Emergency Safety Procedures in Case of an Attack

Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams
WMD First Responders

At the Pastors Network, Dr. Ken Clowdus presented a special prayer request with regards to the potential attack on the United States using powerful WMDs by suicide extremist. God has been good to protect the USA which we believe is a direct result of the prayers of His people all over the land. For the next several months, we want to continue to join forces with the thousands of intercessory prayer groups who are interceding for the United States to turn back to God. We want to pay special attention to the following dates August 6, Spetember 11 and May 17. And of course, special prayers for all major cities.

Finally, we want to prepare the Body of Christ for an emergency. We can be the first responders spiritually, but we can also be prepared physically for any kind of emergency. READ MORE!

Protecting the legal status, rights and benefits of marriage between one man and one woman

California Family Council has joined the ProtectMarriage.com coalition. We support the task of placing a constitutional amendment before the voters of California to protect marriage between one man and one woman. The petition signing process to qualify a constitutional amendment will begin in August.

The ProtectMarriage.com coalition is a broad-based and united group who believe that marriage’s foremost purpose is the raising of healthy children in a family with a mom and a dad.

Thus far, the coalition includes over one million people represented from national, state, and local organizations, such as Focus on the Family, California Family Council, Pacific Justice Institute, Family Research Council, Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund, California Family Alliance, Concerned Women for America, Alliance Defense Fund, Eagle Forum of California, Capitol Resource Institute, Values Advocacy Council, Hispanic Southern Baptist Fellowship and many individual churches throughout the state.

WEAPONS OF WARFARE

by Os Hillman

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. ~ Joel 3:10a

In this third chapter of Joel, we hear the prophet describe a time yet to come. It will be a time of great harvest on the earth, and this verse describes the catalyst.  A plowshare is an agricultural instrument used to till the soil. At this point in history, it was a tool that spoke of one's vocation. However, the prophet was speaking of a time yet to come. The prophet described the plowshare as an instrument that will be turned into a sword. The sword is often used in the Bible to describe God's Word.

The only way a plowshare can be turned into a sword is for it to go through extreme heat, and then the blacksmith must beat that plowshare into shape. Heat and punishment of the metal turns that plowshare into an instrument of battle.  God must do this in each of our lives in order for us to be useable as a worthy sword. We are all in a battle - a spiritual battle. Paul describes our battle as one against the principalities of the unseen world. I believe God is going to rise up many in the workplace to use their plowshare as a weapon of righteousness in these last days. That weapon won't be used for destruction, but as a weapon of love. That weapon of love will yield a great harvest in our lifetime. But this is only part of the story.

God is also going to turn our pruning hooks into spears. A pruning hook is used in two ways. First, it is used to prune a tree for greater growth and productivity. It is also used to cut the fruit from taller trees in which one cannot reach the fruit. This fruit from our vocation is going to be cast forth like a spear, but even more as seed planted to bring the harvest of which Joel speaks. Fruit from our work life is often the financial rewards generated. God wants to use our finances and everything else for His purposes. We must use our vocations and the fruit that comes from them as seed to bring the great harvest that God is planning.

How are you using your plowshare and your pruning hook for God's glory today? Ask God to show you how He wants to use your skills, resources, and relationships to prepare for the great harvest He has planned. [ Click here ]

California Guard Criticized Over Poster

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Islamic leaders and peace groups are criticizing the California National Guard for a flier posted in its headquarters suggesting the United States execute Islamic terrorists with bullets dipped in pig's blood to deny them entry to heaven.

The flier attributed the practice to World War I General John J. Pershing. ( Read Whole Story )

Why I Walked Out On Billy Graham

An Opinion: Why I Walked Out on Billy Graham
by Rev. Rob Schenck

I have been a great admirer of Billy Graham fore nearly 30 years. For 25 of those years, Dr. Graham was my role model in many ways as my ministry in preaching and evangelism developed. He set the gold standard for integrity, led the way in using technology to communicate the Gospel and stayed "on message," resisting trendy distractions by preaching only the simple Gospel for more than 60 years.

You can imagine how delighted I was to have the opportunity to travel to New York City to sit in on what will likely be his very last American crusade. I have always enjoyed Dr. Graham's preaching, but it is watching the thousands of respondents to his altar calls, streaming out of their seats, that always brings tears to my eyes and builds faith in my heart. I had no doubt that it would happen again in New York in spite of Dr. Graham's age and infirmity.

So, it was with a sense of almost boyish excitement that I passed through the main entrance to the Flushing Meadow Park in Queens on that sultry Saturday evening, the second night of the last Graham Crusade. I was choked up making my way to my seat through throngs of people of every size, shape, color, ethnicity and, no doubt, level of faith--or perhaps no faith at all. There were groups speaking to each other in Spanish, Korean and Chinese. Ushers held signs directing others to areas where they could hear the sermon in Farsi, Arabic and Tagalong. I was thrilled to be there. PLEASE Read Full Story with Spiritual Discernment