Same -Sex "Marriage"- PLEASE PRAY WITH ME (every day untill the decision is revealed around mid-June) THAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL VOTE TO UPHOLD THE 2 LAWS REVIEWED SUPPORTING A TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE.. PRAY that the Court will resist any pressure to MAKE new law based on "cultural trends." PRAY as though the very future of the institution of the family is at stake because it is. PRAY! - for the sake of possibly millions of such children, and for our country if it is to continue to be shown any more favor by our Heavenly Father, who I promise you will be very displeased if homosexual marriage is legalized; "GOD IS NOT [TO BE] MOCKED..." - (Gal. 6:7) - Stan [Be sure to check out my brief essay at post #478.]
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PASTOR SAEED (Iranian-born AMERICAN pastor who just started an 8 year sentence for helping the underground churches in Iran) [See 3/25 update below!] - (Read of the inspiring letter he has written from prison at http://aclj.org/iran/pastor-saeed-writes-psychological-warfare-physical-violence-death-threats-iranian-prison) If you have not already, please join nearly 500,000 (was recently250,000) who have signed the petition for Pastor Saeed's release and tell your friends about it. http://aclj.org/iran/save-american-pastor-from-iranian-prison-sentence
As the Lord leads, please pray:
- For Pastor Abedini as he endures one of Iran’s most deadly prisons, potentially beaten and abused regularly, simply because of his Christian faith.
- For the pastor’s wife and family and the Holy Spirit’s comfort upon them.
- For the continuing meetings at the UN meetings in Geneva about Pastor Saeed.
- For the U.S. State Department to get involved in a significant way to obtain the pastor’s release.
PLEASE Continue to PRAY: "Libya Arrests Suspected Christian Missionaries ," February 16, 2013; "Four foreigners were arrested in Libya on suspicion of distributing books about Christianity and proselytizing, a Libyan police spokesman said on Saturday. Spreading Christianity is a crime in the predominantly Muslim North African county. As the Lord leads, PLEASE PRAY: * For the timely release of the arrested missionaries. * For God to use them while in jail to be witnesses of the gospel * For all who share God’s loving salvation in Muslim countries.
Same -Sex "Marriage"- PLEASE PRAY WITH ME (every day untill the decision is revealed around mid-June) THAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL VOTE TO UPHOLD THE 2 LAWS REVIEWED SUPPORTING A TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE.. PRAY that the Court will resist any pressure to MAKE new law based on "cultural trends." PRAY as though the very future of the institution of the family is at stake because it is. PRAY! - for the sake of possibly millions of such children, and for our country if it is to continue to be shown any more favor by our Heavenly Father, who I promise you will be very displeased if homosexual marriage is legalized; "GOD IS NOT [TO BE] MOCKED..." - (Gal. 6:7) - Stan [Be sure to check out my brief essay at post #478.]
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PASTOR SAEED (Iranian-born AMERICAN pastor who just started an 8 year sentence for helping the underground churches in Iran) [See 3/25 update below!] - (Read of the inspiring letter he has written from prison at http://aclj.org/iran/pastor-saeed-writes-psychological-warfare-physical-violence-death-threats-iranian-prison) If you have not already, please join nearly 500,000 (was recently250,000) who have signed the petition for Pastor Saeed's release and tell your friends about it. http://aclj.org/iran/save-american-pastor-from-iranian-prison-sentence
As the Lord leads, please pray:
- For Pastor Abedini as he endures one of Iran’s most deadly prisons, potentially beaten and abused regularly, simply because of his Christian faith.
- For the pastor’s wife and family and the Holy Spirit’s comfort upon them.
- For the continuing meetings at the UN meetings in Geneva about Pastor Saeed.
- For the U.S. State Department to get involved in a significant way to obtain the pastor’s release.
PLEASE Continue to PRAY: "Libya Arrests Suspected Christian Missionaries ," February 16, 2013; "Four foreigners were arrested in Libya on suspicion of distributing books about Christianity and proselytizing, a Libyan police spokesman said on Saturday. Spreading Christianity is a crime in the predominantly Muslim North African county. As the Lord leads, PLEASE PRAY: * For the timely release of the arrested missionaries. * For God to use them while in jail to be witnesses of the gospel * For all who share God’s loving salvation in Muslim countries.
"Obama Ignores 85,933 Ideas to Save Money," T. Elliot Gaiser, March 28, 2013 http://blog.heritage.org/2013/03/28/obama-ignores-85933-ideas-to-save-money/
[AS I SEE IT: Does anyone really believe this President seriously seeks ways to save money? - Stan]
President Obama asked federal workers to suggest ways for the federal government to save money, and American citizens responded – with 86,000 suggestions. But his administration picked only 67 of those ideas, most of which are either minute or simply take credit for savings that have already been implemented, according to Washington Post reporter David A. Fahrenthold.
The Obama administration created the online comment box in 2009. Sixteen ideas have been given a presidential SAVE award, and 51 ideas have been included in past Obama budget proposals.
Not one savings idea has been included this year, because Obama’s 2013 budget is still late.
The Post found that 20 – nearly a third – of the 67 ideas were actually old savings plans that were already being acted upon by the government.
For instance, Obama claimed the SAVE award program reduced drug costs at the National Institutes of Health. “But that actually started in 2008, under President George W. Bush,” writes Fahrenthold. “The White House also cited the SAVE program for an effort to digitize the X-rays of federal prisoners. That began in 2004, during Bush’s first term.”
In all, these are the results of Obama’s budget crowd source:
But in the end, the President should reform the main drivers of spending: entitlements. Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security together drain 44 percent of the budget each year, and that share will grow. There are six bipartisan proposals that would achieve substantial savings through entitlement reform – if they were championed with presidential leadership.
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Not one savings idea has been included this year, because Obama’s 2013 budget is still late.
The Post found that 20 – nearly a third – of the 67 ideas were actually old savings plans that were already being acted upon by the government.
For instance, Obama claimed the SAVE award program reduced drug costs at the National Institutes of Health. “But that actually started in 2008, under President George W. Bush,” writes Fahrenthold. “The White House also cited the SAVE program for an effort to digitize the X-rays of federal prisoners. That began in 2004, during Bush’s first term.”
In all, these are the results of Obama’s budget crowd source:
- 86,000 ideas submitted since 2009.
- 67 ideas chosen by the Obama administration.
- 20 of these ideas had already been implemented in some form before 2009.
- 15 ideas have not been implemented or had no details available.
- Four ideas have been implemented but were watered down to generate less savings.
- 28 actual savings ideas have implemented since 2009.
But in the end, the President should reform the main drivers of spending: entitlements. Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security together drain 44 percent of the budget each year, and that share will grow. There are six bipartisan proposals that would achieve substantial savings through entitlement reform – if they were championed with presidential leadership.
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