ProLife Petitioning

In January, 2012, Personhood FL launched a new prolife petition called the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment. To those who have signed the new petition, volunteered to collect petition signatures, and donated to Personhood FL, thank you! We have made much progress in first few months of this petition drive, but we have much work yet to do.

To obtain ballot access for the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment, we need to obtain nearly 700,000 validated petition signatures. To accomplish this, we need your help. If you haven’t signed the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition yet, please sign the petition today! If you haven’t signed up as a volunteer, please volunteer today! If you are able to donate to help Personhood FL collect more signatures to obtain ballot access, please donate today!

We are actively recruiting volunteers in every Region, County, City, Church, and Civic Organization in Florida. For the Florida ProLife Personhood Petition to be on the ballot in 2014, we need your help! Sign up for our next volunteer conference call today!

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To obtain nearly 700,000 validated signatures in the next 19 months, we also need to implement direct marketing to reach that goal. Your gift of only $10 allows us to obtain 8 signed petitions! Your gift of $100 will bring in 80 signed petitions, and your Your gift of $1,000 will help us obtain 800 signatures. Please make your most generous donation today.

If you prefer to mail your donation, send it to Personhood FL, 7186 S US Highway 1, Port St Lucie, FL 34952.

Together we can make history by ending abortion and protecting all innocent human life!

Pray for Our Nation

Today is the National Day of Prayer. Our nation has a long heritage of turning back to God in a time of need. These times of need are usually precipitated by compromise and sin which leads to the judgment of God. Those times of judgment often bring us back to God, and coming back to God in turn brings His blessings.

In 2 Chronicles 7:13-14, we read, “When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (NKJV)

If there has ever been a time in America’s history where we need to turn back to God, this is the time! Will you join us in praying for our state and nation today? I urge you to cry out to God today and everyday for this nation that we love so dearly.

• The National Day of Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, May 3 at PSL Community Center on Airoso Blvd and PSL Blvd., Port Saint Lucie, FL at 8:30-10:30 am will include prayers by Personhood FL Director Pastor Bryan Longworth and State Coordinator Brenda MacMenamin.
• The National Day of Prayer Service at Morningside Church, 2180 SE Morningside Blvd. Port St. Lucie, FL at 6:30 pm will include prayer and personhood petitioning by Personhood Florida State Coordinator Brenda MacMemanmen. This prayer service will include a time for participants to cry out to God on behalf of our nation. See Morningside’s website for more information.
• Other National Day of Prayer events are scheduled for the Treasure Coast and across Florida and the Nation. View National Day of Prayer Events in your area, and join us in pleading with God to send us revival lest we perish in our sin.

Will you pray for America? Will you pray for our state? Take our online poll.

With the passing of Whitney Houston, I think it is fitting to post a sermon I preached June 28, 2009 after the death of Micheal Jackson.  This sermon shows that no matter how famous, wealthy, talented, or popular a person is or isn’t, one thing is certain: we will all stand before God almighty and give an account for our lives. Here is the sermon:

This past week, we saw three legends, Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon all went to meet their maker. All three had fame and made a lot of money in their lifetime, though two died deeply in debt. Yet all three share the same fate: they will stand before a Holy God and face judgment for their actions, thoughts, even secrets.

In Hebrews 9:27-28, we read “and as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” Here we see that everyone, even the rich and famous, will die and face judgment.

Romans2:16 shows that God will not only judge our outward appearance and actions but also our secrets: “in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ…” You may be able to fool your friends, but you can’t fool God. He knows all things and will judge even your secrets.

In 2 Corinthians 5:10-11, the Apostle Paul warns: “we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men…” We see here that we will be judged based on our works, whether good or bad and that this knowledge of a certain judgment and the terror of the Lord led the Apostle Paul to strongly persuade men to repent of their sins and call upon Jesus for Salvation.

In Romans 3, we find that there is none good, no, not one, and that we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. Knowing that we are not good, have fallen short of His glory, and face a certain judgment of our actions, thoughts, and secret, we have reason to fear, yet thankfully God offers hope. Romans 3 goes on to show that God has provided forgiveness for our sins and extended a peace treaty to us through the blood of Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53 shows us that God is able to offer you this forgiveness because Jesus took the punishment for your sins upon himself when he died on the cross. With the blood that Jesus shed when crucified, your sins can be washed white as snow.

How do you receive this forgiveness? Ask! Romans 10 tells us “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” It really is that simple.

If you died today, right now, do you know where you will spend eternity? You can have assurance of salvation if you trust in Jesus as your Savior. Take a few moments, right now, to ask Him to forgive you of your sins and commit to live the rest of your life for Him.

Next, start reading the Bible, praying, and praising God, and find a Bible believing church to attend. If you live in Port Saint Lucie or Fort Pierce, you’re welcome at Covenant Tabernacle. For all others, visit our website to watch our Sunday morning worship service streamed live from 10 AM – Noon and the recorded sermon on demand throughout the week.

Pastor Bryan Longworth

Pastor Bryan Longworth is the number one ranked prolifer and Tea Party Advocate on Twitter (@BryanLongworth), serves as the director of Personhood FL, a prolife organization working to pass the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment that will end abortion in FL, as the associate pastor at Covenant Tabernacle in Port St. Lucie, FL, and as the director of SOHL, Sanctity of Human Life of the Treasure Coast. Longworth is a Wall Builders Black Robe Regiment Pastor and a Family Research Council (FRC) Watchmen on the Wall Pastor. Longworth has participated in the Alliance Defense Fund’s (ADF) Pulpit Freedom Sunday since 2010. Longworth continues to be involved in the pro-life movement and in calling the church and our nation to repentance. The church and America needs revival and reformation like never before. The blood of over 55 million children cries from the ground for vengeance, and God will avenge! God send us a true move of God lest we perish in our iniquity!

Covenant Tabernacle

Covenant Tabernacle World Outreach Center in Port Saint Lucie Florida is a nondenominational, charismatic reformed church that believes the Pentecostal gifts of the Holy Spirit are available to believers today. We believe God has called us to worship, proclaim His word, and Disciple the nations in obedience to His commandments.

Vibrant Worship

At Covenant Tabernacle, we believe in worshiping God “with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30 – NKJV) As a part of our worship, we blow the Shofar as blown in ancient Jewish worship.

Powerful, Bible based Preaching

We believe that the word of God is true (2 Samuel 7:28) and that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV) We encourage all believers to develop a Biblical Worldview that shapes our view on not only our personal life but also our family, friends, loved ones, church, and civil government.

Discipleship

We believe in following Christ’s Great Commission to “‘go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” (Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV) As such, we believe in discipling individuals, families, communities, cities, states, and nations in obedience to God’s word.

Personhood FL Launches New Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition!

Sermon, 12-18-11, What Kind of Nation Have We Become When We Value Possessions More Than Human Life, Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle

Pastor Bryan Longworth

We read this morning from Psalm 33 about how Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord and that nations are not protected by the multitude of their army or the power of their military force but there protected based on the protection of God God’s sovereignty and that is most often based on whether that nation is obeying God’s word or violating God’s word.

In Proverbs 14:34 we read, “righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people” and in Proverbs 28:12, we learn, “When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory; But when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.” (Ref. vs. 28) (NKJV)

With something so important as the course of a nation, the course of a state, the course of a County, the course of a city, with something this large at stake, you would think that God’s people would show up. You would thing that God’s people would study to know the issues and would go out and exercise their right to vote. I believe that we have a responsibility to vote for godly men to rule over us. There are over 65 million evangelical Christians, yet in any given election only half or maybe less vote! In fact many Christians aren’t even registered to vote. It’s amazing when you look at the differences in some of the political races and the margin versus the amount of Christians not even registered to vote in those states. Here in the state of Florida, over 600,000 evangelical Christians are not registered to vote. That’s almost enough people to get the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment on the ballot. We’re going to go to them so that we can register them so that they can sign the person had the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment.

It is important that we realize it is important whether a nation obeys God or not. The people that we elect to rule over us hold important positions of power. We need to vote based on biblical issues based on their positions and we need to vote that way as opposed to voting for our pocketbook which sometimes happens.

Christians did come out strongly in 2008 but they voted for what they thought was hope and change a boy we sure have gotten some change, but we need some hope, and we actually need more change to return back to the founding principles

William Penn said, “Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot be bad. . . . But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. . . .[T]hough good laws do well, good men do better; for good laws may want [lack] good men and be abolished or invaded by ill men; but good men will never want good laws nor suffer [allow] ill ones.”

[William Penn quoted from: Thomas Clarkson, Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn (London: Richard Taylor and Co., 1813) Vol. I, p.303.]

Matthias Burnett instructed his congregation, “Consider well the important trust . . . which God . . . [has] put into your hands. . . . To God and posterity you are accountable for [your rights and your rulers]. . . . Let not your children have reason to curse you for giving up those rights and prostrating those institutions which your fathers delivered to you. . . . [L]ook well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust. . . . Think not that your interests will be safe in the hands of the weak and ignorant; or faithfully managed by the impious, the dissolute and the immoral. Think not that men who acknowledge not the providence of God nor regard His laws will be uncorrupt in office, firm in defense of the righteous cause against the oppressor, or resolutly oppose the torrent of iniquity. . . . Watch over your liberties and privileges – civil and religious – with a careful eye.”

[Matthias Burnett, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Norwalk, An Election Sermon, Preached at Hartford, on the Day of the Anniversary Election, May 12, 1803 (Hartford: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, 1803), pp. 27-28.]

Charles Finney warned, “[T]he time has come that Christians must vote for honest men and take consistent ground in politics or the Lord will curse them. . . . Christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. But the time has come when they must act differently. . . . Christians seem to act as if they thought God did not see what they do in politics. But I tell you He does see it – and He will bless or curse this nation according to the course they [Christians] take [in politics].”

[Charles G. Finney, Lectures on Revivals of Religion (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1868), Lecture XV, pp. 281-282.]

As we look at this election season and as we look at the presidential preference primary that is coming up for the Republican Party this Tuesday, if you are registered Republican and haven’t voted yet, I encourage you to go out and vote and let your voice be heard. We’re going to look at some of biblical issues surrounding this campaign and look at the various candidates and see how they match up to God’s word , the Bible, because we do have a responsibility to vote for men that would uphold righteousness. We’re going to examine where the candidates stand on key issues such as: whether the candidates fear God and are just, whether they will defend the sanctity of human life, whether they will defend traditional marriage and the family, and whether they support limited or expansive government.

As Christians, we have an obligation to vote for godly men to represent us; however, electing the right man as president will not redeem America. To turn things around, we need to turn back to God with all of our heart, all or our soul, all of our mind, and all of our strength. We need to look into the perfect law of liberty (the Bible), examine our lives, families, churches, cities, states, and nation in light of God’s word, and where needed, we need to amend our ways. We need to humble ourselves, and pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked way so that our God can hear from heaven, forgive our sins, and heal our land. (2 Chronicles 7:13-14.)

Pastor Bryan Longworth

Pastor Bryan Longworth is the number one ranked prolifer and Tea Party Advocate on Twitter (@BryanLongworth), serves as the director of Personhood FL, a prolife organization working to pass the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment that will end abortion in FL, as the associate pastor at Covenant Tabernacle in Port St. Lucie, FL, and as the director of SOHL, Sanctity of Human Life of the Treasure Coast. Longworth is a Wall Builders Black Robe Regiment Pastor and a Family Research Council (FRC) Watchmen on the Wall Pastor. Longworth has participated in the Alliance Defense Fund’s (ADF) Pulpit Freedom Sunday since 2010. Longworth continues to be involved in the pro-life movement and in calling the church and our nation to repentance. The church and America needs revival and reformation like never before. The blood of over 55 million children cries from the ground for vengeance, and God will avenge! God send us a true move of God lest we perish in our iniquity!

Covenant Tabernacle

Covenant Tabernacle World Outreach Center in Port Saint Lucie Florida is a nondenominational, charismatic reformed church that believes the Pentecostal gifts of the Holy Spirit are available to believers today. We believe God has called us to worship, proclaim His word, and Disciple the nations in obedience to His commandments.

Vibrant Worship

At Covenant Tabernacle, we believe in worshiping God “with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30 – NKJV) As a part of our worship, we blow the Shofar as blown in ancient Jewish worship.

Powerful, Bible based Preaching

We believe that the word of God is true (2 Samuel 7:28) and that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV) We encourage all believers to develop a Biblical Worldview that shapes our view on not only our personal life but also our family, friends, loved ones, church, and civil government.

Discipleship

We believe in following Christ’s Great Commission to “‘go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” (Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV) As such, we believe in discipling individuals, families, communities, cities, states, and nations in obedience to God’s word.

Personhood FL Launches New Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition!

Sermon, 12-18-11, What Kind of Nation Have We Become When We Value Possessions More Than Human Life, Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle

Florida Awake Presidential Candidate Forum

Liberty Counsel has had an incredible response for its “Florida Awake! Presidential Candidate Forum with Q&A” happening today, (Saturday) January 28, 2012, from 3:30-5:00 p.m. EST. The forum is sponsored by Liberty Counsel and cosponsored by Personhood USA. Tickets were snapped up days ago, and we are working on overflow seating. Doors will open at 2:00 p.m. EST.

We are pleased to announce that we will simulcast the event. You can watch it live at www.LC.org. You’ve seen the candidates on TV and heard the moderators ask their questions. Now, tomorrow’s attendees will be directing the questions.

Even if you haven’t obtained your ticket, you can still watch the event online by clicking the link below tomorrow between 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. or visit www.LC.org and follow the graphic link.

Our nation is at a crucial point in history. Our Christian values and the moral foundation of America are under severe attack. We face unprecedented threats to our faith and freedom.

But although we are at a crossroad, we were born for such a time as this!

As never before, we MUST be informed about the important issues facing us today. Join us tomorrow and take an active role in our nation’s future.

Join us for the live simulcast on Saturday, January 28, from 3:30-5:00 p.m. EST at www.LC.org.

* Liberty Counsel and Aloma Church are 501(c)(3) organizations and do not endorse candidates. Personhood USA and Personhood FL are issues only PAC. This event is an open forum for educational purposes, to allow the public to learn from the candidates themselves. All presidential candidates have been invited.

Read our News Release for more details.

Where Do The Candidates Stand on Life?

Republican Presidential Candidates Sign Personhood Pledge

Of the candidates still in the race, Republican Presidential Candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum both signed Personhood USA’s Personhood Pledge. Ron Paul also signed the Personhood Pledge but added an addendum which Personhood USA took exception with.

Republican Presidential Candidates Participate in the First Ever ProLife Presidential Tele-Townhall

Of the candidates still in the race, Republican Presidential Candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum both participated in the first ever ProLife Presidential Tele-Townhall. Listen to their positions here.

Republican Presidential Candidates Participate in the First Ever ProLife Presidential Forum in South Carolina

Of the candidates still in the race, Republican Presidential Candidates Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum participated in the first ever ProLife Presidential Forum in South Carolina. Read the candidates quotes below and/or watch the forum below.

Republican Presidential Candidates to Participate in Florida Awake Presidential Forum

After turning down requests to participate in Personhood USA’s Iowa Tele-Town Hall, then Personhood USA’s Live Presidential Prolife Forum, Governor Romney has dismissed yet another social conservative event, Florida Awake!, a Presidential Candidate Forum sponsored by Liberty Counsel and co-sponsored by Personhood USA.

Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senator Rick Santorum are confirmed to participate in Florida Awake! Congressman Ron Paul regretfully declined, as he is not scheduled to be campaigning in Florida at that time. The event is already sold out, with over 1800 tickets reserved.

South Carolina ProLife Presidential Forum Video and Quotes

During last week’s standing room only ProLife Presidential Forum in South Carolina, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized former Governor Romney’s switch in positions, stating: “Gov. Romney also, after becoming pro-life, passed Romneycare with taxpayer funded abortions…his administration approved paying for an abortion clinic for Planned Parenthood with state funds and he appointed pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage judges to the court. So in terms of who’s likely to change Washington, I would say that his track record has not only not changed but is in the opposite direction.”

Former Senator Rick Santorum expressed the seriousness of the pro-life issue: “We need to make sure that we have someone who is unabashedly—not just pro-life—but unabashedly a fighter for life,” he said. “We are what we allow our society to do,” he said. “And if we allow our society to prey upon innocent human life, we are complicit with it.”

Congressman Ron Paul appeared via satellite feed after returning to Washington D.C. for a vote, and spoke on several issues including defunding Planned Parenthood and the importance of not relying solely on legislation to end abortion: “We cannot change the people’s morality by writing more laws.”

March for Life

Sunday, January 22, 2012 marks the 39th anniversary of the Dreadful Roe vs Wade decision. Since 1973, over 55,000,000 preborn girls and boys have been killed by abortion, and millions of moms and dads have been wounded. This weekend, prolifers from around the state will gather for prolife events, and pastors will preach prolife sermons. We encourage you to stand for life at the event closest to you and collect signatures for the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition.

Every ProLife Event and Church in Florida: (Every Florida County) Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petitioning, Sanctity of Human Life Weekend, 2012. Personhood Florida is asking pastors on Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, January 22 to preach a prolife sermon and collect signatures for the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition. Pastors can download prolife sermon outlines, power points, and the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition at http://www.PersonhoodFL.com.

The Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment is a proposed amendment to the Florida constitution to define all humans, including the preborn, elderly, and disabled as persons. The US and Florida constitutions both recognize the God given Right to Life of all persons. This amendment will end abortion and protect the right to life of all innocent humans.

The Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment has been endorsed by Tony Perkins, Family Research Council President, Tim Wildmon, American Family Association President, Judie Brown, and American Life League President.

Dania Beach (Broward County)– SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE MEMORIAL SERVICE – Sunday, January 22, 2012, 7:00 p.m., Lighthouse Community Church,?700 S. Federal Highway,? Dania Beach.

Daytona Beach - VOLUSIA COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE, CANDLELIGHT PRAYER VIGIL FOR LIFE – Sunday, January 22, 2012, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Courthouse, City Island, Daytona Beach. Candles will be provided.

Eustis (Lake County)– SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE MEMORIAL SERVICE – Sunday, January 22, 2012, 3:00 p.m., Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 890 Abrams Rd, Eustis, For more information, call (352) 357-2202.

Fort Lauderdale – BROWARD COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE: RALLY FOR LIFE – Friday, January 20, from 12:00-1:00 p.m., at the Federal Courthouse building, 301 E. Broward Blvd. (just west of First Baptist of Fort Lauderdale).

Ft. Pierce (Saint Lucie County) – 2^nd ANNUAL TREASURE COAST MARCH FOR LIFE – Saturday, January 21, 2012 – 11:30 – 1:30, A peaceful March (.8 mile) from “A Woman’s World Medical Center” (12th St & Delaware Ave, Fort Pierce 34952) (the only abortion clinic on Treasure Coast) to Fort Pierce City Hall (100 N. US1). Local Pro-Life advocates and clergy will speak at City Hall. Participants are encouraged to bring signs that proclaim the sanctity of human life.

Miami – FLORIDA BAPTIST CHILDREN’S HOMES, SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE RALLY – Saturday, January 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m., The Miami campus of the Florida Baptist Children’s Homes, 7748 SW 95th Terrace, Miami, FL 33156, Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will be the keynote speake.

New Port Richey – SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE SERVICE – Sunday, January 22, 2012, Personhood Florida and Calvary Chapel Worship Center of New Port Richey will be presenting the Florida Pro-Life Personhood Amendment and asking the congregation and visitors in all three morning services to sign and support the rights of the unborn. We will be asking for volunteers to become active in promoting the petition drive in other churches and communities as well. For information you can call Dick Maxwell at (727) 846-2780.

Orlando – MEMORIAL PRAYER VIGIL – Saturday, January 21, 2012 – 8:30 – 10:30 a.m., Planned Parenthood, 726 S. Tampa Avenue, Pro-Life Action Ministries will be holding a Prayer Vigil on the sidewalk outside the Planned Parenthood building. For more information contact Michele at 407-230-2557or Winnie at 407-929-1108.

Sarasota – 14^TH ANNUAL PRAYER WALK FOR LIFE – Saturday, January 21, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Planned Parenthood’s Regional Headquarters, 736 Central Avenue, Sarasota, We will circle the block in prayer around Planned Parenthood’s Regional Headquarters (and abortion center) located at 736 Central Avenue, Sarasota, praying for an end to abortion. (City permit has been obtained.) For more information, contact Jeanne Berdeaux at 941-374-1068.

Tallahassee – HOLY HOUR FOR LIFE – Sunday, January 22, 2012, 3:00 p.m., Shrine of the Martyrs off Chaires Road near Hwy. 90 East. For more information and directions, go to the shrine website at http://shrineofmartyrs.com/index.html or call Chris Moleski – 850-445-5979.

Tallahassee – SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE BENEFIT CONCERT – Saturday, January 22, 2012, 7:00 p.m., Thomasville Road Baptist Church, The concert will benefit A Woman’s Pregnancy Center in Tallahassee, Florida. Tickets are $10.00. For more information, contact A Woman’s Pregnancy Center at 850-2978-1174.

Vero Beach (Indian River County) – Indian River Family Association’s STAND FOR LIFE – Sunday, January 22, 2012, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m., Planned Parenthood, 31^st Ave. and Route 60, AFA will provide signs. Parking is available at the Church of Christ parking lot at 32^nd Ave. and Route 60. Do not park at Planned Parenthood. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/groups/190053421062843/. A life-chain will start at 20^th St. (Route 60) & 20^th Ave. and go west on both sides of Route 60.

NOTE: If we missed an event in your area then let us know and we will put it on our current events calendar and we will check back again next year for another event you may hold.

Tony Perkins

Personhood Florida received a major endorsement this week from Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins. In his endorsement, Perkins said, “I applaud the good folks of Florida for challenging the culture of death and championing life at all stages. The Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment is a reflection of a growing pro-life sentiment across the country and points toward a post-Roe era. I support the petition drive for this amendment and look forward to the day it can go before the voters in Florida.”

This endorsement comes after Personhood FL adopted personhood amendment ballot language proposed by the Family Research Council. The new petition language has been designed by a think tank of prolife personhood attorneys and satisfies 11 conditions needed to unite prolife ministries. Adapting this language enables all states to come into unity anticipating and facilitating a federal prolife personhood amendment.

Personhood FL Directory Pastor Bryan Longworth praised the endorsement, “For a long time, we have sought the endorsement of Tony Perkins. Because of their consistent stand for Biblical values, Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council have developed a large network of pastors and churches who stand boldly for the sanctity of human life, traditional marriage, and other key issues. With this endorsement, Personhood Florida will have credibility when encouraging churches and pastors to collect signatures for the new Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition. Thank you Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council for standing boldly to defend innocent human life.”

Since 1983, Family Research Council (FRC) has advanced faith, family, and freedom in public policy and public opinion. FRC’s team of seasoned experts promotes these core values through policy research, public education on Capitol Hill and in the media, and grassroots mobilization. MRC reviews legislation, meets with policymakers, publishes books and pamphlets, builds coalitions, testifies before Congress, and maintains a powerful presence in print and broadcast media. Through their outreach to pastors, FRC equips churches to transform the culture.

Tony Perkins and FRC have led the way in defending religious freedom in the public square, protecting the unborn and their mothers, defending and strengthening one man/one woman marriage, and promoting pro-family public policy.

Because of a bill passed by the FL Legislature last year that changed the shelf life of the petition signatures from 4 years to 2 years, Personhood Florida launched a new two year petitioning effort beginning January 2012. If you signed the previous Florida Personhood Amendment, you will need to sign the new Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition. (Please sign the new petition NOW!) If you helped petition for the old petition, thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You helped us find over 20,000 prolife Floridians! Please help us contact churches and pastors in your county between now and January to ask them to petition for personhood Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, January 22, 2012.

To launch this new petition, we need your help! Will you join us and help us get the word out? We have specific strategy and we need Christians to pray, volunteer, and donate. Register today for our next conference call to learn how to contact every church, every pastor in your county

2012 is a new year, and with a new year, we look for change. We look for the new year to be better than the previous year.

Certainly, we have been in some tough economic times in this country. These times have led many to ask, “How’s that hope and change working for you?” Certainly for a lot of people, not as well as they had hoped.

I can tell you that I’m thankful that we still have customers who call our computer store to have us come out to their house or business to work on their computers. I’m thankful that we still have customers who bring their computers to us to fix, but not as many or as often as before. And since Standard & Poor’s credit downgrade of the United States, we have had some of the slowest months we’ve ever had. These times require us to make changes so that we can survive and stay viable to continue to provide good quality goods and services to our customers.

As we look upon our nation and the state of affairs of our nation and as we look particularly at the presidency of the United States, we have the opportunity to re-elect the same president or to elect a new president, and on January 3, we have the first Republican caucus in Iowa. January 3rd is also the deadline to register as a Republican to vote in the Florida Republican Presidential Preference Primary January 31, and it is important that Christians vote and vote according to Biblical values.

We need to realize when we think about all of this that God is in control. He is sovereign. He does rule “in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.

What the sermon, 2012 – The End of an Error!

OPENING PASSAGE — Psalm 32 - <<A Psalm of David. A Contemplation.>> “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him. You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him. Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!” (NKJV)

God Rules Over the Lowest of Men

Daniel 4:17 - “This decision is by the decree of the watchers, And the sentence by the word of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, Gives it to whomever He will, And sets over it the lowest of men.” (NKJV)

Daniel 4:25 - “They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.” (NKJV)

Proverbs 21:1 – “The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.” (NKJV)

God Delivers Nations Who Forsake Him Over to Cruel Oppressors!

Judges 2:10-15, 3:7-8, 12-14.

God Delivers Nations When They Turn Back to Him!

Judges 3:9-11, 15-31.

Judges Pattern

Obedience, Blessing, Complacency, Disobedience, Bondage, Repentance, Deliverance

America is Fat and Well Fed and Has Forgotten God.

Deuteronomy 8 – “Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers. And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you. Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you. Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest-when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end- then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’ And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God.” (NKJV)

True Deliverance for America Will Come When …

2 Chronicles 7:13 14 – “When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (NKJV)

Prepare for Calamity

Proverbs 27:23-27 – “Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds; For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations. When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, The lambs will provide your clothing, And the goats the price of a field; You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants.” (NKJV)

Trust God to Provide

Genesis 26:1, 12 – “There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham… Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.” (NKJV)

Pastor Bryan Longworth

Pastor Bryan Longworth is the number one ranked prolifer and Tea Party Advocate on Twitter (@BryanLongworth), serves as the director of Personhood FL, a prolife organization working to pass the Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment that will end abortion in FL, as the associate pastor at Covenant Tabernacle in Port St. Lucie, FL, and as the director of SOHL, Sanctity of Human Life of the Treasure Coast. Longworth is a Wall Builders Black Robe Regiment Pastor and a Family Research Council (FRC) Watchmen on the Wall Pastor. Longworth has participated in the Alliance Defense Fund’s (ADF) Pulpit Freedom Sunday since 2010. Longworth continues to be involved in the pro-life movement and in calling the church and our nation to repentance. The church and America needs revival and reformation like never before. The blood of over 55 million children cries from the ground for vengeance, and God will avenge! God send us a true move of God lest we perish in our iniquity!

Covenant Tabernacle

Covenant Tabernacle World Outreach Center in Port Saint Lucie Florida is a nondenominational, charismatic reformed church that believes the Pentecostal gifts of the Holy Spirit are available to believers today. We believe God has called us to worship, proclaim His word, and Disciple the nations in obedience to His commandments.

Vibrant Worship

At Covenant Tabernacle, we believe in worshiping God “with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30 – NKJV) As a part of our worship, we blow the Shofar as blown in ancient Jewish worship.

Powerful, Bible based Preaching

We believe that the word of God is true (2 Samuel 7:28) and that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV) We encourage all believers to develop a Biblical Worldview that shapes our view on not only our personal life but also our family, friends, loved ones, church, and civil government.

Discipleship

We believe in following Christ’s Great Commission to “‘go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” (Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV) As such, we believe in discipling individuals, families, communities, cities, states, and nations in obedience to God’s word.

Personhood FL Launches New Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment Petition!

Sermon, 12-18-11, What Kind of Nation Have We Become When We Value Possessions More Than Human Life, Pastor Bryan Longworth, Covenant Tabernacle

Matthew’s account of Christ’s birth :  Matthew 1: 18 – 25 & all of Chapter 2

1.  The New Testament terms, Magi and Magician, both come from the same root Greek word, but there is a clear distinction between the two. (See Daniel 5 : 3 –

A. Magi were wise-men who likely were priests in their realm, and held in high regard by their leaders.

B. Magicians, and false Astrologers (occult ones, such as we have today, who prepare Horoscopes, etc.) pretend to be wise but are really foolish.(Romans 1: 22)

C. A strong warning against the occult is given in scripture. (Isaiah 47 : 13 – 14)

2. Evidently, the Magi (Wise-Men) who came looking for the Christ child, King of the Jews, were somewhat like our modern day Astronomers, but with a spiritual component. They believed that the reality of the Divine could be learned from Creation. (See Romans 1: 18 – 20)

A. Jon Bell, who is a scientist and a Christian, oversees the planetarium at Indian River State College. I quote from his college website:

“Who were the Wise Men, the Magi, and what did they know about the sky? Our best guess is that they were Zoroastrian astrologer-priests of Babylonia, which lay to the east of Judea. Two thousand years ago…the Magi may have witnessed a triple conjunction, three separate  passings of the planet Jupiter and the star Regulus, a significant sky event for them. Jupiter appears as a bright star that wanders against a background of constellations, caused by the combined motions of Jupiter and the earth as they orbit the sun. Regulus, in the constellation of Leo the Lion, was the signal star of the Babylonian king. Jupiter was the king planet, and its appearance near Regulus may have set the Magi on their course eastward toward Bethlehem to seek out the new king.”

Pastor Chuck Longworth

Pastor Chuck Longworth is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Covenant Tabernacle in Port St. Lucie, FL. Longworth has ministered the gospel, in some form or fashion, for most of the past 55 yrs. He has taught science, as well as Bible classes, in both private and public schools & Bible Colleges. Longworth hold a Bachelors degree from Lee University and a Master of Theology from Logos Christian College & Graduate School. Longworth has made more than a dozen short teaching & mission trips to Central America including Honduras, Costa Rica, Belize, the Bahamas, and Haiti. Longworth firmly believes that the churches greatest hour is yet to come.

Covenant Tabernacle

Covenant Tabernacle World Outreach Center in Port Saint Lucie Florida is a nondenominational, charismatic reformed church that believes the Pentecostal gifts of the Holy Spirit are available to believers today. We believe God has called us to worship, proclaim His word, and Disciple the nations in obedience to His commandments.

Vibrant Worship

At Covenant Tabernacle, we believe in worshipping God “with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30 – NKJV) As a part of our worship, we blow the Shofar as blown in ancient Jewish worship.

Powerful, Bible based Preaching

We believe that the word of God is true (2 Samuel 7:28) and that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV) We encourage all believers to develop a Biblical Worldview that shapes our view on not only our personal life but also our family, friends, loved ones, church, and civil government.

Discipleship

We believe in following Christ’s Great Commission to “‘go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” (Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV) As such, we believe in discipling individuals, families, communities, cities, states, and nations in obedience to God’s word.