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Quote of Note

Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation



: 'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.

We have abused power and called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free.
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: Amen!'
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Friday, March 06, 2009

Moving Faster

In...his 2010 budget plans, President Obama proposed limiting the value of the tax break for itemized deductions, including donations to charity, to 28 percent for families making more than $250,000. In other words, taxpayers would save 28 cents on their federal income taxes for each dollar donated.

That would reduce by as much as 20 percent the amount wealthy taxpayers could get in tax breaks. Under the current system, taxpayers who are in the 33 percent or 35 percent tax brackets use that rate to claim deductions.(The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Why do I even bring this up? It seems like a small "limit the deduction and tax the rich" piece of legislation. Look a little deeper and beyond the present. Think of this as just the begining. In a Socialist nation the government takes control of everything. It is cradle to grave care for the people, but it is also cradle to grave dependence on the government: enslavement.
Imagine if this popular trend were to continue on a slippery slope. Deductions for charitable contributions were reduced further, and people greatly reduced thier giving. After all this is an increasingly selfish generation. The services now provided by the losing charities would be replaced by government $$ and programs. Those in need of the services would become more enslaved to the government, but more importantly THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTROL WHICH CHARITY GOT TO CONTINUE ITS WORK!!
Government replacement of charity work of course would completely be secularized. No religious organization would be allowed to receive anything! I'd say take the word charity, meaning love, out, and replace it with "social program", or in a word: SOCIALISM!
Now I don't think that this means all ouf our churches would close up. It doesn't matter if there is a tax deduction or not, our tithe belongs to God. The little people who go to church and love God are still going to give to its support. Its the bigger organizations that receive large sums from wealthy individuals and corperations that will be lost. Another group that will suffer are the politically and legally active pro-God organizations. I think these are the main targets of this begining legislation.
It is amazing that only 6 weeks into the Obama government, the thought process is so well developed and planned, that this idea would already be into the works. With a Socialist controlled Senate, House and White House, there is nothing in the way to stop this downhill race. This nation is certainly moving fast toward a Godless fate!

I had to edit this post because I forgot to include that the United States is giving 900 million dollars to rebuild the Gaza strip. This money will all end up in the hands of Hamas and be used to rocket and bomb Israel. Why will Hamas get the money? Because they are in complete control of the Gaza strip. The more Israel is backed into a corner alone, surrounded by its enemies, the closer to the end we get!
In addition to the Hamas money, the Obama Administration has announced that it will begin negotiations with Assyria and the Taliban! That right the same Taliban that is responsible for Osama Bin Laden and thre World Trade Tower distruction of 9/11.
If Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and Nancy Pelosi put on a Burkka, I'm moving to Australia!!!

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