Isolation A Tool Of Satan

 When we isolate ourselves from the word of God, Satan has control over men who have forgotten God's word. Therefore, one of the primary weapons used by Satan is to bring this isolation about. Isolation may be the beginning of forgetting God. This isolation is bondage; its hallmark is weakness; isolated from the Word of God, and men are powerless. 

Let me illustrate it this way; 

Terror regimes use isolation as a weapon of oppression, and terror arrived in America in 2020 via the mainstream media's fear propaganda. Even the conservative stations segregated all their hosts and spoke of nothing but COVID. Anthony Fauci struck even more trepidation in Americans with his constant updates and statements of how dangerous the Wuhan virus would be to everyone. Deborah Birx and MSM echoed Fauci's doctrine of lies. 

Families were kept apart, children were kept from grandparents, nursing home elderly were sequestered from their loved ones, people were locked in their homes for months, and fearful mothers masked their toddlers. We were kept from each other, kept from standing close, kept from hugging others, kept from coffee and conversation. We were alone out of fear. We stood six feet or more from each other, and mask Nazis raged at those who didn't comply. Fear promoted loneliness. 

Two years of isolation for Americans did much to cement fear and compliance, even with those who saw through the lies...even though we saw the dangers. Fear and loneliness had embedded themselves in our loved ones, friends, and neighbors. "Don't forget your mask," was the call with the wave from neighbors in their yards. 

Today FL governor has requested an investigation into the lies that brought about the lockdown and mandates. The isolation promoted fear and mistrust.

 What does the Lord say? That fear is NOT from Him. How do I know this? 

 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and be quiet from fear of evil. Proverbs 1:33 

 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 

It is easy to allow ourselves to become isolated from the Word of God. We can permit the cares of this world to fill our lives to the point we have no time for God's Word. We can allow fear to grip our hearts and destroy our trust in the LORD.

Look what happened to the disciples when Christ was crucified. Now that Jesus was dead, the heat was on those who followed him. The pressure was so great on Jesus' disciples that Peter denied following Him, and the disciples went into isolation. They locked themselves behind closed doors, fearing the Jews. They were isolated and in trouble because death was right outside the door. They dared not venture from home, for danger waited outside. They found safety in hiding. 

The disciples hid, trying to preserve their lives – much like us today. We are in isolation because death is at our doorstep. We would rather be bored and safe than excited or dead. Those were the disciples' choices: Get out and fellowship and be killed or stay safe inside. 

Amid their isolation, they experienced seclusion: Seclusion, an open invitation for Jesus. To isolate is to insulate from the possibility of anything happening in our lives. Seclusion is different. It creates an atmosphere for Jesus to enter and have a private moment with us. Jesus had given up on public displays. Even when He rose from the dead, He did not seek out crowds. He only sought those who knew and believed in Him. 

The disciples locked behind closed doors, fearing the Jews were isolated. However, the disciples in the Upper Room were not in isolation; they were in seclusion. In the Upper Room, the disciples weren't waiting for a safe escape; they were waiting for a visitation from the Holy Ghost. 

It looks like nothing had changed to the outward man, but a shift happened in seclusion. No longer were they in isolation for fear of what the world might do; they were in solitude, waiting to see what God would do. Between these two polarities, God's visitation changed the narrative. If God ever visits you, the situation may look the same, but it won't be the same, because one visit from God changes everything. 

Are you in isolation from the Word of God or secluded, waiting to hear from the Word of God? Isolation is bondage; its hallmark is weakness; isolated from the Word of God, and men are powerless in the Word of God and learn to trust in Him. 

Don't Blame Me!

I have a problem being classed with those with a history different from mine. I am speaking about the various brands of Christianity that practiced a corrupt form of Christianity. 

Looking back at my Quaker heritage, I can say there is no historical guilt in how the Quakers treated the blacks, the Indians, or any other race that Christianity has marginalized. Quakers did not go to war over religious idealogy to gain political power or to displace those who disagreed with them. As Quakers, we should not be classed with those who committed the historical sins of the past. Quakers may have started as a brand of "white Christianity," but the most significant number today are non-white Christians. Worldwide: most recent membership count (2012) = 377,055 

Distribution worldwide of Friends: Africa = 52% North America = 20% Caribbean and Latin America = 15% Europe and Middle East = 7% Asia-West Pacific = 6%. United States: 2007 = 86,837; 2012 = 76,360

Since the time of Constantine, Christianity has been a resistance faith against the evil empire of Satan. It lost its message of peace and forgiveness when it blessed the armies marching off to war. It resorted to extreme violence to destroy other cults and religions. It held major military Crusades to stop Islam. It pushed the world into the Dark Ages and hid the Truth from those seeking a better way of life.

The Church preached virtuous poverty, but its cathedrals were built with donations from the rich and indulgences. Its armies conquered and plundered the world, but the violence was covered with sanctimony and token 'good works. White Europeans were driven by ambition and greed. Still, they hid them with piety, much like today's globalists who invade and destroy nations but go on and on about 'democracy,' 'human rights, and 'western values. Very few divisions of the Christian faith acted Christ-like, but the Faith was an adequate moral cover for their aggressions and material avarice. 

The result is that Christianity has created "white guilt" and victimhood based on racism. The past sins of "white Christians" has produced a generation of "holy victims." These people cannot be criticized without being called a racist. The victimhood of the blacks and Jews has made them "holy victims." Nowhere do I find in the scripture where Jesus associated victimhood with holiness. The reality is anyone can be victimized. A good person can be oppressed, and a bad person can be oppressed. A bully can be bullied. A greedy man can be cheated and victimized by a greedy man. So, mere victimhood doesn't make one good, let alone saintly. Goodness is a matter of the heart. Whether one is a free man or an enslaved person, one can have a wicked heart. If Jesus believed that victimhood was equal to virtue, His message would have been different. After all, why did He not just say all the peoples under Roman Imperial Domination are good-and-holy since they were victims of Roman Power?

But even as Jews lived under the Roman heel, Jesus didn't believe they were automatically good or justified. For them to be good, they had to change their hearts on an individual basis. But in our materialist age, historical morality is often a matter of who did what to whom than what is in your heart. So, blacks can have the dumbest ideas, spew the filthiest nonsense, and wallow in hatred, but that's okay because their historical victimhood in America makes them somehow 'saintly.' The Jews can murder, rob, and steal the homes of the Palestinians because they were victims of the Holocaust and have the right to "reclaim" their land from the evil Palestinians. To speak against their atrocities makes you antisemitic. The "white Jews" have adopted the same idealogy of the past sins of "white Christianity." They have resorted to extreme violence to destroy anyone who speaks against them—forgiveness, Poverty, Peace, and leaving vengeance up to the LORD is not the message of the day.

The guilt of the past has changed how Christians view the present. More than 90% of evangelical "white Christians" support "white Zionist Jews" and cannot see the Christian Palestinian or Syrian Christians being killed daily. The years of America's past dealing with slavery has given blacks the right to riot, steal and murder without repercussion because of slavery. Christian churches fly the banner of BLM with pride, thinking this atones for the sins of the past.

I am sorry that Quakers lost their way when they became more interested in social justice than the soul's salvation. They strayed from the path of righteousness when they changed the message of salvation to a secular message of protecting personal rights. The Quaker's message today is more about addressing the past sins committed by "white Christianity" than dealing with the sins of the heart. 

I cannot change the past, I cannot undo the atrocities committed in the name of Christianity, nor will I be held guilty for the sins of others. I have never owned a slave, oppressed a Jew, denied rights to the LGBT, nor denied others the right to practice a religion other than Christianity. That does not mean I support different beliefs or radical organizations like BLM or Zionists. I can speak against those who use their victimhood to oppress others and deny me the freedom to practice Christianity. It would be pleasing to the LORD if Christians acted like faithful followers of Jesus Christ.

As an Orthodox Quaker, I am thankful for our history of non-violence, peace, and the social justice early Friends practiced. I am grateful to the early Quakers who believed and practiced that all men could be brought to the LIGHT of Christ. So don't blame me if your brand of Christianity is filled with a history of violence and hate. 

 I am grateful to the early Quakers who believed and practiced that all men could be brought to the LIGHT of Christ. So don't blame me if your brand of Christianity is filled with a history of violence and hate. Please don't call me a white supremacist because I am a white Christian. Unlike some branches of Christianity, Zionism, and Islam, which believe that White people are better, more intelligent, more moral, etc., than people of other races and should have more power, authority, and rights than people of different races, I believe that Jesus Christ is ".. .the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."  Salvation is for all men everywhere and we can be joint-heirs with Jesus Christ.

Ruled By Tyrants

 For almost two years, the US government has detained J6 political prisoners. One prisoner, Jonathan Mellis, warns he and other J6 defendants in the "Patriot Pod" of the DC Gulag are being tortured by "racist, hateful, and abusive correctional officers," sexually assaulted and treated like animals for being Trump supporters.

Mellis describes his incarceration, "The treatment I have endured since my arrest has shaken my faith in humanity." He was apprehended nearly two years ago in a pre-dawn FBI raid while visiting his parents at their home. "I was arrested on February 16, 2021, as if I were an Al Qaeda terrorist. I have not seen my family's faces in almost two years. My father, Gennaro Mellis, died a few months after my arrest. I was denied bond back then and still today," he continued, "I hope you can forgive me for reaching out for assistance. I am struggling."…

He said prisoners have been zip-tied, beaten, maced, and even sexually assaulted by jailers. One was zip-tied and beaten in his cell in the middle of the night. One was maced for not wearing a mask. One was sexually assaulted while strip-searched on his way back from his lawyer.

I think working-class Americans sit in a political prison without trial for almost two years because some got out of hand at an unarmed protest in DC. The Democrats and some RINO's and Social Media Tech tyrants colluded and conspired to steal a presidential election. The staging of this insurrection by the Democrat leadership indicates how far they will go to retain their position of power. They are willing to deny American citizens their right to due process. If they can do this and there is no outcry from the public, what do you think will happen to you when you speak out or protest against their unlawful actions?

One take from this assault on American justice is that President Trump could have pardoned all the J6 prisoners, we could have saved millions of taxpayers' money, and American citizens could have been freed from the political prison in which they are now detained. As for the weak and cowardly Republicans who have stood by while Americans are treated like a terrorist, I am ashamed that I voted for them. 

Until the Republicans can show their moral courage to stand up for the American citizen, I will not give them support or my votes. Since 2020, our nation has been in a downward spiral. We have watched both political parties destroy the freedom and liberty of American citizens to protect and secure their political power. How far down the road of destruction will America go before she wakes up? I fear that the political process in America is over. We see an election process corrupted by an elite group of power players who are no more than tyrants with a communist idealogy driving them. It is past time for America to wake up.

I would say that America should return to God, but that is impossible when we no longer believe God exists. Time is running out for America. By the way, if Trump cannot stand by his supporters why should they stand by him?

A Generation of Communist

 One of the things I have noticed over the past five years is the lack of respect from the younger generation. The younger generation is selfish, prejudiced, and unbalanced. The amount of rudeness and the loss of politeness and manners indicates society's total decay. 

Jesus warned us that this time would come.

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Lk. 12:53

For Americans who weren't alive under the Cuban Missile Crisis or the fall of the Berlin Wall, Communism is just an economic system, not a political one. But rebellious youth challenging the anti-communism status quo is not the only explanation for these pro-communism views. Modern politicians, both Republicans, and Democrats, should be criticized.

Republican rhetoric has softened Communism by associating socialism with Communism, making redistributive political systems more appealing to young people disillusioned with American inequality. And influential Democrats such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, who liken democratic-socialist countries to nirvana, certainly do not help to promote liberty and freedom.

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you probably know that most of the younger generation believes that socialism is a good idea. They vote for it and march for it and convince your kids of it through entertainment and social media. Unfortunately, they learned this in the very progressive public school system.

"70 percent of Millennials say they are likely to vote socialist."

"15 percent of Millennials think the world would be better off if the Soviet Union still existed." Maybe they should speak with someone from Russia today who lived under Communism. Russians are happy Communism is gone.

"About one-in-five Millennials (22 percent) believe that 'society would be better if all private property was abolished,' compared to 1 percent of the Silent Generation." (Karl Marx would agree.)

"45 percent of Generation Z and Millennials believe that 'all higher education should be free.'"

"Only 57 percent of Millennials believe the Declaration of Independence better 'guarantees freedom and equality' over the Communist Manifesto." (Clearly, they have read neither document.)

You may be thinking: How is this possible?

I think I have an answer for you. The U.S. government education system is brainwashing today's youth to believe that capitalism is evil while indoctrinating students with utopian, false, and fairy-tale notions about socialism and Communism." 

Though never successful (as far as the citizenry was concerned), Communism has spread to countries over the past 100 years, including China, North Korea, Cuba, Viet Nam, and others. The stories of those who lived under it are horrific. 

When the Berlin Wall was torn down on November 9, 1989, it symbolized the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the liberation of more than 300 million people from the tyrannical grip of Communism. We in the west celebrated the start of a new era of democracy and freedom, one we were told was possibly endless. Yet a mere 30 years later, communist parties are gaining ground, and the free world is shrinking — in size and spirit. 

In December of 1955, my parents turned their lives over to the LORD and served the LORD from that time on. As a seven-year-old child, my church taught me what was coming in the future, Biblically and politically. As a young teen, I knew about Communism and how it threatened freedom and liberty. 

Sitting in a biology class in high school right after lunch, our teacher, in tears, informed us that President Kennedy was shot and killed. My first thoughts were America was being taken over by the communist. By the time I graduated high school, things had not looked good for America. There was unrest all over the county. Then on April 5, 1968, Martin Luther King was murdered, and Bobby Kennedy was shot two months later. The country had rioters destroying cities across the country burning and looting just like wwe saw in 2020-2021. That was 1968. America was in tears as rioters were destroying our nation. 

At the time, the consequences of what had happened in 1968 did not register with me that America was being destroyed by Communism. The words often credited to Khrushchev are today valid, "Your children's children will live under Communism, You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept Communism outright; but we will keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find you already have Communism. We will not have to fight you; We will so weaken your economy, until you will fall like overripe fruit into our hands." I wonder if he said this, but the statement is true. America's education system is based on socialism, and it has given us a generation of socialists who accept the idealogy of Communism.

 Freedom and liberty will cease to exist when you take away from those willing to work and give to those who would not. The COVID lockdown proved this to be true and we have not recoved from that economic decision.

The government education system has given us a generation that has accepted the tenants of Communism when they have accepted government control in the areas of:

1) Healthcare - Control healthcare, and you control the people.

2) Poverty - Increase the poverty level as high as possible; poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you provide everything for them.

3) Debt - Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way, you can increase taxes, which will produce more poverty.

4) Gun Control - Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way, you can create a police state.

5) Welfare - Take control of every aspect (food, housing, income) of their lives because that will make them entirely dependent on the Government.

6) Education - Take control of what people read and listen to and take control of what children learn in school.

7) Religion - Remove the belief in God from the Government and schools because the people need to believe in ONLY the Government knowing what is best for the people.

8) Class Warfare - Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. Eliminate the middle class. This will cause more discontent, and it will be easier to tax the rich with the support of the poor.

Fast forward to December 2022. How did we arrive at a country we can no longer recognize?

In March 2020, America was locked down due to COVID. We lost many of our unalienable rights, especially those of the first amendment. That summer, Antifa and Black Lives Matter looted and torched the entire country. America was set ablaze, but the Insurrection Act was never used on these communist organizations.

Communism isn't on its way; it's alive and well in the American government halls and government-run public schools.

 

Just Blame Putin

I will no longer listen to those who blame Putin for the war in Ukraine, the gas shortage in America, the rise of inflation, or supply line breakdown. The American people are lazy when it comes to finding the truth. That is both political and religious truth. They will not take the time to seek out the absolute truth on any matter. The power of deceit from the Synagogue of Satan and the behind-the-scenes manipulators of Satan who use the media to attack Putin to promote their globalist agenda has deceived the American public. That's what's happening; the news is being shaped to advance the interests of Satan's minions.

We are in the final stages of the battle for the soul of mankind, and many American Christians cannot see Satan deceiving them. Their eyes have been blinded for so long that they have no motivation to seek the truth. The issues of Ukraine and Putin are just another area they have closed their eyes to reality.

After all, what do the American people know about Putin? Have they ever listened to his speeches or read his statements following meetings with other world leaders? Have they ever tuned in to his marathon 4-hour "ask-anything" Q&A sessions? Have they ever read transcripts of his interviews where he speaks candidly on critical policy issues, culture, or religion?

No, of course not. Everything Americans know about Putin they read in the media or hear from some talking head on TV. And that's the problem because the media despises Putin. And they hate him for the same reason they dislike anyone who disagrees with them because the media's wealthy owners see him as a threat to their political agenda. That's the whole deal in a nutshell. Putin is not hated because he is a "KGB thug" or a "new Hitler"; that's just public relations gibberish. He's hated because he is an obstacle to the globalists achieving their geopolitical objectives. That's the motive that drives this smear campaign. Putin has blocked them in Chechnya, South Ossetia, Syria, and Ukraine. He has derailed their grand plan to "pivot to Asia" and to encircle China with US military bases. He has been a thorn in their side for two decades, throwing a wrench in their loony plan to crush emerging centers of power and rule the world. That's why they hate him and use their media to make you hate him, too.

Putin is not hesitant to speak of living in a world based on biblical values. The Russian state actively encourages traditional marriage and childbearing. Same-sex marriage is not recognized. He has no problem with LGBTQ persons,  but some things done in the West appear excessive. Russians want these people to be happy, but this must not overshadow cultural traditions and family values.

Here is a headline that should grab your attention: Ukraine is a physical, visible battlefield in a spiritual struggle between a debauched, apostate West led by the United States and a traditionalist Christian Russia. Who in their wildest dream would put Russia as a Christian country?

The Russian Orthodox Church has its roots in Kyiv, where Prince Vladimir converted Russia to Christianity in 988, an event viewed as a cornerstone of Russian and Ukrainian identity. President Putin was in Kyiv for the 1025th anniversary of the Christianization of the Russian people: On that occasion, he said:

"Spiritual unity is so strong that it is immune to any acts of authorities, either of a state or, I dare say, even of the Church. No matter what power the state may have over people, there is nothing stronger that the power of our Lord,"

The media in America would lose their mind if Biden made a statement like that. I believe even the Democrats would call for his impeachment.

Orthodox Christians in Ukraine and Russia are shocked at how America has become the New Evil Empire. By promoting abortion and privileges for perverts with their aggressive pro-homosexual agenda, bullying African governments to legalize abortion and homosexuality, and sending generous aid to radical Middle Eastern governments which severely persecute the Christian Church. The Christians in both countries cannot understand how Christians in America have allowed the government to remove everything related to Christ from public view, just as the Communists did during the Soviet enslavement of Russia.

Have we not learned from history that our country's direction is what happened in Russia in 1917? Socialism is, in Marxist theory, the final transitionary step to communism. What has communism given the world since 1917? Only several 100 million deaths.

Putin has pulled away from communist Russia to support a Christian Russian, while American leadership has embraced the teachings of Lenin. And what did Lenin say about religion? "Religion is opium for the people," wrote Lenin in December 1905, echoing his hero, Karl Marx. "Religion is a sort of spiritual booze." That was a mild assessment from a man who wrote that "there is nothing more abominable than religion," and "all worship of a divinity is a necrophilia." Yes, necrophilia.

Sticking to this 1905 statement, Lenin saw socialism as incompatible with religious belief: "Everyone must be absolutely free to… be an atheist, which every socialist is, as a rule." He declared: "Complete separation of Church and State is what the socialist proletariat demands of the modern state and the modern church." Like a 21st-century secular progressive in America, Lenin insisted that "religion must be declared a private affair." This has become the mantra in American politics "religion is a private affair."

Of course, once Lenin and his Bolsheviks took over a decade later, they refused to tolerate religion even as a private affair. Even in that 1905 letter, Lenin conceded as much: "We demand that religion be held a private affair so far as the state is concerned. But by no means can we consider religion a private affair so far as our Party is concerned." In his Soviet state, the Party was the supreme, infallible authority, and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union would relentlessly pursue what Mikhail Gorbachev called "a wholesale war on religion."

Lenin continued, "to combat the religious fog… we founded our association, the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party, precisely for such a struggle against every religious bamboozling of the workers." Lenin wanted a political system "cleansed of medieval mildew." He tried to halt "the religious humbugging of mankind."

In September 2013, Putin took part in the final plenary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. On this occasion, the President mentioned the spiritual conflict between East and West:

"We can see how many of the Euro-Atlantic countries are actually rejecting their roots, including the Christian values that constitute the basis of Western civilization. They are denying moral principles and all traditional identities: national, cultural, religious and even sexual. They are implementing policies that equate large families with same-sex partnerships, and belief in God with the belief in Satan."

Putin continuously makes it clear that he envisions Russia as a Christian country. When was the last time an American President declared America a Christian nation? When will the American people, especially Christians, stop believing the MSM and research the truth?

Men Are No Longer Warriors

 Over the fifty-some years in the ministry, I have watched the Church slowly lose its male population. The number of women in most churches outnumbers the number of men seven to one. The leadership of the Church has changed from all-male leadership to a majority of female leaders. In the past 30 years, Christianity in the American Church has become fully feminized. Christians have forgotten the Bible is a book of warfare. We have reduced it to a book of love, peace, and tolerance.

Why have the men left the Church? Some men feel the Church is no longer challenging. Men are active, not passive.

The Bible is the book to teach us about spiritual warfare, not tolerance for sin. It is a book to challenge the warrior to stand loyal in the fight for the cause of Jess Christ. Men are no longer coming to Church because there is no challenge. A religion that challenges is active, not passive. A church that requires you to adapt to its teachings rather than adapting to you is challenging. The longer you are involved, the more you realize the demands are great. Where is the challenge to be a warrior brave and true?

Young men once grew up being challenged daily. I bet I can throw this ball farther than you can. You can't run as fast as I can. I can lift more weight than you. You get the picture. We then bring these boys into the Church and discourage them from wanting to do the impossible. The Church is about sitting quietly, singing songs written for women's voices, and listening to a sermon on love, peace, and tolerance. Is it any wonder that men do not want to go to Church? 

Warriors are a people of discipline. The Bible is a book of self-mastery through discipline. Study to show thyself approved. The Spirit God gave us does not make us timid but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. 

Hebrews 12:

4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son."

7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their Fathers?

8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate and true sons and daughters.

9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live?

10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good that we may share in his holiness.

11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.

13 "Make level paths for your feet," so that the lame may not be disabled but rather healed.

"In the Bible, the theme of spiritual warfare is ubiquitous; saints, including female saints, are warriors. Warfare requires courage, fortitude, and heroism. We are called to be 'strugglers' against sin, to be 'athletes' as St. Paul says. And the prize is given to the victor.

As a teacher, I was taught to make the lesson rigorous and challenging—the same with being a Christian. Being a Christian is rigorous. It is complex; it involves cross-bearing and walking a difficult narrow path. It is about overcoming oneself. It is strict, and in that rigor, men find liberation.

Being a Christian is serious. It isn't easy. It is demanding. It is about mercy, but it's also about overcoming oneself. You will be challenged profoundly, not to 'feel good about yourself but to become holy. It is rigorous, and in that rigor is liberation.

I, along with other men, want life to be simple and clear about what I am supposed to do. Most men will feel comfortable when they know what is expected of them. God presents a reasonable set of boundaries. We are to present ourselves as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God which is our reasonable service. It's easier for guys to express themselves in worship if there are guidelines about how it's supposed to work—especially when those guidelines are so simple and down-to-earth that you can just set out and start doing something.

I wrote a morning prayer each day for two years and posted it on social media, not expecting it to appeal to very many. Some felt their day had a bad start if I was late in posting a prayer. I came to realize that many found it challenging to pray each day. Some religions provide morning prayers, evening prayers, prayer before and after meals, and so on--this gives men a way to engage in spirituality without feeling put on the spot or worrying about looking stupid because they don't know what to say.

 Several men have told me they never want me to call on them to pray because they don't know what to say. What is wrong about reading a prayer that speaks to our spiritual life? Why do we expect prayers to always be spontanious? The disciples were rugged men who asked Jesus how to pray. The prayer the LORD taught them to pray is repeated in many churches yet today. Churches do not teach men how to pray nor give them examples what to say in their prayer.

Men appreciate a challenge that has a goal: union with God. The problem is they need to be challenged to do something. Men want to be doing something, not just talking about it. The Church has been reduced to a place where we talk about the theory of being a Christian without the physical act of being a Christian. Here is what men need a challenge, a goal, perhaps an adventure — in primitive terms, a hunt. Christianity has lost the ascetic, that is, the athletic aspect of the Christian life. Men are activity oriented. Run the race before you. Fight the fight of faith.Endure the hardships as a good solider.

The language of the Church has adopted a more feminized vocabulary. This has resulted in men shying away from Church. 

What appeals to women does not appeal to men. Is it any wonder that men believe the Church is for women and children? Women have turned the studying of the Bible into  "a love story written for women by women." "American Christianity in the last two hundred years has been feminized. It presents Jesus as a friend, a lover, someone who 'walks with me and talks with me.' This is fine rapturous imagery for women who need a social life. Or it depicts Jesus as an emfeminate weak man. Neither is the type of Christ the typical male wants much to do with." They are looking for the warrior King.

I have never been a fan of holding hands while we pray—this appeals to women but not men. Men feel uncomfortable holding hands with another man. Most men I know are not the "touchy/feely type of person. They are not looking for emotional attachments, they are looking for a manly church.

One man said he looks at the curtains when entering a church. That tells him who decides how the Church is run and the type of Christians they want to attract.

Men either want to be challenged to fight for a glorious and honorable cause and get filthy dirty or loaf in their recliners with plenty of beer, pizza, and football.

 I have found that many evangelical churches base their salvation on emotional experience. Feelings. Tears. Repeated rededication of one's life to Christ in large emotional group settings. Singing emotional invitation songs, swaying hands aloft, and even Scripture reading was supposed to produce an emotional experience. The entire worship service was conducted to generate an emotional reaction. The whole religious experience is about emotional feel-good salvation.

"Men get pretty cynical when they sense someone's attempting to manipulate their emotions, especially in the name of religion. They appreciate authentic worship. It's not aimed at prompting religious feelings but at performing an objective duty.

Evangelical churches call men passive and nice (think 'Mr. Rogers'). Churches should call men to be courageous and act (think 'Braveheart').

What draws men to the Church is not simply that it's challenging or mysterious. What draws them is the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the center of everything the Church does or says.

Christ is a militant. Jesus takes Hell captive. Jesus came to cast fire on the earth. (Men can relate to this.) In the one true Baptism of the Spirit, we pray for the newly-enlisted warriors of Christ, male and female, that they may 'be kept ever warriors invincible, filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

There are only two models for men: be 'manly' and strong, rude, crude, macho, and probably abusive, or be sensitive, kind, repressed, and wimpy. But in following Christ, there is  'neither male nor female,' but Christ who 'unites things in heaven and things on earth. There is only one type of Christian those who the blood of Jesus Christ has redeemed and have taken up the cross and followed Him.

Like it or not, men prefer to be led by men. In an authentic Early Church setting, lay women do everything lay men do, including preach, teach, and chair ministry duties. But what men like is to be led by men.

Regardless of the appeal of a church to men, a dangerous life is not the goal. Christ is the goal. A free spirit is not the goal. Christ is the goal. He is the towering figure of history around whom all men and women will eventually gather, to whom every knee will bow, and whom every tongue will confess. It is time for men who call themselves Christian to start acting like a warrior in the kingdom of God and step on the battlefield and join in the fight against the enemy of our souls.

Loss of Respect

 Over the years, I have observed a disturbing trend that has created a generation of disrespectful youth-the lack of spiritual guidance.

Parents no longer teach respect to their children. There was a time in our nation when an essential moral basis of the family was the respectful attitude of children toward their parents. From a young age, children were taught respect for their elders. As a child, I learned very quickly not to interrupt adults when they were talking, never walk between adults, children were to be seen and not heard, and never back-talk to your elders. There was a time long ago when children were respectful to their elders, even fearful. Those days are long gone and are now only stories told by grandparents when they were a kid and children were obedient and respectful.

.A respectful attitude towards parents and the older generation, in general, was expected of all children. There was a time when society condemned those who allowed themselves a disrespectful attitude toward their elders. This was based on the religious teaching of one's parents to honor your father and mother as a commandment from God.

The lack of religious instruction in the family has created a generation that does not know God or show respect for their parents and the elderly. The decline in teaching respect and honor started with the Baby Boomer generation. The decline in punishment for disrespect resulted in an era of undisciplined children who lacked the fear of physical accountability for their actions. Rather than using the rod of correction, the parent chose to spare the rod and spoil the child." Punishment was  "time out" or "being grounded." 

Proverbs 13:24 KJV

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 23:13 KJV. 

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Proverbs 19:18 KJV

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

I am sure some heard these words from their parents just before the correct rod was applied, "This hurts me more than it will hurt you." It was several years before I understood what my parents meant. Physical punishment of a child is torturous for the parent. I remember my mother crying while she was whipping me, and I did not understand why she was crying; I was hurt.

As a child growing up, I was often reminded of the passage of scripture in Deuteronomy 21:18-21

"If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear."

I was told that I should be thankful I was not living in the Old Testament times. I learned later that even in the New Testament, you could be put to death "For God commanded: esteem father and mother; and: he who reviles father or mother shall die by death" (Matthew 15:4) 

I am well aware that so me will find the physical punishment of a child the reason for the cycle of violence. There is a significant difference between punishment and abuse. Looking back on my life, I did believe my parents abused me, and I knew they loved me despite my need for correction.

Just a thought, maybe if there were more use of the rod and less sparing of the rod, there would be less violence and more respect among our youth today.

Standing All Alone

 For the last three years, I have warned about the coming food crisis, the failure of the supply chain, the collapse of our economic system, the increase in the death rate, and the war on Christian beliefs. It has been like talking to a post. I have come to realize there is nothing more I can do to warn of the Evil we are facing. I have tried to convince people, especially those who call themselves Christian, that Evil is here now. I have reconciled myself to the cold hard fact that Satan has blinded the eyes of so many. It is difficult to understand why Christians cannot see the evil parading in front of them. Are people so blind that they cannot see what is happening daily, or do they refuse to see?

Satan has so distracted people that they fail to see the late hour we are facing. The end is near, and we are living like the days of Noah. People continue eating, drinking, and being merry as if they do not see the darkness of Evil spreading across the world.

I even said I would not dwell on the judgment of the LORD that comes on this nation because no one was listening. I am resolved to stand alone and dwell on the things that matter. What matters is eternity and how I loved and cared for my family. It will not matter what I own or do not own, my educational status, or any status symbol. None of this is going to matter. What matters is, have I listened to the voice of God? Have I done all he asked me to do? Have I been faithful to the commission the LORD has given to me? My actions towards the commandments, precepts, testimonies and the law of God are all that matters. There is no "virtue signaling" involved. There is no one to impress. Others' opinions do not matter. I will stand alone and face the ridicule of those who believe I am overreacting.

When I read about parents taking their children to "drag queen hour," I feel disgusted. 

Having spent 38 years in education, I know how teachers indoctrinate their students into immoral ideologies. I find it hard to accept that Christians have their children in government schools. When is it right to expose your child to gender identity issues taught in government schools? Is it any wonder our youth are confused about how God created them? I asked myself why have all Christian parents not taken their children out of public government schools. When is it right to expose your child to drugs, immoral sex acts, violence, and antichrist doctrines? Is it any wonder we have a generation that does not know God? Public government education has changed since you, as a parent, went to school. The idea that Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic are the core subject is no longer the case. Discipline is out of hand; drugs, sex, and violence are in every public government school and are on the rise. Children are bullied to the point that some commit suicide. Is this what you are willing to expose your child to every day in school?

When the medical system mutilates young children in the name of an ideology that children are born "gender fluid" and can one day decide which body parts they want to keep and which they want surgically removed or altered, I see the hand of Satan. What kind of people do these things? What sickness has taken over their hearts, minds, and hands that do the work? If you cannot see Satan's work being done by these evil people, you are blind and spiritually dead. 

Regardless of your politics, our government is rushing toward World War III by provoking Russia and China. I can only shake my head at the stupidity of our elected officials and those who vote them into office.

Governments have done incredibly cruel and demonic things to others throughout our existence. We are again facing demoinic persecution, and tribulation like the world has never seen, and you need to prepare your soul for the coming trials and tests. Judgment is here now!

The Lack of Spiritual Life

 There is not much said today about the disintegration of the American family. There are books, articles, blogs, and videos on single-parent living, but only a little about why this is happening.

I am not an expert on marriage and divorce; I can only relate to what I have experienced in my fifty-four years as a minister. I have heard for many years the number one problem is marriage is material. I'm afraid I have to disagree with this being the main issue. It is not how much money is brought home by husband or wife but rather the spiritual condition of both.

The lack of a holy spiritual condition deprives the spiritual unity that makes for a spiritually loving family. A sacred spiritual condition based on a personal relationship with the LORD makes for a solid foundation. It gives a sense of mutual spiritual belonging to something more significant than the individual.

The American family has been in a spiritual crisis for some time. The lack of spiritual values in the family has created moral, ethical, and religious turmoil in our culture. 

From the time a child is born, they are programmed to ignore their spiritual life. Their life is surrounded by everything that divides people rather than unites them. They are programmed by the movies they watch, the music they listen to, the video games they play, and the social media they use. These foster selfishness, hedonism, greed, and a disregard for the sacred, destroying kindness, mercy, compassion, and respect for human life.

If you are a student of history, you know that the destruction of a nation of people comes from a spiritual-religious crisis, expressed in every culture by the decay of the family.

The family is the foundation of spirituality. God designed mankind to grow and survive through the family. God told Adam to multiply and replenish the Earth. How was this to happen? Gen.2:18 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."

The very first institution God founded upon the Earth was the home (Gen. 2: 18-25). God established a marriage between a man and a woman. Scripture places tremendous emphasis on the sanctity of marriage. Marriage is integral to His plan. If we have weak marriages, we will have weak families. If we have weak families, we will have weak churches. If we have weak churches, we will have weak communities. And if we have weak communities, we will have a weak nation. That is why He demands that marriages be treated as sacred treasures. If spirituality falters and weakens, then it weakens, first of all, in the family tradition and family life. But once shaken in the family, it begins to weaken and degenerate in all human relationships and organizations.

We should understand that the troubles of the modern family lie in spiritual depravity, in the loss of culture and relationships in the family, and the absence of respect for the hierarchy established by God, but we do not seem to acknowledge the problem.  

More often than not, the relationship is based on sexual attraction and not on true love. Once the sexual attraction is gone, so is the marriage. And if there is no love? This tremendous creative power and man's supreme moral state fall apart, and disaster ensues.

Some say that love missing from a relationship will end in mutual disgust, hatred, suspicion, and family scenes,' which is a natural breeding ground for sick characters, psychopathic tendencies, neurasthenic lethargy, and vital 'failure.'

This often happens in the modern family. All values are turned upside down. Women cheat on their feminine nature, acting like men. Men cheat on their masculine nature, acting like women. The soul yearns for freedom and love, but being in the grip of a perverted understanding of self, relationships, and the world, it suffocates and blindly surrenders itself into the hands of cunning manipulators who skillfully impose patterns of behavior, tastes, and lifestyles. Is it any wonder our youth are confused about their gender? 

 A unique environment based on a spiritual life is needed for the personal and psychological development of the child. After all, here in a completely informal setting, in the process of daily life, a child sees the relationship between adults and people of different sexes at first less consciously, and then more and more consciously learns moral behavior and experience in solving problems, including everyday life. (More behavior is caught than taught.) If the spiritual aspect of life is ignored, a generation will not know God and live according to what they see right in their own eyes. The result--broken families.

Why I Will Not Vote For Todd Young

 Why am I voting for a third party? In the past four years, I have been very disappointed in the Republican Party at the State and Federal. Our governor is more like a Democrat than a Republican. Our State Senator Todd Young is an embarrassment. He cannot call himself a conservative with his voting record supporting increased spending. I will not continue to support a political party that lacks the backbone to stand up for America First. Every American should be angry about supporting the war in Ukraine. We have no business spending billionss of dollars, depleting our oil reserves, weakening our military weapon stock, and pushing toward a nuclear war to support a country that kills its own people.  Since 2014 the Ukraine government has waged war against its citizens. I am fed up with our political leaders' lies about why we must support another war. It is time America takes care of Americans. Sen. Todd Young does not seem to understand taking care of Americans First or protecting the future generation from excessive debt.

So, this year the Republicans will no doubt win both the House and the Senate in the Congressional race so, I will vote to make a change in Indiana. It is time to give Hoosier a choice. In many counties, the Republicans run unopposed. It is time to open the door to a party that will challenge the Republicans and holds their campaign promises with some accountability. I have been asked how I can support a political party that supports abortion. For years I have listened to the Republicans talk about Pro-Life legislation, and nothing happens. We still have abortions and still have promises. So maybe if there was a political party that would give the Republicans a challenge, they might be more accountable to their campaign pledges and do what they say they will do. So, I will be casting my vote for James Sceniak for Senate.

https://www.sceniakforsenate.com/libertarian-james-sceniak-talks-about-inflation-abortion-other-key-issues-in-senate-race/

This year the Libertarian Party has the opportunity to gain the 10 percent needed to participate in the general primaries. A vote for Jeff Maurer as Secretary of State will not be wasted and will give Hoosiers a choice.

Per Indiana law, a political party must get a minimum of 10 percent in the Secretary of State's race to participate in the general primaries. They must get at least 2 percent to maintain ballot access. So, voting Libertarian for Secretary of State is a vote to give Hoosier voters more choices. This year the Secretary of State candidate is Jeff Maurer. He's running to ensure our elections are safe and secure. He wants you to get a receipt with your vote so you can verify your vote counted the way you intended. He is a better choice than the Republican candidate with a questionable work history in the Indiana government. https://www.maurerforindiana.com/

Most people do not know that the primary elections cost the taxpayer. Delegates select Libertarian candidates at the convention at no cost to taxpayers. For county and local races, they are officially nominated at county conventions. Delegates select other higher-level candidates at the state convention,

I will not vote for a candidate who is running unopposed. There should not be people running unopposed. The election process in Indiana limits who can run for a political office by unreasonable requirements. It is almost impossible for a suitable candidate not affiliated with one of two political parties to run for office due to the conditions to get on the ballot. It is time to change the process and stop giving control to just a few political tyrants.

My Lost Family

 For the past few weeks, the shortness of time and the world's condition has been on my mind. I have often thought of the members of my family who have not given their souls to Jesus Christ and where they will spend eternity. 

I understand how Paul felt in Roman 9 when he spoke about his fellow Israelites.

As a person who has given his life to the LORD and is guided by the Holy Spirit and in the will of God, I can say truthfully that I am concerned about my family. I am sad when I think those in my family have not accepted the LORD as their Savior. I am talking about my earthly family, and I do not know how to approach them with the message of salvation. They were raised in a Christian family; they know that Jesus died for their sins and that He has promised to forgive them and make them His family. They are descendants of a long line of ancestors who chose the LORD as their Savior. Our parents raised them to worship and serve the LORD. Our mother wept and prayed for them to find a way of salvation. Yet, they have not heard the voice of the LORD calling them to salvation. I have prayed for my children and grandchildren that they too find the way to salvation.

Every day I read about the wars spreading worldwide and the possibility of nuclear war. I see the number of "died suddenly" deaths occurring daily in the obituaries. I hear of the many who are stricken with cancer and heart and kidney diseases at a young age. All this makes me see the shortness of life and the importance of preparing for eternity.

My prayer is

Jehovah-Rophe, Your people are crying daily for their families to be saved. Heal and restore our lost loved ones into the faith in Jesus Christ. Heal their sin-sick souls. Bind every curse spoken against them. Cover and cleanse them with Your blood shed on the cross for their salvation. May they be born again and saved through Your mighty name. I trust in Your words as spoken to Isaiah. So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Father, I know it is not Your will that any perish but come to salvation.

Many parents are reaching out to You, and I am reaching out to You, Lord, seeking salvation for my children. Our children have lost their way. Satan has blinded their eyes, and the ways of sin have a hold on them May the Holy Spirit speak to them and bring them back to Jesus Christ. 

Please help them to understand and spread your word. Please bring them back to You, Father. In Jesus' most precious name, AMEN!!

Matt. 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

In the name of Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, the King of kings, Lord of lords, and Creator of all things, I command the spirits operating in the life of my loved ones be bound, those evil spirits blinding my children to the gospel, to keep them out of the kingdom of God, I bind you now. I belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. And I carry His authority and righteousness. So, in His Name, I command you to desist in your maneuvers. I spoil your house according to the Word of God, and I enter into it to deliver my loved one from your hands.

"Father, I'm asking You to send laborers across the path of my lost family, laborers who are equipped with the Word of God about salvation, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, healing, and deliverance. Send laborers who can communicate effectively with my family, so Your Word can reach their hearts. Amen.