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The State of the Union |Letters To My Kids Series PT II~Voting 2020

GETTING READY TO Vote? Let’s Change the country from within too!

Faith is the foundation #1

Kids,

As you have seen, the country is in trouble. It’s not dead yet, but you must be the generation to change things. 

The first thing you must change is the way this society views faith in God. You notice I did not say religion? There’s a reason for this. 

—You see religion, is an external and outward sign that you acknowledge God. 

—But then, religion is something you do on your own. 

—Religion tells God that you are doing your best to get right with Him.

—Religion is going through the motions of earning your way into being rewarded. Or doing community service in order to get into heaven.

—Religion is what people see that you do outwardly. 

—Religion is doing things your own way!

Proverbs 29:2

—Faith, on the other hand, is the confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see ( Hebrews 11:1 ). 

—Faith is a personal relationship with God through Jesus, our LORD and Savior which must be professed and lived ( Matthew 10:32; Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9-11). 

—Faith can’t be worked for ( Galatians 2:16; Philippians 3:9; Ephesians 2:8-9 ) but freely given by the work of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross (Read all of Isaiah 53, Isaiah 53:11; Matthew 20:28; Romans 3:24; Ephesians 1:7 ). 

—Faith is shared by teaching others about God’s love and loving others ( Matthew 28:19; John 13:34; John 15:12; John 15:17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38; Acts 14:21 ).

—Faith knows that whatever is going on in this world, God has it covered and planned for His goodwill ( Proverbs 3:5-6; Matthew 6:25-34; Philippians 4:6 ), so we are not to worry what’s going on, God will take care of it.

—Faith is letting go of things, and acknowledging Jesus is the Way, Truth, and Life. We become second and do things His way because the world is perilous, Jesus leads us through the narrow paths to safety ( Isaiah 35:8; Proverbs 16:25; Matthew 7:14; Luke 13:24; John 14:6 ).

Kids, you must point others to Jesus! Teach them about His love. Teach them to lead others to Him! Show them the way!

Not by being super perfect, but by showing them God’s love, grace, and mercy. No one is perfect, everyone needs Jesus. No one can try to be perfect, they will all fail, that’s religion.
But everyone can call out to God to save them, that’s God’s gift through His Son Jesus, that is salvation…and everyone who has faith in God’s Son can be saved…that is faith!

The State of this Union must be brought back to unity!
Go out there and change this country one person at a time…no matter who is in charge, God will always reign!

If you don’t know how to have faith, please click the links below to find out. Then go and change your community, your county, your state, your country and the world!:

How Can I know God

Steps to Peace With God

Know God

Paz Con Dios

Pasos para la Salvación PDF

INFORMATION OF VOTING:

Act for America

ACT! for America Education

Family Research Council (FRC)

Wallbuilders

California Online Voter Registration

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Happy New Year—Please Fasten Your Seatbelts & Remain Seated… |2020 & Prophetic Murmurings

2020 & Bible Prophecy

Hewbrew Writings

As I am researching scriptures for my upcoming books, I can’t help but think about the way 2020 has started. We have a President who is being impeached, but no one really knows why. Yes, he is rude and sometimes obnoxious. Yes, President Trump has “foot in mouth syndrome” most of the time. Yes, he loves the art of the deal. Yes, he acts like a typical New Yorker, or at least that’s what most people have a picture of New Yorkers. I’ve been to New York, interacted with New Yorkers, spoken to them on the streets, and they are as diverse as this country.
Now back to this nation’s critical period. This President may be all the above, I may not like what comes out of his mouth at times. But this country is better off with him there. Anyone who is unbiased about this fact can see that our country is doing much better than before.

We also have the Iranian crisis. Our appointed leaders have killed an Iranian who is hundreds of times worse than any American President or general we’ve ever had. For those that can’t see this, well, do your research. And like I said about New Yorkers, not all Iranians are evil. The fastest-growing church in the world is the Iranian Church.
Not everything is black and white, but everything is good and evil or right and wrong.
You see, we are approaching a time in history that has been written about in Prophecy. Daniel, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Paul of Tarsus, and John wrote about this. Jesus also spoke of this era.

Now to the meat of the subject. I will be writing about this critical period of time that seems to be drawing closer. I will be breaking up world events that seem to be coming out of the pages of the Bible in 3-D at a faster rate than ever before.

The following scriptures are but a sample of what I will be posting throughout this year. I will also be giving current world events to show that things are happening exactly how God told us thousands of years ago. We have the prophetic writings in the Bible, so the skeptics can’t say that Christians are manipulating things and making things up.

—Isaiah wrote about a time when the world would become evil, but people would call evil good, and right, wrong ( Isaiah 5:20 ).

—Solomon wrote about people aquitting the guilty but condemning the righteous (Proverbs 17:15 ).

—Paul wrote about the last days being incredibly dangerous because of people becoming too into themselves and hating everything that is morally correct ( 2 Timothy 3).

—Ezekiel wrote about the time that Russia, and Iran would become menaces to Israel and the rest of the world. Plunging nations against nations ( Ezekiel 38 ).

Russina Tank

—And what will happen to Gog’s (Russia’s) armies, including their allies who will march against Israel ( Ezekiel 39 )?

—Jesus spoke about the last period of time when family members would go against each other and give each other away to the governing authorities ( Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 21:10-19; Mark 13:9-13 ).

—All these things are happening before our eyes. This is nothing new for Christians. And some will ask me how I know the time is drawing near. 

—The main reason why I perceive the timeline is close is that Israel is a nation once again. After two thousand years or so, after being dispersed throughout the world, the land of Israel is once again thriving ( Ezekiel 37 ). God told the prophet this would happen in the last time period of humanity.

This could be a period of two hundred more years. Or it could be as short as tomorrow. But the prophecies will be fulfilled sooner or later. 

You see, Israel is the gauge for prophecies to come to fulfillment. Without Israel back in their homeland, none of these prophecies could start. So as this new year bursts into the present, I will ask you to stay tuned…

This information is not to scare but to inform people. If you haven’t committed to God, I suggest you make an informed decision to ask Him into your life:

Know God

Steps to Peace With God

How Can I know God

Pasos para la Salvación PDF

Paz Con Dios

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The Journey is Yours—But Don’t Go It Alone |Christian Basics

Hebrews 12:1

As Christians, we must look at life as a long marathon or journey through the last stop.
When I was younger, I would run eight miles up and back with just a water break in between. I often would just run to run. I loved running. It calmed me down.
Now, as I am older, I’ll tell my wife I’m going for a walk. Sometimes, I’ll call her five miles later to pick me up. This also clears my head.
We usually get up and walk early in the morning before anything or anyone is up. This is the best time to talk about the day, our goals, and about God.

—All this to say, life is a journey. Yes, you’ve heard this before. But for those who have committed their lives to Christ, that phrase has more profound meaning.
We are to run this life race and help others in their journey along the way.

Where there are people who are running the wrong way, we are supposed to stop and offer directions. We are to get those who are lost a way back on the road.
When we see someone stumbling, or slowing down, this race is at an individual level, but it doesn’t mean we don’t stop to help and encourage others who may be slowing down or about to get off the road and stop.
Our lives are not for racing as fast as we can and taking first place.

—Our job is more of medics, who are running or jogging down the road to find and help those who are hurting, or ready to call it quits.

Psalm119:99

—Our medicine is the Word of God, and our emergency contact is God Himself. We have a 911 direct line to God anytime we need it. And unlike calling the earthly 911 here, God will not tell us that we are not supposed to call for non-emergency stuff.

You see, our journey is so much better when we have a ‘cloud of witnesses‘ running alongside us, helping us, and seeing us through. Because we will also be making sure those around us get help in getting back up or even carried through this race.

—All this to say that with 2020:

—If you are one of those who are tired or weary from last year, ask God to lighten the load you’re carrying.
—If you don’t know how to ask God, it’s as easy as going somewhere quiet, looking up and asking God to help you through this tough period in your life.
—If you are struggling financially, or with a horrible addiction, or are going through a complicated relationship issue, God will help you through. He may not take away the problem that was there already.

But, I do promise that He will make it bearable for you to see it through.

If you are a Christian who is looking at 2020 without being excited about the possibilities where God can use you to help others or get in a better relationship with Him; I ask you to stop everything you are doing and go in your prayer closet. Wherever that may be, and sit still enough to hear from Him. Be patient, ask with sincerity and humility. Then see what He guides you in.

Make this year the year that grows you spiritually, mentally and physically, in that order.

When you get right with God, everything else in this journey falls into place the way God wants it. It may not be the way you thought it would, but trusting him and surrounding yourself with other believers, will see you through this year and the next, and the next after that.

Run the race or walk it with endurance, the prize will be all those around you whom you have helped along the way…
Go get 2020! It’s yours! Because God has you covered!….

If you want to get closer to God, or want to have a personal relationship with Jesus, ask Him into your life. Comit yourself to Him today. DOn;t wai!

Know God

Steps to Peace With God

How Can I know God

Pasos para la Salvación PDF

Paz Con Dios

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Christ Our Savior is Born —Gloria, In Excelsis De |CHRISTMAS 2019 SERIES

May today bring you the peace, joy and harmony of the sweet baby born on a manger! May Jesus bring you life and more abundantly ( John 10:10 )! Go, worship and lay your life as a gift to Him, just as the wise men did on that Christmas Day!

Be blessed

& have a

Merry Christmas!

Gloria in excelsis Deo
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|   Angels we have heard on high    

Sweetly singing o’er the plains, 

And the mountains in reply      

Echoing their joyous strains.    

Refrain     

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!     

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!    

Shepherds, why this jubilee?   

Why your joyous strains prolong?      

What the gladsome tidings be   

Which inspire your heavenly song?   

Refrain    

Come to Bethlehem and see.  

Him whose birth. the angels sing;    

Come, adore on bended knee,   

  Christ the Lord, the newborn King.   

  Refrain        

See Him in a manger laid,   Whom the choirs of angels praise; 

  Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,   

While our hearts in love we raise.  

Refrain

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Back To The Garden—T-13 Days |Christmas 2019 Series

T-13 days Until Christmas!

—In my previous post, I mentioned that Joseph, and his future bride Mary, who was pregnant by the Holy Spirit, were in a bind, trying to find a place to rest for a few days in Bethlehem.
They were forced by the Roman Emperor’s decree to go to their ancestral tribe’s town to get counted in a Roman Empire wide census.

This was one of the principal Prophecies being fulfilled by God for verification. But there were others…

Genesis Genesis 3:15

—You see, God had promised Adam and Eve, right from the beginning of their disobedience, that He would one day redeem them and reconnect His relationship with them. Redeem means to buy back, or release the debt. This redeeming was going to be fulfilled by Jesus on the cross.

2 Samuel 7:13, 2 Samuel 7:16 BSB

But here’s another amazing part:

—Jesus also had to fulfill God’s promise to Adam. One of his descendants would be born to stomp on satan’s head. Not killing him but injuring his devilish whisperings.

This devious and evil fallen being would wreak havoc on Adam and Eve’s descendants, until Jesus’ work of redemption on the cross. ( Genesis 3:15 ).

—And, Jesus had to come from the line of King David due to the promise God gave this king. That one of his descendants would be The Anointed One or Messiah of Israel( 2 Samuel 7:13; 2 Samuel 7:16 ), thus being born of Mary’s line through David ( Ruth 4:18-22; Luke 3:23-38 ), and also legally through His step dad Joseph’s line through David ( Matthew 1:1-17 ).

Satan would never recover. His weapon is the intellectual essence of this world…

—Satan would never recover. His weapon is the intellectual essence of this world. People who are influenced by this enemy and his hordes intellectually, are also those not spiritually connected in a relationship with Christ ( 1 Corinthians 15:55).
Those who “hear his voice”( John 10:27, John 10:14 ) have lessened the effect of the enemy’s whisperings. We are filled by God’s Spirit, who gives us discernment to perceive something is wrong when we come across things that may not be good for us.

All this to say, Joseph & Mary could not find a room to rest in their ancestral place. Yet, they both had family in Bethlehem, who may have helped them but were unable to host them correctly.

—This little family would end up in a place with animals who witnessed the birth of their God incarnate. It would be a perfect conclusion to God’s promise of one of Adam and Eve’s descendants, who would come and make things right again. Reconnecting humanity back to God in a sort of garden-like-state.

Here’s what I mean:

Two people—a man & woman back in connection with God and his creatures, like in the Garden.
No poor, poor Joseph & Mary, God had them where He wanted them.

—Alongside His other creation. The Almighty would also be making the animals reconnect with their Creator. The little donkeys, sheep, and goats would be a witness for their kind; since they could see who this Baby really was!
Why would God want His little creatures there?
—Like Joseph and Mary’s fore-parents when they were taking care of the Garden, more specifically, God’s animals.
God orchestrating this incredible manger scene to show his children that this God-baby-King was setting the Garden scene back to what it should have been….thus fulfilling the Genesis prophecy, and the Davidic prophecy of a Messiah coming to set things right.
—No other man in His-story has even come close to fulfilling just one specific prediction written thousands of years before ever taking place.
—Jesus fulfilled hundreds and hundreds of pre-written prophecies regarding His First Coming or First Advent.
More to come on these predictions being fulfilled…

If you don’t have a connection with Jesus, make this incrdibly wonderful time of the year be the moment you reconnect with your God, don’t wait:

How Can I know God

Steps to Peace With God

Know God

Paz Con Dios

Pasos para la Salvación PDF

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But You, House of Bread…T-14 Days |Christmas 2019 Series

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Micah 5:2

At the time of this prophecy, Bethlehem’s population was about 200 or so. When Jesus was born, there was no room at an inn. The town of under 500 would not expect so many people visiting all at once. This overpopulation was due to Caesar Augustus (Luke 2:1) demanding a decree for all his subjects to be numbered in a Roman census.

The decree forced people to go to their ancestral towns to get counted. Not because the emperor was concerned about his subjects, but because he wanted to ensure the empire was taxing its subjects correctly.  

So right around 4-6 B.C., a future family of three traveled about 80-90 miles from Nazareth (Luke 2:4). They were tired, and poor Mary had been putting up with the bumps and bruises of sitting on a donkey through steep mountainsides to get to their ancestral town. 

So the “no room at the inn” scenario is highly possible.

Now imagine all of them tired and dirty from travel. Baby starts moving more, and Mary is feeling all of it. Men, we don’t have a clue about this, but the women who have gone through the process of giving birth definitely know what comes next!

Typical Jewish House during time of Jesus—Courtesy of Jesusstory.net

Joseph! I don’t care if there’s no room at the inn! This baby is coming out whether we have reservations or not!

Joseph, trying his best to protect and care for his family, does the next best thing to a reserved room at the inn—He saves money, and the little family gets comfortable in a manger (Luke 2:7). 

Courtesy of Psephizo

Now you may be thinking that these mangers are filthy. Yes, they were. Anywhere animals are kept will be dirty, but remember that most animals’ living spaces were at the bottom of the dwelling where their owners lived. They had to bring them in for safety reasons—one was to keep them warm, and the other was to keep them from being stolen. 

All this to get to the House of Bread or Beyth-lechem, where Jesus’ lineage was. Both Mary and Jesus’ step-dad were from the same tribe or clan or house. Except each came from different ancestors before ending with David.

The same David who slew the great Giant Goliath and the same one whom God promised one of his descendants would be the Messiah of Israel and the world.

The incredible prophetic utterance of Micah is astounding. The odds of two people from the same ancestor (David), getting together and having to travel just under a 100 miles through steep mountainous terrain, and Mary being with child. Then as soon as they get to their destination, she delivers, while extraterrestrial things are happening right outside of the little town, with a moving star leading Magi to the very spot where a baby king was being born, would be astronomical! Thats for a future post!

For now, just think of you and your spouse meeting and then getting married. Only to have to go to your ancestral cities for a world-wide census. What would be the odds of both of you coming from the same city or town? Let alone having a male baby being born in that town at the exact time you had to be there for the census?…

This was what Jesus did, fulfilling an 700-800 year old prophecy or prediction of the coming Prince of Peace whom the Jews called their Messiah…

How Can I know God

Steps to Peace With God

Know God

Paz Con Dios

Pasos para la Salvación PDF

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8 DAYS OF GIVING THANKS T-3 DAYS |THANKSGIVING 2019

Isaiah 1:18

Thankful for a God who reinvents us!

by Oscar Roca

I just got a sent a picture of a blind farmer who was passing through his land, looking for his turkeys. The funny part was that he was walking right in front of them, and they were making cow sounds. 

I laughed so hard because this time of year, turkeys are the main course on the plate in my country! 

But then, I started pondering on the fact that those turkeys in that cartoon are so incredibly wise! Yes, I know it’ s just a funny cartoon mem, but think about it, when was the last time you reinvented yourself? 

We all must take this journey called life. I invite you to reinvent yourself today; don’t wait until New Year’s Day to write a list of things you want to reinvent in your life. Start today. 

—What is your physical goal?

—What is your mental goal?

—What is your job goal?

—Most importantly, what is your spiritual purpose?

I don’t have a clue on the first three since I most likely don’t know you personally. But, I do have an answer to the last one. Get to know God personally before this Thanksgiving holiday. I promise you with God’s help; you will be able to accomplish anything in life. I also know that God will reinvent you. 

Wherever you are in life, whatever your past mistakes or regrets, stop holding on to them.

Start fresh on this special Holiday Season. Finish Christmas with the Peace of The Christ Child, who can take all your past away and make you a new person.

I thank God for fresh starts. I know, because He gave me one when I asked Jesus into my life and committed myself to Him. 

Here are some links if you want to reinvent yourself spiritually… 

How Can I know God

Steps to Peace With God

Know God

Paz Con Dios

Pasos para la Salvación PDF

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