HR 1388 PASSED
You just spent $20,000,000 to move members/supporters of Hamas, a terrorist organization, to the United States; housing, food, the whole enchilada.
Whether you are an Obama fan, or not, EVERYONE IN THE U. S. needs to know....
Something happened.... H.R. 1388 was passed, behind our backs. You may want to read about it.. It wasn't mentioned on the news... just went by on the ticker tape at the bottom of the CNN screen.
Obama funds $20M in tax payer dollars to immigrate Hamas refugees to the USA . This is the news that didn't make the headlines...
By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in "migration assistance" to the Palestinian refugees and "conflict victims" in Gaza.
The "presidential determination", which allows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle in the United States, was signed and appears in the Federal Register.
Few on Capitol Hill, or in the media, took note that the order provides a free ticket replete with housing and food allowances to individuals who have displayed their overwhelming support to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the parliamentary election of January 2006.
Let's review....itemized list of some of Barack Obama's most recent actions since his inauguration:
His first call to any head of state, as president, was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory.
His first one-on-one television interview with any news organization was with Al Arabia television.
His first executive order was to fund/facilitate abortion(s) not just here within the U. S., but around the world, using U. S. tax payer funds.
He ordered Guantanamo Bay closed and all military trials of detainees halted.
He ordered overseas CIA interrogation centers closed.
He withdrew all charges against the masterminds behind the USS Cole and the "terror attack" on 9/11.
Now we learn that he is allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees to move to, and live in, the US at American taxpayer expense.
These important, and insightful, issues are being "lost" in the blinding bail-outs and "stimulation" packages.
Doubtful? To verify this for yourself:
www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488
PLEASE PASS THIS ON... AMERICA NEEDS TO KNOW
WE are losing this country at a rapid pace.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Hey all
Ok so it has been a while since I have posted anything new on here. I am not as faithful a blogger as I should be I suppose. I just haven't had a ton of things I really wanted to write about.
Job situation:
So I am still looking for a job. Doesn't seem like anything is going to happen on that account anytime soon unfortunately... so all of you who read this please pray because I really do need a job. I have a decent resume, it just doesn't seem like anyone really wants to bite at the moment. It is an employers market, they can choice from huge numbers of applicants which makes it harder. So please be praying.
School situation:
For those of you who don't know I have decided to try and go back to school.That should be interesting because I have been out a year and already I am losing some of my study skills set. I applied for admittance into the Masters of Social Work at Cal State Bakersfield and would be attending the extension campus at Antelope Valley College. I hope that I get in.
Life in general:
We are once again looking for a new church. Its a really long story, but the church plant that we were volunteering just didn't work. Its a hard to explain it all. Basically we had differences of opinion about being transparent in what we are doing and how we are phrasing things it to other people. So we are looking for a new church to be feed and to fellowship in.
Dereks birthday is the 14th of May and we went and celebrated a little early by going and seeing the new star trek movie. I am not really a trekkie, but I enjoyed the movie and would recommend others to go and see it. :)
I recently started a new diet, so far the results are really positive. I have diabetes and it is already bring down my blood sugar. YEA..
My rant for this post:
I see a lot of people who say they are Christian but haven't had anything change. They go out and live their life like everyone else. They get drunk, they sleep with people not their spouse, they just don't seem to care that what they are doing is not good for them. In my time at Life, we were taught that there are reasons why we don't follow the things the world is doing, and so many of the graduates I know are not only in ministry but have taken a different path all together. Not all. Some I know are doing great things for God even if they are not in full time ministry, but there are too many others I have spoken with myself and seen some of their actions that it scares me a little for the future. They are liberal to the point of saying that abortion is not a big deal. They are liberal to the point it doesn't bother them that they are sleeping with someone who is not their spouse and never will be.
Yes I have had this rant before, but it scares me. People are coming out of life asking whether or not Ghandi is going to be in Heaven. Jesus said there is only one way to Heaven and thats through Him. Ghandi himself said that while he admired Jesus he was not a follower of Christ. Unless Ghandi had a death bed conversion that no one knows about I would seriously question whether he is in heaven or not and honestly I do not believe he is unless he changed his mind and asked Jesus to save him. If it was enough to simply be a good person or a charitable person or a non violent person then why did Jesus die to bring salvation? People are coming out of life thinking it is ok to be gay and be a Christian. Its one thing to struggle with homosexuality, it is another to actively participate in the life style. Just as there is something wrong with fornicators (yes I am using that word) polluting their bodies by going out and having sex with someone who is not their spouse. What are these"future leaders of the church" being taught? I would venture to say not as much as is needed.
We need to put more emphasis on good theology, proper exegesis, and what it really means to be a vessel that God is going to use.
Job situation:
So I am still looking for a job. Doesn't seem like anything is going to happen on that account anytime soon unfortunately... so all of you who read this please pray because I really do need a job. I have a decent resume, it just doesn't seem like anyone really wants to bite at the moment. It is an employers market, they can choice from huge numbers of applicants which makes it harder. So please be praying.
School situation:
For those of you who don't know I have decided to try and go back to school.That should be interesting because I have been out a year and already I am losing some of my study skills set. I applied for admittance into the Masters of Social Work at Cal State Bakersfield and would be attending the extension campus at Antelope Valley College. I hope that I get in.
Life in general:
We are once again looking for a new church. Its a really long story, but the church plant that we were volunteering just didn't work. Its a hard to explain it all. Basically we had differences of opinion about being transparent in what we are doing and how we are phrasing things it to other people. So we are looking for a new church to be feed and to fellowship in.
Dereks birthday is the 14th of May and we went and celebrated a little early by going and seeing the new star trek movie. I am not really a trekkie, but I enjoyed the movie and would recommend others to go and see it. :)
I recently started a new diet, so far the results are really positive. I have diabetes and it is already bring down my blood sugar. YEA..
My rant for this post:
I see a lot of people who say they are Christian but haven't had anything change. They go out and live their life like everyone else. They get drunk, they sleep with people not their spouse, they just don't seem to care that what they are doing is not good for them. In my time at Life, we were taught that there are reasons why we don't follow the things the world is doing, and so many of the graduates I know are not only in ministry but have taken a different path all together. Not all. Some I know are doing great things for God even if they are not in full time ministry, but there are too many others I have spoken with myself and seen some of their actions that it scares me a little for the future. They are liberal to the point of saying that abortion is not a big deal. They are liberal to the point it doesn't bother them that they are sleeping with someone who is not their spouse and never will be.
Yes I have had this rant before, but it scares me. People are coming out of life asking whether or not Ghandi is going to be in Heaven. Jesus said there is only one way to Heaven and thats through Him. Ghandi himself said that while he admired Jesus he was not a follower of Christ. Unless Ghandi had a death bed conversion that no one knows about I would seriously question whether he is in heaven or not and honestly I do not believe he is unless he changed his mind and asked Jesus to save him. If it was enough to simply be a good person or a charitable person or a non violent person then why did Jesus die to bring salvation? People are coming out of life thinking it is ok to be gay and be a Christian. Its one thing to struggle with homosexuality, it is another to actively participate in the life style. Just as there is something wrong with fornicators (yes I am using that word) polluting their bodies by going out and having sex with someone who is not their spouse. What are these"future leaders of the church" being taught? I would venture to say not as much as is needed.
We need to put more emphasis on good theology, proper exegesis, and what it really means to be a vessel that God is going to use.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Randomness
Ok... so I don't have too terribly much to say at the moment... I just wanted to put a few thoughts down. So I have been trying to find a job... any job and have had little to no luck... Not sure why... I have decent resume but no nibbles... So if you read this please pray for me that I will find a job soon.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Irony vs God's Will
Irony VS God’s Will
Who are we to say what will be?
What can be the bigger picture we just can’t see?
Our dreams may not be what is best
Sometimes though we are sure God’s will is a jest
We look at those things we once said never to
We call these things the “ironies” but we don’t have a clue
God often has a reason for a change in our road
For a change in our heart over the way we want to go
Someone wrote “ I thank God for unanswered prayers”
When we give up our own way to go His then we can give up our cares
What we think is best is quite often not
We never really know why our own plans come to naught
Irony or God’s will which is best
Well it’s God’s will of course so forget the rest
Our way applies a certain amount of luck
Luck is a concept we just have to chuck
Jamie Rivera 2005
Who are we to say what will be?
What can be the bigger picture we just can’t see?
Our dreams may not be what is best
Sometimes though we are sure God’s will is a jest
We look at those things we once said never to
We call these things the “ironies” but we don’t have a clue
God often has a reason for a change in our road
For a change in our heart over the way we want to go
Someone wrote “ I thank God for unanswered prayers”
When we give up our own way to go His then we can give up our cares
What we think is best is quite often not
We never really know why our own plans come to naught
Irony or God’s will which is best
Well it’s God’s will of course so forget the rest
Our way applies a certain amount of luck
Luck is a concept we just have to chuck
Jamie Rivera 2005
Fly
Learning to let go and to fly on my own
Learning to be me and not what others want to see
Isn’t easy but is the best thing to do
It’s about as simple as hammering a screw
Learning to give my all is not something small
Learning to face facts is all I can do
Dividing reality from fiction is best
It gives you a much needed test
Learning to be me and not someone fake
Learning to accept when I make a mistake
Is hard to contend with at times
Making me wish I was thrown lemons rather then limes
Learning to be me and not what others want to see
Isn’t easy but is the best thing to do
It’s about as simple as hammering a screw
Learning to give my all is not something small
Learning to face facts is all I can do
Dividing reality from fiction is best
It gives you a much needed test
Learning to be me and not someone fake
Learning to accept when I make a mistake
Is hard to contend with at times
Making me wish I was thrown lemons rather then limes
Be Ready
Trying to understand this finite thing that life is
Trying to comprehend how our lives are truly His
God gives and God takes… this is what They say
No one knows when it is going to be their Day
The day that they will see Him in His dwelling place
The day that they will go to see Him face to face
No more shall we be bound to this earth or inequity
No more shall this place hold our destiny
We will go and meet our Savior
This is a truth that we all should savor
We will be gone in but a twinkling of an eye
We will be where the angels fly on high
So be ready for that day when it comes
For we are more then dogs who eat the master’s crumbs
We are His children for whom He cares
More then the sparrows or the sweet, sweet mares.
By Jamie Rivera January 25, 2006
Trying to comprehend how our lives are truly His
God gives and God takes… this is what They say
No one knows when it is going to be their Day
The day that they will see Him in His dwelling place
The day that they will go to see Him face to face
No more shall we be bound to this earth or inequity
No more shall this place hold our destiny
We will go and meet our Savior
This is a truth that we all should savor
We will be gone in but a twinkling of an eye
We will be where the angels fly on high
So be ready for that day when it comes
For we are more then dogs who eat the master’s crumbs
We are His children for whom He cares
More then the sparrows or the sweet, sweet mares.
By Jamie Rivera January 25, 2006
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
What the heck is wrong
Ok... so I just told my sister-in-law I was going to go to sleep. I went and checked a few things first and find I need to post this first.
I come from a fairly interesting background. My mother was someone who dearly wished she had been born in the time of Woodstock and the big counter-cultural world of those in 60's society called "Hippies". She did drugs she had free sex and she acted liked a hippy. Even thought she was born about 15 or so years too late to really fit into their movement. So I heard liberal politics spouted for the first 13 years of my life.
I became a Christian at the age of 15 and I agreed with the moral teachinsgs I was taught there. I knew somehow within my spirit even before I would have declared myself as a christian there was something wrong with living with a man who was not your husband, that there was something wrong with free love sex and happiness. That abortion was really another word for infanticide and the murder of an innocent life.
In my sheltered world that I lived in from the time I was 19 until I was 25 at LIFE I thought most of my fellow classmates believed the same way I did on these issues. I am morre and more disillusioned when I see and hear over and over that they don't really. That abortion isn't another word for murder. That prochoice isn't promurder. I disagree. I so disagree that it hurts my heart that my alma mater is sending out students with ba's in biblical studies who don't think there is something wrong with abortion. Who think liberation theology, word faith theology or whatever the most popular theologic practices are in that moment are whats best.We need to return to GOOD theology and careful study of scripture and meditate on what we find there.
I keep seeing people graduate and get disillusioned with what they once thought was a call on their life. Graduates are being slammed down by those above them in ministry. They are abandoning the call they felt because "it doesn't pay" to be a pastor, or because they simply don't "feel" called anymore.
We don't always "feel" God, but does that not mean he isn;t there? God is always where he is. He is not the one who moves. We are the ones who move. God doesn't call us out one day and abandon us the next. I have been having a struggles of faith and I am realising that THIS is the conclusion I need to come to. My feelings don't matter. What I feel doesn't matter. What matters is that I keep faith and realise he is right where he has always been. He is not the one who moves away. If I feel distant it is because I have distances myself.
I am just getting frustrated with what I see. For those of you out there at life or who have graduated I just want to encourage you remember that call that God put on you. DON'T give up.
I come from a fairly interesting background. My mother was someone who dearly wished she had been born in the time of Woodstock and the big counter-cultural world of those in 60's society called "Hippies". She did drugs she had free sex and she acted liked a hippy. Even thought she was born about 15 or so years too late to really fit into their movement. So I heard liberal politics spouted for the first 13 years of my life.
I became a Christian at the age of 15 and I agreed with the moral teachinsgs I was taught there. I knew somehow within my spirit even before I would have declared myself as a christian there was something wrong with living with a man who was not your husband, that there was something wrong with free love sex and happiness. That abortion was really another word for infanticide and the murder of an innocent life.
In my sheltered world that I lived in from the time I was 19 until I was 25 at LIFE I thought most of my fellow classmates believed the same way I did on these issues. I am morre and more disillusioned when I see and hear over and over that they don't really. That abortion isn't another word for murder. That prochoice isn't promurder. I disagree. I so disagree that it hurts my heart that my alma mater is sending out students with ba's in biblical studies who don't think there is something wrong with abortion. Who think liberation theology, word faith theology or whatever the most popular theologic practices are in that moment are whats best.We need to return to GOOD theology and careful study of scripture and meditate on what we find there.
I keep seeing people graduate and get disillusioned with what they once thought was a call on their life. Graduates are being slammed down by those above them in ministry. They are abandoning the call they felt because "it doesn't pay" to be a pastor, or because they simply don't "feel" called anymore.
We don't always "feel" God, but does that not mean he isn;t there? God is always where he is. He is not the one who moves. We are the ones who move. God doesn't call us out one day and abandon us the next. I have been having a struggles of faith and I am realising that THIS is the conclusion I need to come to. My feelings don't matter. What I feel doesn't matter. What matters is that I keep faith and realise he is right where he has always been. He is not the one who moves away. If I feel distant it is because I have distances myself.
I am just getting frustrated with what I see. For those of you out there at life or who have graduated I just want to encourage you remember that call that God put on you. DON'T give up.
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