Election Day Sermon, Applying Biblical Principles to Government, Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle

We read this morning from Psalm 33 about how Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord and that nations are not protected by the multitude of their army or the power of their military force but there protected based on the protection of God God's sovereignty and that is most often based on whether that nation is obeying God's word or violating God's word.
In Proverbs 14:34 we read, “righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people” and in Proverbs 28:12, we learn, “When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory; But when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.” (Ref. vs. 28) (NKJV)
With something so important as the course of a nation, the course of a state, the course of a County, the course of a city, with something this large at stake, you would think that God's people would show up. You would thing that God's people would study to know the issues and would go out and exercise their right to vote. I believe that we have a responsibility to vote for godly men to rule over us. There are over 65 million evangelical Christians, yet in any given election only half or maybe less vote! In fact many Christians aren't even registered to vote. It's amazing when you look at the differences in some of the political races and the margin versus the amount of Christians not even registered to vote in those states. Here in the state of Florida, over 600,000 evangelical Christians are not registered to vote. That’s almost enough people to get the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment on the ballot. We’re going to go to them so that we can register them so that they can sign the person had the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment.
It is important that we realize it is important whether a nation obeys God or not. The people that we elect to rule over us hold important positions of power. We need to vote based on biblical issues based on their positions and we need to vote that way as opposed to voting for our pocketbook which sometimes happens.
Christians did come out strongly in 2008 but they voted for what they thought was hope and change a boy we sure have gotten some change, but we need some hope, and we actually need more change to return back to the founding principles
William Penn said, “Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot be bad. . . . But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. . . .[T]hough good laws do well, good men do better; for good laws may want [lack] good men and be abolished or invaded by ill men; but good men will never want good laws nor suffer [allow] ill ones.”
[William Penn quoted from: Thomas Clarkson, Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn (London: Richard Taylor and Co., 1813) Vol. I, p.303.]
Matthias Burnett instructed his congregation, “Consider well the important trust . . . which God . . . [has] put into your hands. . . . To God and posterity you are accountable for [your rights and your rulers]. . . . Let not your children have reason to curse you for giving up those rights and prostrating those institutions which your fathers delivered to you. . . . [L]ook well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust. . . . Think not that your interests will be safe in the hands of the weak and ignorant; or faithfully managed by the impious, the dissolute and the immoral. Think not that men who acknowledge not the providence of God nor regard His laws will be uncorrupt in office, firm in defense of the righteous cause against the oppressor, or resolutly oppose the torrent of iniquity. . . . Watch over your liberties and privileges - civil and religious - with a careful eye.”
[Matthias Burnett, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Norwalk, An Election Sermon, Preached at Hartford, on the Day of the Anniversary Election, May 12, 1803 (Hartford: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, 1803), pp. 27-28.]
Charles Finney warned, “[T]he time has come that Christians must vote for honest men and take consistent ground in politics or the Lord will curse them. . . . Christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. But the time has come when they must act differently. . . . Christians seem to act as if they thought God did not see what they do in politics. But I tell you He does see it - and He will bless or curse this nation according to the course they [Christians] take [in politics].”
[Charles G. Finney, Lectures on Revivals of Religion (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1868), Lecture XV, pp. 281-282.]
As we look at this election season and as we look at the presidential preference primary that is coming up for the Republican Party this Tuesday, if you are registered Republican and haven’t voted yet, I encourage you to go out and vote and let your voice be heard. We’re going to look at some of biblical issues surrounding this campaign and look at the various candidates and see how they match up to God's word , the Bible, because we do have a responsibility to vote for men that would uphold righteousness. We’re going to examine where the candidates stand on key issues such as: whether the candidates fear God and are just, whether they will defend the sanctity of human life, whether they will defend traditional marriage and the family, and whether they support limited or expansive government.
As Christians, we have an obligation to vote for godly men to represent us; however, electing the right man as president will not redeem America. To turn things around, we need to turn back to God with all of our heart, all or our soul, all of our mind, and all of our strength. We need to look into the perfect law of liberty (the Bible), examine our lives, families, churches, cities, states, and nation in light of God’s word, and where needed, we need to amend our ways. We need to humble ourselves, and pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked way so that our God can hear from heaven, forgive our sins, and heal our land. (2 Chronicles 7:13-14.)

Every Region, Every County, Every City, Every Church, Every Pastor for Life!

I have a dream that one day all innocent human life will be protected by love and by law in Florida. For this to happen, we need your help to make the case for life in every region, every county, every city, and every church. Indeed, we need every pastor in the state of Florida to present the prolife personhood petition to their church.

In reference to salvation, the Apostle Paul ponders, "How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher"? (Romans 10:14 NKJV) In reference to the personhood petition, we might ask: how shall they petition without a preacher, and how shall they preach if they haven't heard? I recently attended a large pastors meeting in Orlando with my dad. Central Florida Co-Chair Jay Rogers joined to help present the prolife personhood amendment to Florida pastors. You would be surprised at what we found! We met pastors from all over the state. The pastors all received the petition with open arms. Those who hadn't previously signed the petition singed it at the conference and took additional copies to pass out to have their congregations sign the petition! What percentage of Florida pastors do you think have heard about personhood? Answer this weeks online poll to give your opinion. We'll announce the poll results and the actual percentage next week.

To reach every region, every county, every city, every church, every pastor, we need your help. We need volunteers who will mail letters to pastors, call pastors, visit pastors, attend pastors fellowship meetings, and petition in churches, and we need donors who will provide the necessary funds to pay for the mailings. Will you help us with one or more of these tasks?

We are currently organizing teams of volunteers in counties across FL to contact churches in their county. Will you help us take the message of life to every region, every county, every city, every church, every pastor? Please join us for a conference call/training Tuesday, November 15 from 9 - 10 PM.  This call will cover key strategy for ending abortion and protecting all innocent human life. Register to join us on the call here.

Sermon, Why We Must End Abortion NOW, Training Our Children to Obey God Where We Have Failed to Do So? Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle

Why We Must End Abortion NOW
Training Our Children to Obey God Where We Have Failed to Do So?

Why We Must End Abortion NOW
Training Our Children to Obey God Where We Have Failed to Do So?
No parent wants to admit to their children that they have made mistakes in the past, yet that is exactly what God asks parents in general and fathers in particular in Psalm 78. In the 60s, we saw the rise of the sexual revolution in America, and the promiscuity has gotten progressively worse since that time. It is time that we turn back to God and look at His principles and His precepts. Here in Psalm 78:1-8, we read,

"Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children, That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments; And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God." (Psalms 78:1-8 NKJV)

Now go back and consider which generation was that God originally instructed to train their children in obedience to the law of God. They were the very generation that refused to go into the promise land, that would not believe the promises of God, that would not believe that God would deliver them, that didn't believe that God was strong enough to give them the land. These were the people God was talking about. They needed to train their children to obey God where they had failed God. And we are definitely living in such a time today where we need parents that are willing to admit that they were wrong. Parents that are willing to look at the precepts God has given us, His instruction book, and to realize that I have failed. I have made mistakes. We need parents who are humble enough to admit that, and to be willing to train our children in obedience to the Lord.

Biblical World View - 2 Timothy 2:15 – “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Prayer - Nehemiah 1.

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel, that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said to me, "The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire." So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. And I said: "I pray, LORD God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments, "please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father's house and I have sinned. "We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. "Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations; 'but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.' "Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand. "O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." For I was the king's cupbearer. (Nehemiah 1:1-11 NKJV)

Disciple the Nations - Matthew 28:18-20 – “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.”

Deal Faithfully in regard to Physical Intimacy. - 1 Timothy 5:12 - “[Rebuke] elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”

Establish Justice - Amos 5:15 – “Hate evil, love good; establish justice in the gate. It may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

Job 31:1 – “I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?”

Defend the Poor and Fatherless - Psalm 82:1-4 – “God stands in the congregation of the mighty ... How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked? Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; free them from the hand of the wicked.”

Rescue Those Staggering to the Slaughter - Proverbs 31:8&9 – “Open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”

Proverbs 24:11-12 “Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, ‘But we knew nothing about this,’ Does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?” (NIV)

A Watchman on the wall - Ezekiel 33:1-11

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, 'when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, 'then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. 'He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life. 'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.' "So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. "When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. "Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'Thus you say, "If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?"' "Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?' (Ezekiel 33:1-11 NKJV)

Warn that God punishes nations for the sin of child sacrifice - 2 Kings 21:1-16.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a wooden image, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name." And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger. He even set a carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; "and I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers-only if they are careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them." But they paid no attention, and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. And the LORD spoke by His servants the prophets, saying, "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols), "therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. 'And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 'So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become victims of plunder to all their enemies, 'because they have done evil in My sight, and have provoked Me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.'" Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD. (2 Kings 21:1-16 NKJV)

Pastor Bryan Longworth serves as the associate pastor at Covenant Tabernacle in Port St. Lucie, FL, as the director of Personhood FL, a prolife organization working to pass the Florida Personhood Amendment that will end abortion in FL, and as the director of SOHL, Sanctity of Human Life of the Treasure Coast. Longworth is a Wall Builders new Black Robe Regiment Pastor and a Family Research Council Watchmen on the Wall Pastor. Longworth continues to be involved in the pro-life movement and in calling the church and our nation to repentance. The church and America needs revival and reformation like never before. The blood of over 55 million children cries from the ground for vengeance, and God will avenge! God send us a true move of God lest we perish in our iniquity!

Covenant Tabernacle World Outreach Center in Port Saint Lucie Florida is a nondenominational, charismatic reformed church that believes the Pentecostal gifts of the Holy Spirit are available to believers today. We believe God has called us to worship, proclaim His word, and Disciple the nations in obedience to His commandments.

Vibrant Worship

At Covenant Tabernacle, we believe in worshipping God "with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30 - NKJV) As a part of our worship, we blow the Shofar as blown in ancient Jewish worship.

Powerful, Bible based Preaching

We believe that the word of God is true (2 Samuel 7:28) and that "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 complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV) We encourage all believers to develop a Biblical Worldview that shapes our view on not only our personal life but also our family, friends, loved ones, church, and civil government.

Discipleship

We believe in following Christ's Great Commission to "'go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.' Amen." (Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV) As such, we believe in discipling individuals, families, communities, cities, states, and nations in obedience to God's word.

Sermon, Why We Must End Abortion NOW – And Who Is My Neighbor? Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle.

Sermon, Why We Must End Abortion NOW, Training Our Children to Obey God Where We Have Failed to Do So? Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle, Personhood

Sermon, Why We Must End Abortion NOW, Training our Children to Obey God where we have failed to obey Him. ProLife, Pro Life, Pro-Life, preborn, unborn, Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, Abstinence, Revival, Reformation, Great Awakening, Repentance, Restoration. Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle Worship Service. Prolife, pro-life, abortion, Repentance, Revival, Reformation, A True Move of God. Join us as we worship the King of King and Lord of Lords and call the church and our city, state, and nation to repent before a holy God. For information about Covenant Tabernacle, Port St. Lucie, visit Covenant Tabernacle's website http://www.CovenantTabernacle.com.

No parent wants to admit to their children that they have made mistakes in the past, yet that is exactly what God asks parents in general and fathers in particular in Psalm 78.The 60s saw the rise of the sexual revolution in America, and the promiscuity has gotten progressively worse since that time. It is time that we turn back to God and look at His principles and His precepts. Here in Psalm 78:1-8, we read,

Sermon, Why We Must End Abortion NOW, Training Our Children to Obey God Where We Have Failed to Do So? Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle, Personhood

On My Birthday, I'm Asking for Three Gifts that Won't Cost You a Dime

Yes it's my birthday today. I'm a year older and hopefully wiser than the year before. (I don't think I'll take my skateboard down the ramps at the skateboard park like I did last year when I broke my wrist!) The past year has been difficult with the economic struggles presently facing America, yet God has provided. Certainly, I could ask for thing; however, on my birthday, I'm asking for three gifts that won't cost you a dime. (This doesn't mean that I don't need socks from my wife and kids!) These three gifts will also not directly benefit me but will benefit you, those around you, and society as a whole. Can you help make my birthday the best ever by doing three simple things? Read on...

Will you commit your life to Jesus Christ and pray and work to see His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven? Will you join me in taking back our nation? Will you gather 10 Personhood Petitions in the next week to help us end abortion in Florida and the US? Read on...

Will you commit your life to Jesus Christ and pray and work to see His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven? Over 2,000 years ago, God sent His son into the world to pay the price you and I deserved to pay for our sins. The Bible tells us in Romans that he died while we were dead in our trespasses of sin. Because of His sacrifice, our sins can be forgiven! If you haven't done so already, I urge you to commit your life to Christ. If you're already a Christian, I urge you to examine your life and make sure that you are in the faith. Serve Him as fervently as you did when you first accepted Christ as Savior.

There's more to this request, however. Jesus didn't just come to save us from our sins. He came to rule the world, and He has asked us to pray and work to see His kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Most Christians today believe this is impossible since their eschatology teaches them that things must get worse and worse until Christ comes back to rescue His pathetic church who will fail to carry out His great commission. I submit to you, that had the apostles though the way many Christians think today, they would have never left the upper room! Had Martin Luther held this pessimistic view, he never would have nailed those 99 thesis to the door of the church and launched the Reformation that led the church out of the dark ages. Had the other reformers believe the church would never triumph, they wouldn't have laid down their lives so that the truth of the gospel could be preached, heard, and read in our native tongues. Had the Pilgrims and the Puritans believed the best days of the church were behind her, they would have never left England. Had our founding fathers believed their mission was doomed, they wouldn't have pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to establish this great experiment in self government we call the United States of America. Friends, we do not find ourselves in our current dilemma because of end times prophesy. We find ourselves in this dilemma because we have sat idly by while a few wicked men and women have stolen our country from us, but there is still hope. We can still turn back to God and take this country back! That leads me to my next birthday request.

Will you join me in taking back our nation? We sat idly by and gave the mercy ministries to the government not realizing the truth in the principle Jesus taught His disciples: he who serves, leads. We sat by when the Federal Reserve board was created. We sat by when our money was devalued by changing and then eliminating the gold standard. We sat by when evolution (the idea that nothing created everything out of nothing and that by random mutation) replaced the idea that we were created by God and have a special purpose in life. We stood by as the sexual norms were loosened so that men and women did whatever they wanted to do with whomever they wanted to do it with, without any regard for the consequence. We stood by as the courts allowed the consequences of such action, preborn babies, to be murdered by abortion. We stood by when prayer, the Bible, and the Ten Commandments were removed from public schools and from nearly every area of public life. And we've stood by while politicians of both parties have overburdened us with regulation, charged tax rates that our founding fathers never fathomed, and have borrowed so much that our great grandchildren will pay for the irresponsibility spending in Washington. We have been silent for far too long. We simply cannot stand by any longer! We must stand up and take our country back! Will you join me in taking our country back? Much damage has been done, and God's fierce wrath awaits us for departing from Him as a nation; however, there is hope if we turn back to God. As we read in 2 Chronicles 7:14, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

Will you gather 10 Personhood Petitions in the next week to help us end abortion in Florida? When we look at our wicked ways, the biggest issue we must deal with is not losing our freedoms, taxation, regulations, etc. The biggest issue facing our country today is abortion. We have now killed over 50,000,000 preborn children by abortion. Each year we stand by while 1,200,000 babies in the US, over 95,000 babies in Florida, and 1,000 babies in Fort Pierce are ripped to pieces with a suction machine, cut apart piece by piece, burned to death with saline solution, or mostly delivered prior to crushing their skulls. Each form of abortion is horrific and should be unthinkable. God promises to judge nations and communities that stand by and allow this kind of bloodshed to take place. The right to life is the preeminent right we possess. Our founders placed this right before liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness because without life you can't posses any other right. Our founders rightly stated that our right to life comes FROM OUR CREATOR (written in all caps for Mr Obama who chose to omit these words in several speaches) and that no person shall be deprived of life... without due process. Our constitution doesn't define who is a person however. In the past, black men and women were considered non-persons and could be owned. Today, preborn children, the elderly, and the sick are considered non-persons. We are working to pass personhood amendments or acts in over 40 states. These would define persons to include all humans, including preborn children, the elderly, and the infirmed. In Florida, we need to gather over 700,000 petition signed by registered voters to get the Florida Personhood Amendment on the ballot. Will you gather 10 Personhood Petitions in the next week to help us end abortion in Florida? (If you gather 1,000 petitions, we'll give you a Personhood FL t-shirt!) If you live in another state, will you ask your friends in Florida to gather petitions or even come to Florida yourself for a personhood vacation? (If you live in a northern state, this would be a great reason to escape the cold weather, so come suffer for the Lord in sunny Florida!) You can learn more about Personhood FL and download the Personhood Florida petition at http://www.PersonhoodFL.com. You can learn more about personhood amendments and acts in other states at Personhood USA's website: http://www.PersonhoodUSA.com.

Will you help make this birthday my best ever by giving me these three gifts? Will you commit your life to Jesus Christ and pray and work to see His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven? Will you join me in taking back our nation? Will you gather 10 Personhood Petitions in the next week to help us end abortion in Florida and the US?

P.S. I realize that I have touched on several concepts in this post without fully laying the foundation for holding such positions. I have preached sermons on all of these concepts, however, where I have laid forth the grounds for such beliefs using scripture as the basis for such beliefs. If you have any questions, feel free to ask your question by commenting to this post, and I will respond with links where I more fully lay out the principles.

Personhood FL Tour Distributes Over 3,000 Pieces of Literature in Hispanic, Black, and White Neighborhoods in Miami

The Missionary to the PreBorn - Personhood FL Tour had a tremendous day today. The day started in a Hispanic neighborhood on a street in front of an abortion mill and the Hialeah Senior High School where 3,000 students drove past large signs of born, preborn, and aborted babies. The missionaries were able to distribute 2,000 pieces of literature to students, pedestrians, and stopped cars. Some even signed the Personhood FL constitutional petition right on the street! The missionaries also went into the abortion mill, passed out prolife literature, and urged the women to choose life for their children! The missionaries literally passed out every piece of literature they had prepared!

The next stop was in an African American community located near the North Miami Pregnancy Help Medical Clinic, a prolife pregnancy center that I was able to tour in October with Dr Johnny Hunter and Dr O'Niel Dozier. A representative from the center came out and thanked the missionaries for coming out to stand for life in a neighborhood where Planned Parenthood targets black babies for abortion. The missionaries had reloaded their supply of material and were able to pass out more literature.

The next stop was supposed to be at the 163rd St Mall, but we changed the intersection yesterday. As with the other stops, God's providence prevailed. It so happened that traffic leading to the 163rd St mall was blocked off for blocks in all directions due to a strange bag left at a bank. The missionaries meanwhile were busy holding signs, passing out literature, and meeting friends and foe at another busy intersection in an upscale area of North Miami.

Tomorrow, the Personhood Tour will be in Ft Lauderdale, West Palm, and Port St Lucie. Wednesday, the tour will be in Orlando and Daytona Beach before ending in Jacksonville Thursday. If you live near any of these cities, con­sider joining us. (Click here for times and inter sec tions in each city.) If not, please join Personhood FL in your city to stop abortion. Let’s make history by ending abortion in Florida!

A few post abortive women have contacted me with concerns over the signs. Please know that the signs do include pictures of born and preborn children as well as aborted babies. We don't mean to condemn anyone. We want post abortive women to know that full confession leads to full forgiveness in Jesus Christ. Jesus loves you, and we love you. The signs are not meant to condemn anyone for past actions. Rather our message is simply: If abortion is so horrible that we can’t stand to look at pictures of the mutilated babies, should we really tolerate it? I say no! It’s time to end abortion and protect women and children from the horrors of abortion.

These are just some of my thoughts on the signs. For a more in depth analysis on this see my blog, or watch my sermon both titled Why We Show Pictures of PreBorn and Aborted Babies.