Dear Friends,
Peter Marshall prayed, “In the name of Jesus Christ, who was never in a hurry, we pray, O God, that You will slow us down, for we know that we live too fast. With all of eternity before us, make us take time to live – time to get acquainted with You, time to enjoy Your blessings, and time to know each other.”
1. THE BATTLE AGAINST MARXISM IN BRAZIL: Since President Lula da Silva took office after a likely fraudulent election against incumbent anti-globalist Jair Bolsonaro in 2022, censorship and propaganda have accelerated.
Investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger released The Twitter Files – Brazil, revealing how Brazil’s Deep State interfered in the 2022 presidential election and pressured Twitter to censor content. The crackdown was led by Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, also President of Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court.
Several days after the release of the reports, Elon Musk announced that Moraes had ordered certain popular accounts to be shut down and launched a criminal inquiry into Musk. In response, Musk called for the impeachment of Moraes and stated, “We will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there. But principles matter more than profit.”
Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who lives in Brazil, explained, “The Brazilian left hated him [Moraes] until he took on the role of chief censor and began censoring, apparently, almost everybody who the Brazilian left regarded as their enemy, especially, Bolsanaro supporters. Including ordering members of Congress arrested and journalists having their homes searched and seized, and now he’s a hero to the Brazilian left…If you question this judge, you will be called a defender of fascism…”
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty replied, “Brazil has fallen. They are freezing the assets and bank accounts of journalists and confiscating their passports. Pay attention. Coming to a Western nation near you.”
2. 71-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER SENTENCED OVER JANUARY 6: A D.C. jury found Rebecca Lavrenz, a 71-year-old mother of four and grandmother of seven, guilty of January 6-related charges. Lavrenz, a Colorado native, spent about 10 minutes peacefully walking inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and one hour praying outside. She faces potentially one year in prison and fines of over $200,000. Before her trial, she said through tears, “My own country is treating me like a criminal, just because I believe that they stole my rightful president. I was just standing up for my country; it makes me a criminal. And it’s just not right, it feels so weird to be here. Over three years ago, I was here.” After her conviction, Lavrenz said, “I believe God wanted it to turn out this way so my voice could be amplified. We have to wake up our country.”
In a recent interview, investigative journalist Steve Baker, who was arrested by the Biden regime for his January 6 reporting, said, “The vast majority of GOP lawmakers in DC just don’t want to deal with January 6th.”
3. TWO STUDIES DEBUNK TRANSGENDER NARRATIVE: A new landmark study of over 2,700 children from The Netherlands found that 2 out of 3 children simply “grow out” of gender dysphoria by adulthood. Dr. Jay Richards responded, “‘Gender-affirming care’ on minors is such an outrage.”
Just days later, another landmark study was released by British pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass. The Daily Signal summarizes, “Cass’ research reveals that children who think they are transgender disproportionately have mental health issues stemming from a difficult family situation or domestic abuse. They are also more likely to be neurodiverse and have a co-morbid autism spectrum disorder. Cass reveals that ‘gender affirming‘ medical interventions would not remedy any of these psychological issues…Gender-confused children have been lied to, and the adults who have lied to them must be held accountable. The flood of litigation challenging these pernicious practices is only just beginning.”
Ed. Note: Genesis 1:27 affirms, “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.”
4. SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT BIRD FLU? Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., the largest producer of fresh eggs in the United States, halted production at a Texas plant and destroyed around 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets at the plant after detecting bird flu in its chickens. Some scientists claim that bird flu could be “100 times worse than COVID.”
Journalist Jordan Schachtel reveals, “There is no real proof that birds can transmit the disease to humans, with studies declaring the evidence ‘inefficient’ at best, and nonexistent at worst. So, the cattle-to-human angle is probably necessary to get people more riled up. Moreover, there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission either.”
However, Dr. Richard Bartlett worries, “We need to entertain the possibility that we will be dealing with a bioweapon, not a natural phenomenon. It might be that the mainstream messaging and propaganda broadcast to the American people will be to call it a normal ‘Flu A’ that spun out in nature when, in reality, it’s a mass casualty bioweapon event with an influenza virus that was genetically engineered in a lab.”
Ed. Note: Susan Duclos asked, “What are the odds of these viruses and droughts, attacking our entire meat supply, at the same time that the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Democrats push for Americans and the global community, to stop eating meats and encourage ‘insect proteins?’ I am not a statistician, but even I know the odds are statistically impossible….unless it is being done by design.” Securing your own food supply has never been more important.
5. MUSLIMS IN DEARBORN CHANT “DEATH TO AMERICA”: At a rally in Dearborn, Michigan, on the Islamic International Al-Quds Day, the crowd screamed, “Free, Free Palestine” and the genocidal “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free.” Activist Tarek Bazzi echoed Ayatollah Khomeini, charging that the U.S. was “the backbone of all oppression in the world” and, “It’s not Genocide Joe that has to go. It’s the entire system that has to go.” The crowd responded, chanting, “Death to America.”
One X user commented, “If these were voters that Trump was bending over backwards to satisfy, it would be wall-to-wall coverage. But because these nutcases are Biden voters whose antisemitism Biden is trying to appease with some anti-Israel rhetoric, not a peep. Just amazing. You have to admire the brazenness.”
Breitbart reports, “A recent poll by the Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Muslims in the U.S. support the Hamas terrorist group in its war against Israel – a similar proportion to that found in a different poll of Muslims in the United Kingdom.”
6. TRUMP’S WEAKNESS ON ABORTION: Donald Trump clarified his position on abortion (the murder of the unborn), stating the federal government should stay out of protecting the unborn and that instead, states should follow “the will of the people.” Trump also praised six Supreme Court justices (including three of his appointees) “for having the courage” to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America president Marjorie Dannenfelser said her group was “extremely disappointed” and that Trump’s announcement “cedes the national debate to the Democrats who are working relentlessly to enact legislation mandating abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy.”
Several days later, Trump said that the decision from the Arizona Supreme Court to greenlight an 1864 total abortion ban law went “too far.” He also said he would not sign any federal abortion ban, a reversal from his 2016 promise to sign the federal Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
Also, Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to break with the Democratic party’s position, promising, “I would sign a federal law that guaranteed women have a right to choose. I think women should make the choice. I don’t think government should make the choice.”
Life Site News notes, “Abortion is never necessary to save the life of a mother, and the unborn child, never responsible for the circumstances in which he or she was conceived, does not deserve the death penalty.”
Ed. Note: Since at least the 1960s, Americans have increasingly embraced the pursuit of pleasure and self-fulfillment over the Biblical values of family and human life itself. The sad reality is that most abortions are performed on unmarried women. Proverbs 6:17 reminds us that God hates “hands that shed innocent blood.”
7. CONGRESS EXTENDS FISA SURVEILLANCE: On Wednesday, a group of 19 Republicans blocked the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) from coming to the floor for a vote. Donald Trump wrote, “KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!”
On Friday, the holdouts allowed the bill to come to the floor after the reauthorization length was shortened from five years to two and leadership agreed to bring the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act up for a stand-alone vote next week.
An amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) to require warrants as part of FISA failed by a 212-212 vote, with 86 Republicans (including Speaker Johnson) voting against. Unfortunately, the final FISA reauthorization bill passed the House 273-147.
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden wrote, “The Intelligence Community has totally captured the Speaker of the House, the nominally-Republican Mike Johnson. They’ve got him acting like an app. Members of Congress are asking, ‘Are you sure we want to delete the 4th Amendment?’ and he can’t seem to say anything but ‘Yes. Press OK to continue.’”
8. V-SAFE REVEALS MORE COVID VACCINE INJURIES: The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) released new vaccine injury data from the CDC’s V-Safe database uncovered by their successful lawsuit against the CDC. Brian Hooker, Ph.D., noted, “The frequency of reports of cardiac-related events affirm other reports regarding the very high prevalence of myocarditis and pericarditis. Also, tinnitus, which was an injury sustained by pro-vaccine zealot and vaccine apologist Dr. Gregory Poland, is reported at an alarming frequency.” The Epoch Times explained, “Multiple people said things were so bad that they were struggling with suicidal thoughts.”
In a 2023 survey of 269 embalmers across four countries and three continents, former Air Force Major Thomas Haviland found that over 70% discovered white fibrous blood clots – clots that were not found pre-COVID – in numerous corpses in 2023.
9. WILL CHINA TURN BRAVE NEW WORLD TO SOLVE ITS BIRTH DEARTH? The South China Morning Post reports, “Since June last year, at least 11 public hospitals have suspended or entirely canceled their delivery services, according to reports by Chinese media…On top of that, numerous private hospitals and postnatal care centres have also shut down.”
Last year, Zhao DaShuai of the People’s Armed Police Propaganda Bureau posted an image of a human fetus growing inside a machine with the following message: “Sooner or later, reproduction will be an industrialized process; it’s the only way to maintain a healthy birthrate. The key is to make it state-run, ensuring absolute equality in this procedure.”
10. UNDOVER REPORT FINDS CIA WENT AFTER ALEX JONES “HARDCORE”: A new undercover report released by Sound Investigations featured a San Diego CIA contracts officer named Gavin O’Blennis, boasting, “You can kind of put anyone in jail if you know what to do. You set ’em up. You create the situation to where they have no choice but to act on their impulse. And once they act on that impulse, some would call that entrapment.”
Blennis confirmed the FBI encouraged Sandy Hook families to sue to financially destroy Alex Jones. Jones responded, “I am planning to launch a lawsuit against the CIA and the FBI. We have to bring all this out, and right as my bankruptcy comes to a close and right as all this stuff is being finalized it’s really God’s working here that this came out at this time.”
Reportedly, the top targets of intel agencies are (1) Donald Trump, (2) Elon Musk, (4) Tucker Carlson, and (4) Alex Jones.
11. LGBTQ UPDATES: Scotland’s International Development Alliance (SIDA), a group funded by the Scottish government, released a new “inclusive language guide” that advised replacing “oppressive” and “problematic” terms such as “mother” and “father” with “parent” and “guardian.”
Life Site News reports, “Poland’s new liberal government has published proposed legislation that would criminalize public criticism of LGBT ideology as ‘hate speech,’ with three years in prison for what the government deems ‘insults’ against a person’s ‘sexual orientation or gender identity.’”
Alex Newman reports, “According to whistleblowers and outraged parents, children as young as 13 in a South Australia school were forcibly taught about sexual activities with animals as part of a ‘queer’ LGBTQIA+ ‘sex education’ class. The revelations drew outrage from parents and half-hearted apologies from ‘education’ officials.”
12. ECON UPDATES: IRS watchdog Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) says the IRS is hiring 5,582 new tax enforcers this year, but “only some” will carry guns. The watchdog also found that “President Biden’s plan to hire a new army of tax collectors is falling flat, and the agents already at work are targeting the middle class.”
Experts say that Biden’s Electric Vehicle (EV) push will transfer wealth from blue to red states. “This isn’t industrial policy,” said author and energy analyst Robert Bryce. “In reality, it’s a type of class warfare that will prevent low- and middle-income consumers from being able to afford new cars.” Costco “may now be running at” $100 to $200 million a month in gold sales, according to Wells Fargo.
A new James O’Keefe investigation inside the Federal Reserve exposed Aurel Hizmo, Principal Economist at the Federal Reserve. Hizmo said Fed Chair Jerome Powell was “somebody who held the line against like, Trump,” and that “under Powell, the Fed has changed to think about equity issues, like racial issues, think about wealth inequality as part of the mandate, as part of the things we are following.”
13. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:
- Karen Kingston reports, “A 2020 U.S. government report confirms that China used COVID-19 PCR tests to legally collect DNA from Americans and millions of adults and children across 180 countries. The genetic data collected by the PCR tests was sent to the China National GeneBank for China’s global genomic surveillance system and multi-species, gene-editing research.”
- Human Events reports, “The UK government has announced a new £55 million investment in facial recognition systems, which would include using mobile units to scan the faces of individuals in public to identify shoplifters.”
- The Biden administration is attempting a second unconstitutional student-loan forgiveness program to wipe the debts of up to 30 million borrowers, in a ploy to boost support with voters under 35.
- On Tuesday, researchers from the University of Washington quietly launched a geoengineering experiment, releasing trillions of salt particles from San Fransico Bay into the atmosphere to block the sunlight.
- Newsweek reports, “The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition from Arizona Republicans Kari Lake and Mark Finchem to hold a new case over their claims of vote rigging in the 2022 midterm elections without explanation.”
- Former First Lady Melania Trump is planning to host a 2024 election fundraiser for the homosexual Log Cabin Republicans group at Mar-a-Lago. Life Site News reports, “Log Cabin Republicans advocates for homosexual “marriage,” homosexual adoption – which has led to numerous cases of child sex abuse – a nationwide ban on so-called ‘conversion therapy,’ and even forcing government-assisted adoption agencies to place children in same-sex households, among other things.”
14. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:
- “They knew nothing. They were never taught real history. The only thing they know is that they are the children of the party and Mao was our real parent. And so we were supposed to be revolutionaries. Just like today, the kids, they want to be activists.” –Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of Mao’s cultural revolution
- “We were shown a video that was produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center, [that] ranked people who oppose abortion, pro-life activists, as a greater threat than Islamists.” –Former FBI agent Steve Friend, on a 2014 FBI training
- “Common medical lie #7: Government and conventional medical doctors are ‘health experts.’ Truth: In medical school, future doctors learn how to diagnose a condition and how to prescribe medications for it. They receive zero training on diet & lifestyle.” –Dr. Josh Axe
- “One of the chief reasons for social division today is that so many people have begun to turn on their brains and turn off the State. Popular nullification of government-engineered narratives has never been more effective. For freedom-minded people, that’s progress; for the totalitarian Deep State, thinking people are dangerous.” –J.B. Shurk
- “Democracy is the watchword of the foreign policy establishment to overthrow foreign governments.” –Mike Benz
- “If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.” –J.C. Ryle
FAITH, FAMILY, & FREEDOM REPORT
1. ARIZONA SUPREME COURT BANS ABORTION: The Arizona Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law that criminalized abortion with exceptions only for the life of the mother. The law states that a person who helped a woman get an abortion, “unless it is necessary to save her life, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than two years nor more than five years.”
2. TRANSGENDER ATHLETES BANNED IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, although they are still permitted to compete in men’s sports. Jim Carr, the CEO of NAIA, stated, “We feel like our primary responsibility is fairness in competition…And we’ve tried as best we could to allow for some participation by all.”
3. MAYFLOWER CHURCH CELEBRATES FREEDOM: The persecuted Mayflower Church has now spent a year in the U.S. following their harrowing escape from authorities in China and Thailand. Pastor Pan Yongguang stated, “After all these years of fleeing and running away from the CCP, what we realized that we were seeking is a higher level of freedom – not the American dream, not a Chinese dream, but a dream from heaven…We can worship God the way we want to.”
4. DESANTIS CRACKS DOWN ON RETAIL CRIME: Florida Governor Ron Desantis (R) signed a bill to crack down on porch pirates and retail thieves. Those stealing in groups of five or more would be charged with a third-degree felony and those robbing with firearms would be charged with a first-degree felony. Desantis declared, “Florida is taking another step to distinguish ourselves from lawless jurisdictions and keep our residents and businesses safe.”
5. J6ERS SUE CAPITOL POLICE FOR DAMAGES: Upwards of 80 January 6 defendants sued Capitol police for their behavior on that day. Defendant Jake Lang said, “I got shot in the foot with a rubber bullet, other people were bludgeoned nearly to death, hit with chemical spray and had long-lasting lung effects and so…we are now serving 21 defendants…Capitol Police officers, Capitol Police officials.” Lang continues to be held as a political prisoner.
6. AMERICANS CONTINUE ARMING THEMSELVES: The latest report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation found that Americans bought 1.4 million firearms last month. Bob Adelmann of The New American wrote, “The monthly addition…to Americans’ arsenals makes the job of disarming them to install a communist dictatorship all the more difficult.”
7. UGANDA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BAN ON HOMOSEXUALITY: The Ugandan Supreme Court upheld most of a law banning homosexuality. According to lead Judge Richard Buteera, “We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement.”
8. EL SALVADOR OFFERS FREE PASSPORTS: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced his country will offer 5,000 free passports to “highly skilled scientists, engineers, doctors, artists, and philosophers from abroad.” President Bukele further explained, “This represents less than 0.1% of our population, so granting them full citizen status, including voting rights, poses no issue. Plus, we will facilitate their relocation by ensuring 0% taxes and tariffs on moving families and assets.”
9. CHILDREN’S HEALTH DEFENSE HOLDS LA ACCOUNTABLE: Judge Mitchell Beckloff ordered the city of Los Angeles to provide missing information to Children’s Health Defense on the city’s plan to become a “smart” city. Brenda Baletti of CHD wrote, “The city must turn over missing email attachments, produce supplemental documents, conduct a new search relevant to privacy laws and contracts, and deliver other documents the city withheld last year.”
10. MISSOURI GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE OPPOSES TAXES: State Senator Bill Eigel, who is running for governor in Missouri, declared, “Quite frankly, I don’t think I’ve met a tax that I wasn’t willing to cut. The state budget is out of control here in the state of Missouri, and because we have such a tax burden, we’re falling behind some of the other big red states…” Eigel has also mentioned the possibility of eliminating the state income tax.
11. BILL INTRODUCED TO REPEAL NATIONAL INCOME TAX: Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) has introduced a bill to repeal the income tax. Davidson explained, “Originally, the country didn’t have an income tax. They passed the 16th Amendment to make it legal to tax people’s income. Even if you don’t have a lot of income, you still have to file, so the government spies on everything.”
12. TRUMP RAISES $50 MILLION AT CAMPAIGN EVENT: Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump raised over $50 million in one night, breaking campaign fundraising records. Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, who hosted the fundraiser for Trump, wrote, “This sold-out event has raised the most in a single political fundraiser in history. This overwhelming support demonstrates the enthusiasm for President Trump and his policies.”
13. AMAC CAMPAIGNS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS VOTING: The Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) launched a campaign to secure the upcoming election from illegal immigrant voting, stating, “This November, untold numbers of noncitizen voters could potentially determine the outcome of multiple elections, including the contest for the White House. That is why AMAC has launched an urgent campaign to demand federal action to secure our elections.”
14. CAMPUS REVIVAL AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: Hundreds of students at the University of Georgia were baptized following a revival on campus. Christian author Jennie Allen recounted, “Insane night at the University of Georgia! Once again! He is moving!!!!” Revivals continue happening on college campuses across the country.
Ed. Note: Pray for discipleship to follow and for new converts to bear lasting fruit.
15. HOMESCHOOL VETERAN CALLS FOR EXIT FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Lt. Col. E. Ray Moore, Chairman of the Board for Public School Exit, received the E. Ray Moore Christian Education Hero Award for his work to get children out of government schools. Upon receiving the award, Moore stated, “Getting the children out of government schools and into the safe sanctuary of K-12 Christian education and homeschooling has been our passion and calling for the last 30 years.”
HYMN OF THE WEEK
Face To Face with Christ, My Savior by Carrie E. Breck
Face to face with Christ, my Savior!
Face to face – what will it be,
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ who died for me?
Face to face I shall behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky!
Face to face in all His glory,
I shall see Him by and by!
Only faintly now I see Him,
With the darkened veil between,
But a blessed day is coming,
When His glory shall be seen.
What rejoicing in His presence,
When are banished grief and pain!
Death is swallowed up in vict’ry,
And the dark things shall be plain.
Face to face I shall behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky!
Face to face in all His glory,
I shall see Him by and by!
Face to face – oh, blissful moment!
Face to face – to see and know!
Face to face with my Redeemer,
Jesus Christ who loves me so!
