CSN Sunday - LightWing Messages for 8/29/2021
“May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him. May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds ; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.” Psalm 68:1-5 (NIV)
The Little Children and Jesus
“People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.” Mark 10:13-16 (NIV)
From one week to the next, evil appears to be on the increase, and as I mentioned last week, those who have eyes to see, will see. Last week, our focus was upon the children of the world, and I explained they have become more a target of evil than ever before in history. Although throughout history, countless children have been abused, beaten without cause, enslaved, homelessness, and victimized by numerous means, all of these plagues have descended upon the children of the world today. And, do we think we live in a more civilized society than our ancestors? For the sake of the children, good people need to act now, for if good people do nothing, it will be all that is needed for evil to claim more of the future.
In 1931, Mohandas Gandhi uttered some unforgettable words in a speech in which he stated “A Nation’s greatness is measured by how we treat our weakest members.” He was addressing the people of the “civilized” British Empire. It would be 16 more years, following another world war before the people of India would gain their independence from that empire. Today, there are still nations dominated by evil people who still could care less about those weakest members of that society. There are those who pretend to be concerned about those who are downtrodden within the society only for the sake of perpetuating their own evil dominion. Out of the recent tragedies, the suffering of the people of Afghanistan stands out as a blatant example of this sad reality.
If all the people of the world can do is to pray for the people of Afghanistan, it is what they
should do, but in recent weeks, Americans have been made aware that our government is no longer pursuing the path of righteousness within the community of nations. The government of the “We the People” is no longer. The will of the American people is no longer being followed, possibly because leaders of public or civic righteousness are few in number. Americans can no longer be proud of the actions of our federal government as it no longer reflects our fundamental ideals and the ideals of freedom and peace for all the people of the world. And, as I mentioned last week, our government is accepting, and thus complicit in the destruction of the innocents and is incredibly disheartening and absolutely unbelievable for a Christian society because of . the crimes that are happening right here in the United States of America.
Today, our main message is about the prayers that at the very least, we can offer for the people suffering under the vengeance and retribution of evil. On September 1 of this year, we are challenged to pray for the suffering people of Afghanistan. A detailed message from MyFaithVotes outlines how American people of faith, especially Christians can establish their own prayer vigils. Please take it to heart and put prayer to action as it is needed in so many ways in such a time as this. However, the Cnristian people of Afghanistan can serve as an example to all Christians around the world -- especially in this nation.
Our second message is from Dr. Robert Owens, who has contributed numerous times to our Citizen Sentinels outreach. His message is simple and it fits clearly with the efforts to pray and to seek God’s guidance, wisdom, and His Will in this time of tribulation. Definitely, it is time in which the world needs “Divine Intervention.”
In addition to these messages, we have several videos today dealing with the critical situation in Afghanistan. Especially, we have a video from the Victory Channel that reveals how God is working through people of faith to escape from such violent turmoil in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the outcome is that there are thousands of people, especially Christians, who are people without a country in such a time. There is a movement to help such refugees find a place of sanctuary. Another current video from Dutch Sheets deals with the pursuit of public righteousness and fighting against the giants of evil in America. His call is for all of the people of faith, the praying church, to become history makers in the tradition of David. One of the videos we have held over from last Sunday because it is very educational, is the video on Mass Psychosis and how it is induced and used to administer totalitarian regimes. The effort of global dominion is the pursuit of the enemy of humanity.
Other videos are musical offerings which are in alignment with today’s messaging. Please receive them and let the videos and the words spark your lights of faith, and let everyone’s light shine out into the darkness around them to bring as much light into your domain as possible. We also feature nine articles in our “Recommended Reading” section related to the crisis in Afghanistan, but also the issues on the COVID related mandates in the U.S. It is wise to read the article from Canada Free Press on “Monolithic Monopoly” dealing with the profiteers behind COVID vaccines. Also, read the foundation article from April of this year from lewrockwell.com: “Who Runs the World? Blackrock and Vanguard.” Your eyes will be opened.
Also, please check out the Around the Republic section to keep up with all the information from around the nation. It will help you wrap your head around what is happening in such a time as this. Remember that all of these features are for your education -- loads of information to help feed your minds and hearts!
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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 such a time as this. 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 has been 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, who are called by His name, be aware of those in need beyond our own borders who suffer under the tyranny of evil. May we humbly keep our egos in check and keep His Kingdom and His righteousness at the forefront of our minds and hearts. May we embrace the ways of Heaven and take ownership of the Land of the Free, by taking responsibility to return to the foundations established for One Nation Under God, to bring this nation back to the ways of Heaven.
Take up your watch! Become a Citizen Sentinel! Stand in Service for Freedom!
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A National Prayer Vigil for Afghanistan, September 1, 2021.
7 STEPS TO HOSTING A PRAYER VIGIL
From MyFaithVotes
You can download the prayer guide here: https://www.myfaithvotes.org/p…
STEP 1- PRAY!
The very first thing to do is pray. Seek the Lord as to what and how He would have you act and organize. You might consider fasting as well. Call on your trusted faithful friends to pray with you. Good men must act in the face of evil. Luke 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
STEP 2 - Determine Your Outreach
Determine the type of prayer vigil you want to organize. Many varieties will work. It can be for an entire church, a small group, a community group, or a friends/family group from across the nation online. Any of these, and more, will work. God says where two or more are gathered together, He will be there with you.
Whole Church
Small Group
Community
Friends/Family
Civic group (Lions Club, FCA, etc.)
Social Media online group
STEP 3 - Develop Your Team
Consider who you can ask to be on your team to create this event. This could be any number of different people. These are the folks with whom you can brainstorm, share responsibilities, look to for promotion, and sharing the word in any way they are able. Think of those you know who have a large sphere of influence and contact them.
Your pastor, associate pastor, youth pastor, worship pastor
Your small group leader
Your neighbors who are open to assisting
Your friends and/or family members who are most engaged.
Your civic group leader and associates
Your group administrator on Facebook or other social media outlets.
STEP 4 - Plan Your Strategy
Holding a prayer event can be as simple as gathering a few friends. It can be as extensive as involving your entire community, church, your local TV, Radio, newspapers. This all depends on what you believe the Lord has called you to do. This is a grassroots effort, not a big fancy one. This is about every day Christians across the nation coming together to stand in prayer for our brothers and sisters in Christ. If it’s only you and one other person, so be it. If it’s thousands, so be it. God will hear every single one of our voices. What is He calling you to do? Here are some strategies to consider:
In-person event
Plan for an in-person event at your church or elsewhere. This would be at a specific time on September 1, 2021. Perhaps you would want to do it during the day at your church or in the evening at your church. Maybe you would do it on public property -- a Courthouse, a park, etc. Be mindful of any requirements or permits of your potential location. In-person events are powerful and preferred.
Around-the-Clock Event
Plan a sign-up for people to pray for a period of time on September 1, 2021. This could be for 12 hours or 24 hours or whatever period of time works. You can use various products online for people to sign up for particular times. This allows you to include people from all around the nation.
Online Event
Plan an online video/phone-in event. You will have to be mindful of the capacity limits of whatever online product you use for your event. But this type of event is not limited to any particular geography. You can include those from around the nation.
STEP 5 - Prepare for the Event
Make sure you are not alone in having to do whatever it is you are going to do. Here are preparation items for both in-person, around-the-clock, and online events:
In-Person:
Prepare an invitation for people to join your event.
Determine the location and get approvals as necessary
Determine how you will have people register
Work with your Pastor, if applicable, to advertise the event: announcements, bulletins, emails
Determine the start and finish time
Strategize on promotion: newsletters, bulletins, social media, emails, media, etc.
Send a reminder the day before and the day of.
If you prefer, find a source of Christian background music -- live or otherwise
Make sure your team is there to welcome people
Make copies of the prayer guide to hand out
Order candles if you would like to use them
Call your media outlets to let them know this is happening and when
Ask everyone involved to share the information on social media (graphic to share?)
Decide who will host the event
Around the clock:
Prepare an invitation for people to join your event.
Determine the location and get approvals as necessary
Determine how you will have people register
Work with your Pastor, if applicable, to advertise the event: announcements, bulletins, emails
Determine the start and finish time
Strategize on promotion: newsletters, bulletins, social media, emails, media, etc.
Email copies of the prayer guide to all participants
Ask everyone involved to share the information on social media (see graphic below)
Determine what online product you want to use to have people sign up
Determine if you will have 30-minute intervals or 1-hour intervals
Determine if you will have one or many praying per time period
Set reminders for those who have signed up to receive prior to their assigned time
Market the event through every means possible -- through your church, social media, etc
Online:
Prepare an invitation for people to join your event.
Determine how you will have people register
Work with your Pastor, if applicable, to advertise the event: announcements, bulletins, emails
Determine the start and finish time
Strategize on promotion: newsletters, bulletins, social media, emails, media, etc.
Email copies of the prayer guide to all participants
Ask everyone involved to share the information on social media (see graphic below)
Determine what online product you want to use: zoom, webex, etc. Note capacity
Market the event through every means possible -- through your church, social media, etc
Make sure to send out reminders on the day of the event.
Make sure to promote the event in every way you are able: social media, church bulletins, announcements, emails, etc.
Decide who will host the event.
Make sure you are very comfortable with the technology you have chosen
STEP 6 - During the Event
We want to share as much as possible about these events to encourage more and more believers to become involved, not just in this initiative, but in the spiritual war we are battling across this nation and the world. To that end, please remember to do the following:
In-Person:
Make sure your team and you arrive early to set up
If possible, provide water and snacks
Provide for chairs and tables if appropriate
Make sure to begin with prayer
Hand out prayer guides
Stay within the scheduled time
Have computers/phones for people who would like to sign up to be Action Partners
Take lots of photos and text them to 469-454-1200
Around-the-Clock:
This one pretty much runs itself. As long as you have provided everyone with reminders of their times and the prayer guide, you are good to go.
Online:
Welcome everyone to the event
Begin with prayer
Ask them to reference the prayer guide you provided
Make sure everyone has an opportunity to pray
Take screenshots so you can remember who was there
Close on the scheduled time
STEP 7 - After the Event
It is important to do the final follow-through when your event is over. Please consider the following regardless of the type of event you chose to hold.
Thank everyone who participated in the event to the best of your ability
Text your photos to us at 469-454-1200
Make sure to do any clean up that is necessary if yours was in person
Write notes of anything you learned- what worked well, what could work better
Text your notes to us at 469-454-1200
Thank God for the impact of your prayers
“We Can’t Do It On Our Own”
8/10/2021
There is something about us that makes us want to make everything about us. If there is any way to make it appear to anyone, everyone, or even just ourselves we will move any mountain, swim any sea, or rationalize any action to see ourselves as the center of the universe. And salvation falls into this same pattern.
For this reason, every religion man has ever devised has been built upon works. We must earn our way to heaven. That way we can take the credit.
I taught Comparative Religion for several colleges. During the semester as we covered the major and many minor religions of the world I would write on the board a section on each one. In these sections I wrote what it takes to receive salvation or make it to heaven in these different religions. At the end, I asked the students to review all the sections and see if they could spot one striking similarity and one striking difference.
Inevitably at least one, often several, would discern that every religion except one required people to earn their salvation. And only one, Christianity, said salvation comes through faith alone.
Several times after this exercise students sought me out after class and accepted the Lord as their personal Savior. One time a woman brought in her whole family, and they all confessed Christ as Lord and professed their belief that God had raised Him from the dead.
We know there is a profound and life altering difference between a mental assent that Christ is Lord and a knowledge that God raised Him from the dead and a living faith in these two realities. The very faith we use to accept and profess is a gift from God. However, God gave us our intellect. He doesn’t mean for us to check our mind at the door when we enter His presence.
Learning the truth is a fundamental step towards accepting the truth.
The heart of the matter is a matter of the heart. Humanity does not need another teacher, a leader, or a new way of looking at life. The problem is that since the fall of Adam, man has been spiritually dead. We are separated by an uncrossable gulf from God and each other. What we need is spiritual re-birth and reunification of fractured humanity.
Once we are re-created in Christ, our feet are on the highway of holiness leading to life in, through, and with our Savior, but we aren’t merely passive passengers along for the ride. Because once we’re saved, we have work to do.
Dr. Owens teaches History, Political Science, Global Studies, and Religion. He is the Historian of the Future @
http://drrobertowens.com
© 2021 Contact Dr. Owens drrobertowens@hotmail.com Follow Dr. Robert Owens on Parler, Facebook, Twitter, Gab, or MeWe @ Drrobertowens, or visit Dr. Owens’ Amazon Page / Edited by Dr. Rosalie Owens
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Onward and Upward!
New Release> From Eric Clapton - This Has Gotta Stop (Official Music Video) - 8/27/21 (read the related article in the Recommended Reading section.
From Stew Peters Show: Senior Trump COVID Advisor Drops BOMBS! NO "Pandemic", Task Force Mislead POTUS and More
From Zach Williams: Fear Is a Liar (Official Music Video) - 1/19/2018
From The Health Ranger: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. warns America: "We all need to resist" vaccine tyranny... the time has come! - 8/27/21
From Natalie Grant - Praise You In This Storm (Official Music Video) - 9/17/20
From FlashPoint: God Is Moving! Intervention in Afghanistan | David Harris Jr., Robby Dawkins and more!- 8/27/21
New Release> From Charity Gayle: We Need A Miracle (Live) - 8/26/21
From Dutch Sheets Ministries: Making History | Give Him 15: Daily Prayer with Dutch - 8/27/21
From Delirious?: History maker (DVD Farewell Legendado) - 12/14/2010
ICYMI > From After Skool made in collaboration with Academy of Ideas: MASS PSYCHOSIS - How an Entire Population Becomes MENTALLY ILL - 8/3/21
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Podcast - From Dinesh D'Souza: BIDEN'S DISASTER - The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast - 8/27/21 (In this episode, Dinesh reveals the magnitude of Biden's disaster, worse than Carter's hostage crisis, worse than Benghazi, and asks whether it is time for a serious discussion of impeachment. Dinesh shows why the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Biden's immigration policy is firmly anchored in the clear language of federal law. )
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American Minute by William J. Federer - American Minute for August 28 - This day in 1963 The Civil Rights March on Washington DC happened, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Recommended Reading - follow the links…
From Business Times: U.N. Warns of “Humanitarian Catastrophe” in Afghanistan Amid Political Turmoil, Economic Crisis & Drought - 8/30/21
From One America News: Afghanistan, border crisis plague Biden admin. - 8/28/21
From Real Clear Investigations: Kamala Harris Backed Afghan Exit Despite Intel Warning Taliban Would Abuse Women Again - 8/25/21
From InfoWars: 'This Has Gotta Stop': Rock Legend Eric Clapton Releases New Song Slamming Mandatory COVID Injections - 8/28/21
From Canada Free Press: Monolithic Monopoly? (the profiteers behind COVID vaccines) - 8/28/21
Review> From lewrockwell.com: Who Runs the World? Blackrock and Vanguard - 4/21/21
From Christianity Daily: Experimental COVID Vaccines Cause Thousands Of Deaths, But Media Continue To Suppress This Fact: Report - 8/23/21
From Kingdom League International: Kingdom League International's Position on Vaccine Mandates - 8/18/21
ICYMI> From Christianity Daily: Over $28M Raised And A Thousand Christians Evacuated: Glenn Beck Shares Astonishing Update On Afghanistan Rescue Mission - 8/25/21
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What affects one, can affect all!
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News from Florida -
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News From Missouri -
From Canada Free Press: Jared Schmitz, a Marine from Wentzville, MO was killed in Afghanistan Thursday, father confirms - 8/28/21
News From New York -
From Batavia Leadership Summit in Cornerstone Church, Batavia, NY: Mario Murillo at Leadership Summit Batavia, NY. - 8/25/21
News From Oregon -
From Christianity Daily:Christian Mom Whose Baby Was Almost Hit By Antifa Flash Bomb Blasts Biased Media Coverage Of Attack - 8/25/21
From LETUSWORSHIP - Sean Feucht - Portland, OR - 8/9/21
News From South Dakota -
From Forbes Breaking News: JUST IN: Kristi Noem Says 'I Will Oppose' Biden's Vaccine Mandates - 8/24/21
News From Washington D.C -
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