WHAT'S GOING ON?

"The United States is falling away from the very things that had made it what it was. What it is becoming is something to be feared..." - Adam Bradford

INTL

Kenneth Hagin said in his book - I Believe in Visions - "Judgement came, and judgement is yet to come. The only thing that can save America (and the world - emphasis mine) from the judgement of God is genuine repentance - a turning to God." This is not about America but a wake-up call. A reminder. It's something to ponder. You know, food for thought. Looking around today, in the news, on the streets in your neighbourhood, you see and hear of things that make the ears tingle. These are all signs.

For instance with Obama talking about limiting church services to twice weekly, because according to him, "Americans are praying more instead of working more." And you hear news about the first ever 'head transplant' at a Hospital in South Africa. Meanwhile the news on the Xenophobic attacks is still fresh. In Nepal a natural disaster claims lives. While, in San Francisco, I read a post about the Catholics there, writing a letter to God, asking him to remove Jesus from the trinity. In their open letter to God, Jesus critics say his morality-clause push, is not only mean-spirited but, that it also "sets a pastoral tone that is closer to persecution than evangelization."

THE POWER OF DIRECTION (8)

“Self-Empowerment is free to anyone who chooses to use it. It comes from within and nowhere else. You cannot buy it, borrow it, steal it or sell it. It is always available to you and never wears out. The only choice you have to make is whether or not you will use it.” - Gary Hopkins

Our text on this point say “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord…” If that scripture were written today it might have read, "The spirit of man is the light bulb of the Lord." The implication is that God will enlighten us and guide us through our spirits. Many times, however, we seek guidance by means other than the way God said. When we do, we get into trouble.

In his classic book titled How To Be Led By The Spirit Of God, Kenneth Hagin of blessed memory told a story to illustrate on this point. He said he knew a man down in Texas. He had never worn a pair of shoes until he was 12 years old. He only had a fifth grade education. But way back when money was money, he was a millionaire. In a conversation, the man said "In all these years and in all these investments [that's how he made his money], I have never lost a dime. Everything I have ever invested in, my heart says, 'Go ahead and invest in it.' So I do. And in all these years,