By Robert Anthony Dec 22nd 2023 Introduction - God has used Israel since the very beginning to tell His story.  He has chosen to communicate to man in many ways actually but one of His most preferred methods remains thru His Israel.  Time would fail me if I tried to count all the times He has revealed Himself thru His chosen people but one of my very favorites is right at the beginning with Abram (who received the breath of God and became, Abraham!). God led Abraham to believe that He wanted him to sacrifice Abraham’s child of promise, his heir and only son with Sarah, Isaac, but then at the last-minute stayed the sacrifice.  God has chosen to reveal Himself over and again thru these stories.  Many of us believe God sent His only Son to die for us, only God did not repent at the last-minute and gave up His only Son to be our sacrifice. And God did this work thru Israel!   What other truths and awe-inspiring mysteries has God chosen to speak to man thru the true-history and story of His Israel!?  A Countless many.   He declared all throughout the prophets that “For the sins of Israel going a whoring after other gods,” and “refusing His goodness and truth,” for over hundreds if not thousands of years, God was going to scatter His holy people to the nations!  And He did.  But all these are signs, meant to be interpreted, they are not what we read at face value.  We should come to know the intentions of God, together with His Love for the nations!  Perhaps God scattering His people was more than merely a punishment?  Perhaps there was more to this than we are commonly taught? Perhaps from the beginning God has had this perfect and flawless plan..?   These are some of the famous Christmas scriptures. Look at what the Hebrew Prophets of old prophesied of God and His desire to save the nations:  “And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the nations (Gentiles, KVJ) seek: and his rest shall be glorious.” Again, “I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations (Gentiles, KVJ)…” Still again, “And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the nations (Gentiles, KJV), that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth…”  God always had it in His mind to save the nations!   But what if the nations simply refuse God?   In many ways the whole of history can be summarized: God actively engaged, trying to convince the people (the nations) of His unending love but the people continually rejecting Him, His truth, His good-commands and His love… until this day.  The Beginning of the Great Return – We are in the days of the beginning of the Great Return but there are layers of understanding to see what a Huge and Monumental Work God is doing in these last days!  In many ways we are still in the beginning stages but the work is quickening .  Now that we understand that the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, now that we understand we were intended to live with our God in paradise, in perfection from the start, without pain, suffering, death or sorrow – now we can begin to grasp the enormity of this Great Return !  God is returning us to His presence, for unto forever.   He never wanted to lose any  of us.  Not a one.  We left Him.  We, as a whole, followed after fables, false gods, empty lusts, deception and more.  We, all like sheep, have gone astray.  But our God has only just begun to bring us Home !  Read the beginning again, it tells in detail what our actual home is like.  We were never made for this world and now because of the mercy, which is death - we are merely passing thru this temporal life.  Soon, every single one of us that wants God, we will be home and those who don’t want Him - God will not overpower any of our freedom to choose.  But it’s God's intention to bring us all, Home .   This is still the beginning of this process.  Hebrews 12, “Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word , Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.”  He is shaking everything for our own good .  When times are good, money is abundant, we are healthy, fat and overflowing, rarely do we turn to God with any sort of longing, desperation and zeal.  But in the tough times, in the shaking, we tend to humble ourselves, bend a knee and seek after our Maker and King.  This is an unfortunate reality of man.  That's why they say, and truthfully, “There are no Atheists in a foxhole”.   God promised this.  He promised to get our attention.  He promised that He would not leave us fatherless but that He would come for us, and Adopt  us!  This world was never our home.  God is coming to Return us Home .     The Greatest Ending to Any Story Ever Written - But there is more!  Technically this world was our home.  It was intended to be our home before this corruption destroyed everything.  So God is Returning this home of ours to its intended purpose, He is restoring the earth to what He had always wanted.  The Creation will return to paradise!  What exactly He is creating, or recreating upon it, He has seemed to have hidden from us, “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” But we can read about Eden and marvel, contemplating the grandeur of the wonders that lie in store for us, who are God’s own children!   All of Creation awaits , the scripture (Romans 8) tells us.  What is the whole of creation waiting for!?  SIMPLY: To Be Redeemed !  To be restored.  To be RETURNED to what God intended in the first place.  And what was that?!  “God walked in the garden in the cool of the day.”  It’s not enough that the earth would return to paradise but even better, That Paradise would Return to the Earth!  This is a fundamental to the Bible's teaching, God will restore all things. If God merely gave us back perfection and yet decided to withhold Himself from us, what would become of us?  Would we this time care for His gift and cherish the blessing!?  Doubtfully.  At any rate, Paradise isn’t enough.  We would eventually bore with perfection. We would. We would find ourselves incomplete and lacking… and Why?  Say it with me, We were never intended to live separated in any way at all from our God and Father !  So our Father is returning for us!   It's not enough that He is restoring the creation.  It’s not enough that He is fulfilling all things of Scripture.  God is quite literally returning to the earth, for us!  We are living in the most exciting times, in all of time!  We are abundantly fortunate to have been created for such a time as this.  Will we be alive to see the heavens split open and the Son of Man coming on the clouds, riding a white horse, sword in His hand, followed by His army!?  A generation will live to see it!   God promised to end all these things of the curse: sin, death, loss, pain, suffering, darkness – He is putting an end to everything that came of the curse.  And all things will be made new!   (Great Song - Fitting to the Article!) A Generation will Return – “And then this gospel of the kingdom will be preached to all the nations and then the end will come…” Matthew 24 (paraphrased).  God is going to give all the nations one last chance to return.  He will send out His own, elect, out to all the nations, tribes, families and tongues and they will be given His power to proclaim the Truth: God loves you, He never wanted any of this for us and He is coming back soon.  There will be a new returning to the name of God .  Not the old religious names of God but the name of God made new , like we have never heard of Him before!  “This” gospel will be given to us like a gift, like life imparted to our bones, like a burning flame inside of our soul.  And many will find their way back to Him.   A generation will receive this.  It’s been prophesied, it’s been Promised !  “This generation will not pass away until all is fulfilled.” (Luke 21)  There will come and generation who will receive Him, they will return to Him and He to them!  His word is Yes  and Amen .  And all of this begins and ends with His… ISRAEL. Do you think He cast them off and then forgot about His own, Chosen ones…?  The greatest ending to any story ever written is being performed before our very eyes!  (But only those with eyes to see and ears to hear can understand it.) Daniel prophesied, “Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”  God is bringing His people home.  He is quite literally returning us to Himself.  And what began with Israel, will end with Israel.  I will explain more in Part Two…   For now, let the Gentiles come into their fullness (Romans 11).  Prophecy among yourselves, fan this flame of hope into a burning inferno, it’s time for the bride to make herself ready .  God will save His own elect.  And the bride must make herself ready.  When the bridegroom returns, will the virgins be waiting and ready!?   Come into your fullness Gentile Church…   Your time is now…

By Robert Anthony January 14, 2023   These are the days of the Great Return!  And anyone who cares to see will see large portions of scripture being fulfilled.  What I mean to say is that prophecy that was proclaimed 2,000 and 2,500 years ago is being fulfilled right now!  It’s absolutely remarkable to consider.  We are the generation to watch these things that were foretold millennia ago, come to life!   ISRAEL, God’s Chosen – At the forefront of the list of incredible prophecies being fulfilled is, Israel - its people and its land!  Israel basically ceased from being a nation once they were carried away into captivity by Babylon.  They were something of a government for a time but their nation was gone about two thousand five hundred years ago.  But God promised that Israel would return!   What a story!  Have you ever heard such a thing!?  No other nation in recorded history has been wiped off the map even for a few hundred years and then returned.  But Israel, its land forgotten and its people scattered to the four winds of the earth, has returned – just as God promised throughout the prophets and in the writings of the New Covenant Apostles!  Even Jesus Christ prophesied Israel’s return, “When you see the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place”… In order for that temple to be rebuilt and that abomination to be placed in the holy place , the nation of Israel would have to return!   Several things must come to pass that are essential for it to be the last days.  I will write about this more at a later date but here they are now, in short: severe trouble with the weather, lots of wars and rumors of wars, economic distress, signs in the heavens (atmosphere, sky), famines, plagues (Covid), pestilences, the world turning on the people of God, it must be “like it was in the days of Noah”, Israel must become a nation, their people must return home and then rebuild the temple.  In order for it to truly be the end of days all these things must come to pass at about the same time – as they have within this generation .   And what a mess are the politics around Zionism!  But why would the world have such issue about a people returning to their land!?  Little upon the earth provokes such emotion, impassioned debate, division and even war as the Jews/Israelites returning to their home.  ( I have written much already on the subject.  I’m trying not to repeat myself.) There must in fact be a real and tangible spiritual war waging around this minute piece of land – how else could it command such attention and power over the world’s politics!?   Zionism, Essential to the Christian Faith – If we, as Christians, love God how can we not love what He loves!?  I think a large portion of Christianity needs to reread the whole of scripture, keeping in mind God chose  a people for His purposes and birthed salvation from them!!  Religion does not accurately define true Judaism or true Christianity.  The Jews are a family, not merely a religion.  This man, Abraham was a friend of God’s and became heir of a great and everlasting promise – that God would bring salvation to the earth thru Abraham’s children.  How some Christians can possibly believe that God would cast aside the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when He was thru using  them, boggles the mind!  The God I have come to know would never do such a thing to His own children… ever .   The division and war within Christianity over Israel is an ugly, false-religious war.  And this is not the only false-religious war within Christianity – the spirit of the Pharisee’s (who killed Christ) is alive and even thriving within Christendom.  Paul writes that in the last days a kind of Christianity will come that will be nothing like what Jesus gave to the Jews (remember they were All Jews who received the gospel originally), “having a form of Godliness but denying it’s power”.  Paul wrote extensively on the subject in both of his letters to Timothy.  And this is yet more proof we are living in the end of times – exactly what Paul prophesied has come true in this generation .   For the first two hundred years or more, Christianity was headquartered out of Jerusalem!  The founders of Christianity and those first Apostles were All  Jews!  It might seem like an oversimplification but it is actually profound, The Messiah was (and is) a Jew!  When this Jew (Messiah) returns to the earth to rule and reign for one-thousand years, He is going to rule and reign from His land, Holy Israel !  Considering these things and more, how can any Christian believe that God is done with the people of Israel and their land!?  To me this is absolute proof that there are some very wicked spirits alive and destroying upon the earth.   Absolute Proof of God’s Goodness! God promised a great and many things to man throughout the Bible (both the Old and New Testaments).  But watching the Jews return to their land, watching the Jews return to Messiah - these are some of the best and most wonderful proofs we have that God always keeps His Word!  It’s a long and intriguing study, perhaps I will write about it at a later time but the Jews basically left Christianity a few hundred years after Christ returned to His Father. There grew a great divide between the Jewish believers in Christ and the Gentile Church.  The divide was mostly over laws and customs, stemming from Jewish cultural issues.  Truly this is what Paul the Apostle warned about in his letter to the Galatians.  The Jews wanted to try and live out both covenants – adhering to the law, all the while preaching salvation by grace and faith in Christ Jesus the Lord.  Also, there was a great divide over Jerusalem and whether or not it was the headquarters of Christianity.  These foundations of the Church split Christianity a few hundred years after Christ between Jew and Gentile believer.  By about 3-400 years after Jesus, Messianic-Jewish believers practically vanished from off the face of the earth.    And what significant event took place around that time, you history scholars?  The creation of the Roman Catholic Church , by Emperor Constantine.  To me it is very revealing that the world plunged into the dark ages just after the Jews left relationship with their Messiah.  (If you don’t believe me that this actually happened, study it out for yourselves.  It is an amazing study!) And as the Jews were leaving their Messiah and returning to mostly a false  Judaism (in that they held to the laws of men, Talmudic Tradition, rather than the teaching of God thru Moses and the prophets), the world fell into one of its darkest times in history!  There is a principal here as Paul lays out in Romans 11, the Jews returning to their land and their God is a blessing to the whole world!  And their departure from their land and their God must therefore be a cursing…   It is a matter of fact, the centuries following the Jews departure from Messiah and their land came the dark ages… and then the monstrous Inquisition : the Catholic Church hunting down “Jews” and “heretics” and torturing and murdering them, by some estimates as high as 30-million or more!  But God said, “I will not cast them away”.  Even if they  left Him, He would return them unto Himself, it was/is His covenant with them.   On the heels of the Inquisition came the discovery of The New World, by the Jews .  It is almost a matter of fact at this point in time that Christopher Columbus was a Jew ( here is a great article on the subject )!  And the banker who financed the expedition, because the king/queen of Spain were broke, was 100% Jewish!  (So, if you enjoy the United States of America, Mexico and the America’s as we know it? THANK A JEW !) God scattered His people to the four winds of the earth for all their rebellion and disobedience, just like He said He would.   But at the same time as scattering them, God has been working wonders thru His people all throughout history.  And then, centuries later, He started to go after them anew , revealing the Son of glory to a new generation of Israelites!  This also is a wonderful history to study!  Around the mid-1800’s at the same time as the rebirth of Zionism came another phenomenon!  Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God risen from the dead, started to come to a few Rabbi’s and Jews throughout Russia and Ukraine!  These Rabbi’s and others among the Jews would see Him in their dreams and visions, and suddenly, as if a veil was pulled from off their eyes, they realized the Christian-Jesus was in fact their Jewish- Meshiach (Messiah)!   In the same way God returned His people to their land, He returned His people to the fullness of their God!  Just as Paul had foretold, Romans 11:1 “I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of  the tribe of Benjamin.”  Read all of Romans 11.  Paul tells us God’s intention towards His chosen-people.   And then ALL ISRAEL will be Saved! In conclusion: These last days (as foretold all throughout scripture) can be summarized as THE GREAT RETURN .  God is returning everything to the way He intended it in the first place.  He is returning the garden to the earth.  He is about to make All Things New!  He is returning the Christians and those who have wandered away to their God, to their Savior.  God is returning His kingdom to the earth.  He is returning His chosen-people to Himself.  And, perhaps the greatest return of them all, God Himself is about to Return to the Earth!   One of my favorite passages of the entire Bible, Romans 11:25,26, “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so ALL ISRAEL  shall be saved…” Blindness, IN PART, has happened to Israel… UNTIL the fulness of the Gentiles come in (to be God’s children) and then… sometime before the end… ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED!  So exciting to me, Why?  Because these are literally the times we are living in!! The Jews are returning to Israel just as the Bible promised.  The Jews are returning to their God, just as God promised.  Therefore, it must be true that God is about to return to the earth!!!  Amazing that God has given us so much Absolute Proof .  He is returning to us!  We very well could be the generation that sees heaven opened, the sky departing as a scroll, and Messiah coming out of the clouds, on a white horse, followed by an army, coming to rule and reign from Israel!!!  His New Jerusalem!   Some wonderful things we, as Gentile Christians, can do... according to scripture: Help the Jews/Israelites return home .  God calls them home!  It’s very clear all throughout scripture, Ezekiel 36:16-28+ God is calling His people home – and they have only ever had one home, Israel .  Here is an excellent interview to watch to learn more:     Be Encouraged - Everything is being fulfilled.  God is coming for us!  He is coming to save us from this broken world!  He is about to return and restore everything to the way He always wanted it – The Lord will be our God and we will be His people, living and walking among Him upon the earth!  Surreal to even be writing this because this very well could be happening in our lifetime.  But there is much work to do.  The gospel must be proclaimed among all the nations!  And what is the gospel of the kingdom?  I promise you it fundamentally includes and is built upon the Jews!  As God reveals this gospel to us, in its’ FULLNESS, revival will come – and God will send His elect to the nations to proclaim the truth – and then the end will come (Matthew 24:14).  These are the final hours, as all things are fulfilled, let us be about our Father’s business – that when we stand in front of Him, face to face, there is no shame, no fear, only love, because we know we live this life for Him!! God bless you brothers and sisters in Christ! God bless you Jewish brothers and sisters!! God is returning for us!! Time to get ourselves ready!! With all Godly love and affection, With all my heart hoping to inspire you, Robert Anthony.

By Robert Anthony Jan 27th 2024   I don’t know how to write this because I have so much dirt on the Republican politicians leading the party in Michigan.  I have a lot on my heart and a lot to say…. I guess I’ll start somewhat at the beginning… I have had run-in’s with Pat Colbeck, Ron Armstrong and others leading Michigan’s conservatives throughout my time in Michigan politics.  It remains very difficult for me to understand these people and what exactly they are doing with our state?  (Left Pat Colbeck to the right Mike Lindell) I met Pat Colbeck at the Cyber Symposium. Within moments of meeting me he was encouraging me To Not  do anything pertaining to an Election Audit in Michigan because “Stand Up Michigan” was already doing it!?  Which was a bold-faced lie.  Not only was Stand Up not involved with anything to do with audits but Ron Armstrong, the man who swindled Stand Up away from Garrett Soldano and Kevin Skinner, has never, not once, publicly acknowledged that they stole 2020 from the American People!  And yet so many continue to prop up this Stand Up organization in Michigan… it grieves me. Colbeck sits on the board of Stand Up.  Perhaps he recently dropped off but for years he was intimately involved with them and Ron Armstrong their CEO.  We still don’t really know where they get most of their funding from (DeVos?) but we know Mike Shirkey has funded Stand Up.  We know that Shirkey has given Stand Up half-a-million at least.  And who is Mike Shirkey? I’m glad you asked.   (Left, Ron Armstrong to the right Mike Shirkey) Shirkey, Colbeck  and McBroom , three Michigan State Senators who had various roles on the Michigan Senate Elections Committee.  Colbeck Co-Chaired the elections committee for a few years, the same years   SOS Ruth Johnson (GOP) purchased a whole pile of (Dominion) election machines .  Shirkey, Colbeck and McBroom, three close friends known to frequent the Michigan House of Prayer together, were a major part of running the election system in Michigan over the course of the past 8 or so years.  Of course, we all know Shirkey was the State Senator who came out against “The Big Steal”!  Of course, we all know McBroom wrote his infamous “ McBroom Report ” – obviously they were not in a hurry to audit themselves!  They literally were a part of purchasing the machines and creating the election data systems! (Ed McBroom left with Michigan Gov Whitmer, right) Shirkey is interesting also because of his ties to China .  He publicly denied making any money from China – even though a Michigan-based reporter exposed all this .  Shirkey was found out.  I am personally unaware of just how much business he does with China  but clearly a large portion of his business is with the Chinese.  And Shirkey is in manufacturing.  Someone should really look into this, exactly what is Shirkey manufacturing with the Chinese? In today’s political climate, might not be wise to elect politicians with such close relationships to the very nation that wants to destroy us… (Unless they were never elected in the first place?  Which is very possible.)   Of course, Armstrong and Colbeck came out against our Audit and DeCertify movements!  But Colbeck is the most surprising because he keeps showing up at all the events touting election integrity!?  Colbeck talking about election integrity is like the fox with the secret back door into the chicken coup talking about protecting chickens!  I was personally there to watch "Christian" Colbeck undermine all our efforts to fix 2020 and save Michigan’s election system.  He went out of his way to disparage my name, hardly knowing me at all, making up stories to ensure there would be no support for several of our efforts.  But he did the same underhanded things to Rep. Carra when Steve was writing the bill to Audit the 2020 Presidential Election.  Making sure that audit would never happen.  I am intimately aware of Colbeck’s involvement in destroying every chance we had in auditing 2020’s broken election.   And why would he not!? Doesn’t he have to protect himself and all his buddies?  I know it's hard to read and hard to believe because so many have respected these guys!  McBroom , the last time I checked, still sits on the Elections Board with, ironically, the ex-SOS now MI Senator Ruth Johnson .  You can’t make this stuff up!?   I feel terrible about what is happening in Michigan.  But anyone who challenges the status quo is going to catch a beating!  Some very powerful people in both parties will go to great extremes to make sure this status quo doesn’t ever change.  Remember this fact, The Republicans created the election system in Michigan !  When we go and open all the books, to really look into what happened with our election system – we are going to see a long list of Republican names throughout that history!  Snyder, Johnson, Colbeck, Shirkey, McBroom… all GOP.  But there are more who are involved...  I don’t know who has been cheating worse over the years?  Maybe the Democrats used the broken system the GOP created to steal the state from us? This history really must be looked into. After we get rid of the machines and centralized-computerized, election system. I don’t know if DePerno was ever really our champion?  I like to think he was.  But he stopped supporting all Election Integrity efforts once he started running for office.  Many of us approached him for support but he just wasn’t interested in anything but winning his  campaign.  And that maybe isn’t so terrible, if he was going to use that power as he had promised us all.  But it’s hard to know one way or the other.  Why didn’t he fight for the election that was stolen from him?  I approached him about it.  But he simply wasn’t interested.  If they steal elections, as he so often said, Why then didn’t he fight for his own stolen election? (Kristina Karamo MIGOP Chair left, Matt DePerno right) Karamo also was funny about what she supported when she was running for MI-SOS.  I personally gave her campaign more money than I had ever given any candidate, ever.  I really thought she would fight for our elections.  But she never supported anything we  were doing: not the Audit’s, not the Decertify movement, nothing, at least not publicly.  It’s hard to judge why someone does what they do, intention is certainly very hard to judge.  But if they were interested in actually fixing the broken election system, one would think they would have done something about it, more than just campaign.  Now at the MIGOP what has Karamo done to win back a free and fair election? And shore up 2024?  Perhaps she has secret plans?  But publicly there is not much to talk about. There is so much proof we have of the fraudulent election system in Michigan but perhaps this topic has become the elephant in the room? The topic that no politician wants to talk about because… why?  Well, why  is the more complicated question.  But the simple fact remains, our Republican politicians in Michigan do not want to deal with this issue and clearly many of them have been complicit.   Am I against DePerno or Karamo?  By no means.  I consider them both friends and a Huge Leap forward in Michigan Republican politics.  I am writing about them to say that they should have banded together – and banded together with THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN .  To empower people throughout the state and actually LEAD A MOVEMENT .  I told DePerno I would support him in doing so.  This conversation turned out to be what ended our short-lived working relationship together.  Still surprises me to this day.  But even with those disagreements, I wish he had won!!  I would still help him if he got back involved in the fight to save our elections!   Karamo, I would help her too!  But she is under such fire, I don’t think elections are much on her mind at the moment.  But 2024 is very much on my mind!  If we don’t win the White House back!!?  And Biden remains in the White House another 4-years!?  What will become of our nation!?   I wish I had good advice for Karamo.  But they  were never going to help her succeed as Chair.  Personally, I wish she had been 10 times more bold and assertive in the role, going after election integrity with the same zeal and fervor she had when she was campaigning.  But it’s a moot point now.  I was never against her and I am not against her now.  But I do grieve for Michigan. My advice for Michigan, ALL ROADS LEAD TO ELECTION INTEGRITY  (which is to say, All roads lead to fixing our broken election system)!  Michigan, as a swing state, is of critical importance that cannot be overstated.  We would vote Republican Presidents into the White House for decades to come if it wasn’t for our broken election system.  Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota (Colorado, Arizona, New Hampshire, New Mexico and more,) all have huge Republican populations but these “swing” states are filled with corruption, especially when it comes to the state and federal elections.   Listening to the Q-Anoner’s there is some super-secret plan and “everything will be revealed” and “Trump will be back in Office” so just “sit back and watch”.  I have been fighting against this narrative since I first entered politics.  Large groups of people throughout Michigan and the nation were living in a sort of dreamland-fantasy world, at best half-heartedly engaging with our movements because of this secret Q plan.  They predetermined everything was under control and they had little to no responsibility to get involved and support us.  Do I still hope I am wrong!?  Absolutely.  Do I wish now and again there is some secret Q-plan that will be revealed and everything will be fixed, healed and restored!?  Without a doubt.  But I give it less than a 1% chance that the Q-Anoners are right.    Wouldn’t it be funny if China was behind the whole Q-Anon phenomenon!? Many people I talk with about it believe Q is a US three-letter agency psy-op - but whoever is behind it, someone very clever, organized and powerful is working to destroy our Republic. And the corruption that is our entire political system is enabling even aiding in that demise, even as I write to you now.  Whoever it is against us, they are well-funded, well-prepared and very cunning in their strategy, planning and execution.   I started the show “ All Politics is Local ” with the intention to convince as many of the good people as I can into local politics, especially.  Looking at the absolute failure that has been this Republican Congress I put no faith in national politics solving this problem at all (President Trump excluded).   Local Politics can stand against this tyranny.  Just look at what is happening now with Texas and their border!  The Governors banding together against tyranny, FINALLY!  But then again, what if this is what “they” want?  What if “their” goal is to divide our country and get us fighting?  What if their goal is civil war?  And “they” know they could never take us head-on but that their only hope is to destroy us from within!?  We must be very very careful right now with these events unfolding.  We must not go to civil war!  We must pray for the Governors’ wisdom.  We must pray for Governor Abbott but also the other GOP Governors standing against this lawlessness.  This stand must not devolve into civil war.  We must fight against this evil with extreme wisdom and poise .  Our side fights with morality, good-character and the law which in many ways does shackle us from a wide range of options.  The evil we are against throws our sense of morality, conscience and truth out the window – and will go to any extremes necessary to defeat us and ruin the nation.  It truly is not a “fair fight” and we must recognize this going in. We must pray for a series of miracles.  Both within Michigan and throughout the nation!  We are not in good shape coming into 2024 elections.  We need EVERYONE TO VOTE TRUMP!  We need to biggest turn out, by far, ever!  And still, we will need a series of miracles to win the White House back.  But our God does miracles.    I will close with the best news!  The best news I see is that a new generation of wonderful people just got into politics!  Perhaps some of the best people to ever get into American politics have just entered the arena.  A lot of what is happening now we truly will not see for several years.  If we, as a movement, continue, what will the nation look like 5 and 10 years from now!?  There is no telling.  But the path to winning this nation back once and for all, truly goes thru local politics .    We need to be mentored and mentor as we run for office.  We need to play both the short game and the long game at the same time.  We need to keep our vision focused on the end goal but all the while staying firmly planted in today.  It’s hard to do if we lose our motivation and hope.    Keep encouraging the men and women next to you.  Be good to those who are fighting at your left and right side.  It’s harder to build than it is to tear down.  Let me repeat that again, IT IS MUCH HARDER TO BUILD SOMETHING THAN IT IS TO TEAR IT DOWN.    Ecclesiastes tells us, there is a time and a purpose to all things under heaven . There is a time to tear down but then there is also a time to build anew!  Keep these things in mind as we move forward!  Be very thoughtful and prayerful about how we go about building our New America!   I’m going to end with a prayer for Kristina Karamo, “Lord, I pray for Kristina.  If You  have her in this position, I pray that You would keep her there!  I pray that no weapon formed against her shall prosper and that every tongue that rises against her, she will condemn.  But Father if You have something bigger and better for her than MIGOP Chair?  If you have some even greater work, help her to see it.  Sometimes it’s the hidden things that have the greater glory and honor in reality.  Guard her heart, Lord.  She has been under attack for quite a while.  Help her to hear Your voice even with all these voices around her shouting for her attention, shouting for influence.  Give her Your miraculous insight and wisdom in what to do now.  You are the Living God who loves us.  Love Kristina Father… In Jesus Name.  Amen.”   Ok. Last prayer.  “Lord, I lift up Governor Abbott. I so appreciate him taking this stand for his state and the nation.  I pray you give him supernatural wisdom.  He is going to need some amazing strategy and foresight to keep this thing he is doing from unraveling and descending into chaos. Those who he fights against do not fight fair neither do they fight for anything good but only destruction.  Give him and the other Governors incredible wisdom and even foreknowledge to know what their enemy will try to do and that they will be able to outmaneuver them even before they do it!  Surround them with protection and your angelic host.  Let no harm come near them, in Jesus name.”   “And save our nation Father.  Restore President Trump to the White House and fix our broken election system.  Turn the hearts of America back to you.  Let the people of this nation no longer be content with lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes and the pride of life – but change all our hearts to desire the eternal and beautiful pursuits of life: family, friends, community, a righteous nation and relationship with You, Father!  Do a quick work in our broken country Father.  Send your Spirit.  Save us.   “In Jesus name.  Amen.”   Still grieving for Michigan.   Praying for our Revival!! - Robert

By Robert Anthony January 31st 2024   I’m very grateful to MI Rep. Steve Carra for inviting me into his world and later to those meetings, drafting the bill to audit the 2020 Michigan Presidential Election.  I learned so much and quickly, it was my first real experience in activism and politics.   Jesus once said, “Do as they say but don’t do as they do,” (Matthew 23:3) referring to the Pharisees, those (religious) rulers of the Jews in His time.  I would say this applies to much if not all of conservative-politics in America.  What they say is wonderful!  We could print up T-Shirts and bumper stickers, trademarking and making millions on their catchy slogans and one-liners!  But again, do as they say but not as they do .   I walked out of that first meeting drafting the audit bill with Rep. Carra to hear Ex-State Senator Pat Colbeck start ripping into the bill, tearing it apart and rattling off all the reasons why it will never go anywhere.  I was shocked to say the least.  In the meeting Colbeck was 100% on the team.  Making wonderful remarks and adding so much value to the conversation.  Within seconds of leaving the meeting he was destroying all our hope and enthusiasm for what we were all  working so diligently to accomplish.  And I called him out on it.   “Thank You Pat Colbeck”.  In a close to three-hour conversation with him as he was traveling to Northern Michigan, I learned so much about American politics. And it’s as if “they” have all attended the same brainwashing school of deception, coercion and misdirection.  And “they” are so very good at it.  Rep. Carra was never going to stand up to this bully  and Colbeck knew it!  Carra was about to launch his campaign for Congress and he needed Colbeck’s support (or at a minimum Colbeck not as an enemy).  Bullies have always bothered me. You want to know why we are losing this nation?  It isn’t merely broken-elections.  It isn’t merely the corruption from the Obama/Biden Administration, the DOJ, the FBI, etc.  We aren’t losing this nation merely because all our politicians are bought and paid for… We are losing this nation because America has all but lost its heart and soul.  There is no love left and where there is no love there is no light, no truth and no honor – and but little left (only a remnant) truly worth saving. When you get into politics in today’s America you have to agree to certain (unspoken) rules – someone or some group becomes your boss(es) and they at first gently start to dictate what you can and can not say – and then more directly, telling you what you can and can not fight for.  For instance, everyone knows the Supreme Court will not rule against the machines.  Let me repeat this for effect, THE SUPREME COURT WILL NOT RULE AGAINST THE MACHINES.  “But Robert, how can you say that!?”  …because I am a good listener.   I have quickly been brought back up to speed on much of civics from these same deceptive-publicans fighting to control the narrative.  “The Supreme Court is not the law-maker” and I have heard it loud and clear for the past three years.  And yet, everyone still talks about the Supreme Court as if some saving grace!?  How many cases have “we” as a movement tried to bring before the Supreme Court regarding the stolen 2020 election?  Maybe more than a dozen?  Mike Lindell, for example, I know was talking about it for more than 18 months, his case(s) going to change everything (9-0!).  But the Supreme Court has the easiest out, the easiest way to wash their hands of all of this.  Do you know what it is?  Very few laws on the books about our election systems and even less about those machines .   This Supreme Court is master-class in the art of passing the buck.  With their Roe v. Wade decision, they could have easily ruled against the murder of unborn children.  It’s right there in the preamble of the US Constitution, “We the people  of the United States…” and then “Establish Justice ”.  Real People are in those wombs that are being slaughtered, who are finding no justice for their right to live !  But again, in the Declaration of Independence even more boldly, in its Introduction and Preamble, talking about Laws of Nature  and Nature’s God … here is a law of nature for you, Supreme Court, if someone doesn’t extinguish that embryo in that woman’s womb, a baby will be born 99+% of the time!    The Declaration continues even stronger, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights , that among these are LIFE …”   Our Court most Supreme  in the land literally washed their hands of saving the unborn and passed the buck to the states!?  And if this Supreme Court is so concerned about state’s rights, why didn’t they back Texas last week when Texas was guarding their citizenry from an unruly Executive-Federal Branch, who is laboring to destroy our nation!?  That situation can be surmised, States-Rights  too, SC . But we actually believe this Court is going to take up a case about those machines, without much precedent and make a ruling so bold, against the powers that be, and risk it all!?  Do I hope they do…?  Absolutely.  But they have already rejected all our cases thus far on grounds of standing mostly.  And Why?  BECAUSE CONGRESS IS THE LAWMAKER! Congress is the Law-maker. Which brings me to perhaps my number one point in the article, WHERE ON EARTH IS OUR GOP-LEAD CONGRESS!!?   Maybe it would help if I rattle off a list of all the conservative-Christians running this Congress to add some emphasis?  “Congressmen, none of us are against you personally, we all understand the intensity of the hour and how much pressure you all must be under (especially those of you who genuinely care). We just hope you leave behind your nonchalant-apathy and actually start to fight for us!?”   Congress makes law.  You want a ruling (Mr Lindell) against the machines, Go To Congress !  We want laws on the books completely overhauling our election system?  Congress would write such a law.  We want laws protecting our unborn children?  That’s Congress also.  We want laws shutting down our border?  Congress.  We want to go after the criminals who stole the White House from us in 2020? Congress has the power to pass laws and get this done!  Not the Supreme Court.  I have learned well from these politicians, it’s basically Civics 101 .   So why all the theater!?  “Let’s go to the Supreme Court!” they practically shout it from the rooftops!  Again, could I be wrong and not “trusting the plan” as the Q-folks rehearse over and again like a mantra?  Yes. I could be wrong.  And wouldn’t that be WONDERFUL!!  I would WELCOME the correction and humbling.  The problem is, I have so much ammunition against such a hypothesis.  And the years continue to tick on by… YEARS!   You see, no one will speak the truth .  This is fundamental.  And I have learned this too from these politicians over the past three years.  Remember “Do as they say but not as they do.” There is no money in lobbying Congress to act on our behalf.  There is almost no way to fundraise for something like that. One could however raise an untold fortune hiring lawyers and filing lawsuits nationwide, “on the behalf of the American people”.  And whether or not those lawsuits go anywhere is, as they say, a moot-point – because – the spectacle of the whole thing could be enough to placate the people, pacify them and maybe even keep them in line, especially if we continually remind the crowd that “they” are all against us and continually keep stoking those fears .   Welcome to politics in today’s declining United’ish States of America.   Personally, I am seriously considering throwing in the towel and pushing all my chips in on Jesus .  Now I will say that the Lord very obviously got me into politics in the first place.  I might do a show sometime to tell my story?  It would be too long to write out.  In short, did I ever imagine President Trump’s own movement (throughout Michigan and beyond) refusing to support my work to restore him to the White House?  and worse, publicly striving to ruining everything I was doing!?  Never.  I was mentally prepared to handle the attacks of the Democrats and old-guard Republicans even but to be continually shut down and then pursued by many within our own movement!?  That, I was not prepared for.   I will take to the grave so much of the dirt I have on this movement.  But let me be very clear, the people, us everyday citizens fighting for the nation out of the goodness of our hearts, our love for our fellow man and our devotion to God and the all things of salvation – the American people are still worth fighting for!  And I intend to.  I just don’t know what to do next. I have been praying and praying.  For a time, it was a little all-consuming and I had to lay it down some.  I was working on these things often 12-15 hours a day, my health was failing and I gained something like 65-70 lbs.!  I was drinking way too much coffee and eating junk, often on the road and pouring everything I had into saving Michigan and our nation!  I had to return to my priorities and take care of my family.  Now, looking towards Nov. 2024, I simply don’t see a path (right now) to taking back the White House.  I have written on this much already .  But I have plans and ideas that would greatly increase our chances!  And let me say I would gladly hand off these plans to any of the big-guys in our movement and let them run with it (if they would convince me that they are genuine in their pursuit)!  And I have tried to do so over the past couple years.   But, What on earth is going on in our nation!? It's so confusing. How do we save it from this rapid decline and implosion?  Perhaps it’s time for me to return to the things of God and throw in the towel, thinking any  politics might save the country.  Perhaps God put me into politics to show me clearly that politics will never solve this problem?  I’m very open to that.   But any judgment I have stops at the Christian-leadership, especially those in DC.    I have had so many personal experiences with so many of them and I’m always left grieving.  They say all these wonderful and powerful and truthful things in their speeches and back them up without  action.  They know what is right and often talk about it but do not do anything to change the status quo.  They “love their honor and respect in the marketplaces” more than anything; they “like white-washed tombs” are beautiful on the outside but on the inside are “dead men’s bones”; they “bind us with burdens” too heavy to be carried, burdens that they themselves will never carry; they flatter, maneuver, manipulate and plot insomuch to always remain in power.  (Matthew 23) I just described a large percentage of the Christians in power throughout our nation, and especially those in DC.    We really must pray for them – they truly need a revival! And An American Revival !   In Closing – Congress must Act!  And Act Immediately!   They have the power to open up the books: look into 2020, look into what happened that fateful day on January 6th, audit our election system, remove the machines and save our Republic (re-election be damned!) I would like to remind the Christians in Congress and throughout the government, “We will all stand before God.  Every single soul on earth will come before Him .  And those books will be opened.  We will all receive a judgment: whether or not we were Christ’s in truth (Matthew 7:21-23), what actually was hidden in our hearts, what we did will be judged, Period .  And we will not argue or debate it standing before Him, His Thone and His Truth.  All will be exposed and made known by the power of His Light and Goodness. ”To Congress especially, I write, “This is your moment to shine like never before!  Hero’s (plural) can be born in this hour!  Some of the greatest stories in American history could be written this year, if a few of you will “love not your lives” and bet it all on JESUS ! and His Salvation.  Do you want to be remembered as a coward and professional-publican for all of history?  Or do you want to be known as one of those who laid down their lives at God’s holy altar of Salvation for the people!?  Wouldn’t it be wonderful to run up to Jesus when we finally stand before Him face-to-face without shame, knowing we give it our all, withholding nothing!” “Congressmen, Goliath is much more frail than you realize.  He is an easy target, way overly confident and he probably drank way too much last night!  God will supernaturally direct our stone to his forehead.  The fear is just loud and distracting.  The fact is, we fear all the wrong things."  “Fear not those who can take your life and then after that have no power over you but fear the One who after taking your life can cast your soul into hellfire.” (Matthew 10:28)”   “This is a final hour for us.  We can never again return to 2024 and do it all differently.  I pray this message pricks your hearts, encourages your faith and provokes you to good works!  Go and war for your people… the people of whom God entrusted in your care.”   “I am praying for you Congressmen.” Let’s all devote time this week to praying for our men and women who hold such a lofty position, and have such responsibility.  We all must be praying for them immediately.  And pray for the Governors.   Time is of the essence, More to come, Robert.

(Originally Published at https://wethecounty.org/michigan-laws-enshrine-transgenderism/ ) By Guest Contributor, Mike Smith , Founder, WeTheCountry.org February 2nd 2023 The battle for our children, and our freedom, is first and foremost spiritual, and then pragmatic. We must operate in both realms in order to have victory. We The County understands and operates from this premise. Our children are being indoctrinated by the politicians in Michigan who have embraced a Marxist-Luciferian ideology. Their mantra: “We are coming for your children, they belong to us! ” They have written laws to enforce their indoctrination as this ideology has been injected into our education system through Diversity-Emotional-Inclusion curriculum and Social-Emotional Health counselors. Many in the education system are not aware of DEI and SEH containing Marxist and Luciferian ideologies. “The Deity”  (pictured above) is set up in Port Austin at Bird Creek Farms Restaurant. The artist calls it; “A super being connected to nature.”  Murawski the restaurant’s owner said; “This opens us up to talking about modern true deities that are around us every day.” Paganism is linked to Luciferianism. Both embrace “deities” the gods and goddesses of the occult who stand in opposition to God’s Word. These things are an attempt to “normalize” and then exalt paganism. Luciferians have set up their deity-idols around the state and work covertly with government officials. People do not admit to being Luciferian, just as the Marxists do not admit to being Marxist. Just as Murawski downplayed the occultic-pagan significance of “The Deity,” in an attempt to normalize it, so goes the Marxist-Luciferians in downplaying the horror of a 12-year-old boy being coerced into mutilating his genitals and taking life-altering drugs the rest of his life, all the while hiding the truth and being encouraged by the school to lie to his parents.  A person can operate in Marxist-Luciferian ideologies without realizing it, as this perspective is being used to formulate legislation. The Deity has the body of a woman and the head of ram which is a male goat. This represents transhumanism and transgenderism. This is a “golden idol” just like in Babylon (Daniel 3) the people are told to bow down and worship as “the music plays.” Pedophiles are singing the song  “We are coming for your children” CREEPY: Gay Choir Sings “We’re Coming For Your Children” – YouTube and they want to force us to sing along as our Michigan legislature writes laws enshrining transgenderism, a Luciferian doctrine. 1) Michigan House Bill 4474, states if you use the wrong pronoun and a transgender person feels intimidated, you could be found guilty of a “hate crime” which would be considered a felony, with 2 years in jail and up to a $25,000.00 dollar fine. 2) House Bill 4616 “A mental health professional shall not engage in conversion therapy with a minor.” This means if a minor who is having gay tendencies or gender confusion seeks help to be straight, or be at peace with their natural birth gender, a health professional cannot help them. This violates God’s Word; Gen 1:27 “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” One of the core beliefs of Luciferianism is to defy and violate the Word of God. 3) State of Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) now includes “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes. The ELCRA forbids discrimination in employment, housing, places of public accommodation, and education. This means boys who identify as girls will be able to play on girl’s sport teams, go into the girl’s locker room, bathrooms, live in women’s dorms at colleges, go into battered-women’s shelters, and women’s prisons. There is no religious exemption to this law. Religious schools may be forced to follow this law. Doctors will be forced to administer puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones and to perform “sex reassignment” surgery on gender dysphoric children and adults, despite their religious beliefs and moral convictions. Mental health professionals will be coerced into facilitating a gender-confused child’s “transition.” Employers might be required to include “gender affirming care” (including surgeries) in their health insurance plans which would most likely raise premiums, even for churches, mosques and other religious organizations. These three Bills and others like them, violate our God-given unalienable Rights of free speech and religion. Our Michigan Constitution in Article I, Section 4 (protecting free exercise of religion) as well as Article I, Section 5 (protecting freedom of expression) do offer protection from this abuse, but if we do not “invoke” them, the unconstitutional laws that enshrine transgenderism will stand. Signing THE PLEDGE to protect God’s Children ( wethecounty.org/pledge ) is invoking our God-given unalienable rights; it is a decree of our intentions.  This is spiritual and pragmatic warfare. Our children are being sexually indoctrinated and groomed for pedophiles as they fight to remove the age of consent.  They have told us, “We are coming for your children; they belong to the State.” This is a powerful prophetic statement that will come to full fruition if we do nothing. When a person in governmental authority makes a prophetic statement, writes laws, and signs them to enforce what they have said, our silence yields  to their “spoken word,” “written laws” and “signatures” giving them authority over us and our children through default. Coming to Michigan? The Director of Mental Health at the University of California San Francisco said there is a new gender category called “Minotaur” which is half-human and half-animal having the head of a bull. Is “The Deity” an idol prophesying this new coming gender category “Minotaur” and promoting transhumanism? A video shown at a hospital for DEI training, showed children 3 and 4 years old explaining why they know they are “transgender” alluding to the possibility of starting sex changes at this age. “California’s Senate Judiciary Committee  voted  8-2 on Tuesday night (with one abstention) to pass Assembly Bill 957, which would characterize a “parent’s affirmation of the child’s gender identity as part of the health, safety, and welfare of the child.” The measure would alter Section 3011 of the  California Family Code  to require judges to consider whether or not parents “affirm” a child’s “transgender” identity as one of the factors in the consideration of custody disagreements” -LifeSiteNews, June 15th, 2023. Note: As of 9-22-23 Gov Gavin Newsom has not signed this bill, but just the fact that it passed the Senate and Assembly is very concerning. Parents could lose their rights to their children if they do not “affirm” their transgender identity. They are coming for our children! ***The ELCRA changes will become effective March 2024. We need to stand up now!!! Here is what you can do to help: 1) Go to wethecounty.org/pledge  and sign THE PLEDGE to Protect God’s Children and pass this around to all of your contacts. 2) Get involved in your community by becoming a member of We The County at wethecounty.org 3) Contact us for free brochures of THE PLEDGE to protect God’s Children. contact@wethecounty.org 4) Watch and share the video “Whose Children Are They?” at whosechildrenarethey.com Ultimately, this will lead people to a choice between a Marxist government  based on Luciferian ideologies, or a Constitutional Republic  based on Biblical Ideologies. The Truth Will Prevail! Michael Dennis Smith Founder We The County Here is a great interview of Mr Smith on All Politics is Local:

by Catherine Saldago Feb 7th 2023 Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) claims to be pro-life. But do his pro-life values take precedence when it comes to his decision-making on spending bills? Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America gives Ciscomani an A+ score on his pro-life voting record, including for "stopping hard-earned tax dollars from paying for abortion," but reality might be a little more nuanced. Ciscomani voted for House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) terrible temporary spending package. While it is very difficult to find any clear information on whether or not the spending package included abortion funding, as of Dec. 7, 2023, Johnson  had agreed  to remove pro-life abortion restrictions from defense funding. In fact, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ)  listed  funding for abortion travel as one reason he opposed the spending legislation . So far as I can find, no outlet has clarified if the newest of Johnson’s temporary bills included that same abortion funding; with so many Democrats voting for it, it seems at least possible the abortion travel funding was still there. The text and summary of the legislation as found on Congress's website do not appear to provide abortion funding directly; the legislation does, however, fund not only Defense activities, but also Medicare and Medicaid , which cover abortion in specific circumstances . It is therefore possible that the legislation for which Ciscomani  voted  included abortion funding. I recently attended the annual Tucson, Arizona, March for Life. While on the March, I was happy to see multiple representatives of Ciscomani marching too (identified by their signs and shirts), but I couldn’t help remembering the legislation for which Ciscomani voted. The congressman was not himself present, so I spoke to Ciscomani’s team after the March. When questioned about whether the disastrous spending bill for which Ciscomani voted had any abortion funding, they were all totally stumped. In fact, they had no very clear idea at all of what was in the legislation, except something vague about ensuring veterans received their benefits. Now, one might say that volunteers for Ciscomani’s campaign would not necessarily know everything in the spending bill. But if Ciscomani is going to set himself up as pro-life, it seems to me vitally important that both he and his volunteers know if the congressman voted to spend taxpayer dollars on abortion, i.e., killing babies. That should have been one of the priorities for Ciscomani in determining whether to vote for the spending legislation. Instead, Ciscomani voted for legislation that spends massive amounts of taxpayer money the government has on many unconstitutional projects and agencies. Ciscomani should provide his constituents with clear answers on this vital subject.

By American Revival Staff February 19th 2024 This is a wild story! This just happened in Turkey. In fact, events like these are being recorded around the world as people rebuke and curse Israel and the God of Israel, even His Son, Jesus Christ. Watch: But there is more. Rabbi Jonathan Cahn covers this story but also another, rebuking the Pope for his apostasy and adamant rejection of the word of God. Pope Francis is turning the Catholic church away from the Word of God like never before during his reign, on the verge of removing homosexuality and other such sexual perversions as sin! Clearly we can love the person but not agree with what they are doing. That was Jesus' position all throughout His ministry, Loving the people but disallowing them from destroying themselves with various sins. Should we lie to the people? And tell them that there is a blessing in destruction - the destruction that comes from a life of sin? God forbid. We, as Christians, ought to tell the Truth! The Blessing comes in holiness, righteousness and obedience to the word of God. Listen to this wild story Author and Minister Jonathan Cahn retells: God giving warning to the Pope that he might repent and change in his course.

(MIGOP's New Slogan! Excellent!!) By Robert Anthony February 19th 2024   Personally, when I pray for revival and an outpouring of God in our nation and state, I am not thinking of wealth, politics, business or even our own “America First” movement - because we can change every law in the nation promoting the things of God, we can elect “our” representatives and win the majority from DC to Main Street in 2024 but if we do not win the hearts and minds of the people what will happen the next election, and the election after that?   Governments have to respond to the people, whether we realize or not, the governments still need the people.  What allowed our government to take prayer and the Holy Scriptures out of our schools in the 1960’s when the overwhelming majority of the population was Christian?  The people were actually surprisingly silent and kept their kids in those government schools.  What if the nation started pulling their children out of those classes, refusing to follow the government in this travesty.     We have to remember that the government is simply made up of people.  These folks with high-level security clearances, ranking members of the House and Senate, our Governors and Mayors, our County Commissioners, down to the most local clerks, all are simply Americans.    We are all alarmed with what is going on the DOJ with the FBI and even the weakness of the Supreme Court.  We can’t believe how the southern border has been open for so long now, millions upon millions of people entering our country without being vetted and with no plan for them to assimilate.  We are watching WW3 break out.  We just lived thru the ridiculous Covid-era, wherein they all but forced an experimental vaccine on us all!?  (Our own President Trump seemed powerless to stop it.).  And we are all wondering what will become of us following this November 2024 election.   Without a doubt the quickest thing that will change the course of this nation is a genuine move of God, which historically has only come in the name of His Son, Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah !  We need God to intervene.  There is something wrong with us.  Something terribly wrong with our hearts and souls.  How is it that people all throughout our nation and the world can be so nonchalant towards Israel and even supporting Hamas!?  At a minimum, can’t people simply agree that raping, torturing and murdering civilians is wrong?  We, as a people, had no trouble agreeing on this after WW2, after Hitler’s Holocaust, after Stalin murdered 20+ million of his own people, Japan ruthlessly crushing their adversaries – WW2 produced more death and destruction globally than probably ever recorded throughout the history of the world!  But then, for a brief moment, the nations banded together (somewhat) to speak out against these atrocities and stand together for something righteous and good.  But that was a short-lived moment to be sure. Evil permeates the world we live in – it is everywhere – but where exactly does this evil reside?  Is this evil an ominous ancient text, an ages old building or some hidden place?  None of these wicked things upon the earth would have power except it were given to them… but by whom?  By men .  It’s a bitter pill to swallow that the evil we are wanting to rid this world of is found, squarely, within the hearts and minds of us !  Extract the evil from our hearts and minds and there would be no more evil to fight upon the earth (Full Stop).   During an election year it’s easy to forget these things.    It’s overwhelming when I think of the sheer magnitude of things.  Just how many people does it take to run this nation?  How large of a work force is our government actually?  Think of how many people are employed in one way or another by our Federal, State and Local Governments!?  And we are trying to inject truth, faith and love into this system – a (government) culture that almost fundamentally rejects all things of God and God’s active involvement in our lives.  “We must separate the state from the church” it is repeated like a mantra .  But the state pushes a myriad of beliefs upon its workforce and throughout our population – those beliefs have become status quo but the eternal truths of God are marginalized, politicized and controversial!?  There must be an enemy of mankind to think that such beauty is unwanted and so often rejected by a generation or two.   They have been teaching evolution and Darwinian theories that combat the Bible directly for almost two generations now!  All throughout Christianity, all throughout history, we believe that God has the power to heal.  But where would such a belief system be allowed in a world that mandates experimental vaccines and continually denies the existence of God?  We, as Christians, believe and teach that there are absolutes: morality, truth and lies, light and darkness.  But our government has been allowing politics to erode the sanctity of truth and the absolute foundations of good versus evil, the fundamentals of right and wrong.  And where will it end?  Where will it end?  Study your history: Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, etc. all collapsed in moral decay as morale could no longer hold their culture together.   Our young people have been taught over and again to mistrust absolutes, they are being deceived by their own government oftentimes: teachers, politicians, librarians, professors, military leaders, lawyers, law enforcement and judges… the power-centers of our culture are all seeming to give in to this war against the foundations.  Even if one politician stands up for the truth, will he win the hearts and minds of the people?  Will he convince them to give their spirit over to God and to live not only for today but even moreso for eternal and everlasting things? Perhaps this was the job of the churches, which is what a generation bought into throughout the 60’s and 70’s, allowing the things of God to be removed from all of these cultural-centers of power throughout our nation.  So, the churches must be involved with this spiritual revival but if the whole of our culture doesn’t receive again the foundations, it will be short lived.   Someone taught us that God should be uninvited from our daily lives: our schools, our governments, our universities, our courts, our system of justice and law, etc.  Someone convinced us that the things of God should be confined to Sunday (or Saturday) morning services relegated only to those who chose to be (merely) religious.  Someone hijacked our nation and pulled it away from the things of God and whoever they are, they have not stopped in their full-frontal assault against the Truth  and the God who reveals it.    We often refer to clergy and the people who serve God for a career as ministers .  It’s an interesting title ministers, have you ever considered where it comes from?  It’s a very ancient word and idea actually, it actually refers to a governmental post, describing the people who served the king and the kingdom!  Nations all throughout the world still have “Ministers”: Prime  Ministers, Ministers of Cabinet-Level Positions, Ministers of Education, Energy, Finance, etc.  And a minister is another way of saying servant .  A minister of the king meant that one was a highly ranking servant  to the king.  I think it might be time to remind our politicians exactly who they are campaigning to become should they win their race: ministers of the nation, servants of the people and entrusted with our future!   With such power, with our governments having invaded so much of our lives, these politicians become a sort of a father or mother to a generation: influencing the population in ways parents influence their own children.  They remove prayer from school, they remove God and faith from our lives, in essence, aren’t they saying, “Little Children, you don’t need this God anymore in your families.”  Forcing vaccinations aren’t they saying, “We know what is best and it certainly is not God in your healing.”  Someone is striving to remove “the Church from the State”?  Aren’t they are proclaiming, No God or Faith in your politics or government, period.  And removing the God of all Creation from His Creation, what is to become of us!?   What happened to us that we, as a culture, society and generation went along with this?  How could we possibly think that this could end well?  Decades passed and they whittled away at all the foundations of God throughout our Michigan, throughout our America and we did what? Stand by idly and watch!?   The revival that we are praying for is spiritual in nature but we are very clearly praying that the Spirit (of God) permeates and penetrates into even the most hardened and hidden places of our government and bureaucracy! From Main Street to Wall Street, from the Town Hall to the White House!  We are hoping and praying the that Spirit of God moves all throughout our state, Reviving the Hearts and Souls of Michiganders, Breathing the Breath of God upon us all, Bringing us back to Life, and then  we shall Live it More Abundantly!    And once the Spirit of God blows upon us… What kind of a people do we become?  More timid and fearful? Or more courageous and bold…  When the power of creation blows upon our souls and wakes us up, do we become more angry, spiteful and vengeful?  Or perhaps more forgiving, hopeful and encouraging…  What is God’s Spirit if not also a Spirit of Love, Mercy and Truth?  So, having His Spirit blow upon our state and nation, what will become of us?  If not becoming a new kind of a people, people who love, who hold to the truth at all costs and love - loving even at all costs!  I like to imagine what our state and nation might look like if this power of God’s goodness were to invade the whole of our population, even throughout the halls of our government.   If God gives you a power and a position in our state?  What will you do with it?  If God gives you money, a good reputation and influence in our own Michigan what kind of a man or woman will you become?  If people come to respect your words and listen to your ideas and judgements, what will you say to the people?  We are all a part of Michigan’s Revival , or else we are not.  We are either bringing God’s truth and love to the people of our state, or we are wasting the precious time God has given to us.  Eternity will come to us all.  But what of our lives will follow us into life everlasting?    Does this life affect eternity or not?  Isn’t that the fundamental question?  Either what we chose to do with our day’s matters, or it simply does not.  And if it matters, how we chose to live our lives, then let us each take an account that we would be not ashamed the moment we enter eternity knowing we poured out our very best upon the altar of heaven - and gave to God and His people the very best we had to offer!    How did we lose touch with eternity?   Perhaps I will write about that in a Part Two of this message?   Michigan must be saved. Our Precious Nation must be saved.   We need God’s Spirit to blow upon us. He will bring us to Life!!  And we will become something New!   As He changes us, our state will change too! Perhaps Michigan can lead the way!?    Perhaps the American Revival can start with us, Michigan!?   Pray for His Spirit He will come to us… And everything will change!   Love you friends,   Robert

By "The Good Professor" J.J. Bucci February 20th 2024 “I read the news today, oh boy.” John Lennon owed his inspiration for the song, “A Day in the Life” to the news of his day (Fleming, 2017). Lennon began the song lamenting about the death of a friend; and along the way integrated observations about several newsworthy items. There is a sense of spectating in all of the scenes described in the song, identified by one source as perhaps the finest of all Beatles’ songs (Fleming, 2017).  The final verse responds to another news article, viewing a government report with disdain and wondering why potholes were counted and not simply filled in (BeatleDoc, 2006).   I thought of Lennon’s musings as I skimmed my own news from this past week: news of football victories and unique commercials caught my attention. One reporter wrote about a group that spent $7 million for a 30-second ad where two actors prayed during the Super Bowl (Olmstead, 2024). How about that? Mark Wahlberg and Jonathan Roumie teamed up on the eve of Ash Wednesday to present a Christian prayer app called “Hallow,” and to pray… during a football game?   At the website set up for people to download the app ( https://hallow.com/get-hallow/ ), the webpage declares that the Hallow  app is the number one prayer app in the world ( https://hallow.com/get-hallow/ ). Other resources on the app include novenas and litanies, sleep and Bible stories, daily gospel readings and meditations. There’s one testimonial on the website, where a woman tells the story of a life-saving transformation that occurred as she began to pray with the app (Jones, 2024). Her family was restored, her husband returned to her, and they each received forgiveness from the other for hurtful things they had done. Pretty outstanding for a little prayer app.  One author who commented on the app believed there was something more sinister that was behind all this – which she describes as “odd things” (Olmstead, 2024). The author described some of the personalities who were mentioned as a part of various features offered on the app. Each one was described not only for their contribution to content; but also for something detrimental in their background or a past known attitude or action. It was fairly easy to identify these background reminders, because many of them were in parentheses (in case you might have forgotten). Lest we see these folks as offering some insight to their faith, or using their current platform to encourage prayer, we needed to be reminded of their past failure. How could we ever take anything they might currently say seriously (my attempt at sarcasm)?   Believe it or not, all of us have said or done something detrimental or hurtful, as did Sarah, which if this were plastered on a Super Bowl commercial, would not be very flattering. But all of us are grateful for the opportunity to pray and seek forgiveness, particularly during such events. Some of those who have seen their lives turned around, like Sarah, hope to use their current stories to point people towards hope, and to forget the past. The Bible tells us that for a repentant sinner, God Himself forgets our past (see Isaiah 43:25: “I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.” Or Hebrews 8:12: “For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” We thank God for the reminder that there’s something greater than this sporting event on which we have focused our attention.   There’s a God in heaven who cares for us, and is willing to forgive us as we commit ourselves to prayer and repentance and reflection. Sarah and hundreds of other failed human beings can attest to the power of these prayers (Jones, 2024). We thank God for those who have made this app so successful, winning over the hearts of failed sinners and stars alike. Sounds like good news today, oh boy!   Joseph J. Bucci has served as a Pastor, Author, HR Director, Director of Training, Professor and Consultant. His latest book, Redemption Inc. was published in 2022. Contact Dr. Bucci at joe@josephjbucci.   References:   Fleming, C. (2017, January 19). Beatles’ ‘A Day in the Life’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know. Rolling Stone Magazine . Retrieved from https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/beatles-a-day-in-the-life-10-things-you-didnt-know-191427/ .   BeatleDoc (2006, October 11). Lyric Interpretations [Web Blog]. Retrieved from https://www.lyricinterpretations.com/beatles/a-day-in-the-life .   Olmstead, M. (2024, February 11). What’s the Deal With That Mark Wahlberg Prayer App, Exactly? Slate Magazine: Human Interest  [Web Blog]. Retrieved from https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/02/super-bowl-commercials-ads-mark-wahlberg-hallow-prayer-app.html .   Jones, A. (2024). 10 Million Downloads & Series C Funding. Hallow  [Web App]. Retrieved from https://hallow.com/blog/10-million-installs/ .

By Robert Anthony February 16th 2024   Getting involved with politics you come to learn about this concept of “Power Centers” and you quickly realize that there are those who will use practically any means necessary to retain said power .  Stand Up Michigan  has become one of these power-mongering groups in Michigan politics.   I am taking Kevin Skinner’s word for the conspiracy surrounding Ron Armstrong’s take over the Stand Up Michigan company (it is not a Non-Profit, but very much FOR  Profit).  I would reference Kevin Skinners public testimony  about what Stand Up Michigan and Ron Armstrong did to force him out, clearly against his will.  I have never heard a single testimony from neither Garrett Soldano nor Ron Armstrong making a case against Skinner, so as far as I am concerned Skinner must be telling the truth.   It must be said, my personal experience with Ron Armstrong was very much in line with the things Skinner had to say.  Here is my story with Stand Up Michigan and Ron Armstrong: I was reaching out to Ron Armstrong since I was involved with Rep. Steve Carra drafting the bill to audit Michigan’s November 3rd 2020 election.  I have not sat down to count every email, text and phone call I made to Mr. Armstrong because quite frankly it is almost embarrassing how persistent I was in trying to reach him.  I would guess I tried to get a phone call or meeting with him more than 20 times before finally launching the petition to DeCertify Michigan’s Nov 3rd 2020 election but to no avail. (Ron Armstrong) I can not tell the story of Stand Up Michigan and Ron Armstrong without mentioning Pat Colbeck.  The very first time I met Colbeck, at Lindell’s Cyber Symposium, he lied directly to my face saying, “Stand Up Michigan was working on a petition to Audit the Nov 3rd 2020 Election”.  Understand how strange this was, Colbeck knew I was at the Cyber symposium with Rep. Steve Carra who was actively drafting a bill to audit Michigan’s election!?  Colbeck wasn’t promoting Carra's bill but instead making up some petition with Stand Up Michigan!?  Why? The whole 7-10 minute conversation was so strange… I knew I was being lied to but I didn’t understand why.   I knew nothing of Michigan politics. I was a minister for 15+ years and completely out of politics.  I had only moved to Michigan in 2020 so all these dynamics I could have no way of understanding. Why was Colbeck promoting Stand Up Michigan when he knew I was there with Carra?  I will get back to this.    After the Cyber Symposium, Carra decided to transform his bill into a petition (A Ballot Initiative).  About 15 of us gathered together to create a team for the petition.  I was surprised to have been nominated to be on the board. I felt honored and was happy to serve. The next thing you know, Mellissa Carone was nominating me to lead the board!?  She said, “Robert is the only one here not campaigning.  He is an obvious leader and honest.  I think we should have him lead the board.”  But Jon Rocha was decided upon because he and Carra and others already had deals to promote each other’s campaigns and this Audit Petition would be a great platform for them to run on.  After we started that board, the proverbial doo-doo hit the fan.   It's a very long story why I dropped off Rocha/Carra’s petition board.  But I did it within a few weeks of being voted on.  I saw the disfunction within the team, I saw Rocha’s intent to campaign off of this petition and his inability to keep his word and I knew without a doubt this petition would go no where.  About the same time I was planning to leave the board, Melissa Carone started calling me.   A whole lot of controversy started around who actually had the rights to this (AuditMI) petition-language.  Things got very very strange.  Melissa Carone, Matt DePerno and Jovan Pultizer explained to me that this petition and bill does not belong to either Carra or Rocha.  They wanted me to work with them in creating a new petition, going very public against Carra and Rocha, exposing these two for what DePerno, Pulitzer and Carone all felt was theft .  To me it was pointless to go on the offense against Carra and Rocha (in an election year) plus it was too difficult to prove theft  – I told Carone, DePerno and Pulitzer I was willing to talk about creating our own petition in competition with Rocha/Carra and team but I was unwilling to publicly assault them.  DePerno was so upset with me that I would not attack them publicly that he started to disparage my name all throughout Michigan.  Ending almost entirely any relationship with me altogether.   The bill with Carra was gone, I was uninvolved with the petition with Rocha, DePerno/Carone’s team would go nowhere without me or a new (sucker-) leader to do their bidding so I was back at the beginning.  In my estimation there was no path for an audit, Rocha’s petition would fail (because he was too busy campaigning and did not have a team to support such a great work) plus (back to Stand Up) I knew that no one would support Rocha’s work.  I had reached out to Armstrong more than 20 times at that point – several times while working with Carra on his bill and several times while on the board with Rocha. Armstrong never responded, not once.   I had become friends with Sandy Keisel (of EIF) throughout this process of bills and petitions and audits. I told Sandy, “I have THE PLAN for Michigan to deal with this Nov 3rd 2020 election fraud” but I would not tell her the plan.  My trust had already been betrayed more than enough to realize that no one can be trusted throughout the Michigan GOP – everyone I had met was disingenuous, seeking to be elected, seeking for power and position before anything else.  I knew I would need a good lawyer to help with the petition I wanted to do and I would need a good fundraiser!  These petitions, to get passed, require large amounts of funding.  I continued to build a working relationship with Sandy and EIF - hoping that they might be the answer to getting this petition off the ground!   January 2022 the miracle happened!  I met this odd, off-the-beaten path, genius-syndrome attorney from Northern Michigan who agreed to help me write my petition, Pro-Bono!!  The Miracle happened, kind of .  I immediately started to see (let’s call it) irregularities in my new found attorneys character but what choice did I have?  He was ingenious in matters of law, very good with the Michigan Constitution and seemed to share much of my vision.  I was more or less stuck with him.  We drafted THE PETITION TO DECERTIFY MICHIGAN’S 2020 ELECTION and then we went to work!    Interestingly enough, who helped me to draft the petition?  Who led me to believe he would help me fundraising and put me on shows to get the word out there!?  Who led me to believe he was going to support the effort personally?? Literally helping to draft the petition?? None other than Pat Colbeck! I knew I had to involve him.  Colbeck wiggled his way into every single election integrity effort in the state of Michigan.  Colbeck even help to create the Election Integrity Fund (EIF) - he was one of its founding members! There was no way I would get anywhere without him involved.  Or, I had to know early on that he would come against me (I never thought for a moment Pat could be neutral).  When Colbeck started helping write the petition, I was surprised and thought,  "Maybe he isn’t so bad after all?  Maybe I had misjudged him?"  Me and my team launched two efforts, both at President Trump’s Rally in Washington, Michigan, April 1st 2022: The Petition to DeCertify the Election and AuditYourVote.com   There was word that maybe AuditYourVote.com was going to get space on the JumboTron!  So we rushed to make a simple commercial to get the word out, but it never made the cut, to this day I don’t know why? So much happened so quickly.  Sandy Keisel broke my trust very early on.  I had trusted her and EIF to get petitions at the rally, to have volunteers ready to go, so that I could be doing my dog-and-pony show winning the big named supporters!  When I got to the rally, I realized that Sandy was actually promoting EIF and often acting as if this petition was there’s – the petition was more of an aside than it was the purpose of us all being there.  Understand, before that day, Sandy had led me to believe that she was going to quit her work at EIF to come and run the petition with me full-time.  I thought we were in complete unison over the plan, there was never any discuss to the contrary.  But the day we launched, the day at that Trump rally, I realized Sandy could not be counted on.  Things went downhill from there.   Then, suddenly Ron Armstrong wanted to meet with me!?  But he would only communicate thru Sandy?  He acted as if I wasn’t trying to reach him, now more than 40 times!  He never mentioned all my texts, phone calls and emails.  He never mentioned how many people were encouraging him to have a meeting with me.  He simply demanded of me to attend a zoom meeting with him and his team.  Sandy too was awfully forceful on the matter – for this reason I lost my temper, yelling at Sandy, “Who’s side are you on Sandy?”  I couldn’t believe she would throw me to the wolves like this.  I was extremely clear with her that Armstrong was not to be trusted and yet there she was brokering some kind of deal behind my back.  I told her and “My Lawyer” – “Do Not Get On That Zoom Meeting with Stand Up – You do not have my permission to speak for me, You do not have my permission to speak on the behalf of the petition!”  Neither of them listened and attended the meeting against my direct instructions (Remember, everything was mine. AuditYourVote.com , the Petition, the Committee, the LLC, everything was in my name and my name alone. It was in writing the the lawyer was helping me and nothing more.)   If Armstrong had any good intentions with me he would have called me directly, man to man.  If there was anything redeeming quality about him at all he would have at least had a phone call with me, at an absolutely minimum.  If I was Armstrong, an older man, a Christian man, a man of such power and influence, I would have at least taken a meeting with me – after all I had by far the best movement in Michigan (arguably in the nation) that could remedy Nov 3rd 2020.  But no.  Armstrong offered no support, clearly nothing financial but worse than that!  He decided to come against me publicly.   That was always his intention.  Which I told Sandy and “My Lawyer”.  I knew Armstrong was only doing this Zoom meeting to say, “I looked into it and realized that there was no chance it would succeed.” But that was a huge deception.  Armstrong told me thru Sandy, "If your petition signers agree to sign our Secure MI Vote petition we will support you." But I didn't even believe that! I had already learned too much about these folks: Armstrong, Colbeck, and their "Christian" buddies. They had no intention ever to fix Michigan's election system and do you want to know how I know this as an absolute certainty?   Who funds Stand Up Michigan  (the Stand Up Michigan that Colbeck sits on the board of)?  Well, we know Mike Shirkey’s PAC does .  That’s public record.  I heard from a very credible source that Stand Up got 4 Million from Heritage Foundation in DC for their Secure My Vote petition.  Stand Up Michigan could have had upwards of 10 Million in their accounts at the time I was launching my DeCertify Petition.  Think of what they could have done to help!?  Instead of destroy.  But why is Ex State Senator Mike Shirkey an important part of the story?  I’m glad you asked. What if I told you that Mike Shirkey and Ed McBroom ( both came out publicly declaring 2020 was the safest election ever in Michigan’s history !) both ran the Senate Committee on Elections.  What if I furthermore told you that Pat Colbeck was the Co-Chair of that Elections Committee!!  And now Colbeck sits on the board of Stand Up, who receives large funds from Shirkey.  Do the homework for yourselves.  Listen very carefully, THE REPUBLICANS CREATED THE ELECTION SYSTEM IN MICHIGAN!  Sec of State Ruth Johnson signed for the largest purchase of Dominion election machine equipment during her tenure and Pat Colbeck ran the MI Senate Committee on elections  at that time, with Shirkey by his side!  (MI Senator Ruth Johnson currently chairs the Senate Committee on Elections... by the way.)   Why on earth would Colbeck and Shirkey and the rest want to scrutinize an election system they helped create!?  (And remember, McBroom was mentored by these two – here is his famous McBroom Report .) It was a short three weeks after Colbeck hyped me up about all that he was going to do to help with AuditYourVote.com and the DeCertify Petition when without any warning he and Armstrong issued their public rebuke of our petition and movement. If these two had anything decent about them: 1. They would have let me know what they were planning and given me a chance to change their minds, 2. Colbeck would have never led me to believe he was going to help and support the effort, 3. Colbeck would have tried to preserve the friendship, letting me know what led to his sudden change of heart/mind (out of no where). Etc.    What was almost more troubling was who they recruited to sign on with them! Rick Warzawak had only days before just promoted DeCertifying Michigan’s election at President Trump’s rally after meeting me, signing my petition publicly. Trucker Randy never so much as tried to contact me - i had several calls and texts into him also.  But others: Joe Moss was a friend, he helped with web work early on when I was working with Carra, Joe and I had talked often – he too never even bothered to call.  The list goes on.  Imagine what we (Michigan) could have done if these “Christian Republicans” had supported the work instead of fighting against it!? But they would never.  I watched Colbeck with great cunning and craft infiltrate and destroy every single chance we had in Michigan at Auditing the Election – all the while going on speaking tours about election integrity and working at Mike Lindell’s right hand!    The story only gets crazier from there.  My lawyer stole 60,000 petitions from me.  Sandy Keisel decided to support him, practically enabling him in his out and out theft.  I called the lawyers’ pastor to try and convince him to return my petitions!  But the pastors advice, “You will need to call the police I guess?  He won’t speak with you or let me make peace.”  Within a week the Attorney General’s office was involved!  It was getting crazier by the day!  The AG’s office asked me if I wanted to press charges?  I declined.  I just wanted my movement back. But the damage was total and complete by that point in time.  Colbeck and Armstrong convinced many donors not to fund the movement in any way; word spread so fast throughout Michigan from these two and others lying about me, calling me a grifter and worse!  What Colbeck and Armstrong weren’t able to accomplish, my lawyer was able to, creating such conflict within the movement and slowing me down about 4 weeks!  I was living a literal nightmare.   The lawyer eventually went away and left me alone.  Why?  Because he ended up almost dying in the hospital!  He was in the ICU for 2 or 3 weeks!  It took all that for him to leave me and my movement alone!  I never did call the state bar to report him.  I don’t know why I gave that man such mercy.  But I did.   It was May 2022 now and we only had a short month to collect signatures!  The team went to work! It was amazing what we were able to accomplish all things considered.  We got just short of 25,000 signatures!  We had no budget.  Only volunteers and me funding what I could, putting myself into terrible debt.  We were against the strongest players in Michigan!  All things considered we did pretty amazing – I want many of you who helped to hear this!  We could have been successful without all these “Christian” GOPers against us! Perhaps sometime I will tell you all the whole story!  I met with so many powerful GOP people throughout the nation about this petition, AuditYourVote.com and the work we were doing to fix the stolen election.  I was able to get in touch with some of the biggest players in the Republican party nationwide, and most of them Christian!  I don’t want to tell you all their names.  I don’t want to tell you about so many around the President who refused to help.  I wonder if President Trump ever even knew what we were doing?  Does he know about AuditYourVote.com and the 100K+ missing votes for him we found?  I spoke with at least 10 people (maybe more) who know him personally.  I wonder if any of them brought it up? What grieves me the most of all of this is that these were mostly Christians.  Stand Up as an organization, functions almost entirely thru the churches!?  I was a minister and missionary from 2008-2021’ish as a career, full time.  Hearing Colbeck and Armstrong and their buddies on Trucker Randy’s radio broadcasts, Rick Warzawak’s prayer calls, and more was enough to make me sick!  They spread out-in-out lies about me, calling me a grifter, insinuating I was some sort of a plant, attacking my person and character and doing everything in their power to recruit my key leaders out from under me, all while preaching the bible and running their movement thru God’s Holy Church!?   It's hard to believe anything that comes out of Stand Up Michigan.  Why did their petition fail? Remember, Secure MI Vote petition to have voter ID’s?   Who do they receive all their funding from?  What are their actual intentions for the state of Michigan?  Why do so many people continue to prop them up?  How come Michigan, at large, continues to support people like this throughout it’s politics and government?  Grieves me to say the least.   Until we Stand Up , Michigan and demand better leaders within our politics, until we stop empowering these sorts of professional deceivers and power-mongering politicians, the status quo will remain.  Are we addicted to complaining?  Are we merely content to repeat over and again how nothing will ever change?  Or will we stop empowering these types of characterless and destructive men within our state from advancing their status quo agenda’s and finally change things!    I, for one, read that the US Constitution affords me the right to Liberty, wherein we once escaped the chains of tyranny to form a much better union; and I am not ready to lay down these rights because of a few, even within my own party, who will use any means necessary to advance a power and position over the will of the people, in direct opposition to the truth and that spirit which first made this nation so Great!  This elitist and dictatorial manner of leadership is what “We The People” are sincerely striving against; we will either allow the power-brokers, political elites, polluted lobbyists, Wall Street Titans, global interests and purchased souls to destroy all that we hold dear (given to us by God in this nation) or we will Stand Up , draw a line in the sand and say, “This is enough” and “You shall not pass!”.   To Michigan, and to the rest of our Republic, I say, “Hold the line!”  Watch who you are empowering and enabling.  Take careful consideration where your $5, $10 and $100 donations are going.  Take care what rallies you promote, even by your attendance.  When you march and show your strength, is it for the cause of Justice and preserving this Constitution, truly?  Or so yet another Ron Armstrong and Pat Colbeck can retain their power over you, only to strike you down when life fills your veins and you decide to make a difference for your state, for your generation?   It's going to take integrity, character, honor, a willingness to listen and learn, humility and love to win this nation for generations to come.  We, the People, are battling on several fronts and we do have victories, great and small.  But we need many more (servant) leaders.  We need an entirely new generation with an entirely new vision to believe that a change is possible, and with great persistence and diligence perform their oaths, not unto man, but unto God who sees all things and will one day reward us openly for all that we have suffered in the darkness.  But what if no one wants to do good?  What if everyone is content to sell their will, soul and life’s efforts for wealth, reputation and advancement?  How dark will the darkness become!?   It would be wonderful if the Armstrong’s and Colbeck’s of the world would repent and become something better!  It would be nothing short of miraculous for DC and its world-wide capabilities to suddenly grow a heart and soul!  But as the poets, song-writers and Holy Scriptures have all proclaimed throughout history, “The Change Starts with Us!”    The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness must flee.  But it will take courage to believe and to live this way because the fear and doubt will do everything they can to lie and deceive us into thinking that they have the power.  But who is this Light?  Perhaps I will write about that in my next article? The Light remains the power .   For now, Michigan, I leave you with this hope: one man or woman standing on the truth has always been more powerful than a thousand willing to corrupt their souls for temporal gain, advantage and pleasure.  But what if the good men say nothing?  What if the best among us continue to enable the destruction and demise of all truth and goodness?    How dark the darkness will become.   Saying a prayer for you now, Michigan. Saying a prayer for so many of you whom I know personally, vouch for and confide in!   There is a brighter future in store for all of us who believe!   God is with us… So who can be against us? Greatest of love, Robert

By Robert Anthony March 3rd 2024   It seems every time there are drastic changes in the world, war follows.  The discovery of the New World was followed by years of bloody conflict, the industrial revolution was immediately followed by years of bloody conflict, the technology explosions of the early 20th century were followed by years of bloody conflict, etc.    We are on the tail-end of another societal revolution with the advent of the internet, wireless connections, smart phones and now the introduction of learning machines and A.I.  And every advanced nation on earth has their own ambition: be it in the stars, or their own vision for genetic modification, or some hopes and dreams for quantum computing, machine learning and beyond.  And behind closed doors no one can agree on any of this: who gets to own what and so on...  The competition has heated up to a boiling point between the world leaders: China, Russia, UK, USA, India, EU, Japan, the Korea's, Israel, Iran, Brazil, the Gulf-Arab States, etc.  The world, behind closed doors, is jockeying for position and surely our own shadowy, three-letter-agency powers have a pulse on the whole drama as it is unfolding.   What an intense and complex time to be alive.  Never before have we eclipsed such a moment in our abilities that we, mankind, can destroy ourselves in such a myriad of ways: horrifying weapons of mass destruction, the terrifying possibilities of what we might create as we toy around with the building blocks of life, A.I. in-general, the science experiments with our physical reality like what they are doing at CERN with their large-hadron collider and more, experimental vaccines all but forced on a population, etc.  Any one of these science experiments goes wrong and they might just accidentally wipe out 20-99% of the entire world’s population!?  And so... the world goes to war.   The disagreements are just too far apart, the differences are widening and the little bit of love that was in the world has seemed to vanish, practically overnight.  So how to bring the world back from the brink?  Will Russia suddenly realize their ambitions throughout Eastern Europe were misguided, apologize and give back whatever they have taken?  Are we Americans so naïve to think that China will chose to be content, subservient still to the west for decades to come?  Or tomorrow Iran will see the err of their ways, stop chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” and turn over a new leaf ?  It seems these are the conflicts that have all been a long time coming.  Russians at large have held to the grudge of losing the cold war to the west, Iranians have been carefully building armies throughout the middle east for decades now, China has been strategically infiltrating many of the power centers throughout the west and especially in our own United States thru their thousand talents program , China has no desire to continue to play second or third fiddle to the west any longer and India just became the largest population in the world - and India has never got along with China and Pakistan, both nations at their borders.  North Korea and South Korea seem ready to war again, Japan is building their largest army since WW2 as I write to you now and every day that goes by another regional conflict erupts throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, etc.   In a way it’s amazing we have lasted as long as we have.  Considering how many times we, as a people, have approached the abyss, stood even at its shores but somehow miraculously walked back from it to live another generation - it makes me wonder when our luck will finally run out?    And the people look to another political leader for salvation?  We are all so desperate but where to find hope when the world is about to burst at its seams?  I wish I didn’t know so much.  I wish I wasn’t so darn curious and could enjoy my days, letting the world pass me by without a care or concern.  Who taught me to ask so many dang questions anyway!?  Hahaha.  If only I could take that (Matrix) pill and forget what I have seen and discovered all of these years.   Maybe it’s good that I can speak to the people with a certain conviction?  A conviction that can only come from experience, miles on the road (or in the air), gains and losses, triumphs and failures - marriage and raising children in this mess perhaps has purchased for me a kind of a right to speak and be heard?  But who will listen?  The old men are too far down their road of life to admit any fault and change, the young men haven’t failed enough yet to realize what they are doing simply won’t work.  And then there’s us, the regular people, the largest portion of the population who only want peace, to raise our families, to serve our God, to grow old and watch our generations flourish.  Who is to blame?  Everyone is at fault but then again, we are all but powerless to stop it.   I wish I could reason with these powerful men.  I wish I could get their attention somehow and convince them to be good.  Love our enemies.  Pray for those who spitefully use us.  Turn the other cheek.  And before all of that, Tell the Truth !  But they have all been playing this game for so long, it’s too late for the majority of them to turn back now.  They have been lying to themselves for a lifetime and a man who lives deceiving himself, how will he ever find the truth for his nation or people!?  We need a different kind of a man leading, we need lovers, we need men of great heart and compassion, we need martyrs.  One of my favorite lines I have ever heard sung in a Christian song goes, “In the absence of Martyrs there’s a presence of thieves who only want to rob you blind.”   And that young girl wrote something so much more profound than she could possibly have understood in her late teenage years.  Because we, as a people, have in fact traded away so much of the beauty, hope, justice, truth and love... and for what? the comforts of life, keeping up with the Jones’ and a larger 401K retirement account.  Billy Joel sang, “We didn’t start the fire… no we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it.”  Maybe we are…   A few things are for certain:  1. We won’t stop the end of this world, it will eventually end;  2. We have an incredible amount of power but it’s all hidden in our God and there will be few who will find it;  3. Every man and woman will be held to account for their actions, the books will be opened and everyone’s life will be measured in the balance.  And finally, 4. God loves us.  But there will be few who will receive of His love.   Since the beginning mankind has bought into a sort of a propaganda, it’s the great deception and generation after generation follows after it.  This propaganda is fully present in our childhood, in our schools, in our universities, in our businesses, throughout our government and even within our churches and religious establishments.  This propaganda has almost completely taken over the world.  It begins with this lie: What you have is not enough .  And it continues with: You should be very afraid .  And it ends with: No one will come to save you .  And this propaganda, this deception is behind nearly everything wrong in the world today.  This Great Deception will bring about the end of this world as we know it.  But this world has to come to an end.   And our life is our offering before heaven’s everlasting throne.  But scripture records, “Many of the least among us, will actually be the greatest in eternity”.  So at a minimum, we should present God with a clear conscience, a pure heart and a truthful-childlike soul – for such are the things He desires.  It’s hard to save another soul.  Very hard.  It takes much care, and time, and devotion.  But it’s absolutely impossible to save any soul while ours is drowning in the deluge.  Like every good lifeguard learns on his first day of training, your head must stay above water if you are going to save someone else going down .    So with all diligence, keep watch over your own soul in these times of trial and temptation.  Guard your heart , the scripture tells us, for from it proceed all the things pertaining to life .  God has an escape for us.  He has declared it in scripture when He told of this often prophesied time.  Now, this is the season of patience and longsuffering.  It’s the final hour.  Soon everything will be revealed.  We must endure, children of God, we must set as it if were a watch over our own souls – keeping in mind the quickly approaching day that we will stand before Him, face to face.    Do not grow weary in well-doing , scripture admonishes us, for in due season we will not fail to reap the fullest reward !    Our God knows how long the road is at times.  Talk to Him.  Listen.  Follow His leading.  He is kind, full of tender mercies and suffers long.  He does not give up on us, ever.  He does not put on us the burdens that we put on ourselves.  Sometimes we simply need a rest.  Read Hebrews 3 and 4.  There is a rest for the people of God.  Enter into His rest .   I hope this encourages you... At least, I feel encouraged (Haha)   We will make it to the finish line, friends The Best is Still yet to Come, In His Love, Robert

By "The Doctor" J J Bucci March 12th 2024 I have for many years attended Business mixers and networking events. I go to build relationships with other business professionals; and am always intrigued to find out exactly what people do. I love listening to attendees tell their stories, describing their job and sometimes giving a short version of their business sales pitch. For those who are engaged deeply in their work, it is always a joy listening to people express a sense of satisfaction over things that they have accomplished. According to one source, in a survey by the employee engagement company WorkProud, 43% of US full-time employees responded that they had the highest level of pride in their work (Segal, 2021).   Our work is often about doing, because that is why we are paid. Our pay is not a reward for our doing, like a dog who is rewarded for doing his business outside. Our pay is remuneration for the labor effort that we exert to accomplish different tasks. The greater the task and responsibility, the greater the pay. That’s the way pay systems work. We are not paid for being, and this becomes very evident when a person loses their job. Suddenly, they stop doing things for pay. Because people are so accustomed to doing, and all their talk of their jobs is about what they do, it becomes more difficult to adjust to not doing any longer. But our lives are not about what we do, but about who we are inside.   The Christian faith reminds me that my self-worth is not in what I do, but in who I am; and more importantly, in Whose I am. According to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, “You are not your own, for you were brought with a price (ESV).” I am a child of the Father, who bought me with a ransom paid by His Son Jesus (1 John 3:1-2). My only role, as the Apostle Paul writes, is to “walk as children of light… and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:8, 10).     This has helped me a little bit as I have grown older to see my job as more than just an accumulation of the tasks that I do. My job is not who I am. I enjoy my job tremendously. I love the interaction with colleagues and students. But my life is more than my job. This thought was recently echoed in an editorial in the February/March edition of Fortune magazine (Shontell, 2024). Discussing the blight of tech layoffs and the massive failure of once darling unicorn start-ups now failed, editor Alyson Shontell wrote, “You are not your job. And you owe it to yourself to maintain your mental and physical wellness” (Shontell, 2024).  Editor Shontell also quoted from Andy Dunn, CEO of Bonobos, who said the following: “As entrepreneurs, we struggle to separate our egos from the prospects of our startups. We conflate the fate of the enterprise with our value as human beings” (Shontell quoting Dunn, 2024). In other words, for the entrepreneur, we become our jobs. Dunn suggests that it is easy in our perception to convince ourselves that we carry the weight and fate of our employees and this company’s success on our shoulders. But this is fundamentally not true. Whether you are the founding member of a complex start-up effort, or simply the average employee: you are not what you do. You are not your job. This knowledge is all the more significant during difficult times of job loss and dissatisfaction.   Over the past two years it has become a trendy thing among tech companies large and small to promote layoffs, with tech CEOs suggesting that the purpose is, “to better align with our business priorities” (Gold and Trueman, 2024). Whatever the current accepted corporate lingo is, people are out of work, prices are out of control, and people are scared. The pandemic caused tech companies to bulk up with staff to manage remote work and solidify e-commerce (Gold and Trueman, 2024). But revenues are down; and the quickest way to boost revenues is to trim staffing, since staffing is the largest cost of any business. It doesn’t help that Wall Street loves these moves, since they often lead to short-term profitability gains and even the payout of stock dividends (Reeves, 2024).   But we return to the same situation. While finding a job seems to resolve my need to be “doing” once again, there are still deeper questions we must ask ourselves about our work and our lives. We are not what we do; and we never will be. The old saying is true, that someone on their death bed never hoped for “more time in the office” (Covey and Merrill, 1994). In fact the opposite is true, according to author Bronnie Ware. In Ware’s classic book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying , people wished that they had been more true to themselves, and not lived the life others expected of them (Ware, 2012). They also wished that they had let themselves be happier; and that they demonstrated the courage to express their feeling… and get this one: they wished that they hadn’t worked so hard (Ware, 2012). Perhaps one reason for this was another of the five wishes: they wished that they would have stayed in closer touch with their friends (Ware, 2012).   Friend, you and I are created in the image of a Heavenly Father (Genesis 1:26-27) who loves us, and who through Jesus Christ gave us salvation and freedom from guilt and condemnation (Romans 8:1-2). If we are not what we do, then who are we when we are not working? Work is a socialization experience. Our work socializes us into interactions which complement our personalities and give expression to our giftedness. When we are not working, the greatest loss is not simply the loss of a paycheck. We lose out on those Thursday lunches with our friends, when we talk about upcoming weekend projects or sporting events. We lose out on ordering coffee at the drive-through window, and that smile from the clerk who knows us and asks, “You want that coffee light and sweet, right?” because they have seen us dozens of times before.   These touchpoints are experiences for which we can make adjustments – and we need to do this. For if we pursue these interactions outside of our “doing” hours, then these experiences will bring our fragile efforts at living by “doing” into clearer focus for what it really is: my effort at finding value in what I accomplish. And that is a race you will never win. Or as comedian Lily Tomlin famously said, “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat” (BrainyQuote).   All of this revolves around this issue of self-worth. Beloved, you have so much more worth than you can gain by all of your “doings.” Jesus told His disciples that God knows the concerns that we have; and God knows the details in our lives, even down to the very number of hairs on our head (Matthew 10:30). God knows the joys we share and the pains we hide, and not even a sparrow might fall to the ground that is unknown to Him… but according to Jesus, we are worth more than many sparrows (Matthew 10:31).   If God knows the number of hairs on our head, and if He knows when the sparrows fall; and if to Him we are worth more than many sparrows, then how should we respond to layoffs and failed ventures? We can walk with confidence, knowing that God is with us, and He will make a way where there seems to be no way. This may not put money in your pocket, but there are things that are greater than money: like the love of a child, or the time spent with family and loved ones; or time spent exploring this world, and its great works of art and music and literature. Remember back to the greatest regrets of the dying (Ware, 2012)?   This is not the time for self-pity or wallowing. This is the time for redoing resumes, boosting skills, and investing in oneself to better oneself. And the best way to invest in yourself is to reflect on this truth: that there is a God who has given His all to give value to your life by redeeming His son’s life for yours (Mark 10:45). And I hope when we meet at the next Business mixer I hear you tell me that while you are proud of what you do, you are not your job. You are a child of the King!   Joseph J. Bucci has served as a Pastor, Author, HR Director, Director of Training, Professor and Consultant. His latest book, Redemption Inc. was published in 2022. Contact Dr. Bucci at joe@josephjbucci.   References: BrainyQuote: Lily Tomlin. Retrieved from https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/lily_tomlin_100013 .   Covey, S.R.; & Merrill, A.R. (1994). First Things First. New York: Simon and Schuster.   Gold, J.; & Trueman, C. (2024, February 23). Tech layoffs: A timeline. Computerworld: Technology Industry [Web Blog]. Retrieved from https://www.computerworld.com/article/3685936/tech-layoffs-in-2023-a-timeline.html .   Reeves, J. (2024, February 7). 2024 layoffs: How they affect stock prices. US News: Money / Investing [Web Blog]. Retrieved from https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/2024-layoffs-how-they-affect-stock-prices .   Shontell, A. (2024, February/March). You are not your job. Fortune, 189(1), pg 4.   Segal, E. (2021, September 14). What works—and what doesn’t—for building pride in the workplace. Forbes: Leadership Strategy [Web Blog]. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2021/09/14/what-works-and-what-doesnt---in-building-pride-in-the-workplace/ .   Ware, B (2012). The top five regrets of the dying: A life transformed by the dearly departing. Carlsbad, CA.: Hay House.