Only Two Generations to Brainwash America

It only took a couple of generations to brainwash people to believe government schools were necessary; they never were, but parents liked the idea because now they were free from the task of raising their own children.

 
Deuteronomy 6:6-8 "…6 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads."

God commanded parents to teach and train their own children. Passing this task off to non-family caused the children to place their trust in those who spent the most time with them. It began the great divide between children and parents.

Teachers tend to pass on their own values, often not the same as their parents' values.

 
2 Timothy 2:2 "And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well."
The mentality that we cannot teach one another slopped over into the church gatherings, that specially trained men had to teach everyone else.

 
Hebrews 3:13 "But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."

Fathers and Mothers were to be the teachers of their own children in everything. Both Father and Mother were to be respected and honored.

Proverbs 1:8-9 "Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. 9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck."

The Government Class Room a Modern Idea

The classroom idea is a relatively new idea. The first public school was established in 1635 in Boston. Up until that point for hundreds of years children were taught by their parents in the home. Within the family structure is the best way to learn.

I was once asked by a candidate for Governor of our state, "What about socialization"? In reference to homeschooling? My answer was: "You mean drugs, alcohol, disrespect for adults, and filthy language? our children don't need that."

Pray as Led by the Holy Spirit

Even if I never utter another prayer for family, I know that all the prayers of the past 50 years still count!!!! Don't feel bad for taking a rest from continually begging God.

 
Sometimes prayer becomes a ritual to make us feel better. Sometimes God does not answer our prayers because they go against His will. Sometimes God says we pray in vain because we ask with selfish motives.

 
Sometimes God tells us to stop praying for someone because He has already heard the many other prayers and knows the outcome.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 "17 pray without ceasing,"

 
God tells us to pray without ceasing, but this is not necessarily praying for the same things or the same people all the time. We are to maintain an attitude of prayer about everything, but not necessarily many times over and over again for the same things.

 
Paul stopped praying for the thorn in his flesh because after three times he realized it was God's will for him to have the thorn.

 
2 Corinthians 12:7-9 "7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.…"

Jeremiah 7:16 “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you."

The modern idea that we should never stop praying for family members is not Biblical. We pray as we are led by the Holy Spirit, not just according to our own desires, but we pray for God's Will.

 
Never allow the pressure of others to bring guilt upon you to pray about something if you are not led to do so. Our culture says many unbiblical things and places pressure and guilt on us all to do what they beleive is right in their own eyes.
Sometimes, continuing to pray when it is not the Holy Spirit leading you to do so, you may be praying against God's Will.

 
Jesus Christ prayed in the will of the Father the following:

Matthew 26:39
Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Matthew 26:42
A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”

If we are led by the Holy Spirit, what to pray, we will not be worried about how many times we utter the same prayer.

 
Philippians 4:6 "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

Romans 8:26 "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words."

Do not fall into the trap of being pressured by what the "Christian culture" is doing or teaching; be led by the Holy Spirit, and you will not go wrong.

Never Grow Weary of Walking with Christ

To grow weary of being kind just because others are unkind is to be focused on the result instead of Christ. It does not matter how others respond to our love; it only matters that we maintain the love of Christ. Our character growth is at stake, and our witness of Christ is more important than how others react to us.

 
I never weary of being what God meant me to be, which is loving, kind, and the rest of the fruit of Christ. I just remove myself from those who do not understand and hate what I am.

 
It doesn't matter how others act toward me; it only matters how I choose to act, and that is walking in the Spirit of Chris,t even when no one else is doing it.

 
This is a hard lesson; it means taking our pride and desire to be liked completely out of the equation, focusing entirely on Christ.

 
Romans 8:14: "For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God"
Galatians 5:16: "But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh"

John 15:5: "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he is bearing much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing"

 
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

The Ten Commandments and Prayer in the Government Schools?

There are those who believe the Ten Commandments should be displayed in the government school systems. I have a different take on this practice that may shock Christians.

The sad thing in our culture today is that most people would read the commandments and think they could be saved by following them if no one explained that they are a school master to help people realize they cannot earn their salvation.

 
If we don't also teach that they must repent and turn to Christ, the ten commandments send a wrong message.

Forcing government schools to institute prayer leaves the door wide open for the mentality that all religions must be incorporated into the prayer model.

 
We live in godless times in which the government schools have no desire to follow the one true God and His Son Jesus Christ. They are perfectly happy teaching that all religions are equal and that Christ is just another one of the gods of this age.

Matthew 15:8-9 "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules'".

 
The secular community is fine with teaching good manners and proper decorum according to their own ideas of these things; what they hate is the principles of Christ that expose their sinful natures.

 
Isaiah 29:13 "The Lord says, "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught".

 
Mark 7:6-7 "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me. But in vain do they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men".

 
When the government is deeply invested in accepting all gods, they will not tolerate anyone who says there is only one God Whose Son died for the sins of the world. They deny such a concept as "sin", except their particular sins that they have declared; one of which is speaking the truth of Jesus Christ.

 
They preach tolerance but are not tolerant of anything coming from Christ.
They preach peace but are hostile toward those who love Christ.

 
It is not religion they hate, it is Christ that they hate.

 
Amos 5:21-23 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps."

A Nation that Turns its Back on God

A nation that turns its back on God will care more about politics than they do about winning souls for Christ. They will be fixated on their own safety and pleasure instead of the gospel. They will trust in a man to save their nation but have no trust in Christ Who saves souls.

 
When we hear more about politics from the mouths of Christians than we do the name of Jesus Christ, the church has lost it's foundation and is moving into apostasy.

 
Matthew 15:7-9 "You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8‘ These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ ”

Isaiah 29:13 "Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men."

They worship the rules of men and their own arrogance.

Amos 5:21-23 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps."

God hates the foolishness Americans are "doing for Him" that He never commanded, while violating most of His principles mentioned in His Word.
Psalm 78:36-37 "But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues. Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant."

The world needs to repent, the whole world, including the United States.

In the Last Days People Will Be

My Mom Once Told Me

Pham Be Said:

My Mom once told me that she walked into a room where a couple of friends were discussing her, they didn’t know she was there. She shook her head, smiled and walked away. 
My Mom also told me that she had a friend who talked bad about her, she never knew that Mom found out, Mom never mentioned it. She smiled and walked away from this friendship. 
She told me she had family who chose to shift her out of their life because she stood up for herself for a change. And because she stopped crossing oceans for them when they would not even help her cross a bridge. She smiled, shook her head and walked away. 
So I asked her how she could just walk away from people that betrayed her while pretending to be her friends or family? 
She answered that every time she came to a crossroad like that, she had to decide who will be going forward on her journey with her. This showed her who she cannot take along with her. 
So she explained to me that you should never get mad at a person who betrays you, even in the name of friendship or family. Just gracefully bow out and enjoy your journey with all the new people God puts in their place.