Thanks Nita Elliott and Jack Hughes!

A Thanksgiving Prayer




O, God, when I have food,

Help me to remember the hungry;

When I have work, help me

To remember the jobless;

When I have a warm home,

Help me to remember the homeless;

When I am without pain,

Help me to remember those who suffer;

And remembering, help me

To destroy my complacency

And bestir my compassion.

Make me concerned enough

To help, by word and deed,

Those who cry out

For what we take for granted.



Samuel F. Pugh



"For I was hungry and you game Me food,

I was thirsty and you gave Me drink,

I was a stranger and you welcomed Me....."

- Matthew 25:35

Prayer request ... Thanks Nita!

Prayer RequestWe are asking everyone to say a prayer for "Darkhorse" 3rdBattalion 5th Marines and their families They are fighting it outin Afghanistan& they have lost 9 marines in 4 days. IT WOULD BE NICE TOSEE the message spread if more could pass it on. Nothing in the media aboutthese guys because no one seems to care:Rest in peace: Justin Allen, 23, Brett Linley, 29, Matthew Weikert, 29, Justus Bartett, 27, Dave Santos, 21, Chase Stanley, 21 Jesse Reed, 26, Matthew Johnson, 21, Zachary Fisher, 24, Brandon King, 23, Christopher Goeke, 23, Sheldon Tate, 27.All are Marines that gave their lives for YOU this week.Please Honor THEM by forwarding this.




Father Brian F. Kelly, Ph.D.

Chaplain

Cathedral Catholic High School

San Diego, CA 92130

Cell Phone: 858-353-7325

Office Phone: 858-523-4000x1106

Fax: 858-523-4087

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani in Iran Thanks Bob Looney!

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani never practiced the Muslim faith and converted to Christianity at age 19, becoming a pastor later. But the courts say that since his mother and father were practicing Muslims, he must recant his Christian faith or die. So far, in three court appearances, he has refused to do so - RISKING EXECUTION AT ANY MOMENT. The Iranian Supreme Court often acts quickly in administering the death penalty.




According to a report, when asked by judges to "repent," Yousef replied: "Repent, What should I return to? To the blasphemy that I had before my faith in Christ?"





The judges replied: "To the religion of your ancestors - Islam." To which Yousef replied: "I cannot."



It's time for the body of Christ to act, to pray, to plead for the life of our Brother before Christ so that His servant may be spared.







This is what you are asked/called to do. As soon as you receive this email, PRAY IMMEDIATELY. Then call your pastor, your deacons and the people of your Church so that they may all pray too. Then forward this PRAYER REQUEST to every CHRISTIAN you know so that they may pray also.







The Bible States , "If God is with us, who can stand against us."





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October 5, 2011 4:24 PM EDT



It appears that Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will avoid the hangman in Iran for the time being.



Nadarkhani, once the leader of a 400-person congregation in Rasht, was previously convicted of apostasy -- the crime of abandoning Islam and converting to Christianity -- but Iran now claims that the death penalty reports that circulated around the world last week were unsubstantiated.





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“Youssef Nadar-Khani [sic] has been charged with a crime and is in a prison based on an arrest warrant issued against him,” Gilan Province Judiciary Chief Mohammad-Javad Heshmati said on Wednesday, according to Iran state news agency Press TV.



“There has been no execution order. No conviction at all has been issued yet and it is up to the court to finally decide the verdict after studying his case,” he added.



Since news of Nadarkhani's looming execution spread, Iran has been loudly decrying the pastor as "a convicted rapist and extortionist," and the Fars News Agency said over the weekend that Nadarkhani was to be executed for Zionism and threats to national security.



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“This individual is guilty and his crime is not attempting to convert others to Christianity, rather his crimes are of a security nature,” Ali Rezvani, Deputy Governor of Gilan Province, stated.



But Nadarkhani was first arrested in 2009 and until Monday, the government had only mentioned the apostasy charge for years, at least according to the court documents that have been released.



It is believed that in 2010, Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death by hanging sentence, and the filing signed by judges Morteza Fazel and Azizoallah Razaghi mentions the religious charges against Nadarkhani and nothing more.



"Mr. Youcef Nadarkhani, son of Byrom, 32 years old, married, born in Rasht in the state of Gilan, is convicted of turning his back on Islam, the greatest religion the prophesy of Mohammad at the age of 19," the document states.



"He has often participated in Christian worship and organized home church services, evangelizing and has been baptized and baptized others, converting Muslims to Christianity. He has been accused of breaking Islamic Law that from puberty (15 years according to Islamic law) until the age of 19 the year 1996, he was raised a Muslim in a Muslim home.



"During court trials, he denied the prophecy of Mohammad and the authority of Islam. He has stated that he is a Christian and no longer Muslim. During many sessions in court with the presence of his attorney and a judge, he has been sentenced to execution by hanging according to article 8 of Tahrir–olvasileh."



Nonetheless, Iran has accused Western media of "manipulating" the facts surrounding the case in order to "wage an anti-Iran publicity campaign."



"Iran has firmly refuted Western allegations of violating human rights, insisting that Nadar-Khani has a history of committing violent crimes and that he has never received a death penalty for his religious preference," Press TV asserted.



If Nadarkhani were indeed guilty of rape and of Zionism, which could be the treasonous crime of spying for Israel, the death penalty would not be off the table. Both convictions are subject to capital punishment in Iran, and the death penalty is mandatory in rape cases unless the victim forgives the rapist.



Apostasy is not officially in Iran's penal code, but is still punishable by death under official fatwas and religious texts.



The disappearance of the death penalty may be an indication that Iran, wary of more poor press, bowed to international pressure. Last week, a number of world leaders condemned the execution -- The White House, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, the Bishop of Canterbury and the European Union all issued harsh statements to Iran.

Tea Party vs LIberals and liberal media

Dear Patriot,

This is one of those moments in American history that will determine how the American people are different than the rest of the world. Moments like when hundreds of George Washington’s troops loved freedom and their country so much, they chose to stay and fight at Valley Forge during the heart of winter when a majority of them had no boots to march in the snow, so instead wore burlap bags wrapped around their bloodied feet. They also had little food to eat. What made these hundreds of patriots stay by George Washington’s side under such horrific conditions when so many others had already abandoned him? And those that stayed carried on to win battle after battle to eventually grant us our freedoms we now sometimes take for granted. Fellow patriots, that moment in time when everyday Americans stood up to the King of England and the most powerful army in the world and still won was when the term “American Exceptionalism” was born. This is what makes us different than the rest of the world. Americans are willing to make sacrifices to defend as Ronald Reagan called us “the last great hope for mankind on earth.”



What made those everyday farmers and craftsmen put down their hoes and hammers, leave their families and put their lives on the line under such harsh conditions to boot? It is one word. Freedom. The freedom that lets us live our lives as we see fit and not how a dictator, a king or centralized government feels we should lead them. The freedom that has attracted millions and millions from across the globe to come here seeking a better life and to sometimes even risk their lives leaving countries that would kill them if they tried to leave. This freedom we have enjoyed for over 230 years is literally under assault, just as it was in the revolutionary war. There is a powerful contingent inside and outside of the USA that want this freedom eroded in America, so that America is no longer “the shining city on the hill” as we have been for those 230+ years to the world. This group would rather see the United States as just another socialist country with a diminished military that conforms to the will of a centralized global authority like the United Nations.



Folks, we are at a crossroads not unlike what those farmers and craftsmen experienced in the 1700’s. We have two clear choices. Freedom or Socialism. Which one do you choose? Do we stand up together and make the collective sacrifices together needed to defend freedom and American exceptionalism as our founders did or do we conform to what the King wanted, or in our case, what Obama, the liberals and the global authority want? Thankfully we do not need to pick up arms to do so as our founders did many years ago to protect our freedoms because technology has given us the resources to succeed. Our collective response to these constant attacks by the liberals and liberal media to destroy American Exceptionalism must be to continue to educate the American people on what the tea party movement really is, which is just regular everyday American patriots rising up to protect these dear freedoms that our founders fought for over 230 years ago. When the majority of Americans see the clear distinction to what the tea party movement is fighting for over what the liberals are fighting for, it will be no contest. Our staff and volunteers have spent countless hours designing a series of powerful tea party ads that will show America what the tea party movement is really about and combat these constant viscous attacks on the tea party movement. We have been called “racists,” “terrorists,” the sexual slur “teabaggers,” “hillbillies,” “extremists,” etc. etc. by liberals and the liberal media in hopes of destroying the tea party movement to lay the groundwork for the re-election of Barack Obama to the White House. We just released our first television ad the other day and you have let us know that it is a hit! Now we already have our second powerful ad to go on national television ready to go with 7 more ads almost completed. We understand this national television ad campaign is very aggressive in that it is very costly, but what choice do we have? We either fight back and win or we give up. This series of ads and the national television airtime on Fox News, CNN and other major networks is going to cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars, but collectively we must figure out a way to get it done. We will be airing ads starting next week and want to continue to show this series of ads and more all the way through election day 2012 to ensure that Barack Obama is a one term president and that conservatives in both parties control both the House and the Senate. When we pool your small donations together with the over 500,000 patriots among our membership, we should be able to easily accomplish this aggressive campaign. What we need from every patriot out there is to please help us succeed by donating what you can. We know times are tough, but defeat is not an option and we must pool our resources together. We will do all the work here but we need patriots help to fund the production of these powerful ads and keep them on national television all through the election. Our opponents are well funded by billionaires like George Soros but our small donations pooled collectively can still defeat them.



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Sincerely,



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