JohnnyMack
10/13/2008, 01:38 PM
Sorry don't feel like reformatting this. I get about three of these kind of e-mails a week from certain members of my family. I'll see if I can find the Obama wants to change the national anthem to "I'd like to teach the world to sing" e-mail I got late last week.
I usually don't forward these type of emails, because they are generally unbelievable. I couldn't verify the validity of this email (fact or fiction.com or snopes.com), but I do believe the message of this email is valid. Please take time to read this long email and think about the message that it is presenting to America. We need to heed these words and Pray for this Election and that "GOD WILL BLESS AMERICA" again. If you don't have time to read it now, print it out and read it when time allows.... it is worth the read and well worth the effort our PRAYERS.
Tim
> Intercessors,
>
> I just finished a 15-minute conversation with Pastor Mark Arnold in
> Lebanon, Ohio who wrote the below account. This account is true. He > first
> sent this out to just a tiny handful of friends and relatives, never
> dreaming that, thanks to email, it would soon travel around the world. > As
> of
> 3:30 p.m. today, September 25, he's heard back from 49 states, 11
> nations,
> several major Christian ministries and news networks and is receiving
> 70-100
> emails an hour. He is refusing money from the news networks for the > story
> even though he's a "tent-maker" pastor of a little church
who works
> 50-hour
> weeks besides his church duties.
>
> You who know me well can only imagine the red flags that went up inside > of
> me because of this story getting so much publicity. So, I asked him what
> he
> felt the value was in letting this story go public. He said he is seeing
> people moved and coming out of the "caves" they've been in,
coming alive
> and
> realizing that they need to get back involved in the affairs of the > nation
> and not sleep through this season like the church did when they allowed
> prayer to be removed from schools. "God asked me if I would obey and
I
> did,"
> he said. "I was a "Mordecai for her (Sarah Palin); I did my
part. Now the
> church has to do their part."
>
> So, dear praying friends. Read the story below, be encouraged and get to
> work - on your knees, with your testimony and in the voting booth. And,
> whether you agree with the idea of this story going public to
> non-believers
> or not, it already has so please pray for protection for him as well as
> for
> John McCain and Sarah Palin.
>
> If you forward this on, please remove my email address. If people want > to
> contact me directly, they can do so through my web site given under my
> name.
> I don't open emails from people I don't know.
>
> ***********************************************
> And for anyone who needs to verify or confirm this story that follows,
> please Email me or call me
> at the following numbers:
>
> [email protected] (513) 291-0425
>
> Be Blessed!
>
> Pastor Mark Arnold (PLEASE READ ENTIRE STORY BELOW)
>
> This past Tuesday, the McCain / Palin Bus came through a little town
> called,
> Lebanon , Ohio . The LORD allowed me to go to the Rally giving them a
> message that He wanted me to personally deliver.
>
> Sunday Night - a burden hit me that would only shake me to my knees - I
> prayed and wept for our Nation. Never has my heart been so broken
> before God. I literally interceded for these wonderful people who do not
> deserve all the hate against them. The GOD-Haters are going to try
> everything to stop them, but they will not succeed!
>
> God is not pleased with the "bashing" in the News of this
"Anointed"
> person.
> He has called her for this time! I promised God that I would
> pray and hold them up in prayer. I would "listen" out and be
mindful of
> where they were. The following day is important in this
> time-line...because
> I didn't even know until God spoke to me...
>
> Monday and into Monday Night - the burden of prayer was so heavy that I
> was
> literally shaking and could not stop weeping. I didn't know that
> they were coming to Ohio . I prayed and walked and wept and walked. I
> prayed
> and prayed and wept and prayed...
>
> Tuesday at 2:00 A.M. - God spoke these words to me - "...Go turn the
Radio
> on!" Immediately the Reporter's Words were - "McCain &
Palin Bus
> to be in Lebanon later this morning for a 10:00 A.M. Rally!"
>
> Immediately on hearing that news, I heard God again...God said, "You
are
> to
> go. You will meet them and give them a message for Me!"
>
> I prayed as an intercessor and went to a place in prayer that I don't
> think
> I've ever been...because the LORD had just visited me...and I knew
> I was on a " Mission ." I had now been up since Sunday
NIght...and now
> it's
> Tuesday and I've got to go on the "WORD of the LORD." He
sure
> became My Strength as this unfolds...
>
> I didn't stop praying until I drove over to the town and parked the
car.
> The
> News would later report they were expecting 5,000 people and the
> actual head-count of those who had been scanned was more than 10,000
> people.
>
> I simply obeyed...and God actually told me where to stand, who to talk
> to...and when to be on the move. I had sure learned on the Mission
> Field, when God wants to open a door, He will do it at the appropriate
> time.
> He always has someone to assist...and even those standing beside
> you may just be an Angel.
>
> I struck up a conversation with an agent on the ground - he simply said,
> "I
> can't allow you to stand here!" Here is where the bus was going
to
> actually pull up to. They had to make a much larger perimeter so the
> entire
> area was now being moved back several blocks. The only other
> thing he told me to do was to go through the metal detector zone and > just
> watch from the back. So, that's what I did.
>
> Due to sensitivity of the Internet...I can't share much of the story
as to
> what happened next was a definite GOD THING ALL THE WAY.
>
> Looking over the shoulders and backs and heads of all those people...I
> knew
> it would take a miracle for what GOD told me to do.
>
> As I was standing there, two Boy Scouts came running up my
> back...literally,
> they almost knocked me to the ground because they were
> running so fast behind me...up my back and over to the right. These Boy
> Scouts were about Junior High Age. Their Scout Leader and several
> others were behind them...but as the two out front was trying to push
> through the crowd, saying they were late...the smaller scouts were left
> in their dust. The Scout Leader who was with a McCain Rep from the State
> grabbed me and told me bring the other Scouts up front as they try
> to keep up with the first two that just came through.
>
> I just became the leader of the rest of the Scouts to lead them right up
> front and center. As the Rep was shouting back at me...to bring the
> Scouts forward...the people parted just like God parted the Red Sea .
>
> I marched those boys right up front and to the right of the stage as one
> was
> looking from the back. When I got there I was fifteen feet from the
> podium. GOD said, "Stand here, and don't move from this
spot."
>
> Within five minutes...the bus pulled up and around the other side > McCain,
> Sarah Palin and her husband Todd stepped up and the speeches
> took off. I was where God placed me...and even Sarah Palin and Todd were
> standing on my side of the stage. I made eye contact, I gave them
> thumbs up gestures...and I knew they were just happy to see me standing
> there. Ha Ha
>
> When they came around the podium and started on the other side, I knew
> they
> were coming right toward me, a little lady who stood by me, reached
> up and told the Rep that they had promised a Picture with her because > she
> was the one who had lost a son in Iraq, recently. The Rep confirmed
> she would get a pic with them and they would talk to her. When McCain > came
> to hug her... he immdiately shook my hand and following his moment
> with her, I shook his hand as he grabbed my hand, now for the second > time,
> and I said, "God wants you to know that I'm praying for you,
Sir!"
> He thanked me and kept smiling. I repeated that phrase to him five > times.
> He
> grabbed my hands and looked right into my eyes and said, "I
> won't make it without prayer. Sir, Thank You for praying for me, and
don't
> let one day go by that you don't pray for me. I need all the
> prayers that I can get. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!"
>
> As he moved to my right, Sarah Palin, came over to my left > side...standing
> over the crowd and then looking at the little lady who
> had lost the son. It took a moment for her to shake some hands and > people
> were pushing in all around. Sarah came and got on her hands and
> knees on that side of the stage and hugged that little Mom, telling her,
> "...it was not in vain." She promised her support.
>
> It was at this moment Sarah Palin, reached out for me to help her up and
> as
> I was assisting her to stand I was now face to face with her and GOD
> said, "Open up your Mouth and I will fill it."
>
> Here is what came out...
>
> "God wants you to know that you are a present day Esther!"
>
> [She immediately began to cry]!
>
> "God wants to tell you that you are Chosen for such a time as
this!"
>
> "You are called, and chosen to be a leader."
>
> "Don't lose heart and don't fear man."
>
> "The news and nay-sayers and criticizers are going to be very hateful
> toward
> you... and in the days ahead they are going to turn up the
> heat...but do not fear."
>
> "You are a present day Esther." You are an Esther. You are an
Esther!
>
> "Keep your eyes on GOD and know that He has chosen you to
Reign!"
>
> "Stay strong...be strong...don't tire. Don't be weary in
well-doing.
> Be strong."
>
> Her husband Todd came over and I told him what I told her. He began to
> cry.
>
> I emphasized the fact that he was to guard her at this time...and know
> that
> "...she is GOD-CALLED and GOD-ANOINTED." "...this is a
GOD-THING
> and your wife is a Present day Esther...she is for God to use at this
> time...She is an Esther...she is an Esther...she is an Esther."
>
> "You will be hated...but stand strong...GOD has called both of you to
> stand!"
>
> "We are praying and I am praying for you...!"
>
> At this moment, McCain came right to where I was finishing talking to > Todd
> and I told Mr. McCain exactly what I told to Sarah and Todd Palin.
>
> "Mr. McCain, ...they are called of God and she is an Esther."
>
> "Don't lose hope and don't lose heart."
>
> "We are praying for all of you!"
>
> He shook my hand and with a deep look of understanding what I had just
> said,
> he said, "Thank you for your prayers and support...I really do
> mean that!"
>
> And he turned and shook more hands...and I watched them as they went
> through
> the crowd.
>
> When I got to my car I sat there for quite a long time...knowing the GOD
> of
> the Universe had just used me to deliver a message confirming to
> Sarah and Todd to realize they are truly chosen vessels of God.
>
> I wept. I have not stopped praying and crying. My heart is full knowing
> they
> had to have all the staging and all the hype and all the
> crowd...but the GOD of Heaven and Earth...wanted to give them a
> Divine-God-Appointment!
>
> To God be all the GLORY and HONOR.
>
> If anyone wants to know if I believe God can speak. Yes...Absolutely, is
> my
> Answer!
>
> Be praying for me...and let me know what you think about all of this.
>
> Pastor Mark Arnold
> [email protected]
I usually don't forward these type of emails, because they are generally unbelievable. I couldn't verify the validity of this email (fact or fiction.com or snopes.com), but I do believe the message of this email is valid. Please take time to read this long email and think about the message that it is presenting to America. We need to heed these words and Pray for this Election and that "GOD WILL BLESS AMERICA" again. If you don't have time to read it now, print it out and read it when time allows.... it is worth the read and well worth the effort our PRAYERS.
Tim
> Intercessors,
>
> I just finished a 15-minute conversation with Pastor Mark Arnold in
> Lebanon, Ohio who wrote the below account. This account is true. He > first
> sent this out to just a tiny handful of friends and relatives, never
> dreaming that, thanks to email, it would soon travel around the world. > As
> of
> 3:30 p.m. today, September 25, he's heard back from 49 states, 11
> nations,
> several major Christian ministries and news networks and is receiving
> 70-100
> emails an hour. He is refusing money from the news networks for the > story
> even though he's a "tent-maker" pastor of a little church
who works
> 50-hour
> weeks besides his church duties.
>
> You who know me well can only imagine the red flags that went up inside > of
> me because of this story getting so much publicity. So, I asked him what
> he
> felt the value was in letting this story go public. He said he is seeing
> people moved and coming out of the "caves" they've been in,
coming alive
> and
> realizing that they need to get back involved in the affairs of the > nation
> and not sleep through this season like the church did when they allowed
> prayer to be removed from schools. "God asked me if I would obey and
I
> did,"
> he said. "I was a "Mordecai for her (Sarah Palin); I did my
part. Now the
> church has to do their part."
>
> So, dear praying friends. Read the story below, be encouraged and get to
> work - on your knees, with your testimony and in the voting booth. And,
> whether you agree with the idea of this story going public to
> non-believers
> or not, it already has so please pray for protection for him as well as
> for
> John McCain and Sarah Palin.
>
> If you forward this on, please remove my email address. If people want > to
> contact me directly, they can do so through my web site given under my
> name.
> I don't open emails from people I don't know.
>
> ***********************************************
> And for anyone who needs to verify or confirm this story that follows,
> please Email me or call me
> at the following numbers:
>
> [email protected] (513) 291-0425
>
> Be Blessed!
>
> Pastor Mark Arnold (PLEASE READ ENTIRE STORY BELOW)
>
> This past Tuesday, the McCain / Palin Bus came through a little town
> called,
> Lebanon , Ohio . The LORD allowed me to go to the Rally giving them a
> message that He wanted me to personally deliver.
>
> Sunday Night - a burden hit me that would only shake me to my knees - I
> prayed and wept for our Nation. Never has my heart been so broken
> before God. I literally interceded for these wonderful people who do not
> deserve all the hate against them. The GOD-Haters are going to try
> everything to stop them, but they will not succeed!
>
> God is not pleased with the "bashing" in the News of this
"Anointed"
> person.
> He has called her for this time! I promised God that I would
> pray and hold them up in prayer. I would "listen" out and be
mindful of
> where they were. The following day is important in this
> time-line...because
> I didn't even know until God spoke to me...
>
> Monday and into Monday Night - the burden of prayer was so heavy that I
> was
> literally shaking and could not stop weeping. I didn't know that
> they were coming to Ohio . I prayed and walked and wept and walked. I
> prayed
> and prayed and wept and prayed...
>
> Tuesday at 2:00 A.M. - God spoke these words to me - "...Go turn the
Radio
> on!" Immediately the Reporter's Words were - "McCain &
Palin Bus
> to be in Lebanon later this morning for a 10:00 A.M. Rally!"
>
> Immediately on hearing that news, I heard God again...God said, "You
are
> to
> go. You will meet them and give them a message for Me!"
>
> I prayed as an intercessor and went to a place in prayer that I don't
> think
> I've ever been...because the LORD had just visited me...and I knew
> I was on a " Mission ." I had now been up since Sunday
NIght...and now
> it's
> Tuesday and I've got to go on the "WORD of the LORD." He
sure
> became My Strength as this unfolds...
>
> I didn't stop praying until I drove over to the town and parked the
car.
> The
> News would later report they were expecting 5,000 people and the
> actual head-count of those who had been scanned was more than 10,000
> people.
>
> I simply obeyed...and God actually told me where to stand, who to talk
> to...and when to be on the move. I had sure learned on the Mission
> Field, when God wants to open a door, He will do it at the appropriate
> time.
> He always has someone to assist...and even those standing beside
> you may just be an Angel.
>
> I struck up a conversation with an agent on the ground - he simply said,
> "I
> can't allow you to stand here!" Here is where the bus was going
to
> actually pull up to. They had to make a much larger perimeter so the
> entire
> area was now being moved back several blocks. The only other
> thing he told me to do was to go through the metal detector zone and > just
> watch from the back. So, that's what I did.
>
> Due to sensitivity of the Internet...I can't share much of the story
as to
> what happened next was a definite GOD THING ALL THE WAY.
>
> Looking over the shoulders and backs and heads of all those people...I
> knew
> it would take a miracle for what GOD told me to do.
>
> As I was standing there, two Boy Scouts came running up my
> back...literally,
> they almost knocked me to the ground because they were
> running so fast behind me...up my back and over to the right. These Boy
> Scouts were about Junior High Age. Their Scout Leader and several
> others were behind them...but as the two out front was trying to push
> through the crowd, saying they were late...the smaller scouts were left
> in their dust. The Scout Leader who was with a McCain Rep from the State
> grabbed me and told me bring the other Scouts up front as they try
> to keep up with the first two that just came through.
>
> I just became the leader of the rest of the Scouts to lead them right up
> front and center. As the Rep was shouting back at me...to bring the
> Scouts forward...the people parted just like God parted the Red Sea .
>
> I marched those boys right up front and to the right of the stage as one
> was
> looking from the back. When I got there I was fifteen feet from the
> podium. GOD said, "Stand here, and don't move from this
spot."
>
> Within five minutes...the bus pulled up and around the other side > McCain,
> Sarah Palin and her husband Todd stepped up and the speeches
> took off. I was where God placed me...and even Sarah Palin and Todd were
> standing on my side of the stage. I made eye contact, I gave them
> thumbs up gestures...and I knew they were just happy to see me standing
> there. Ha Ha
>
> When they came around the podium and started on the other side, I knew
> they
> were coming right toward me, a little lady who stood by me, reached
> up and told the Rep that they had promised a Picture with her because > she
> was the one who had lost a son in Iraq, recently. The Rep confirmed
> she would get a pic with them and they would talk to her. When McCain > came
> to hug her... he immdiately shook my hand and following his moment
> with her, I shook his hand as he grabbed my hand, now for the second > time,
> and I said, "God wants you to know that I'm praying for you,
Sir!"
> He thanked me and kept smiling. I repeated that phrase to him five > times.
> He
> grabbed my hands and looked right into my eyes and said, "I
> won't make it without prayer. Sir, Thank You for praying for me, and
don't
> let one day go by that you don't pray for me. I need all the
> prayers that I can get. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!"
>
> As he moved to my right, Sarah Palin, came over to my left > side...standing
> over the crowd and then looking at the little lady who
> had lost the son. It took a moment for her to shake some hands and > people
> were pushing in all around. Sarah came and got on her hands and
> knees on that side of the stage and hugged that little Mom, telling her,
> "...it was not in vain." She promised her support.
>
> It was at this moment Sarah Palin, reached out for me to help her up and
> as
> I was assisting her to stand I was now face to face with her and GOD
> said, "Open up your Mouth and I will fill it."
>
> Here is what came out...
>
> "God wants you to know that you are a present day Esther!"
>
> [She immediately began to cry]!
>
> "God wants to tell you that you are Chosen for such a time as
this!"
>
> "You are called, and chosen to be a leader."
>
> "Don't lose heart and don't fear man."
>
> "The news and nay-sayers and criticizers are going to be very hateful
> toward
> you... and in the days ahead they are going to turn up the
> heat...but do not fear."
>
> "You are a present day Esther." You are an Esther. You are an
Esther!
>
> "Keep your eyes on GOD and know that He has chosen you to
Reign!"
>
> "Stay strong...be strong...don't tire. Don't be weary in
well-doing.
> Be strong."
>
> Her husband Todd came over and I told him what I told her. He began to
> cry.
>
> I emphasized the fact that he was to guard her at this time...and know
> that
> "...she is GOD-CALLED and GOD-ANOINTED." "...this is a
GOD-THING
> and your wife is a Present day Esther...she is for God to use at this
> time...She is an Esther...she is an Esther...she is an Esther."
>
> "You will be hated...but stand strong...GOD has called both of you to
> stand!"
>
> "We are praying and I am praying for you...!"
>
> At this moment, McCain came right to where I was finishing talking to > Todd
> and I told Mr. McCain exactly what I told to Sarah and Todd Palin.
>
> "Mr. McCain, ...they are called of God and she is an Esther."
>
> "Don't lose hope and don't lose heart."
>
> "We are praying for all of you!"
>
> He shook my hand and with a deep look of understanding what I had just
> said,
> he said, "Thank you for your prayers and support...I really do
> mean that!"
>
> And he turned and shook more hands...and I watched them as they went
> through
> the crowd.
>
> When I got to my car I sat there for quite a long time...knowing the GOD
> of
> the Universe had just used me to deliver a message confirming to
> Sarah and Todd to realize they are truly chosen vessels of God.
>
> I wept. I have not stopped praying and crying. My heart is full knowing
> they
> had to have all the staging and all the hype and all the
> crowd...but the GOD of Heaven and Earth...wanted to give them a
> Divine-God-Appointment!
>
> To God be all the GLORY and HONOR.
>
> If anyone wants to know if I believe God can speak. Yes...Absolutely, is
> my
> Answer!
>
> Be praying for me...and let me know what you think about all of this.
>
> Pastor Mark Arnold
> [email protected]