CHPP Daily Brief - August 20, 2009

In This Issue:
• The Daily Brief
• The Middle East in Focus
• "We Don't Care"
• Barney Frank's Debacle
• The Daily Jot
• The Truth Will Set You Free
• The Good News Corner

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The Daily Brief - Thursday, August 20, 2009

". . . and the government shall be upon his shoulder . . ." (Isaiah 9:6)

The Daily Brief

1. Gibbs insists Obama not backing off public option - AP

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs insists the Obama administration has not shifted its goals on health care reform or distanced itself from a government- run public insurance option. He said in a meeting with reporters Tuesday morning that news stories suggesting that the administration was ready to abandon the public option as it battles to push health care reform through were overblown. The rash of reports began after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) appeared to signal the president was open to health care cooperatives as an alternative. Gibbs said there was no intention to indicate a change in policy. He said, "If it was a signal, it was a dog whistle we started blowing weeks ago."

- Lord we bind the spirits of deception and lies that pervade this administration's actions. Lord we also ask that You use the continual confusion and "misspoken" words between leaders in the cabinet and other posts to bring truth to the American people. Father, sweep away the cloaks which cover the plans of men and let every agenda of the heart be exposed.

- "Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!" (Psalm 43:1)

2. Consulting Firm Tied to White House Given Millions for Health Care Ad Campaign - Fox News

While lobbying analysts say the move to hire a White House-connected ad agency is logical, some Republicans are questioning whether White House senior strategist David Axelrod stands to gain from the profits in the multi-million dollar deal.

- Lord, we cry out against the constant favoritism which gives at the least appearance of corruption within this administration. We call out to You for the establishment of righteousness and justice in our government.

- "Abstain from all appearance of evil." (1 Thessalonians 5:22)

3. Democrats Plan to Strong-Arm Obamacare Through Congress Without GOP Support - Newsmax

President Barack Obama is preparing behind the scenes to steamroll legislation into law using a tactic known as 'reconciliation.' That will allow Democrats to push socialized medicine through the Senate without the threat of a Republican filibuster.

- Father we ask that You cause Your people to rise up with strength and wisdom against the attempts to ram legislation through without bipartisan consensus. We pray that men and women of both parties will stand against any plan to "steamroll" any and all bills through either the Senate or the House.

- "For You are the glory of their strength, and in Your favor our horn is exalted. For our shield belongs to the Lord." (Psalm 89:17, 18a)

4. Obama Appeals to 'Religious Left' on Healthcare - NewsMax

President Barack Obama enlisted the "Religious Left" on Wednesday to help galvanise public support for his faltering drive for healthcare reform, using the language of faith as he accused some of the critics of his biggest domestic project of "bearing false witness." Obama made a brief pitch to a "call in" organized by various liberal and progressive faith groups called "40 minutes for Health Reform." It is part of a campaign launched last week to counteract a movement to stop "Obamacare" that has been driven in part by conservative Christian activists. "There has been a lot misinformation in this debate and there are some folks out there who are frankly bearing false witness," Obama said.

- Lord, Mr. Obama does not seem to realize that attempting to turn Scripture against the people of God is the real "false witness." We pray that the fear of God would fall upon Mr. Obama, that the Holy Spirit would visit Him and bring conviction to his heart.

- "And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." (John 16:8)

5. Federal Deficit to Hit $1.58 Trillion This Year - AP

The White House plans to announce the federal deficit will be about $262 billion less than officials predicted earlier this year -- in part because the administration has provided less aid than expected to Wall Street. The federal deficit this year will total $1.58 trillion, a senior White House official said late Wednesday. That's three times more red ink than last year. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the report before its release next Tuesday while President Barack Obama will be on vacation in Massachusetts.

- Lord as we hear of a deficit 3 times higher than last year, we are appalled. We pray for a reversal of this spending train and ask that You intervene to slow down the trend toward deeper deficits.

- "Arise for our help, and redeem us for Your mercies' sake." (Psalm 44:26)

6. Lockerbie Bomber Freed From Prison on Compassionate Grounds - AP

Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, letting him go home to Libya to die and rejecting American pleas to show no mercy to the man responsible for the 1988 attack that killed 270 people.

- Lord as much of the world is enraged at the Scottish decision to free a terrorist; we ask that You will use this action to change the hearts not only of this man but those in his sphere of influence. We pray for the comfort of Your Holy Spirit to the families of the victims of the original bombing. We also pray for protection against the use of this situation as jihadist propaganda or any plans to further murder by acts of terrorism such as the Lockerbie bombing.

- "When my enemies turn back, they shall fall and perish at Your Presence." (Psalm 9:3)

7. Polls Close in Afghanistan as Election Workers Begin Counting Millions of Presidential Votes - AP

Taliban threats appeared to dampen voter turnout in the militant south Thursday when Afghans chose the next president for their deeply troubled country. Insurgents launched scattered rocket, suicide and bomb attacks that closed some polling sites.

- Lord we pray for Your perfect will concerning the results of this election, and that You protect Afghanistan from political chaos or violence. We pray that a US friendly President will be chosen from this election.

- "He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings;" (Daniel 2:21a)

The Middle East in Focus

This week, for all the headlines cited below, please join us in proclaiming THIS DECREE:

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of LORD, and their righteousness is of Me, says LORD. (Isaiah 54:17)

1. Peres: Israel, PA, U.S. ready for three-way summit - Ha'aretz

President Shimon Peres told reporters during an official visit to Russia on Wednesday that he welcomed a future meeting between President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

2. Raytheon eyes new anti-missile system for Israel - Reuters

Raytheon Co (RTN.N), the world's biggest missile maker, said it was developing a new system that, if deployed, could boost Israel's defenses against Iran as soon as 2013 and beef up anti-missile bulwarks worldwide.

"We Don't Care"

Washington is buzzing today with reports that the Obama White House and congressional Democrats are prepared to "go it alone" on healthcare reform - passing a massive trillion-dollar takeover of 20% of our economy without a single Republican vote. Such a move - by disregarding the polls and public protests - would send an unmistakable message to the American people: "We don't care what you think!"

If Obama goes down this road, he would be showing his true face. The façade of "transcending partisanship," of "hope and change" would be over. And, frankly, there isn't much cover left for the Democrats at this point anyway. One House Democrat was recently caught on tape saying that he would vote against his constituents' wishes no matter what.

Skimming the morning news, I noticed that 500 people turned out at Barney Frank's (D-MA) town hall meeting. More than 1,000 turned out for Rick Boucher's (D-VA) town hall event. And nearly 3,000 showed up for a town hall hosted by Brian Baird (D-WA). But who cares about the people! Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the protestors are just a bunch of un-American neo-Nazis. Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid called them "evil mongers." The media went nuts when Reagan called the Soviet Union "evil" and when George Bush said Iran, Iraq and North Korea were part of an "axis of evil." But the media elites yawn when liberal Democrats smear taxpayers.
(Gary Bauer; End-of-Day; 8/19/09)

Barney Frank's Debacle

I must admit, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching clips from town hall meetings in which liberal members of Congress have been berated by their constituents for their support of Obamacare.

Last night's town hall involving Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) was by far my favorite.
Frank has the reputation of being a "bully" in Congress. He regularly has outbursts on the floor, where he will yell at other members, and he has been known to lose his cool while on television broadcasts. I know from personal experience having debated him several times on Meet the Press and CNN's Crossfire. Last night, while getting questioned by people about why he supports ObamaCare, Frank lost his temper and essentially mocked his constituents. Paste this link into your browser to see it for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46dbRIk5ZM

Frank is one of the most powerful members of Congress. He's the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, which plays an enormous role in regulating our nation's financial institutions. Frank's boyfriend was caught running a homosexual brothel out of his Capitol Hill condo. He's even been linked to an affair with a male executive at Fannie Mae, the quasi- governmental lending corporation, that played a big part in the financial system's collapse last year. I am appalled that this man holds such a powerful position in Congress, let alone serves as a public official at any level of government. (Gary Bauer; End-of-Day; 8/19/09)

The Daily Jot

White House Making Subtle Policy Changes To Spy On Americans

Friday, August 14, 2009

The Executive Office of the President has posted its intent to spy on American citizens who use the internet to contact government sites by exchanging "cookies" with users' computers. These "cookies" can track the users' site visits, his preferences, and his demographics. Under the guise of "enhancing citizen participation in government through basic policy changes," the White House has asked for comments on the use of cookies. On July 27th, the White House's Office of Management and Budget published the proposed changes in the Federal Register. Citizens are allowed to comment until August 10th by emailing oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.

Since 2000, the use of cookies by Federal agencies is prohibited for privacy concerns unless there was a "compelling need." The current Administration is proposing several tiers of spying on Americans using cookies, the third tier, called "persistent identifiers" is described as "Multi-session technologies for use as persistent identifiers, which track users over multiple visits with the intent of remembering data, settings, or preferences unique to that visitor for purposes beyond what is needed for web analytics." Indeed, the government has already initiated this policy at cars.gov where if you click "I agree" to the terms of trading in your clunker, the government owns all the information on your computer.

It was less than two weeks ago that the White House urged Americans to turn in other Americans to flag@whitehouse.gov if they were suspected of passing misinformation about the healthcare socialization plan through casual conversations. The White House has moved the national census directly under its control and has already sent thousands of Census "Listeners" door to door recording your home's information on hand-held GPS computers. The Department of Homeland Security in an April 7 report listed as possible terrorists those who believe in end time prophecies, and are against abortion, homosexuality, and illegal immigration.

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution is considered the right of privacy. It reads in part: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated . . ." Often the government has gotten around this right by saying it owns the domain--such as speed cameras on public highways, and now your private information over the internet. Jesus said of the end times in Matthew 24:10, "And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another and shall hate one another." Your own government is betraying you, is at war with you, and if you believe in end time prophecies, it lists you as a possible terrorist.

Bill Wilson
Word of Life Ministry
www.dailyjot.com


The Truth Will Set You Free

Newsweek Reporter Witnesses an Abortion

by Kim Trobee, editor CitizenLink; Aug. 19, 2009

Sarah Kliff has covered abortion at Newsweek for two years. So she was surprised at the discomfort she felt when faced with the prospect of watching an abortion for a story she was doing on Nebraska late-term abortionist, LeRoy Carhart.

Kliff spent four days at Carhart's Omaha clinic interviewing patients, hearing their stories and eventually viewing at least one first-trimester abortion.

"There was a discomfort I hadn't expected," she said, "my emotional reaction to watching abortions. I had (and still have) difficulty understanding my own reaction, both relieved to have watched . . . and distressed by the emotionality of the process."

It's something many in the pro-abortion camp are reticent to admit.

Kliff faced odd reactions when she returned home. "Friends who supported legal abortion bristled slightly when I told them where I'd been and what I'd watched," she said. "Acquaintances at a party looked a bit regretful to have asked about my most recent assignment."

Carrie Gordon Earll, senior bioethics analyst at Focus on the Family Action, said the inner struggle is hard to ignore.

"When you come face to face with the violence of what abortion really is," she said, "it can be a different story, as this reporter learned. Abortion kills children, and witnessing an abortion demands a response to that truth."

Kliff acknowledged that abortion is not just another medical procedure.

"Abortion involves weighty choices that, depending on how you view it," she said, "involve a life, or the potential for life."

Earll said, "The finality of abortion is almost palpable and once it's done, someone has died and you cannot reverse it. That may be what the reporter experienced."

The Good News Corner

Anchorage Mayor Vetoes Gay-Rights Measure

Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Dan Sullivan vetoed a pro- gay measure Monday that likely would have threatened religious liberties.

The ordinance had been approved by the Anchorage Assembly, 7-4. It was designed to prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, education and other areas. Pro-family groups said it would have forced Christian ministries, churches and others in the faith community to hire people who don't share their religious beliefs.

Jim Minnery, president of the Alaska Family Council, said communities across the country have been negatively affected after sexual orientation measures were implemented.

"In each of those communities, there's been documented cases of Christian adoption agencies having to shut down, because they won't adopt out to same-sex couples," he said, "and photographers who've been taken to court because they refused to celebrate and affirm lesbian couples' commitment ceremonies. And on and on it goes." (CitizenLink)

CHPP Daily Brief - August 19, 2009

In This Issue:
• The Daily Brief
• The Middle East in Focus
• The Daily Jot
• Rahm Emanuel's Power Grows
• Israelis sour on Rahm Emanuel
• NATION OF GEORGIA IN THE NEWS
• The Good News Corner

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The Daily Brief - Wednesday, August 19, 2009

". . . and the government shall be upon his shoulder . . ." (Isaiah 9:6)

The Daily Brief

1. Blue Dog Democrat: 'Excellent idea' to start over on health care reform - CNN

Acknowledging his amazement at the crowds gathered to debate health care at his town halls, Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Florida, faced three large gatherings on Monday with many questioners voicing skepticism about the proposals being debated in Washington. "Never have I had this attendance . . . that is a good thing," Boyd said as he started his third event of the day. When a questioner, Ray Evans, said he believed the President wants to do too much at once and asked whether Boyd would "be willing to scrap everything" and start over to do pursue reform more incrementally, the congressman responded: "I think that is an excellent idea . . . we may end up there."

- Praise the Lord that the voice of the American peoples are reaching our federal legislators. Pray that every Congressman and Senator will follow suit and be willing to really take a look at health care in the USA, honestly trying to deal with the problem and reading all the drafts of any bills focusing on this issue. Pray against any clandestine maneuvers such as attaching these issues to other unrelated bills. American freedoms must be preserved!

- "Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord." (Psalm 150:6)

2. AARP, Losing Members Over Health Care - Fox News

About 60,000 seniors have quit AARP since July 1 due to the group's support for health care reform, a spokesman for the organization said this week. Meanwhile, the Atlanta-based American Seniors Association (ASA), which is opposed to President Obama's health care plan, is trying to capitalize on growing public dissatisfaction with the AARP.

- The voice of the American people is strong. These are the "baby boomers" (BB) who are now becoming senior citizens, who grew up the children of those who fought for freedom in WWII. The "BB" are now angry with the "liberal" AARP. Pray that our citizens will not lessen the pressure on Congress and the White House to make both afraid to violate the wishes of the people. Of course, this may be the time in which Christians begin to earnestly pray for healing for all those who are ill, as well. Praise the Lord!

- "A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up" (Ecclesiastes 3:3)

3. White House Shuts Down "Flag" Disinformation Tip Box - The Politico

After a furor over how the data would be used, the White House has shut down an electronic tip box - flag@whitehouse.gov - that was set up to receive information on 'fishy' claims about President Barack Obama's health plan.

- Again, another reason for giving the Lord praise for hearing and answering our fervent prayers. Actually, such information smacks of illegality, for after President Nixon revealed a similar type of list being kept by the White House, Congress passed a bill forbidding lists to be kept of the "enemies" of the White House. Never fail to continue to assert pressure on the White House, so that our government will function according to the principles of honesty, truth, and justice.

- "These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace" (Zechariah 8:16)

4. Six-Month Anniversary of Signing of Stimulus Bill: Unemployment Up - CHPP

Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R- GA) issued a statement on the six-month anniversary of the signing of the President's so-called stimulus bill. Since becoming law, over 2 million Americans have lost work and only 18% of Americans say that the trillion- dollar plan has helped the economy.

- Again truth and justice are revealed. Praise the Lord that He demands truth in all His ways and from all His people. As Aaron and Hur held up the arms of Moses to continue winning the battle of the Israelites, so must we intercessors hold up the spiritual arms of our legislators who battle against deception in the halls of Congress. Remind your federal legislators that they work for the people.

- "But Moses' hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun." ( Exodus 17:12)

5. Law Requiring Ultrasounds for Abortions Is Struck Down - Washington Post

An Oklahoma judge decided Tuesday that doctors do not need to perform ultrasounds and offer women detailed information about the tests before performing abortions, striking down the strictest such law in the country.

- Pray for the soul of this judge, so that the judge be delivered from this deceiving spirit. Perhaps he thinks he has been given the right to judge who should live and who should die. The law, at least, allowed the mother to see her baby in the womb, giving every woman pause before she decided to take the life of her unborn child.

- "He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?" (Isaiah 44:20)

6. Obama administration moves to strike down Defense of Marriage Act - OneNewsNow

A pro-family leader says the Obama administration is playing dishonest "Chicago-style politics" by defending the Defense of Marriage Act while undermining the law in a court filing.

- Pray that this ploy be defeated.

- "Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man." (Job 33:12)

7. Obama: Encouraged on Mideast peace - AP

President Barack Obama won lavish praise from his Egyptian counterpart, President Mubarak, on Tuesday and spoke of an "extraordinary opportunity" for making peace in the Middle East, saying he was encouraged by U.S. efforts to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

- Where is this encouragement coming from that our president is hearing? Certainly not from the Christians in America nor the ones in Egypt. Pray against our president's accepting any promises from Moslem countries and from the Fatah and Hamas, both of whom will work for the destruction of Israel.

- "Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who hold the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there," says the Lord." (Jeremiah 49:16)

The Middle East in Focus

This week, for all the headlines cited below, please join us in proclaiming THIS DECREE:

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of LORD, and their righteousness is of Me, says LORD. (Isaiah 54:17)

1. Mubarak's plan: 2-year peace process - Ynet News

Egypt is expected to ask the US limit the Israeli- Palestinian peace process to two years, Palestinian sources told Ynet Tuesday night shortly after President Hosni Mubarak met his American counterpart Barack Obama at the White House.

2. Israel aghast at Swedish report on IDF - Jerusalem Post

The Foreign Ministry responded furiously on Tuesday to a story in Sweden's largest circulation daily, Aftonbladet, that accused IDF soldiers of abducting Palestinians to steal their organs, saying this was a grotesque throwback to the blood libels of the Middle Ages.

3. Huckabee: 2-state solution 'unrealistic' - Jerusalem Post

Palestinians have a right to a homeland, but not within the boundaries of Israel, former governor of Arkansas and 2008 GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee suggested at a meeting with reporters in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning.

4. Egypt: U.S. to release Mideast peace-talk plans in Sept. - Washington Times

President Obama told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday that the U.S. government is planning to release a comprehensive blueprint for Middle East peace talks next month, the Egyptian government said after a meeting at the White House.

The Daily Jot

White House Reversing Again On Socialized Medicine - Seeking "Left of the Left" Advice

Within 48 hours after the White House floated a very public trial balloon that it was giving up on the so-called "public option" portion of the socialist healthcare reform, there has been yet another reversal. The New York Times is reporting that the man who occupies the Oval Office still wants the public option in the final bill. Administration officials, according to the Times, are upset that the public option had any impact on the outcome of whether socialized medicine would become law. A "White House advisor" quoted by the Times on the condition of anonymity said, "I don't understand how that has become the measure of whether what we achieve is healthcare reform."

Indeed, the White House is regrouping to find another way to impose socialism on all Americans through government control of healthcare--in short, the battle is not over just because the White House said it was surrendering. Obama will be meeting with thousands of loyal supporters tomorrow (by conference call and online) in a nationwide strategy call to try to regain momentum on socialized medicine. Part of the problem is that Obama's base support is, as the White House advisor in the Times story put it, "left of the left." Now in uncoded terms, this means the socialists and the Marxists who have wanted to turn America into a communist nation for over a generation.

The "left of the left" believes that leaving out the "public option" of healthcare guts the entire idea. In a way, it does--for any true Marxist, that is. It would mean that the government actually would not be taking control of the entire healthcare industry. It would mean that laws and regulations, which are easier to change if someone new is elected to office, would be the only firewall between a socialist government and the will of the people. It would mean that the government would have less control because a bureaucracy would still be lacking to take complete ownership of everybody's healthcare options. It would mean a great opportunity, created by a great media campaign of a perceived crisis, would be lost.

The White House and Congress did not expect the heavy backlash from Americans over socializing their nation. The more their plan was exposed, the more the citizens stood against it. Socialized healthcare, global warming, and gun control will be the issues these Marxists will use to complete their humanist coup against the American Republic. Jesus said in Luke 12:3, "Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light, and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops." The more we proclaim the evil intent of these usurpers, the more their plans made in the dark will be exposed to the light.

Bill Wilson
Word of Life Ministry
www.dailyjot.com


Rahm Emanuel's Power Grows

Emanuel's Power Grows in Obama White House

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is emerging not only as the most powerful presidential aide in the Obama administration, but one of the influential Oval Office power brokers in a generation, according to The New York Times.

The Times reported Sunday that Emanuel's power is now so sweeping that he recently vetoed the hiring of Sidney Blumenthal by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Blumenthal had generated too much bad blood in the Obama ranks during the campaign, Emanuel bluntly told her, and could not join the administration.

The son of former Israeli freedom fighters, Emanuel is the principal author of Mr. Obama's do-everything-at- once strategy. His success may very much ride on how well and how quickly the administration stabilizes the economy and financial markets, overhauls the healthcare system and winds down one war while successfully prosecuting another.

Emanuel now must shepherd healthcare legislation into law for the White House, a task that is growing harder by the day.

"He's about to be tested; he's spinning a lot of plates over there and he breaks a lot of china," said Joel Johnson, a close friend and fellow veteran official of the Clinton White House told the Times. "They've had some good success early on, but they've got a number of major pieces of the agenda in the queue, and it's going to be really difficult."

The caricature of Mr. Emanuel as a profanity-spewing operative has given way to a more nuanced view: as a profanity-spewing operative with a keen understanding of how to employ power on behalf of a new president with relatively little experience in Washington, the Times reported.

"He can juggle 20 or 25 things in one day, in part by delegating and in part by picking only the things that matter," said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican congressman recruited by Mr. Emanuel to serve in the cabinet, told the Times.

Where Mr. Obama is known for cool detachment, Mr. Emanuel presses until the breaking point, then presses some more. "The president has a zenlike quality," said Mr. Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod. "Rahm is a pile driver." (New York Times; Newsmax)

- Only God can change a heart; and only He can show mercy where man would throw stones. Take the story of Aaron, the High Priest, for example:

While Moses ascended Mt. Moriah, to receive the law of God, Aaron was left leading the people . . . into idolatry as they worshipped the golden calf.

In the end, did God destroy Aaron? No, not only did he allow him to live, as Aaron repented of his sin ... in the end, Moses appointed Aaron the High Priest, overseeing the Tabernacle for the presence of the Lord!

May we, as the saints of the Most High God, allow Christ to rule our hearts, showing mercy to those who need mercy, and praying for all to come to repentance unto salvation. Selah . . .

- "Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." (I Timothy 2:1-4)

Israelis sour on Rahm Emanuel

As the Obama administration presses Israel to cease settlement expansion as part of a renewed push for a Middle East peace deal-a course of action that many Israelis have interpreted as evidence of the president's favoritism towards Palestinians-Israelis have increasingly focused their disappointment not on Obama, but rather on his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.

An observant Jew with deep ties to Israel, Emanuel is viewed as something of a native son, his rise through the ranks of American politics celebrated by Israelis who reveled in details such as his childhood summers spent in Israel and his volunteer stint during the first Gulf War in an Israeli military program for civilians. When Emanuel was tapped to be Obama's chief of staff, a headline in the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz kvelled "Obama's first pick: Israeli Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff," while the Jewish news service JTA went with "Rahm Emanuel: attack dog, policy wonk, committed Jew."

But in a dramatic emotional shift, Israelis have become increasingly disenchanted with Emanuel, and the disappointment is especially intense on the Israeli right, which supports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his opposition to Obama's call for ceasing settlement activity. Israelis across the political spectrum were skeptical of Obama's commitment to the Jewish homeland during the presidential campaign but many viewed Emanuel as a guarantor of their interests, the best hope for continuing the U.S. government's favorable treatment of the Jewish state.

Today, however, widespread unhappiness with their treatment at the hands of the Obama administration has led to feelings of betrayal-and Emanuel is bearing the brunt of it. (Politico)

- The name "Emmanuel" means "God with us." Would "Emanuel" - with only one letter "n" - have the same meaning? Pray that the Holy Spirit pierces the heart of Rahm Emanuel, overwhelming him with the love of our Savior. As he comes to know Yeshua as Savior and Lord, good things will follow for the nation of Israel. Pray!

- "Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?" (Romans 2:4)


NATION OF GEORGIA IN THE NEWS

WEST GIVES RUSSIA A SEPTEMBER DEADLINE

by Joel Rosenberg

Russian President warns Israel not to attack Iran, but might Russia attack Georgia? Last month, the Obama administration and the leaders of the G8 industrialized nations gave Iran a deadline of September to accept serious, high-level negotiations over its nuclear program or risk stiffer economic sanctions. Thus far, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his senior aides have rejected any negotiations with the "infidels."

In separate but related developments, I'm hearing concerns coming from evangelical Christian leaders in Georgia - now voiced by a Washington military analyst in a newspaper column - that Russia may be preparing for another attack against the small, democratic republic. Last week, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited Abkhazia, a breakaway section of Georgia, and announced that Moscow would build a $500 million military base there. Today, Georgia officially quit the Commonwealth of Independent States, an organization of former Soviet republics. Recent reports from the region indicate Russia and Ukraine are negotiating a ban on arms to Georgia.
It was just a year ago in August that tensions between Russia and Georgia erupted into armed conflict. As noted last year, one of the interesting elements about this particular conflict from the perspective of Bible prophecy - notably Ezekiel 38-39 and the "War of Gog and Magog" - is that for Russia to send ground forces south to surround Israel, Russian commanders would need to move through Georgia and the Caucasus and eventually through Turkey, Syria and Lebanon to reach the northern borders of the Jewish State.

- This is a situation worth keeping an eye on. Pray for peace for the people of Georgia, and the people of Israel. Whether or not this sword rattling on the part of Russia is fulfillment of Ezekiel 38-39, time will reveal. But we must pray for the citizens of Georgia, that they be protected and safe in the Days ahead, and that each one find Jesus Christ as his own Savior and Lord. Amen.

- "For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense, But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it." (Ecclesiastes7:12)

The Good News Corner

3-Year-Old Girl Prays the Lord's Prayer

"And a little child shall lead them . . ." Go here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujrJKeprpVo&feature=player_embedded

CHPP Daily Brief - August 18, 2009

In This Issue:
The Daily Brief
The Middle East in Focus
Abortion in the Healtch Care Plan
Political Suicide?
The Daily Jot
The Good News Corner


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The Daily Brief - Tuesday, August 18. 2009

". . . and the government shall be upon his shoulder . . ." (Isaiah 9:6)

The Daily Brief

1. Chances Dim for a Public Plan - Wall Street Journal

The Obama administration gave its strongest signal yet that it would be willing to compromise on plans to expand the government's direct role in health-insurance coverage as it fights a growing crescendo of opposition to its effort to overhaul health care.

· Lord, we thank you that there has been a slowdown in implementing this healthcare bill. Give us wisdom to know what bills to pass, and block any bills that are not beneficial to everyone in our nation.

· However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. (John 16:13)

2. Swine Flu Vaccine Linked to Killer Nerve Disease - London Telegraph

A warning that the new swine flu jab is linked to a deadly nerve disease has been sent by the Government to senior neurologists in a confidential letter. It tells the neurologists that they must be alert for an increase in a brain disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), which could be triggered by the vaccine. GBS attacks the lining of the nerves, causing paralysis and inability to breathe, and can be fatal.

· Heavenly Father, we pray that You will protect everyone who is vulnerable to a bad reaction to this disease and vaccine. We pray this destructive disease will be stopped, in the mighty name of Jesus, and not allowed to go forward.

· Happy is the man who finds Wisdom, and the man who gains understanding; for her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold. (Proverbs 3:13, 14)

3. Three storms jump-start Atlantic hurricane season - USA Today

An Atlantic hurricane season that had been very quiet during its first 2 months sprang to life over the weekend as three named storms quickly formed.

· Lord, as we begin the season with storms that could possibly turn into hurricanes, we remember that we have been given authority to speak to the storms and calm them.

· Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. (Mark 4:39)

4. Florida Principal, Athletic Director Could Go to Jail for Prayer Before Lunch at School - Fox News

A principal and an athletic director in Florida could be charged with crimes and spend six months in jail after they prayed before a meal at a school event, the Washington Times reported.

· Heavenly Father, we pray for these actions by people who want to remove all signs of Christianity in our nation, to be thwarted and forever stopped. We pray that our nation will be a godly, righteous nation.

· He guards the paths of justice, and preserves the way of His saints. Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. (Proverbs 2:8, 9)

5. Nearly 40 Years After 'War on Cancer' Declared, U.S. Medical Community May Be Gaining Upper Hand - Fox News

The government now spends almost $5 billion a year to battle cancer and it appears that 38 years after the war was declared, the U.S. medical community is finally gaining the upper hand on some of the most common types of cancer.

· Father God, good gifts are from You, and it is Your will that we be in good health. We pray that new methods of securing solutions for healing these diseases will be studied and developed. We pray for success in these areas.

· Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. (Luke 9:1)

6. North Korea put on "Special Alert" Over Military Drills - AP

The North, however, said separately it was putting its army on "special alert" because of South Korea's joint military drills with the United States this week, a sign that hostility and distrust between the rival countries remain high.

· Father God, we pray for the leadership of North Korea to have a spirit of sleep and inattention, so that they will not take actions to stir up strife in the world.

· The stouthearted were plundered; they have sunk into their sleep; and none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands. (Psalms 76:5)

The Middle East in Focus

This week, for all the headlines cited below, please join us in proclaiming THIS DECREE:

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of LORD, and their righteousness is of Me, says LORD. (Isaiah 54:17)

1. Report: Obama, Mubarak to discuss compensation for refugees - Ynet News

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his American counterpart, Barack Obama, are expected during their White House meeting Tuesday to discuss "an initiative of leaders" for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East, in which the Palestinians will waive the right of return in exchange for compensation, the London-based Arabic-language al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper reported Tuesday.

2. Israel agrees to freeze settlement construction as gesture to US - Ynet News

In a subtle overture to the US, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Housing Minister Ariel Atias agreed upon a de facto moratorium on new building in the settlements.

3. Mubarak to US Jews: Attack on Iran risky - Ynet News

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday warned against an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

4. Huckabee: U.S. shouldn't tell Jews where in Israel to live - Ha'aretz

Republican Mike Huckabee, who sought his party's presidential nomination last year but lost to John McCain, said Monday that the U.S. has taken too harsh a stance against Israel on the issue of settlements.

Abortion in the Healtch Care Plan

'Abortion Will Be Covered... And It Should Be.'

For those of you keeping track, the number of proofs that abortion is included in the health care overhaul officially hit seven last week at a townhall meeting in San Jose, California. House Democrat Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) did a fine job of making FRC's case after a member of the audience specifically asked about the abortion mandate. The text of the exchange follows.

QUESTION: "[This is a ] health care plan that is covering abortion, which we know that over 90% of abortions are purely elective, not medically necessary. Why is this being covered when abortion is clearly not health care?" (Applause).

REP. LOFGREN: "[This is a] basic benefit plan developed by, um, health professionals . . . Abortion will be covered as a benefit by one or more of the health care plans available to Americans, and I think it should be."

It doesn't get any clearer than that. . . (Family Research Council; Washington Update; excerpt)

Political Suicide?

As FRC Action officially launches its half-million dollar campaign today, new evidence has surfaced about the existence of rationing in the health care bills. A group called "Compassion & Choices" has publicly admitted to writing the controversial portions of the legislation that deal with rationing. On the organization's website, a spokesman confirms Compassion's involvement, writing, "Compassion & Choices has worked tirelessly with supportive members of Congress to include in proposed reform legislation a provision requiring Medicare to cover patient consultation with their doctors about end-of-life choice (section 1233 of House Bill 3200)."

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the group, Compassion & Choices is an offshoot of a 1980s organization called the Hemlock Society, America's leading advocate for assisted suicide. It looks like FRC Action will have to make room for more on its paper, "10 Reasons Rationing Is In The Health Care Overhaul." In the meantime, if you haven't seen our television ads, airing now in Alaska, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Arkansas, please visit the FRC Action website. Please consider partnering with us on these commercials by donating to the effort to keep them--and our radio ads--on the air.

For more information, visit www.frcaction.org/takeover

The Daily Jot

Spiritual Battle Between Humanists and Christians To Determine Soul of America

The White House led socialist coup in America is meeting resistance and now the man who occupies the Oval Office is angrily blaming conservative cable television shows for aggravating Americans over socialist healthcare. He told reporters during a weekend tour of western states that his staged town hall meeting in New Hampshire reflected America's opinion more accurately than what is being reported from Congressional town hall meetings across the country. It has been documented that the New Hampshire event was stacked with his campaign supporters and there was not one person who spoke in opposition to the socialist healthcare plan, unlike anywhere else reported in the country.

In addition, ABC News, the same network that broadcast from the White House a prime time news program about the benefits of socialized medicine without allowing any opposing viewpoint, has carried a story painting protesters as racist hate mongers. The story used as examples three people in various parts of the country arrested during town hall meetings who were carrying threatening signs or had aggressive incidents with the police. ABC admitted that these people had previous mental problems, but quoted leftist groups saying these mentally ill people represent a trend against the White House.

ABC also quoted former FBI agent and ABC News consultant Brad Garrett, who blamed talk show host Rush Limbaugh for "legitimizing people who are on the edge to go do something or say something." The White House is using sympathetic news media to propagandize those who are protesting the socialist coup in America as racists. In a similar vein, the White House released the April 7th Department of Homeland Security Report during the week of nationally held TEA Parties, protesting overreaching government. The report painted as radicals and possible domestic terrorists those who believe in end time prophecy, and are against abortion, homosexuality and illegal immigration.

Americans are in a spiritual battle over the very collective soul of the nation. Socialism and Communism are based on humanism--the belief that man is his own god through is own goodness. The socialists are demonizing those who believe in God and His Holy word. These humanists are judging Christians as racists and hate mongers because of their love for Christ. This is a classic struggle between evil and good. Romans 14:16 says, "Let not then your good be evil spoken of." And Romans 10:17 says, "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." It is time to speak the true word of God to all who will hear. As Ephesians says, speak boldly as you ought to speak.

Bill Wilson
Word of Life Ministry
www.dailyjot.com

The Good News Corner

Declaration of Human Rights Cites 'Natural Family'

Delegates from more than 60 nations affirmed Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that asserts "the family is a natural and fundamental group unit of society, and is entitled to protection by the State."

The World Congress of Families (WCF) met in Amsterdam last week. Significantly, it defined "natural family" as "the lifelong marriage of a man to a woman, for the purposes of welcoming and nurturing new human life, providing love, companionship and mutual support, building a home rich in functions, and strengthening the bonds of the generations."

In the "Amsterdam Declaration," the delegates also agreed to discourage divorce, to protect the right of parents to guide their children's moral and practical education, and to guard human life at "the beginning and end of the life cycle."

John Howard, the secretariat of WCF, spoke at the event about the importance of the natural family. "We understand the biological and social sciences to teach that children predictably do best when raised by their natural parents in a married couple home," he told the attendees.

Tom Minnery, Focus on the Family's senior vice president of government and public policy, attended the Congress. He said researchers are simply picking up on biblical truth as it plays out in the real world. "What we believe in the Bible is proven by report after report, study after study from social scientists," he explained. Minnery said he observed a growing worldwide movement of family advocates.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Visit the World Congress of Families Web site. Go here.

http://www.worldcongress.org/

(CitizenLink; 8/17/09)

CHPP Daily Brief - August 14, 2009

In This Issue:
• The Daily Brief
• The Middle East in Focus
• If You Can't Beat 'Em, Buy 'Em!
• Obama v. America's Surgeons
• About Those Protests
• U.S. Searching For 'Plan B' On Iran
• "Peace Talks" Stalled
• Update: Terrorism Trials
• The Good News Corner

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The Daily Brief - Friday, August 14, 2009

"I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth." (Job 19:24)

The Daily Brief

1. E-Mails From Public Overload House Web Site - ABC

House Web site overloaded as e-mails on health care flood lawmakers.

- Lord, give wisdom to lawmakers as they consider how they will act on healthcare. We thank You that we live in a nation where the populace is able to respond to the government.

- "Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear." (Ephesians 4:29)

2. White House Reviews Names of Recipients of Unsolicited E-Mail on Health Care - Fox News

After a testy exchange between FOX News and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs over an e-mail list, the White House says it will review names of recipients who received unsolicited information to determine how they ended up on a distribution list sent out by the East Wing.

- We pray that the administration is aware of threats to privacy and that they will act to protect the citizens from any unwelcome contacts. May those who are challenging government programs feel safe to continue with their dissent.

- "And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence." (Acts 4:29)

3. FDIC chief says parts of regulatory plan won't fly - AP

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair is pushing back against key elements of the Obama administration's financial overhaul plan, saying they wouldn't survive in Congress and calling her own alternatives more viable. In an interview with The Associated Press, Bair said Congress won't approve two major parts of the package: Expanding the Federal Reserve's authority to regulate the largest financial companies and giving a proposed new consumer protection agency examination and enforcement powers over banks. Such authority now belongs to her agency and other bank regulators. "There's a lot of resistance from a lot of different quarters to a lot of the things the administration has submitted," Bair told the AP Thursday. "That is a reality the administration needs to deal with."

- We praise You that there are members of the administration that will serve as checks on any power grabs. Thank You for those in power who were placed there by You to guard the people.

- "May the LORD reward your work, and your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge." (Ruth 2:12)

4. Gates: Rebuilding Afghanistan Will Take Decades - Fox News

Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested Thursday that there will be a U.S. presence in Afghanistan for many years to come to rebuild the country.

- Lord, help the US to be faithful to continue work throughout the world where people are being oppressed. We pray for the safety of all our soldiers and for strength for their families while they are away serving.

- "But Jesus said to him, 'No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.'" (Luke 9:62)

5. 'Anti-Israel' adviser top pick for ambassador to Syria? Long considered one of Jewish state's greatest foes in Washington - World Net Daily

Daniel Kurtzer, Obama's Mideast adviser, is the lead candidate to serve as U.S. ambassador to Syria, a senior Egyptian security official told WND. Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, long has been seen in Jerusalem as one of the Jewish state's greatest foes in Washington. He has been identified by Jewish and Israeli leaders, including prime ministers speaking on the record, as biased against Israel and is notorious for urging extreme concessions from the Jewish state. In a surprise move, the White House in June announced it decided to send a U.S. ambassador back to Syria, a dramatic sign of reconciliation between the two countries. The U.S. withdrew the American ambassador to Syria in 2005 after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Syria was widely blamed in the murder.

- May the administration have wisdom in choosing diplomats and may any who are against Israel be blocked from being appointed.

- "Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away from Him." (Isaiah 1:4)

6. U.S. senators discuss military equipment for Libya - USA Today

A delegation of U.S. senators led by John McCain met with Libya's leader Friday to discuss the possible delivery of non-lethal defense equipment. The visit and Washington's offer of military equipment was another sign of the improving ties between the former longtime adversaries. "We discussed the possibility of moving ahead with the provision of non-lethal defense equipment to the government of Libya," McCain said at a news conference. He gave no details on the kind of military equipment Washington is offering. A halting, five-year rapprochement between the two countries began in 2003 when Moammar Gadhafi renounced terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Earlier this year, Washington posted an ambassador to Libya for the first time in 36 years.

- May we remember the lessons of the past and any evil intent be revealed.

- "I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked." (Psalm 26:5)

7. Canada tracking Russian subs off East Coast - Canadian Press

The air force has sent a surveillance plane to keep tabs on two Russian attack submarines cruising off the East Coast in a patrol that harkens back to the Cold War.

- Lord, if there is any threat in this report we pray for Your protection and for all plots to be exposed.

- "But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one." (2 Thessalonians 3:3)

The Middle East in Focus

This week, for all the headlines cited below, please join us in proclaiming THIS DECREE:

And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, the LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. (Malachi 1:5)

1. 'Hamas ready for Obama's ME peace plan' - Jerusalem Post

Hamas is prepared to deal "positively" with US President Barack Obama's Middle East peace plan, a top political aide to Ismail Haniyeh, the organization's prime minister, said Thursday.

2. Israel's unexpected gas bonanza gets bigger - World Tribune

Israel has reported an expanded offshore natural gas reserve. A prime contractor in a consortium to search and develop gas reserves reported that Israel's Tamar well contained 16 percent more energy than in previous estimates.

3. Israel Investigating Report Soldier Kidnapped - AP

Police set up dozens of roadblocks across central Israel on Thursday as the military said it was investigating a report that one of its soldiers may have been kidnapped. The alert was sounded after a female soldier reported seeing another soldier being forced into a car outside an army base, the army said. However, it said no further evidence of an abduction has been found. Later, a little known Palestinian group calling itself Al Quds Army claimed responsibility for kidnapping a soldier in an e-mail sent to the Palestinian news agency, Maan. In the e-mail, they promised to release details of the soldier later, said Maan. The army did not say where the alleged incident took place. However, police set up dozens of checkpoints on all roads leading to the West Bank and stopped and searched cars, causing long traffic jams across central Israel.

4. Abbas: No peace talks until Israel freezes settlement construction - Jerusalem Post

Peace talks will not resume until Israel completely freezes construction in settlements, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated on Thursday.

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Buy 'Em!

Proving that the President "can buy me love," the blog of the Los Angeles Times has uncovered a web ad that shows how desperate the Left is for support. The Fund for the Public Interest is actually offering to pay "volunteers" to support the President's takeover. "Work to pass Obama's health care plan and get paid to do it! $10-15 hr!" The ad promises anywhere from $400-$600 a week to people who agree to rally on the administration's behalf, presumably at townhall meetings. Maybe the slogan should be "Work for change--and make some too!" Not everyone has pure motives, but it's somewhat ironic that the Left blames conservatives for "manufacturing" anger when their groups are hiring it! (Family Research Council)

Obama v. America's Surgeons

When President Obama first waded into the public debate over healthcare reform, he insulted pediatricians by suggesting that they were ripping out children's tonsils for extra cash. In New Hampshire this week, he suggested that some doctors are cutting off feet, rather than encouraging diabetes patients to lose weight. Both the AMA and the American College of Surgeons shot back. Here's an excerpt of the ACOS statement:

"The American College of Surgeons is deeply disturbed over the uninformed public comments Obama continues to make about the high-quality care provided by surgeons in the United States. When this man makes statements that are incorrect or not based in fact, we think he does a disservice to the American people . . Obama's remarks are truly alarming and run the risk of damaging the all-important trust between surgeons and their patients. . . we would urge him to have his facts correct before making another inflammatory and incorrect statement about surgeons and surgical care."

About Those Protests

Two polls released this week measured the public's reaction to the healthcare town hall protests, which Big Media and liberal Democrats have condemned as "un-American" and "manufactured anger." According to a Gallup poll, 69% of Americans are closely following the news about the town hall events. How do they feel about the protests? Fifty-seven percent say concerns about the bill are a major reason why the protests are taking place. Independent voters, by a two-to-one margin, are "more sympathetic to the protestors' views." Even 17% of self-identified Democrats say they are "more sympathetic to the protestors' views."

A Fox News poll found similar results. Fifty-two percent of registered voters say the outrage is real; only 29% agree with White House Press Secretary Roberts Gibbs, who called it "manufactured anger." Speaking of the White House, 57% disapprove of the White House request to report "fishy" emails. And when asked how they feel about the government getting more involved in healthcare, only 19% said they felt "reassured," while 17% said it made them "angry" and 31% said they were "frightened" by the idea. And a whopping 92% of voters polled said that they expect members of Congress to read legislation they vote on!

My friends, we are winning this battle! Obama's trillion-dollar socialized healthcare scheme has "reassured" only 19% of voters, while just 29% agree with the Obama/Pelosi Bizarro World view that the outrage is "manufactured Astroturf." We learned yesterday that the volume of e-mail pouring into Capitol Hill is crashing the servers. And it was also reported yesterday that a key Senate committee is going to "pull the plug" on the controversial sections of the bill dealing with end-of-life issues.

Keep fighting. Keep calling. Continue e-mailing. And most of all, show up at the town hall meetings. Don't be intimidated! This is your country - fight for it! (Gary Bauer; End-of-Day; 8/14/09)

U.S. Searching For 'Plan B' On Iran

The Obama administration, frustrated by Iran's non-response to its diplomatic overtures, is considering policy shifts to ratchet up U.S. pressure on the Tehran regime - while still leaving the door open a crack for negotiations. Officials here believe that keeping a diplomatic option on the table is necessary to build support among key European allies who are increasingly worried about the Iranian threat, but also committed to a broad, multilateral approach to the problem that includes carrots as well as sticks. "Multiple clocks are ticking," said David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee. Upcoming deadlines include the late September meetings of the G20 and G8 countries, when European leaders want to see tangible progress on the Iran front, and the Obama administration's end-of-the-year target for diplomatic movement. But well before those deadlines "the administration is realizing that its initial overtures have been rejected, and that they now have to start shifting to Plan B," Harris said. (The Jewish Week) Read more.

"Peace Talks" Stalled

US delegates blame Palestinians for no peace talks

The head of a delegation of US Democratic members of Congress blamed the Palestinians on Thursday for failing to hold talks with Israel, calling it the "largest thing" impeding the peace process. "I think the largest thing impeding the negotiations at this point is simply the unwillingness of (Palestinian president Mahmud) Abbas to sit down (with the Israelis)," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters in Jerusalem. Abbas has refused to meet with Israel's new right-leaning government until the Jewish state ceases all settlement construction in the occupied West Bank in line with repeated demands from the White House. Hoyer however said the issue of settlements should be addressed through direct negotiations and said if he had met Abbas during his delegation's week-long visit to the region, he would have asked him to drop "preconditions." (AFP)

Update: Terrorism Trials

Terrorism Trials May Be at New Virginia Court

A new, high-security courthouse in Newport News, Va., could be the site of terrorism trials for some Guantanamo Bay inmates, including the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, if the Obama administration sends cases into the federal courts, law enforcement sources said. Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia are competing with the Manhattan U.S. attorney for the opportunity to prosecute high-profile cases, including those of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his co-conspirators, the sources said. Such cases have traditionally been brought in New York or at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, where Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and other terrorism defendants were convicted. (The Washington Post)

The Good News Corner

"I Will Rise"
Our hope rests in the LORD . . .
Please enjoy this inspirational song,
as you seek His face this weekend.
Shalom . . .

CHPP Daily Brief - August 13, 2009

In This Issue:
The Daily Brief
The Middle East in Focus
Is There a Spin Doctor in the House?
Liberals Literally Buying Support
The Daily Jot
AWAKENING AMERICA ALLIANCE
Another Look at "Repentance"
The Good News Corner

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The Daily Brief - Thursday, August 13, 2009

"I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand
on the earth." (Job 19:24)

The Daily Brief

1. Obama's Poll Numbers Continue Plunge, Driven by Health Debate - Newsmax

President Barack Obama's poll numbers are continuing to plunge at an alarming rate, falling from 65 percent after he took office to just 47 percent seven months later. Most troubling for the Democrats, though, is that 65 percent of independent voters now disapprove of Obama's performance.

* Father, we ask that these falling poll numbers will be a "wake-up call" to Mr. Obama; that You will use them to cause him to fall to his knees and seek Your face.

* "What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you put your glory?" (Isaiah 10:3)

2. a) Canada's Health System Informs U.S. Health Care Debate - Fox News

When it comes to the health reform debate, Canada's single payer system is often held up as an example of success by supporters and a warning of the pitfalls by opponents.

b) U.K. Hits Back at U.S. Health Reform 'Untruths' - AP

Britain's health care service says it is sick of what it calls lies from critics of President Obama's health care overhaul. Pilloried by right-wing opponents of Obama's health plan, Britain's National Health Service, known here as the NHS, is fighting back.

* Father, as this debate rages on, we pray that truth would triumph over rhetoric. As horror stories are told for both sides of this debate, we ask that Your wisdom come to our legislators so that the best interests for the healthcare of Americans would result.

* "O send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me;" (Psalm 43:3)

3. a) Federal deficit higher in July, $1.27T this year - AP

The federal deficit climbed higher into record territory in July, hitting $1.27 trillion with two months remaining in the budget year.

b) Fed says economy is leveling out - Reuters

The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, the U.S. economy was showing signs of leveling out two years after the onset of the deepest financial crisis in decades and it moved to phase out one emergency measure.

* Lord, as these two headlines seem contradictory, we again pray for Your mercy over America's faltering economy. A huge deficit that continues to grow cannot lead to a "level" economy for long, so we pray that You will intervene to restore wisdom to Congress.

* "You pushed me that I might fall, but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation." (Psalm 118:13,14)

4. U.S. Vows to Embrace U.N. - Reuters

The Obama administration will work with the United Nations to fight terrorism and other major world challenges, U.S. envoy Susan Rice said on Wednesday, marking a clear shift from the Bush administration's disregard for the world body.

Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said in a speech at New York University, Washington must lead by example, acknowledge its mistakes, change its policies and strategies when necessary and treat others with respect.

* Father, in the process of "treating other nations with respect", we ask for protection from actions that compromise our Constitution, or our sovereignty and security (or that of our allies).

* "Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to make my steps stumble." (Psalm 140:4)

5. Iran Calls for Ban on Striking Nuclear Facilities - Fox News

Iran, whose nuclear facilities are under threat of possible Israeli military strikes, has proposed that a 150-nation conference convening in the fall ban such attacks.

* Lord, we pray that this proposition by Iran will be struck down quickly, that the plan to tie the hands of Israel would be quashed.

* "The Lord also will roar from Zion, and utter His Voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and earth will shake; But the Lord will be a shelter for His people, and the strength of the children of Israel." (Joel 4:16)

The Middle East in Focus

This week, for all the headlines cited below, please join us in proclaiming THIS DECREE:

And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, the LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. (Malachi 1:5)

1. US on the UN: Treatment of Israel unfair - Ynet News

US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice sharply criticized the international organization, accusing the General Assembly of unfair treatment of Israel.

2. Israel: We 'won't make Jordan Palestine' - Jerusalem Post

A delegation of security officials secretly traveled to Jordan last week in an attempt to assuage concerns that Israel plans to transfer Palestinians from the West Bank to the Hashemite Kingdom, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

3. Israeli paper says strike on Iran could delay bomb - Reuters

A major Israeli newspaper ran a front-page story on Wednesday quoting an unidentified "senior defence official" as saying Israel believed a military strike could disrupt what it says is an Iranian nuclear arms programme.

Is There a Spin Doctor in the House?

Pretty soon there won't be enough PR teams in all of Washington to clean up the mess that House leaders are making with health care reform. Damage control was the agenda du jour yesterday after three Hill Democrats became publicly unglued over the opposition to their plan. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) imploded first, publishing an op-ed in USA Today that called anyone who disagreed with them "un-American."

As if that weren't enough, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the longest serving member of the House, compared townhall critics to the Klu Klux Klan. Apparently voters who want to keep costs down and retain their current plans are somehow racists. It's a desperate attack by a desperate majority. Unless the messaging changes, this legislation is on the path to complete and utter self-destruction.

While President Obama seems to be distancing himself from the comments of his "leftenants," he seems to be plotting his own retaliation for critics. Last week, a White House blog asked people to tattle on neighbors who oppose his plans. "Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet . . . Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help . . . [in reporting anything] fishy."

If there's anything "fishy," it's the White House asking people to police their neighbors' political views. Is the White House planning to use this database of dissenters to intimidate their critics? The freedom of speech may be a pesky annoyance, but welcome to representative democracy and the reality of opposing views, Mr. President!

Liberals Literally Buying Support

One of the more frustrating refrains used by liberals looking to denigrate the popular outrage against ObamaCare is to dismiss the protests as "Astroturf" or the "Brooks Brothers Brigade." Both suggest that opposition to socialized healthcare has been artificial or bought and paid for, that it's not a genuine grassroots uprising, but "manufactured anger," as the White House press secretary recently put it. Everybody knows that the Left has a lock on popular opinion, right? After all, Obama won the election, so you angry mobsters just need to sit down and stop talking!

The charge is patently false. In fact, the exact opposite is true. The Left has a history of using "rent-a-mobs" like ACORN's "muscle for money" program. Now there is more proof that liberals are literally having to buy support for ObamaCare. Sunday, the RedState blog posted links to Craig's List ads looking to hire activists to promote ObamaCare for $11-16 per hour. Meanwhile, Rich Lowry of the National Review writes that the drug industry has cut a deal with the Obama White House and will spend $150 million this summer on ads promoting ObamaCare. And we know the labor unions are spending millions on ads and turning out their supporters too.

With Big Labor and Big Business in bed with Big Government, it's amazing this bill has been slowed down at all. But who is looking out for average Americans? You are! You are not being fooled by the double-talk and slick rhetoric. You know Big Government's track record of wasteful spending and inefficient bureaucracy. And you don't want it getting in the way of the healthcare you and your family need. (Gary Bauer; End-of-Day; Aug. 12, 2009)

The Daily Jot

Federal Government At War With US Citizens;
Goal To Institute Socialism Without Firing A Shot

The White House may be directing a deceptive war against Americans by deploying the ancient strategies set forth in a book often read by political strategists. Sun Tzu, the legendary Chinese military genius wrote "The Art of War" some 500 years before Christ depicting the taoist philosophy of war. "The Art of War" is considered by many politicians as the benchmark in engaging warfare both politically and militarily. The book outlines how to execute very specific strategies and tactics to win war against a nation while still keeping it intact. One of the strategies is to deceive the enemy while exhausting its wealth and minimizing its citizens.

Sun Tzu writes of this strategy that appears to be used by the White House against the citizens of the United States: "Warfare is the way of deception...One who is skilled in warfare principles subdues the enemy without doing battle. . .When goods are expensive, the citizens' wealth will be exhausted. When their wealth is exhausted, the peasantry will be afflicted with increased taxes . . . Therefore, a wise general will strive to feed off the enemy." Sun Tzu speaks of using spies and foreknowledge to "conquer the enemy at every move and achieve extraordinary success." He encourages using "the enemy's people to spy on one another."

These strategies are being used against Americans on a daily basis. The man who occupies the Oval Office told a group of Democrats on August 6: "I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don't mind cleaning up after them, but don't do a lot of talking." His White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina advised Senators to be aggressive with their constituents who protest socialized medicine:"If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard." The White House web site encouraged Americans to turn in other Americans at flag@whitehouse.gov who might be spreading misinformation through "casual conversation."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Stenny Hoyer in a USA Today editorial accused those exercising their right to free speech against socialized medicine of being Anti-American. They wrote: "These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views - but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American." People who read the healthcare socialization bill are afraid of the facts, because the fact is that the bill introduces complete socialism in America. But those opposing it are the true patriots. Jesus said in Matthew 24;4, "Take heed that no man deceive you." Yes, take heed, your government is at war with you. It is time to fight back.

Bill Wilson
Word of Life Ministry
www.dailyjot.com August 10, 2009

AWAKENING AMERICA ALLIANCE

Uniting Together for America's Future
"CRY OUT AMERICA"

Friday, September 11, 2009

Gatherings Planned Across the Nation -- Every State -- Every County -- to CRY OUT in REPENTANCE for our National Sins!

Momentum is growing across the nation as believers prepare to gather at their county courthouses on September 11 to cry out to God in repentance and prayer for Awakening in America.

Your Participation Can Make a Difference!

In hundreds of counties across the nation there is still a need for someone to serve as a COA coordinator. As a coordinator you'll receive an extensive resource packet and you will have access to regular conference calls with coordinators around the nation. If you have a heart to see awakening in your county and in our nation consider making the commitment to serve as a Cry Out America coordinator. Get more information or sign-up to serve here.

THE NEED IS URGENT!

THE TIME IS NOW!!

GOD IS SAYING: "This is it! CRY OUT TO ME for your nation. CRY OUT to Me to reach MULTITUDES with My Saving Power!!"

CRY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!

" . . . if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Another Look at "Repentance"

A commentary by George Whitten, Editor, Worthy News

Sara, repentance is a lifestyle; be ready.

Luke 12:39-40 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

Recently, I've been studying the Jewish roots of many of Yeshua's (Jesus') parables, and I came across an interesting saying from a Jewish Rabbi that I believe has something to teach us.

Rabbi Eliezer said, "Repent one day before your death. His disciples asked him, "Does then one know what day he will die?" "Then all the more reason to repent today", he replied, "lest he die tomorrow, and thus his whole life is spent in repentance."

When I first became a believer, I thought by simply dealing with my outward sins that I could live a state of sinlessness. But it wasn't long before the Lord began revealing and dealing with my inward sins and attitudes. Now, and the longer I walk with Him, I understand more and more the meaning of daily repentance!

If we truly want to be free and walk in His liberty, we cannot avoid this crucial requirement for freedom. Because we cannot receive His forgiveness without it, repentance must be a way of life for us [1 John 1:9].

Sara, staying close to the Lord is His heart's desire for us . . ..but one of the main conditions for it is walking in regular repentance. When we walk in humility and truthfulness about our sin -- we are walking in the light, and the blood of Jesus keeps cleansing us from sin. In that condition we are so much more able to love the Lord and those around us -- with Him, touching one life at a time. So, let's lay down our pride and turn to Him every day . . ..with genuine repentance!

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah
Currently in the Negev Desert, Israel

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The Good News Corner

College Students Get Marriage Training at University of San Diego

A weekend gathering at the University of San Diego offered training to defend the institution of marriage. It was a pilot student conference called "It Takes a Family to Raise a Village."

The conference is the brainchild of Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the Ruth Institute, a group dedicated to preserving one-man, one-woman marriage. "I feel like if we don't have a good theory of the family," she said, "we're going to lose the free society to people who want massive government."

Jamie Gruber, executive director of the Ruth Institute, said the conference covered marriage from all angles. "We brought in 32 college students from across the country," she said, "to teach them how to better articulate the talking points of marriage." (CitizenLink)