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Mike Pence tells Americans to spend more time on your knees -
08-09-2019, 06:00 PM
I guarantee the members of my church spend more time on their knees with me than members of any other church. This is why we are #1 in God's eyes.
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MIKE PENCE TELLS AMERICANS TO 'SPEND MORE TIME ON YOUR KNEES THAN ON THE INTERNET'
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended his wife from criticism over her decision to teach at an anti-LGBTQ Christian school and told Americans to "spend more time on your knees than the internet."
Earlier this year, second lady Karen Pence began teaching art part-time at the Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Virginia, a school that prohibits gay students and parents. Faculty members are also required to adhere to a "statement of faith," which rejects same-sex marriage and trans identity. Faculty must commit to maintaining "a lifestyle based on biblical standards of moral conduct."
LGBT advocates and organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, have repeatedly rebuked the second lady's decision to join an institution that implements hateful policies.
"We honestly didn't see that one coming. Our kids went to this school," Pence said on Tuesday at an event for the Alliance Defending Freedom, in reference to the backlash. "As a Christian believer, we're charged to pray for our loved ones, but also pray for our enemies. You have lots of opportunities in politics to do that."
Pence went on to offer some advice for Americans on the matter. "No. 1 is spend more time on your knees than on the internet," he said. "Forgiveness is a great gift."
During the ADF event, Pence also condemned the two mass shootings that occurred over the weekend. "What happened this weekend were acts of pure evil. And we express our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives," the vice president said. "Hate has no place in America and the sinister ideologies of racism, bigotry and white supremacy must be defeated."
Pence's sentiment echoed the remarks of President Donald Trump who on Sunday responded to the attacks by declaring that "hate has no place in our country." The president also vowed that his administration will "take care of it," without providing any concrete plans to address gun violence.
Although Trump claimed that his administration has "done much more than most administrations," he noted that "perhaps more has to be done."
Democrats, including various 2020 candidates, and other politicians have feuded over whether Trump's inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants had effectively fueled hate and violence in America. Trump "is a racist and he stokes racism in this country," former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke said on Saturday. "And it does not just offend our sensibilities, it fundamentally changes the character of this country and it leads to violence."
#TrumpsTerrorists began trending on Twitter on Sunday afternoon thousands of Americans weighing in on whether the president should be blamed for the mass shootings.
https://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-...ternet-1452899
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Here is a partial list from just a few scripture verses:
Hypocrites (Matthew 24:51), The Unforgiving (Mark 11:26), Homosexuals (Romans 1:26, 27), Fornicators (Romans 1:29), The Wicked (Romans 1:29), The Covetous (Romans 1:29), The Malicious (Romans 1:29), The Envious (Romans 1:29), Murderers (Romans 1:29), The Deceitful (Romans 1:29), Backbiters (Romans 1:30), Haters of God (Romans 1:30), The Despiteful (Romans 1:30), The Proud (Romans 1:30), Boasters (Romans 1:30), Inventors of evil (Romans 1:30), Disobedient to parents (Romans 1:30), Covenant breakers (Romans 1:31), The Unmerciful (Romans 1:31), The Implacable (Romans 1:31), The Unrighteous (1Corinthians 6:9), Idolaters (1Corinthians 6:9), Adulterers (1Corinthians 6:9), The Effeminate (1Corinthians 6:9), Thieves (1Corinthians 6:10), Drunkards (1Corinthians 6:10), Reviler (1Corinthians 6:10), Extortioners (1Corinthians 6:10), The Fearful (Revelation 21:8), The Unbelieving (Revelation 21:8), The Abominable (Revelation 21:8), Whoremongers (Revelation 21:8), Sorcerers (Revelation 21:8), All Liars (Revelation 21:8)
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Re: Mike Pence tells Americans to spend more time on your knees -
08-09-2019, 09:39 PM
Our Vice President certainly is right about time spent on our knees. It's the key to everything.
I don't know if this is a new Christian directive or what to make of it, but the Vice President used the word "condolences" for families of the killed instead of the traditional "thoughts and prayers."
I always preferred simply "prayers" but that seems no longer used.
Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty (2)...as the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. (3) The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken his word.
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Municipal Code Archivist - Deuteronomy 28:58 Christ's Guardian
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Re: Mike Pence tells Americans to spend more time on your knees -
08-12-2019, 10:11 PM
This advice is for younger people, right? At my age there's almost nothing that will get me on my knees. I would have to be really motivated.
May you be a blessing to every life you touch.
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Re: Mike Pence tells Americans to spend more time on your knees -
10-04-2019, 04:08 PM
Mr. Pence must be spending a LOT of time on his knees lately. Perhaps too much. If he could spare some time in his daily routine defending the President in the physical world that would be nice. He doesn't seem to have his finger on the pulse or know anything what's going on. Prayers for Mike Pence to get a clue, please.
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Re: Mike Pence tells Americans to spend more time on your knees -
10-04-2019, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Anthony J. Toole
Mr. Pence must be spending a LOT of time on his knees lately. Perhaps too much. If he could spare some time in his daily routine defending the President in the physical world that would be nice. He doesn't seem to have his finger on the pulse or know anything what's going on. Prayers for Mike Pence to get a clue, please.
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I, too, am uneasy with what Mike Pence prays when he is on his knees. Is he praying for the President's success or failure? He could do more in exposing the corruption of Joe Biden in Ukraine. I hate to say it but one wonders if he sees himself as President.
Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty (2)...as the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. (3) The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken his word.
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Re: Mike Pence tells Americans to spend more time on your knees -
10-05-2019, 02:11 AM
There is one important thing he's managing to do. Education has become a battleground for Christ with ideas promoted that directly contradict The Bible. Mike Pence knows this, knows what those ideas are and is not afraid to speak out in the struggle to erode the very foundation of American culture and society.
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Originally Posted by Pastor Ezekiel
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“Our kids went to this school," Pence said on Tuesday at an event for the Alliance Defending Freedom, in reference to the backlash.
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“As a Christian believer we’re charged to pray for our loved ones, but also pray for our enemies.”
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Mike has correctly identified those enemies where education is concerned. It's so important for future generations to appreciate the building blocks of the world we live in. How quickly everything would collapse (once the foundation was torn away) is reflected throughout history. King David understood this and, like Mike, knew where his priorities lay.
Psalm 17:3-4 (A Prayer of David.)
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Fools and liars should never be in charge of education. Whether by deception or by ignorance is immaterial here; what they are teaching is false and in order for America to sustain the benefits which accrue wherever falsehood is rejected a firm and public stance against lies and destruction is called for. Without integrity how can there be strength?
Destruction of an enemy requires first that the source of its strength is identified. I'm not referring to military strength or the size of merchant fleets or anything like that but to an inner resilience so critical for the wellbeing of societies and to sustain the culture upon which society depends. In this context Society refers to the lives people live—their interactions, mutual support systems and so on—whereas Culture is the ideas and objects enabling that to happen. By denuding America of these critical elements a return to what went before is made possible.
Judges 16 Denuding Samson
1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
6 Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
16-17e She pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; that he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak.
The parallel is exact. Samson was shorn, he became weak and his enemies gloated. Mike Pence does not want that to happen and an attack on education is the place to start looking. What do we see? Lies encroaching upon reality to indoctrinate empty minds with garbage and challenge a unique achievement in the world built up over centuries. Our enemies would tear it down in a generation.
21-24c The Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country.
Darwin, not Dagon, is their god along with all the gods of false education yet Pence is standing strong. Make no mistake, this is a deliberate and calculated attack. Anyone knowing history knows that, but there is a solution. To teach young learners The Truth we know from The Bible before the enemy can insinuate deceptions and confusion of ideas. Ideas like "fact" and "explanation" supported by objects such as telescopes, microscopes and defibrillators. Where would society be without them? you may wonder but Mike Pence has an answer for that too.
• Prayer is the answer, prayer supported by education supported by God.
25a 27 29 30 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.….The house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.….And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
But he was still blind. And he was still dead.
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