CSN Sunday - LightWing Messages for 1/23/2022
“Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill
your vows to the Lord.’ But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s
throne; or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well; and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:33-48 (BSB)
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But, everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.” Ephesians 5:8-13 (NIV
A CITIZEN SENTINEL’S MESSAGE:
Perhaps you have seen video or pictures of last Friday’s March for Life in Washington D.C. and other cities around the country. It is inspiring to see all of the people turnout for such an event. The tireless effort of everyday people to seek change for the protection of the unborn is not only inspiring but also effective. The work of people in support of life has resulted in a case currently being considered by the US Supreme Court that could toss out the Roe v Wade decision and put the responsibility for abortion policy back to the state legislatures, closer to the people. If the court does not render such a decision, we can be sure that these patriots will continue their resolve to fight for the rights of the unborn.
In today’s LightWing message, Dennis Jamison delves into the need for each individual to first look inside in an effort to seek change in America. In his article, “Lifestyle Changes to Save the Republic,” he points the readers inwardly first. Many of us have good intentions and sincerely seek positive change in our lives and for our nation. However, our perceived lack of time, knowledge or perhaps even our not knowing what to do keeps us on the sidelines when we desire to strengthen our spiritual life and our fight for liberty. God speaks to us through his Word. What better way to start is with a commitment to spend time each day reading Scripture and praying. Martin Luther once said that on those days when he had the most to do, the only way he could accomplish it was by spending extra time in prayer that day.
Enjoy reading Dennis’ article today. The New Year celebration is behind us. It’s never too late, however, to resolve to make positive changes in our lives. And, Lunar New Year’s celebration is another chance to make a new start in the lunar new year!
We hope our readers will enjoy all of our features today. Absorb, digest, and share. May God bless America throughout 2022 as good people attempt to live up to God’s expectations of us!
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The “Message of Light” endeavor had been part of the “David Project” that originated as a genuine inspiration from our Heavenly Father, initiated to bring Light into the dark in this time. The project developed from 2018, and as we approach our third anniversary of existence, we have formally elevated the “David Project” to the more formal “LightWing Mission,” my personal ministry, which I had announced in previous messages.
These messages are freely offered and sent to you as part of the “LightWing Mission.” Please receive today’s messages as a gift from those who care. They are only words being offered, freely; yet, some contain a deep message of faith, or a much deeper expression of heart that readers can hopefully receive into their lives. As it has been written: “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Proverbs 29:18 - KJV
May we humble ourselves, to seek not only His face, but to seek His Heart and His Mind, and to seek His Will and consider seriously His call to all of us to put into practice all of the ideals of Life He has shared with us, His children. May we seek to make Him more proud of us as we walk along the Way.
Take up your watch! Become a Citizen Sentinel! Stand in Service for Freedom!
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Lifestyle Changes to Save the Republic
By Dennis Jamison
January 22, 2022
Every year, before the new incoming year, or just as it begins, people will make New Year’s Resolutions. It is inevitable that many of those well-intentioned people will allow such personal resolutions to dissolve, or evaporate, into the ether after a few months of attempting to put their resolutions into practice. In another life, I used to work out in my company’s onsite-workplace gym where many hearty souls would show up at the beginning of January armed with their newly made resolutions to “lose weight” or “bulk up” with sincere intentions to become healthier or stronger. For my personal intent to work out regularly, I had made the determination to make physical workouts a “lifestyle change.” It meant I had to incorporate into each day’s schedule a workout routine at the gym as part of a whole lifestyle commitment. It meant an overhaul of my lifestyle. Often people “know” intuitively they need to change bad habits into good ones in order to become healthier or stronger. However, their follow-through may be a half-hearted effort to “try it and see what happens” as opposed to an absolute determination to change absolutely.
In that past life, I would witness a considerable number of employees in the gym in early January when it was hard to even find one free exercise machine. But, as the month proceeded and the new year wore on, those numbers of resolute health warriors would diminish, until by mid-March it would be just a handful of stalwart souls working out each day. I figured it was because the resolutions were not serious enough to significantly impact people’s lives; their resolutions were shallow. Individual drive to improve one’s health or physical strength can be compared to one’s drive to develop or strengthen spiritual health. This concept may be foreign to people of faith outside a Christian environment, but it may also be foreign to Christians in a supportive environment. While it may be totally understandable to make a New Year’s resolution regarding one’s physical health, it may seem odd to do so for one’s strength of faith or spiritual health. However, many Christians might respond that this is the purpose of church.
Yet, if this is so, and the church is where Christians work on improvement of their faith or the strengthening of their spirit, then why is America in the sad state that it is in right now? To a large extent, it is not a very fair question because there are several factors that have contributed to the decline of faith in America over the past generation. Nevertheless, America is currently in a state of decline for which many Christian ministers have no answers. Certainly, spiritually adrift or empty politicians or government officials, whom many call leaders, have no answers. Yet, proponents of each political party would assign blame for such a state of affairs to their opposition. And, within the business community, there are also quite successful leaders, but it is not common they would advocate for greater spiritual health or for faith-based solutions to the problems. So, here we are in such a state, in such a time as this.
In another realm, there is a popular phrase that tends to resurface in social media circles or other social gathering places, from time to time, and that is a famous quotation often incorrectly attributed to Mohandas Gandhi: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” In reality, Gandhi did not say it this way, but what he did say was even more profound.
But wait, Gandhi was not a Christian – why should a Christian take heed of what a Hindu said in the first place? However, a more pertinent question would be: Is a messenger more essential or important than the truth the messenger brings. Too often, as in worrying about one’s physical health more than being concerned about one’s spiritual health, human beings tend to focus on the material rather than the spiritual. Even some religions are caught up in that.
In this case, with Gandhi, more people would know his name, or perhaps recognize his picture, rather than correctly recognizing his message. People tend to focus on the external rather than the internal. The deepest question would be whether what Gandhi said contained truth. What Gandhi actually said was:
We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.” Mahatma Gandhi
This is truth! Yet, it is possibly a hard truth to swallow for some, since it gets at the heart of the essential problems of the world in which we live. It is so easy to look at the world around us and find fault with those in the leadership categories previously named. Yet, how often do we wait for another to take responsibility to fix the problems. It is much easier to deflect responsibility for the mess to those we deem as leaders. Or, are they really our scapegoats? To blame someone else is usually easier than to accept responsibility for a mess that can be traced back to oneself. It is often painful to look in the mirror to self-reflect on one’s participation, or lack of participation, in those matters which should concern us all.
Intellectually, people may realize the truth of this reality, but it may remain just some intellectual recognition, like the need to lose weight, or to improve one’s health in other ways. Exercising one’s faith or exercising one’s God-given rights requires the deepest of convictions and risking accountability before the “Supreme Judge of the world.” Such a level of conviction would require serious lifestyle changes. It is likely that many people truly recognize this, yet they see it as too great a challenge. Sometimes, it appears as just too much work, and they do not try at all. Such a lack of internal motivation to develop one’s faith, or exercise one’s rights is also similar to the excuse that it is too much work to go to the gym, and either do not make a resolution to begin, or who drop out after a half-hearted effort.
Thank God that the Founding Fathers did not consider it too much work to create this Land of Liberty, for this nation would never have been founded through any half-hearted efforts. The Land of the Free was founded by people who were brave, who put faith into practice, exercised a set of convictions, those self-evident truths at the risk of their lives. They honestly believed in our God- given rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (specifically Virtue - both personal and public). Many of the founding generation, not only Ben Franklin, held the pursuit of virtue in esteem, as an ultimate happiness. It is this which resonates with the truth of Gandhi. We all need to look in the mirror! We all need to start exercising – our pursuit of and protection of our God-given rights. It requires a lifestyle change!
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin lists his pursuit of virtue; a copy can be found here: http://www.archive.org/stream/theautobiography00148gut/bfaut11.txt
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Onward and Upward!
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From The Soldiers' Chorus of The United States Army Field Band: America: My Country, 'Tis of Thee - Soldiers' Chorus - 11/14/2016
From The Destiny Christian Church: Watch Mario Murillo Revival Live at 7pm - 1/19/22
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American Minute by William J. Federer - American Minute for January 22 - "I think abortion is wrong, " said Norma McCorvey (Roe) on national TV. She made her statement several years after the Supreme Court decided abortion is legal in Roe vs Wade. This widely panned decision legalizing the killing of a child in the womb was made on this day in 1973.
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Podcast - From The Victor Davis Hanson Show: Biden's Unpopularity and the Filibuster - Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson with co-host Sami Winc talks about Biden's dropping poll numbers and Democratic strategy, the voting rights bill and filibuster in the Senate… 1/20/22
From American Greatness - by VDH: Is America Heading for a Systems Collapse? - 1/19/22
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Recommended Reading…
From The Blaze: Kirk Cameron delivers speech at 2022 March for Life rally - 1/22/22
From The Epoch Times: Israel, One of Most Vaccinated Countries in the World, Sets New COVID-19 Case Record - 1/22/22
From American Greatness: US District Judge Blocks Biden's Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees - 1/22/22
From American Greatness: If a Lab Accident Could Create Penicillin, One Could Have Unleashed COVID-19
From National Review: Biden Is Not Alone. Democrats Have Been Delegitimizing Elections for Years - 1/20/22
From The Epoch Times: 'Unseemly': NPR Refuses to Correct Story After Supreme Court Deems It False - 1/22/22
From American Greatness: Our 1776 Moment: Either a Liberal or Progressive America › American Greatness - 1/21/22
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What affects one, can affect all!
News From Arizona -
From The Epoch Times: Arizona Governor Sues Biden Administration Over Attempt to Wrest Back Federal Funds - 1/22/22
From The Blaze: Gavin Newsom asks, 'What the hell is going on?' after seeing thousands of stolen, trashed delivery boxes along LA train tracks — and he's massively mocked - 1/21/22
From National Review: Stop the Train Robberies - 1/20/22
News From Texas -
From CBN News: 'Pro-Life Victory!': Planned Parenthood of Texas Drops Appeal on Lubbock Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance - 1/22/22
News From Washington D.C -
From Students for Life of America: National Pro-Life Summit Draws Enthusiastic, Sold-Out Crowd in Celebration of Roe's Last Days - Students For Life of America - 1/22/22
News From Wisconsin -
From The Blaze: Green Bay Packer Aaron Rodgers criticizes President Biden in ESPN article - 1/22/22
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Recommended Resources - follow the links…
Excellent Election Education Resource: US 2020 Election Fraud at a Glance
Excellent Non-Partisan Election Resource: Election Integrity Project California
Excellent Citizen Comprehensive Resource: David Horowitz Freedom Center
Excellent Citizen Activist Resource: Precinct Strategy: Home
Excellent Christian Homeschool Resource:
https://ed-exit.com/
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