Jimmy Carter and Hamas...More Than A Blunder!

As you are all aware of the news this past week, you know that Former President Jimmy Carter has gone off to attempt on working out an alleged peace plan with Hamas, a terrorist organization in the Middle East. From past history, we know that Carter is not the brightest bulb when it comes to the Middle East! He has not only embarrassed the United States, but he has endangered us as a nation by trying to negotiate an appeasement with Hamas. Any time a nation tries to negotiate an appeasement which is not in the best interest of Israel, the nation which does so ends up suffering catastrophic disasters. Also, any nation which participates in it suffers along with the offending nation harshly. The State Department specifically warned Carter not to do such a thing, but Carter stubbornly refused to heed their orders, and went out, then lied that he even got a warning from them. Perhaps the verses I believe that I got prompted with were for this matter, as a part of the bigger scene.

Scripture To Think About: Joel 1:1-20

The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel. Hear this, you elders: listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers? Tell it to your children and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten. Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips. A nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness. It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white. Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the husband of her youth. Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD. The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil fails. Despair, you farmers, wail you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed. The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree - all the trees of the field - are dried up. Surely the joy of mankind is withered away. Put on sackcloth, O priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes - joy and gladness from the house of our God? The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods. The storehouses are in ruins, the granaries have been broken down, for the grain has dried up. How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering. To you O LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the open pastures and flames have burned up all the trees of the field. Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures.

This morning, when I woke up, I thought I sensed a prompting to post the first chapter of Joel. It is no coincidence that it's the day after the Pennsylvanian elections, and just days before Reign Down USA. Something is up, and it's time to pray seriously folks!

Upcoming Events To Celebrate In Southern California

here are some upcoming events worthy of attending in Southern California this May:

May 16 & 17, 2008: (Calvary Chapel Chino Hills): Chuck Missler and KBRT's Paul McGuire will host a prophecy event: Strategic Perspectives. Tickets are on sale for $25.00 before May 1st...check the KBRT website for more information...use the link to get there fast.

Also, on Wednesday May 21st, Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Israel at the Forum in Inglewood. KBRT is going to have a booth there too...there is a cost; check the KBRT website for updates...there is plenty of security there...reserve your spots early for this event!

The Governator caves in to Same Sex Marriage

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has finally caved in to the Log Cabin Republican group...the "gay republicans". Schwarzenegger has been under pressure from the far left wing Gay and Lesbian groups to cave in to their special interests, and has finally agreed to support their highly militant anti heterosexual-pro gay marriage bills. Schwarzenegger's weak excuse was that the Republicans did not allow for diversity in the party, and that something must change. Time to send him this message: Hasta La Vista Baby!

Scripture To Think About: Psalm 84:1-12

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young ---- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

Selah

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.

Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked, For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good things does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Oh LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

There is an upcoming event on Wednesday May 19, 2008 which will be taking place at the Forum in Los Angeles: Israel's 60th birthday! This is going to be a historical event, and there will be more information on the KBRT website, which you can link up to through this blogsite. I will have more information to follow, but this is something to pray over. Also, there are other events coming up in April and May, which are worth attending in the Southland. I will give you more information about these events...just click on the links I have here, and you'll see what's happening now! In fact, check out Reign Down's link for an event on April 25th, going on nationwide...if you're not in Southern California, you can still see this event in some areas.

Scripture To Think About: Proverbs 1:7-19

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. Listen my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, do not give into them. If they say "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul; let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse" - my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood. How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds! These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves! Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

Recently, I had gotten an email from one of the Crawford Broadcasting Company engineers regarding the huge number of copper theft incidents going on nationwide. I emailed the engineers about the fact that someone will sooner or later end up electrocuting himself and get cooked in the burglary beyond recognition; in other words, the thief will end up looking like roadkill. Well, that happened on the morning of March 31, 2008, when some thief broke into an industrial building in El Monte California. This guy broke in early morning to steal the copper wires from the electrical box; however, this guy got cocky, and apparently did not turn off the electrical circuits. Needless to say, he shocked himself to death, and set the building on fire. This thief had gotten burned beyond recognition, and the authorities said that they couldn't even use any dental records to identify him. He got cooked beyond recognition!!! Let this be a lesson for anyone who is thinking about doing something evil...it has a way of catching up to you in some of the strangest ways! Imagine what he had to say when he went into God's presence right after he attempted to burglarize that business. If I died while committing a sin, I'd certainly be afraid of what I would be answering to!