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Thursday, March 23

HEADS UP ... Be Justified or Condemned

          Concerning "each word" that we allow our mouths to speak, Jesus warns us, "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by your words thou shalt be justified, and by your words thou shalt be condemned (Matthew 12:37)."

Proverb 18:20-21, "A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."

In these emotionally-charged times, "verbal judgments" are increasingly hurled, like flaming arrows, between people with differing viewpoints.  We must constantly remind ourselves of the dangers of speaking before we think, constantly be intentional about taking our thoughts captive.  The FACT is... one of Satan's most subtle yet deadly deceptions is blinding people to the reality that we WILL be judged by the same degree with which we judge others.

Galatians 5:23 encourages, "Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

Jesus Christ, Himself, said, "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye (Matthew 7:1-5)."

Proverb 25:28, "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls."

1 Peter 4:7, "But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer."

1 Peter 5:8-9, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world."

Bottom line?  We MUST stop and think BEFORE we speak; We MUST bite our tongues... before our tongues bite us.


We are grateful for the wonderfully fruitful opportunities The Person of The Holy Spirit is blessing us with, to glorify the Great Name of our Father and Lord Jesus Christ, opportunities we simply could not take advantage of if not for the passion and support of our TTM partners to magnify Jesus Christ by sending us into this final hour's harvest! On behalf of the two of us, and those we are reaching, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking part in our work, friendship, and all our family of faith has been doing to encourage and reach this end time's generation with the Gospel of Jesus Christ... and with the Gospel Jesus Christ preached! Your friends in Christ Jesus,
    
To Show GOD BIG in a World that Sees Him small… 
sums up the reason Keith stepped out in faith to focus on reaching the lost and strengthening believers everywhere, through Toward The Mark, Inc.  Keith and Brenda's prayer is that you will be encouraged and edified by the Secrets from God's Word that Keith recounts in our written and recorded products.
    
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This blog channel, along with the complete collection of original podcasts, music, blogs, books, CDs, and other Bible-based resources of Toward The Mark, Inc. is made possible by the faithful prayer and financial support of the TTM Sponsorship Family. We'd like to invite you to come on-board, to become a part of the TTM Family as well, by becoming a monthly financial partner. Your support will go toward fulfilling our God-given calling to help provide effective, contemporary outreach tools that are available to everyone, the churched and un-churched alike, who desire to know more of the love, truth, and salvation of Jesus Christ. We invite you to partner with us, as we, "press Toward The Mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14)

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Tuesday, January 31

It's Not About Holding The Line... It's About Advancing It!

In times like we're in now, we must remember how "practice" does not make "perfect" but, only, "perfect practice" makes "perfect".  I (Keith) often look back on the time when I was privileged to play college football, remembering all that went in to being prepared to play in just one 1-hour game on the weekend.  I remember practicing for four grueling hours a day, five consecutive days a week, plus daily studying the playbook and watching game film in the classroom at night, preparing for that one 1-hour game on the weekend.  I often see the comparison of that to our being prepared to work with The Trinity to gather this end-times harvest of souls.  The perfect practice we must do is in prayer and meeting with The Holy Spirit in the pages of our play book, God's Holy written Word, every single day.

We have a question for you. If you were asked to draw a parallel between the intense, fatigue-inducing opposition, and the oppression we are fighting against in the spirit realm now, and something you have had to fight through in the natural realm to achieve a landmark victory in your life, what would that be?

For me (Keith), it would be the dreaded two-man practice sled in football. The two-man sled is an extremely valuable piece of resistance training equipment used for building the strength and endurance of football players. It is a brutal piece of training gear by which no player can make a team's roster without mastering, first.

The two-man sled is usually constructed of iron and weighs about five hundred pounds. Add to that the weight of one 250-300 pound line-coach standing on it.  And what you have is around 800 pounds of dead weight, weight that two players wearing 40 pounds of equipment are required by their coaches to hit and push with all their might until that line-coach blows his whistle to end the drill. Unlike any other strength and endurance training equipment available, there is none more physically, mentally, and brutally draining as the two-man sled.

I have actually seen coaches award players a position on their teams, not because they were tremendously talented but, because a coach saw a passion in them to put their whole heart into whatever he called on them to do. In short, the two-man sled was a great place to start when it comes to determining whether or not a player truly wants to play the game.

Much like the intensity of the two-man sled in the natural realm, we have been pushing against intense opposition in the spirit realm for many years now, due to the increasing moral decline of those in government and in our churches. And like you, we sure would like to hear God's Great Trumpet blast about now. However, until God chooses to blow His Trumpet, we will continuously "press" toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God i-n Christ Jesus, as individuals and as a ministry team for the sake of others who do not know Christ.

Personally, as I war in the spirit realm against wicked forces that sometimes feel like they are going to defeat me, The Holy Spirit is faithful to bring back to my mind experiences when I have fought through to victory. As young aspiring football players, we eventually learned the benefits of the brutal two-man sled. During those early pre-season training camps we were oblivious to those benefits, but would come to realize them in the weeks to come. Just the same way that we would get stronger with each hit we made against that training sled, with each hit we take in the spirit realm, we are presented with another opportunity to have built in us, by the steady Hand of the Great Physician Jesus Christ, His strength and endurance that will, in turn, better equip us for the hits to come on the spiritual field of battle.

In the beginning of our conditioning during pre-season camps, two players all-but passed out pushing the two-man sled just fifteen yards, but would soon be able to push it thirty yards without even breaking a sweat. And, by the end of the football season, those same two players would have built up enough strength and endurance to push that thing around the entire practice field with three coaches standing on it, and still have energy to spare. So, in the natural realm, resistance training is crucial in developing one's physical and mental strength, and endurance. The same way in the spiritual realm, resisting our enemy whenever he hits us, is crucial for developing Christ's strength and stamina in us. James 4:7 says, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

In the natural realm, I could tell how well or not-so-well our opponents had practiced based on each opponent's performance, physical endurance, grasp on the play-book, and ability to execute the plays.  I could tell if they had practiced "perfectly" or had merely practiced.  Having a passion to "practice perfectly" every day with the same intensity and dedication as we approach an actual game leads to our ability to persevere and perform at maximum efficiency.  And, as my Momma would say, "If you gave your all, did your best on each play, and lost, you still come away a winner."  So, even in times when we "lose" a game we still "win" when we persevere to the end, to the final whistle.  And, one definition we found for "persevere" is: "to continue without halting despite difficulties or setbacks". So, it would be safe to say that two common attributes of a winner is they practice perfectly and they persevere.

One outstanding example of an athlete who modeled the benefits of both "perfect practice" and "perseverance" for all of us who watched his career is Michael Jordan, NBA Hall Of Fame basketball player. I watched an interview in the '90s on a major sports channel where Michael Jordan was asked what his secret was for out-performing his opponents. His response, though simple, was profound. He replied, "I love to practice!"  He went on to say, "Since very early in my career, despite how I felt, I have approached each play during practice with the same passion and intensity that I do each play during an actual game."

Michael Jordan made the study and the practice of his sport his life's passion.  He loved what he did and it showed on the score boards. Playing basketball was not something he did, it was who he was, despite challenges and even heartbreaks he may have faced along the way in his life. He always brought his best to each practice and to each game. He pushed harder and further than most did, and he persevered to the end! In the eyes of so many fans, Michael was and still is a sports "hero", an example of the rewards of practicing perfectly and of persevering to the end.  Just as Michael Jordan's career set a lasting example of "perfect practice" and how to "persevere to the end" for all future athletes, the saints of God left their written accounts of "perfect practice" and what it looks like to "persevere to the end" for all of us to follow in The Holy Scriptures for a pattern of success in our lives. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works (2 Timothy 3:16-17)."

Now is the point we have been looking forward to most:  pointing out true heroes who fulfill their calling of the highest order, above that of any earthly professional. Just as coaches of every sport, and owners of every business, look everywhere for aspiring people who work "with total abandon", God looks to and fro (2 Chronicles 16:9) for those who will work also "with total abandon", who will apply all of the gifts and talents He put in them to fulfill His plan and dream whole-heartedly... this is a "hero" in His eyes. God's hero's greatest fear does not come from the devil but comes by way of the mere thought of misrepresenting our Loving Father, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit. This hero knows and loves The Holy Scriptures - "the play book" - and executes each passage as The Holy Spirit leads. This hero's heart is fixed on pursuing Oneness i-n God, through Jesus Christ, by the leading of The Holy Spirit.  This hero is passionate to magnify God.  This hero's passion is to see others come to our Father God, through Jesus Christ, and furthering their own mission of becoming one in Jesus Christ as well. God's heroes, no matter the hardships, sow selflessly of their life and all that is entrusted to their stewardship, working with The Holy Trinity, to persevere and to push through all resistance in order to display, in word and deed, the love, understanding, wisdom, knowledge, and compassion that Jesus Christ has so lovingly and generously built into each of us by way of His wonder-full Holy Spirit. This hero is a faithful member of The Body of Jesus Christ, equipped by his or her love for God and a passion to know His Holy Word to persevere i-n Jesus Christ through all manner of resistance, to the very end when His great Trumpet sounds!

"As we in The Army of Jesus Christ find ourselves in this final push just before the great trumpet sounds, we must take our thoughts captive, practice self-control, ask The Holy Spirit to meet with us in the pages of God's Holy Word, hydrate by the Living Water of His Word, which is The Scriptures interpreted to us by The Holy Spirit, and FOCUS on what He leads us to be honored to fulfill in our own calling as we encourage others in theirs.  Remember who we are, and remember Whose we are!  Though our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has won "the war" for us already, we have isolated skirmishes left to overcome before He, The Great Conquering King, returns in ALL of His Glory, with The Mighty Host of Heaven at His Side.  Now it's time for all of us to put our ALL in the fight to finish our job, to work with pure Focus, Fearlessness, Love, Discipline, and every single thing we've got in us that God has given to... press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus!   Now Go!!

"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself (Philippians 3:13-21).

  From the bottom of our hearts we thank you for loving us, teaming with us, and being ALL IN on this final harvest of the souls for the Kingdom of God.  By our praying for one another and being intentional to sow our individual life experiences, talents, time, and seed into our reaching toward the goals God has given, we will benefit, together, in the fruit and inheritance of our Father's Kingdom, in these final hours.


To Show GOD BIG in a World that Sees Him small… 
sums up the reason Keith stepped out in faith to focus on reaching the lost and strengthening believers everywhere, through Toward The Mark, Inc.  Keith and Brenda's prayer is that you will be encouraged and edified by the Secrets from God's Word that Keith recounts in our written and recorded products.

We couldn't do this without the help of our friends!
This blog channel, along with the complete collection of original podcasts, music, blogs, books, CDs, and other Bible-based resources of Toward The Mark, Inc. is made possible by the faithful prayer and financial support of the TTM Sponsorship Family. We'd like to invite you to come on-board, to become a part of the TTM Family as well, by becoming a monthly financial partner. Your support will go toward fulfilling our God-given calling to help provide effective, contemporary outreach tools that are available to everyone, the churched and un-churched alike, who desire to know more of the love, truth, and salvation of Jesus Christ. We invite you to partner with us, as we, "press Toward The Mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14)

Keep PRESSIN' IN!





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Saturday, December 24

God... Can These Bones Live Again?

These last few months have presented us with many wonderful opportunities to glorify our King Jesus Christ in a number of different ways. As we sat down to begin writing to attest to you how wonderfully The Trinity had both presented to us and led us through each assignment on the list, The Holy Spirit drew our focus toward two in particular.

       For starters, during the run-up to the elections we produced, packaged and mailed out packets containing a copy of our own "TTM Christian Voter Guide" along with a pocket-sized copy of "The Constitution of The United States". Especially leading up to election time, we as Christians and Americans are blessed with the priceless opportunity to bring attention to and promote the two most sacred "ancient landmarks" that we have been given as gifts by God: His Holy written Word and The United States Constitution. These two sacred landmarks are what Satan and his human accomplices are working frantically to destroy in the eyes of the American people, using tell-a-vision (TV), radio, online social media, print communications, and the like. Our "TTM Voter Guide and Pocket Constitution Campaign" is not simply another mailing, we view it as our ministry Team's return-volley against the demonic forces of Satan who are bent on the destruction of God's children and humanity as a whole from receiving The Truth, Who is in fact Jesus Christ. We pray, "Oh, Father God, In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, let each of us stand before You on that great and glorious day having given our all for the sake of spreading The Truth, Who is Jesus Christ, and for the fulfillment of Your dream for Your creation, in Jesus' Name we pray, Amen!"

        As a side note, please pray and fast with us that the great news of The Trinity that we share on social media will continue to increase in viewership, despite Satan's all-out war to blind the public to all we are doing to lead others in-to oneness In Jesus Christ. This includes the many messages we have posted on Pressin'IN Blog, on our Toward The Mark Podcast Channel, and have produced and released in both written and recorded media, all for the sole purpose of spreading the wonder-full Gospel of Jesus Christ and The Gospel He preaches.

     Now, here is the second thing that The Holy Spirit had illuminated to us. As you read this we pray that you will see why we have saved it for last.  As we have been in our times of prayer with The wonder-Full Trinity, I (Keith) have increasingly been shown something that we believe wholeheartedly is, not just a Word from God for Brenda and myself but is also, a Word from God for you. It all ties into my being asked some forty plus years ago to play and sing my original songs that our Father, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, and I had written together and performed for a crowd at The University Of North Carolina (UNC). An event that I have thought back on over the past six months in particular and thinking to myself: "Has my music and reaching folks in concert settings, like I have done on so many occasions in the past, served its full purpose?"

        As a result, I began asking our Father, if the platform of music that He had anointed me for at one time could ever live again. I asked if it was in His plan for my life to anoint me for a new season of musical fruitfulness, like He had done so graciously so many years ago. Within the same week of my asking God that question, as I was in prayer, I saw in my spirit Ezekiel's vision where The LORD carried him in The Spirit over a valley that was filled with "dry bones". The "bones" implying that many people had died there long ago, long enough for the flesh to decompose. "Dry" bones implies that the bones of those people had been there so long that every cell in them had died, clear down to the very marrow, which takes many, many years.

       We have a question for you. Is there something that God has shown you, something that has not come into fruition in your life yet? Is there something that you have been believing God for, with all of your heart, but it has not yet come to pass? Is there something that you have believed God for, something that could reach many for Jesus Christ, but, whenever you have tried to make it happen, you seem to hit a wall? Or, like me and my performing my songs, is there a passion, a vision you still carry, something you had done in years past but have recently been wondering if it could live again? 
Bren and I believe wholeheartedly that, as you read Ezekiel's vision, God is going to breathe His Holy Spirit, His Life, into whatever it is that you have prayed fervently to come into fruition.  
     Bren and I believe that God has held you in reserve until now for many strategic reasons. We pray, in The Name of Jesus Christ, believing, as you read Ezekiel's vision, that the very same Holy Spirit that filled those "dry bones" and raised up a mighty army from what was seemingly dead and gone forever, will breathe the Life of God in-to you and will raise up the vision you have carried for so long! Now, take a deep breath, relax, read slowly and listen intently for the still small voice of The Wonder-Full The Holy Spirit as you are reading...

       "The hand of The LORD was upon me, and carried me out in The Spirit of The LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of The LORD. Thus saith The LORD GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews (Vigorous strength; muscular power) upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am The LORD. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Then said He unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith The LORD GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. Then he said unto me, son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith The LORD GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel." Ezekiel 37:1-12

       We are here, in the time when God is calling us to stand up and speak to the armies of God in Christ Jesus' Mighty Name and by His Authority. Much like Abraham waiting and waiting for God to fulfill His promise to him of a son, many believers are in that hour after they have walked with our Lord faithfully but have grown weary on their journey. The Lord is calling all whom He has used in years past to "arise" and "advance toward" the fulfillment of God's dream for their lives. No longer will they be convinced by deceiving spirits saying, "That once-wonderful season when God was working through you, and all of what He put in you, is o-v-e-r." The Lord says to you...

        "What you just 'knew' was your 'hay day', the fulfillment of Your Father's Will for your life, was actually your Boot Camp, your time of preparation! NO, you are not finished... far from it! The time you have been praying for, been sowing for, and been working towards and waiting for has arrived! You have been in preparation for this hour! The lies you have heard, the fiery darts from the enemy that have come to convince you that your time is done, has in truth served to temper you and to set your resolve for what is at the door, for what I had designed and created in you from the foundation of My Earth." The LORD says, "I have allowed your bones to dry up, which takes many years, so when those who see Me breathe My Life INto you, they will know that it is Me that has chosen and prepared you for this hour! You will not be operating on your last season's anointing. You are not be propping up something that I use to do. You are moving forward in what I have raised up for you! I have prepared you for this exact time! My Mighty Army is being revealed now... and there is no force in hell or on the earth that can stop them! Now, step forward into the vision I have written and am birthing in you, and I will meet you there!"

       "Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you (James 4:8)." That is His PROMISE to you!

       We pray that these words bless you greatly. We want you to know that we are standing alongside you in prayer, from now and through to the complete fruition of the wonder-full gifts and calling that our Father has created in you... from the foundation of His Earth. Thank you over and over again for standing with us, as we are daily working out all that God has worked in us for His glory! The marriage supper of The Lamb is on the stove! Can you smell it?

       Thank you for your love and friendship, especially in our collective efforts to glorify Jesus Christ day in and day out. We love you and pray for you that God blesses you beyond your ability to contain it all... for all you do, or have done already, that makes our work possible.

       "The LORD gave the word: great was the company of those that published it (Psalm 68:11)."


Your friends and servants in Christ Jesus,
    
To Show GOD BIG in a World that Sees Him small… 
sums up the reason Keith stepped out in faith to focus on reaching the lost and strengthening believers everywhere, through Toward The Mark, Inc.  Keith and Brenda's prayer is that you will be encouraged and edified by the Secrets from God's Word that Keith recounts in our written and recorded products.

We couldn't do this without the help of our friends!
This blog channel, along with the complete collection of original podcasts, music, blogs, books, CDs, and other Bible-based resources of Toward The Mark, Inc. is made possible by the faithful prayer and financial support of the TTM Sponsorship Family. We'd like to invite you to come on-board, to become a part of the TTM Family as well, by becoming a monthly financial partner. Your support will go toward fulfilling our God-given calling to help provide effective, contemporary outreach tools that are available to everyone, the churched and un-churched alike, who desire to know more of the love, truth, and salvation of Jesus Christ. We invite you to partner with us, as we, "press Toward The Mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14)

Keep PRESSIN' IN!





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"Blessed be The LORD my Strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me (Psalm 144:1-2)."

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Wednesday, November 30

THINK GOLD



If Americans are to survive the current tide of tyranny, the righteous must arise and establish "... gold tried in the fire ...(Revelation 3:18)."

       "...The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16)."

       As we look at America's dismal economy today, there is one thing that can certainly be blamed for what has led to the out-of-control spending and national debt that, without God's intervening, we will never dig our way out of. That one atrocious thing, which occurred in 1971, is when President Richard Nixon took our American economy "off" of "The Gold Standard". On a side note, there was a second defining atrocity committed by our own government just two years later: Roe vs. Wade was passed.

       So, what is "The Gold Standard" where a country's economy is concerned? The Gold Standard that a country's economy is based on is a currency measurement system that uses gold as a way to set the value of money. It ensures that currency under a gold-standard system can be exchanged for gold. The Gold Standard signifies an agreement between society and its monetary institutions where the currency they spend and earn is a stand-in for gold available to back it up. As long as our economy was kept in check by the country's gold reserves, politicians' spending was held in check. The amount of gold we had in our national reserves was used as the foundation of the economy.

       This subject has loads of history, variations, and political tentacles but, put simply, The Gold Standard, in a perfect world, is designed in part to keep the politicians honest and the taxpayers safe. Otherwise, we have what is occurring now... tyrannical abuses. "The Gold Standard forces the U.S. to live within its means", said investment strategist Mark Luschini. "Think of it as a person with a debit card rather than a credit card. The debit card holder can only spend what he or she has in the bank."

       There was a time in the early 1900s in America when paper money was backed by gold. It was referred to as "The Era of The Gold Standard". The story of why that era came to an end includes a nervous breakdown, a global panic, and a presidential adviser who was an expert on cows and chickens. The Gold Standard was a promise. If you had a dollar, you could take it to the government any time you wanted and trade it in for a fixed amount of gold. In the U.S. year after year, $20.67 got you an ounce of gold. In the early part of the 20th century, all the world's key economies were on The Gold Standard.

       Then in 1931, the system began to unravel in the most powerful country in the world at the time: England. When The Great Depression hit, the people in England panicked and started taking their paper money to the government to trade for gold. So many people had come to make the trade that The Bank of England was in danger of running out of their gold reserves.

       The thought of "running out of gold" was particularly terrifying for Montagu Norman, the head of The Bank of England. Norman was facing an impossible dilemma. As it was becoming increasingly difficult for England to remain on The Gold Standard, abandoning it was absolutely unthinkable for Norman and his contemporaries who came of age at a time when The Gold Standard was the unquestioned anchor of the global monetary system. This dilemma led Norman into a terrible dilemma of his own: a nervous breakdown. "The pressures of the job got to him, and he collapsed one day," says Liaquat Ahamed, author of the book Lords of Finance. "He thought that the future of Western Civilization was in his hands, and he basically couldn't function." Norman's doctor told him to leave the country and get some rest.

       While Montagu Norman was away, his colleagues at The Bank of England realized they were left with no choice because they were nearly out of their gold. So they decided to abandon The Gold Standard. It was like a bomb went off. People all over the world thought, if England can do it, anyone can. People all around the world began to turn their paper money in for gold, and countries' economies got worse and worse. Then, on March 12, 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his first fireside chat just when the U.S. had done "the mother of all bank runs".

       "Because of undermined confidence on the part of the public, there was a general rush by a large portion of our population to turn bank deposits into currency or gold," Roosevelt said. When he gave this speech, Roosevelt knew The Gold Standard was a problem. But he wasn't sure what to do about it. In fact, his top economic advisers were telling him to stay on The Gold Standard. They felt the same as Montagu Norman; Gold backing held everything in check.

       But there was one guy advising FDR to leave The Gold Standard, an economist named George Warren. In the book "Lords of Finance", Ahamed describes Warren as "a crank" saying, "George Warren had helped FDR deal with some of his trees on his estate. He was an agricultural economist." Warren had written a book on dairy farming and also devised a system for getting chickens to lay more eggs. He had also done a lot of work studying the way The Gold Standard affected commodity prices and the economy. He told FDR that the country had to leave The Gold Standard, and Roosevelt took his advice.

       Ahamed said that, when FDR told his advisers about his decision, they all exploded. Dean Acheson, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, resigned. Another adviser said it would be the end of Western Civilization. But it wasn't. Experts of the day were wrong about The Gold Standard.

       "Most economists now agree that 90% of the reason why the U.S. got out of The Great Depression was the break with gold," Ahamed says. He continued, "Going off of The Gold Standard gave the government new tools to steer the economy. If you're not tied to gold, you can adjust the amount of money in the economy if you need to. You can adjust interest rates. Almost all economists agree, the system we have today is better than The Gold Standard. Not perfect, but much better."

       Per that last quote, I would like to quote a famous 1960's cartoon horse from The Quick Draw McGraw Show... "Hold on thar, Baba Looey!"

       Without The Gold Standard firmly in place, enforced, and adhered to by those leading the country, taxpayer money can, and will likely, be terribly misappropriated or abused! For proof of this, one does not have to look any further than what is occurring right now in our own America! On so many levels, our domestic enemies, traitors within our own government, are raping, pillaging, and plundering our own nation! Taking America off of The Gold Standard, in order for it to operate in the way our government needed it to back in 1933, first required a solid moral foundation in the lives of those who were tasked with the appropriations of taxpayer money. Sadly, that solid moral character that was prevalent in the lawmakers of 1933 has greatly eroded based on the lives of many who are ruling our nation today. With that being the fact, what the lawmakers did to balance our economy in 1933 is clearly impossible today. In order for an economy to function outside of The Gold Standard, those who are tasked with appropriating our taxpayer dollars must be of the highest moral character and standing. Even then, for the sake of keeping the lawmakers safe from temptation, The Gold Standard must be in place.

       Over the last 50-plus years, our American government has been gradually infiltrated by foreign and domestic enemies! Anti-American, one-world-order communists have been systematically working for years to destroy our Nation at every side, including using their efforts, by the way, to succeed in stealing the 2020 Presidential Election and, most recently, the majority of 2022 mid-term elections. We must fervently pray, and not just alone, but we must join forces. Together, we must do everything we can as Americans to see that this corruption and its cartels are removed from within our government, from the medical industry and media, and from all of the many large companies in the U.S. We must do every-thing we possibly can to see that the criminals, enemies of God who hate His people, His America, and His Creation, are arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced. Simultaneously, we must play our part to pray for the salvation of the lawless, the criminals, and the anti-Constitutionalists, and work to see that they are replaced with God-fearing men and women who love Christ Jesus and who will lead the American citizenry in the "Right" direction, by the passionate pursuit of God in Jesus Christ by the leading of The Holy Spirit first and foremost... hence, obtaining the most essential Gold Standard: The True Gold, oneness i-n Jesus Christ!

       In order to establish and enact this first and infinitely power-full Gold Standard for the saving of America, this Gold Standard (becoming one in Jesus Christ) must be the passion of us all. Jesus Christ reveals this Spiritual Gold Standard in the vital Scripture, "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see (Revelation 3:18)." In order for The Gold Standard of the economy to work as it was designed to, we must handle it firmly, trusting its function to those in authority who have built their lives on the very Nature of Jesus Christ-The Gold Standard of The Spirit.

       It is our daily prayer that God will place America, and the other nations of the world, into the hands of those who love Jesus Christ, those God-fearing leaders and law-makers who are public "servants" first, those whose objective it is to lead America based on The 2 Gold Standards Americans need, simultaneously, for the protection and betterment of each and every individual in America and in every other country on the planet.

       We stand together, with you, praying, "Father God, please give to us Your leaders who love Your written Word, who listen for Your spoken Word, and who will, and already do, 'Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).' And please, Lord, let them be those who will 'rightly divide' the American taxpayer's hard-earned money! In Christ Jesus we pray, Amen (let it be so!" And AMEN!
    
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