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"Praying for All in Authority"
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
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Trump’s Defense Speaks Up
Trump's Defense:
After Democrats' 'Bluster and Innuendo,' Six Key Facts Remain
"Let's talk about the facts and the evidence in this case," Michael Purpura, deputy counsel to the president, told the U.S. Senate on Saturday morning.
. . . Once you sweep away all of the bluster and innuendo, the selective leaks, the closed-door examinations of the Democrats' hand-picked witnesses, the staged public hearings, what we're left with are six key facts that have not and will not change.
Purpura listed those six facts, as follows:
1. The transcript shows that the president did not condition either security assistance or a meeting on anything. The paused security assistance funds aren't even mentioned on the call.
2. President Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said that there was no quid pro quo and no pressure on them to review anything.
3. President Zelensky and high-ranking Ukrainian officials did not even know about the pause in security assistance until the end of August, over a month after the July 25 call.
4. Not a single witness testified that the president himself said that there was any connection between any investigations and security assistance, a presidential meeting or anything else.
5. The security assistance flowed on September 11th and a presidential meeting took place on Sept. 25 without the Ukrainian government announcing any investigations.
6. The Democrats' own witnesses testified that President Trump has been a better friend and a stronger supporter of Ukraine than his predecessor.
"Those are the facts," Purpura said. "We plan to address some of them today and some of them next week." (Read more)
Focus on Israel
1. Minister Yariv Levin; 'Big win for Netanyahu and his policies' - Israel National News
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin spoke to Arutz Sheva in Washington ahead of the rollout of President Donald Trump's Deal of the Century Mideast initiative. "When you read about the meetings you hear various things but when you are there and you see the real, real friendship between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, it's something that I think no Israeli prime minister ever had with an American president.
"I think President Trump is a real friend of the State of Israel, the best friend Israel had in the White House, and the meeting that was very important dealt mainly with our mutual fight and struggle against Iran, against the nuclear program of Iran, and also dealt with our need to stop the procedures in the ICC that aim to put Israel in a situation that it won't be able to defend itself against terror and won't be able to continue our efforts to build in Judea and Samaria and in the Jordan Valley."
What are Levin's expectations from tomorrow? "I surely think it will be an historical day, it will be a turn from what we knew up until now, many things that in the past the Right-wing in Israel wanted, and the Israeli policy led by Netanyahu put on the table, and many people thought it will never be accepted by the United States; I think tomorrow we have a chance."
2. With PM at his side, Trump says without Palestinians 'we don't do the deal' - Times Of Israel
WASHINGTON - The US administration will publish its long-anticipated Israeli-Palestinian peace proposal on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump confirmed on Monday, standing next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
"Peace in the Middle East has been long sought, for many, many years and decades and centuries. This is an opportunity. We'll see what happens. Whatever it is, it is," he said in the White House Rose Garden.
"Tomorrow at 12 o'clock, we're going to show a plan, it's been worked on by everybody. And we'll see whether or not it catches hold. If it does, that would be great. And if it doesn't, we're going to have to live with that too. But I think that it might have a chance."
Sitting with Netanyahu in the Oval Office afterwards, Trump predicted that the Palestinians will "ultimately" come round to giving their support. "They probably won't want it initially. I think in the end they will," he said. "I think in the end they're going to want it. It's very good for them. In fact, it's overly good to them. So we'll see what happens. Now without them, we don't do the deal. And that's okay."
3. Trump to reveal 'Deal of the Century' map - Jerusalem Post
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump will release his peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday and for the first time publicize a map outlining the borders of a proposed Palestinian state.
Presentation of a detailed map of the borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state is something that no American president has done before, a source involved in drafting the plan told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
Trump will reveal the plan at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House that will be attended by Jewish and Republican leaders. He will be joined onstage by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
4. Netanyahu to heads of the Yesha Council: I'm keeping my promise - Israel National News
The leaders of the Yesha Council on Monday held a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Washington, immediately after his meeting with President Donald Trump.
Attending the meeting were: Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman and Yesha Council chairman David Elhayani, Binyamin Regional Council chairman Yisrael Gantz, Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shlomo Ne'eman and Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi.
After the meeting, they said, "We came to strengthen the Prime Minister, stand to his right and bring the voice of the entire settlement enterprise to the White House clearly and sharply. It was important for us to hear things firsthand and not from rumors. We stressed the important issues for the settlement enterprise and for the entire state: Israeli sovereignty, maintaining the wholeness of the land and continuing the development and prosperity of the settlement enterprise."
"The Prime Minister was attentive and assured us that he did not deviate in any way from his promises, and out of commitment to the President, he is not currently going into the details of the plan."
5. Palestinian factions call 'day of rage' on day of Trump peace plan - Jerusalem Post
Palestinian factions on Sunday called for a "day of rage" for the day US President Donald Trump releases his long-awaited plan for Mideast peace.
Parts of the plan are expected to be publicized during separate meetings in Washington this week between Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz.
Palestinians often mark "days of rage" by initiating clashes with IDF soldiers in the West Bank and Israeli policemen in east Jerusalem.
The latest call for a "day of rage" came as the Palestinian Authority continued to threaten that Trump's upcoming plan, also known as the "Deal of the Century," would ignite mass protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Daily Brief
1. 'Direct Hit' Reported as Rockets Target US Embassy in Baghdad - CNS News
Several rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Sunday evening, with some reportedly hitting the building itself for the first time in several years.
The Iraq Security Media Cell, which falls under the office of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, reported that five Katyusha rockets had landed the city's international "Green Zone," causing no casualties.
The AFP news agency cited a security source as saying that three of the rocket launches achieved a "direct hit." Security officials were also quoted as saying that the mission's dining hall was struck. (Read more)
- Lord, we rebuke the source of these rockets and in the mighty Name of Jesus, we declare that no weapon formed against our embassies worldwide will prosper.
- "No weapon formed against you shall prosper." (Isaiah 54:17a)
2. Three US Military Veterans Killed in Australia C-130 Water Bomber Crash - Military Times
The three American firefighters who were killed Thursday in the crash of a C-130 Hercules water tanker plane while helping to battle the raging wildfires in Australia have been identified.
Their employer, Portland, Ore.-based Coulson Aviation USA, identified the victims as Capt. Ian McBeth, 44, of Great Falls, Mont.; First Officer Paul Hudson, 42, of Buckeye, Ariz.; and Flight Engineer Rick DeMorgan Jr., 43, of Navarre, Fla.
All three were U.S. military veterans, according to a Coulson statement. McBeth served in both the Montana Air National Guard and the Wyoming Air National Guard; Hudson served in the Marine Corps after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy; and DeMorgan served 18 years in the U.S. Air Force. (Read more)
-Lord, we pray Your comfort for the families of these brave men who went to help Australia. We thank You for their willingness to help, and pray for all who are attempting to stop the wildfires there.
- "The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works."
(Psalm 145:9)
3. Experts think the Wuhan coronavirus jumped from bats to snakes to people. Bats have been the source of at least 4 pandemics - Business Insider
The coronavirus spreading in China and the SARS outbreak of 2003 have two things in common: Both are from the coronavirus family and both were passed from animals to humans in a wet market.
Coronaviruses are zoonotic diseases, meaning they spread to people from animals. Because wet markets put people and live and dead animals - dogs, chickens, pigs, snakes, civets, and more - in close contact, it can be easy for a virus to make an interspecies jump. "Poorly regulated live-animal markets mixed with illegal wildlife trade offer a unique opportunity for viruses to spill over from wildlife hosts into the human population," the Wildlife Conservation Society said in a statement on Thursday. (Read more)
- Lord, we stand in agreement against this pestilence and invoke Your power and Word over all. We thank You for Your anointing to do so.
- "This far you shall come and no farther shall your proud waves stop." (Job 38:11)
- "No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling."
(Psalm 91:10)
4. 'Economist' EIC: No One Talked About Impeachment in Davos - Free Beacon
The editor in chief of the Economist said on Sunday that attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, were gearing up for a second Trump term, while "literally no one" spoke to her about impeachment. CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria asked Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes what the global elite in Davos thought about impeachment.
"To be honest, I didn't think they're paying a huge amount of attention to it," Beddoes said. She went on to say that while few were closely following what they saw as a foregone conclusion, many attendees were "taking almost as given that there might be a second term for President Trump." "The mood I think certainly amongst the business types in Davos was 'get ready for a second term,'" Beddoes said. "Literally no one spoke to me about impeachment."
House Democrats presented their impeachment case against Trump to the Senate this past week. Trump's lawyers will continue their defense of the president this week, in advance of a possible end to the trial on Friday. (Read more)
- Lord, we thank You that in the international realm, people are learning about the President through his skills rather than the loud noise coming from Democrats.
- "A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men."
(Proverbs 18:16)
5. Soros-Funded Leftist Group 'Vote Vets' Attacks Tom Cotton by Twisting Interview Out of Context - Breitbart
The George Soros-funded organization Vote Vets, which purports to stand for veterans but is a leftist organization, is twisting comments made by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) in an interview Sunday morning on CBS about Americans injured in Iran's ballistic missile strike on U.S. installations in Iraq.
Iran's ballistic missile strike, which consisted of at least a dozen ballistic missiles launched at at least two U.S. installations in Iraq in retaliation by the regime in Tehran for President Donald Trump's strike taking out Quds Force leader and infamous terrorist Qasem Soleimani, claimed no American lives. There were upwards of 30 injuries of varying degrees, however, including 16 who returned to duty quickly, another 9 who were transported to Germany for treatment and evaluation, and another 8 who were brought home to the United States for treatment and evaluation. (Read more)
- Lord, we pray that these lies be revealed for what they are: baseless untruths designed to sway voters from the truth.
- "The Lord opens the eyes of the blind." (Psalm 146:8a)
6. Automatic Voter Registration Led to Illegal Ballots, Illinois Admits - Free Beacon
A watchdog group has requested records from the Illinois State Board of Elections after 574 noncitizens were added to its voter rolls, allowing some of them to vote illegally in the 2018 midterm elections.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election integrity law firm, made the request on Thursday after the board admitted the error. The individuals in question were improperly invited onto the rolls through a glitch in the state's automatic voter registration system while applying for a driver's license or state identification. The watchdog says Democratic politicians are pushing automatic voter registration at the expense of election integrity. The issues in Illinois with automatic voter registration, which has been implemented in 18 states and the District of Columbia, contribute to an already widespread trend of noncitizens making their way onto voter rolls nationwide. (Read more)
- Father, we thank You for this revelation and pray that every state that has this kind of automatic voter registration be purged of noncitizens before the election.
- "Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight." (Proverbs 12:22)
7. Joe Biden Says 'No Room For Compromise' On Transgender Issues As Bernie Faces Backlash For Joe Rogan Endorsement - Daily Caller
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that "there is no room for compromise" on transgender issues, which he called the "civil rights issue of our time."
Biden has previously said that passing the Equality Act, a Democratic-supported bill that would require schools to include biological males who identify as transgender on girls' sports teams, would be his top legislative priority.
"Let's be clear: Transgender equality is the civil rights issue of our time. There is no room for compromise when it comes to basic human rights," the Democratic presidential candidate wrote in a tweet Saturday. (Read more)
- Lord, pandering to sin is a dangerous game. We repent for allowing this lie to have a place in our nation.
- "To make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring everlasting righteousness." (Daniel 9:24)
8. Denver Post Columnist Fired After Arguing There Are Two Sexes - Free Beacon
A Denver Post columnist says he was fired after disputing the idea that there are more than two sexes. Jon Caldara, president of the libertarian Independence Institute, announced that he has been fired from the Post, chalking it up to "a difference in style" that his editors found "too insensitive."
"My column is not a soft voiced, sticky sweet NPR-styled piece which employs the language now mandated by the victim-centric, identity politics driven media," he said in a Facebook post. "What seemed to be the last straw for my column was my insistence that there are only two sexes and my frustration that to be inclusive of the transgendered (even that word isn't allowed) we must lose our right to free speech." (Read more)
- Lord, we know from Your Word that there are only two sexes. We pray that this columnist will be blessed and that You will find a venue that will encourage his free speech and bring him to Yourself.
- "If the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed." (John 8:36)
9. MLK's Niece Denounces Democrat For 'Race Baiting' Trump - Daily Wire
If there's anyone in America who might be considered the top expert on racism, it's got to be Alveda King, the niece of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
"I've had the experience of going head-to-head with genuine racists," King said on Fox News. "Back in the 20th Century, I was a youth organizer. At the time, my uncle, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King was killed [in 1968] . . . I was in a home that was bombed. A racist is a person who really does believe that their race, their category of humanity, is superior or different." And, King said, Trump isn't one of them. (Read more)
- Lord, we know in our spirits that President Trump is not a racist. We ask that truth be revealed in a way that people can actually understand it. We thank You, too, for giving us our sister, Dr. Alveda King, who always speaks truth to power. In Jesus' name, amen.
- "Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart." (Psalm 51:6)
10. Dershowitz calls out House Dems in Trump's Senate impeachment trial after Bolton shock waves - Fox News
Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz, delivering a spirited constitutional defense of President Trump at his Senate impeachment trial Monday night, flatly turned toward House impeachment managers and declared they had picked "dangerous" and "wrong" charges against the president -- noting that neither "abuse of power" nor "obstruction of justice" was remotely close to an impeachable offense as the framers had intended.
In a dramatic primetime moment, the liberal constitutional law scholar reiterated that although he voted for Hillary Clinton, he could not find constitutional justification for the impeachment of a president for non-criminal conduct, or conduct that was not at least "akin" to defined criminal conduct.
"I'm sorry, House managers, you just picked the wrong criteria. You picked the most dangerous possible criteria to serve as a precedent for how we supervise and oversee future presidents," Dershowitz told the House Democrats, including head House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. (Read more)
- We thank You, Father, for the clarity of this argument. May we all consider the word "impeachment" in the light the understanding of the U.S. Constitution. In Jesus' name, amen.
- "Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." (Proverbs 22:28)
The Daily Jot
Monday, January 27, 2020
Prophecy-Beware of the Israel Peace Plan
The time is near when President Donald Trump will unveil his long-awaited plan to bring peace between the political entity of violent anti-Israel "Palestinians" and the state of Israel. They are calling it the "Deal of the Century" and it is supposed to meet Israel's vital security concerns and the needs of the Palestinian Authority, which morphed over the years from the terrorist Palestinian Liberation Organization. Every president who has tried to broker peace between these entities has failed and has suffered seemingly prophetic consequences as documented by White House Correspondent Bill Koenig in his book "Eye to Eye-Facing the consequences of Dividing Israel." Concessions to terrorists are never a good idea.
Koenig points out that "Despite their good intentions, previous American presidents, and to a lesser degree the international community, are accountable for dividing the land God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants; promoting a peace plan that would position Israel in indefensible borders; interfering with God's plan of having Jews move home to Israel and Judea and Samaria-the biblical heartland of Israel; and participating in the eviction of Jews from their homes within the biblical heartland of Israel." Koenig documents political, economic and natural disasters that occurred within 24-48 hours after every time the US has meddled in dividing the land for peace.
The current US President represents America as a true friend to Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is optimistic about this peace plan, saying, "An opportunity such as this comes once in history and cannot be missed. Today, we have in the White House the greatest friend that Israel has ever had; therefore, we have the greatest opportunity that we have ever had." The Times of Israel reports, "The Palestinian Authority has preemptively rejected the Trump plan and is reportedly threatening to cancel its security coordination with Israel in the West Bank if it moves ahead." If the sovereign state of Israel favors the plan and the terrorist-sponsoring Palestinian Authority rejects it, then the plan might be a step in the right direction-by man's ways.
God's ways, however, may not be so accepting. God told Abram in Genesis 12:2-3, "And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless you and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed." Israel was miraculously reestablished May 14, 1948, and there is prophetic significance to this. As Koenig writes, there have been 208 weather disasters since 1980 costing the US over $1.1 trillion, "Most of the catastrophes occurred at the time the United States was pressuring Israel to divide their covenant land." The weather disasters are just one example. While optimism awaits the Trump peace plan, the power of prophecy will move as this plan unfolds. We will see how man's plan aligns with God's plan, or not.
Kobe Bryant Crash Investigation
Weather conditions eyed in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, officials say
Officials in Los Angeles said late Sunday that dense fog in Southern California likely played a role in the deadly crash in Calabasas that claimed the lives of nine people, including NBA great Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter. Several experts pointed to the poor flying conditions in the area and said fog will likely play a key part in the investigation, the Los Angeles Times reported. Dense fog covered the area and continued to hang low on the Santa Monica mountain range hours after the crash.
"You could hear it - thump, thump, thump - and then a loud thud," Pastor Bob Bjerkaas, who was teaching Sunday school at the Church in the Canyons, told USA Today. His wife ran out and saw a cloud of gray billowing from the mountains, the report said. Bjerkaas said it was "dense. My guess is he was flying low," he said. (Read more)
- Father, once again we pray for Your comfort for those families who lost loved ones. We pray that this will be an opportunity to draw them close to You.
- "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)
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- ". . . it is He who delivers you . . . from the deadly pestilence." (Psalm 91:3)
Prayers for the Persecuted Church
"Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body." (Hebrews 13:3)
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A Classic Hymn
Signs and Wonders
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