Forgive us when the

choices we make revolve around judging or condemning

others without first hearing their stories. Forgive us

when the choices we make contribute to our own

prosperity and well-being while ignoring the needs of

others. Forgive us when the choices we make diminish

our awareness of you in the midst of those who suffer.

Strengthen us where we are weak with the renewing

power of your Spirit, so that the choices that we make

clearly reveal our identity as your people, and as

followers of Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

Out of love for the world, God chose to share our humanity

in the person of Jesus Christ, that whoever believes in him

should not perish but have eternal life. The good news

therefore is this: In Jesus Christ we are accepted, loved, and

forgiven. Amen.

the higher powers

The world has stood by in utter horror for the past eight years as they

watched the descendants of Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson

light the fuse of our own self-destruction. - Michael Moore

 

 

HARD PILL TO SWALLOW ! ???

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities,

for there is no authority except that which God has established.

The authorities that exist have been established by God.

Romans 13:1

 

Daniel 2:21 "It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding.

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Daniel 4:17 "This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And bestows it on whom He wishes And sets over it the lowliest of men."

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John 19:11 Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."

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Acts 2:41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

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Titus 3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

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1 Peter 2:13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, (NASB ©1995)

more walk...less talk

Last night my wife asked me if I thought

I was a little too hard on Obama

in my letter yesterday....Moore here

 

I learned this

in infant school

Many years ago

by Harriet Burn McKeever 1807-1887

 

Jesus, high in glory,
Lend a listening ear;
When we bow before Thee,
Children's praises hear.

 

Though Thou art so holy,
Heav'n's almighty King,
Thou wilt stoop to listen
When Thy praise we sing.

 

We are little children,
Weak and apt to stray;
Savior, guide and keep us
In the heav'nly way.

 

Save us, Lord, from sinning;
Watch us day by day;
Help us now to love Thee;
Take our sins away.

 

Strengthen us for duty,
While on earth we live;
May we to Thy service
Our best talents give.

 

Then when Jesus calls us
To our heav'nly home,
We will gladly answer,
"Savior, Lord, we come."

 

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Oh, the love that drew salvation's plan!
Oh, the grace that brought it down to man!
Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary!

 

Asa was incomplete in his external obedience, he was right in the main but not entirely right. Beware of the thing of which you say - "Oh, that does not matter much." The fact that it does not matter much to you may mean that it matters a very great deal to God. Nothing is a light matter with a child of God. How much longer are some of us going to keep God trying to teach us one thing? He never loses patience. You say - "I know I am right with God"; but still the "high places" remain, there is something over which you have not obeyed. - Chambers

 

By God's Word at last my sin I learned;
Then I trembled at the law I'd spurned,
Till my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary.

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2 Chronicles 24:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

 

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"When they came to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him." Luke 23:33

 

Years I spent in vanity and pride,
Caring not my Lord was crucified,
Knowing not it was for me He died on Calvary.

 

Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
Pardon there was multiplied to me;
There my burdened soul found liberty at Calvary.

 

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2 Chronicles 24:20 Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus God has said, 'Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.'"

 

Now I've given to Jesus everything,
Now I gladly own Him as my King,
Now my raptured soul can only sing of Calvary!

 

HAVE YOU.....if not

YOU REALLY SHOULD !!!

Believing

Obama turns up pressure for Wall Street regulations reform

 

America! adrift?? A nation in spiritual decline. !!!!

Stock prices have been rising. The economy is "improving." Yet, the core edifice of American prosperity, driven by evident personal apprehensions, is still based upon endless consumption. Ground down by the incessant babble of politicians, we the people are motivated not by any balanced life search for dignity and harmony, but by the vaunted numbers on retail sales. - Louis Rene Beres,  THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing us of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in Him.

 

But I know Whom I have believèd,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I've committed
Unto Him against that day

2 Timothy 1:12<-hear it ALL here

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In 1963, prayer was removed from schools in yet another attempt to rid America of any reference to God. President Ronald Reagan recognized the danger of this act when he said:

"Our Pledge of Allegiance states that we are 'one nation under God,' and our currency bears the motto, 'In God We Trust.' The morality and values such faith implies are deeply embedded in our national character. Our country embraces those principles by design, and we abandon them at our peril. Yet in recent years . . . Americans . . . [have] for the sake of religious tolerance . . . forbidden religious practice in the classrooms. The law of this land has effectively removed prayer from our classrooms. How can we hope to retain our freedom through the generations if we fail to teach our young that our liberty springs from an abiding faith in our Creator?" ⁷

 

From her earliest days, America existed as a Christian nation. Perhaps this was due to the fact that most of her first settlers came for the purpose of being free to express their Christian beliefs in accordance with their own consciences. Yet it is undeniable that America has changed greatly since that time, forsaking moral values, and grower colder and colder towards Christianity. - NOSOTRO <-read more here

 

Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God;

that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

 

New International Version (©1984) Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands,

let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

 

A rising number of Americans today say they're 'spiritual but not religious.' Fifteen percent say they don't identify with any religion - twice that of about two decades ago, according to the American Religious Identification Survey, released in 2009. And although many spiritual folks avoid faith labels, more than 9 out of 10 believe in God, and more than half say they pray at least daily, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, published in 2008 - USA WEEKEND <-read more here

 

9 out of 10 !!????....maybe that is why America still survives....but remember this

 

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. - Romans 1:21

 

2 Kings 17:15 They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.

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Jeremiah 2:5 Thus says the LORD, "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty?

 

I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before His face I see.

 

I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I walk the vale with Him,
Or meet Him in the air.

 

 

show the same diligence

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/y/myanchor.htm

 

Though the angry surges roll
On my tempest driven soul,
I am peaceful, for I know,
Wildly though the winds may blow,
I've an anchor safe and sure,
That can evermore endure.

Refrain

 

And it holds, my anchor holds:
Blow your wildest, then, O gale,
On my bark so small and frail;
By His grace I shall not fail,
For my anchor holds, my anchor holds.

 

Mighty tides about me sweep,
Perils lurk within the deep,
Angry clouds o'ershade the sky,
And the tempest rises high;
Still I stand the tempest's shock,
For my anchor grips the rock.

Refrain

 

I can feel the anchor fast
As I meet each sudden blast,
And the cable, though unseen,
Bears the heavy strain between;
Through the storm I safely ride,
Till the turning of the tide.

Refrain

 

Troubles almost 'whelm the soul;
Griefs like billows o'er me roll;
Tempters seek to lure astray;
Storms obscure the light of day:
But in Christ I can be bold,
I've an anchor that shall hold.

Refrain

 

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<< Hebrews 6 >> :9 But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

 

http://nasb.scripturetext.com/hebrews/6.htm

Dear Friends, there is no distance in prayers, let's pray for him, 

 

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 <*)))><  ************************************* Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 <*)))><  Saints, Our President needs our prayers. Prayer is what it's going to take… Folks, If you have not noticed...few Presidents have ever worked this hard for our country, having to deal with such hatred and ill-will.  Many wonder , does he ever sleep? Only God can sustain such energy, knowledge and person.. Will you please join in this prayer ? Let's keep this going! Oh God, Our Ominipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent God, how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth; we glorify, exalt, magnify, praise, honor and adore You. We thank you for Your mercy, Your grace and Your lovingkindness. Most of all, we thank You for your Son, Jesus, for His shed blood for our sins and the Comfort of the Holy Spirit. Please hear our prayer for optimum health, mental clarity and political prosperity for President Barack H. Obama. We pray that what he lacks in political 'experience' you make up for with supernatural wisdom and power. We also pray that when his enemies come upon him they will stumble and fall; and that your love will fill his heart to the end that 'Your will' be done through him. We pray mightily for his protection. As we plead the Blood of your son, Jesus, over him and his family. We reverently ask you to dispatch legions of angels to protect them from all hurt, harm, danger as he serves as the President of the United States of America . We thank you and praise you for answering our sincere prayers, in Jesus' precious name,   AMEN All you are asked to do is keep this circulating if you are so inclined. May God bless and keep you... --   For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required Luke 12:48                       Let's keep this going! Oh God, Our Ominipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent God, how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth; we glorify, exalt, magnify, praise, honor and adore You.  We thank you for Your mercy, Your grace and Your lovingkindness. Most of all, we thank You for your Son, Jesus, for His shed blood for our sins and the Comfort of the Holy Spirit. Please hear our prayer for optimum health, mental clarity and political prosperity for President Barack H. Obama. We pray that what he lacks in political 'experience' you make up for with supernatural wisdom and power. We also pray that when his enemies come upon him they will stumble and fall; and that your love will fill his heart to the end that 'Your will' be done through him. We pray mightily for his protection. As we plead the Blood of your son, Jesus, over him and his family. We reverently ask you to dispatch legions of angels to protect them from all hurt, harm, danger as he serves as the President of the United States of America . We thank you and praise you for answering our sincere prayers, in Jesus' precious name,   AMEN All you are asked to do is keep this circulating if you are so inclined. May God bless and keep you... For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required Luke 12:48

Yes, He understands

Refrain <listen here

 Yes, He understands, all His ways are best.
Hear, He calls to you, "Come to Me and rest."
Leave the unknown future in the Master's hand,
Whether sad or joyful, Jesus understands

 

Weary heart, He calls you, "Come to Me and rest,"
Does the path grow rugged? yet His way is best;
Leave the unknown future in the Master's hands,
Whether sad or joyful, Jesus understands

 

Bowed beneath your burden, is there none to share?
Weary with the journey, is there none to care?
Courage, wayworn traveler, heed your Lord's commands,
There's a thought to cheer you, Jesus understands.

 Every heavy burden, He will gladly share,
Are you sad and weary? Jesus has a care;
Well He knows the pathway o'er life's burning sands,
Courage, fainting pilgrim, Jesus understands.

  

Though temptation meet you, Jesus can sustain,
Life has vexing problems which He can explain;
Serve Him where He sends you, though in distant lands,
Do not doubt or question, Jesus understands.

 

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