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Perilous Times
As we enter into 2008 many wonder what this New Year will bring. The outlook is not very optimistic and the foreboding thoughts vastly outweigh any exuberance and euphoria left from the New Year’s libations. Continue

A new you for a new year
Compiled from an article by Rick Warren, Baptist Press, and an excerpt from First Place, by Carole Lewis and Terry Whalin

In the ancient world there were no bottles. They would put liquids into animal skins that were used like canteens. As time went on, the skins would become brittle, and they would eventually break, spilling out the liquid.

When Jesus told the parable of the wineskins, He said, "New wine must be poured into new wineskins" (Luke 5:38). New situations require new structures. New jobs require new skills. New relationships require new ways of relating.

What are your wineskins? Maybe old ways of thinking? Or acting, talking, listening, responding in ways that worked well in the past, but now they just don't cut it.

It's a new year with the challenges of new wine. Will you reach for the old wineskins or will you abandon them for new ones?

Though I am not a prophet, I can predict three things that you will face this year: new problems, new pressures, new possibilities. And the new wineskins you'll need to face these challenges are: creativity, conviction, courage.

New problems will require creativity. The old ways of thinking and relating, your old attitudes, may not work.

The biggest block to your creativity is your attitude. This year you cannot have a hardening of the attitudes. You've got to keep going, growing, and developing. Attitudes are like diapers: every once in a while they need to be changed or the place starts to stink!

New pressures will require conviction, the willingness to stand up for what you believe.

"Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God" (Romans 12:2). Have you decided what values you're going to base your life on this year? If you haven't, you need to decide. Write out what values are important to you.

What we need today are men and women of conviction, men and women who are not wishy-washy, men and women who say, "I don't care if everybody's doing it. I'll do what's right and not let the world squeeze me into its mold."

New possibilities will require courage. The new year is going to be full of God's wonderful plans for you. God wants to do great things in your life in this year, but it won't happen automatically. You've got to step out in faith.

Three hundred sixty-five days from today, how are you going to be any different? If you plan to have differences in your life a year from now, you've got to start cultivating now!

What do I want different in my family? What do I want different in my finances? What do I want different in my personal walk with the Lord? What do I want different in my relationship to my children? Start cultivating now. Whatever you sow, you're going to reap. If you don't sow anything, you won't reap anything.

Do something different with your life this year! One of the biggest mistakes that Christians make is they think they can live their life off of a single commitment they made back when. The Christian life is a continual renewal and a deepening of the commitment溶ot just a once-and-for-all decision, but an ongoing commitment and daily renewal.

God wants to do such great things through you this year. I don't know a better time to say, "Jesus, I personally commit my life to You."

As you take steps toward a lifestyle change this year, your mind will cry out with many different excuses. Let's examine some common obstacles and consider some ways to overcome them.

"I don't have enough time." You may groan, "I don't have any more hours in my day. Where will I find the time?" Each of us has 24 hours in a single day. The question is, Do you use that time wisely? One way to gain more time each day is to set the alarm clock a half-hour or an hour earlier. Then use that extra time in a productive fashion. God created everything in the world, including time. He has the hours of the day for our schedule用articularly as we turn over those hours into His hands.

"I'll never be able to do it." Sometimes we look at ourselves and hear a little voice inside that says, "You are a loser. You will never be able to do this." If you have negative messages spinning in your head, I hope you will open your Bible and remind yourself of God's great love for you, and that His Word promises all things are possible to you.

"I'm afraid I will fail." Fear weakens our hearts, robs us of peace of mind and saps our energy. In the Bible, the admonition to "fear not" is used more than 100 times. God knows us well enough to know that we need constant reminders to live in trust and dependence on Him, rather than living in fear and anxiety. Recognize that God is greater than your circumstances. Romans 8:31 says, "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?"

Record number of natural disasters in 2007
Geneve (13 December) - Global warming has led to a record number of natural disasters in 2007. According to the International Red Cross,.......

Profiting from Death
In 2006,Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice described the plight of Lebanon (and the region,Editor)as a part of the "birth pangs of a new Middle East" and said that Israel should ignore calls for a cease fire. A year later it as become apparent that the birth pangs did indeed heralded a birth. But like in a SF horror movie the creature is the offspring of a heinous monster and its human mother. The three evil horses of the Apocalypse have incarnated in the "Disaster Capitalism" of The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. The Truth Revolution is a nonaligned publication and we strive to remain as such. We are not endorsing Naomi Klein views or those of any other political party but her observations help to shed light and uncover the spiritual realities behind.
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The Truth Revolution research team is about to take a prayerful and in depth analysis of the current stand of main stream Evangelical Christians and their views of the Middle East situation. We sincerely ask in all humility for your support in prayer. We feel lead by God's Spirit to embark in such a delicate subject because of the ever increasing difficulty in reconciling the preponderance of the Scriptures with the militant belligerent and warlike stand on this subject expressed by the majority of Christian leaders in the United States. We appreciate your comments and input on the subject.
What Lies Beneath
How does one begin to take back one’s soul from these elitist usurpers? Start with this: The ebullient skepticism engendered from calling out soul-numbing, self-serving authoritarian lies.
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The Power of Gratitude
"In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1Thesalonians 5:18, in this scriptures as well as in many others God is teaching us to maintain a heavenly perspective in our lives even in the midst of very bad situations.
And this is best achieved by developing a praiseful and thankful attitude.  It is easier to be thankful when things are going good but even more important is to remain thankful when something really bad happens.  Such a principal is hard to grasp because it goes contrary to our natural reasoning. It can even be viewed as bad, callous or even hard hearted or insensitive to be grateful when something really bad happened or is happening, especially something that is causing pain and suffering to others.
Faced with difficult situations most of us tend to show sympathy, to feel bad and offer words of comfort. These natural reactions can only do so much, and yes they can make the person afflicted feel that we care and understand their predicament.
But do those feelings of sympathy fix the situation? Does anyone feeling bad about something that has happened to us or anyone else makes the situation better or brings closure or real relief?  Do we remember God's unconditional love and do we clearly see things as He sees them? Unfortunately most of the times the answer is no.
On the other hand taking on a praiseful, or as other may call it grateful attitude in the face of difficult situations does bring results. It right away brings God’s Spirit and power into the situation, it uplifts all those involved. Granted it is very hard to instantly see things in a positive way when tragedies occur as our natural reaction is to be saddened, dismayed, or enraged by the injustices we see. A thankful attitude can on the other hand counteract such negative feelings and infuse us with positive power.  We are now getting into some uncomfortable waters as we basically have all been conditioned to react negatively to the difficulties of life, some may struggle to apply gratitude when sickness or natural disasters bring suffering and most of us just refuse to apply gratitude in the face of the injustices and cruelties that men inflict upon each other.  In these circumstances revenge is the most common response but how do we therefore explain what Jesus said in Mathew 5:44, “but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you”
In these few words lies the secret of victory and redemption from bitterness and hatred. Faced with the deepest waters of sorrow that a man or woman can face Jesus is asking us to take that plunge and find relief on the other side. This is the step that truly unites us with God because it is impossible to take it under our own power and only through Him can we dive through the bitter waters, the same waters that He also went through in Judas’s betrayal, Peter’s denial, the mockery of a trial the pain of torture and finally in the agony of crucifixion. From His example we can learn that “Gratitude, like its sister, forgiveness, frees the giver first of all. Gratitude brings freedom to our self-imposed prison of hatred and revenge. Perceived past wrongs are our prison bars. Unconditional gratitude melts these bars away. Hatred not only locks us in a tiny shell of self-pity, it keeps out those who are seeking to bring love into our life. Our past, released with gratitude, frees our present to be as it could be.”

Empower yourself!, Thoughts on gratitude

Mother's Day

Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day for Peace
Julia Ward Howe also tried to establish a Mother's Day in America

Howe became well-known during and after the American Civil War as the author of the words to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," but was horrified by the carnage of the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War

in 1870, she tried to issue a manifesto for peace at international peace conferences in London and Paris (it was much like the later Mother's Day Peace Proclamation)

in 1872, she began promoting the idea of a "Mother's Day for Peace" to be celebrated on June 2, honoring peace, motherhood and womanhood

The true cost of war
Iraquis face immense suffering. The International Red Cross report.(Report in full)
"I saw a four-year-old boy sitting beside his mother's body, which had been decapitated by the explosion. He was talking to her, asking her what had happened
Saad "
Humanitarian worker

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The Immediate Future Forecast:

"The skies are red, red with warning, and black, black with clouds gathering for the Great Confusion which is almost upon you."

Our Great Society is indeed in turmoil, "for it will come to travail and then bring forth the Great Confusion"
From soaring and dwindling oil resources to political, ethnic and international conflicts our world is today on the threshold of unprecedented events. It is commonly believed by many that conflicts and economical as well as social upheavals will escalate out of control bringing the world to the edge of the abyss. Only the terrifying view of imminent world economic meltdown and or the prospect of World War III will force humankind to reach for an alternative to today's madness. Madness such as the talk of nuking Iran or terrorizing civilians throughout the major cities of the world.

The signs are clear for those who want to see them. Every bit of news we read no matter how bad it seems is really good news, because we know that its got to get really bad first, before it can get really good.

No political system or idea or form of Government really sets its people free.

Socialism, Capitalism, Terrorism, Commercialism, Global ism, or any kind of ism might be able to overcome the World with guns and propaganda of the mind, but only God can change a heart. His Truth can bring true freedom! "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free". The Bible

The ones who really want the Truth are not afraid to face it!

It sure is embarrassing and humiliating to confess your mistakes. It is just the unborn flawed and sinful nature of man to be unable to confess he's been wrong, but I don't think we even realize how horrible it really is and how it looks to God's eyes. All the lies, the cover-up, the hypocrisy, the deceit. It is everything opposite to the very nature of God and the Spirit of Truth. Because when you resist the Truth, you drift away from God. Every time you resist God's Spirit, your heart grows harder until He will strive with you no more. But as you are able to receive it and even willing to let go of some of your preconceived ideas and misinterpretations, as you are willing to be shown, God is willing to show you the truth.

Why would anyone choose darkness? Because darkness is easier. Light could be blinding and burns out the darkness. So many people are not willing to let the light destroy their old ways and old selves. And when people reject the truth there is nothing left to believe but a lie.
David Berg

LONDON BOMBINGS

The London terrorist attacks were a horrible loss of life, senseless, cruel, and murderous. My prayers are for those injured and for those who have lost their loved one. Innocent have been killed, innocent in that they have no direct responsibility for the actions which brought this tragedy on. We must deplore murder and the taking of innocent lives the world over. It was evil that brought this heinous act. The end does not justify the means and all perpetrators of such vile acts should be brought to justice.
This day of sorrow and pain for the people of London blurs into the background of similar painful days that many experience on a daily basis the world over. Days brought by the injustice of man’s inhumanity towards man. Most of us ask why? Maybe it is time to reconsider current policies and reexamine the accepted version of the “truth” and its interpretation. Maybe we need to really look for a different answer and search for true peace. Maybe we need to look for the source of peace itself. To continue the course and remain resolute is folly and worthy path for lemmings only.
Families are being torn apart, watching their loved ones die in pain and agony. Is any cause worth so great a cost in human life? Are injustices on the part of one government corrected by the injustices of another? What government is righteous and just and worthy of judging another?

No army can claim to be waging war on the side of “right.” War, killing, death and destruction are not right. Mankind was placed on this earth to love and care for one another, but because of selfishness and greed, the world has become increasingly corrupt, and fighting and killing has become a way of life. This was never meant to be.

Those who wage war in the name of God, claiming His blessing upon their cause, are mistaken. Many are misled by their own sense of rightness and righteousness, while others act out of hypocrisy. Those who truly know and love God are the peacemakers in deed not just in word.
We must stand for peace and realize that war itself is the real enemy!

Erwin Ortiz