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Trouble Outside our Hotel at National Event

Please pray for the folks that took such great care of us at our hotel in Orlando.  Since we left, there have been some terrible things happening there.  This just in from Miss Pat. ~ Flip

The area we were in has been in the news a lot lately and I think we should pray for the people we met there.

· Last week there was a fatal shooting at a hotel ( Best Western) right up Orange Blossom Trail (OBT) from us.

· Tuesday the Sunoco station right up OBT, that has the MacDonald’s in it,( we stopped one night after rally) was the scene of a fiery crash – a young mother on drugs drove right into a gas pump and it exploded.  Onlookers were able to drag her and her baby out of the car.  They showed it and it was a huge fire ball!!

· Tonight the section of OBT near the hotel is closed down because of a three car crash where three people were killed instantly and two more are critical.  We all know how scary that road can be with I-4 coming off right there.  

Miss you all- can’t wait until Feb!

Miss Pat

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Granite City Removing Gospel from Streets

See the new and serpentine ways Granite City is seeking to silence the Gospel of Christ at its most favored business – the abortion mill.  ~ Flip

BANNED IN GRANITE

“City of Slaughter” latest ploy to silence the truth

Isaiah 59:14 “So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance: Truth has stumbled into the streets and honesty cannot enter. Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.”

There are three things that Granite Cityabhors: homeless people, couches on front porches, and pro-life activists; and all three have been banned from this deplorable town. That is how the gestapo and city officials deal with the issue of abortion. Rather than deal with the message, they attack the messenger. All three are treated as “undesirables”. For years now, many editorials have been written pointing out the war Granite Cityhas declared upon freedom of speech and pro-lifers. These editorials have called for the city to address the real problem, that being the abortion industry in clear eyeshot of city hall. (http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=41803)  

Over 400,000 babies have been slaughtered in this city since 1974. Many women have been butchered, some have died, and lawsuits have been filed. Far too many underage girls have been brought over state lines to “get rid of the evidence” from child rapists; underreporting is rampant. (http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53013 ) Short of calling it a “drug cartel”, there seems to be a constant problem inside Hope Clinic with substance abuse, missing drugs, theft, and petty crimes by abortion mill staffers. Meanwhile, city officials have tried beautifying this blue-collar, gritty town with million dollar makeovers, but you can’t cover up a cancer and expect it to go away. How can God bless a city that allows the slaughter of thousands of innocent babies? Their blood cries out from the ground, Genesis 4:10.

Today as we pulled up to the crime scene outside theMidwest’s largest, late-term baby dumping mill, we viewed three blocks of handicapped-only parking. The only entrance to the hospital on this side of the street already has ample handicapped parking spaces nearby. This means our vital ultrasound/pregnancy resource van will have to find parking two blocks over from the slaughterhouse.

We had heard rumblings over the spring and even a month ago that half of our street in front of the abortion mill was sold to the hospital from the city through closed door negotiations. If one Granitonian would have been invited to that meeting and opposed, it would have been thwarted. Thus, half of 21st street has been paved into a parking lot. Funny thing is the hospital employee lot just west of the mill is half bare. This is just the latest “ploy” to attempt to dissuade our lifesaving efforts and pregnancy resource outreach to mothers and babies in need. Let’s face it: there is no free help or hope in Granite City.                                                                                                          (http://www.smallvictoriesusa.com/Articles/2007/Unwelcomed%20in%20Granite%20City%20May%2007.html )

There is another hands-on-ministry, Jesus’ Place, a store front soup kitchen and worship center led by Pastor Larry. Through the years, he has struggled with funding and political persecution from city officials and police in order to be a refuge for the homeless and hungry who find themselves wandering in the City ofSlaughter. They, too, are unwelcomed. Thus,Granite Citydeals with them by giving the homeless “river rides” or “wharf rides”. TheGranite Citygestapo beats them up, drives them over to the Mississippi Riverfront, and drops them off after removing their shoes and throwing them into the river, ultimately making it harder for the homeless to walk their way back to the City ofSlaughter. So much for being our brother’s keeper.

This leads me to the third unwelcomed subject inGranite City: ratty porch couches. Personally, they are just part of the mosaic of Granite City, not much of a threat or dangerous. Enough said. The real blight is the abortion mill which draws all 50 states to its doors. It speaks volumes when a corrupt city can take public parking away from the only resource for pregnant women and their babies that are scheduled to die that day. We have been targeted by police. It tells others how powerful that ultrasound van and the ministry are when a city must ban them from the streets. Over 19 years of daily ministering and witnessing, the devil has tried everything to deter and get rid of us, but we were called for such a time as this. Whether we have a street or not, we will still be there, rescuing babies, saving lives, and making a difference inGranite City.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”

God will use this for His glory too.

 Be encouraged ~Angela

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The Tenth Memorial of 9/11

Yes, Muslims do believe in Jesus, but not the Jesus of the Bible. They refuse to believe that He was crucified, buried and raised from the dead. If Jesus is not raised from the dead then we are still in our sins and our faith is in vain.

In the ten years since the horror of 9/11 we have learned a lot about the “religion” Islam.  Our media and our government have portrayed Islam as a religion of “peace.”  President Obama and President Bush have said the same. 

But is it?  Is it simply a “peaceful religion” hijacked by extremists, or is it a monstrous and murderous worldview that makes people demons, filled with hate and devoid of reason?

My gift to you on this tenth memorial of 9/11 is to remind you of the violent ways of Islam.  And to open your eyes to the hand that is wielding it.  You may be surprised. 

Over the past ten years, we have been privileged to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to several mosques across the country.  This summer we stormed the gates of hell at the largest mosque in Central Florida and we noticed something very odd.  They had just put up five signs, sponsored by the Islamic Society of Central Florida, on the large fence surrounding the mosque.  It was an attempt to “Americanize” Islam and make it appear, well, …. Nice.   

Only Jesus is God. Apart from Him there is no other. Muhammad is a false prophet.

These signs, however, are very revealing.  Islam is doing its level best to cover its real identity and appear to be a peaceful, kind, and tolerant religion.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Our media and government are part of this scam.  Islam is a wolf trying to look like a lamb.

There is just something about Islam that turns precious people, whom God created in His own image, into wild grinning beasts that attack whatever moves.  Islam is not just a religion, it is a nation.  And every mosque is a headquarters for war.  It has a political and religious philosophy where the church rules the state, a military plan called Jihad, and a governing ordinance called Shariah law.  It has one god, Allah (not the God of the Bible), one prophet, Muhammad (an illiterate murderer and pedophile), and one cause – to dominate the world under the name of Allah.  It is known as the nation Islam.  It is a spawn of the devil and a breeding ground for “hate.”  

Adherents to Islam, known as Muslims, have a sworn allegiance to their false god, Allah; to their false prophet, Muhammad; and to their false book, the Quran.  No matter where Muslims are located geographically, they may never assimilate into another society.  If they do, they become worse than an infidel and a fatwa is issued for their death.  Their allegiance must always remain first and foremost to Allah and his prophet Mohammed. 

There is no way that a true Muslim can become a good American citizen.  To do so would be to deny Allah and his prophet Muhammad.  The only time it is permitted to act like or become a citizen of another country is to be involved in Taqquia (one is allowed to lie to further the cause of Allah).  Yes, Muslims can and do lie in the name of Allah.  Sound like a religion from hell to you?       

Muslims don't really believe this. They hate Jews, Christians and all that do not bow to Allah.

Yes, Islam is a nation birthed in the very pit of hell, through the drug induced visions of the prophet Mohammed in 622 A.D.  It has brought untold chaos, murder, mayhem, slavery, and violence into the world.  It is the devil’s instrument to rob, kill, and destroy.  It is filled with fury and its drug of choice is hate.  Hate is the driving force of Islam.  It causes people to strap bombs to themselves and blow-up innocent men, women, children, and infidels.  It causes mothers to surrender their children to do the same.  God put it very succinctly in Proverbs 8:36, “…all who hate me love death.”  Islam hates God.

Yet the devil that drives this religion of hate remains Almighty God’s devil.  He is on a leash and can only go so far.  Today, God is using Islam as His chastening rod to turn America back to himself.  Surprised?

Yes, God can use even His enemies to accomplish His grand purposes.  Islam is the rod God has chosen to bring His justice and judgment to America that she may repent and return to Him.  But only those with eyes to see (not CBS, ABC, NBC, or Fox News) can see this truth.  The tragedy of 9/11 was to bring us to repentance. 

That’s right!  America has turned her back upon the God of the Bible.  Mayor Bloomberg is not inviting the God of our Founding Fathers (Jesus) to the tenth anniversary memorial of 9-11 in New York City .  What does God have to do with anything?  This God-hating Mayor; rabidly pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, and pro any religion but Christianity, is a frothing supporter of a mosque to be built two blocks from Ground Zero.  God’s kindness over these past ten years has been meant to bring us to repentance.  Instead, we have slapped Him in the face.     

 

Quoting from the Quran. This is so utterly absurd and historically inaccurate that if defies all logic.

Yes, America has forgotten the One who has blessed her in so many ways and made her great and freer than any nation on the face of this earth.  Today, we are living in a nation that is murdering God’s children (abortion), calling that which is evil good (homosexuality), and prostrating Christianity to the level of every other religion (Islam).  These three; abortion, homosexuality, and Islam, are physical manifestations of the gates of hell.  They are the most visible manifestations of God’s judgment upon us all.

If God is our problem, then we have a mighty big problem.  Neither the Republican Party nor the Tea Party can get us out of this fix.  Our enemies are now ruling over us, our wealth is being completely drained, we have become a laughingstock to the world.  The smallest of nations can put us to flight.  Oh, what to do?

The answer is simple.  Children can understand it.  We adults can’t because we say, “It’s complicated.”  But it is not complicated at all.  God makes it very clear in His Word, “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.”  2 Chronicles 7:14.  This is God’s promise to all who call upon His Name.  So what are we waiting for?  Let’s join together in public repentance and cry out to the only One who can save us.  If God is our problem there is hope, for He desires mercy, not sacrifice.  Matthew  9:13.

But note this.  We must turn from our wicked ways before we can expect any help from Him.  We must confess that God is right and that we are wrong in three crucial areas: abortion, homosexuality, and Islam.  If America is ever to be healed, these three sins must be publicly repented of. 

This was showing on the mosque marquis. Which Jesus? The one in your imagination and Quran or the One true God of History found only in the Holy Bible?

Neither Republicans nor Conservatives want to deal with these sins.  We know where Democrats stand.  But our supposed “friends” shoot us in the back every time they are elected.  They are pretend salt.  They will not stand for Christ and have never found a cause for which they are willing to die. 

They will never stand upon the Word of God.  They run from it.  They just want the election in 2012 to be about the economy.  Just listen to Charles Krauthammer, Karl Rove, Dana Farina, ad nauseam.  They want our vote but they don’t want our voice.  Our government, no matter who is elected, is not able to save us from the judgment of Almighty God and the disaster that is coming, “for our God is a consuming fire.”  Hebrews 12:29.  He has more disaster than our government has relief.  Government cannot save us from God.

The rise of Islam in our nation over these past ten years has been meteoric.  It has garnered for itself the most protected and “favored religion” status.  Much the same as homosexuality has become the most protected and “favored life-style” in America .  And the abortion industry has won for itself the most protected and “favored business” status.  Indeed the enemies Of God’s church are ruling over her.  Jesus told us this would happen if the salt lost its savor.  Matthew 5:13.  God is using all three of these enemies of Christ as a rod to chastise the sorry estate of His church and our nation.  But we can repent.  And true repentance will look like this:

“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, …See what this Godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done…” 2 Corinthians 7:10-11.

1.      We must declare that all children born and pre-born are living human beings at biological beginning and therefore have an innate right to life and are to be protected under the color of law.  “Personhood!”

2.      We must declare that homosexuality is a sin against God, our own bodies, and our fellowman.  It brings destruction to those who practice it, and destruction to nations that approve of it.       

3.      We must declare that the willful prostration of Christianity to the level of every other religion is a sin that cries out to heaven and is a violation of the very 1st Commandment given by God to Moses.  This syncretistic idea that all religions are the same is an affront to the only One and True God, Jesus Christ.   

True repentance will be lived out like this:  Personal Intervention

We are always at the abortion mills bringing the Gospel of Christ to the gates of hell and intervening on behalf of children being led away to slaughter.  We are also at “Gay” Pride events wherever and whenever they may raise their ugly heads, bringing the theology of the church house into the streets and allowing it to become biography.  We love those enslaved in homosexual sodomy enough to tell them the liberating truth that only Christ can set them free.  Finally, we have been bringing the gospel of Christ headlong into the gates of hell at local mosques and Muslim gatherings.  Jesus Akbar! 

This past Wednesday morning, August 31, 2011, we attended the celebration of Eid UL Fitr (the end of Ramadan fast) held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte.  Thousands of Muslims gathered at this convention center in Uptown to honor their false god Allah.  We gathered to honor the only true God, Jesus.  We carried signs and brochures into the battle.  One sign read “Jesus Is the Truth,” the other, “Islam is a Lie.”  As we began to preach about the God (Jesus) who made this nation great and free, the rage and hatred in the hearts of these “peaceful” Muslims began to manifest.  Freedom of speech is not treasured in Islamic Shariah law. 

From out of the abundance of their hearts, their mouths began to speak.  “You are a Jew!  You are gay!  You are stupid!  You are a homeless person!  You are a clown!”  I must say that I was astonished at their blatant anti-semitism and ad hominem (name-calling) attacks.  They pushed, jostled, and bullied, trying to make the meanest “Arab street face” possible, but the preaching of the gospel continued.  Richard Pope was on the other side of the building from me “givin ‘em heaven in Jesus’ name.”

Richard has been a great friend to this ministry, to his city, to his nation, and to Jesus’ precious preborn children.  He was attacked and knocked unconscious while preaching the gospel of Christ on a public sidewalk outside the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  His crime?  Bringing the Word of God to those lost in the bondage of Islam.

After the event was over and most of the Muslims had left, a Charlotte policeman came up to me and informed me that Richard had been knocked out and was in an ambulance.  Isaac Yoder and I immediately made our way around the huge NASCAR building to the ambulance.  They would not allow us to see or talk with Richard until they were relatively sure he was OK.  When he finally got out of the ambulance he was still a bit woozy but he recounted his story to us.

“I was preaching and the next thing I remember, I was on the ground in front of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  I wondered why I was there.  I called my daughter on my cell phone and asked her why I was at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and she said, ‘Daddy, you are there for the end of Ramadan fast.  Don’t you remember?  Are you all right?  It was then that I got my bearings and realized that something happened to me.  I was told by witnesses that a man stopped his car, got out and came up on my blind side and punched me for all he was worth.  I never saw a thing.  He then ran back to his car and took off.  The police got his license plate number.”

“I feel so honored to be walking in the same steps as the apostles, disciples, and those in the great cloud of witnesses, who ran the race of faith before me.” 

Our update as of September 7, 2011, is that the NASCAR Hall of fame has the video tape of three Muslim young men between the ages of 18-20 watching Richard for about 15 minutes.  They talked to him and warned him that if he kept it up he was going to get hurt.   It appears that two of them went to get their car and, when they drove up to the front door of NASCAR, the one left behind attacked Richard from his blindside.

He ran to the car and it sped off.  This is obviously a “Hate Crime,” yet the Charlotte Police Department is treating it as if it were nothing.  I assure you that if the shoe had been on the other foot….hmmmm! 

If one is a Christian and heralds the claims of Christ at a Muslim gathering, he is an Islamophobe spewing “hate speech.”  If one is a Christian and proclaims the name of Jesus at a “Gay Pride” event, he is a homophobe and quoting the Bible is considered “hate speech.”  If one is a Christian and brings the gospel to the gates of hell at an abortion mill, he is a hate-filled stalker, shoving signs and literature into the faces of innocent folks desiring to kill their children.  America has been turned upside down.  That which is evil is being called good.

Is it any wonder then, that ten years ago nineteen men with box cutters brought this nation to its knees as they crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center , the Pentagon, and into the ground in Shanksville , Pennsylvania ?  Over three thousand people were killed on that fateful September day – 9/11/01.  That is approximately the same as the number of children killed every day by abortion.  Was this a coincidence or was it the hand of God?

“See, the Lord is coming out of His dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins.  The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no more.”  Isaiah 26:21.

God has not been silent about the wholesale slaughter of His preborn children.  Can we hear Him now?

Has our risen Lord and Savior Jesus not been patient with us?  His delay in bringing His judgment of total annihilation upon America should not be mistaken as His approval of what we are doing.  We are not getting away with anything.  The Bible sums it up best in this way,  “Or do you show contempt for the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?”  Romans 2:4. 

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Christian Minister Assaulted at Muslim Celebration

Richard Pope, a great friend of this ministry and of Jesus’ precious preborn children, was knocked out while preaching the Gospel of Christ on a public sidewalk next to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.  We were bringing the Word of God to those lost in the bondage of Islam.

This past Wednesday morning, August 31, 2011, we attended the celebration of Eid UL Fitr (the end of Ramadan fast) held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte.  Thousands of Muslims gathered at this convention center in Uptown to honor their false god allah.  We gathered to honor the only true God Jesus.  We carried signs and brochures into the battle.  One sign read “Jesus Is the Truth,” the other, “Islam is a Lie.”  As we began to preach about the God (Jesus) who made this nation great and free the rage and hatred in the hearts of these “peaceful” Muslims began to manifest. 

From out of the abundance of their hearts their mouths began to speak.  “You are a Jew!  You are gay!  You are stupid!  You are a homeless person!  You are a clown!”  I must say that I was astonished at their blatant anti-Semitism and ad hominem (name-calling) attacks.  They pushed, jostled, and bullied, trying to make the meanest “Arab street face” possible, but the preaching of the Gospel continued.  Richard was on the other side of the building from me given ‘em heaven. 

After the event was over and most of the Muslims had left, a Charlotte Policeman came up to me and informed me that Richard had been knocked out and was in an ambulance.  Isaac Yoder and I immediately made our way around the huge NASCAR building to the ambulance.  They would not allow us to see or talk with Richard until they were relatively sure he was OK.  When he finally got out of the ambulance he was still a bit woozy but he recounted his story to us.

“I was preaching and the next thing I remember, I was on the ground in front of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  I wondered why I was there.  I called my daughter on my cell phone and asked her why I was at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and she said, ‘Daddy, you are there for the end of Ramadan fast.  Don’t you remember?  Are you all right.?’  It was then that I got my bearings and realized that something happened to me.  I was told by witnesses that a man stopped his car, got out and came up on my blind side and punched me for all he was worth.  I never saw a thing.  He then ran back to his car and took off.  The police got his license plate number.”

“I feel so honored to be walking in the same steps as the apostles, disciples, and those in the great cloud of witnesses, who ran the race of faith before me.” 

Richard got sick to his stomach later that evening – more than likely a concussion.  He went to his doctor today and I have not heard back from him yet.  Please keep him in your prayers.   ~ Flip

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Charlotte Squeezing the Air Out of First Amendment!

 As can be seen by this report in the Charlotte Observer, our city is totally collapsing the First Amendment rights of its citizens with manufactured city ordinances and statutes.  These ordinances and statutes are conjured up, well beneath the radar of Christians in Charlotte, in the clandestine confines of Charlotte City Hall.

We never know what is legal from one day to the next because the law; well, “…it just keeps a changin.”  Preachers who bring the Gospel of Christ into the streets of Charlotte find their civil rights tossed to the ground as police keep informing us of new changes in city and county policy.  It is a way to keep us corralled and shut us up.  It is a way to silence the Gospel proclamation. 

One of the most egregious ordinances conjured up by the Charlotte City Council is the city’s “sound ordinance.”  I was arrested for being in violation of this last Saturday afternoon.  Note: we always apply for sound permits as required by the city.  The “sound ordinance” reads that we are not to exceed 75 decibels recorded on a decibel meter when it is held ten feet in front our speakers.

This is so utterly ridiculous.  The ambient sound (street noise common in the general area) at Trade and Tryon streets registers between 65 – 90 decibels on the decibel meter.  The ambient sound in the city of Charlotte is in violation of this absurd noise ordinance.  But it sure does provide the city a circuitous way to control what can and cannot be spoken.  If one can control the volume of free speech, he can control the content of what can and cannot be heard.  How clever. 

“We can do away with free speech without anyone knowing that is what we are doing.”       

I have had to appear in court on several occasions for violating this city ordinance and never once have been found guilty.  Please understand what this means.  Even though I am acquitted, the city accomplished what it really desired.  It got me off the streets of Charlotte for the day.  Hmmmmmmm.

Why is it that the homosexual community in Charlotte can get sound permits for sound as loud as it wants while Christians are shackled with permits that allow them to speak no louder than 75 decibels?  Just so you know; many times a passing city bus registers over 100 decibels on a decibel meter when one stands ten feet away from it.

“The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.”  Psalm 12:8.

Click here to read the report by Cleve R. Wootson Jr. in the Charlotte Observer.

 Keep shining for our King,

 Flip

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Flip – Busted Again at Charlotte Pride!

Several Christian Ministries in the city of Charlotte booted up this past Saturday morning, locked and loaded with “Jesus Loves You” bottles of water, bright red “God Has A Better Way” t-shirts, and armed with the sharp double edged Sword of the Spirit, to allowed the theology of the church house to become biography in the streets.  Why?  Because those who hate God’s Word and love death (Proverbs 8:36)were granted a “Festival Permit” by the city of Charlotte to legitimize and outrageously display a sin that God calls an “abomination.”  Homosexual sodomy is a sin that destroys precious people who practice it, and cities and nations that approve of it.  Our city fathers never should have allowed this.  

That’s right!  This total debauchery was billed as a day for the Charlotte “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered” (LGBT) community to proudly parade its sin like Sodom in the streets of our city.  And proud they were – many proclaiming that they too, were Christians.  News flash: one cannot be a Christian and a practicing homosexual at the same time.  It is impossible, “…they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to public disgrace.” Hebrews 6:4-6. 

The context of these verses in Hebrews is talking about those who were once walking with God and now, because of their backsliding and choice to live in sin, are removed from the grace and mercy of God.  So many enslaved in sexual sin are deeply conflicted and cannot make things right no matter the smooth words of those attempting to justify or rationalize this horrific sin.  The “Hound of Heaven” continues His dogged pursuit of those who call evil good and good evil, because He loves them.  He does not desire that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9).

It was Biblical love that brought us to the streets of Charlotte this Saturday to expose the horror and hopelessness of the sin homosexual sodomy in the absolute belief that Jesus can save the most wretched of sinners.  How did we know this to be true?  We each looked in the mirror that morning and saw the most wretched of sinners staring right back at us.  If Jesus could and would save a wretch like me, He can and will save anyone who humbles himself and calls on His wonderful Name.

Almost 700 Christians joined us in this battle for our city and for the souls of those enslaved by this horrible and very proud sin.  The Gospel of Christ was proclaimed at the head of the noisy streets.  At the head of the public square it was heralded.  In hundreds of conversations and divine appointments, Jesus was shared.  And, when it was all done, God did indeed find a few that were willing to stand in the gap on behalf of the land.  Thank you Jesus!

Oh, by the way, I was arrested at 4:30 PM for violating the noise ordinance in my city.  When a city decriminalizes one behavior (homosexual sodomy), it won’t be long before they criminalize another behavior (Christianity).  What a glorious time to be alive and lay it all out for Christ! ~ Flip

Click here for a pictorial of the event

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Keep the Casket …Open!

Angela Michael paints a very graphic picture via our own American history as to why the casket must be kept open, and the truth be displayed for all to see. ~ Flip

 

   

History is repeating itself. Just as one hundred and fifty years ago our nation was torn apart over the issue of slavery, even so, today there is another great evil that divides the country…abortion. Back then, a whole race of Americans was viewed as inferior, less than human, chattel to be used at another’s whim and will; even so today, there is a group of Americans who are shamelessly treated as “things” to be owned, to be disposed of…unborn children. 

The parallels continue: Back then, by a majority decision of 7-2 in the infamous Dred Scott case (which had it’s beginnings in St. Louis), the Supreme Court ruled against all those of African descent; even so, in 1973, by a majority of 7-2, the Supreme Court overturned the pro-life laws of all fifty states and declared that the humans in the womb were no better than slaves, living and dying at the discretion of another. Back then the compassionless cliché was, “Don’t want a slave? Don’t own one.”  Today we say, “Don’t like abortion? Don’t have one.”

Sadly, it took a Civil War to bring the horrid institution of slavery to an end; a war fueled by the preaching of righteousness and the dissemination of the truth that “all” men are truly created equal. And today, another war is brewing and has begun as we and many stand in the gap, being witnesses of the atrocities, and proclaiming on the airwaves the reality of these horrid acts; and very soon we will have the opportunity to bring this message, this truth, into the living rooms of many. 

This month is the 56th anniversary of a brutal, unthinkable act. Emmett Till was a young African-American boy from Chicago who was violently murdered in Mississippi while on vacation. His funeral service was to be closed casket because his face was so disfigured, but his mother insisted the casket be opened so that the world could see what had happened to her son.

Over four days, thousands of people saw Emmett’s body. Many more African-Americans across the country, who might not have otherwise heard of the case, were shocked by the pictures of him. These pictures moved them in a way like nothing else had. Black preachers were demanding that “something be done in Mississippi now!”

Showing what’s in the casket is exactly what we do outside these abortion mills…and we are hated for it. Our message: If the truth of what happens to a person through abortion is so horrible, then why are we allowing it to happen?

At first, local whites as well as blacks were horrified by the crime. Newspapers and white officials reported that all “decent” people were disgusted with the murder and proclaimed that “justice would be done”. That same attitude from our leaders and churches needs to be embodied now. It needs to be preached from the pulpits and driven into the streets where battles are won. We have no more excuse for calling unborn children “non-human” today than our forefathers did for calling blacks “non-human” then.

Elie Wiesel, survivor of the holocaust, wrote: “What harms the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.”

In Emmett Till‘s mother, Mamie Bradley‘s words: “Two months ago I had a nice apartment in Chicago.  I had a good job. I had a son. When something happened to the Negroes in the South, I said, ‘That’s their business, not mine.’ Now I know how wrong I was. The murder of my son has shown me that what happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of us all.”

We can no longer stand by and say, “It’s not our problem.” I ask you; are we not our brother’s keeper?  If the horrible “seen” injustice done to Emmett Till moved a nation to action, should not the unspeakable violence done to the most vulnerable Americans–the children in the womb–move “us” to action?

“There must be a crisis of the conscience. Only after seeing abortion for what it really is will we understand the controversy and end this horrible injustice. We must never, never be silent on atrocities that we find disgusting to view.”

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Saints In Connecticut – Powerful Impact in July

The precious gentle warriors in Connecticut are amazing us all with what God can do with a few who fear nothing but God and allow Him to work powerfully through them.  Here is the Connecticut report for July, 2011.

Enjoy! ~ Flip

July 2011

94 babies killed by surgical abortions in Bridgeport

7 babies were saved from death

2 salvations

81 babies were killed at PP in New Haven on Saturdays

1 salvation

We had an awesome OSA National Event in Orlando, July 16-23 Fifteen people from Connecticut went, here are some of us with Pastor Mike's groupWe had a baby shower for Danielle. It was an awesome time of fellowship with her family and friends. She got all the baby items she needed, PTL!

 

These are a set of twin girls that were born Aug 3, to a happy couple!

 

The doctors tried to get this mom (in her 40's) to abort this precious boy but she did not and look at him!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The proud mother of this little girl Liana, who was born August 3rd!

   

...andt the proud father of Liana, who was born August 3rd ! PTL! Three babies born in one day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went to visit Danielle who had her baby Friday August 5, 2011. Four baby girls were born that one week! PTL!Here is Marilyn holding this precious child!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

These two young men are fruit of our ministries. God shows us these things to encourage us to go on. We were able to help their moms back 17 years ago when they made the right decision. These are two fine young men who both love the Lord!

Please join us each Tuesday, Friday and Saturday as we reach out to those who find themselves where they should not be!

For the Least of These,

Marilyn Carroll