What Has Become of Our Nation?

I am a devout Christian and have had a problem with Obama as president . But I have respected him as president in spite of the horrible things he keeps doing. I sta rted with this link.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErzxOz3Dzv8&feature=player_embedded#at=194

I kept looking at related links and found them very informative. Once and for all it became clear we have a Muslim for a president that is trying to demolish the Christian heritage of America. I listened to speeches Congressman Obama gave in congress. He glorified  the Koran, bowed to a Moslem King which no previous American President has done this. He did not bow to the queen of England. Perhaps this has something to do with his not being welcome at the royal wedding.

I am appalled America, once declared a “Christian Nation “ now has been called a  non-Christian nation with a president singing the praises of Moslems in early America. In all the history I ever studied I have never heard of a Moslem in the founding of our nation. Granted there are notable Moslems now but not when America  was founded. The farthest back I can remember and Moslem was when Casus Clay became Mohamad Ali.

In the signers of the Declaration with very few exceptions were in most cases not only believers but ministers as well. You can check this out through the tapes and writings of David Barton, through his webbsight Wallbuilders.

Annette 





 

A New Post

I have had several blogs over the years for a number of different reasons. This one is about writing. I will be putting in some of my old writings; new ones as well you will also see some new things like possible magazine articles as though I was still writing for one of the magazines that have been published in the past. Some of those will strictly be for this blog others, will       be sent  to various publishers.

Today however I will introduce myself and explain why I am starting another blog. Before I got married I was published several times under my maiden name Annette E. Conner. I tried hyphenating for a while but Conner-Agnello was awkward. So I simply go by my married name Annette C. Agnello. When you change what you are know by you loose your past publication history it is at best a calculated risk. No one connects the poems published under my maiden name with the articles under my married name.

When I was a kid I had teachers who looked at my spelling and declared I could not write. I was a junior in high school who blessed me by looking at the writing and made me correct the spelling and hand it in again.  Suddenly my writing was considered good. It was a new experience.

Like most people I had begun with writing poems, quite a few of them got published. The first I entered in a contest and won. I remember writing Goldfinch. I came to a garage to get work done on my car. It was a early morning appointment and I got there before the place opened and watched a goldfinch eat a thistle. Close observation from a parked car gave me a clear view and let the bird feel as if he was alone. I was listening to an album that I liked so much I literally wore it out. I wish I could find another copy of “Bach by the Beach”. By the time the mechanic showed up I had the poem.

GOLDFINCH

On hillside grew a thistle
Filled with ripened seed
Festooned with silken plumes
God's provision, lowly weed

A pair of goldfinch
Attracted by purple crown
Stood on thorny blossom
Finding seeds beneath the down

Neath the colorful petals
Uncovering tasty seeds
In joyful abandon feasted,
At banquet form a weed

True to his promise, God provided
Birds of the air all they could eat
Together they sing their praises
Thanking God from banquet seat

Never hungering, with no worries
Trusting God for all their needs
Enjoying what he provided
Dining on their feast of seeds

by Annette E. Conner-Agnello
Aug ‘94 Nature/ Praise

I graduated to articles and short stories and now to writing a book. This is nothing like I expected to write for a first entry, for my writing blog. I am restarting an old blog,

The Blessings from Deuteronomy 28

Last week I started two blogs both a religious one and a secular one. The religious one is to get closer to the healing scriptures to make them a part of myself. Today’s passage is Deuteronomy 28:1-14 That way I will be able to receive my healing better. Face it the modern church needs to get in touch with the past so I will be referring to Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary to get more insight. All scriptures come from the New King James Version.

Deuteronomy 28:1“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
Diligently DILIGENTLY, adv. With steady application and care; with industry or assiduity; not carelessly; not negligently. Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God. Deu 6. (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary)
I wonder if I obey God’s voice as diligently or carefully as I really should.

2And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
This passage was part of our wedding ceremony. When we were first married I was strong in the Lord, however as we were getting adjusted to our lives together and we both had to find our places in God’s plan.

3“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
4“Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
All of these blessings are as good for a new married couple as they were for a chosen people. God has definitely things he wants each of us to do and he will do his part to make that possible for each of us.

7“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
I’d like to think we have no enemies, but little or big there are people and events in each or our lives that upset our basic calm. The passage speaks of the enemies, whatever they are as fleeing from us. My biggest enemy right now is my recently is my MS, indeed that is why I am working with the healing scriptures in this series of blog entries.

8“The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Can you imagine God blessing your property and everything you do. Remember God blessed Joseph that way.

9“The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. 11And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
We need to keep the commands of the Lord and walk in his ways, and we will be called “Christian” and the Lord will bless us like he did in verse 8.

12The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
Assuming that God’s promises will come true. We can receive, be lending and no longer have to borrow.

13And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
I am trying to heed the commandments and not turn aside from anything God has promised.

Healing Form the Book of Wise Sayings

Proverbs has a number of healing scriptures:

Proverbs 3:7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
8 It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.

Fear does not mean we have to be afraid of God but in awe of his greatness instead. And in that greatness whatever health problems there are not only can, but will be take care of.

Proverbs 4:20 My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.

This passage is talking about the importance of the words in your life in general and specifically in health in verse 22. It amazes me how many people read little or none of the word. When I was a child I thought one verse pulled out of a “Bread of Life Promise Box” was plenty of Bible for the day. But it was a long time before I became a Christian. I struggled along for a while even after accepting Christ. Eventually I learned enough about the Lord and having a relationship with God. That makes all the difference. Once you become friends with the Lord it is easy to believe he would want you to be well.

Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

There can be very pleasant words in the Bible. A lot depends on how you look at them. Some people see the Bible as little more than a collection of stories, others see it as history. While there is a lot of history in the Bible it is far more than that. The word becomes sweet as honeycomb when you spend time with it.

Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.

This is probably the most often quoted healing scripture from Proverbs. I try to be merry and upbeat and it is better. I also agree with the part about a broken spirit being bad news. I have gone through some tough times and it is not at all pleasant.

A look at Exodus 15:26

I started a new blog two days ago with a collection of healing scriptures. In this blog I will try to post my thoughts on each scripture. I will be going over the scriptures in depth while my healing is coming. I collected healing scriptures once before simply because I heard of someone being healed by using the scriptures as medicine. If I had only kept it up with a regular dose of the healing word I would never have suffered from MS. I would never have been misdiagnosed and and wasted time without the proper medication for a debilitating illness. I should have just have been on the Lord's precipitation.

I will be looking at the various scriptures and giving my insights into what I'm learning. The first is:

Exodus 15:26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

To be diligent is to make a marked by persevering, painstaking effort. To heed is to To pay attention to; listen to and consider. So this means to pay painstaking attention to God's word. Even more than than usual, I try to always follow God's words, however sometimes when you are looking at the word you see one thing sometimes another. For a list of the diseases of Egypt look in Deuteronomy 28:15-60. This is the first time in scripture God promises to heal.

Beginning (pt 2)

Matthew 8:2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

³Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matthew 8:16When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, ¹⁷that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

“He Himself took our infirmities

And bore our sicknesses.”

Matthew 15:30Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them. ³¹So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

Matthew 18:18“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

19“Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

Matthew 21:21So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. ²²And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Mark 9:²³Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Mark 10:²⁷But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”

Mark 11:22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Mark 16:14Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. ¹⁵And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; ¹⁸theywill take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Luke 6:19And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.

Luke 9:2He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Luke 13:16So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”

Acts 5:16Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Acts 10:38And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing;

Romans 4:16Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations” in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; ¹⁸who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.” ¹⁹And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death..

¹¹But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

2 Corinthians 4:18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, ⁵casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Galatians 3:¹³Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” 14that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. ¹¹Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹²For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

¹⁴Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Philippians 2:13for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

⁸Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. ⁹The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10:35Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

James 4:7Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

James 5:14Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. ¹⁶ Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

1 Peter 2:24who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

1 John 3:21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. ²²And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

1 John 5:14Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. ¹⁵And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

3 John 2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Beginings (Pt 1)

Beginning

I have a major post about healing that I could not get on my blog on freeblogit so I am restarting another blog here. I am a bit gun-shy about starting another blog but I discovered I couldn’t get back to them after the computer died (a bad computer virus made it so the hard-drive could not even be reformatted.)

On the subject of being sick since the last blog Once Again it was discovered I have MS. I am going to be proactive about heeling you should see my bathroom mirrors and Kitchen cabinets, they are covered with healing scriptures. Here the all are. They will all be listed in NKJV.

Exodus 15:26 “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

Exodus 23:25-26 “So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.”

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

1 Kings 8:56 “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.

Psalm 91:9-10, 14-16

⁹ Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

¹⁰ No evil shall befall you,

Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

¹⁴ “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;

¹⁵ I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will deliver him and honor him.

¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him,

And show him My salvation.”

Psalm 103:1-5

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

² Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget not all His benefits:

³ Who forgives all your iniquities,

Who heals all your diseases,

⁴ Who redeems your life from destruction,

Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

⁵ Who satisfies your mouth with good things,

So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalm 107:17, 19-21

17 Fools, because of their transgression,

And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

¹⁹ Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He saved them out of their distresses.

²⁰ He sent His word and healed them,

And delivered them from their destructions.

²¹ Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

Psalm 118:17 I shall not die, but live,

And declare the works of the Lord.

Proverbs 4:20-24

20 My son, give attention to my words;

Incline your ear to my sayings.

²¹ Do not let them depart from your eyes;

Keep them in the midst of your heart;

²² For they are life to those who find them,

And health to all their flesh.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from you a deceitful mouth,

And put perverse lips far from you.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you;

Be not dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you,

Yes, I will help you,

I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Isaiah 53:4 Surely He has borne our griefs

And carried our sorrows;

Yet we esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten by God, and afflicted.

⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities;

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.

Jeremiah 1:12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.”

Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;

Save me, and I shall be saved,

For You are my praise.

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you

And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord,

‘Because they called you an outcast saying:

“This is Zion;

No one seeks her.”’

Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords

And your pruning hooks into spears;

Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’”

Nahum 1:9 What do you conspire against the Lord?

He will make an utter end of it.

Affliction will not rise up a second time.