John Havener March 29th, 2010
Yesterday a dear friend called me from the Minneapolis area. He had gone to church at Bethany fellowship. Bethany is an outstanding missions sending organization that for around 50 years has been for facilitating the advance of the gospel. At the conclusion of the yesterday’s church service the pastor interviewed a man before the congregation. The man had spent years at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City and then then did missions work in Egypt and North Africa. Near the end of the interview, according to my friend, he said that God had ordered him back to the United States and to Bethany in particular to teach the people how to prepare for the coming persecution.
Is persecution coming to the Christians in the United States? In my view, it is highly likely, unless prevailing, overcoming prayer and wise action is taken by a substantial number of God’s people. Over the past years Christians have been consistently characterized by the media and entertainment industries as idiots, a drag on social progress, and most recently that Bible believing Christians are terrorists or potential terrorists. Some believe that there’s a definite plan to try to provoke “Christians” into some sort of violent action so that physical reprisals and repressions can be justified against them. Obviously I don’t know, and we don’t know for sure. But the Spirit of God seems to be clearly sent that the times are crucial and that intense prayer needs to be made to the living God to prevent an explosion of persecution.
One of the characteristics of persecution is that it can begins suddenly and with great ferocity. In recent times the famous “Kristallnacht” in Nazi Germany launched a blistering persecution of the Jews, all backed up by new Nazi laws and a Nazi dominated police apparatus. Consider also the experience of early Christians…
On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria. But devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him. Saul, however, was ravaging the church, and he would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
(Act 8:1-3)
What to do? Pray and pray hard that some sort of Antichrist tyranny will not be established over us in our land. It could come either from the right or left. We also need to resensitize ourselves to the leading of the Holy Spirit… you do not want to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and the Holy Spirit will help you not go there. This is not a time to be careless in our walk. A recurring theme on this site is to be prepared enough that you don’t have to go out among the panicked or angry masses to try to aquire you need to survive. I have felt a great urgency in my spirit to to steadily do what we can with the resources you have. I don’t believe I’m exaggerating by saying you could wake up tomorrow with a collapsed economy or a worthless dollar or a new and severe envioronment of persecution… too late to make any preparations! Pray…and act.
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John Havener September 14th, 2009
Some tome ago I read that the Germans put geese around their high value installations for security purposes…nothing got close without the honkers sounding off ! I thought I would try it and bought 4 Chinese brown goslings from a hatchery. They were cute, but definitely high maintenance. Then they needed a little house to protect them from cold weather…then they needed to be fenced in, so they would not make a mess with their amazing output of waste. Then they needed fresh water and a place to swim…I put more than $500.00 into my security experiment (What a fine dog I could have bought!). The other night I went out on other business, but approached their pen and swimming pool (yes!). I came within 10 feet, but they snoozed away! Of course they honk if my wife or I appear during the day . Oh well, they are still cute,but uh, the males are a little testy and may bite…buy a dog!
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John Havener July 10th, 2009
PLEASE READ the previous article before looking at this one! I am now going to offer a few specific suggestions for those who may want to purchase self defense fire arms: Mossberg 500 self defense shotgun with 12 gauge buckshot…this has huge stopping power and might even hold off a small group/ gang. Ammo plentiful. I have two possibilities to consider for pistols: .357 snub nose revolver. Excellent stopping power, ammo availability ok and .38 rounds can be shot in it for practice. The .38 has less concussion and is cheaper, but has considerably less stopping power. The second pistol choice is the KelTec P3AT .380. This tiny pistol has been described as “utterly reliable” and is so small it can be carried in a pocket, purse or other spots with ease. You can add a lazier sight for an extra $200.00…this allows quicker target acquisition in emergency situations. It has moderate recoil (jump) and stopping power. .380 ammo harder to get than .357 or .38 and is in short supply now. Both pistols hold 6 bullets. I recommend special hollow point, pre-fragmented bullets for actual self defense situations, but these are far too expensive for target practice. Oh well, these are my choices. Continue Reading »
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John Havener July 10th, 2009
I have been asked about guns for self-defense…many times recently. I am a former Marine Corps officer and long-time shooter, so it is not surprising that friends and family might ask me about firearms…and a number have. These inquiries are set in a broader context…since the President was elected there has been a huge and unrelenting stream of people buying guns and ammo. Try buying some .45 auto ammunition (or other ) at Walmart and discover for yourself how tight are supplies of pistols and ammunition. Most are buying these to protect themselves or their families or property…but there is much more to the issue of guns for self defense than at first might appear.
I will try to briefly cover the following: Your convictions about firearms, especially using them; Gun laws and other legal issues ( check with your Sheriff or lawyer); Cost, safety and training; Specific choices for home defense; and more… Continue Reading »
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John Havener January 16th, 2009
by Erica Koehler
The 91st Psalm“There’s gold in them there hills,” the old prospector said, as he leaned on his rusty shovel
and munched on his moldy bread.”Unused rusty shovels never found gold. And unused keys can’t unlock treasure chests.Psalm 91 is both a field of gold and a chest of treasure.
Much of God’s Word is like gold found on the surface of the field -and we are enriched in the
very reading of it. But Psalm 91 yields its wealth only if we dig for it. Then the lazy
prospector’s moldy bread can be exchanged for the fresh Bread of Life, deeply nourishing.
In the first verse I found the key to the treasures of the rest of the Psalm, those wonderful
verses with their promises for all of this life now and life hereafter.Two crucial Hebrew words embedded in the first seven English words declare we mustsign on to this contract with God in order to have the right to claim the treasure.
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty.” The word “dwelleth”, the first of the two key words in this preamble to God’s
contract, is the Hebrew word “yashab”. It means to move in, to remain, to reside permanently
and make it “home”. Continue Reading »
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