Dear KKIM Family,
There are two events that are going to take place on our Nations’s Capitol this month that need our prayer. Two news items that need our prayers dealing with the Chinese flag flying over our Capitol and Muslims marching on Washington DC to pray.God tells us that we are to worship no other God’s but Him. I have to pinch myself almost everyday as I sometimes cannot believe this is the United States that I was raised in. Oh Lord, what is happening to the Country You founded? Where have your people gone?
“This Country is in the worst shape, Spiritually wise, ever, in my almost 94 years.” Joe Moede 93 yrs of age, 94 in Dec. Born in Windom, Minn. when Woodrow Wilson was President, lived through the Depression, WW I, WW II, Born in 1915. Talk to your elders you can learn much!
Stay Alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him. 1 Peter 5:8-9
First this…….
WE also have a PRAISE note from Sam…….Let me share this with you first as we have been praying on this……..
Dearest Dewey and Sharon,
Our Lord has heard our prayers with my husband. He is still drinking, but has cut down. I Know the Lord is working on his heart.
We awoke to an amazing argument yesterday. It was so intense that it litterally made me sick. I had a fever most of the morning. BUT, threw that argument ALOT of truth came out.
He has so much faith in his “Money” and that is false faith, we talked alot about that. And many other things. And we came to a good understanding. We ended that conversation with laughter, which is terrific.
I praise our Lord this day for that conversation filled with Gods Love. It started out very negative and was turned to the good.
Thank you so much for your prayers Dewey. And whoever else you have confided in concerning me. I deeply know that NOW, my husband will have to make a decision. I pray it is one FOR the Lord. If he cannot make that one, he will leave me. It is now on his shoulders. We shall see what comes. sincerely, sam
We are here for you Sam. May your husband’s heart continue to soften toward the Lord. At the end of this posting we have another Praise report from International Prayer Council Member John Robb.
NM NEWS & VIEWS FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Chinese flag to flutter over Ellipse in D.C.
White House confirms event near president’s residence:
The White House has confirmed that the flag of Communist China will flutter over the lawn of the Ellipse, the public area adjacent to the president’s residence, later this month in a ceremony that is to recognize the 60th anniversary of the regime.
WND reported last week on the plans announced by several English-language Chinese media outlets to raise the flag over the south lawn.
The White House’ confirmation said the event is to be Sept. 20 over the adjacent Ellipse. The Fox News report carrying the word from the administration said the event will be on the other side of E Street from the White House.
The distinction was lost to some participating in a forum page on the Fox website.
“This is an outrage. So now the White House says the Ellipse lawn is no longer a part of the White House? … It’s actually owned by the national forest service. Wow! That made me feel so much better. At first I thought they sold the White House lawn to the Chinese already,” wrote one.
“Don’t believe a flag belonging to a Communist nation should ever be flown in this country, at the White House or anywhere else,” said a second. And a third added. “Which communists should we believe, OURS or theirs???”
Columnist Chuck Baldwin, while noting the report over the Ellipse location rather than the formal south lawn, said the idea of a Communist Chinese flag flying at the White House “challenges my vocabulary.
“Words such as UNBELIEVABLE, UNREAL, HORRIFIC, OBSCENE, even TRAITOROUS quickly come to mind,” he wrote in a column. “Remember, the communist leaders of Mao’s China are not called the ‘Butchers of Beijing’ for nothing. Since seizing power in 1949, it is estimated that the communist government in China has murdered more than 50 million people (some reports say the number is over 70 million).”
He warned of the dangers of forgetting past confrontations.
“Does the name Chosin Reservoir mean anything to anyone? Obviously, the name doesn’t mean anything to President Barack Obama. However, that name means much to the tens of thousands of American families who lost husbands, sons, and fathers there,” he wrote.
Chosin was a Korean conflict confrontation in which 60,000 troops from China crossed into North Korea to attack American troops at the reservoir. More than 4,000 Americans died.
The Global Times English-language edition had reported that Xiao Shuigen, secretary of the Union of Chinese American Professional Organizations, discussed the flag ceremony.
“The ceremony has gotten official approval,” he told the news agency.
“It was always my dream to raise a Chinese flag in the center of Washington, D.C.,” Chen Ronghua, chief of the U.S.-Fujian Association, told the newspaper. “This year, my motherland’s 60th birthday, is the perfect time for it.”
According to China Daily, Chinese associations in the United States applied to have a ceremony.
WND’s original report cited Obama’s previous encounters with flag troubles. It was Obama’s official campaign blogger who had a Communist Party flag in his Harvard apartment.
Such emblems also were an issue during Obama’s presidential campaign when a Houston Fox TV affiliate captured images of a volunteer in an Obama campaign office working in front of a flag featuring the image of Che Guevara, the South American revolutionary who became Fidel Castro’s executioner after the communist takeover in Cuba.
At that time, the Obama campaign issued a statement calling the flag “inappropriate” and noting that the office where it was displayed was funded by “volunteers” and was not the official campaign headquarters.
However, it was Sam Graham-Felsen, a journalist-on-leave from The Nation, who joined Obama for America in 2007 and worked as the official blogger. He, according to a 2003 article in the Harvard Crimson, adorned one corner of his shared student apartment with “a Communist Party flag … bought on their trip to Russia the summer after sophomore year.”
The coming flag event was condemned on the forums page on Fox News commentator Sean Hannity’s website.
“People could understand if there was a Chinese visitor at the White House and the Red flag was placed on the stage behind the speakers, but to hoist the commie pinko flag in ‘honor’ of the founding of the People’s Republic of China is absurd,” the forum participant said. “This only goes to prove the Obama administration is out-of-touch with the American people.”
William Gheen, chief of Americans for Legal Immigration, the pre-eminent organization battling against illegal immigration, said it’s the message that is sent to the world that will be significant.
“Our concern is that sovereign wealth funds, like the Chinese, now control the executive branch more than the American people,” he said. “China is not our friend. China is our enemy. Our enemy is coming and raising their own flag in a type of proclamation.
“I expect the Chinese media will make a big thing of it,” he said, saying something like, “‘Look how strong and powerful China is, raising our flag on the White House.'”
He said it conveys the same message as if Old Glory would be raised on the property of the Kremlin.
A spokesman for the American Legion told WND that if the proper protocols are followed, there should be no issue with the actual display of a Chinese flag, especially since diplomatic visits routinely include the display of foreign flags.
Red Flag To Fly Over White House:
Chuck Baldwin
Lest anyone doubt the communist leanings of President Barack Obama, look no further than to his decision to hoist the Red Chinese flag (for the first time in history) over the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, September 20.
According to China Daily, “Chinese associations in the United States had applied to hold a ceremony in front of the US President’s residence to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of PRC [People’s Republic of China] . . .
“More than 1,000 people will attend the ceremony and the performances held after it, according to Zhao Luqun, who will direct the performances.
“Zhao said the performances will demonstrate the friendship, magnanimous spirit and kindness of modern Chinese people.”
Trying to find words to describe the extreme offensiveness of flying the Communist Chinese flag over the White House challenges my vocabulary. Words such as UNBELIEVABLE, UNREAL, HORRIFIC, OBSCENE, even TRAITOROUS quickly come to mind. Maybe Obama really is the Manchurian Candidate.
Remember, the communist leaders of Mao’s China are not called the “Butchers of Beijing” for nothing. Since seizing power in 1949, it is estimated that the communist government in China has murdered more than 50 million people (some reports say the number is over 70 million). As many as 3 million were killed in Mao’s initial revolution.
The historical record of Mao’s murderous march to power staggers the imagination. According to Chinese historian Jung Chang, from 1958-1961, 38 million Chinese people were starved or worked to death, and 27 million died in Laogai death camps through 1976. The Weekly Standard quotes Chinese freedom fighter Harry Wu as saying that 15 million died in China’s labor camps through 1997. According to Agence France Presse, as many as 5 million were killed in rural purges from 1946-1949, and 1 million were killed in urban purges through 1957.
Then there is Tiananmen Square in 1989, when the Communist Chinese army murdered more than 2,000 college students. The number first reported by Chinese officials was 2,600, but then was quickly retracted. Early American estimates put the number at more than 3,000. The true number of deaths will likely never be known.
But let’s bring the discussion closer to home. Does the name Chosin Reservoir mean anything to anyone? Obviously, the name doesn’t mean anything to President Barack Obama. However, that name means much to the tens of thousands of American families who lost husbands, sons, and fathers there.
By mid-1950, the Korean conflict was all but over. U.S. Army and Marine forces had handily defeated the North Korean army. It looked realistic that our fighting men would be home by Christmas. But from October of that year, more than 60,000 communist troops from China crossed the border into North Korea. During the next two months, the invading communist forces killed more than 4,000 American troops. Of course, China’s involvement in the conflict ensured a long, protracted war that resulted in the deaths of more than 50,000 brave Americans. And, of course, don’t forget that Communist China also helped the Communist North Vietnamese kill more than 50,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines.
Now President Barack Obama is going to hoist the Communist Chinese flag above the White House to “celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of PRC.”
This is the same PRC that murdered 50-70 million of its own people. This is the same PRC that murdered thousands of Chinese students at Tiananmen Square. This is the same PRC that sent tens of thousands of troops to kill American soldiers and Marines in North Korea and Vietnam. This is the same PRC that yet today persecutes, imprisons, tortures, and kills Christians, Buddhists, and other people of faith. This is the PRC that still operates torture chambers, labor camps, and death squads. This is the same PRC that demands that Chinese families have no more than one child: meaning death to children where there is already a sibling present in the home. This is the same PRC that Obama wants to “celebrate” by flying its flag above the White House.
Why is the mainstream press not all over this story? Where is the outrage by veterans’ organizations (especially Korean War veterans)? Where is the national VFW? Where is the American Legion? Where is John Murtha? Where is John Kerry? Where is John McCain?
Perhaps one blogger summed it up the best. He said, “It can now be official–leave the [Chinese] flag there.” His point is well taken.
China already owns more U.S. debt than any other entity. America’s politicians from both parties have superintended over the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and factories to (mostly) China. America’s business elite at the Chamber of Commerce has willingly traded U.S. business interests to China at unprecedented and dangerous levels. Major banking institutions have enthusiastically orchestrated the commercial and financial buildup of Communist China. America’s military and political leadership have even helped augment Red China’s military apparatus.
“Made in China” labels appear on almost everything we buy today; perhaps it is appropriate that the Red flag flies over the White House. While we’re at it, let’s hoist the Red flag over the newsrooms of many of America’s newspapers; the headquarters of ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN; most of the political science classrooms at America’s major colleges and universities; many of our mainline “Christian” denominations; the boardrooms of many major U.S. corporations; and also over many of the smoke-filled parlors of Big Labor. In the end, they all seem to be colored a pale shade of red these days.
On Sept 21st Muslims will March on Washington D.C……………
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH….:
The objective of this gathering is to invite the Muslim Communities and friends of Islam to express and illustrate the wonderful diversity of Islam. We intend to manifest Islam’s majestic spiritual principals as revealed by Allah to our beloved prophet
Muhammad (PEACE BE UPON HIM) of Arabia. Likewise; we intend to inspire a new generation of Muslim to work for the greater good of all people. We shall serve all
people, regardless of race, religion or national origin.
ON THIS DAY….
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The Athan will be chanted on Capitol Hill, echoing off of the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and other great edifices that surround Capitol Hill
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Thousands of Muslims from all races, creeds, colors and ethnicities will gather for the sole purpose of prayer
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Bonds of friendship will be formed between those in attendance, both Muslims and Non-Muslims
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Muslim youth will experience tours of the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court.
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The peace, beauty and solidarity of Islam will shine through America’s capitol.
A DAY OF ISLAMIC UNITY…
“For all that has been, THANKS. For all that will be, YES!”
– Dag Hammarskjold, UN Secretary General, 1953-61
Dear Friends,
How do I describe what the Lord did during the UN Prayer Initiative last week? Over 600, most international prayer leaders and intercessors plus New York and US prayer and ministry leaders, UN ambassadors and staff as well as children and youth from an possibly 100 plus countries took part in all or part of the initiative, including a day inside the UN, prayer walks at Ground Zero and Wall Street as well as a round Manhattan prayer cruise. The presence and anointing of the Spirit of the Lord was so strong and enveloping that many others and I felt His peace and confidence throughout. In spite of some significant challenges to the success of the initiative at the beginning, I felt as though I was resting with Jesus in the boat on the storm-tossed sea. No doubt this had much to do with your prayer support. Thanks so much for praying with us. I believe it was truly an Ephesians 3:20 experience that will bear rich fruits in many dimensions and individual lives for the extension of His Kingdom within the UN as well as the nations and cities that were represented. Our theme was from Habakkuk 2:14, “for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” We certainly experienced a bit of this knowledge of His glory together as we prayed with marvelous unity and powerful authority.
Tomorrow, September 15, the UN General Assembly opens for the coming term. It will be a pivotal time for this influential institution as a new president of the GA is put into position. He will be the ambassador from Libya and his election reflects the growing influence of the many Muslim nations in this world body. Also, Iran’s Ahmadinejad and Libya’s Kadhafi will be there to address the ambassadors and visiting political leaders. Please pray that in spite of the burgeoning influence of Islam, the occult activity of the Lucis Trust (formerly known as the Lucifer Trust), as well as many other ideologies and agendas operating, that Jesus Christ will be exalted as Lord of the nations and that the ambassadors and participating world leaders will come to know and revere Him. Pray that a culture of prayer will grow within the UN, its ambassadors and staff and that what was begun in such an anointed and beautiful way will continue to blossom and develop in ways that go far beyond what we can imagine.
Some Christian ministries that are cooperating to reach the ambassadors for Christ will host them for an annual prayer breakfast tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Please pray that the ambassadors will clear their schedule and go and that they will encounter the Lord in a personal and penetrating way.
How should we pray for the General Assembly itself?
That General Assembly elected officials, ambassadors and visiting national political leaders will have God’s wisdom and clarity to effectively deal with these and other complex issues before them.
That they will be conscious of their need to do what is right before God and in the best interests of humanity rather than being bound by political correctness or pleasing special interests.
That the peacekeeping and humanitarian operations of the UN will be well-resourced and effective in meeting the huge human needs that already stretch their abilities to cope.
That the Secretary General and his office will be given special help from above to handle the difficult pressures they face and to provide wise leadership to the whole UN.
That UN staff in New York and around the world will increasingly sense their need for God and begin to call on Him in prayer, so that a culture of dependence on God through begins to develop within this institution.
Thanks so, so much for standing with us in continuing prayer for the UN. We as participants of the initiative have agreed to cover the UN and its ambassadors in ongoing prayer for the coming year. Will you join us?
Warm regards in Christ,
John Robb
International Prayer Council
Let us Pray……………
Lord, we cannot take on the Devil on our own strength. Lord, help us soak up your Word so that our will, will align with Yours. In the name of Jesus, AMEN!
In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family