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Showing posts with label barack obama. Show all posts
Precious Children Sing to Our Glorious Leader! 0 comments
Sing for Change chronicles a recent Sunday afternoon, when 22 children, ages 5-12, gathered to sing original songs in the belief that their singing would lift up our communities for the coming election. Light, hope, courage and love shine through these nonvoting children who believe that their very best contribution to the Obama campaign is to sing.
We are offering the video to everyone, the Obama campaign and all media with high hopes that we can all join together to Sing for Change."
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD
We're gonna spread happiness
We're gonna spread freedom
Obama's gonna change it
Obama's gonna lead 'em
And rearrange it
We're gonna change the world.
Prepare your heart to fill with hope; Prepare your mind to embrace the change! 0 comments
"Prepare me a Sanctuary,
pure and holy,
tried and true."
This version of the worship hymn "Sanctuary" by Scruggs and Thompson is performed by Asheville, NC singer/songwriter, Billy Jonas.
Courtesy of ManifestObama.com:
Between now and November 4...
Let's spend one minute a day...
Envisioning Barack Obama...
As our President...
Prepare your heart to fill with hope...
Prepare your mind to embrace the change...
Envision Barack victorious on election night...
...Taking the oath of office...
On Inauguration Day...
Believe that this great moment in American history is already a reality...
Say the words to yourself...
To your family...
To your friends and neighbors...
Say it to the world...
Your vision is a sacred trust...
You are a sanctuary of a sacred vision for a renewed America...
Envision it...
Say it...
Feel it...
Believe it...
Make it our reality...
Manifest Obama, America!
OBAMA BE THY NAME! 0 comments
OBAMA BE THY NAME!
OBAMA BE THY NAME
THY CHANGE SHALL COME
THY WILL BE DONE ...
Barack Obama: Bigger Than Jesus 0 comments
Former Clinton White House mouthpiece Dee Dee Myers just called Barack Obama "the most famous living person in the history of the world." Whatever! What about, like, The Pope? Or Tom Cruise!
It is probably actually Tom Cruise!
And that construction is so odd. "The most famous living person in the history of the world" means he is the most famous person currently living? More famous than than any other person in history during his lifetime? Like, Jesus is maybe the most famous person ever (or Abraham or something), but Obama has the edge because he didn't become superfamous thousands of years after his death? What about Napoleon? Or is it because there are just more people in the world now, thus making Obama more known to more people?
And hey, what about George W. Bush? The entire world just spent eight years hating him! He represented our entire nation, and we are the most famous nation on Earth! People have been cursing Bush's name and hanging him in effigy across the globe, and honestly they only just got to know this Obama character. Surely news hasn't yet reached some far-off places where the name Bush still gets a laugh.
No, sorry, Dee Dee, we know you have a magazine to sell, but we're not buying it. The most famous living person in the history of the world is George W. Bush, which is why we are in this mess.
Video: The Barack Obama Jesus 0 comments
Forget that old chocolate Jesus controversy. The new chocolate Jesus has arrived.
A piece of art showing Senator Barack Obama as Jesus Christ is now on display at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
No other flavor has yet been reported.
In Kenya, Barack Obama Is Jesus 0 comments
Sad reality is that in the US of A, many foolishly feel the same way too… Times Online UK
“This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?” If Barack Obama’s spin doctors have been trying to lower expectations since his election victory, the message clearly has not reached the land of his father.
Millions of people around the country thronged giant TV screens or crammed into bars to watch the inauguration of a man viewed as Kenya’s best hope of a prosperous and happy future.
“Now he is president we will get food and jobs,” said Ben Ochieng, as he danced to the traditional music that replaced the planned show.
All week Kenya had been gearing up for Mr Obama’s moment of glory. Newspapers have published souvenir editions, countless goats have been slaughtered for the party and a popular local brew, Senator beer, has been renamed President for the occasion.
The Kenya National Theatre even revived its hit show Obama The Musical, which wowed sell-out audiences during the US election last year. It uses parallels with the Bible Story and Mr Obama’s own struggles with racism and drugs — documented in his memoir Dreams From My Father - to portray the incoming President as a saviour for downtrodden peoples of the world.
“This is an incredible opportunity for us, because a lot of investment will come,” said 20-year-old Faith Achieng. “It’s already thanks to him we have electricity and water.” Not bad for a man trying to play down his tag as the “chosen on
Is Obama Jesus? 0 comments
"He's been sent by God. I'm not saying he's Jesus, but he could fill Moses' shoes.'
clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk
So when the downtrodden had come together, they asked Obama, ‘Obama, is this the time when you will restore the fortunes of our Great Nation?’
He replied, ‘It is not for you to determine the times or periods of the elections. But you will receive power when the elections have been scheduled; and you will have the opportunity to vote for me, in all of the US and its territories, and to the ends of the earth where Americans reside.’
When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
While he was going and they were gazing up towards the sky, suddenly two men in tuxedos stood by them. They said, ‘Men of America, why do you stand looking up towards the sky?
This Obama, who has been taken away from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go to heaven.’
And now, my friends, his time has come…
Obama More Popular Than Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. 0 comments
President Obama topped a new Harris interactive poll that asked 2,634 Americans who they admire enough to call a hero.
In Feb. 7, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., is silhouetted by a light as he speaks at Tulane University in New Orleans.
John Lennon once claimed the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Now President Obama has evidence that he's more popular than both.
Obama topped a new Harris interactive poll that asked 2,634 Americans who they admire enough to call a hero.
Jesus came in second on a list that includes God, Mahtma Gandhi and George Washington.
Other historic or notable figures making the top 10 were Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, U.S. Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.
Participants named the heroes randomly instead of being shown or read a list of people to choose from. The poll was conducted online between January 12 and 19, 2009.
At the 16th spot in the poll, George Washington, Bill Clinton and Colin Powell tied.
Other politicians who made the poll's top 25 include Hillary Clinton (12), FDR (13), Condoleezza Rice (12) and Sarah Palin (21).
God ranked 11th, between Mother Teresa and Hillary Clinton.
Of the multiple reasons participants gave to explain their choices of heroes, the ones most cited is, "Doing what's right regardless of personal consequences" with 89 percent, "Not giving up until the goal is accomplished" with 83 percent and "Doing more than what other people expect of them," with 82 percent. Also popular were "Overcoming adversity" and "Staying level-headed in a crisis."
In the first Harris Poll asking this question in 2001, Jesus came in first, followed by the Rev. King, Powell, John F. Kennedy and Mother Teresea.
Obama joked last year at a roast that contrary to rumors, he was not born in a manger but on the planet Krypton. Apparently, Obama is even more popular than Superman, who didn't make the cut.
"Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done..." 0 comments
"Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done..."
Prominently displayed poster at Obama's campaign headquarters in Lake City, Fla.
(Photo: Bruce Hoster; source: World Net Daily)
(Photo: Bruce Hoster; source: World Net Daily)
"No one saw him coming ... like Jesus being born in a manger" 0 comments
"Lord, we have again come to you in prayer, and you have heard our cries from heaven, and you have sent us again from the state called Illinois, a man called Barack to heal our land," said Younginer, a 62-year-old retired information systems worker at Coca Cola in Atlanta. "We pray that you will build a hedge around him that will protect him from those who would do him harm."
Younginer, like many others, is convinced that Obama was destined to be president. The mere fact that he won the presidency against the odds has caused some Christians, particularly African-Americans, to see the hand of God in his victory after so many years of struggle.
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[Lawrence Carter, dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel] said many people look for a sign from God when times are turbulent. And, he said, there are many elements to Obama's win in which Christians can find spiritual significance.
"It is powerful and significant on a spiritual level that there is the emergence of Barack Obama 40 years after the passing of Dr. King," said Carter. "No one saw him coming, and Christians believe God comes at us from strange angles and places we don't expect, like Jesus being born in a manger."
"The similarities between Obamian hope and biblical hope are extraordinary" 0 comments
Obamian hope moves beyond the past and seeks to proactively conceptualise and create the future. It does not just wait for the future to come; it contributes to its shaping and coming. It pulls the future to itself and pushes itself towards the future.Biblical hope is similar. Like Obamian hope, it speaks to the matter of the future being pulled into the present in the Kingdom of God. In a real sense, the Kingdom of God respects but moves beyond the past and, in the present, it realises the future, in a preliminary sense. Biblical hope also, in a sense, propels the one in whom it is found toward the future consummation of this kingdom. Like Obamian hope, biblical hope knows that the present is just a platform on which the future is being built and experienced. This is powerful.
In addition, Obamian hope rises above the fray of the mundane, the dehumanising, the frivolous and the conventional. It shifts from the periphery to the centre of human history. It is a hope that escapes attempts at suppression and obliteration by 'unhope' and the forces thereof. . . .
Fundamentally, the similarities between Obamian hope and biblical hope are extraordinary, striking and intriguing. Like biblical hope, Obamian hope inspires the United States of America and the world.
Obama Wows Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Meditators 0 comments
Obama had positioned himself in alignment with the rotation of the earth, in accordance with the teachings of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose followers moved en masse to this small Iowa city more than 30 years ago.
The Maharishi’s transcendental meditators, along with vacationing pilgrims from the East Coast, turned out in large numbers in the town’s traditional green square to hear the Illinois senator deliver his stump speech on the night of July 3 — more people, Fairfield’s sheriff said, than had come out to greet a sitting president.
“I saw him and I thought, ‘Oh my god, this is somebody who could lead us into a new era,’” said Nancy Watkins, an international student adviser at the Maharishi University of Management.
“The memorable part for me about the connection we have to each other,” said Keith Ratzlaff, a creative writing professor from nearby Pella who was a Kucinich delegate. “That’s not something we’ve heard from the other candidates.”
Obama: "I can be an Instrument of God" 0 comments
During the nearly two hour service that featured a rock band and hip-hop dancers, Obama shared the floor with the church's pastor, Ron Carpenter. The senator from Illinois asked the multiracial crowd of nearly 4,000 people to keep him and his family in their prayers, and said he hoped to be "an instrument of God."
"Sometimes this is a difficult road being in politics," Obama said. "Sometimes you can become fearful, sometimes you can become vain, sometimes you can seek power just for power's sake instead of because you want to do service to God. I just want all of you to pray that I can be an instrument of God in the same way that Pastor Ron and all of you are instruments of God."
He finished his brief remarks by saying, "We're going to keep on praising together. I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth."
"His Election to the Senate was Divinely Ordered" 0 comments
Mr. Rush has an explanation for Mr. Obama’s emergence after the dark days of 2000 as a political star four years later. He vanquished a field of multimillionaires, some more experienced and better known, and benefited from fortuitous domestic scandals that sidelined two opponents and left him facing a Republican widely seen as unable to win.In 2000, a Streetwise Veteran Schooled a Bold Young Obama, By Janny Scott. New York Times September 9, 2007“I would characterize the Senate race as being a race where Obama was, let’s say, blessed and highly favored,” Mr. Rush said, chuckling. “That’s not routine. There’s something else going on.”
What was he suggesting?
“I think that Obama, his election to the Senate, was divinely ordered,” Mr. Rush said, all other explanations failing. “I’m a preacher and a pastor; I know that that was God’s plan. Obama has certain qualities that — I think he is being used for some purpose. I really believe that.”
"A Tongue Dipped in Unvarnished Truth" 0 comments
For the very first time in my life, I feel compelled to stand up and to speak out for the man who I believe has a new vision for America, . . . I am here to tell you, Iowa, he is the one. He is the one!"- Oprah Winfrey ("Messianic Rhetoric Infuses Obama Rallies", by Ben Smith and David Paul Kuhn Politico Dec 9, 2007)."We're all here to come together – to appreciate our uniqueness and to treasure our diversity, and we're here to evolve to a higher plane . . . The reason I love Barack Obama is because he is an evolved leader who can bring evolved leadership to our country. . . .
. . . When you listen to Barack Obama, when you really hear him, you witness a very rare thing. You witness a politician who has an ear for eloquence and a tongue dipped in the unvarnished truth...
Obama "Radiates Truth and Goodness" 0 comments
. . . For his part, Obama has the capacity to summon heroic forces from the spiritual depths of ordinary citizens and to unleash therefrom a symphonic chorus of unique creative acts whose common purpose is to tame the soul and alleviate the great challenges facing mankind.
For their part, each citizen has within the potential to respond to such a heroic calling. When they do, noble qualities are unleashed from the very depths of the human spirit. When they do not, a politics of fear ensues. In either event, the choice is ours to make.
Unlike other candidates, Obama is an inspired leader. He is authentic and truthful. He radiates truth and goodness. He possesses charisma and exercises sound judgment. For this reason, he serves as a catalyst to awaken the better part of ourselves. His campaign is about calling America to exercise the noblest human qualities on behalf of the common good.
-- "Obama: On Toughness and Success in Politics by Gerald Campbell. First Things Firth December 22, 2007.
"We need politicians who can BE The Truth" 0 comments
Obama's wife, Michelle, opened the rally with a description of her husband that could, at moments, have been a description of Jesus Christ.
"We need a leader who's going to touch our souls. Who's going to make us feel differently about one another. Who's going to remind us that we are one another’s keepers. That we are only as strong as the weakest among us," she said, echoing biblical passages.
Winfrey also touched on Christian themes that had not been highlighted in Iowa.
"It's amazing grace that brought me here," she began, adding that she was "stepping out of my pew" - television – to engage in politics.
It isn't enough to tell the truth, Winfrey said. "We need politicians who know how to be the truth."
"I do believe I do today we have the answer to Miss Pittman's question – it's a question that the entire nation is asking – is he the one?" Winfrey said. "South Carolina – I do believe he's the one."
"We're all here to come together – to appreciate our uniqueness and to treasure our diversity, and we're here to evolve to a higher plane," she said. "The reason I love Barack Obama is because he is an evolved leader who can bring evolved leadership to our country."
Source: Messianic Rhetoric infuses Obama Rallies, by Ben Smith and David Paul Kuhn. The Politico December 11, 2007.Is Barack Obama Jesus Christ? 0 comments
I saw this ad today and it made me wonder how many people are aware that Jesus has returned Through Barack Obama. People are waking up all over the world to this, and under his reign the kingdom of god will be a magnificent place. Barack is the messaiah. Barack is jesus christ. Give yourself to Christ during these hard times and you'll do fine. Jesus is back, Jesus is here. And he's leading us all most importantly.
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