‘It’s Time to Unleash God’: Jim Wallis & Co. Go on ‘Hunger Fast’ to Stop Budget Cuts
- Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:51am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Tony Hall (from the hungerfast.org website).
“It’s time to call in God,” former Ambassador Tony Hall said last week. “It’s time to unleash God.”
Hall made those comments at a press conference last week announcing the beginning of “HungerFast.org” — “a campaign of those committed to fasting and prayer to protect vulnerable people from budget cuts that lack conscience.”
According to a press release, the group says that while the House’s proposed budget cuts represent a 2.6% cut in total spending, it represents a 26% cut in spending on poverty-focused foreign aid.
Hall, who fasted for 22 days in 1993 to protest the abolishment of the House Select Committee on Hunger, was joined by Obama spiritual adviser Jim Wallis, the liberal religious figure who trumpets “social justice” as the leader of the group Sojouners. Wallis is taking part in the fast, too.
“Ultimately this is a fast before God,” Wallis said at the press conference, “to whom we turn when we don’t know what else to do.”
But Wallis’s fast seems to be open to a subjective interpretation: “We will pray and fast, each of us in our own way, for mercy, compassion, wisdom, strength, and courage, as we make the critical budget choices about who and what are most important.” Hall’s previous fast was reportedly water-only.
On the campaign’s website, participants can take part in a variety of ways:
Either way, Wallis sees this as a “spiritual escalation” — “A spiritual escalation to bring those critical moral choices to the attention of the nation, and seek God’s help in doing so:”
The campaign is sponsored by a variety of groups, including: World Vision, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Jewish Council on Foreign Affairs, as well as the Islamic Society of North America and Islamic Relief.
Jim Wallis
Despite Wallis and his ilk’s biblical assertions, critics may accuse them of missing the point by going public with their fasting plan. In Matthew 6:16-18, Jesus seems to say that those who fast should do so in private:
When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Still, Hall believes the move will get the Almighty’s attention: “It’s how we tell God we mean business.”
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tbb
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:20amWhile the rest of us are praying that these and many more cuts happen very soon.
Report Post »HairRazor
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:07amThese chumps want the government to forcefully extract earnings from those who work and then redistribute among those who don’t (and maybe keep a little on the side). The Bible tells us we’ll always have the poor and hungry but charity would (if allowed) prevail over tyranical taxation. Socialism stinks.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:19amOh, the liberal atheists–those atheists who hate Christianity–are going to just LOVE this! ~LMAO at the irony~
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:28am@upstatenyconservative, het you missed out on our troll the other day,”“ ENCINOM””this is a real union loving communist supporting idiot. so if and when you see his post, go get him,we had a few really a couple of hour post the other day, any way, just letting you know who and what he is, have a great day, we will bring lady liberty back to her prominence keep up the great work .
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:19amWell, Jim was needing to drop a few. Good excuse to do so, right big Jim?
Report Post »Woodcrafter
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:18amWow they are going to tell God they mean business?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:31am@woodcrafter,i don’t think i want any part of telling god what and how to do anything,, people kept your dist6ance from this idiots never know when lighting will strike one of them.
Report Post »stefooch
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:17amFasting during the Lenten season…WINNING!
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:16amHey Wallis, your god is the god of this world. He is the god of coveting and stealing! He is the Father of Lies!
…and he is not divine!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:14amso they want to fast????? well,there may be hope for the food prices yet. these two knuckle heads are worthless as a tick on a dogs but, and i think the tick has more intelligent . so i hope you all starve to death,then you will know the answer to the ultimate question. will i fry in the wall of hell or not??? i say YEP!!!!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:13amIndeed, it is way past time to “unleash GOD”! That would be the first thing on my agenda, but this idiot has no idea what he is asking for. The BIBLE tells us over and over about the “horrible day of the LORD” when HE bursts through into our world.
CHRISTIANS want HIM to burst through. the left should run, but there’s nowhere for them to hide.
This is too good for words….. PRAY for us all, folks. These idiots have no idea what they are asking for. I’m going to look up some verses and will post them under this headline later today. You all please do the same. We need to be ready “when GOD is unleashed” upon this world.
I would love to see their faces when they see what they have done….
Report Post »hinterface
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:13amWow, are all self-identified Christians this mean spirited?
Report Post »beboc1
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:58amOh, PA – LEEZ ! They aren’t Christians. They’re charlatans
Report Post »Rob
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:13amMore religious nuts….
Report Post »Tony
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:26am“Religous nuts” is accurate since they supposely worship a god they can call in when it is time and then “unleash” him. Remember what Hall said, ” “It’s time to call in God. ,It’s time to unleash God.” Only a “religious nut” would want such a God.
Report Post »celestialfire
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 1:35pmMaybe they should be concerned about the manner in which they are approaching God, “Its how we tell God we mean business”, Pretty strong rhetoric when involving God and asking (no, it sounds more like demanding) his help . “Time to call in God”, “Its time to unleash God” “spiritual escalation”. Wouldn’t want to go in that arena with their attitude, just saying God does not like to be mocked or imposed upon. Galations 6:7
Report Post »Strong Father Restored
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:13amIf we don’t cut spending we will all be on a hunger fast of sorts. Jim Wallis is just getting a head start.
Report Post »Marine Recon Dad
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:13amIf it is time to unleash God, I’d be very carefull sitting next to anyone from this administration…… can you say ‘pile of ashes’?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:17am@RECON DAD ~~~ LoL!!!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 12:50pmThat’s later, first they are bird food, 1000 years later…..toasted ash.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:16pmZAP ! They’re it !
Report Post »Thunderstorm 316
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:10amRember Jim, Jesus says that many people will come to him and call him Lord, and he will say he never knew them.
Report Post »cripplecreek
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:10amWhy the pledge to eat for $2 day cash but $4 food stamps?
Report Post »BizPublisher
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:10am“It’s how we tell God we mean business”? Maybe you should just pray and let God show you His way. I seriously doubt God wants to hear what your way is. Oh, He’ll listen……LOL
Report Post »booger71
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:10amLooks like Tony could stand to lose a few
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:09amTwo complete losers who should never eat again until they see dirt thrown onto their face from six feet under.
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:28amYou will never fix anything…fast or not…with that type of thinking.
C’mon keep it peaceful. Its the only way we win.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:09amIf we are lucky, he will starve himself to death and that will be one less socialist idiot.
Report Post »HairRazor
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:24amI’ll donate to that.
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:08amFasting will be good for those who do it (although a you should fast for a solid week or more–not just one day). However, it wont really matter because if you are attempting to fast in the biblical fashion, you have to have a connection to God.
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:18amIn ironic fashion. The problem with the budget is represented by the last of the 3 boxes. Everyone should reduce their food costs to $2 a day. But the people that are feeding off the people that should eat for only $2 a day, should reduce their food intake to $4 a day…I’m sorry…$4 in food stamps. I dont think a fast will ever fix that type of thinking.
Report Post »rt elms
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:08amIt is probably sinful, but I must confess to getting a “thrill up my leg” watching these people try to stage-manage the Almighty to suit their desires.
Report Post »bcshealy
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:24amBest comment on this page — I agree 100%!
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 12:53pm“It’s time to unleash God” he says. He should be careful what he asks for……
Report Post »rt elms
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 2:30pmHow far from the truth must one be to regard fasting as a way to manipulate God?
Report Post »beckNcall
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:02amRev. Jim you are right! How about you and the entire administration going on a hunger strike. Please do you pinhead.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:56amOh good, Jim Wallis is going on “God’s diet” to loose weight. Good for him!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:55amHall and Wallis and company want to fast? Fine, let me know when the post fast funeral services will be. I will send to them a dozen dead roses and a box of limburger cheese.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:17am@snowleapord, it is finally raining again just hope and pray for more but are greatful for what we get,just hope we can avoid the high winds and hail,but any way,have a great day, even in the worst of times ,there is always a ray of sun shine, god bless, and thanks for the prayers.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:35am@commonsenseguy:
Your welcome, will keep up the prayers, and all of you in TX keep up the spirit of America, and best of wishes for more rain and a great harvest.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:44amGlad to hear TX is getting rain too. Tried to send some from FL last week but blowing in the wrong direction. Will continue to pray also. Morning, SNOW, missed you yesterday afternoon. Hope all is okay.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:01amcinco de grandma . . . sending rain these days, are we? A bit presumptuous wouldn’t you say? I don’t think god would be pleased with that kind of hubris. I think you need a check up from the neck up. (duh huk duh huk duh huk). You need to remove that stinkin‘ thinkin’ (duh huk duh huk duh huk)
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 4:00pmperro de dios…. Methinks God would understand moreso the humor of grandma’s words than the presumption of yours.
Prey, do use that thing on your neck for more than a hat rack.
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:55amFinally something from the left that I support. I’m all for them going on a hunger strike. I hope Obama joins them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11eYGdOVnvc
Report Post »swigs
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 12:14pmAnything for publicity I reckon.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 12:51pmHow about the budget go on a hunger strike??
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 1:38pmIf hunger gets out of control, just remember the fat ones are easier to catch. Yuck!!!!
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 2:01pmThis is the most telling quote of the whole article:
“Ultimately this is a fast before God,” Wallis said at the press conference, “to whom we turn when we don’t know what else to do.”
Really? You ONLY turn to God when you do not know what else to do? I am constantly in prayer asking for guidance and wisdom…Maybe that is the problem with the left…
Report Post »BI-WINNING
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:47amCan they start with Michael Moore??? That’d put an end to world hunger in one fell swoop.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:54amMaybe they will lose weight and be too weak to spit out their venom….I pray.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:56amWow, talk about misguided priorities. So essentially you are fasting and praying that God would crash the monetary system faster, yea, I get it.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:02amTime to cull the herd!
Report Post »jmbogstad
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:03amWhilst they are fasting, I vow, to eat twice as much, to keep the economy going.
Report Post »cripplecreek
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:07amWould they like fries with that?
LOL
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:11amOh my goodness, could these people get any funnier??? Can you imagine the entitlement liberal crowd giving up food for even one day? As much as I wouldn’t mind watching this hunger fast unfold on a mass scale, it sadly will never happen. I’m sure they will “sign” the petition but will never actually go through with it…..like a good lying liberal.
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:14amGo for it you dirty hippies, leaves more for the rest of us…..
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:17amThe fast is to prepare them for what it will be like when they get cut off the government teet and start having to look for a job to pay for their own food. Good idea, preperation is key.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:17amGod Bless my righteous sisters and brothers and help them in their quest to benefit the least or our least. Hunger knows no Union. (smile) WWTGOCFD?
Report Post »Deane
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:18amHmmmm yes Mr Wallis go on that hunger strike…..dont stop that hunger strike until the whole $14Trillion dollar deficit is totally gone never to return…GO WALLIS GO…I will support your hunger strike to your very end!!!
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:18amThe only thing I can say ……….hipocrites!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:21amI guess that‘s one way to convince people not to be hungry because they can’t afford food at this inflation rate. Boy, they think of every angle.
Report Post »Tony
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:22am“It’s time to call in God,” former Ambassador Tony Hall said last week. “It’s time to unleash God.” Hmmm, what kind of “God” do these guys have that can be kept on a leash and then called in when needed?
Never will the ONE called King of Kings, Lord of Lords be on anyone’s “leash” doing the bidding of some false prophet.
Report Post »gman46
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:23amMaybe the Lord will show them the error of there ways.
Report Post »Jethro212
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:28amMost of the people on the left are fat, its all I ever see at Union Rallies and when I see teachers, they usually can’t see their feet without a mirror… This might be better for Medicare (since everyone gets to be on it eventually, minus Senators/Congressmen) to prevent type 2 diabetes.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:29amLet’s see, we as a nation spend 4 billion a day in debt. Meaning we don’t have this money! The RINO’s want to cut 60 billion in 2011. That equals 15 total days of no debt spending over the whole year. The D’s want to cut 30 billion and that equals 7.5 total days of no debt spending over the whole year. Does anyone see that both parties are taking our country down? One at full throttle and the other just pressing the gas half way. In any case we are moving toward the edge of the cliff. Please take both parities out of the drivers seat and replace with the private sector because it was never their car to drive.
Report Post »mom4times
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:30amtell me about it……looks like they all (group pic above) could use to loose a few…..I just despize hyprocrites
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:31amIf this guy is a Christian – I must be a saint.
Report Post »If this guy walks in love – I must fly in love
He is a very poor excuse for a minister of our LORD & SAVIOR!
Creestof
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:32amTo be realistic, most of us should be fasting. When food becomes scarce (like in Japan recently) or just unaffordable anymore…fatties will have the hardest time adjusting to the lower calorie intake.
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:36amDo you think Michael Moore will sign on?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:37amGod is never restrained, therefore can never be unleashed. The godly give good advice, but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.
Report Post »daveposh
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:37amBetter yet, maybe they will make it onto the Darwin Awards!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:39am“And Jesus said. Give thy coin to Caesar so Caesar can take care of the poor, minorities and illegal aliens.” – The Gospel of Jim 13:23
freeus
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:43amI agree that we need to protect the most vulnerable, however on a very limited basis by the US government. Private citizens should voluntarily give more to churches and charities that we know trust and that have a history of using money wisely. These people are weak and shamelessly involved in political grandstanding.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:48amHopefully we get our cuts and these @zzholes starve to death.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:48amGod says for us as individuals to take care of the widow, the fatherless, and the poor and hungry. God has never ordained the Goverment to take care of anyone in that fashion. These people should be appealing to us individual to step up and the Church to reach out to those in need not the goverment. The followers of Baal fasted and prayed and whipped themselves to get Baal’s attention. These people’s God is the the Goverment.
I pray to the Living God that He show Himself to these people and they turn from thier wicked ways and call upon His name and repent. Jesus is the living God and there is none other than Him.
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Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:48am@FreeUs – Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum
Report Post »desertkid
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:56amDid you see the third box on his pledge? The food stamp challenge sounds kind of like a budget cut to me. Asking to spend only four dollars a day? How much do people get that are on food stamps? I could feed my self quite well at four dollars a day. No wonder their fat and lazy. What is the average amount in food stamps does one person receive per month? Can someone please tell me because I have no idea? Thank you.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:02am@PovertySucks. I am thinking that these “religious leaders” are more about control, power and “forced giving” then genuine goodness. What about the concept of free will? If the government can support their causes it makes their job at the pulpit easier.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:07amI am impressed that this guy has God on a leash! Now THAT’S a pastor.
Report Post »RickyPatriotson
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:13amHopefully they will stay on it long enough to meet God.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:20am@FreeUs – Government forced giving some how justifies mafia style taking. We give with our hearts, that’s meaningful enough. I beleive most government charity is dishonest. Give to your community and get to know those folks.
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:25amGood riddance to garbage! So starve who cares?
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:29amThey should be praying that these lazy slobs have jobs to get.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:30am@PovertySucks
Report Post »Agreed. However, in a broader sense, there are also charitable organizations that have commendable for the work done in third world countries that do a better job than the U.S. government. I am not big on “forced” foreign aid.
ConservativeFeminist
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:31amThe “Champagne Socialists” will still eat – we know how shallow and insincere these people truly are.
Reminder that CONSERVATIVES give far more to charity than liberals year-after-year-after-year…
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:32amStill, Hall believes the move will get the Almighty’s attention: “It’s how we tell God we mean business.”
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Be careful who you *tell* what “you” mean.
Report Post »It may be that God doesn’t care if this group of morons miss a meal or two now and then, when their heart is not true.
YouGottaProblemWithThat
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:41amThe very statement “unleashing God” says it all for me. A person who makes such a statement doesn’t understand the attributes of God but rather believes in a God he himself may manipulate. God is not leashed. He is not impotent to act. He is in total control and will not be thwarted. The Mighty One of Israel says in Isaiah 55:
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
God is achieving His plan and a great many will be decieved. Believe it!
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:59amLet them “fast” for those reasons if they choose to do so. All that means is that will wind up starving themselves to death which is their right to choose if they so desire. Just because someone “fasts” does not mean that they are going to force God to do something that they want Him to do, one thing that I’ve noticed throughout history is that God has NEVER bowed down and knuckled under to pressure or threats or anything else. He just lets these fakers go on and do their thing and they will have to face the consequences of their own actions.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 12:16pmHey Wallis, when I am eating a nice big double cheeseburger with the works, and sucking down my extra thick chocolate shake and extra crispy fries in a small-business cafe, I’ll be thinking about you! As for sending a message to God that you mean business…..I’ll be waiting for the Heavens to start laughing. Something you may have forgotten in your “I am God” world is that when men plan – God laughs! Ha, ha, ha, ha……
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 12:26pmCut more than – let them starve
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 12:42pmBiblically speaking, this so called “ fast” is directly in contradiction to the word of GOD. GOD says fast for the lifting of burdens, the removal of yokes, and for righteousness’s sake. Yet Wallis and his cronies are bringing a fast to lay a burden, to assign a yoke upon the people of this nation. I have a feeling they could fast forever ( now, now, carefull what you ask for!) and not have this one answered.
Report Post »Thinkingboy
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 1:00pmThat guy needs to fast, or at least go on a serious diet. Has he even opened the Bible?
Report Post »mcfinch
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 1:07pmWe hunger for you to shut up.
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Report Post »butler180
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 1:11pmWill the fast start with the overweight Wallis? Doubt it!
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 1:36pmWhere are the leaders in these poor and hungry countries? I’ll bet that they are not hungry.
Report Post »Petire
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 2:01pmIt’s interesting that they describe God as the person that they turn to after they have used up all other options…
I was always taught to go to God first.
Report Post »BFrezza
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 2:47pmThese folks are truly ignorant. Just listen to their title… “Hunger Fast”. Are they fasting from hunger? So does this means that they are going to eat and eat and eat without stopping? Looks like they are already doing that. People are so stupid.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 3:52pmI most defnatly believe in prayer and fasting,but i am thinking one must be a Christain first in order for it to work,but only God knows
Report Post »hologram5
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:47pmLook at the corner of the video, it will say where the video comes from. It’s a PBS video, that explains much.
Report Post »Wartface
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:07pmOh my… We should be so lucky! If they die of hunger, that would be Social Justice!
Google social justice to determine exactly what he means by that term… It includes income redistribution.
Report Post »denise55
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:15pm‘It’s how we tell God, we mean business”
Report Post »What a lie, God knows all, they do this is control, manipulation of human legislators on the hill. This fast is not for God, its for constituencies. They are using God, and he will not be used.
DisillusionedDaily
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 8:20pmCommunists with cleric collars. How nice!
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 8:24pmTony is in need of a WORD from our Heavenly Father: “STOP USING ME; I GAVE YOU MY ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. WASN’T THAT ENOUGH”?
Report Post »LittleLordFauntleroy
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:51pmFrom the looks of him we will have a new president before he starves to death.
Report Post »Kookaburra
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:27pmThank the Lord someone in politics finally decided that FASTING was the most effective thing to do for change. I have been posting this exact thing for years now. The City of Nineveh was changed and converted from PRAYING, FASTING & REPENTING. God spared them because of it. Strength comes from fasting. The Devil and his minions hate it! All the more reason to do it.
Furthermore, once the world understands the widespread demonic activity in all that is bad, they will understand how and why to pray, fast & repent. All evil, ALL EVIL, comes from Satan and his demons and devils (fallen angels.)
We must bind and cast out all these demons and devils at the same time we are PRAYING, FASTING & REPENTING.
This must be done by starting with the HEAD, THE DESPOT, THE RULER OF THE UNDERWORLD. Claim the head demon/devil of the sin you bind and cast out in the name of Jesus Christ, and when you start with the head demon, the rest will flee!
Jesus told us in the Bible that when a thief breaks into a house, does he not secure the strong man first, so that he will succeed in robbing the house? Same principle. Start with the head, the strongest of the demons, and the rest are no contest. In the story of David and Goliath, didn’t Goliath boast to the Israelites to send their strongest man to fight him, the Phillistines’ strongest man? The Phillistines sent Goliath, their strongest (demon/devil.) Goliath laughed at puny little David with a slingshot saying, “This is your strongest?” It didn’t matter when David had God on his side. He shot him dead with a slingshot, and then cut off his HEAD. Another parallel to cutting out the Head first.
Learn from these parables, they are our most solid direction.
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 10:44pmJD Carp-You made me laugh out loud!
I have a better idea…..what if they ate only $4.00 worth of food a day while they “fast” and give the rest of what they would normally spend TO……THE……POOR?????? I asked on Jim Wallis’s blog which charities he supports/helps/advises that actually CLOTHE the naked and FEED the poor. Answer-ZIP. Not one of his followers could give me the name of ONE organization he’s got his hands in that actually DOES what the Lord commanded us to do. Oh he sponsors plenty of seminars and flies his fat little can all over the world to talk about how evil and stupid Americans are-and Glenn Beck is one of his favorite targets-but the man actually never gets his own hands “dirty” out there with the least among us. FABulous guy huh?
I LOVE the comment from religious leaders that they call upon God “when they don’t know what else to do”. One of the most brilliant, and hypocritical comments ever made!!!! Does the Bible not tell us to call upon God in ALL things, EVERY day, and for every concern? I cannot find one verse that states that we are supposed to scream, yell, demand the ears of congress, advise the President, and launch campaign after campaign BEFORE you call upon God to “help out”.
The idea that “we” have to “unleash” God is about as stupid as the idea that God only knows we are serious if we hold a press conference.
IDIOTS.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 12:41amThe crazy thing is he actually thinks God cares about our 14 TRILLION dollar debt. If anything, our debt only proves the long-standing biblical truth of man’s self destructive nature.
Report Post »BI-WINNING
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:44amThat lard a$s won’t make it 2 hours without stuffing a few twinkies in his pie hole. What a blasphemous buffoon.
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:13amJim, I will “fast”, but it won’t be for what you want! Mine will be to make sure Americans realize what a threat you and Obot are to America, her principles and values, and our Constitution all of which you and Obot have chosen to ignore! You are totally pathetic!
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:29amGhandi would be so proud, their commitment to their cause extends to “one meal” a day! Why, some might call their commitment “part-time”, but that ignores the fact that they then only have two meals a day to ingest three meals worth of food – the struggle continues all day!
Fasting is what people without a voice do to get a message out – but I find it hard to believe Jim Wallis doesn’t have a voice… Why, can’t he simply call up President Obama and let his views be known to the most powerful man in the world?
Report Post »konastephen
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 1:52pmSomeone should tell Wallis that God is a classical liberal for the most part when it comes to economics. Fasting to make him make them stop will do about as much good as chanting spells. Wallis and friends would be better off fasting to beg God to help them get a clue.
Report Post »waggie
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 3:20pmWho are YOU, Mr. Wallis, to “tell” God anything! Instead, try asking Him what He wants of you!
Report Post »Asmodeus13
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:38pmYeah, looks like he could lose some weight, but really, does anyone even care what this numb nut is doing? I know I don’t, but on the other hand, how about he instead of trying to keep, the bloated entitlements that’s been hurting hard working Americans, and do more charity work to feed the poor….
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:18pmCuck F’in Coo!
Report Post »Wilkins
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:37pm@Tony
No it was just a verbally dislexic moment. He meant to say “Dog”, not “God”.
Time to unleash Dog.
Report Post »christinebyrne
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:39amBelieve Me, not everyone at World Vision agrees with this…quite a few I know cringe at the Jim Wallis connection and certainly don’t believe in this supposed ‘fast’ and campaign. We care about venerable children and want to help provide a way out for them and their communities towards a better life – not lobby the government to provide handouts.
Report Post »rattler1958
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:59amWhy is it always religion or race? The “FRINDGE”!!!! I grew up FW BABTIST(church was close and my sister uas abused and I ran away). In MY familys we had Cathlics (had to pay! right church school school,etc) Jahova witnisses( thay have to go and spread to word) , MY X was Lutheran. (she had 0 idea about Martin Luther). She was sick and missed 2 sundays. They called and asked ME to bring the “provided envelopes” up. NEVER ASKED ABOUT HER!!!! even after I said she was sick. All about the $$$$$$. I took all the envelopes back and said bad words in a “HOUSE OF GOD’. GOD LIVES IN YOU. WE ARE THE HOUSE.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:09amGold Coin & Economic News
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:56am
Wow, talk about misguided priorities. So essentially you are fasting and praying that God would crash the monetary system faster, yea, I get it.
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