Easter Miracle at Memories Pizza!

A tiny town of about 2,000. Only 8 eateries there. A news station walks through the door and puts a 21 year old partner in a pizzeria business on the spot. It's a Christian owned and run business. Crystal O'Connor tells the TV reporter that they'll serve anyone who comes through their doors, but then tells the reporter that if someone comes in and asks them to cater a gay wedding, that they would have to tell them no because of their faith.

The angry death threats start an hour or two later. Phone won't stop ringing. A girls golf coach in a neighboring town in Indiana tweets "Who will help me burn Memories Pizza to the ground?" She's now been suspended, but let's face it, she's not going to lose her livelihood, but she wants a Christian run business to lose theirs. 

Dana Loesch interviews this 21 year old woman, and surprises her with a GoFundMe account set up to help Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana, because they've had to close their doors due to this totally unwarranted, idiotic mess. There is quite a lot of money in that account now and it just keeps growing! The support has been tremendous! 

We've all seen other Christian run businesses in recent months being shut down by the heavy anti-discriminatory fines of their state for telling gay couples they won't provide photography, cakes or flowers for their same sex weddings. You know, they may have lost everything because of it, but their reward in heaven will be great because they stood on the promises of God, rather than denying their faith and their moral principles!  

After major blow back by the LGBT communities in Indiana, the RFRA law passed there had to be "tweaked" to make everyone happy, when all it did was give Christian owned business recourse to fight the allegations of discrimination in court. The law, as it now stands, protects these groups from discrimination but now goes nowhere for the Christian business owners, whom the law was meant to protect. It would've been better if they hadn't passed any legislation at all at this point.

We just saw 147 students at a Kenyan university be killed because of their Christian faith yesterday. ISIS has been beheading Christians, crucifying them, forcing them to convert or die in Syria and Iraq. My question? How is this any different? When you kill a Christian run business, you are killing a person! The Supreme Court has said that Corporations are PEOPLE! 

When will these people, who are pushing Christian businesses into fines so huge that they have to close their doors, be prosecuted themselves for this phony 'anti-gay' mayhem? One Gay Group in the Western US is demanding that churches who follow the bible lose their 501(c)3 tax exempt status! Let's face it. We now have a different version of ISIS in our country! 

In the Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case, it was determined that a corporation is a "person" or "people," and thus has the right to fight something that the government has ordered them do to, based on their first amendment right of 'Freedom of Religion." Hobby Lobby was fighting the provision in Obama Care that demands all businesses in the United States provide all kinds of different birth control to their employees. Hobby Lobby was providing birth control to their employees but had a problem with just four forms of birth control that could kill an embryo. They won the case based on the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed into law by then President Bill Clinton. 

I want to thank each and every person who donated money to Memories Pizza. I think the Christians in this country, on the verge of the Holiest day of the year besides Christmas, decided "ENOUGH!" Honestly, how is it that these gay rights groups can scream "tolerance," and then turn around and be so "intolerant" of Christians and their businesses? 

It's time we stood up to be counted! Protect religious freedom! If we all donate just one dollar, this family will be set up for life! So far, at the moment this post is Tweeted, $815,811.00 has been raised for this family, who had to close their doors due to the phony agenda of the left who hate all Christians!

Let's support Memories Pizza! Let's make a lasting impression on these people that we are American's too and we aren't going anywhere! 

WE BELIEVE!

I just saw Kirk Cameron's latest movie, "Mercy Rule," and somewhere in the movie, the kid who is narrating it says something about what he does in life. Trying harder, being stupid and learning from all of it. It's the same for all of us. It's really a shame that I didn't have a good family foundation of faith, or maybe I would've found it before I nearly destroyed myself. But at that place, where I'd lost all hope, Jesus came and salved my wounds, traded joy for my mourning and gave me a much sunnier disposition. Then, I started trying harder instead of being stupid and began learning from all of my mistakes.

Truth is? I still try hard, I still act stupid and yes, I always learn from it!

This Sunday, we all have a chance to go back in time and learn about Jesus, His death, burial, resurrection and ascension to heaven to sit at the right hand of God the Father. The series "A.D. The Bible Continues," co-produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, starts with the trial, scourging, crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

So, please, set your DVR's and don't miss this wonderful series! I know some think that Burnett and Downey take a little bit of creative license, but I think it's based on every biblical commentary ever written as well as historical facts. I think that this series is going to open a lot of eyes! We are about to see the end of the "dispensation of grace," and be taken home to heaven, by Jesus Himself, who will descend from heaven with a shout and the blow of the shofar, (trumpet) and ever after, we shall be with Him in heaven! (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17).

Isn't that a millisecond elevator ride you want to take? I can't wait! We will see the 3rd blood moon on April 4th, the day before Easter! Coincidence? I think not! In Genesis, God said that the sky would be a sign for seasons and days, etc. It's God's billboard! He is screaming for us to be ready, but most Christians are still slumbering. John Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas who wrote the book "The Four Blood Moons," makes it plain. Let me paraphrase what he said. "If we are not looking up in expectation of His coming, we won't be going with Him." Time to WAKE UP! Jesus is coming very soon! All the signs have occurred! Time is running out. It's time to get right with God and start looking up in expectation of His return!

It really is very simple. We're the ones who make it complicated. It doesn't matter what you've done, He still loves you! He died on a cross at Calvary FOR YOU! He died for all of us so that we wouldn't have to face an eternity separated from God! 

Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to me. All Christians want for Him to be the best thing that ever happened to you too! This is just what we believe! So please watch this Easter Sunday? Give Jesus a chance. He won't bite, nor will He appear in your living room with judgmental words about your life. He doesn't care about your past, He cares about your future and whether it means an eternity separated from Him in a "blazing furnace where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth," (Matthew 13:42), or an eternity in Heaven with Him! 

Jesus loves you and so do I. Please, watch this series? Try harder, go ahead and be stupid, but please learn from Him what you need to learn in order to be with us in heaven some day. This would be a great start! So please, set your DVR to record the series and find out what it was like for Jesus to suffer and all the things that came upon His disciples afterwards. 

Wouldn't you rather have a life full of belief, grace and peace instead of guilt, fear and a spirit of being condemned? The bible says, "Therefore, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1). All you must do is trust that He is the Son of God, that He came, that He taught, that He was murdered by the Romans on a wooden cross at Calvary, that He was buried and resurrected on the third day! So simple! Just trust in someone bigger than yourself! It will lighten your load, and free you in a way you've never thought you could be!

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me." (John 14:6). He also said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free!" (John 8:32). 

And Jesus IS the truth! 

The Final Warning

"I know your deeds, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish you were either one or the other! So because you are lukewarm, neither hot or cold, I will spit you out of my mouth." (Revelation 3:15-16).

Even though this is a message to the Church at Sardis, it applies to all Christians who believe in Jesus, and those that believe who have fallen away from their faith. There are many who have fallen away and they are all ASLEEP! Time to ring the alarm bells folks! We're going home very soon! 

The rapid pace of things that are happening around us, especially in the Middle East and with Russia, all fits with biblical prophecy. It is a sign, and we better get the lead out if we wish to use the time we have left to be witnesses for Jesus. So many are still lost! We should all be burdened for those that are not saved, not keeping quiet about our faith. They are dying in their sins, and if we don't witness to them when we have the chance? They may not ever get saved and that would not only be tragic, but it will cause us to lose some of our rewards! Why do you think I harp on this subject???

Revelation 3:15-16, is a warning that comes right before John is taken up into heaven for God to show him all that would come after. Back in the early 80's, I got an administrative assistant position working for a division of Hughes Aircraft that was contracted by the Army to build the AH-64A Apache Attack Helicopter. If I've ever seen anything that looked like a giant locust, that helicopter totally fits! "They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle." (Revelation 9:9). 

The US Army's AH-64A Apache Attack Helicopter

Of course, if we are Raptured with the Church, we won't be here to confirm this, but it does look like a giant locust doesn't it? Revelation 9:9 seems to describe this helicopter to a T! A lot of biblical scholars, preachers, etc., have thought that John, in his 1st century mind, couldn't understand what it was he was actually seeing, so he just described it the best way he could for his limited knowledge at the time. They fly low and point out targets for fighters and they are also very lethal all by themselves! I got to see the prototype roll out just after beginning my job with Hughes and I'd never seen anything like it! It could move in ways that most helicopters cannot, and they gave us all one heck of a show when they rolled it out. A memory that I will never forget. And boy, was it ever LOUD! (Just like thunder)!

Here is the point: In Revelation 3:15-16, Jesus is warning us! He is saying "You need to be on fire for Me!" If we're not on fire for the Gospel, and we're not looking for Him to return, there is probably a very good chance that He could come with the sound of the trumpet (Shofar), and it won't wake those who are slumbering, thinking that Jesus is a long way off! So, yeah! It's time to wakey wakey! 

Revelation 4:1 denotes the actual rapture of the Church. The anti-christ isn't even revealed until Revelation 6. Did you get that? 4 and 6? 4 comes BEFORE 6! Now, if the church disappears in 4:1, and the anti-christ isn't revealed until chapter 6? We won't know who he is, so stop trying to figure it out! It won't matter! We'll be in heaven for the judgment and a huge party with Jesus called "The Marriage Supper of the Lamb!" Personally, I cannot wait and I truly believe that we are not that far away! 

So, please? If your bible has been collecting dust on a shelf, pull it down and start reading it! Ask God to reveal Himself to you. Ask Him to do His will in your life. Pray A LOT! We are to "pray without ceasing." (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

The days are short and we all need to get our acts together! God will not hesitate to leave you behind if you're asleep at the wheel, I don't care how much you go to church! If you are a true follower and know your bible then you know that I'm right. I believe there will be a huge revival if we are here to see the Lord destroy those who come against Israel in the Gog/Magog invasion. The United States relationship with Israel is really tenuous, at best, if not completely destroyed, so I think we are more than close. Gog/Magog is at the door! It's forming right now!

I hope this encourages you to get right, start living for Christ and Him alone and letting people see the light in you shining so bright, that they can't help but ask themselves and you, "what is different," and it won't just be a hair cut! 

Be at peace. Jesus loves you! He wants you in heaven with him! It's not too late to change course and serve the Lord the way He wants you to serve! 

Let's face it. We can choose to make it all about ourselves or all about Him. It's our choice! Just remember, He is at the door! We are watching Matthew 24 and Luke 21 happen right before our eyes! 

We just need to be awake enough to see it!

End Times & A Ticking Clock

I believe with everything that is just plain ole upside down in this world, there are a lot of people SEARCHING for something to fill that big God shaped gaping hole in their lives. The things that are happening are the reverse of what things used to be and that has a lot of people very frightened about the future and what it may hold.

Since 1979, we have had no diplomatic relations whatsoever with Iran. Now, not only are we negotiating a very dangerous treaty with them on nukes that has a 10 year sunset clause, meaning after 10 years they can build a bomb, (which they won't wait 10 years to do), we are completely double minded in our current foreign policy when it comes to fighting ISIS and the Iranian backed Houthi's in Yemen. In Iraq, the Shia militias left the Iraqi Army to fight on their own because we dropped a few bombs to help them get the ISIS cancer out of Tikrit. But in Yemen, we are fighting AQAP and the Houthi's backed by Iran. It amazes me that Obama is still calling Yemen a success. Huh? Success? If this is what "success" looks like to him, I don't think I could bear his definition of "failure!" This is all totally backwards.  

On the other side of the coin we have Vladimir Putin threatening the Danish with a nuclear attack. Huh? Okay, I simply HAVE to give you a word key to understanding Ezekiel 38. This might just wake a few of you who are slumbering up!

Gog is a man - Putin
Magog is a kingdom - USSR
Meschek is Moscow
Rosh is Russia
Persia is Iran
Ethiopia - Think "Arab Spring Nations"
Put is Libya
Cush is Northern Sudan, Somalia & part of Ethiopia
Gomer is Germany
Beth-Togarmah is Turkey
Land of unwalled villages refers to Israel w/o the USA as an ally
Sheba is part of Yemen
Dedan is Saudi Arabia
Merchants of Tarshish is the UK
Villages (Side Notes say "Young Lions") is the United States of America

Sheba, Dedan, the Merchants and the Young Lions will say in that day "Are you coming to take great plunder?" DUH! Maybe it's a rhetorical question? Nope! They will really say that! The Gog/Magog invasion, if you read Ezekiel 38 with the key above, is actually forming right now! I'm waiting for the Shia and the Sunni's to look at each other and say, "Why are we fighting each other? It's all Israel's fault. Let's go kill them instead." I'm waiting for them to drink a beer, pass the peace pipe and then devise an evil plan to destroy Israel as it says in Ezekiel 38. Russia wants their oil and they are as thick as thieves with Iran! The Russians have been having secret meetings with the Chinese and Iran, one of them in Kaliningrad where the Russians have been flying jets over Lithuania and other Baltic States with their transponders turned off! Putin is sabre rattling! 

These are very exciting days because Jesus could come at any moment to take His Bride, the Church, home to heaven with Him, where we will "ever after be with the Lord." So I will pray for all who read this post, that you will take Ezekiel 38 out and check out the key above. Then keep up on world events. Things are happening at a very rapid pace now! I pray that you will greet the challenge with boldness, faith and a great love for Jesus! It's time we started reaching out to those who aren't saved. Our family, friends and even our acquaintances! If you rely on only Him, He will give you the words!

God bless you as we celebrate Palm Sunday tomorrow. Jesus is calling us to be His hands and feet and we're running out of time! Let's return His faithfulness by being faithful to Him!

Love others, as Jesus loved you and most importantly? Love them with the truth!

The Great Delusion

If you are a Christian, one who is fully awake, then you know that what our President said in his video statement to the people of Iran last week is pure hogwash. He said that the Ayatollah had put a Fatwah on the "development of nuclear weapons." Talk about delusional! The first time I saw him say that? My heart was about to leap out of my chest! It was so stupid, that I thought it was probably a prophecy fulfilled. He is completely deluded, as are so many others, probably too many to count! He truly thinks if we are nice to the Mullah's, that they won't launch a nuke our direction. If it wasn't so scary, I'd be laughing like crazy because his delusional thinking is proof that Jesus is at the door, readying Himself to come in the clouds and take us to heaven.

Let me explain what I mean about delusion. 

In October 1995, I was in a support group of women who, along with myself, had gone through an abortion. I wanted to be a Crisis Pregnancy Counselor, but it was mandatory that I go through "Post Abortion Counseling," before I could become one. While I was going through this counseling process, I had one private meeting with my counselor and one group meeting each week. One afternoon, the leader of the group said she was having trouble forgiving the gray haired grandmother who told her, "It's not a baby honey, it's just the product of conception." 

She seemed to really be struggling with this and I suddenly heard God say in my head "the woman was deceived." When I shared this "word of knowledge," with her and the group, the look of relief that came over her face was absolutely amazing! She was then able to forgive the woman for saying what she had said. She was now ready to pray for her instead of staying angry at her. It was an amazing moment and I will never forget how strong the Holy Spirit was in that room that day! 

"For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie." (2 Thessalonians 2:11). If you think people are delusional now? Just wait! It's going to get much worse. Many are lost. They have been told a pack of lies and they believed them, rather than believing in Jesus Christ or the Word of God. 

So, if you are a Christian, "WAKE UP! SNAP OUT OF IT!" If you aren't, then get it together! Accept Christ as Lord and Savior! The time we have left is diminishing with every tick of the clock and we are running out of time. He could literally snatch us off the earth in the next minute! When you see the kinds of things that are going on in the Middle East, ISIS running wild, Iranian's now taking back the land and killing the cancer called ISIS, but can we trust them to leave Iraq when it's over? There were recently, two meetings between Russia, China and Iran, so our President's statement that Iran put out a Fatwah on the development of nuclear weapons, is ludicrous! Trouble is a comin! This is bible prophecy happening right before our very eyes! 

I know. We are living in crazy, evil times, but remember always what Jesus said in Matthew 24. "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." (Luke 21:28).

It's going to get scary, but He is going to protect us! There is no reason to fear! The bible says, "No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent." He'll help us! He'll take care of all the details, we just have to show up! 

Time to wake up and start understanding the things we are about to go through. Just don't forget, Jesus is with you always and He will give you the words, the faith and the boldness to do what you are called to do! 

Just do your best. Jesus will take care of the rest!