The word Hope incised onto resin or stone in an inspirational concept for the coronavirus pandemic
4-5-2024
Living Without Hope
Living a life without God is living without hope for God IS the basis of our hope. Man hopes God doesn’t send him to hell when he dies, but unless you have placed your faith and trust in God how do you know? We turn to religion when times are bad, or when we’re down on our luck or we’re stuck in a rut and don’t know which way to go.
James 1:27 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
I encourage you to read James 1 in its entirety to fully understand the context and to whom it was written.
We were created by God with the freedom to worship Him, to love others and to take care of all that God has created but until we come to know God in a personal way, we become absorbed into this sinful world and never learn or simply forget why we were created – to tell others that God loves them, now, today, just as they are.
Matthew 22:34 And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question: 36 “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
37 Jesus declared, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’e38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’f40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
There is nothing you can ever do to make God love you any less or love you any more than when He created you.
When life seems empty, meaningless and all hope is gone – turn to God.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
God alone will give meaning to your very existence. – RTM
You know when a headline or a news broadcast gets your attention it’s usually worth taking notice. This morning I was a story on CNN (not my favorite fake news outlet) that the President of Burundi (an East African nation of 13M citizens) announced that Burundi is sending 20,000 elephants to Germany.
That may not strike you as anything important, but to whom do elephants belong? They are African elephants and it stands to reason they belong in Africa where they can freely roam. You can bet your life that money is being exchanged because transporting those elephants will cost more than a pretty penny.
A big question I have is “WHY”? Is there an overabundance of elephants in Burundi? Are they eating all the bananas and the people of Burundi being among the poorest nations on earth feel they have a never ending supply of elephants?
This is reminiscent of the time when African tribes began purging neighboring tribes after conquering them and selling people to the slave traders who exported them to the Americas and other continents for profit.
Those who never learn from history are bound to repeat it!
So a little closer to home is this issue of illegal migration, where millions of people are being transported to Mexico for the express purpose of invading the United States of America. I’m sure there is money being exchanged as well, and it’s not into the hands of those being sent here for political purposes.
President Biden said he would shut the border if Congress would sign a bill giving him what he wanted. Now doesn’t that sound like extortion – a repeat of VP Biden strong arming Ukraine? What about the president of Mexico saying these migrants will continue unless the US pays $XM for what?
Maybe it’s time the US extends our southern border to the northern border of Guatemala and then seal the border once and for all? Then we could covertly go after the cartels that control the drugs and human trafficking that is coming across our border.
In the past I have attempted to provide a factual informative base of information on President Donald Trump comparing his 4 year political term in office against the lifetime political career of President Joe Biden. I have stressed that their records speak volumes and the choice is clear – Do Americans want progress or regress in our nation’s economy?
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. entered the race for 2024 he was met with outrage by the democratic base. They fear Trump will win because Kennedy will take votes away from Biden. Kennedy has said that he wants to beat Trump fair and square, not the way the Democratic Party has been doing with dirty tricks, propaganda and manipulation. It seems that he too has painted a target on his back and the democrats are taking aim at him.
Keep in mind that Kennedy even further left politically than Biden and one of his ideas is to imprison Americans who he calls climate deniers. Let that sink in.
I’m sure Kennedy’s philosophy is not what America needs or even wants, but the fact that he wants to win on his own merit is worth seeing how he fairs against the Democratic Party as he intends to run a fair and balanced race for the presidency.
Does the American Dream need smothering of another 4 years of Bidenonomics?
Or could America stand for another boost of America First that Trump promises to bring back?
It’s not simply open borders vs border control; lawlessness vs gun control; people control vs climate change or even gendernomics; plain and simple it’s about common sense solutions to the grave issues facing our nation in 2024.
What America needs is ADULT SUPERVISION not a younger, or inexperienced-in-life politician running the government into the ground is not an option.
America is worth fighting for. The US Constitution is the only difference between a free society and one of absolute and total control. I’ve said it before the Democratic Party is America’s greatest threat, and the hair-brained ideas of the progressive left will bring this nation to become just another third world nation.
Patriotism is not dead.
America’s military veterans and active duty know the Oath and have sworn an allegiance to protect and defend the US Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic – so help us God!
If you are not part of the solution – you are the problem! – RTM
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
Here it is 2024 in the middle of another Presidential Election campaign season and the narrative by CNN this morning is that most Republican voters believe that the 2020 Presidential election was stolen.
So let us examine that statement in detail.
During the 10 days after the November 3rd 2020 election behind the scenes were moving with lightning speed while giving the appearance of actually moving at a snail’s pace.
Trump supporters did not really understand what was happening. I suspect Democratic voters didn’t understand what was happening either.
We must continue to trust God and His infinite wisdom that the mind of man cannot contain what God has planned.
We are told not to lean on our own understanding.
We are also told that everything will work out according to God’s plan.
Many have been praying for safety of former President Trump and his family and today we pray for the safety of President Biden and his family.
Back when Trump fired his Secretary of Defense it was reported that Trump’s CIA Director refused to obey his order to declassify documents related to the Russian hoax. That told me everything I needed to know about the resistance of the deep state and of those within Trump’s cabinet and administration.
Have you have ever had a trusted individual betray you?
I have and more than once. So I understand the need to rid those who don’t have the vision, or fail to act or take action when things don’t go their way or how they think. The first response is to remove and replace them or maybe they can be plugged into a different job where they can shine. Betraying the trust and confidence of the President is one thing that should get you fired.
What can you do when you discover an individual or group of individuals are conspiring to undermine the Constitution, circumventing election laws in order to alter a Presidential Election? It’s a hard thing to do in the digital age unless you are technologically proficient and have an uncanny eye for detail.
I’m not that guy, but I have spent a number of hours watching and listening to some who are.
When Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney USAF (Retired) explained how US Presidential Elections have been rigged using hi-tech intelligence software and adapting it to change vote during the tabulation process without causing or raising an eyebrow. He referenced how beginning in 2012 certain software was used in Florida and preparations made to implement it again in 2016 on a national scale but had been prevented from being deployed. He said he found and outed how the software that was was being used against President Trump in 2017 in conjunction with the Russian Hoax. He suspects it was used in the 2020 election and that the general public was largely unaware.
When Conservative Journalist Michelle Malkin conducted a live podcast with guest Joe Oltmann of FEC United and the Conservative Daily Podcast they discussed one of the 8 certified voting equipment manufacturers – Dominion Voting Systems and that the VP/Director of Strategy and Security had an office in Denver, CO.
Who would have guessed that an organization with electronic voting devices in 40 states and handling most of the elections in 28 states would be led by a Trump-hating individual who had been independently diagnosed with sociopathic behavior and who is also a patent-holder and stockholder of Dominion and other voting software.
Since 2016 Erik Coomer has gone from not liking Donald Trump to becoming stark-raving mad and appears to long for the day when Trump was no longer alive, as have many seriously affected by Trump Derangement Syndrome. Eric Coomer said November 3rd, 2020 that he had made sure Trump would not win the election.
So how would he do that if not through election fraud?
Lastly I read an article mentioning a company called SMARTMATIC operating in 25 countries around the world, including in the United States with reported ties to Dominion Voting Systems and with The Atlantic Council, a think tank in Washington, DC.
The reason I bring up these election connections is that during the November 3rd, 2020 voting process the tallies were pouring in from across the nation as voting stations began shutting down at 8 PM local time as required by law.
Initial predictions had Trump vastly ahead of Biden and everything appeared to be normal.
Without explanation the morning of November 4th, 2020 the number appeared to have flipped?
Next came reports of ballot counting inconsistencies and irregularities in various counties and states where it is discovered in places where Dominion electronic voting devices were being used to tally votes were mostly in prominently democratically controlled (Blue) states.
There were hundreds of certified complaints by ballot counting watchers who were removed and cheered by democratically biased ballot counters or prevented from observing each ballot as they were being counted. There were USPS whistleblowers reporting supervisory bias against Trump and instructions against delivering Trump mailings or material and ordering the hand stamping of late arriving ballots backdated to November 3rd, 2020.
Other obvious issues of election tampering or interference had been reported among elected Democrat state Attorney’s General who sent in motion biased counting practices and ordered the ignoring of state and federal election laws to process undated and unverified ballots. Today those same state Attorney’s General are the ones prosecuting Trump in court for doing what they themselves are NOW doing in the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election – Election Interference.
Do you remember when the cry EVERY VOTE COUNTS went out? It was a call to justify the huge influx of boxes containing unverified/unverifiable voting ballots and AFTER the polling precincts had already passed the 8pm closing deadline.
Yet according to this morning’s CNN report however most voters overall do not believe the 2020 Presidential election was stolen.
What’s more voters are led to believe that Trumps election objections were election violations because they challenged the obviously tainted results. Constitutionally when election concerns are voiced about obvious bias against a candidate it is that candidates right to take legal action and to insist on a hand recount (remember Florida’s “Hanging Chad”)?
Many believe that the events on January 6th, 2021 were when Trump led an insurrection to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to a Biden administration. If that’s what you believe, let me say this – you’ve been lied to – AGAIN. An insurrectionist cannot remove himself from power by exercising his voice to his followers to watch the Electoral College ballot validation process in person on the floor of a joint session of Congress.
The insurrection was orchestrated by a party or parties unknown to disrupt the validation process while casting blame on Trump’s MAGA followers.
That is why President Trumps call for National Guard troop deployment was struck down by House Speaker Pelosi BEFORE January 6th, but then SELECTIVE National Guard troops (screening out pro-Trump leaning troops) and placing a barrier fencing around Pelosi’s so called “TEMPLE OF DEMOCRACY” after the disruption had occurred.
January 6th, 2021 was the COUP DE GRAS in the elaborate plan for taking Trump out of play in the office of the presidency. That my friends is called TREASON by members of Congress, the left wing media and those in elected offices attempting to prevent American citizens from choosing their elected officials by voting without interference.
I watched a live broadcast on One America News Network (OANN) on January 6th, 2021 as their WH reporter interviewed the first MAGA folks (families, parents, & kids) to arrive at the Capital Building. One person pointed out and questioned why people were being escorted inside the upper entrance by Capital Police? And later Capital Police at the lower level invited and welcomed MAGA folks to come inside.
So how is it possible, allowable or constitutionally legal to hunt down American citizens simply because they were in DC on Jan 6?
How many have been imprisoned without being charged, denied counsel, adequate medical care or visitors and how many have been released to date?
If Trump is a threat to the democratic style of democracy it’s because he stands for Freedom and unashamedly promotes taking care of America First. – RTM
It’s hard to keep a straight face as the left keeps pointing their collective fingers at Trump’s so called illegal activities. Keep in mind these are coming from representatives of criminal justice systems in multiple states as they allege misconduct by Trump. In one state the AG is on a vendetta over alleged misconduct from way before Trump even decided to run for president the first time and don’t forget the Stormy Daniels rerun; while another state’s AG bent on busting Trump on his allegations of election tampering while she has been engaging in personal misconduct with her office’s chief prosecutor and “she doesn’t see anything improper” in their affair as it didn’t slow down their paperwork process at all. Both AG’s appear to be acting in concert during a time when it’s obvious to even to a blind guy that these actions are purely political in nature and obviously constitute election tampering during this 2024 campaign season (where is the real DOJ’s adult supervision over these matters)? The funny thing about finger pointing, there are 3 fingers pointing back at the person doing the pointing – have I made my point (pun intended)? – RTM
Who believes for a second that the criminal justice system in New York State is blind? Even if the entire state calls itself a sanctuary state, where is the sanctuary when you are running for the highest office in the land – again and are being viciously attacked by the political left?
There appears to be collusion between the courts and office of the NY Attorney General.
Prove me wrong!
Have you gone to a state or county fair where there is a house of mirrors distorted to make you look fat, skinny, tall or short? They are arranged to distort your sense of what is real and what is not. As you come out laughing and joking with family or friends and look around you realize that it was all an illusion.
New York has become that illusion.
Among the hard working men and women of New York there are homeless, illegals, down and outers sleeping on the streets, while politicians pander for votes while ignoring the obvious and telling us that it’s alright because I’m from the government and I’m here to help [myself].
What if, New York’s big money businesses, corporations, Wall Street, and international agencies and institutions were to see the writing on the wall and decide to get out before they become the next target of the leftist madness?
Where would that leave the working class American families? Hotels, restaurants, penthouse employers and retail stores picking up and leaving for safer harbors would affect millions of New Yorkers who would only have their politicians telling them it’s alright, it’s okay – remember me?
I’m sorry but all too many times politicians can’t see outside their sphere of influence or circle of friends who swoon over their every word. They have little or no life experience after college, university or law school and think that taking life by the horns is like grabbing ahold of a running bull in Spain.
More often than not that running bull is going to pivot on a stick and come right back to bite them.
In John 16: 33b – Jesus said, “…… In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
When we fail to learn from history we will certainly repeat it.
Satan tempted Adam and sin entered the human race. I can see Satan doing a victory lap for he had succeeded in bringing imperfection to God’s creation.
When God brought fire and brimstone to destroy Saddam and Gomora I’m sure Satan had a huge party.
When God flooded the earth and only Noah’s family survived Satan had to think he won and it’s all over.
And when God’s only begotten son Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem Satan must have gone into overtime until Jesus hung on the cross at Calvary “The King of the Jews” and gave his life as a ransom for the sin of mankind. Jesus came not to free the Jews from Roman occupation, but to free man from his sin, whose penalty is death.
When Jesus snatched the keys to hell and the grave, death had lost its sting.
On the third day Jesus Christ rose from the grave, ascended into heaven as the intercessor before God on our behalf.
John 14:6 Jesus answered. “I am the way, the truth and the life and no man comes to the Father but through me.”
To a world without God all is hopeless.
The believer knows that God is in control. Nothing just HAPPENS! Everything is ordained by God to fulfill HIS purpose so that God alone will receive honor, glory and praise, for HE alone is worthy.
This Easter season we celebrate the ultimate sacrifice that made a way for sinful man to reach the sinless creator, after being washed whiter than snow by the blood of the lamb “Jesus”.
In order not to be tossed to and fro by the winds of change or the maligning tongue of lies we must be grounded in the truth.
Jesus is the Truth!
Do you know Jesus? If not, ask him to forgive you of your sin, believe that he is who he said he is, and ask him to guide you in the narrow way to the Father who is in heaven.
God is as close as a simple prayer.
When you pray this simple prayer the old is passed away and the new makes you a child of the King of Kings, Lord of Lords and your pathway to eternal life began.
Join a body of believers tomorrow on Palm Sunday and celebrate with us the majesty and beauty on Easter Sunday the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Divided States of America – the Red, Black and Blue
Like never before in the history of our nation have the people of this country become so divided that unity is no longer expected or tolerated. Prior to the war of Independence the colonists were divided about separating from the Crown or charting their own course. During the Civil War between the north and the south it was families who were divided – either Blue or Gray. While a lot has changed over the years the one thing that has not changed has simply become louder and loud enough to drown out the voice of reason is hate. Instead of learning to get along, we have learned how to hate with intensity such as the world has never seen.
Why could we not learn from history?
After the Civil War there were raiders wearing white sheets wreaking havoc across the south, causing fear and trembling as they began lynching by the color of one’s skin.
As our nation expanded westward and grew from sea to shining sea this great land became “civilized” according to American standards and nobody was exempt. It was change or die.
Through two world wars American’s fought and died to bring peace to a world at war and freedom to people under siege from savage dictatorships. We spurred a period of regrowth and technological advancement to those who had been our enemies.
In today’s age of enlightenment we have become a nation of Red and Blue states, where political ideology has taken preference over common sense. With live reporting, the internet and social media we have allowed ourselves to be swayed like a tree in the wind. We have no roots, except what the political talking heads say we have (truth has no bearing).
The political party which spawned the KKK now directs and expects people of color to vote straight party line or be shamed into submission. The political party of Lincoln has become worse than a paper tiger, high on protocol and low on ethical standards.
Have we forgotten the lessons of the past, or are we content to change the past into something we feel is more pleasant?
The Constitution of the United States of America is the rule of law to protect US Citizens from an out of control government. The Constitution is the bedrock upon which our nation bases its ethical standards and is based upon the biblical standards of God, where everyone is created equal by our creator (not government or social media) and the purpose of government is to serve and protect the American people from exterior and interior threats.
Old Glory is the Red, White and Blue, not the Red Black and Blue that comes from struggling with each other and fighting among ourselves.
Patriotism is truly American, standing for the Flag, pledging allegiance to the Flag and protecting the Constitution from all attacks, foreign and domestic – so help us God!
When law makers in Congress decide that revoking or changing a law is just too much, but condone ignoring laws that make our nation less safe, they have in fact become law breakers and must be held accountable by their constituents who voted them into office. – RTM
When Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) heckled Obama “You’re a liar” during his 2009 SOTU speech he shocked members of Congress and had to formerly apologize for his outburst. Wilson was subsequently officially rebuked by a congressional vote on the floor of the House. It was seen as an act of great disrespect toward the President of the United States. The Capitol Police arrested Gold Star dad Steve Nikoui for heckling Biden during his 2024 SOTU speech, and those charges were later dropped.
I began wondering why the double standard? I can’t forget the contempt and disrespect toward Trump his entire 4 year term, and the subsequent 4 years after by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from the floor of the House, on television and seemingly at every opportunity. It was when Speaker Pelosi shocked the nation creating a very public spectacle by tearing up her copy of Trump’s 2020 SOTU as he was ending his speech during a joint session of congress. Pelosi’s act was deliberate and extremely disrespectful, but was seen as a heroic act by the left. There havre been no accountability or penalties for her actions or her disrespect. Why not?
It’s disheartening to see grown adults behaving like children, especially when there is no adult supervision. The American people deserve better.
These sayings of Thomas Jefferson speak volumes some 240 years later and appear more relevant today than when they were first given:
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“When the representative body have lost the confidence of their constituents, when they have notoriously made sale of their most valuable rights, when they have assumed to themselves powers which the people never put into their hands, then indeed their continuing in office becomes dangerous to the state.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“The federal government is our servant, not our master.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
The time is now to closely examine those serving in public office as elected or appointed officials and decide that the governmental status quo is bad for our nation and our fellow citizens. – RTM
By now nobody wants to hear, read or talk about the most politically obsessed about man in the history of our country so why does he continue to be the political flavor of the day? It’s ironic that this obsession plays right into the hands of the man they are trying to destroy. I’ve read that he considers publicity that costs him nothing is very valuable because it keeps his name in the public forum.
Political Correctness continues to plague mankind with all kinds of manmade “don’ts”, i.e. “don’t use male and female”; “don’t say man or woman”; “don’t associate colors with race – except white is bad”; “patriotism is anti-American”; “religion is bad”; or “there is no God”; and ultimately “MAGA equates to white supremacy”; or the latest “don’t say illegal, say newcomers or undocumented”.
I’m sure you know many more political taboos that we are told not to use, say or do. We are to trust the science, trust the government and only trust democratic politicians. We are told that history as it is written is wrong and attempts to re-write history are ongoing as statues and names are being replaced by “politically correct statues and names”.
I watched a foreign production of a program on a history-type channel that quoted statistics on slavery and human-trafficking that 6M people were taken from the African continent and brought to the Americas (South – Central – North America). Out of those 6M human slaves only 250,000 came to the United States. What was missing was naming the culprits who did the actual kidnapping of humans and selling them to the unnamed slave ship captains for money.
If these statistics are to be believed we must realize that what we are being told is one big lie after another like the false narrative that Trump is a racist and a bigot as told to us by some of the biggest names in politics as if they were standing before a mirror and naming their own faults.
In 2007 American prophet Kim Clement received a prophetic word that God had chosen Donald J. Trump to be a future president. Mr. Clement had health issues that prevented him from telling it to Trump, and Clement subsequently died on 24 November 2016.
In 2011 Retired Firefighter Mark Taylor received a prophetic word from God that Donald Trump had been chosen by God to become president with a specific objective to stop evil that was overtaking the United States. Taylor did not know or speak to Trump about what God had revealed to him, however what came out of the words from Taylor became a worldwide prayer chain praying for the safety of Donald Trump during the election and peaceful transfer of power from Obama to Trump. (The Trump Prophecies – Mark Taylor)
In 2015 before the 2016 election, Texas businessman Lance Wallnau heard from God that “Donald Trump is a wrecking ball to the spirit of political correctness” and “The next President of the United States will be the forty-fifth president, and he will be an Isaiah 45 president.” Those words were then spoken to Donald Trump in the presence of a number of African-American church pastors and leaders who were also members of the Democratic Party. (The Faith of Donald J. Trump)
I honestly don’t think that anyone (except God) knew how intense the politically correct backlash would become or continues to be to this day. It’s like God placed Donald Trump as a willing obstacle, a sword to the spirit of political correctness knowing full well that the pushback would be so great that only God himself could contain it. Trump has repeatedly said in his rallies “It’s not about me, they are after you but I’m standing in the way.”
We are seeing more and more political correct resistance than ever before and I don’t think it’s all out in the open yet and that may be why it continues to intensify as we get closer to the Presidential Election of 2024. Just look at what is happening to our country as our own government viciously attacks American industry and our citizenry’s way of life and faith not in religion, but our faith in God. We are led to believe that women have the right to abort, yet the babies being aborted have no rights. We are told children have the right to choose their preferred sexual status while parents have no rights or say in the matter. In fact everyone has the right to choose their gender pronoun or none, and God was wrong when He created only male and female.
Our nation is headed in the wrong direction when we normalize and justify actions and behavior that are contrary to God’s natural order.
When the Pharisees questioned Jesus over casting demons out of a demon possessed man Jesus responded in Matthew 12:25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.”
God did not sanction Trump a continuous second term as president but I feel that “The Wrecking Ball” still has a role to play in the future of our nation. This is evident by the sheer volume of trumped up charges and legal actions meant to take Trump out of the 2024 election race all together.
The bible tells us clearly that we do not have the mind of God and are not to lean on our own understanding trying to “figure out” what or how God is going to work this out.
It’s not by might, nor by power, but by MY SPIRIT says the Lord of Hosts.
Whether you like it or not, God will be glorified as America will be made great again or if God wills, it will simply cease to exist.
If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, a born again believer, bought by the blood of the Lamb how can you believe the lies, stand by and do nothing. When we are weak, God is strong and we are told that the prayers of a righteous man availeth much.
Join me in prayer for our nation and its leaders, and for God’s people to take a stand (on their knees in prayer) for justice and that God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. – RTM
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
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