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The Speech of Patrick Henry, An American Patroit, March, 1775 (Public domain) Nov 25, 2010 Repeated for Americans on Thanksgiving Day.

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Patrick Henry was speaking to the House before the Revolutionary War in the United States of America in March of 1775.
He was summoned to the Virginia Convention being held in Richmond, Virginia.
Patrick Henry addressed the leaders:
” No man, Mr. President, thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as the abilities, of the very honorable gentlemen who just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining, as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve.

This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason toward my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to men to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatsoever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. And, judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry, for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been received? Trust it not, sir, it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force may be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation,-the last arguments to which kings resort.

I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be n ot to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry has been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. shall we resort to entreaty, and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted?

Let us not , I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne.

In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer room for hope. If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.

They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? will it be when we are totally disarmed,and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?

Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people,. armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can spend against us. Besides, sire, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If We were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable– and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry ‘peace, peace,’ but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what court others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

American speech is in public domain.

Grandma Kris’ Prayer for America May 6, 2010

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Psalms 89 Chapter KJV Bible

1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

“Put Your Little Hand in Mine” said D. L. Moody

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

An Orphan boy lived in Chicago, Illinois. He lived on the streets. He heard that Dwight L. Moody was going to be speaking across town that evening. He started out. He grabbed an apple to eat on the way. He walked through the streets, avoided the gutters, and finally as the sun was going down, he arrived at the church. The lights were on, and it looked welcoming and warm inside.

He walked up the big steps and a tall man said, “Where are you going?”
The boy said, “I’ve come to hear D.L. Moody. I have walked all the way across town to get here.”
The tall man said, ” You’re not going inside. You are too dirty and smelly.” He pushed the little boy off the porch.

Determined, the little boy walked around the church seeking a way in. The windows were too far off the ground and the other door was locked. He circled the building. He could not get in.

So, he sat down on the front steps and began to cry. A carriage pulled up. A man in a tall beaver hat and dark coat stepped out and walked up the stairs. He asked the little boy, “What is the matter?”

The boy said, “I’ve walked all the way across town to hear D.L.Moody. The tall man said I was too dirty!”
The man in the beaver hat extended his big hand to the boy and said, ” Put your little hand in mine.” The doors of the Church flew open as the little boy and D.L. Moody walked to the front of the church. He sat the boy in the front row, took off his coat and stepped to the podium to speak.

All of us come to Jesus, dirty, yet when we call on his Name, the doors of Heaven are thrown open for us to enter to live with Him.

This story was told to me.

The Sexual Revolution Ended in America on March 21, 2010 by Grandma Kris

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

I declare March 21, 2010 that on this day is the end of the Sexual Revolution in America. Sexual freedom did not work. We are losing our health, our children s’ health, and our future generations health. Plus, the personal destruction of ourselves to be able to connect with others and bond in marriage and community makes us vulnerable to other countries coming in and taking over our broken lives.

Personally, we are each acting out our lives. When our personal actions are destructive, cause death, give us diseases and ruin our hope of healthy children in our future marriage, then it makes sense to stop outside sexual relationships before we marry. It is better to stop our risk of diseases that can kill us before we get them. I am in charge of my life. I can say no. I can wait until I am married, whether I am a man or a woman. Men, more than women, want an heir for his line of inheritance. Women want to have healthy children and a rich family life.

Men thought they could cheat the safe sex idea by going after younger and younger women and children. Sexual abuse cases are so common that the idea is global in all cultures. We are heading toward the devastation that Africa has endured of losing their parents to AIDS. These children represent future generations 10-20-30-40-50 years that are being infected with herpes, HIV, Sexual Transmitted Diseases (STD’s) and other illnesses unknown. Science did not know about AIDS until the mid 1980′s. Hidden STD diseases may not be apparent or show ill effects until ten-twenty years from today. Mature men and women are destroying future generations of childrens’ health by their selfish, sexual indulgence, addictions of today.

Who will restrain you? If you have a child and you get divorced or never get married and don’t pay child support, the biggest agency in America is the Welfare and Children’s Protective Services will take over your life for 20 years. Did you know that the Welfare system is represented in the courts by the State Attorney General. He/She are in court every day against the public. They elect their own judges and it’s a system of adult abuse that you cannot imagine. It will cost you $1,000s of dollars and still lose. It is better to abstain and not have children than get involved with child support.

Your abstinence decision is not affected by the government, our parents, our neighbors, or our friends. It is your decision. There are additional benefits of abstaining. We calm down. Our chaos goes away. We can began growing as a singular person and develop our own personality. We learn to develop boundaries and grow in the community, where we feel safer from our emotional termoil. We can focus on things outside ourselves. We view our careers with greater zeal. and strive for healthier relationships with people who would make a good marriage partner. We become closer in our community.

We must endure and strive to protect and preserve ourselves with healthy bodies to bear our future children to be born, our future pristine generations building stronger generations born from our marriages. We must preserve our own health, so we can avoid cancer, incurable illnesses and destruction own of our lives. It is mine: my life and my future, my children, my grandchildren and my generations to come. I must take a stand and say, “I will wait until I am married to have sex to avoid STD diseases in my self and my children and my person body of myself and my mate. I want a healthy future. I want a long life. I want to have healthy children and have a long life with many generations who have the same gift that I can give them, by being protected and clean and free from disease. I can do this by practicing abstinence until I am married.”

The ultimate end of no personal sexual restraint is sexual addiction. There is an effect even more devastating. You cannot bond with others. You lose trust, love, your friends and cannot bond with other people socially and emotionally. This is the most destructive of all the pain we can inflict upon ourselves. Violence and rape are the next step. Women fight, men kill. It is destruction of all relationships by ourselves. Lawlessness leads to dictatorship. Jail and prison loom in this future. Society will restrain you.

Dr. McIlhaney and Dr McKissic show that we have sticky brains, that bond to one another chemically. If we have other partners outside of marriage, we become addictive to the act of bonding and having many relationships. So, our natural bonding, sticky brains designed for one partner turn into addictive brains desiring many and never bonding to one partner. We are sexually “Hooked.”

“Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children” (Hardcover)
written by M.D. Joe S. McIlhaney Jr (Author), M.D. Freda McKissic Bush (Author) 2009.

The authors state we lose our ability to bond and stick to one another the more sex we have before marriage. We literally destroy our ability to stick to one another and cannot bond and remain in a relationship.

Casual sexual relations leads to depression. Yet, we want to bond, but sexual activity outside marriage works like an addiction to sex. Thus, it is called hooking up. We are not satisfied with the current relationship. We persue the next new fix.

The authors drew diagrams and maps of our brains and how we respond to sexual interaction. Our sexual responses trigger hormone responses. We are “Hooked” in an addictive, internal chemical pattern. So, like the alcoholic and the drug addict, we are sexually, hormonally, chemically addicted state in our own brains.

Our long-term lives would greatly benefit with personal, sexual restraint until we are married. So, we can stick and bond with one person that we love. We would have a long marriage and many children who would have parents. You decide to step back, abstain and regain our lives for your future of health, family and long life of health.

How to Get into Heaven by Grandma Kris

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Grandma said, “How you gonna get there?”
You say, “I’m a good person. I do good things. I take care of my family and I’m not like Hitler and I didn’t murder anyone. I looked around and I will pass.”
The next day, you have a car accident on your way to work. It was a head-on collision, and you died-instantly!

Your spirit leaves your body and Jesus comes to get you and takes you to the gates of Heaven, for it is appointed for every man to die and to stand before God for final accounting and judgment of your life. Jesus disappears.
You’re standing at the pearly gates.
A booming voice says, “Why should I let you into Heaven?”
You say, ” I’m a good person. I lied once in awhile, and I took care of my family. I stole some paper clips from work. I didn’t pay my Sister back, when I borrowed money. Those are minor things. I really am a good person.”
The voice booms back, “By whose standard are you using? What is the name?”
You say, ” I use the standard that my neighbor uses to judge me, by popular opinion.”
The booming voice says, ” That is not My standard in Heaven or My standard on earth. Jesus Christ is the standard for Heaven and Earth. Do you know Him?”
You say, ” I went to church when I was young. My folks believed in Jesus.”
The voice said, ” You cannot be judged by what others do. You must know Jesus. Do You know Him?”
You say, “I knew of Him. I saw an e-mail that my friend sent me that said he would live like hell on earth, and just before he died, he’d accept Jesus and use that get out of Hell(jail) free card. Does that work? Can I still get a card?”
The booming voice says,”All chances and changes happen before you die, none can be made post-Morten. Your trial on earth is finished. Now, you must face the King of Kings and Lord of Lords- Jesus.”
You said, “Don’t I get another chance?” (sob)
Silence
The booming voice says, “Just a minute, Jesus will see you in the throne room through the small gate to your right. He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He will open the book of life to see if your name is written there.”
The small gate swings open. You enter and are standing before the judgment throne with a large book. Jesus is there to talk to you. Your life flashes before your eyes, nothing is covered and all is revealed of your entire life before you and the living Son of God.

If you are reading this, you’re still alive.
If you died today, based on the fact that Jesus will be your judge, would you go to Heaven or Hell this moment? Jesus talked about Hell 1/3 more than he talked about love in the Bible. Both places are real, just as the earth is real, All of us go there after we die. Where are you investing your friendships for your future real estate to live for Eternity? The word of Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes unto the Father but by me.”
Do you know the owner of the Earth, Heaven and Hell? His Name is Jesus Christ (The Annointed One).

God created the world the stars and galaxies. He made the Earth as a garden for you and me. He loves us and wants us to come home to live with Him, like Adam and Eve did in the original garden. He created Heaven for our eternity together. His desire is to have us including you with Him forever. So, he sent his Son, Jesus, to save us from our sins(English word means to miss the target). If we believe on Jesus as our Lord and Savior who died and rose again for our sins, we are covered and stand free of condemnation before the judgment seat and are written in the Book of Life.

If you believed in the Earth, Heaven and Hell, you would change the ways you live your life, today. You would get to know the Owner of all the Heavens and all the earth, ie all of Creation made by His Father, God.

You must know Jesus to enter and He must know you, then, He gives His Word for you to enter His Heaven to live a life you have always imagined when you were a child and innocent. You name must be entered in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Ask a Christian Pastor what you need to do to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
To accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior:
Jesus, I accept you and my Lord and Savior. Please forgive me of my sins and unbelief.
I want you to come and live within my heart, and I want to be with you in heaven when I die.
Please forgive me.
If you prayed that prayer in sincerity, you are saved. Now, go read the Word of God in the Bible and find
a church where you can grow up in God’s lessons and be a part of your new family in Christ on the earth
until you join Jesus in Heaven.

Are you ready and prepared for your eternity that begins when you die from this world on this today?

Jesus calms the Tsunami waters. Feb 28, 2010

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Matthew 24:4-14, Mark 13:8-37, Luke 21:11-38 Jesus predicts the end times of the earth.

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (KJV Bible)

The Pacific International Tsunami Warning Stations reported Tsunami waves rippling toward 51 countries and predicting 8 foot waves.

Chili’s earthquake had pulsed the start of a Tsunami that was heading across the Pacific Ocean on Feb 27, 2010. RED Alerts blared.
We saw destruction coming and could no nothing but watch. So we prayed. We call on the Name of the Lord Jesus who has the power to save us from destruction. Friends called friends, prayer chains went up, a “tornado of prayer” were shot to Heaven for our neighbors to be protected from damage and death. Emails were sent, asking Jesus to calm the waters and let the power of the Tsunami be swallowed by a whirlpool in the ocean and be nullified. Prayers for a calm ocean as if He laid his hand on the water and it stilled the waters. It was the Feb 27, 2010, the day of the Chili earthquake. Large waves hit a port in Chili. Tsunami alerts went out over the pacific coasts to all the residences.

A Tsunami acts like a rock being dropped in a still pond. It sends out rippled waves in a circular motion. touching all the land masses.

Californian folks didn’t listen and went ahead with their plans for an event. No waves were noted. Hawaii would be the first Tsunami hit. Sirens blared and people prepared for no food, water and gas. People moved to higher ground. More prayers went up to God. People knelt and prayed. Internets were watching the reports and cameras around the world were focused on a wave to come. We had confidence that God can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. We thanked God that we had not heard of any destruction.

Coconut Island, on the SW coast of Hawaii, had ripples of a 2 foot wave ran over it, rippled and swirled. No one was there and no damage. We thanked God for his mercy and grace that He had protected our neighbors in Hawaii.

We saw the warning of red alert be changed to green for Hawaii on the Tsunami National Reporting website.

Japan, Australia, Guam, Russia and 51 other countries prepared for the worst of an eight foot wave. Japan’s Tsunami management commanded the people to move to higher ground all along the west coast. They scrambled to higher ground. On Feb 28, 2010 an earthquake beneath the Pacific Ocean, 60 miles East of Japan, shook the ocean floor, sending wave shock ripples from its epicenter toward Japan and back toward the Tsunami. Like two quake ripples in a pond, the opposite wave’s energy charges lessen one another, nullifying the waves’ powers.

We continued to thank God for saving Hawaii and the American Coast. The Tsunami had only damaged Chile. No other reports of damage had been heard or reported. We praised God and continued to see God’s hand on the waters being stilled.

The associated press was reporting from all nations in the Pacific. Billions were watching in the time before disaster. The 900 mph Tsunami moving accross the Pacific Ocean was like the unseen prayers, continually, going up to God to spare our neighbors and countries. Every family who believed prayed on for safety and protection. God was listening. He calmed the waters in Hawaii and America.

Japan had a pier flood with four foot waves. It could have been from the earthquake 60 miles to the east. It was a small problem. No, Jesus listened to our prayers to still the waters, for the eight foot waves did not come. One peer with a four foot wave flooded. No coastal damage was done The waves had been stilled. The warnings were lifted at 4 p.m. on Feb 28, 2010 for the Pacific Ocean.

The Tsunami that never happened was a miracle from God. We sent a “tornado of prayers” to Him to save our neighbors. He answered our prayers. Jesus is alive and working in our lives. His Name is “I am” not I was, or will be. For He lives and works in our lives preparing for our present and futures if we call on His Name. The prayers of a righteous man availeth much.

Jesus said, “If you call on my Name, you shall be saved.”

We should all kneel and pray and thank Jesus for sparing us from mass destruction on this calm and peaceful Monday, March 1, 2010.
We are blessed by Him and thank Him with all our hearts for our friends and neighbors who are safe and back in their homes, snug and warm and safe, today.