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August31, 2012
Greetings from True Hope!
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ANNOUNCING THE NEW MINISTRY LEADERS' COOPERATIVE NETWORK!

True Hope Churches & Ministries is excited to finally be launching this new extension - - A MINISTRY FOR LEADERS FOR LEADERS IN MINISTRY!

Unlike routine fellowships or associations, this is being formed in order that those in leadership can not only benefit from the resources of the Cooperative Network . . . but BE A RESOURCE as well!

For instance, we have two new members who are Biblical Counselors - - while they will be receiving the member benefits, they will themselves be a benefit to any leader who desires confidential, Biblical counsel for any area of life - - AND THEIR SERVICE ARE NOW PART OF THE MEMBER BENEFITS!

We have elder pastors who desire to mentor younger pastors and all of us will be able to participate in once monthly leaders conferences for fellowship among peers!

Your credentials can be with any Biblically faithful ministry or denomination, while those ministers with True Hope credentials are included at no additional charge!

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SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI UPDATE!

A VICTORY!
The spiritual war for Springfield is not over - - BUT we did see a victory Monday night at the City Council meetings!

FIRST - - Sunday night we held a Prayer Rally at which Paul Blair was the guest speaker, plus 10 ministers each took part in leading in prayers for this city!  Paul Blair, President of Reclaim America for Christ gave an outstanding message in concert with over 300 saints praying to God for the spiritual restoration of Springfield MO!

SECOND - - Monday Night - - HUNDREDS & HUNDREDS of God's people came to City Hall for the City Council meeting at which time the City Council voted to TABLE the ordinance and form a citizens task force to reconsider the whole matter!

At this point, while we have had a day or two to catch our breath, we must continue to STAND OUR RIGHTEOUS GROUND and not allow the enemies of God's righteousness & His people to push us back even an inch!  We shall not give up our city to the demonic forces of darkness aiming to enshroud our city in it's clutches nor to force us to accept ungodly behavior into our businesses, schools, homes and social settings!

More than that, however, so many leaders in the church community have not even spoken out against this unrighteousness which shows us the desperate need there is for a REVIVAL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS in this city and indeed in our nation!

PRAY FOR REVIVAL AMONG GOD'S OWN PEOPLE!

Many Blessings!
Dr. Timothy
 
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From Dr. Timothy D.TH
REALIGNMENT
 
There's a whole lotta shakin' . . . getting ready to go on!

When men of God from denominations that don't exactly believe that prophecy is a valid ministry for our time - - begin to prophesy; when men who call themselves "men of God" remain silent during times of the kingdom of darkness assaulting the righteousness of communities of God's people; when those who are supposed to be salt and light for this world refuse to be either . . . GET READY FOR A MOVE OF GOD!

This next move of God will not be like those of years gone by!  There will not be another "Great Awakening" or "Azusa Street" experience!

THIS move of God is going to SHAKE everything - - absolutely everything to show what can be shaken and what is ROCK SOLID!

What will be shaken are the big social clubs that call themselves churches - - but are not part of The Church!  God's people who have been snared and stifled in these whited sepulchers will be moved out and moved into those congregations, small tho they may be, of God's people who have made their stand and declared with God we are the children of God and we shall not be moved! 

The kingdom of darkness may send forth it's demons but we will not be moved from the place where we stand with God our Heavenly Father!

Those who have become so focused on being accepted by the world that hates Jesus Christ shall find exactly what they didn't know they were looking for - - making themselves the enemy of God!

And God will not allow His people who are indeed His people to remain under the burden of carnal thinking that holds back the mind of the spirit among God's children!

Big social clubs will no longer be able to call themselves churches because to do so will mean that the world will strip them of their hard won worldly benefits!  We see this even today with the names of congregations being changed to call themselves anything but a church! 

Big gatherings of carnally minded people will be stripped of whatever spiritual leadership they once had for it will have been moved to those of God's true people who gather IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST to GLORIFY GOD!

The thrill seeking, sensational, spectacular stage shows called ministry will be void of God's people because God will be moving His people to follow those shepherds who are of His own heart!

Those so-called pastors who will not STAND against unrighteousness will lose those of God's children who will stand and even now are searching for God's ordained leaders who DO stand on and for righteousness!

Every congregation in this land, every group, every fellowship, every denomination will encounter God's shaking!  Some will not be shaken and those will be granted far greater responsibility for God's people than they have yet even imagined!

Those who have imagined themselves to be God's great leaders yet are not standing and speaking for God's righteousness in this land will be shaken, losing God's people, being left with their own kingdoms for which they labored to build and yet God will give them strong, STRONG delusion that they shall believe themselves victims of unfaithfulness - - only they will not see that it is their own unfaithfulness to which they have fallen victim!

The Lord declared that He is returning for a GLORIOUS CHURCH and He is even now realigning His people to be clearly seen by this world as precisely that - - HIS GLORIOUS CHURCH!

Play time is over children!

Many blessings!          
Dr. Timothy

PROPHET'S CORNER

Hezbollah Drill Prepares To 'Occupy The Galilee

http://www.jpost.com

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A reportedly large Hezbollah military drill held in southern Lebanon is part of an Iranian-orchestrated preparation for a confrontation with Israel, a senior Israeli security analyst said.

Over 10,000 Hezbollah fighters participated in the terror organization’s largest military exercise to date last week, which included defensive tactics and “preparations to conquer the Upper Galilee,” Lebanese newspaper Al- Joumhouria reported Thursday morning.

“This is happening in full coordination with Iran,” said Dr. Ely Karmon, a senior research school at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya’s Institute for Counter-Terrorism. “In his last two speeches, [Hezbollah chief Hassan] Nasrallah indicated that he would join an Iranian counter-strike if Israel struck Iran’s nuclear program.”

Karmon said Hezbollah was free to operate in the area of the Litani River in Lebanon. While it had secret bases further south, nearer to the border with Israel, the presence of UNIFIL forces restricted Hezbollah somewhat, he added.

“I assume the drill was held in the Litani area, where Hezbollah stationed new outposts. It bought land in the area from Sunnis and Christians to control the territory,” Karmon added.

Iran could also be preparing Hezbollah for the possibility of ordering it to launch a provocation against Israel to preempt an Israeli strike, Karmon said.

“I wouldn’t belittle the claim that they will try and penetrate the Galilee. Even if they hold a small village for 24 hours, it would allow them to score points against the IDF,” the analyst added.

According to the report, some 2,000 elite Hezbollah fighters will continue training in Iran, a development that is indicative of the close cooperation between the two.

“Iran’s interest is Hezbollah’s interest. If Iran goes nuclear, Hezbollah can remain as a significant force,” Karmon said.

The training could also come in useful for the Iran-Assad- Hezbollah alliance, since Hezbollah can contribute a military force to defend a future Allawite enclave. The Allawite mini-state might be amalgamated to the Shi’itedominated region of the Bekaa Valley of northern Lebanon in the event that Syria collapses.

The force of 10,000 Hezbollah fighters could also be unleashed on the streets of Beirut if Sunnis rise up against Hezbollah, Karmon added.

Yoram Schweitzer, a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, echoed Karmon’s caution against dismissing Hezbollah’s threat of seizing sections of the Galilee.

“They can send small assault teams into the Galilee... while everyone is busy with attacks in Lebanon,” Schweitzer said. “They can try to plant their flag [in Israeli soil], as part of psychological warfare. I would suggest that the threat not be dismissed,” said Schweitzer, a former member of the intelligence community.

Schweitzer added that Hezbollah’s attempt to send a menacing message can also be understood as the product of a Hezbollah threatened by the rise of Sunni power in the region.

Last Friday, Nasrallah threatened to rain rockets onto Israel’s North as part of his public address on the Iranian-sponsored “al-Quds Day,” when Iranian leaders trumpet threats to annihilate Israel.

Nasrallah boasted of an ability to strike strategically sensitive sites in Israel, saying, “hitting these targets with a small number of rockets will turn... the lives of hundreds of thousands of Zionists to real hell, and we can talk about tens of thousands of dead,” he said.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday that “whoever thinks he can eliminate Israel and try to harm our state will discover the deadly force of the IDF.”
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Ethiopia In Prophecy

August 26, 2012  •  27 minutes
On January 27, 2011, Key of David presenter Gerald Flurry warned viewers that Ethiopia would take a dramatic turn towards radical Islam. At the time Ethiopia appeared to be a solid nation with a stable government. Some viewers from Ethiopia even wrote in, saying that their nation would never turn to radical Islam. But now that is exactly what is happening!

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“SEVEN YEARS to REPENT”
Hurricane Isaac

-by Kelly Ferrari Mills.

I am STRUCK by the understanding of the seven-year period since Hurricane Katrina. SEVEN YEARS AGO, Katrina struck New Orleans during the WEEK OF THE HOMOSEXUAL CONVENTION known as “SOUTHERN DECADENCE.” Now Hurricane Isaac is scheduled to hit New Orleans once again – exactly SEVEN YEARS LATER TO THE DAY (August 29th) on the first day of the “Southern Decadence” annual convention. How much more blatant can the King of the Universe be? He gave this nation a grave warning, and then – according to His great mercy – He gave us SEVEN YEARS to REPENT…

In Hebraic understanding, seven years means “completion.” The
opportunity for repentance is complete, but this nation has not only
refused to repent of this sin, which God calls an abomination
(Leviticus 20:13), but it has greatly encouraged and promoted it,
from state to state and throughout the U.S. military.

The word Isaac means “laughter.”
Psalm 2:4 “He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the LORD shall
hold them in derision.” Psalm 37:11-13: “The wicked plot against
the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. The LORD laughs at
him, for He sees that his day is coming.”

I do not believe this means our God is taking delight in wiping out
the wicked (those who reject Him and scoff at His Word) ; but I do
believe it means that He will NOT be mocked, and He WILL prove
Himself to be a God of justice, who does what He says He will do.

Let us be sober-minded, friends, and let us be in much prayer for
this nation as ISAAC churns toward the Gulf Coast… The timing
of Hurricane Isaac with Southern Decadence is a sign that God’s
patience with America’s sin is coming to an end.

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TIME WITH JAMES 
INTRODUCTION . . .
James Kelm is the ministry leader of True Hope Church of Duluth Minnesota.

Now there is nothing really extraordinary about James - - well he is nearly a master in martial arts, but that is not anything unusual either . . . until you discover that our brother James is BLIND!  Really, literally blind!  But only physically - - spiritually he has fantastic vision and loves to reach others with the Gospel and to disciple and teach God's children!
So, please take time to read his upcoming study series and you will be blessed and more able to bless others as well!


THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS!  part 1

There are perhaps no more divisive topics within modern-day Christianity, then Christian headship! Even the most mild-mannered person can become a roaring lion, when the subject of biblical headship is discussed.

This topic is so inflaming, that many pastors and bible teachers simply avoid the topic all together, out of the fear that addressing this subject in all but the most general ways, will have the very real potential of chasing a large number of their parishioners away. Rather than taking the chance on losing their congregation, they simply avoid such controversial topics all together.

But the fact is, that we should not pick and choose which areas of Scripture we will or will not teach, simply because some subjects are more controversial than others. So "going where angels fear to tread" as they say, I want to discuss the topic of biblical headship! In doing so, I hope that I can help to clarify some of the misunderstandings and misuses of this subject, and help to thereby bring some insight into what is one of the most central issues within the Holy Scriptures!

I will begin by exploring the topic of "headship" within the trinity of God. Although many of us may not have given this subject a great deal of thought, there is a specific order of headship within the Trinity.

The order of authority is firstly The Father, secondly The Son (Jesus), and thirdly The Holy Ghost (also called The Holy Spirit).

How do we know that this is the order of authority, or headship within the Trinity? Scripture clearly illustrates this order. When discussing The Father, Jesus states "Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I." John 14:28, and "My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." John 10:29.

These are only two examples where Scripture clearly declares that The Father "is greater than all", and thereby establishing His ultimate headship and authority within the Trinity. We know that Jesus the Messiah comes next in authority, by such verses as "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you." John 16:7, and "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me." John 15:26. Jesus declares His authority over the Holy Ghost by saying "I will send him unto you", and "he shall testify of me".

When we discuss the headship or authority within the persons of the Trinity, what exactly does this mean?

Headship or authority does not mean dictatorial dominance, superiority of value, etc. Although within the Trinity there is differing degrees of authority between The Father Son and Holy Ghost, each of these three persons remain equally part of the Trinity (Godhead). "I and my Father are one." John 10:30, and "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."

Genesis 1:2 are only two declarative statements demonstrating that each of the three persons that make up the Trinity, are all equal in essence and character to each other, and together make up one God. So if there is no difference with regard to individual superiority and value, what does it mean that they possess different levels of headship or authority?
 

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The Day The Constitution Died

By:  - Michael Connelly, Constitutional Attorney (ret)

It is June 28, 2012 and on this day in history five Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court joined with President Obama and members of Congress to declare the U.S. Constitution and our free Republic dead. The Justices accomplished all of this by issuing a bizarre opinion on the Constitutionality of the “Affordable Health Care Act” commonly known as Obamacare.

In August of 2009 I wrote my first blog article on the Constitutionality of the proposed health care bill, H.R. 3200. I noted a number of Constitutional objections to it with the primary one being the violation of Article, Section 8, of the Constitution that limits the powers of Congress. I argued that nothing in that article, including the Commerce Clause, gave Congress the power to either regulate health care, or to turn over the power to do so to the Executive Branch of government.

Ironically, the Supreme Court agreed with me today on the Commerce Clause issue, but then did something that by its own past admissions; it has no Constitutional authority to do. The Court took a clearly unconstitutional law passed by Congress and essentially rewrote it in order to declare it Constitutional.  I’m referring specifically to the “penalties” imposed on Americans who fail to comply with the individual mandate requiring them to buy health insurance. Under the law, these people can be “fined” by the IRS for non compliance.

If you remember, when Obamacare was being proposed, the President, members of his cabinet, Democrats in Congress, and members of the mainstream news media were all assuring the American people that this was not a new “tax.” Now, John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has written a majority opinion saying essentially that these were all lies, but he is going to fix it by declaring that this is a tax, and therefore falls within the powers of Congress.

In a nutshell, we have a situation where the Congress passed a law that it had no authority under the Constitution to pass, and that further unconstitutionally granted extraordinary new powers to the Executive Branch, that are not authorized by the Constitution. Now, we have the U.S. Supreme Court upholding this, and making a power grab of its own by saying that it can ignore the Constitution and rewrite the laws passed by Congress.

The implications of this are staggering. The Supreme Court has now decided that the Federal government can use its powers of taxation to force the American people to do its will, even if individual freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights are taken away in the process. Obama is already using the authority of the health care law to attack freedom of religion, and now when can expect him to go much further.

Imagine this, you are obese and the government declares that since that is a danger to your health, you will be taxed if you don’t lose weight. If you have dangerous weapons in your homes like firearms, and Obama orders you to surrender them to the Federal government, you can be taxed if you fail to do so. What about going to political websites on the internet that the Feds decide are inappropriate and endanger your emotional well being; there is a tax for that.

It sounds incredible, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, it could all happen as a result of today’s Supreme Court decision. Justice Roberts and the other four Justices who signed off on this opinion have increased the power of the Federal government far beyond what was intended by the founding fathers who wrote the Constitution, and for that matter the Declaration of Independence.

Today, the Constitution and our Republic were given the last rites by the progressives on the Supreme Court, but I am not ready to kick the dirt in on our freedom yet. I believe that many Americans are not just angry, but are as infuriated as I am. The election in November, if we are allowed to have a free and fair one, is one that must be won across the board. If Obama is re-elected and Democrats continue to control the Senate, then the demise of the United States will be official.

Well, maybe not. There is one other alternative and it is stated clearly in theDeclaration of Independence when Thomas Jefferson wrote about our inalienable rights:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”

Perhaps it would be wise for those who are celebrating the death of America today, to remember that as long as there is one American left that is willing to defend the Constitution and the Republic, there will always be a spark of life that has not been extinguished. I intend to be one of those sparks.


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PROPHETS!
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On the one hand, the Lord tells us to NOT despise prophecy while at the same time He tells us to PROVE ALL THINGS!

Why?  Because Jesus warns us that in these last days of the Church Age, MANY false prophets will rise - - and they already have!
Jesus warns that they will be so effective that IF it were possible to do so these false prophets would be able to deceive even the elect!
Paul the Apostle warned  "For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them."  Acts 20:29-30

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