An article at WND by Hilmar von Campe very plainly lays out the real issues facing us in the coming Presidential election. As a former Nazi Youth, growing up under the Nazi socialistic regime, he can see the climate in America, and elucidate for us the similarities between the rise of Nazi Germany, and the potential rise of the same in America if we do not wake up and take a long, hard look at the man (and party) that we very well may see in the White House come Nov. 4 (well, Jan. '09 really). Please take the time to read the article, pass it on, and certainly not least of all, pray for our country!
.j.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Interesting What a Game Can Reveal...
As a family, we played a game the other night that we learned from some friends. You take a dictionary, and one person finds a word that no one knows, and tells everyone the word and how to spell it. They write it down on a little piece of paper, and then try to come up with a short definition of it. The person who chose the word writes down the definition on a little piece of paper as well, and when everyone else is finished writing down their "definition", they pass their papers to the first person. The first person then reads each definition (hopefully with a straight face) and then everyone tries to determine the true definition. Each person can earn points two ways: 1) if they guess the true definition, and 2) if others pick your definition.
So anyways, through this we discovered that my oldest son can be quite creative and eloquent in his thoughts and speech. He decided that he would like to put some thoughts down on paper, and I told him he could submit a blog entry. So what follows is his own thoughts and words, with no help or input from me.
So without further ado...
.j.
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I would like to share some things about abortion. I feel very strongly about abortion. Abortion is murder. Some people might disagree on this. Some people might say that a woman has a right to do what she wants with her own body, which I agree with, but the problem is that it's not her own body that she is messing with. It is another living soul, and she is trying to kill it for her own selfish reasons. Millions of little babies have been murdered through abortion. If their Mothers waited until they were in their teens, or even five if not even younger, their Mothers would have been in big trouble for murder. Yet if they do it when the baby is still in the womb, they just go to the hospital and have a Doctor kill it. How could any Doctor do this in his right mind?! Something is wrong! I can already see God's fiery judging hand coming upon America for what it has done. Wild fires, tornado's, disease, and much more. Our country needs to repent and turn back to the Lord. What I think we need to do to stop our country's fall is to stand up for Jesus. We need to bear good fruit, and be a light unto the world. We need to share the gospel with all of the world.
"Thou shalt not kill". Exodus 20:13
Justin.
So anyways, through this we discovered that my oldest son can be quite creative and eloquent in his thoughts and speech. He decided that he would like to put some thoughts down on paper, and I told him he could submit a blog entry. So what follows is his own thoughts and words, with no help or input from me.
So without further ado...
.j.
**********
I would like to share some things about abortion. I feel very strongly about abortion. Abortion is murder. Some people might disagree on this. Some people might say that a woman has a right to do what she wants with her own body, which I agree with, but the problem is that it's not her own body that she is messing with. It is another living soul, and she is trying to kill it for her own selfish reasons. Millions of little babies have been murdered through abortion. If their Mothers waited until they were in their teens, or even five if not even younger, their Mothers would have been in big trouble for murder. Yet if they do it when the baby is still in the womb, they just go to the hospital and have a Doctor kill it. How could any Doctor do this in his right mind?! Something is wrong! I can already see God's fiery judging hand coming upon America for what it has done. Wild fires, tornado's, disease, and much more. Our country needs to repent and turn back to the Lord. What I think we need to do to stop our country's fall is to stand up for Jesus. We need to bear good fruit, and be a light unto the world. We need to share the gospel with all of the world.
"Thou shalt not kill". Exodus 20:13
Justin.
A Word From My Daughter
From time to time, my daughter is going to share some recipes, articles, stories, etc. for inspiration. She welcomes comments, and ideas that you might want to share as well. Please let us know if there is any particular subject that you would be interested in.
.j.
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As our family is growing, I am finding that it is not easy for Mom to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday. So, as the oldest girl, I am making them more and more. I hope that you find this post, and more to come, helpful.
Here are some yummy breakfast recipes that our family enjoys:
Baked Oatmeal
3 c. oatmeal
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
add some cinn, raisins, and nuts.
1c. honey
2 tbsp.vanilla
1 1/2 c. milk
2 eggs
Mix dry, and wet in separate bowls. Then combine. Put in a casserole dish, and bake at 350 degrees.
You always know its a good meal when your Dad asks for it EVERY morning, and goes on and on about how they taste AWESOME. This is one of them! :)
Pancakes
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
3 c. buttermilk
2 eggs
2 tbsp butter
1/2 c. water(if needed)
a little squirt of honey
You can make your own buttermilk by getting a quart of buttermilk from the store, take about 2 tbsp and put it in a big, glass jar, and fill it up with regular milk. Give a little shake, and put in cupboard. Let it sit 12/24 hours, and put in refrigerator. When you are finished with jar, save two tbsp, and start over! Also try to put blueberries, nuts, apple sauce, cinn, vanilla, etc. And instead of syrup, try honey, or jelly! YYYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Breakfast Casserole
6 eggs
2 c. milk
salt
dry mustard
4 slice bread
Feel free to add these ingredients to make it extra yummy:
cheese, turkey sausage, potatoes, and any vegetables.
To save time, make this later in the day for the next morning, make double portions, and make a day for cooking. You can freeze the casseroles, and use the same bowls for all these recipes, they are almost the same ingredients. It will also add to the flavor!
.k.
.j.
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As our family is growing, I am finding that it is not easy for Mom to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday. So, as the oldest girl, I am making them more and more. I hope that you find this post, and more to come, helpful.
Here are some yummy breakfast recipes that our family enjoys:
Baked Oatmeal
3 c. oatmeal
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
add some cinn, raisins, and nuts.
1c. honey
2 tbsp.vanilla
1 1/2 c. milk
2 eggs
Mix dry, and wet in separate bowls. Then combine. Put in a casserole dish, and bake at 350 degrees.
You always know its a good meal when your Dad asks for it EVERY morning, and goes on and on about how they taste AWESOME. This is one of them! :)
Pancakes
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
3 c. buttermilk
2 eggs
2 tbsp butter
1/2 c. water(if needed)
a little squirt of honey
You can make your own buttermilk by getting a quart of buttermilk from the store, take about 2 tbsp and put it in a big, glass jar, and fill it up with regular milk. Give a little shake, and put in cupboard. Let it sit 12/24 hours, and put in refrigerator. When you are finished with jar, save two tbsp, and start over! Also try to put blueberries, nuts, apple sauce, cinn, vanilla, etc. And instead of syrup, try honey, or jelly! YYYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Breakfast Casserole
6 eggs
2 c. milk
salt
dry mustard
4 slice bread
Feel free to add these ingredients to make it extra yummy:
cheese, turkey sausage, potatoes, and any vegetables.
To save time, make this later in the day for the next morning, make double portions, and make a day for cooking. You can freeze the casseroles, and use the same bowls for all these recipes, they are almost the same ingredients. It will also add to the flavor!
.k.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Zemer Levav
I haven't had the time to publish any new posts for a while (though I am working on a couple presently), but in the meantime, enjoy this video (a family band that our family enjoys very much).
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Are The "Seals" of Revelation Being Opened?
When the Dow dropped 777 points in one day, it just happened to be on the eve of the Feast of Trumpets (or, Rosh Hashana). An interesting article at RaidersNewsNetwork discussed the possible connection and correlation...it's worth the read.
.j.
.j.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Feasts of the LORD For Christians?
World Net Daily has an interesting article here promoting a video they produced about the biblical feasts found in Leviticus 23, and how they relate to Jesus. Since tomorrow is Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), it is a timely piece indeed!
.j.
.j.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Yom Teruah
Today is Yom Yeruah, the biblical name for what is also known as Rosh Hashana (the "Jewish new year"). It is the beginning of the fall feasts of the LORD, known as the High Holy Days. It is a demonstration of the heavenly courts being opened, called into session (on Yom Teruah-the "Feast of Trumpets"), and then God judges the peoples (on Yom Kippur-the Day of Atonement). The season finishes with Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles), a week-long celebration picturing God "tabernacling" with His people (which He will do when He returns, and which He did when He came the first time - "And the Word was made flesh, and *dwelt* (Lit. "tented" or "tabernacled") among us..." - John 1:14). One of the synonyms for Yom Teruah is "The Day of the Awakening Blast." One of the themes of this Holy day is "WAKE UP"! Rico Cortez recently did a teaching on GLC (God's Learning Channel) about Yom Teruah, and he listed 12 "themes" for this Holy-day:
1) Teshuva - The Season of Repentence
2) Rosh Hashana - Head of the Year
3) Yom Teruah - Day of the Awakening Blast
4) Yom Ha Din - Day of Judgement
5) Yom HaZikkaron - Day of Remembrance
6) HaMelech - Coronation Day (or Day of the King)
7) Days of Awe
8) Opening of the Gates of Heaven
9) Kiddushin Nesu'in - Wedding Ceremony
10) The Last Trump
11) Resurrection of/from the Dead
12) Yom HaKeseh - The Hidden Day
One of my first posts was titled "Awake", and was meant to stir up fellow believers (and unbelievers) to awaken to the times we are in. This is the perfect day to remind everyone that we need to "awake" - the scriptures are replete with the warning to wake up - prepare oneself - make ready, for the Day of the LORD is coming - a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness. Paul (or the writer of the book of Hebrews) tells us in Hebrews 10:30,31 the following: "For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
And again in 2 Corinthians 5:10,11 - "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men...."
What I mean when I say that we need to awaken to the times we are in is not only that we need to realize, or acknowledge that we are getting close to the return of the LORD (which we certainly need to do), but even more so, we need to awaken to the realization that judgment is coming - therefore we must repent. Repentance is not a one-time thing: it is a continuing need in the believer's life. The purpose of the "awakening blast" is to get people to awaken out of their slumber, and repent - teshuva (turn) towards the LORD. The LORD is returning as a "thief in the night." This was not/is not a new term that Jesus made up. There is a story behind it that you can read about here. However, as I pointed out in my post "Awake", Jesus' followers were not to be taken by surprise, such as a thief overcoming us in the night. We are supposed to be watching and waiting. We are expected to know the time and season of His coming ("But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief." 1 Thess. 5:1-4). Prophetically, the season of the fall feasts is the season of the return of the Messiah, and the great and terrible day of the LORD. The Messiah MUST fulfill the fall feasts. He has already fulfilled the spring feasts (Passover/Unleavened Bread/First Fruits), as well as the summer feast (Shavuot, or Pentacost, which is the Feast of Weeks). He WILL fulfill the fall feasts, and today is the rehearsal for the time when the Messiah returns. One of these days - one of these Tom Teruah's rather - will be the real deal!
Are you preparing yourself for the return of the bridegroom? Today is a "wedding rehearsal." If you are a part of the Bride (those that are born-again know what this means), then you should be sharing in the wedding rehearsals. Are you preparing yourself to be one of the 5 "wise" virgins, or are you one of the 5 "foolish" virgins (Matt. 25:1-13)?
May you have a blessed Yom Teruah.
.j.
1) Teshuva - The Season of Repentence
2) Rosh Hashana - Head of the Year
3) Yom Teruah - Day of the Awakening Blast
4) Yom Ha Din - Day of Judgement
5) Yom HaZikkaron - Day of Remembrance
6) HaMelech - Coronation Day (or Day of the King)
7) Days of Awe
8) Opening of the Gates of Heaven
9) Kiddushin Nesu'in - Wedding Ceremony
10) The Last Trump
11) Resurrection of/from the Dead
12) Yom HaKeseh - The Hidden Day
One of my first posts was titled "Awake", and was meant to stir up fellow believers (and unbelievers) to awaken to the times we are in. This is the perfect day to remind everyone that we need to "awake" - the scriptures are replete with the warning to wake up - prepare oneself - make ready, for the Day of the LORD is coming - a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness. Paul (or the writer of the book of Hebrews) tells us in Hebrews 10:30,31 the following: "For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
And again in 2 Corinthians 5:10,11 - "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men...."
What I mean when I say that we need to awaken to the times we are in is not only that we need to realize, or acknowledge that we are getting close to the return of the LORD (which we certainly need to do), but even more so, we need to awaken to the realization that judgment is coming - therefore we must repent. Repentance is not a one-time thing: it is a continuing need in the believer's life. The purpose of the "awakening blast" is to get people to awaken out of their slumber, and repent - teshuva (turn) towards the LORD. The LORD is returning as a "thief in the night." This was not/is not a new term that Jesus made up. There is a story behind it that you can read about here. However, as I pointed out in my post "Awake", Jesus' followers were not to be taken by surprise, such as a thief overcoming us in the night. We are supposed to be watching and waiting. We are expected to know the time and season of His coming ("But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief." 1 Thess. 5:1-4). Prophetically, the season of the fall feasts is the season of the return of the Messiah, and the great and terrible day of the LORD. The Messiah MUST fulfill the fall feasts. He has already fulfilled the spring feasts (Passover/Unleavened Bread/First Fruits), as well as the summer feast (Shavuot, or Pentacost, which is the Feast of Weeks). He WILL fulfill the fall feasts, and today is the rehearsal for the time when the Messiah returns. One of these days - one of these Tom Teruah's rather - will be the real deal!
Are you preparing yourself for the return of the bridegroom? Today is a "wedding rehearsal." If you are a part of the Bride (those that are born-again know what this means), then you should be sharing in the wedding rehearsals. Are you preparing yourself to be one of the 5 "wise" virgins, or are you one of the 5 "foolish" virgins (Matt. 25:1-13)?
May you have a blessed Yom Teruah.
.j.
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