From: Harry Valentine & Pierre Bynum
To: All God-fearing Americans
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? #2
Our National Calamities are Tied to our Defiance of God!
God is the Judge: he puts down one, and sets up another�in His hand�is a cup�(Ps 75:7)
The wildfires that struck suburban California killed 20 people, destroyed 2,600 homes, burned 660,000 acres and did over $2 billion in property damage. This disaster will be measured, "not by the number of acres burned," but by "lives turned upside-down�families fleeing for their lives�before their homes were swallowed in flames ... (World Magazine, Nov. 8, 2003).
Our forefathers would have instantly understood these things to be judgments from God:
The Supreme Court let stand a federal judge's ruling that Alabama may not "acknowledge God" by displaying the 10 Commandments (www.judicialforum.org/Roy_Moore.htm ).
American Episcopalians ordained a homosexual bishop as 3000 well-wishers, including his divorced wife and live-in partner (www.washtimes.com/national/20031103-123335-2192r.htm ) looked on.
President Bush hosted his third annual "Iftaar" at the White House. He further gushed praised for a religion that is damning the souls of millions while opening our nation's doors to curses that accompany such occult idolatry (www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031028-9.html). Yet our President has twice distanced himself from Gen. William Boykin and his truisms about Islam and Christ (www.washtimes.com/national/20031028-113316-6459r.htm ).
17th Century Puritan, Matthew Henry, writes of Psalm 75 and God's rule over kings and nations:
God is the Judge, � Magistrates should rule for God as those that must give account to Him� In the hand of the Lord there is a cup mixed of many ingredients, a cup of affliction� the judgments of God upon sinners� The wine is red as fire, red as blood�it burns, it kills� vials are poured out upon all� Some drops of this wrath may light on good people�.they have their share in common calamities; but, the dregs of the cup are reserved for the wicked. The calamity itself is but the vehicle into which the wrath and curse is infused�
Please Join us in Repentant Prayer:
Lord, our Sins have brought disaster upon us. PLEASE EXTEND YOUR MERCY! Grant Repentance in the Church & Awakening in America. Grant us God- civil leaders. Remove the ungodly from ruling over us. Let Your Word be honored in the halls of government & in the hearts of the American people. In Jesus' Name (Nu 14:11-20; 2 Chr 7:14; Jer 26:2-6; 12-13; Dan 9:12-19; Mic 3:8-12).
ATTENTION! Please set aside February 27 & 28, to attend the CHPA "Desperate Prayer for Desperate Times" 2004 Prayer Convocation here in Washington, DC. Stay "tuned" to find out more about this history-shaping event!
Posted by Mike Doughney at November 11, 2003 11:34 PM