Man oh man I am so-o-o-oooo glad to see the holidays ending. My family accused me of being an old scrooge, and maybe I am, but I think there is something to be said for routine. Frankly I’m turned off by the commercialism of the Christmas season and it seems to me that we could celebrate and enjoy spending time with our families and express our love of Christ on a routine basis instead of once a year.
Whatever . . . Monday everyone returns to work and it’s time to face yet another year. So aside from vows aimed at reducing the swollen credit card and distended belly blues syndrome induced by the Christmas holiday season, what’s in store for you?
I’ve been working feverishly on formulating some goals for our worldwide ministry and one is to try and instill some hope to those in our country and change its direction. Some surveys indicate that as many as 82% of our population have lost hope.
Hmmm . . . That’s a high number but consider this:
- One out of three kids aren’t even graduating from high school
- Church attendance is declining at an alarming rate
- Prisons are overflowing
- Racism is on the increase
- Poverty is at an all-time high
- Living on welfare is the norm for nearly half our population
- Addiction and alcoholism are destroying families
- Half of marriages end up in divorce
- Immorality rules
- STD’s are increasing at alarming rates and many are incurable
- Greed and corruption are becoming the norm in government and businesses
- We are at war both within and outside of our country
Our American government was founded upon Christian principles but it’s values and beliefs are under constant attack by organized, passionate, determined, and well financed groups and individuals such as GLAAD, NOW, MoveOn.org, The Freedom From Religion Foundation, George Soros, and the like,. and the effectiveness of these attacks now threatens the very survival of our nation.
Make no mistake the foundation of American values has been so weakened by carefully planned attacks on the moral fiber of this great country that it faces a real and present danger of collapse. We are in an all-out culture war and are increasingly losing religious freedom and decency in America.
The good news is that people all over America are increasingly fed up and polls indicate that over 70 percent of Americans disapprove of the direction of the country; however, no leadership has stepped forward to offer a viable solution and no one seems to know what we can do about it. In fact the constant noise of those that want to fundamentally transform our country in the other direction has the majority soundly demoralized and convinced that they are the ones in the minority and nothing can be done about it.
Well we’ve done the math and are convinced that we far outnumber those individuals and most importantly we have our mighty God who will join us if we petition Him and turn to Him in prayer. In essence We believe “we can do all things through Christ”.
So . . . as for me, much of my time this year will be spent trying to address the important task of identifying, organizing, and mobilizing the hundreds of thousands of faith based organizations in this country who currently operate in separate silos to come together and unite and work together as one force to restore our great country.
This will be done in no small part by informing the uninformed that God is the answer to our problems and we need to turn to Him. We will use social media and all forms of technology to reach the masses with our message of hope; we will use our united buying power to convince corporations and politicians that we cannot be ignored, and most importantly we will assemble prayer warriors all over this country (and indeed the world) to petition God to bless our country again.
I feel sure that He will hear our prayers and bless that effort and heal our land.
This is important! Selah!
America has long been perceived as a shining light to a dark world, but it is growing dim. This underscores the importance of restoring our traditional values and morality in our churches, schools, government, businesses, Hollywood, the media, and in our daily lives. Our program should begin there and not stop until every person on this planet has heard the word of God preached and received that powerful beam of light from Jesus Christ.
Don’t think it can happen? Think we are too outnumbered and the die is cast? Too late? That’s because you have in effect been brainwashed.
These groups are loud and adroit at manipulating the media, and far too many politicians. In fact they have been successful in convincing the majority that in fact we are the radical minority. Unfortunately, many people of faith have lost all hope that this war can be won and have conceded that we are in the Last Days and that we must accept our fate in silence like sheep going to the slaughter, (The silence of the lambs).
This backfired on them recently when Duck Dynasty was attacked and A&E dumped the beloved Duck Commander Phil Robertson and millions of Christians finally got fed up and jumped in to protest to make a difference in the marketplace. Cracker Barrel took their merchandise out of their restaurants on Friday and returned it on Sunday, and A&E welcomed Phil Robertson back with open arms when millions of angry faith based consumers voiced their ire at them.
When you think about it, this mindset (that we are in the minority) belies common sense. We outnumber them by a vast majority. So consider what will happen when we are consolidated and we employ similar tactics. We go to advertisers and voice our concerns in their support of these groups and what they are doing with their broadcasts. We mention our potential buying power and how it might affect their businesses if they continue to support the tearing down of American values.
We go to the politicians and do the same. Consider one of the most effective lobbying groups in America, the NRA. While their numbers are only about 5 million they are hugely effective in protecting gun owner rights in this country. What if their numbers were 50 million? 100 million?
People are fed up – Someone needs to do something. We are attempting to do just that. We cannot do it alone and we are asking for you to join us in this important God ordained effort. This is not about politics or liturgy; this is about faith in God in our beloved country. Together we can accomplish His will for America and stimulate a great awakening and revival. We invite you to join us and support Honey Lake Worldwide Ministry however you can…Remember banding together is the key . . .
Have a great weekend and go to Honey Lake Church (and my new Bible study class) this Sunday, (or go somewhere). And please pray that we will be successful in achieving our important goals!
Ecc.4:12
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
January 3, 2014 – Click here to listen