Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying, but you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-..row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy it is to gossip?

Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say, but we question the words in the Bible?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mail's and they are forwarded right away, but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?

IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT?

Please please take time to see this video.

Bound4LIFE

is a grassroots prayer mobilization movement targeting the ending of abortion, the increase of adoptions and the reformation of government and society through spiritual awakening. Our mission is to mobilize a groundswell of prayer through:

“Silent Sieges” in front of courthouses and abortion clinics across the nation.

Millions of Christians wearing “Life Bands” and making the Bound4LIFE covenant–PRAY, VOTE & OBEY.

When LIFE tape is placed over our mouths, we are identifying with the silent screams of the unborn and of those who have no voice. Our stand is not a protest, but a silent prayer meeting. We make our appeal to the Judge of the earth and ask Him for speedy justice to be released. Oh that God would subpoena the conscience of the nation!

The media has taken hold of this image and spread it everywhere. It has quickly become a phenomenon that catches the eyes and hearts of the world.

In our silence, we intercede on behalf of our nation and cry out to God for mercy. It is a silence that speaks louder than words. We m

The Silent Siege

“Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it… Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it.” (Ezekiel 4:2-3 NKJV)

A Silent Siege is just this—we build up a wall and stand in the gap on behalf of our nation (Ezekiel 22:30). It is an incredible strategy given to us in a dream from the Lord. The media has taken hold of this image and spread it everywhere. It has become a phenomenon that catches the eyes and hearts of the world. When we make a stand outside of a courthouse or an abortion clinic, our stand is for life, justice and mercy.

When LIFE is written on a piece of red tape and placed on our mouths, we are identifying with the silent cries of the unborn and of those who have no voice.

Our stand is not a protest, but a silent prayer meeting. We make our appeal to the Judge of the earth and ask Him for speedy justice to be released. It is a plea— “Oh, that God would subpoena the conscience of America!”

We dream of the day when all 740 abortion clinics in America will have long lines of people, young and old alike, standing strong on sidewalks praying and fasting with LIFE covering their lips. If 740 churches would rise up and take on one abortion clinic each with sustained fasting and prayer, what would happen?

Statistics

The following are facts and statistics gathered from the most-cited sources regarding abortion. Ultimately, to know the truth is to know more than just the facts and numbers. Truth is a person, so it’s not an encounter with an idea that will adequately change us. It is an encounter with God that will bring true transformation. Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” Minds can be swayed by facts, but an encounter with the Lord changes both hearts and minds.

Abortion Worldwide

Annually, 46 million babies die from abortion worldwide. That’s approximately one baby being aborted every two seconds.

Abortion in the United States

An estimated 50 million babies have been aborted since 1973. Approximately 24% of all U.S. pregnancies end in abortion.

Characteristics of Women Having Abortions

Over half (56%) of all women having abortions between 15-44 are in their 20’s.

Nearly eight in 10 U.S. women obtaining an abortion report a religious affiliation.

43% are Protestant

27% are Catholic

8% are other religions

41% of women having abortions are white, 32% are black, and 20% are hispanic.

 

Black and Hispanic women have higher abortion rates than non-Hispanic white women. Black women’s abortion rates are 49 per 1,000, Hispanic women’s are 33 per 1,000 and non-Hispanic white women’s are 13 per 1,000.

According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the most recurrent characteristics of women having abortions over time are nonwhite, poor and unmarried.

Reasons For Abortion

98% Personal Choice (unwanted or inconvenient)

1.7% Life/Health of Mother or Child

.3% Rape/Incest

Abortion by Gestational Age

African American Community

According to the CDC, each year 616,074 African Americans are born.

458,500 babies will have died from abortion.

284,877 blacks will have died that same year through anything from natural causes to heart disease.

There are 743,377 Africans Americans dying yearly. This number is 127,303 more than those that are born.

From 1973 to 2004, nearly 30% of the black population were erased through abortion. Out of the average 4,400 babies dying daily that are reported abortions, an estimated 1,300 are African American. They account for 32% of women having abortions yearly, yet make up only 13% of the American population. African American women are 3 times as likely to have an abortion than other women.

Man has nothing to do with Gods promise. Man began to realize that God doesn't need the help of man.
Not his potency nor his potential perform his word in your life.
In fact man can be totally oblivious to what God has spoken in your life.
You can be controversial and criticized by man, but if God says he's going to something in your life.
God will do it and man can't stop.

"Man has nothing to do with God's Promise"

I don't know what God has promised you.
I'm sure that he has not promised you, what he promised Mary.
I'm sure your not to birth a physical Jesus Christ.
Maybe your birthing a business, maybe your birthing a family, maybe your birthing a ministry
maybe your birthing a vision, and maybe you don't see the natural resources and the support
for what ever it is what you have to do in your spirit and God has spoken something in your spirit
and you staggering at the promise of God, saying "Lord I can't do this, I don't have enough help,
I don't have enough support, I don't have enough people"
But God wants you to understand that man has nothing to do with God's promise.

If God promises you something, he is able to bring it to pass.
The bible said the spirit of God over shadowed Mary that it came upon her and what you need to full fill
the promise of God is not so much to confer with men , but to confer with God.
I am convinced we spend to much time spending seeking the approval of people.
Man will approve you one moment and disapprove you the next moment.

People are so fickle they'll change their mind on you in a moment.
If you build on the opinions of people, what ever you build will crumble and come to ruin.
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness.

You don't have to have man's approval.
You don't have to have man's resources.
You don't have to have man's money.
You don't have to be able to afford it.
You don't have to see your way clear.
People don't have to embrace you, endorse you, or support you, in fact they can criticize you.
Nobody can curse what God has blessed.

If God Blessed you sometimes you got to stand your ground and be tenacious and say He
that has began a good work in my life, shall perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

I would to God that we had more people that were willing to be controversial, that would willing to be
criticized. We have so many people that are political correct, trying to be polite, trying to fit in, trying
to be a politician, trying to make everybody love them.

Sometimes you have to feel the fear and do it anyway. Feel the controversy and do it anyway.
Because man has nothing to do with God's promise.

I don't know what you believing God to do. How difficult, how impossible, how tenacious you have feel you have to be.
I want you to know that man has nothing to do with God's promise. I dare you to allow that promise to kick in your womb
and to stay alive in your spirit and to be tenacious enough to hold onto your dream, If you hold onto it God will bring
it to pass.

Don't abort your baby!!

It may be hard, it maybe difficult, it maybe controversial, you may have pain, you may not have support, you may not have
friendship, you may not have the endorsement of people you respect. But if God started something in your life don't abort it
because you run into a little trouble and a little opposition. In fact pain is an indication that BIRTH is getting close.

Great things are often born outside of the system.
The bible said that when Mary bear down to deliver her baby, there was no room at the inn. No organized support. No system
No structure to accommodate what she was going to deliver. But this woman was so pregnant with destiny, that she understood
that great things can be born outside of the system. Sometimes the system will lock you out. It will shut the door and say
you can't come in. It will leave out in the cold at a vulnerable moment. See its one thing to be locked out, but it's another
thing to be locked out in a vulnerable moment. But you have to understand that great things are born outside of the system.
Don't wait for the system to open up the door or make room for what God has put down inside of you.
God has a way of doing great things in strange places, obscure places, alienated places, rejected places, who but God would
birth a king in a barn. God will step out of the system and let everyone know you don't have to let my child in for my
prophecy to come to pass. Great things are often born outside the system.

Many people have given up on their dream and promise, because the system said there is no room for what you believe, there's
no room for you faith, there's no room for you conviction, there's no room for Christianity, there's no room for you to carry
your cross, there's no room for the 10 commandments, there's no room for your faith to be exhibit, they make room for everything
else, but when it comes faith the world is always saying there is no room for you.

You may have to bear down in a barn, with nothing around you but oxen and cattle and you may have to give birth to your dream and
wrap it up in swaddling clothes. But the circumstance does not diminish the greatness of the concept. Don't let circumstance
intimidate you. It may not be the ideal circumstance, but it can still be the ideal promise.

Get outside the system. It's too organized. It's too tight. It's too ritualistic. It's too restricting. It's too confining.
If your going to do a great thing you got to step outside the system, think outside the box, do something that nobody has ever done
before. Redefine history, change destiny. Great things are born outside the system!

Everything the Lord did, he did it outside the system, he did outside the political system, he did it outside of the religious system.
Nobody hated Jesus like church people. Jesus was more controversial that religious people than circular people. IT was the Pharisees, church
folk that always trying to kill him. But he worked outside the system, he was born outside of the system, he died outside the system.
The Book of Hebrews said that he died, outside the gates of Jerusalem. They shut the gate on him and he hung his head and stretched
himself wide and died outside the gate, he died outside of the system so that all of us who have ever been rejected by the system,
would have an opportunity to be able.

I want to thank God for putting Jesus where I can reach him. I don't have to buy my way in. I don't have to politic my way in.
Nobody has to vote me in. Nobody has to like me. If God before me, he's more that the world against me. Thank God for putting
Jesus where I can get him. I can find him even if I'm in a barn. I can find him even if I'm in a deplorable situation. I can find him
even if I'm in a jail cell. I can find him in the palace. They can't block him away from me.
Because great things are often born outside the system. In fact if you do what God call you to do, let the system catch up with you later.

The system runs behind. The system runs behind creative minds. It's always late. It's always a day late and a dollar short. The system never
wants to give you anything until you already become successful. Once your successful anybody will give you anything, but while you struggling
out in the barn nobody will bless you but God, but if God be for you, he's more than the world against you.

I use to cry because I was rejected outside of the system, but as I kept on walking with God I learned to dance because I was rejected
outside of the system. In fact I want to go back and Thank all the people that rejected me, thank you for shutting me out, Thank you for
locking doors. I'm glad you didn't help me, because if you would of helped me. you can say you made me who I am. But God helped me!

I hope the Spanish translation is correct.

El hombre no tiene nada que ver con la promesa de Dios. El hombre comenzó a darse cuenta de que Dios no necesita la ayuda del hombre.
No es su potencia, ni su potencial de cumplir su palabra en su vida.
De hecho, el hombre puede ser totalmente inconsciente de lo que Dios ha hablado en su vida.
Usted puede ser controvertido y criticado por el hombre, pero si Dios dice que va a algo en su vida.
Dios lo hará y el hombre no puede detener.

"El hombre no tiene nada que ver con la promesa de Dios"

No sé lo que Dios le ha prometido.
Estoy seguro de que no ha prometido que, de lo que prometió María.
Estoy seguro de que su nacimiento no física de Jesucristo.
Tal vez su nacimiento de una empresa, tal vez un parto de su familia, tal vez un ministerio de su nacimiento
tal vez una visión de su nacimiento, y tal vez usted no ve los recursos naturales y el apoyo
por lo que nunca es lo que tiene que hacer en su espíritu y que Dios ha hablado algo de su espíritu
escalonamiento y en la promesa de Dios, que dice: "Señor, no puedo hacer esto, no tengo suficiente ayuda,
No tengo el apoyo suficiente, no tengo suficiente de personas "
Pero Dios quiere que usted entienda que el hombre no tiene nada que ver con la promesa de Dios.

Si Dios promete algo, es capaz de llevarlo a pasar.
La Biblia dice que el espíritu de Dios sobre la sombra de María que llegó a ella y lo que hay que llenar completa
la promesa de Dios no es tanto para conferir con los hombres, sino a conversar con Dios.
Estoy convencido de que pasamos mucho tiempo buscando la aprobación del gasto de las personas.
Hombre aprobar un momento y que usted desaprueba el momento siguiente.

La gente está tan voluble que lo cambie de opinión sobre usted en un momento.
Si se basan en las opiniones de las personas, a construir lo que nunca se desmenuzan y venir a la ruina.
Mi esperanza se basa en nada menos que la sangre de Jesús y la justicia.

Usted no tiene que tener la aprobación del hombre.
Usted no tiene que tener los recursos del hombre.
Usted no tiene que tener el dinero del hombre.
Usted no tiene que ser capaz de pagar.
Usted no tiene que ver a su manera claro.
La gente no tiene que aceptar que, apoyamos a usted, o el apoyo a usted, en realidad, usted puede criticar.
Nadie puede maldecir lo que Dios ha bendecido.

Si Dios Bendito que a veces tienes que estar a su tierra y ser tenaz y decir que
que ha comenzado un buen trabajo en mi vida, se llevará a cabo hasta el día de Jesucristo.

Yo a Dios que hemos tenido un mayor número de personas que estaban dispuestos a ser objeto de controversia, que dispuestos a ser
críticas. Tenemos muchas personas que son de carácter político correcto, tratando de ser amable, tratar de encajar, intentando
a ser un político, tratando de hacer el amor a todos ellos.

A veces usted tiene que sentir el miedo y hacerlo de todos modos. Siente la controversia y lo hacen de todos modos.
Porque el hombre no tiene nada que ver con la promesa de Dios.

No sé lo que creer que Dios hacer. ¿Qué tan difícil, ¿cómo imposible, ¿cómo has tenaz piense que tiene que ser.
Quiero que sepas que el hombre no tiene nada que ver con la promesa de Dios. Me atrevo a permitir que prometen poner en tu vientre
y para mantenerse vivo en su espíritu y ser tenaz suficiente para mantener en su sueño, Si usted tiene en él Dios traerá
a pasar.

No abortar a su bebé!

Puede ser difícil, es quizás difícil, que tal vez polémico, puede tener dolor, puede que no tenga apoyo, puede que no tenga
la amistad, puede que no tenga el respaldo de gente que respeto. Pero si Dios comenzó algo en su vida no es abortar
porque usted tiene un poco de dificultad y un poco de oposición. De hecho el dolor es una indicación de que se está cerca NACIMIENTO.

Grandes cosas a menudo son nacidos fuera del sistema.
La Biblia dice que cuando María llevará a entregar a su bebé, no hay lugar en la posada. No organizados de apoyo. Ningún sistema
No estructura para dar cabida a lo que iba a entregar. Pero esta mujer era tan embarazada de destino, que comprendía
grandes cosas que pueden haber nacido fuera del sistema. A veces el sistema se bloqueará a usted. Se cerró la puerta y decir
usted no puede venir pulg Se licencia en el frío en un momento vulnerables. Ver su una cosa que se cierre, pero es otro
cosa que se cierre en un momento vulnerables. Pero hay que entender que las grandes cosas nacen fuera del sistema.
No espere a que el sistema para abrir la puerta o hacer lugar a lo que Dios ha puesto en el interior de ustedes.
Dios tiene una forma de hacer grandes cosas en lugares extraños, lugares oscuros, lugares alienados, rechazó lugares, pero que Dios
nacimiento de un rey en un granero. Dios va a salir del sistema y que todo el mundo sabe que no tiene que dejar a mi hijo en mi
profecía para venir a pasar. Grandes cosas a menudo son nacidos fuera del sistema.

Muchas personas han renunciado a su sueño y promesa, porque el sistema dice no hay espacio para lo que usted cree, no hay
no hay espacio para que la fe, no hay margen para que la condena, no hay espacio para el cristianismo, no hay espacio para poder llevar
su cruz, no hay espacio para los 10 mandamientos, no hay espacio para la fe que se presentan, hacen lugar para todo
los demás, pero cuando se trata de fe, el mundo siempre está diciendo, no hay lugar para usted.

Puede que tenga que soportar en un granero, sin nada a su alrededor, pero los bueyes y el ganado y puede que tenga que dar a luz a su sueño y
envuelva en pañales. Pero la circunstancia no disminuye la grandeza del concepto. No dejes que las circunstancias
intimidar a usted. Puede que no sea el ideal circunstancia, pero todavía puede ser el ideal promesa.

Obtener fuera del sistema. Es muy organizado. Es demasiado. Es muy ritualista. La restricción de que sea demasiado. Es demasiado confinamiento.
Si el va a hacer una gran cosa lo que tienes que paso fuera de la red, pensar fuera de la caja, hacer algo que nadie ha hecho
antes de. Redefinir la historia, cambiar el destino. Grandes cosas nacen fuera del sistema!

Todo lo que el Señor lo hizo, lo hizo fuera del sistema, lo hizo fuera del sistema político, lo hizo fuera del sistema religioso.
Nadie odiaba a la gente a Jesús como iglesia. Jesús fue más controvertida que las personas religiosas que circular la gente. De tecnologías de los fariseos, la iglesia
gente que siempre tratan de matarlo. Sin embargo, trabajó fuera del sistema, que nació fuera del sistema, que murió fuera del sistema.
El libro de Hebreos dice que murió, en las afueras de las puertas de Jerusalén. Se cerró la puerta en él y colgado en la cabeza y se extendía
mismo ancho y murió fuera de la puerta, que murió fuera del sistema a fin de que todos los que han sido rechazadas por el sistema,
tendrían la oportunidad de poder.

Quiero dar las gracias a Dios por poner a Jesús en donde pueden llegar a él. No tengo que comprar mi camino pulg no tengo a mi manera política pulg
Nadie tiene que votar pulg Nadie me tiene que como yo. Si Dios antes que yo, él es más que el mundo en mi contra. Gracias a Dios por poner
Jesús, donde pueden obtener de él. No puedo encontrarlo, incluso si estoy en un granero. No puedo encontrarlo, incluso si estoy en una situación deplorable. No puedo encontrarlo
incluso si estoy en una celda. No puedo encontrarlo en el palacio. No pueden bloquear lejos de mí.
Porque a menudo son grandes cosas nacen fuera del sistema. De hecho, si usted hace lo que Dios le llame para hacer, dejar que el sistema pueda ponerse al día con usted más tarde.

El sistema corre detrás. El sistema corre detrás de las mentes creativas. Siempre es tarde. Siempre es un día de retraso y un dólar corto. El sistema nunca
quiere dar nada hasta que ya es un éxito. Una vez que su éxito a nadie le dará nada, pero al mismo tiempo que luchan
en el granero nadie, pero Dios te bendiga, pero si Dios está en ti, él es más que el mundo en contra de usted.

Yo uso a llorar porque me fue rechazada fuera del sistema, pero como yo seguía caminando con Dios, he aprendido a bailar porque me fue rechazada
fuera del sistema. De hecho quiero volver a agradecer a todas las personas que me rechazó, gracias por el cierre de mí, Gracias por
bloqueo de las puertas. Me alegro que no me ayudan, porque si a usted le de me ayudó. se puede decir que me hizo quien soy. Pero Dios me ayudó!

Las Vegas Warriors it's time to bring this city to God. No longer we will allow to be called "Sin City". We declare our city, "City of Grace"  We stand our ground and push forward.

In a dream God gave me, I was  awoken by THUNDER! its raining in vegas yay! Just typed what came to my mind. Please read Nehemiah 4 especially Bound4LIFE chapter leaders God brings this to us.  Take it as you wil , this is how i took it. More time I will re visit this word.

 

Nehemiah 4

We stand in the gap and build the wall, we get ridiculed and insulted for building the wall.  The enemy gets angry and plots war against us. We must build and build the wall if it falls we must rebuild. We work with with one hand and hold our sword in the other. Do not forget your bibles.  They will all plot together to come and fight against us  and stir up trouble against it. But we pray to our God and we post a guard day and night to meet this threat "intercesors".  We cannot rest or take off a day , The enemy does not  rest.  "The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.

 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!"
 

(Nehemiah 4)
 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews,

 and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, "What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?"

Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, "What they are building—if even a fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!"

  Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of  the builders.

So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

 
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem's walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry.

 

They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it.

But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.

Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall."

  Also our enemies said, "Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work."

  Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, "Wherever you turn, they will attack us."

  Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows.

After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes."

  When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to his own work.

  From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judah

 who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other,

 and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me.

 Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.

 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!"

  So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out.

 At that time I also said to the people, "Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and workmen by day."

 Neither I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards with me took off our clothes; each had his weapon, even when he went for water. "

We are calling for all whose hearts burn for mercy and justice to help us raise up a powerful grassroots movement that will plead the Blood of Jesus over the sins of our nation and move people to action.

The Bound4LIFE Las Vegas chapter invites the Body of Christ in this region not to protest but to pray. Our silent prayer sieges are non-violent acts of prayer.
We stand before the courts of heaven in silence as we pray over our nation, city, and clinic for the ending of abortion.

This is a non-violent revolutionary movement of righteousness that will sweep
through America and establish a culture of LIFE. thx Chicago
To that end, we are BOUND FOR LIFE!

A. Prayer that is born out of a burden. The "Oh" in the prayer of Jabez gives it burden. We know
Him in willingness to answer prayer. We believe that God will end abortion in America.

B. Abortion is a civil rights issue – the unborn have no voice to protect their lives.

C. Surely blood requires blood in God's judgment. God so highly values humanity that He protects
it with His severe judgment. A day of reckoning is set if man does not obey Him.
5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will
require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the
life of man. 6 "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image
of God He made man. (Gen. 9:5-6)

D. Where there is shedding of innocent blood, there is no atonement for the land. There is a blood
pollution problem on America's soil. The most "dangerous terrorist" is not Islam, but God. One
of God's names is "the Avenger of Blood." Have you worshipped that God yet? He loves babies.
Nothing can wash away our defilement expect the blood of Jesus
33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no
atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him
who shed it. (Num. 35:33)

E. We need a clear doctrine on the issue of shedding innocent blood

F. God raises up intercessors who stand before Him to stop God's judgment. The intercessor says,
"God, kill me before You kill them." We do not need intercessors to call down judgment, but those who cry for mercy. Judgment will come automatically because of sin unless the plea of mercy stops God by this in friendship with Him. We want to be intercessors for America as God's friends who call God to remember and hold back His hand of judgment and show mercy 23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before
Him in the breach, to turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them. (Ps. 106:23)

G. Blood pollution comes on the land when innocent blood is shed. That sacrificing of babies is fueling the demonization of our nation. A day of reckoning is coming to the US without God's mercy through intercessors and action to stop abortion. 37 They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, 38 and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood….40 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, so that He abhorred His own inheritance. (Ps. 106:37-40)

H. The dream of the three veins of blood on America's soil – blood of naïve Americans, slavery, and abortion. This blood breaks God's heart. Abortion shatters a dream in God's heart. History is changed by one baby born after another.

I. The raising up of priestly ministry is to bring forth the blood of the Lamb on behalf of shed blood. Individual guilt and communal guilt must be atoned for. When the blood is shed by a national law, then there is national guilt on us all.

"If anyone is found slain, lying in the field in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall go out, and they shall measure the distance from the slain man to the surrounding cities. 3 And it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a yoke. 4 The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and they shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. 5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the LORD; by their word every controversy and every assault shall be settled. (Deut. 21:1-5)

J. We need a clear doctrine on the issue of shedding innocent blood
Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
(2 Kings 21:16)

For he (Manasseh) had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon. (2 Kings 24:4)

K. Bob Jones told Lou that the USA would not be forgiven for innocent blood

L. Ruth Graham – if God does not judge America, He must apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.

M. Lou says, "If God judges America, then the Church will have to apologize to the USA

N. We build the tombs of the prophets and declare that we would not commit their sins. However, America builds memorial service to Lincoln, Wilberforce, and Martin Luther King, Jr. etc. We confess this, yet our silence ..ion proves our guilt and our confession brings guilt on us. In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
(Lk. 11:48)

Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, '
If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' (Mt. 23:29-30)

O. God has an issue with America related to abortion.
that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. (Mt. 23:35)

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,' 50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,(Lk. 11:47-50)

P. God's justice may be slow in the way it is meted out. However, suddenly in one generation the sins are required for the sins of past generations. Lincoln cried out that God's judgments would come to USA because of slavery. Lincoln understood the civil war was God's judgment on USA.

"Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man. (Gen. 9:6)

Q. The Civil War was the day for reckoning for America for the bloodshed of slavery – 600,000 men died in the God's day of reckoning in America for slavery. If we do not deal with this blood in the courts of man, then it will be dealt with in the court of God

R. What will it mean for God to deal with us for the shed blood of 50 million babies? Allen Hood had a dream of his sons in military fatigues. IHOP's youth will not be at IHOP, but will be in military uniforms in foreign nations. We must stop abortion in America to stop this.




A. There are times when God comes to deal with nations. He waits to judge some individuals but nations are not eternal so they are judge now. We inquire of the Lord for secrets to unlock justice. We must inquire of the Lord in His sanctuary.

B. Saul's house is his government that killed people unjustly. David understands that it is the day of reckoning for Saul's past sin
1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. The LORD answered, "It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites." (2 Sam. 21:1)

C. The atonement of Num. 33 is referred to David 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the
children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; the children of Israel had sworn protection to them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah. 3 Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?" (2 Sam. 21:2-3)

D. If we do not find a "before the Lord intercessors" our children will be hung "before the Lord" in death. We must get back into God's favor. Seven men of Saul's sons are hung before God. Why did not David kill an animal instead of humans? This is what happened in the Civil War retribution. 4 And the Gibeonites said to him, "We will have no silver or gold from Saul or from his house,
nor shall you kill any man in Israel for us." So he said, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." 5 Then they answered the king, "As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the territories of Israel, 6 let seven men of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose." And the king said, "I will give them." (2 Sam. 21:4-6)

E. David's oath spared not because Mephibosheth deserved it, but because God honored an oath. 7 The king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. (2 Sam. 21:7)

F. 2 Sam. 21: seven men had to pay the price of innocent blood shed

G. David delivered them to death "before the Lord". People must die if innocent blood is shed. He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So they fell, all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. (2 Sam. 21:9)

H. Day and night she fights off the birds like Abraham when he made covenant with God. Abraham was taking the place of respect in honoring the body of Jesus in His future death. Rizpah was an intercessor (like Abraham) in the day of reckoning. We want to be intercessors now…not in the day of retribution. David was not moved until he heard about Rizpah, the intercessor. Then God heard and healed the land because atonement had been made.10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. And she did not allow
the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night. (2 Sam. 21:10)

11 And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 Then David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of Jabesh Gilead who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, after the Philistines had struck down Saul in Gilboa. 13 So he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged. 14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the
country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded the prayer for the land. (2 Sam. 21:11-14)

I. Lou's dream – prayer movement will carry the mantel of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the unborn. The blood of the whip (slavery) must be atoned for by the blood of the sword (Civil War). We must start a Martin Luther King movement to stop abortion. We vow to never vote for a person who will uphold abortion. James Dobson made this vow in May 1980.

J. It is not enough that Jesus died. Someone must apply the blood of Jesus to the national sin of USA.

K. We are building God a wall of intercession around the Supreme Court in Washington, DC

L. Through Isaiah, God said He was tired of Israel's worship services and festivals because blood
was on their hands

M. God will drive abortion like a wedge into the coming elections.

N. Prayer is the most powerful dimension of social justice

O. Lou has a dream of a Pro-Life California because of the Latino vote

Credits-Lou Engle

English/Spanish below

First of let's talk about the reasons we don't pray?


I'm too busy.

You need to develop an attitude about time that is similar to the one you have about money. The more time you give God, the more time you have from God. Following the principle of sowing and reaping, God will give back what you give to Him, then He increases it. Most people are busy, but not too busy to pray.




I'm too dry.

You might not feel like praying. If you waited until you felt like praying you would pray very little. Jesus told his disciples that they should always pray and not give up (Luke 18:1). Should is an act of the will. Simply make yourself do it. It's a spiritual discipline. Certainly you should pray every time you feel led to pray, but for the most part, you lead yourself to prayer.




I'm too lazy This is not something you'd like to admit. Prayer itself is not difficult. You will never run out of things to pray for. The biggest obstacle is making the decision to pray. Once you are in the place of prayer, it's not that difficult to pray. The struggle is getting yourself in that position. Getting up out of the easy chair or out of that warm bed in the morning, turning off the TV or radio, and putting yourself in a position to pray is where most of the battle lies.




I'm too in LoveThis is something that makes you go blind. We start dedicating more and more time to the girldfriend/boyfriend and less and less time to God. You rather go watch a movie on a Friday night for personal pleasure than to pray for the Sick, The Poor, The Unborn etc, etc. There is a time for everything your priority should be God first by your side and everything else follows him behind him. Not on top of your list over your head and everyone below him , then you go trough all the things on your list just to get to God.




I'm  too PerfectThis is something some of you would like to admit. My life is so perfect I don't have to pray. I'm doing good in school, I have a boyfriend/girlfriend, I go to church every service. Everything is fine. I take myspace pics and post them up all day.  OH YEA WHAT ABOUT YOUR BRETHERN!!! What about them????? What about the crime in your city. What about the family that goes to your church and has nothing to eat at home? Open your eyes CHURCH, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, Stop being selfish we have to pray for everyone, everything.




"And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

" Nehemiah 4:14



" So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

"Ezekiel 22:30


So I invite to come prayer for all your petitions and especially the unborn.


The Blood of 600,000 men was spilled during the civil war due to slavery.


What kind of reckoning will God bring with the death of 50,000,000 babies?

Español

Hablamos por que no oramos!
estoy demasiado ocupado .

Usted necesidad de desarrollar una actitud sobre el tiempo que es similar a la que usted tiene sobre el dinero. Cuanto más tiempo le da a Dios, más tiempo tienes de Dios. De acuerdo con el principio de sembrar y cosechar, Dios va a devolver lo que le da a Él, entonces Él lo aumenta. La mayoría de las personas están ocupados, pero no demasiado ocupado para orar.




soy demasiado seco.

Es posible que no se sienten como rezando. Si usted esperó hasta que usted se sentía como lo haría rezar rezar muy poco. Jesús dijo a sus discípulos que debían orar siempre y no renunciar a (Lucas 18:1). En caso de que es un acto de la voluntad. Simplemente hacerte hacerlo. Se trata de una disciplina espiritual. Ciertamente, usted debe rezar cada vez que usted se sienta conducido a orar, pero en su mayor parte, que lleva usted a la oración.




soy demasiado perezoso Esto no es algo que te gustaría admitir. Oración sí no es difícil. Usted nunca se queda sin las cosas a orar. El mayor obstáculo es tomar la decisión de orar. Una vez que esté en el lugar de oración, no es difícil que a rezar. La lucha es cada vez usted mismo en esa posición. Levantarse de la silla o fácil de cama caliente que por la mañana, apagar el televisor o la radio, y ponerse en posición de orar es que la mayor parte de la batalla mentiras.




soy demasiado en el amor Esto es algo que te hace ir ciegos. Partimos de dedicar más y más tiempo para la novia/novio y cada vez menos tiempo para Dios. Usted no ir ver una película en un viernes por la noche para placer personal que a orar por los enfermos, los pobres, los no nacidos, etc, etc Hay un tiempo para todo lo que su prioridad debe ser Dios en primer lugar por su lado y todo lo demás sigue detrás de él le. No en la parte superior de su lista por encima de su cabeza y todo el mundo por debajo de él, entonces usted va a través de todas las cosas en su lista sólo para llegar a Dios.




estoy demasiado perfecto Esto es algo que algunos de ustedes quisiera admitir. Mi vida es tan perfecta no tengo que rezar. Estoy haciendo el bien en la escuela, tengo un novio / novia, voy a la iglesia todos los servicios. Todo está muy bien. Aprovecho myspace fotos y después hacia arriba todo el día. OH YEA ¿Qué pasa con BRETHERN TU! ¿Qué pasa con ellos ????? ¿Qué pasa con el crimen en su ciudad. ¿Qué pasa con la familia que va a su iglesia y no tiene nada que comer en casa? Abrir los ojos IGLESIA, despierten, despierten, despierten, dejar de ser egoístas, tenemos que rezar por todos, todo.




"Y miré, y surgió y dijo a los nobles, a los dirigentes, y para el resto de la gente," ¡No tengáis miedo de ellos. Recuerde que el Señor, grande y asombroso, y lucha por tus hermanos, tus hijos, sus hijas, sus esposas, y sus casas.

"Nehemías 4:14



"Así que pedí a un hombre entre ellos que haría un muro, y estamos en la brecha delante de mí en nombre de la tierra, que yo no lo destruyen, pero he encontrado a nadie.

" Ezequiel 22:30


Por lo tanto, los invito a venir a la oración todas sus peticiones y sobre todo los no que no tienen voz.


La sangre de 600,000 hombres fue derramada durante la guerra civil en UUEE debido a la esclavitud.


¿Qué tipo de cuentas se daremos a Dios con la muerte de 50,000,000 bebés?



        

Would like to share once again on the picture I have on my profile that says free from Religion. I get alot of heat from it, but they dont read the rest.  This is what I think so please Read Carefully.



Religion-

1.An organized system or institution of beliefs based upon the traditions of man instead of the pursuit of friendship with God
2.  The act of playing Church, exchanging internal truths for external performance, substituting spiritual realities with carnal rituals.





Religion is all about me
Religion encourages us to seek out what is best for ourselves. Even the gospel message is often presented with an emphasis on what we get out of it. If we have faith or if we have works (depending on your beliefs) we get eternal life. The focus is entirely on us.


Religious practice is almost always done for our good. We read the bible for us. We pray for us. We go to church for us. It is about what we should do for God to fulfill his blessings on us. We look at passages about faith moving mountains and therefore we teach people that "they should have faith" so that we can get healed or so that we can prosper.


Sin can very easily be summed up as selfishness. If we carry that selfishness into our religion than we have not changed; we are merely sinners in a new context and we use religion as justification for our pursuit for self gratification. We are Christians so that we can get into heaven.


The reality is that the gospel is not about us at all. It is about God and His tireless pursuit of us and His glory being shown by our redemption. From this perspective our squabbles about our salvation being from our works or our faith appear petty and are exposed for the selfish talk they truly are.





Religion focuses our attention on the wrong things
Religion focuses our attention on our practices rather than on people or God. We are more concerned with organizing our services than on feeding the poor. We spend far more on Church buildings than on fighting poverty. Our concern is about maintaining our religious practices over anything else. I have never heard of a Church that has decided to cancel a Sunday Service so that they can spend the time in the community.


In fact, I would suggest that the western Church currently exists for the sole purpose of facilitating or disseminating religion among its members. A church just isn't a church unless it holds services, or has an organizational structure, or runs programs. Whilst some churches may be concerned about the community their actions in the community are not what are usually perceived when thinking about a church.


In similar fashion, when thinking about our own personal state we often tick off a check list of spiritual practices. Am I going to church? Yes. Am I reading the bible? Yes. Am I praying regularly? Yes. I must be doing ok as a Christian then. We measure ourselves by the practices people tell us we should do rather than ask "Is my heart in the right place?" or "Am I intimate with God?" or "Am I learning?" Yet again our emphasis is on religious practice instead of where it should be.


Religion makes us forget how desperate we are
Religion suggests to us the preposterous idea that by following a formula we can somehow improve ourselves. A typical formula is as follows: "By reading the bible, I increase my spiritual knowledge". The idea is that by the adherents own efforts in reading the bible they can increase their own knowledge. This suggests that we are not entirely defendant on God.


Instead of living in a relationship with God whereby God says, "Today I am going to teach you something so open your bible" we think "I am going to learn something by reading my bible" as discussed earlier the emphasis is on us. The reality is that our religious practices are completely empty without God. The practice of reading our bible doesn't teach us, God does.


We think we can become healthy Christians by following a routine of Church going, praying, and bible reading. There is nothing wrong with these things, but they become corrupted when we think that our own work in following these practices is responsible for our own spiritual growth. We forget just how lost and hopeless we are without God and eventually we end up caught in our practices not knowing that God left us to our own devices long ago.



Religion is superficial
Religion is more about what we are doing on the outside than about what is happening on the inside. Our concern is far more with what people are doing than who they are becoming. A common frustration for me is that people are far more concerned with what I do on a Sunday morning than whether I am showing fruit of the spirit, or whether I am engaged in a Christian community during the week.



There are many people who have been in religion for a very long time who are devoid of spiritual fruit. These sad people have perfected religious practices but have become numb to the conviction of God. They turn up to Church wearing their Sunday best every week, they sport large smiles, and they can repeat the bible verse by verse. However, they'll spread rumours behind your back, they will disassociate with you if you do not live up to their standards, and they will complain if anything is "out of order".


Someone is an expert at religion if they read their bible every week, but there is no requirement on how that influences their life. This is why people can read about starving Jesus in Mathew 25 and then walk past the hungry on their way to Church. Meanwhile they are completely blind to their fault because they measure their progress against their religious activity instead of their character.



Religion causes us to judge
Because religion is superficial, it makes it easy to judge people based on what we see. In a recent post on x3church a story is told of an ex-porn producer who is now being questioned by the CPS (child protective services). Some Christian thought that because this sinner's past did not live up to his standards that he must be a horrible father.


Why can't we understand that we are all sinners? We are all sickos. We are all wretches. How dare we assume that because someone does not live up to our superficial standards that they must be worse than us? Because religion is superficial and because religion makes us forget how desperate we are it makes it easy for us to condemn others.


Although I spend many hours praying, I am just as much a sinner as someone who does none. Although I have many years of church experience I am still as desperately in need of God's grace as a drug addict, or a prostitute, or an atheist. Compared to God we are all nothing, this is the great equalizer.



Religion stops us from thinking about what we are doing,
Religion encourages us to just do our practices rather than stop and ask "why?" It is naturally assumed that going to Church is good for us. We have been told this since we became Christians. We may have even been told some reasons for this.


But we never really ask "Why do we 'go to' Church?", "Why do we dress up?", "Why do we come together just so that we can listen to a sermon?", "Why do we need a church building?", "Why do we have to follow a set program?", or "Why do we pay for all this expensive equipment?"

When you begin to ask this you may find that church is an end in itself or you may find a greater reason to attend church than you have ever had before. I am culling a few of my religious activities at the moment upon realizing that they were a waste of time. For other people these activities could be highly useful. The important issue is that we do things for a purpose and not just because we have been told it is a good thing to do.



Religion limits imagination
Religion limits us to a set of pre-defined practices rather than encouraging us to find unique solutions to problems. Admittedly there are many exceptions to this rule, but often people have to force themselves to think outside the box rather than letting it be a natural thing.


Here is a theoretical example. Say you want to teach a group of young youths about poverty. The most common first reaction would be to hold a talk on it, maybe show a video someone had done. Then you may consider doing a study on poverty. Chances are that your last thought would be to take them into the city for the night and show them poverty.


Sermons or presentations or studies are typical religious practices. Therefore they are the first things that come into our mind when we want to address a spiritual issue. Someone may be having trouble understanding something. Our first piece of advice may be "read the bible more" but perhaps they really need to pray more. Because religious practice is formulaic we look at what we want and then find the correct formula to get it.


Religion partitions our lives
Religion partitions our lives into "my time" and "God's time", "my money" and "God's money", "my space" and "God's space". Our religious activities occur during a particular time and thus we allocate time during our day for God then we live the rest of our secular lives without Him. We allocate 10% of our money for the offering, and then we spend the rest on our own pleasures. We allocate buildings for Church services and we make sure we don't desecrate them with swearing or by wearing hats, but once we are outside we wear hats and swear.


All of my life belongs to God. I must think not just about how I give money, but also about how I spend money because all of my money belongs to God. I must spend my time with God all day and not just during my allocated "quiet time". I must act outside of Church just as I do inside Church. My life is a sacrifice to God, not my practices.


This partitioning allows us some form of security. We can say we are praying for the lost without going out and talking to them. We can say we are reading our bible's whilst walking past the hungry on our way to Church. We are doing what religious practice dictates we 'should' do and by doing so we safely put God in His place.



Religion is impersonal
Religion suggests a "cookie cutter" solution for a diverse range of people. It suggests that everyone will benefit from reading their bible, without acknowledging that God may want to teach someone in another way at the moment. It suggests that everyone will learn by going to Church without realising that someone may learn more by spending that time eating breakfast with the disadvantaged.


Perhaps someone needs a conversation more than a sermon? Perhaps someone needs to weep rather than jump around to contemporary worship songs?

A religious person thinks that because 'X' works for them that it must work for others. Surely that person should say that 'X' worked for them, but they shouldn't present this as a formula for success. If Moses was around today he might tell us that burning bushes are excellent ways to talk to God. Peter might tell us that walking on water is an excellent way to build faith. Paul might tell us that hunting down Christians in Damascus is a great way to meet Jesus.


(I openly confess to being guilty of this myself)

People are different and God works in different ways in different people. We should absolutely share our experiences, but don't let us think that we are the standard. What if someone does do 'X' and it doesn't work.


Would you have them be discouraged because it 'should' of?


Religion causes us to place formula before romance
In my mind the greatest problem with religion is that it places practices over a unique, intimate, and romantic relationship with God. You will never get a wife by following a formula, and so God did not woo you by following a formula. Nor will your relationship with God develop by following a formula.


Our relationship with God is a passionate and exciting thing. It is untamed, it is exhilarating, and it is unpredictable. That relationship comes before any formula. Jesus did not come to teach you what to do in order to meet God; He came to introduce you directly.


I doubt that your relationship with God will fit within the box of religion. It will challenge you where religion doesn't go. It will cause you to do things that religion never touches. God does not want robots that know what to do; He wants people who know who He is.


"Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you.


Away from me, you evildoers!'" – Mathew 7:22-23
credit: God's Samurai    




Spanish

Quisiera compartir una vez más a la imagen en mi perfil, que dice libre de la religión. Me da mucho reclamo a partir de él, pero no leen  el resto. Esto es lo que pienso. Así que por favor lea cuidadosamente.


- Religión

1.Un sistema organizado o institución de creencias basadas en las tradiciones del hombre en lugar de la búsqueda de la amistad con Dios
2. El acto de jugar la Iglesia, el intercambio interno de verdades externa del desempeño, la sustitución de realidades espirituales carnal con los rituales.




La religión es todo sobre mí
La religión nos anima a buscar lo que es mejor para nosotros mismos. Incluso el mensaje evangélico se presenta a menudo con un énfasis en lo que salir de ella. Si tenemos fe, o si hemos de obras (en función de sus creencias) que recibimos la vida eterna. La atención se centra totalmente en nosotros. Religiosos practicar casi siempre es hecho para nuestro bien. Leemos la Biblia para nosotros. Oramos por nosotros. Vamos a la iglesia para nosotros. Se trata de lo que debemos hacer por Dios a cumplir su bendición sobre nosotros. Nos fijamos en los pasajes sobre la fe mueve montañas y por lo tanto, enseñar a las personas que "deben tener fe" a fin de que podamos obtener curados o para que podamos prosperar. El pecado puede ser muy fácil de resumir como el egoísmo. Si llevamos el egoísmo que en nuestra religión que no hemos cambiado, no son más que pecadores en un nuevo contexto y utilizar la religión como justificación para nuestra búsqueda por la libre gratificación. Somos cristianos para que podamos llegar al cielo. La realidad es que el evangelio no tiene que ver con nosotros en absoluto. Se trata de Dios y su incansable búsqueda de nosotros y Su gloria está demostrado por nuestra redención. Desde esta perspectiva nuestro disputas acerca de nuestra salvación siendo de nuestras obras o nuestra fe parecen mezquinas y están expuestos para los egoístas hablar realmente son.




La religión se centra nuestra atención en las cosas mal
 La religión se centra nuestra atención en nuestras prácticas y no en las personas o Dios. Estamos más preocupados con la organización de nuestros servicios a más de alimentar a los pobres. Gastamos mucho más en los edificios de la iglesia que en la lucha contra la pobreza. Nuestra preocupación es acerca del mantenimiento de nuestras prácticas religiosas sobre cualquier otra cosa. Nunca he oído hablar de una Iglesia que ha decidido cancelar un domingo de servicios a fin de que puedan pasar el tiempo en la comunidad. De hecho, me permito sugerir que la Iglesia occidental existe actualmente con el único propósito de facilitar la difusión de religión o entre sus miembros. Una iglesia no es sólo una iglesia a menos que posea los servicios, o tiene una estructura organizativa, o ejecuta las aplicaciones. Mientras que algunas iglesias puede estar preocupado por la comunidad sus acciones en la comunidad no son lo que generalmente se percibe al pensar en una iglesia. De manera similar, al pensar en nuestro propio estado a menudo marcar la casilla correspondiente una lista de control de las prácticas espirituales. ¿Voy a la iglesia? Sí. ¿Estoy leyendo la Biblia? Sí. ¿Estoy orando regularmente? Sí. Debo estar haciendo bien como un cristiano entonces. Medimos a nosotros mismos por las prácticas las personas nos dicen que debemos hacer en lugar de preguntar "¿Está mi corazón en el lugar correcto?" o "¿Estoy íntima con Dios?" o "¿Estoy aprendiendo?" Una vez más, nuestro énfasis es en la práctica religiosa en lugar de donde debe estar.



La religión nos hace olvidar la manera en que estamos desesperados
 La religión que nos sugiere la idea absurda de que a raíz de una fórmula de alguna manera podemos mejorar nosotros mismos. Una típica fórmula es la siguiente: "Al leer la Biblia, aumentar mi conocimiento espiritual". La idea es que de los propios esfuerzos de los adeptos a la lectura de la Biblia que pueden aumentar sus propios conocimientos. Esto sugiere que no son totalmente dependientes de Dios. En lugar de vivir en una relación con Dios que Dios dice, "Hoy voy a enseñar algo para que abra su biblia" pensamos "voy a aprender algo de mi lectura de la Biblia" tal como se describe anteriormente se hace hincapié en nosotros. La realidad es que nuestras prácticas religiosas son completamente vacía sin Dios. La práctica de la lectura nuestra biblia no nos enseñan, Dios hace. Creemos que podemos ser cristianos de sana después de una rutina de la iglesia, rezar, leer la biblia y. No hay nada malo con estas cosas, sino que se corrompen cuando pensamos que nuestro propio trabajo en el seguimiento de estas prácticas es el responsable de nuestro propio crecimiento espiritual. Nos olvidamos cuán perdido y sin esperanza que estamos sin Dios y, finalmente, terminamos atrapados en nuestras prácticas no saber que Dios nos ha dejado a nuestros propios dispositivos de hace mucho tiempo.



La religión es superficial
La religión es más sobre lo que estamos haciendo en el exterior que sobre lo que está sucediendo en el interior. Nuestra preocupación es mucho más con lo que las personas que están haciendo que ellos se están convirtiendo. Una frustración para mí es que la gente está mucho más preocupado con lo que hago en una mañana de domingo que si le estoy enseñando fruto del espíritu, o si estoy dedicado a una comunidad cristiana durante la semana. Hay muchas personas que han estado en la religión desde hace mucho tiempo que carecen de frutas espiritual. Estas triste personas han perfeccionado las prácticas religiosas pero se han convertido en adormecer a la condena de Dios. Ellos a su vez hasta el uso de su Iglesia Domingo mejores cada semana, grandes sonrisas deporte, y que pueden repetir la Biblia verso por verso. Sin embargo, las posibilidades de propagación de rumores detrás de su espalda, se desvincularla con usted si no estar a la altura de sus normas, y se quejan de que si algo es "fuera de orden". Alguien es un experto en religión si leer su Biblia cada semana, pero no hay ningún requisito sobre la forma en que influye en su vida. Es por ello que la gente puede leer acerca de hambre Jesús en Mateo 25 y luego a pie el pasado hambre en su camino hacia la Iglesia. Mientras tanto, que son completamente ciegos a su culpa, porque medir su progreso en contra de su actividad religiosa en lugar de su carácter.



La religión nos hace juez
Porque la religión es superficial, hace que sea fácil juzgar a las personas sobre la base de lo que vemos. En un reciente post en x3church una historia es relatada de un ex-productor de pornografía que está siendo interrogado por el CPS (Child Protective Services). Algunos pensamiento cristiano que, debido a que este pecador en el pasado no estar a la altura de sus normas que él debe ser un padre horrible. ¿Por qué no podemos entender que todos somos pecadores? Todos somos sickos. Todos somos desgraciados. ¿Cómo se atreve suponemos que porque alguien no estar a la altura de nuestras normas superficial que debe ser peor que nosotros? Porque la religión es superficial y porque la religión nos hace olvidar la manera en que estamos desesperados que hace que sea fácil para nosotros condenar a los demás. A pesar de que pasan muchas horas rezando, soy tan pecador como alguien que hace ninguno. Aunque tengo muchos años de experiencia iglesia todavía estoy como desesperadamente necesitados de la gracia de Dios como un drogadicto, o una prostituta, o un ateo. En comparación con Dios todos somos nada, este es el gran ecualizador.





La religión nos deja de pensar en lo que estamos haciendo,
 La religión nos anima a hacer lo que nos acaba de prácticas en lugar de detenerse y preguntar "¿por qué?" Es natural suponer que va a la Iglesia que es bueno para nosotros. Se nos ha dicho ya que esta nos convertimos en cristianos. Es posible que incluso se han dicho algunas razones para ello. Pero en realidad nunca se preguntan: "¿Por qué 'ir a la iglesia?", "¿Por qué se visten?", "¿Por qué nos reunimos sólo para que podamos escuchar un sermón?", "¿Por qué necesitamos un edificio de la iglesia? "," ¿Por qué tenemos que seguir un programa establecido? ", o" ¿Por qué tenemos que pagar por todo este equipo caro? " Cuando usted comienza a pedir a este es posible que la iglesia es un fin en sí mismo o puede encontrar una razón más para asistir a la iglesia que alguna vez has tenido antes. Soy el sacrificio de algunas de mis actividades religiosas en estos momentos al darse cuenta de que eran una pérdida de tiempo. Para otras personas estas actividades podría ser muy útil. La cuestión importante es que hagamos las cosas para un fin y no sólo porque se nos ha dicho que es una buena cosa que hacer.



Religión límites de la imaginación
La religión nos limita a una serie de pre-definidos prácticas en lugar de alentar a nosotros para encontrar soluciones únicas a problemas. Es cierto que hay muchas excepciones a esta regla, pero a menudo la gente tiene que fuerza a pensar fuera de la caja en lugar de dejar que sea algo natural. Aquí está un ejemplo teórico. Supongamos que quiere enseñar a un grupo de jóvenes jóvenes sobre la pobreza. El más común primera reacción sería la de celebrar una charla sobre el mismo, tal vez mostrar un video que alguien lo había hecho. A continuación, puede optar por hacer un estudio sobre la pobreza. Es muy probable que su último pensamiento será para tenerlas en la ciudad por la noche y mostrarles la pobreza. Sermones o presentaciones o estudios son típicas las prácticas religiosas. Por lo tanto, son las primeras cosas que entran en nuestra mente cuando queremos abordar un tema espiritual. Alguien puede tener problemas para entender algo. Nuestra primera pieza de asesoramiento puede ser "leer más la Biblia", pero quizás que realmente necesitan para rezar más. Dado que la práctica religiosa es de fórmulas nos fijamos en lo que queremos y, a continuación, encontrar la fórmula correcta para conseguirlo.



Religión particiones de nuestras vidas
 Religión particiones en nuestras vidas "mi tiempo" y "tiempo de Dios", "mi dinero" y "Dios del dinero", "mi espacio" y "Dios del espacio". Nuestras actividades religiosas ocurren durante un determinado tiempo y, por tanto, asignar tiempo durante el día para nuestro Dios entonces vivimos el resto de nuestra vida secular sin Él. Se acumulan el 10% de nuestro dinero para la ofrenda, y luego pasar el resto de nuestros propios placeres. Se acumulan los edificios para los servicios de la Iglesia y nos aseguramos de no profanar con juramento o con el uso de sombreros, pero una vez que están fuera de los sombreros que usan y jurar. Todos los de mi vida pertenece a Dios. Tengo que pensar no sólo sobre la forma de dar dinero, sino también con respecto a cómo gastar el dinero porque todos los de mi dinero pertenece a Dios. Tengo que pasar mi tiempo con Dios durante todo el día y no sólo durante mi asignados "tranquilidad". Debo actuar fuera de la Iglesia sólo como yo dentro de la Iglesia. Mi vida es un sacrificio a Dios, no practica mi. Esto nos permite particionar algún tipo de seguridad. Podemos decir que estamos orando por los perdidos sin salir y hablar con ellos. Podemos decir que estamos leyendo nuestra Biblia, mientras que el caminar pasado el hambre en nuestro camino hacia la Iglesia. Estamos haciendo lo que dicta la práctica religiosa que "debe" hacer y de hacerlo con seguridad que Dios puso en su lugar.




La religión es impersonal
Religión sugiere una "cookie cutter" solución para una amplia gama de personas. Se sugiere que todo el mundo se beneficiarán de leer su Biblia, sin reconocer que Dios puede querer enseñar a alguien de otra manera en este momento. Se sugiere que todos aprenden de ir a la iglesia sin darse cuenta de que alguien puede saber más que el gasto de tiempo que el desayuno con los desfavorecidos. Tal vez alguien necesita una conversación más que un sermón? Tal vez alguien tiene que llorar en vez de saltar en torno a la adoración contemporánea canciones? Una persona religiosa porque piensa que 'X' trabaja para ellos que deben trabajar para otros. Sin duda, esa persona debería decir que 'X' trabajado para ellos, pero no debería presentar esto como una fórmula para el éxito. Si Moisés fue de alrededor de hoy podría decirnos que la quema de arbustos son excelentes maneras de hablar con Dios. Pedro podría decirnos que caminar sobre el agua es una excelente manera de construir la fe. Paul podría decirnos que la caza por los cristianos en Damasco es la mejor manera de conocer a Jesús. (I confesar abiertamente de ser culpable de este mí mismo) Las personas son diferentes y Dios trabaja de diferentes maneras en diferentes personas. Debemos absolutamente compartir nuestras experiencias, pero no vamos a pensar que somos el estándar. ¿Qué pasa si alguien hace hacer 'X' y no funciona.


¿Le han ellos se desanime, ya que "debería"?


La religión nos hace lugar fórmula antes de romance
 En mi opinión el mayor problema con la religión es que los lugares prácticas en un único, íntimo, romántico y relación con Dios. Usted nunca tiene una esposa de una fórmula siguiente, y así Dios no woo usted siguiendo una fórmula. Tampoco su relación con Dios después de desarrollar una fórmula. Nuestra relación con Dios es un apasionado y apasionante cosa. Es indomable, es emocionante, y es impredecible. Esta relación viene antes de cualquier fórmula. Jesús no vino a enseñar lo que debe hacer a fin de hacer frente a Dios, Él vino a presentar a usted directamente. Dudo que su relación con Dios caben dentro de la caja de la religión. Se le reto donde la religión no va. Se le cause a hacer las cosas que la religión nunca toca. Dios no quiere robots que sabe qué hacer; Él quiere que la gente que sabe que Él es. "Muchos me dirán en aquel día: Señor, Señor, ¿no profetizamos en tu nombre, y en su nombre expulso los demonios y realizar muchos milagros?" A continuación, voy a decirles claramente: no sabía que usted.


Lejos de mí, malhechores! "- Mateo 7:22-23