“Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight” (Proverbs 12:22).

From gizmodo.com

Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending” news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project. This individual says that workers prevented stories about the right-wing CPAC gathering, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, and other conservative topics from appearing in the highly-influential section, even though they were organically trending among the site’s users.

Several former Facebook “news curators,” as they were known internally, also told Gizmodo that they were instructed to artificially “inject” selected stories into the trending news module, even if they weren’t popular enough to warrant inclusion—or in some cases weren’t trending at all. The former curators, all of whom worked as contractors, also said they were directed not to include news about Facebook itself in the trending module.

In other words, Facebook’s news section operates like a traditional newsroom, reflecting the biases of its workers and the institutional imperatives of the corporation. Imposing human editorial values onto the lists of topics an algorithm spits out is by no means a bad thing—but it is in stark contrast to the company’s claims that the trending module simply lists “topics that have recently become popular on Facebook.” -source

Now brethren – please tell me, does this shock or surprise you?  I knew that this deceptiveness was going on, but really had no way to prove it.  As they say “The truth will find you out!”

More from gizmodo.com

***I have decided to publish this article in its entirety – it’s THAT important!

These new allegations emerged after Gizmodo last week revealed details about the inner workings of Facebook’s trending news team—a small group of young journalists, primarily educated at Ivy League or private East Coast universities, who curate the “trending” module on the upper-right-hand corner of the site. As we reported last week, curators have access to a ranked list of trending topics surfaced by Facebook’s algorithm, which prioritizes the stories that should be shown to Facebook users in the trending section. The curators write headlines and summaries of each topic, and include links to news sites. The section, which launched in 2014, constitutes some of the most powerful real estate on the internet and helps dictate what news Facebook’s users—167 million in the US alone—are reading at any given moment.

“Depending on who was on shift, things would be blacklisted or trending,” said the former curator. This individual asked to remain anonymous, citing fear of retribution from the company. The former curator is politically conservative, one of a very small handful of curators with such views on the trending team. “I’d come on shift and I’d discover that CPAC or Mitt Romney or Glenn Beck or popular conservative topics wouldn’t be trending because either the curator didn’t recognize the news topic or it was like they had a bias against Ted Cruz.”

The former curator was so troubled by the omissions that they kept a running log of them at the time; this individual provided the notes to Gizmodo. Among the deep-sixed or suppressed topics on the list: former IRS official Lois Lerner, who was accused by Republicans of inappropriately scrutinizing conservative groups; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; popular conservative news aggregator the Drudge Report; Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL who was murdered in 2013; and former Fox News contributor Steven Crowder. “I believe it had a chilling effect on conservative news,” the former curator said.

In other instances, curators would inject a story—even if it wasn’t being widely discussed on Facebook—because it was deemed important for making the network look like a place where people talked about hard news. “People stopped caring about Syria,” one former curator said. “[And] if it wasn’t trending on Facebook, it would make Facebook look bad.” That same curator said the Black Lives Matter movement was also injected into Facebook’s trending news module. “Facebook got a lot of pressure about not having a trending topic for Black Lives Matter,” the individual said. “They realized it was a problem, and they boosted it in the ordering. They gave it preference over other topics. When we injected it, everyone started saying, ‘Yeah, now I’m seeing it as number one’.” This particular injection is especially noteworthy because the #BlackLivesMatter movement originated on Facebook, and the ensuing media coverage of the movement often noted its powerful social media presence.

(In February, CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed his support for the movementin an internal memo chastising Facebook employees for defacing Black Lives Matter slogans on the company’s internal “signature wall.”)

When stories about Facebook itself would trend organically on the network, news curators used less discretion—they were told not to include these stories at all. “When it was a story about the company, we were told not to touch it,” said one former curator. “It had to be cleared through several channels, even if it was being shared quite a bit. We were told that we should not be putting it on the trending tool.”

(The curators interviewed for this story worked for Facebook across a timespan ranging from mid-2014 to December 2015.)

“We were always cautious about covering Facebook,” said another former curator. “We would always wait to get second level approval before trending something to Facebook. Usually we had the authority to trend anything on our own [but] if it was something involving Facebook, the copy editor would call their manager, and that manager might even call their manager before approving a topic involving Facebook.”

Gizmodo reached out to Facebook for comment about each of these specific claims via email and phone, but did not receive a response.

Several former curators said that as the trending news algorithm improved, there were fewer instances of stories being injected. They also said that the trending news process was constantly being changed, so there’s no way to know exactly how the module is run now. But the revelations undermine any presumption of Facebook as a neutral pipeline for news, or the trending news module as an algorithmically-driven list of what people are actually talking about.

Rather, Facebook’s efforts to play the news game reveal the company to be much like the news outlets it is rapidly driving toward irrelevancy: a select group of professionals with vaguely center-left sensibilities. It just happens to be one that poses as a neutral reflection of the vox populi, has the power to influence what billions of users see, and openly discusses whether it should use that power to influence presidential elections.

“It wasn’t trending news at all,” said the former curator who logged conservative news omissions. “It was an opinion.”

[Disclosure: Facebook has launched a program that pays publishers, including the New York Times and Buzzfeed, to produce videos for its Facebook Live tool. Gawker Media, Gizmodo’s parent company, recently joined that program.]

Update: Several hours after this report was published, Gizmodo editors started seeing it as a topic in Facebook’s trending section. Gizmodo’s video was posted under the topic but the “Top Posts” were links to RedState.com and the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

Update 4:10 p.m. EST: A Facebook spokesperson has issued the following statement to outlets including BuzzFeed and TechCrunch. Facebook has not responded to Gizmodo’s repeated requests for comment. – source

From Facebook:

“We take allegations of bias very seriously. Facebook is a platform for people and perspectives from across the political spectrum. Trending Topics shows you the popular topics and hashtags that are being talked about on Facebook. There are rigorous guidelines in place for the review team to ensure consistency and neutrality. These guidelines do not permit the suppression of political perspectives. Nor do they permit the prioritization of one viewpoint over another or one news outlet over another. These guidelines do not prohibit any news outlet from appearing in Trending Topics.”

So, there you have it!  No one can say that we Conservatives have been paranoid about Facebook!  I am very proud of those who came forward with this information; not that it will stop this unethical journalism going forward, but at least we know that Satan has been behind the scenes – controlling what is published and what is not!

MARANATHA!

“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these [are] the beginnings of sorrows” (Mark 13:8)

From endoftheamericandream.com

Have you noticed that the crust of the Earth is starting to become a lot more unstable?  Over the past couple of months, major earthquakes have shaken areas all over the planet and major volcanoes have been erupting with a frequency that is more than just a little bit startling.  Here in the United States, the state of Oklahoma absolutely shattered their yearly record for quakes last year, we just saw a very disturbing earthquake right along the New Madrid fault just recently, and as you will see below one scientist is telling us that the San Andreas fault in southern California “looks like it’s locked, loaded and ready to go”.

The name of the scientist that issued that very ominous warning is Thomas Jordan, and he is the director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.  The following quote from Jordan comes from a Los Angeles Times article that was published this week that is getting a huge amount of attention right now… -source

This should not surprise any born again believer in God and His Word. The Bible is filled with warnings about earthquakes and how they will be more and more frequent and powerful in the last days.  But the Word is also filled with earthquakes throughout history. Does God speak judgment through these scary events?  Let’s see what the Word says:

 ^“The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again” (Isaiah 24:19-20).

“Mountains quake because of Him And the hills dissolve; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it” (Nahum 1:5)

“From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire” (Isaiah 29:6).

“You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its breaches, for it totters” (Psalm 60:2).

So, God does speak judgment against evil men/women by bringing earthquakes which make the earth tremble.

More from endoftheamericandream.com

“The springs on the San Andreas system have been wound very, very tight. And the southern San Andreas fault, in particular, looks like it’s locked, loaded and ready to go,” Jordan said in the opening keynote talk.

Other sections of the San Andreas fault also are far overdue for a big quake. Further southeast of the Cajon Pass, such as in San Bernardino County, the fault has not moved substantially since an earthquake in 1812, and further southeast toward the Salton Sea, it has been relatively quiet since about 1680 to 1690.

Here’s the problem: Scientists have observed that based on the movement of tectonic plates, with the Pacific plate moving northwest of the North American plate, earthquakes should be relieving about 16 feet of accumulated plate movement every 100 years. Yet the San Andreas has not relieved stress that has been building up for more than a century.

Jordan went on to say that when the tension that has been building along the San Andreas fault is finally relieved, it could potentially produce a magnitude 8 earthquake.

Back in 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey concluded that just a magnitude 7.8 earthquake along the southern San Andreas fault would cause more than 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries and 200 billion dollars in damage.

So we are talking about a truly historic event.

Many people out there believe that someday large portions of California will fall into the ocean as the result of an absolutely massive earthquake, but the USGS is convinced that is not likely to happen.  However, they do openly admit that someday the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco will be located right next to one another… – source

The great sins of America

How can God not bring his righteous judgment against a country which was initially formed upon His Holy Word; but now has turned its back on Him completely? I am not speaking of the remnant of true believers, but brethren – I do believe that this remnant is so very small.

The blood of the unborn babies cry out to God. Over 60 million slaughtered and butchered since 1973.  The god haters and yes, even many who claim to love Him, have jumped on the LGBT wagon. They don’t care what God says in His Word about homosexuality.  They believe they are right.

 ^“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:12).

Endoftheamericandream,com goes on:

But of course it isn’t just California that we need to be concerned about.

According to the Daily Mail, one team of scientists has concluded that giant chunks of the Earth’s mantle are “breaking off and sinking into the planet” under the North American plate, and that this is what has caused some of the unusual earthquakes in the eastern part of the country in recent years…

The southeastern United States has been hit by a series of strange unexplained quakes – most recently, the 2011 magnitude-5.8 earthquake near Mineral, Virginia that shook the nation’s capital.

Researchers have been baffled, believing the areas should be relatively quiet in terms of seismic activity, as it is located in the interior of the North American Plate, far away from plate boundaries where earthquakes usually occur.

Now, they believe the quakes could be caused by pieces of the Earth’s mantle breaking off and sinking into the planet.

I don’t know about you, but that sounds rather ominous to me.

The crust of our planet already somewhat resembles a giant cracked egg, and to hear that pieces may be breaking off and sinking into the interior is not exactly comforting.

And those same scientists are telling us that the process that has been causing this is ongoing and will continue to produce more earthquakes…– source

Those that follow my work closely know that I have been writing about seismic activity a lot lately, and that I believe that major earth changes are coming to the North American continent.  I am deeply concerned about the New Madrid fault, the Cascadia Subduction zone, the major faults in southern California and Mt. Rainier up in Washington state. – source

Read the entire article here

God’s righteous anger will be poured out on America.  We don’t know the timing but we know the inevitability of this happening.  If God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for its unspeakable sins, why should America be spared?

Brethren, let our lives be focused on sharing the Gospel with the lost.  As a country, we have fallen away from God. There is no debate about that. But the Lord and all of heaven rejoice over the salvation of one repentant sinner!

Shalom b’Yeshua

MARANATHA!

 

As a Christian American, it is not hard to see the decline of our once great nation. I do believe that we were the greatest nation on earth, and to watch our demise saddens me. Our founders embraced Judeo-Christian values. In our most famous documents, from the Declaration of Independence to our Constitution and Bill of rights, our reliance upon God was declared unashamedly.

My father was a patriot. His people emigrated from Ukraine after the turn of the twentieth century. He truly loved America. He would say to us “We are not perfect, but there is not another nation on the earth better than America.” He served as a medic in WWII. He would have gladly given his life for his country. The Lord allowed me to lead my father to Him on his death bed. It comforts me to know that he is in heaven, and also that he did not have to witness what has happened to his beloved country.

I have heard people say that the events which precipitated the fall of Rome were very similar to what is happening in the U.S. today. I decided to do some research to see if there was any truth to these words. What I found was astounding and truly sad.

Taken from Freerepublic.com

The Reasons For the Fall of Rome

Decline in Morals and Values

Those morals and values that kept together the Roman legions and thus the empire could not be maintained towards the end of the empire. Crimes of violence made the streets of the larger cities unsafe. Even during Pax Romana there were 32,000 prostitutes in Rome. Emperors like Nero and Caligula became infamous for wasting money on lavish parties where guests ate and drank until they became ill. The most popular amusement was watching the gladiatorial combats in the Colosseum. These were attended by the poor, the rich, and frequently the emperor himself. As gladiators fought, vicious cries and curses were heard from the audience. One contest after another was staged in the course of a single day. Should the ground become too soaked with blood, it was covered over with a fresh layer of sand and the performance went on. – source

The decline of morals and values in America are so blatant – it seems the only ones not shocked are those perpetuating these ghastly crimes and sins.  Since 1973, after the Roe Vs. Wade decision to allow abortion on demand, over 60 million babies have been slaughtered. Recently we have found that Planned Parenthood has actually sold “baby parts” for profit.  We may not have blood from the Colosseum events as in Rome; our blood flows from the “Killing mills” every day, as they murder unborn children. It seems that these doctors and those who run these mills have no consciences at all.

The SCOTUS decided that it was their job to make law – they redefined marriage and made gay marriage legal – nationally.

The Word of God says it so clearly:

 ^“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” (Romans 1:21-27)

Political Corruption (Freerepublic.com)

One of the most difficult problems was choosing a new emperor. Unlike Greece where transition may not have been smooth but was at least consistent, the Romans never created an effective system to determine how new emperors would be selected. The choice was always open to debate between the old emperor, the Senate, the Praetorian Guard (the emperor’s’s private army), and the army. Gradually, the Praetorian Guard gained complete authority to choose the new emperor, who rewarded the guard who then became more influential, perpetuating the cycle. Then in 186 A. D. the army strangled the new emperor, the practice began of selling the throne to the highest bidder. During the next 100 years, Rome had 37 different emperors – 25 of whom were removed from office by assassination. This contributed to the overall weaknesses of the empire. – source

The political corruption in the U.S. has come to the point where most people do not trust our government.  The recent primaries have left a lot of us void of hope for our country.  It used to be a government for the people and by the people. I fear those days are long gone.  God know all about the heart of man. He knows that the heart is capable of all sorts of evil.

Unemployment (from Freerepublic.com)

During the latter years of the empire farming was done on large estates called latifundia that were owned by wealthy men who used slave labor. A farmer who had to pay workmen could not produce goods as cheaply. Many farmers could not compete with these low prices and lost or sold their farms. This not only undermined the citizen farmer who passed his values to his family, but also filled the cities with unemployed people. At one time, the emperor was importing grain to feed more than 100,000 people in Rome alone. These people were not only a burden but also had little to do but cause trouble and contribute to an ever increasing crime rate.– source

Our exact number of unemployed in America is not being told to the public. This administration tries to have us believe that the unemployment rate is around 5%. This is not accurate – not at all. Many stopped looking for jobs and then dropped out – they are not included in the jobless rate. Many are underemployed and are making less than half of their prior salary. Some experts say that the actual jobless rate is more like 40%!

Inflation (from Freerepublic.com)

The roman economy suffered from inflation (an increase in prices) beginning after the reign of Marcus Aurelius. Once the Romans stopped conquering new lands, the flow of gold into the Roman economy decreased. Yet much gold was being spent by the romans to pay for luxury items. This meant that there was less gold to use in coins. As the amount of gold used in coins decreased, the coins became less valuable. To make up for this loss in value, merchants raised the prices on the goods they sold. Many people stopped using coins and began to barter to get what they needed. Eventually, salaries had to be paid in food and clothing, and taxes were collected in fruits and vegetables. – source

The price of food and clothes and most everything else continues to rise. But those of us who have retired, and paid into Social Security for many years, have not gotten a cost of living raise in years.

Urban decay (from Freerepublic.com)

Wealthy Romans lived in a domus, or house, with marble walls, floors with intricate colored tiles, and windows made of small panes of glass. Most Romans, however, were not rich, They lived in small smelly rooms in apartment houses with six or more stories called islands. Each island covered an entire block. At one time there were 44,000 apartment houses within the city walls of Rome. First-floor apartments were not occupied by the poor since these living quarters rented for about $100 a year. The more shaky wooden stairs a family had to climb, the cheaper the rent became. The upper apartments that the poor rented for $40 a year were hot, dirty, crowed, and dangerous. Anyone who could not pay the rent was forced to move out and live on the crime-infested streets. Because of this cities began to decay. – source

Military Spending (from Freerepublic.com)

Maintaining an army to defend the border of the Empire from barbarian attacks was a constant drain on the government. Military spending left few resources for other vital activities, such as providing public housing and maintaining quality roads and aqueducts. Frustrated Romans lost their desire to defend the Empire. The empire had to begin hiring soldiers recruited from the unemployed city mobs or worse from foreign counties. Such an army was not only unreliable, but very expensive. The emperors were forced to raise taxes frequently which in turn led again to increased inflation.– source  (Emphasis mine)

The present administration has cut our military to pre-WWII numbers. Even though the threat of terrorism is so great, our military keeps shrinking and shrinking. We are not guarding out border with Mexico, and there have been many reports that Islamic terrorists have been coming over that border by the droves.

THE FINAL BLOWS

For years, the well-disciplined Roman army held the barbarians of Germany back. Then in the third century A. D. the Roman soldiers were pulled back from the Rhine-Danube frontier to fight civil war in Italy. This left the Roman border open to attack. Gradually Germanic hunters and herders from the north began to overtake Roman lands in Greece and Gaul (later France). Then in 476 A. D. the Germanic general Odacer or Odovacar overthrew the last of the Roman Emperors, Augustulus Romulus. From then on the western part of the Empire was ruled by Germanic chieftain. Roads and bridges were left in disrepair and fields left untilled. Pirates and bandits made travel unsafe. Cities could not be maintained without goods from the farms, trade and business began to disappear. And Rome was no more in the West. – source

Of all of these reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire and the similarities of America, I do believe that the decline in morals and values is what will be mostly responsible for the demise of the U.S.  We ushered God out of our schools and government, beginning in the 1960’s; and it has gotten so much worse through the years – especially during the reign of Obama.

Our nation was a Christian nation, but sadly I do not see America as a Christian nation any longer.  It has become a humanistic and secular nation – filled with God haters. Political correctness rules, and the government views Christians as the enemy within our borders.  The gay community is protected at all cost, but the rights of the Christian are all but gone.

Today is Mother’s Day. Our president spoke of mothers and made sure that he included transgender and lesbians in his “shout out.”  Do we really believe that God will wink at this gross sin?

No – He will not wink, but He will bring destruction upon us as He did in Sodom and Gomorrah.  He is God. He is Holy and Righteous.  The sins of America are despicable sins that fly in the face of our Creator.  Many call themselves atheists, but I call them haters of God.

 ^“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them” (Romans 1:28-32) (Emphasis mine)

Hatred of Israel

This great sin of our nation will not go unpunished. America has been a friend to Israel since 1948, but that friendship ended with the election of Barack Hussein Obama.  His words and actions against Israel and her leader, PM Netanyahu, have angered God.

“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Genesis 12:2-3)

We who are born again are saved because we repented of our sins and trusted the Lord Jesus Christ for Salvation. We believe that His death on that Cross and His resurrection was payment in FULL for our many sins.  We worship Him and look for His appearing in the sky to snatch us away from this evil place.

Still, I believe that America is on the doorstep of total annihilation. Her destruction could be from natural disasters, or from an attack from another country. It could also be from the terrorists who have been brought to our country by the Obama administration. I’m certain that they are organized, and that they lie in wait for us.

However this is accomplished – be sure that our end is near.

Pray for the lost. Share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them. It may be too late for America, but it is never too late for a sinner to repent and turn to the Lord.

MARANATHA

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am trying so hard to be patient, but each day I weep because another day has passed and our Lord has not come for us.  Some chasten me, and rightly so. They say “Where is your faith?  Our work is not done here.”  Then I go to my Lord and ask His forgiveness for being impatient.

I wonder how many other born again believers in Jesus are feeling this way.  The evil in this world is so thick and increasing at such a rapid pace.  I go to His Word and I see that He told us that this would happen.

He spoke of scoffers:

“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” (2 Peter 3:3-4)

He spoke of a great falling away:

 “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron” (1 Timothy 4:1-2)

 ^“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15)

He spoke of love growing cold

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold” (Matthew 24:12).

He spoke of many being blinded by satan:

“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Corinthians 4:4)

He told us about one who will come to deceive the world:

“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:4)

He told us that He would come as a thief in the night:

“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober” ( 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-5)

He said that He will never leave us

 ^“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee” (Deuteronomy 31:6).

Please help us Lord to trust You

We must trust You completely. We are clay in Your hands; who are we to speak to the Potter about His affairs?  Please Lord, keep us in Your Word. There is safety there, and there is absolute truth in every Word spoken to us in the Bible.

 ^“But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father” (Mark 13:32).

Please help us with the Great Commission

 ^“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”  (Matthew 28:18-19)

We know that one soul which was lost but has been found causes great singing and rejoicing in heaven. Let us never forget this. Let us share His glorious Gospel with boldness.

 ^“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).

WE ARE BLESSED

For this we must be so thankful to our Lord and Savior. Those who are lost, and may remain in this state until they die, will be lost forever and separated from God in a fiery hell.  Let us warn others about this – even if they scoff at us, who knows if God will bring another one of His children along to share with this same person. And let us not forget Who is the Lord of the Harvest.

No matter how bleak things may appear; no matter how our children have left the fold and rejected Him, we must pray – always.

“See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.  Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.  Quench not the Spirit”  (1 Thessalonians 15-19)

Brethren, let us pray for one another. Each of us have burdens. Think upon the Words that our Father has given to us. Think upon that glorious day when we see our Lord as He sees us.  What a celebration that will be!

MARANATHA