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* 7 min read https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-15-2022 September 15, 2022 Your Voice Matters I was in the Sunday service of a large church the weekend President Trump was to make his decision regarding retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement. This decision was one that had the potential of shifting the balance of power on the Supreme Court to a conservative, pro-constitutionalist majority, something America desperately needed and intercessors had prayed for since the 1960s. Doubtlessly, the decision was so monumental it would impact several generations - the lives of those present that day, their children, and even their grandchildren. The appointment President Trump eventually made, along with the next Justice he appointed, will absolutely be two of the most significant governmental decisions of our lifetimes. The Justices he appointed were part of lifting a horrible curse off America. In light of this decision’s magnitude, I kept waiting for someone in the service to lead in prayer for wisdom and guidance to POTUS Trump, for Holy Spirit to lead him in making the right decision. If not a 15-30 minute time of corporate prayer - perhaps this was more important than the sermon that day! - then maybe 10 minutes, or even 5. After all, the pastor himself referred to the congregation that day as “a praying church.” Nothing. Perhaps someone will at least mention it when praying over the offering or sermon, I thought. When no prayer was offered, I held out hope that they would encourage people to pray regarding this on their own. As you have probably guessed by now, it was never even mentioned! I was stunned, grieved, and angry. Tragically, this is the norm, not the exception. Does your church pray corporately and publicly regarding national decisions of this nature? Sadly, it most likely does not. And statistics tell us half of those seated around you on a Sunday morning won’t even vote. As we discussed yesterday, we continue to pay a high price for our avoidance of and forfeiture of government. A while back, Nancy Pelosi blocked votes on bills to ban taxpayer-funded abortions dozens of times. Instead, she and her colleagues in Congress voted unanimously to eliminate the 40-year-old Hyde Amendment, which prevents taxpayer dollars from being used for “most abortions in Medicaid and other federal programs. It is credited with saving 2.4 million babies’ lives…Republican members offered several amendments that would’ve restored Hyde protection to the budget…Democrats refused to allow consideration of any pro-life amendments.”(1) Biden also rejected the Hyde Amendment.(2) As they say, “Elections have consequences.” Perhaps the following will motivate Christians to pray and vote. Everett Piper, in a Washington Times article, quotes Jasmine Hilton from the Washington Post: “A judge on Thursday (August 25, 2022), dismissed a complaint against the Montgomery Country school board by parents who alleged that the system’s student gender-identity guidelines violated their state and constitutional rights. “Three parents, who filed anonymously in 2020 against the Montgomery Country Board of Education, argued that the guidelines curtailed their ability ‘to direct the care, custody, education, and control of their minor children,’ under the Fourteenth Amendment, according to a memorandum opinion. “The parents said that the Montgomery County Public School ‘2020-2021 Guidelines for Student Gender Identity’ were designed to work around parental involvement ‘in a pivotal decision’ in their children’s lives and that the guidelines ‘enable school personnel to allow children to transition socially to a different gender identity at school’ without parents’ notice or consent. “In the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge Paul W. Grimm sided with the MCBE’s argument that the guidelines advance the state’s goal of protecting students’ safety and privacy. According to [his] memo, the ‘MCBE certainly has a legitimate interest in providing a safe and supportive environment for all MCPS students, including those who are transgender and gender nonconforming,’ Grimm then [concluded], ‘And the Guidelines are certainly rationally related to achieving that result.’”(3) “So there you have it,” Piper says. “Today’s schools are teaching your sons and daughters that a female isn’t a biological fact and that it’s perfectly healthy for a boy to pretend to be a girl, and when you object, you’re told to stand down because, after all, your children belong to the government, not you. Your children are literally ‘owned’ by Big Brother and his reeducation camps, otherwise known as your local public schools. The message you’re hearing is loud and clear: ‘These children are ours, not yours.’ “And lest you think this is just about the left’s strange fixation on sex; it’s not. “These are the same schools that are teaching your kids to judge people by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character. These are the same teachers who claim that 2+2=4 is the product of white privilege and that the use of Socratic logic is racist. These are the smart folks who are telling your sons and daughters that our Constitution is xenophobic, America is systemically evil, and that capitalism is bad while communism is good. “And while all of this is going on your local school board is telling you that you have no right to know about or object to anything they are teaching your progeny.”(4) We can change this by praying AND voting! Columnist Sudi Kate Gliebe, the cofounder of Patriots’ Campaign Ministry, wrote for Baptist Press on September 28, 2012, “Politics is not a hobby like scrapbooking. Getting involved should not be an option. Politics, whether we like it or not, affects every area of our lives… ‘We the People’ means that all of us are responsible to preserve our republic.” The Family Research Council said, “With most elections being decided by smaller and smaller margins, we cannot win the public debate over the critical issues of faith, family, and freedom if like-minded Americans stay home on Election Day.” “Meeting the challenges facing the nation will require a greater level of commitment from believers than has been necessary in generations,” FRC said in explaining the importance of its get-out-the-vote effort. Creditable sources estimate that out of 60 million Christians in the United States, only 30 million of them vote in any given election or are even registered to vote. Did you get that - 30 million Christians do not vote. Can you imagine what a difference it would make if 60 million Christians actually voted and did so based on biblical values? While there are many wonderful websites and folks who are helping to inform conservatives about issues and their need to vote, I’d like to introduce you to another very successful one. MyFaithVotes.org is a wonderfully informative website through which you can find information concerning upcoming elections in YOUR states, articles about upcoming bills in Congress of which you need to be aware, and much more. If you follow their prompts, you will find all the information needed regarding important upcoming election dates in YOUR state, information about absentee voting, etc. They have done the work for you! They also have extensive tools for CHURCHES, including multi-media, bulletin inserts, and much more. These tools encourage people to vote for leaders with traditional and biblical values. This year they are running a simple, yet very impactful campaign to influence conservatives who aren’t actively participating in important elections. I’m sharing this information because some of you have asked our office how you can get involved - how you can encourage people to vote and also obtain the information needed to be more informed. This organization can aid you in that search, and you can do it from home! My Faith Votes has the current names/addresses of thousands of registered voters who are pro-life, pro-traditional family, who either don’t vote, or are inconsistent in doing so. If you’d like to help change this, you can go to this link on their website: www.myfaithvotes.org/startwriting. They will supply a free digital packet with complete, easy-to-follow information, including a letter they have written. You will supply the printing of the letter, envelope, and stamp. They also provide a return address to use in order to maintain your privacy. Records show that 30% and more of those who receive these letters are motivated to vote. You will have a positive effect on 30-50% of the recipients of the letters you send. Nationally, My Faith Votes has helped generate thousands of biblically motivated votes, helping turn elections. Think about it - with a couple of hours of your time and a few dollars, you can help elect godly, righteous leaders. Please consider getting behind this! Pray with me: Father, in Christ’s name, we thank You for the awakening we see beginning in the church. The sleeping giant is stirring. Cause the alarm clock to become louder and louder. Make it impossible for Christians in America to silence the alarm or override it with other activities and thoughts. Our hearts, though breaking over many issues, are also filled with faith that You are about to change things dramatically. The conscience of a nation will be brought back to life. The heart of a complacent and passive church is being and will continue to be, awakened. Thank You for Your grace and Your mercy. And Father, as believers awaken from complacency and lethargy, motivate them to vote. Give organizations like My Faith Votes great success and participation as they implement Your creative ideas. I ask You to lead many people to participate in their efforts. Thank You for turning this nation around. We are very grateful that You have not given up on America. And since You have not, we won’t give up on her. Your verdict has been rendered: America shall be saved! So be it. And we, Your family, will do our part to see this occur. In Christ’s name, we pray this. Amen. Our decree: We declare that we, the church, will involve ourselves in every level and facet of government, releasing the authority and blessing of God into the earth through our prayers and actions. *********************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. ________________________________ https://www.lifenews.com/2021/07/29/house-democrats-pass-bill-to-eliminate-hyde-amendment-make-americans-fund-abortions/ Ibid https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/20/gender-transition-identity-montgomery-county/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/26/your-children-are-literally-owned-by-big-brother-a/

6 min read https://www.givehim15.com/post/august-24-2022 August 24, 2022 One of the Most Egregious Governmental Actions Yet Today I want to make you aware of the Biden administration’s attempt to expand Title IX. This has been called “one of the largest, most aggressive social engineering overreaches of the government in America’s history.”[1] It is nothing less than a federally mandated indoctrination of our children. Vernadette Broyles of Child and Parental Rights Campaign, says this regulation “will directly affect 77 million children, requiring the normalization and unquestioned acceptance of gender identity ideology as part of their school environment. The threat to parental rights, children’s physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, religious liberties, freedom of speech, girls’ safety and sports, and more is potentially devastating.”[2] What is Title IX? Title IX of the Education Amendments was enacted by Congress in 1972 to eliminate discrimination in education based upon sex (gender), against girls and women in particular.[3] It states: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance . . . [4] When Title IX was passed, girls and women faced high barriers to pursuing educational opportunities, particularly in higher education.[5] Title IX was designed to remove those barriers, and now represents 50 years of progress in education made by girls and women. Title IX regulates every public K-12 school, college, and university in the nation, as well as every private school that takes federal funding. As a result, it has wide-reaching implications for tens of millions of children and parents across the country. The regulations implemented in Title IX were binary (based on two genders - male and female), recognizing biological distinctions where they matter and prohibiting discrimination based on biological sex (gender), as Congress intended. Until now. The Proposed Changes On July 12, 2022, the United States Department of Education (“USDOE”) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to rewrite the federal regulations governing Title IX. The proposed revised regulations would expand the scope of Title IX, without Congressional approval, to include prohibiting “discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.” This effective rewrite of Title IX’s fundamental purpose would have many devastating consequences for parental rights, Free Speech, Free Exercise of Religion, girls’ sports, and children’s health and safety. Members of the public will have 60 days, or until September 12, 2022 to submit Comments to the USDOE outlining these harmful effects. I’ll say more about this momentarily. Here’s what the proposed new regulations will do: Create a New Category of Sex Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity They declare that preventing a student from participating in any school activity “consistent with their gender identity” subjects that student to harm. Failure to follow the new rules will risk loss of federal funding. Make Upholding Biological Reality a Form of “Sex-based Harassment” In place of “sexual harassment,” the new language is “sex-based harassment.” Actions like using a child’s given name and biologically accurate pronouns instead of a preferred name and pronouns may be regarded as sex-based harassment. Create a Head-On Collision With Parental Rights The new regulations require K-12 schools to affirm a child’s asserted gender identity as a matter of federal law. This will involve school officials in life-altering decisions affecting the health and well-being of children. They will further encourage school officials to usurp parental authority without notice to or the consent of, and even over the objections of parents when it comes to gender identity. This will potentially drive a wedge between children and their parents at the time when children need parents most. The regulations also expand Title IX’s reach to include what occurs outside of school. Because they deem failure to treat students consistent with their gender identity subjects that student to harm, activists will be able to report to state child protective services parents who uphold biological reality and refuse to allow school officials to endorse their child’s discordant gender identity. Since this would be federal law, the obligation to comply with the proposed regulations is not “alleviated by any state or local law or other requirement.” Therefore, these regulations will create legal uncertainty about the enforceability of state laws protecting parental rights where they conflict with the new federal Title IX regulations. This will assuredly be exploited by activist officials and likely require expensive court action to obtain a resolution to the conflicts. Require Schools to Open Up Their Privacy Facilities Based on Gender Identity Schools would be required to permit biological males who identify as females to use private facilities set aside for females and vice versa. Girls/women will have to surrender their right to privacy and be placed at increased risk for harassment or assault by males who claim a female identity. Jeopardize Girls’ and Women’s Athletic and Educational Opportunities These rules will require sex-separate sports to be based on gender identity instead of biological gender. This will force girls and women to compete on an unfair basis for athletic opportunities and scholarships against males and create significant risks of injury for girls and women. Ultimately Normalize Gender Identity Ideology and Harm Children’s Health These regulations will promote and normalize gender identity ideology in our schools as mandated policy and wrongfully encourage students to believe that “children can be born into the wrong body.” Many children will then pursue chemical and surgical alterations that can have irreversible life-altering consequences for them, such as sterility and life-long sexual dysfunction, interrupting healthy growth and development, loss of bone density, cognitive problems, blood clots, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Disproportionately Harm Minority and Other Disadvantaged Children While the proposed regulations would ensnare all children in a harmful ideology, they would disproportionately harm minority and other disadvantaged children who remain trapped in public schools, unable to flee the system. In May 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that in order for schools to receive funds for free student lunches, breakfasts, and other food items, they must comply with its interpretation of Title IX and other food-related programs.[6] To receive food assistance under the new rule, the Biden administration is forcing schools to comply with allowing boys to use girls’ changing and restroom facilities, and forcing teachers to use inaccurate pronouns for children who believe they are transgender. The National School Lunch Program feeds nearly 30 million children every day. None of these potential harms were contemplated by Congress when they enacted Title IX in 1972. Parents, faith and community leaders, and educators must speak out courageously and clearly about the many destructive consequences these regulations will have if implemented. We only have until September 12, 2022, to do so. What We Must Do For this situation, we must pray AND act now - before the September 12th deadline. Parents, grandparents, all of us who are concerned Americans, let’s do this. Here’s what we need for you to do: Go to this website: ChildParentRights.org/title-IX/ Watch the short but powerful VIDEO; then Scroll down to HERE’S WHAT TO DO. It will give you all the information you need. Please follow the instructions very carefully. CPRC has made this very easy as long as you follow their instructions carefully. They give you starter ideas/language for what needs to be said and where to submit your formal comment (it’s only a click). If you are computer challenged, ask a friend to help you. This is important. We need hundreds of thousands of people to do this over the next 2 weeks. Please share this with others. Pray with me: Father, we have nothing but compassion for those struggling with gender identity. But we reject every plan that forces unbiblical ideals and philosophies on us and our children. Continue to expose the evil agendas of those who oppose You and Your ways. We thank You for revealing their plans and exposing their foolish ideologies. Continue shining Your light on their many efforts. Forgive us as a nation for voting into government positions those who oppose and dishonor You and Your Word. And forgive us for allowing educators over the past 40 years to indoctrinate a generation of Americans with humanistic and unbiblical philosophies. Help us to reverse this. As Your Ekklesia on earth, we bind and forbid these efforts to indoctrinate and enslave our children. We boldly declare that they will fail, that the insanity of it will become clear. We ask You, Father, to cause millions of Americans to rise up and say “Enough!” Give wise strategies to those in government and legal professions. May they be given Your wisdom. And lastly, we ask You to move on hundreds of thousands of Americans to take action against this plan. We ask for all of this in the powerful name of Jesus. Our decree: We decree that the ungodly plans of the unrighteous will be exposed and will fail. ************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. Much of today’s post was based on information obtained from Child and Parental Rights Campaign’s website (http://childparentrights.org/title-IX/) and used by permission. I encourage you to visit this website for more information, including how you can be involved. Ibid. Neal v. Bd. of Trs. of Cal. State Univs., 198 F.3d 763, 766 (9th Cir. 1999). 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a). North Haven Bod of Educ. V. Bell, 456 U.S. 512, 526-27 (1982). https://www.fns.usda.gov/news-item/usda-0100.22.

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