Haavisto Ylelle: "Ylisuuret palkkiot vievät moraalia alaspäin"
KANNANOTTO Ylen aamu-tv:ssä torstaina vieraillut, uudeksi valtion omistajaohjauksesta vastaavaksi ministeriksi nimitettävä Pekka Haavisto (vihr.) katsoo, että valtionyhtiöiden johtajien ylisuuriin palkkioihin olisi puututtava.
Haavisto totesi Ylen aamu-tv:ssä, että avokätisestä palkitsemisesta voi seurata ongelmia.
- Nämä tämmöiset ylisuuret palkkiot vievät moraalia yhteiskunnassa alaspäin, ministerin paikalta perjantaina eronneen Heidi Hautalan (vihr.) seuraaja arvioi.
Haavisto arvioi nykyisen hallituksen pystyvän muodostamaan "yhteisen tahtotilan" johtajien ylisuurten palkkioiden pienentämiseksi.
Myös valtiovarainministeri Jutta Urpilainen (sd.) on jo aikaisemmin esittänyt kantanaan, että valtionyhtiöiden johtajien olisi pyrittävä tietynlaiseen palkkamalttiin.
Haavisto nimitetään tänään uudeksi kehitysministeriksi presidentin esittelyssä.
Haavisto ei vielä eilisiltana ottanut kantaa siihen, noudattaako hän omistajaohjauksessa edeltäjänsä Heidi Hautalan linjaa. Hänen mukaansa eduskunnassa on ensin syytä keskustella siitä, missä menee ohjausministerin vaikuttamisen raja.
Kehitysyhteistyössä Haavisto aikoo lisätä Suomen aktiivisuutta rauhanvälityksessä.
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-1288610505113.html
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Päivän lehti on kuin Sodoman Sanomat!!!Torstai 17.10.2013 19:19
Sellaista Se on usa:saa!!!Torstai 17.10.2013 19:16
US Army defines Christian ministry as 'domestic hate group'
Several dozen U.S. Army active duty and reserve troops were told last week that the American Family Association, a well-respected Christian ministry, should be classified as a domestic hate group because the group advocates for traditional family values.
The briefing was held at Camp Shelby in Mississippi and listed the AFA alongside domestic hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam.
A soldier who attended the briefing contacted me and sent me a photograph of a slide show presentation that listed AFA as a domestic hate group. Under the AFA headline is a photograph of Westboro Baptist Church preacher Fred Phelps holding a sign reading “No special law for f***.”
American Family Association has absolutely no affiliation with the controversial church group known for picketing the funerals of American servicemembers.
It looks like the Obama administration is separating the military from the American people.
“I had to show Americans what our soldiers are now being taught,” said the soldier who asked not to be identified. “I couldn’t just let this one pass.”
The soldier said a chaplain interrupted the briefing and challenged the instructorÂ’s assertion that AFA is a hate group.
“The instructor said AFA could be considered a hate group because they don’t like gays,” the soldier told me. “The slide was talking about how AFA refers to gays as sinners and heathens and derogatory terms.”
The soldier, who is an evangelical Christian, said the chaplain defended the Christian ministry.
“He kept asking the instructor, ‘Are you sure about that, son? Are you sure about that?’” he said, recalling the back and forth.
Later in the briefing, the soldiers were reportedly told that they could face punishment for participating in organizations that are considered hate groups.
That considered, the soldier contacted me because he is a financial contributor to the AFA ministry.
“I donate to AFA as often as I can,” he said. “Am I going to be punished? I listen to American Family Radio all day. If they hear it on my radio, will I be faced with a Uniformed Code of Military Justice charge?”
The soldier said he was “completely taken back by this blatant attack not only on the AFA but Christians and our beliefs.”
ItÂ’s not the first time the Army has accused conservative Christian groups of being domestic hate groups.
Earlier this year, I exposed Army briefings that classified evangelical Christians and Catholics as examples of religious extremism.
Another briefing told officers to pay close attention to troops who supported groups like AFA and the Family Research Council.
One officer said the two Christian ministries did not “share our Army Values.”
“When we see behaviors that are inconsistent with Army Values – don’t just walk by – do the right thing and address the concern before it becomes a problem,” the officer wrote in an email to his subordinates.
At the time the military assured me those briefings were isolated incidents and did not reflect official Army policy.
If thatÂ’s true, how do they explain what happened at Camp Shelby?
I contacted the Pentagon for an answer but they referred me to Army public affairs. And so far – they haven’t returned my calls.
And their claim that the classifications are “isolated” is not washing with AFA.
“The American Family Association has received numerous accounts of military installations as well as law enforcement agencies using a list compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which wrongfully identifies and defames AFA,” reads a statement they sent me.
Bryan Fischer hosts a talk show on American Family Radio. He called the Army’s allegations “libelous, slanderous and blatantly false.”
“This mischaracterization of AFA is reprehensible and inexcusable,” he told me. “We have many military members who are a part of the AFA network who know these accusations are a tissue of lies.”
Fischer said their views on gay marriage and homosexuality are not hate – it’s simply a disagreement.
“If our military wasn’t headed by a commander-in-chief who is hostile to Christian faith, these allegations would be laughed off every military base in the world,” he said.
Hiram Sasser, of the Liberty Institute, told me the ArmyÂ’s briefing is a smear.
He recalled what President Obama said last year when Muslim extremists attacked our diplomatic outpost in Libya.
“Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths,” President Obama said. “We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.”
Sasser said he wished the president and the Army would treat the American Family Association with the same deference and respect they show those who mean to harm us.
“Why must the Army under this administration continue to attack Americans of faith and smear them?” Sasser wondered.
I fear the answer to that question.
Because it appears the Obama administration is separating the military from the American people – and planting seeds of doubt about Christians and some of our nation’s most prominent Christian ministries.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/14/us-army-defines-christian-ministry-as-domestic-hate-group/?intcmp=latestnews
Several dozen U.S. Army active duty and reserve troops were told last week that the American Family Association, a well-respected Christian ministry, should be classified as a domestic hate group because the group advocates for traditional family values.
The briefing was held at Camp Shelby in Mississippi and listed the AFA alongside domestic hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam.
A soldier who attended the briefing contacted me and sent me a photograph of a slide show presentation that listed AFA as a domestic hate group. Under the AFA headline is a photograph of Westboro Baptist Church preacher Fred Phelps holding a sign reading “No special law for f***.”
American Family Association has absolutely no affiliation with the controversial church group known for picketing the funerals of American servicemembers.
It looks like the Obama administration is separating the military from the American people.
“I had to show Americans what our soldiers are now being taught,” said the soldier who asked not to be identified. “I couldn’t just let this one pass.”
The soldier said a chaplain interrupted the briefing and challenged the instructorÂ’s assertion that AFA is a hate group.
“The instructor said AFA could be considered a hate group because they don’t like gays,” the soldier told me. “The slide was talking about how AFA refers to gays as sinners and heathens and derogatory terms.”
The soldier, who is an evangelical Christian, said the chaplain defended the Christian ministry.
“He kept asking the instructor, ‘Are you sure about that, son? Are you sure about that?’” he said, recalling the back and forth.
Later in the briefing, the soldiers were reportedly told that they could face punishment for participating in organizations that are considered hate groups.
That considered, the soldier contacted me because he is a financial contributor to the AFA ministry.
“I donate to AFA as often as I can,” he said. “Am I going to be punished? I listen to American Family Radio all day. If they hear it on my radio, will I be faced with a Uniformed Code of Military Justice charge?”
The soldier said he was “completely taken back by this blatant attack not only on the AFA but Christians and our beliefs.”
ItÂ’s not the first time the Army has accused conservative Christian groups of being domestic hate groups.
Earlier this year, I exposed Army briefings that classified evangelical Christians and Catholics as examples of religious extremism.
Another briefing told officers to pay close attention to troops who supported groups like AFA and the Family Research Council.
One officer said the two Christian ministries did not “share our Army Values.”
“When we see behaviors that are inconsistent with Army Values – don’t just walk by – do the right thing and address the concern before it becomes a problem,” the officer wrote in an email to his subordinates.
At the time the military assured me those briefings were isolated incidents and did not reflect official Army policy.
If thatÂ’s true, how do they explain what happened at Camp Shelby?
I contacted the Pentagon for an answer but they referred me to Army public affairs. And so far – they haven’t returned my calls.
And their claim that the classifications are “isolated” is not washing with AFA.
“The American Family Association has received numerous accounts of military installations as well as law enforcement agencies using a list compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which wrongfully identifies and defames AFA,” reads a statement they sent me.
Bryan Fischer hosts a talk show on American Family Radio. He called the Army’s allegations “libelous, slanderous and blatantly false.”
“This mischaracterization of AFA is reprehensible and inexcusable,” he told me. “We have many military members who are a part of the AFA network who know these accusations are a tissue of lies.”
Fischer said their views on gay marriage and homosexuality are not hate – it’s simply a disagreement.
“If our military wasn’t headed by a commander-in-chief who is hostile to Christian faith, these allegations would be laughed off every military base in the world,” he said.
Hiram Sasser, of the Liberty Institute, told me the ArmyÂ’s briefing is a smear.
He recalled what President Obama said last year when Muslim extremists attacked our diplomatic outpost in Libya.
“Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths,” President Obama said. “We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.”
Sasser said he wished the president and the Army would treat the American Family Association with the same deference and respect they show those who mean to harm us.
“Why must the Army under this administration continue to attack Americans of faith and smear them?” Sasser wondered.
I fear the answer to that question.
Because it appears the Obama administration is separating the military from the American people – and planting seeds of doubt about Christians and some of our nation’s most prominent Christian ministries.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/14/us-army-defines-christian-ministry-as-domestic-hate-group/?intcmp=latestnews
Kerron kylmän totuuden uskonnoista ja koskee muitakin uskoja sama.Torstai 17.10.2013 03:40
Olipa kerran kaksi ihmistä. Toinen ihminen tappoi toisen ihmisen tappelun, muuten vaan, itsepuolustaakseen itseä tai tahallaan.
seuraukset koskien raamatan käskyä kristitylle että elä tapa ja tarkoittaa että kasteen jälkeen väkivaltaa ei saa käytää vaan puolustaa saa itseä kaikin keinoin vaikka kiertää paha kaikin mahdollisin keinoin.
Nyt on kysymys ihmisistä jotka ei ole uskossa niin tappavat toisen.
Jeesus kristus ei ala syntisten kanssa millekkään kuten uusitestamentti, evamkeliumi johanneksen mukaan kolmas luku sen jo kertoo meille.
Tarkoittaa synti, sovitus ja kaste. Syntyä vedestä ja hengestä eli upotuskaste. Kun tappaa toisen niin hän joutuu kadotukseen kkun hän ei ole uskossa ja kastetta saanut kuten raamatussa se mainitaan että jeesus ei ala syntisten kans millekkään. Menihän jeesuksen kuoltua risstillä paljon lainoppineita ja muita jeesuksen vastustajia rotkoon kun maa halkeili ja he kuoli.
Se on ilkeää että kun kuulee että uskoton on tapettu ja tappaja kääntyy sovituksen jälkeen uskoon ja ottaa kasteen niin se on anteeksi annettu mutta ei ihmiset sitä hänelle anteeksi anna ja aivan oikeen mutta hän pääsee taivaaseen mutta se ei joka kuoli uskottomana. Näin raamattu keroo minulle.
Kyllä ne uskottomat tapetut nousee kadotuksesta vaikka yksi päivä sielä on pitkä ja ikuisuus vielä pitempi kadotuksessa niin kyllä he tuomiolle sieltä nousee.
Ehdotan kristittynä sellaista asiaa että kiertäkää kaikki paha loppuun asti.
Kun tappaa toisen niin mielestäni pitää antaa sille tekiälle samalla mitalla.
Ensin menee pyhänhengen häpäisy jota ei saa anteeksi ja se on mahdoton tehdä kun jeesus ei ole täällä mutta murha menee pyhänhengen häpäisyn perässä.
En arvosta kristittynä uskovia murhaajia ja saisivat kuolla kans yhtä lailla.
Olen itse sellainen kristitty että annan samalla mitalla koska mahdollisuutta ei anneta toiselle tai elää hänen.
Kun toinen polvillaa rukoilee ja sanoo että elä tapa ja toinen tappaa polvillaan rukoilevan niin mielestäni se tappaja hengiltä välittömästä!!!!!!!!! :( Nämä on mun kylmät sanat kaikille.
Tunnen raamatun aika hyvin kun eeräs vanki mulle pariviikkoa sitten tenttas minua ja sanoi: Kyllä tiedät ja tulkitset oikeen. En aina tarvi raamattua mukaan kun tiedän sen aika hyvin :)
seuraukset koskien raamatan käskyä kristitylle että elä tapa ja tarkoittaa että kasteen jälkeen väkivaltaa ei saa käytää vaan puolustaa saa itseä kaikin keinoin vaikka kiertää paha kaikin mahdollisin keinoin.
Nyt on kysymys ihmisistä jotka ei ole uskossa niin tappavat toisen.
Jeesus kristus ei ala syntisten kanssa millekkään kuten uusitestamentti, evamkeliumi johanneksen mukaan kolmas luku sen jo kertoo meille.
Tarkoittaa synti, sovitus ja kaste. Syntyä vedestä ja hengestä eli upotuskaste. Kun tappaa toisen niin hän joutuu kadotukseen kkun hän ei ole uskossa ja kastetta saanut kuten raamatussa se mainitaan että jeesus ei ala syntisten kans millekkään. Menihän jeesuksen kuoltua risstillä paljon lainoppineita ja muita jeesuksen vastustajia rotkoon kun maa halkeili ja he kuoli.
Se on ilkeää että kun kuulee että uskoton on tapettu ja tappaja kääntyy sovituksen jälkeen uskoon ja ottaa kasteen niin se on anteeksi annettu mutta ei ihmiset sitä hänelle anteeksi anna ja aivan oikeen mutta hän pääsee taivaaseen mutta se ei joka kuoli uskottomana. Näin raamattu keroo minulle.
Kyllä ne uskottomat tapetut nousee kadotuksesta vaikka yksi päivä sielä on pitkä ja ikuisuus vielä pitempi kadotuksessa niin kyllä he tuomiolle sieltä nousee.
Ehdotan kristittynä sellaista asiaa että kiertäkää kaikki paha loppuun asti.
Kun tappaa toisen niin mielestäni pitää antaa sille tekiälle samalla mitalla.
Ensin menee pyhänhengen häpäisy jota ei saa anteeksi ja se on mahdoton tehdä kun jeesus ei ole täällä mutta murha menee pyhänhengen häpäisyn perässä.
En arvosta kristittynä uskovia murhaajia ja saisivat kuolla kans yhtä lailla.
Olen itse sellainen kristitty että annan samalla mitalla koska mahdollisuutta ei anneta toiselle tai elää hänen.
Kun toinen polvillaa rukoilee ja sanoo että elä tapa ja toinen tappaa polvillaan rukoilevan niin mielestäni se tappaja hengiltä välittömästä!!!!!!!!! :( Nämä on mun kylmät sanat kaikille.
Tunnen raamatun aika hyvin kun eeräs vanki mulle pariviikkoa sitten tenttas minua ja sanoi: Kyllä tiedät ja tulkitset oikeen. En aina tarvi raamattua mukaan kun tiedän sen aika hyvin :)
Nappailetko liikaa D-vitamiinia? - "Joudun jo kieltämään potilailta"Torstai 17.10.2013 00:41
Lääke-teollisuus renkineen alkaa hätäilee, kun ihmiset tervehtyvät... Kumma kyllä, samat tyypit eivät varoita lääkkeiden vaaroista, jotka tappavat miljoonia vuodessa!!!.
Vaikka pelkkä ruoka riittäisi turvaamaan suomalaisille miehille riittävän D-vitamiinin saannin, turvautuu joka kolmas työikäisistä miehistä silti vitamiinipurkkiin.
Tämä käy ilmi Terveyden- ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen perjantaina julkistetusta Finravinto 2012 -tutkimuksesta.
D-vitamiinin lisääminen elintarvikkeisiin on nostanut tutkimuksen mukaan suomalaisten D-vitamiinitason lähelle suositusarvoja.
Miehillä suositukset täyttyvät pelkän ravinnon avulla, naisilla ne jäävät hieman alle, eli he tarvitsevat ruoan rinnalle vitamiinilisän. Työikäisistä naisista 55 prosenttia käyttääkin vitamiinilisää turvatakseen riittävän D-vitamiinin saannin.
Uusien suositusten mukaan D-vitamiinia tulisi saada kymmenen mikrogramman verran vuorokaudessa. Ravinnosta tämän saa, kun syö kalaa 2-3 kertaa viikossa ja nauttii maitovalmisteita, joihin on lisätty D-vitamiinia. Esimerkiksi luomumaitoa juovat ottavat usein vitamiininsa purkista, sillä luomumaitoon ei lisätä D-vitamiinia.
Joillakin D-vitamiinin suositusarvot uhkaavat kuitenkin ylittyä.
- Joudun jo kieltämään joiltakin potilailtani D-vitamiinivalmisteiden käytön, koska D-vitaminoituja maitotuotteita menee niin paljon, kertoo apulaisprofessori Ursula Schwab Itä-Suomen yliopistosta.
Suomessa myydään D-vitamiinitabletteja, joiden vahvuus saattaa olla jopa sata mikrogrammaa, eli kymmenkertainen määrä vuorokausiannoksen uuteen suositukseen verrattuna.
Schwabin mukaan Norjassa on jo puhuttu, ettei apteekeissa saisi edes myydä valmisteita, joissa on enemmän kuin 20 mikrogrammaa D-vitamiinia.
Tämänhetkisen tutkimustiedon mukaan 80 mikrogrammaa näyttäisi olevan turvallisen vuorokausiannoksen yläraja. Ongelmana on kuitenkin, ettei pitkän ajan tutkimuksia aiheesta ole vielä tehty.
Professori Matti Uusituvan mukaan maailmalla on tekeillä useita tutkimuksia D-vitamiinin käytön vaikutuksista erilaisilla annostuksilla, mutta tuloksia pitää odottaa vielä muutama vuosi.
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/terveys/art-1288609900293.html
Vaikka pelkkä ruoka riittäisi turvaamaan suomalaisille miehille riittävän D-vitamiinin saannin, turvautuu joka kolmas työikäisistä miehistä silti vitamiinipurkkiin.
Tämä käy ilmi Terveyden- ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen perjantaina julkistetusta Finravinto 2012 -tutkimuksesta.
D-vitamiinin lisääminen elintarvikkeisiin on nostanut tutkimuksen mukaan suomalaisten D-vitamiinitason lähelle suositusarvoja.
Miehillä suositukset täyttyvät pelkän ravinnon avulla, naisilla ne jäävät hieman alle, eli he tarvitsevat ruoan rinnalle vitamiinilisän. Työikäisistä naisista 55 prosenttia käyttääkin vitamiinilisää turvatakseen riittävän D-vitamiinin saannin.
Uusien suositusten mukaan D-vitamiinia tulisi saada kymmenen mikrogramman verran vuorokaudessa. Ravinnosta tämän saa, kun syö kalaa 2-3 kertaa viikossa ja nauttii maitovalmisteita, joihin on lisätty D-vitamiinia. Esimerkiksi luomumaitoa juovat ottavat usein vitamiininsa purkista, sillä luomumaitoon ei lisätä D-vitamiinia.
Joillakin D-vitamiinin suositusarvot uhkaavat kuitenkin ylittyä.
- Joudun jo kieltämään joiltakin potilailtani D-vitamiinivalmisteiden käytön, koska D-vitaminoituja maitotuotteita menee niin paljon, kertoo apulaisprofessori Ursula Schwab Itä-Suomen yliopistosta.
Suomessa myydään D-vitamiinitabletteja, joiden vahvuus saattaa olla jopa sata mikrogrammaa, eli kymmenkertainen määrä vuorokausiannoksen uuteen suositukseen verrattuna.
Schwabin mukaan Norjassa on jo puhuttu, ettei apteekeissa saisi edes myydä valmisteita, joissa on enemmän kuin 20 mikrogrammaa D-vitamiinia.
Tämänhetkisen tutkimustiedon mukaan 80 mikrogrammaa näyttäisi olevan turvallisen vuorokausiannoksen yläraja. Ongelmana on kuitenkin, ettei pitkän ajan tutkimuksia aiheesta ole vielä tehty.
Professori Matti Uusituvan mukaan maailmalla on tekeillä useita tutkimuksia D-vitamiinin käytön vaikutuksista erilaisilla annostuksilla, mutta tuloksia pitää odottaa vielä muutama vuosi.
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/terveys/art-1288609900293.html
Messiaan askeleet etenevät edelleen...Torstai 17.10.2013 00:39
Voimakas järistys iski Papua-Uuden-Guinean lähistöllä.
Tyynellä valtamerellä on tapahtunut voimakas maanjäristys. Voimakkuus oli Yhdysvaltain geologisen tutkimuskeskuksen mukaan 7,1.
Järistys tapahtui Papua-Uuden-Guinean rannikon edustalla reilun 70 kilometrin päässä saaren pääkaupungista Bougainvillesta.
Keskus oli lähes 60 kilometrin syvyydessä.
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/ulkomaat/art-1288610279448.html
Tyynellä valtamerellä on tapahtunut voimakas maanjäristys. Voimakkuus oli Yhdysvaltain geologisen tutkimuskeskuksen mukaan 7,1.
Järistys tapahtui Papua-Uuden-Guinean rannikon edustalla reilun 70 kilometrin päässä saaren pääkaupungista Bougainvillesta.
Keskus oli lähes 60 kilometrin syvyydessä.
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/ulkomaat/art-1288610279448.html
Enkelin kääntyminen.Torstai 17.10.2013 00:37
THE STORY ..........
With the limited space available I will give you a short in-site into how God changed my life "Forever".
I must admit that I do not have any excuse for the direction my life took. It was choices I made bad choices at that. I was raised in a God fearing home and my parents loved Jesus and went to church on a regular basis. I enjoyed church for a while but things around me started to become so attractive hence the name of the book I wrote " Deceived"
I grew up in a good Christian home, but submitted to peer pressure and my own inner lust at the age of 12. I became a drug addict and alcoholic at the age of 17 yrs.
I was drafted into the South African Navy to do military service and for me this was an opportunity to check out the drug & gang scene on the Cape flats... ' It rocked', here was this white bro 'hitting the streets' on weekends and "time off' in this so called " non white area" with a local gang called the MM. It wasnÂ’t long and I hooked up with a girl whose brother was master of arms for MM known to be one of the largest gangs on the cape flats at that stage.
The year in the Navy turned out to be disastrous as I look back today, first my mother died while I was in the navy, I was in military hospital for drugs, I was charged for malicious damage to property when I went on the rampage in a hotel in Cape Town, man this could just not get any freaking worse.
On completion of my training my dad commented that in fact I looked worse than I did before I went into the military. Not long after the end of my military service I again met up with a member of the HELLS ANGELS JO'BURG and eventually the local Chapter in South Africa. I was at that stage the youngest member and loved fighting so earned the nickname ' Billy The Kid '. I quickly fitted into this subculture of bikes, fighting, women and some things I cannot tell. During the day I would hook up with a gang doing robberies and drugs and at night became this possesed biker who hated everyone who was not part of the 'brotherhood' (they were 'peasants') I loved hurting people the bigger the better. After many close encounters with death, God began to work and answer the prayers of a Christian mother who never stopped believing that God could deliver her son from darkness.
Things took a drastic turn after I was 'spat out' by society with no friends, no job, no money absolutely nothing, I had a shattered life, accidents, overdoses, an abortion, Satan worship to mention but a few things.
Now I was alone trying to start all over at the age of 21, standing on the second floor of a hostel I was approached by a young man and invited to a church service I refused and the entire weekend I could not sleep, by the Tuesday I was in such a state that I realized that I needed to get my life sorted out, I could not take this any longer in my small room I fell on my knees all alone and wept for the first time in years. I asked God if it was possible to forgive me for all I had done this continued for I donÂ’t know how long but while I was weeping there was a knock at the door. At first I was embarrassed to open but the knocking was persistent, eventually I washed my face opened the door and there was a man dressed in a jacket and tie. He told me that while sitting at home God had told him that someone was in desperate need, he drove as God directed him and stopped at the hostel walked up and down the 3 storey building and each time he passed my door God would urge him to knock. The minute he told me his story I knew God cared and was real and that God had just heard my desperate cry for help and forgiveness. The fact that God would send someone directly to my door overwhelmed me than and does the same for me some 35 years later.
This act of God would stay with me for the rest of my life through many difficult times I have always known that God loves and cares for me as he does for us all and he is never to busy to hear our cry for forgiveness and than we become his children he hears our every cry, prayer and supplication.
God is so good to me I was instantly delivered from drugs although I suffered with "flashbacks" for a few years it was soon over. I am now married and have 3 wonderful children and 6 beautiful grandchildren. I have been involved with youth & students for many years and God has used me over the years to share my testimony with thousands of young people from all over the world.
If you are praying for someone or perhaps you yourself are struggling with many issues in life and you know that you need a change, a lasting one, than drop me an email via this website or should you wish to order a book please do so, the book is only 90 pages (took me 3 years to write) but its normally read in one sitting with amazing responses. It also makes the ideal gift for someone who may be struggling a troubled teenager or a biker who wants to break loose.
I could continue for days to tell what God has done & is still doing for me BUT why not try it for yourself. I am also available to share my story so feel free to drop me a line my promise to Jesus many years ago was that any place, anytime, I will proclaim his mighty power to save from the gutter most to the uttermost.
Yours in Christ
Billy The Kid
http://billythekid.co.za/the-story.php
With the limited space available I will give you a short in-site into how God changed my life "Forever".
I must admit that I do not have any excuse for the direction my life took. It was choices I made bad choices at that. I was raised in a God fearing home and my parents loved Jesus and went to church on a regular basis. I enjoyed church for a while but things around me started to become so attractive hence the name of the book I wrote " Deceived"
I grew up in a good Christian home, but submitted to peer pressure and my own inner lust at the age of 12. I became a drug addict and alcoholic at the age of 17 yrs.
I was drafted into the South African Navy to do military service and for me this was an opportunity to check out the drug & gang scene on the Cape flats... ' It rocked', here was this white bro 'hitting the streets' on weekends and "time off' in this so called " non white area" with a local gang called the MM. It wasnÂ’t long and I hooked up with a girl whose brother was master of arms for MM known to be one of the largest gangs on the cape flats at that stage.
The year in the Navy turned out to be disastrous as I look back today, first my mother died while I was in the navy, I was in military hospital for drugs, I was charged for malicious damage to property when I went on the rampage in a hotel in Cape Town, man this could just not get any freaking worse.
On completion of my training my dad commented that in fact I looked worse than I did before I went into the military. Not long after the end of my military service I again met up with a member of the HELLS ANGELS JO'BURG and eventually the local Chapter in South Africa. I was at that stage the youngest member and loved fighting so earned the nickname ' Billy The Kid '. I quickly fitted into this subculture of bikes, fighting, women and some things I cannot tell. During the day I would hook up with a gang doing robberies and drugs and at night became this possesed biker who hated everyone who was not part of the 'brotherhood' (they were 'peasants') I loved hurting people the bigger the better. After many close encounters with death, God began to work and answer the prayers of a Christian mother who never stopped believing that God could deliver her son from darkness.
Things took a drastic turn after I was 'spat out' by society with no friends, no job, no money absolutely nothing, I had a shattered life, accidents, overdoses, an abortion, Satan worship to mention but a few things.
Now I was alone trying to start all over at the age of 21, standing on the second floor of a hostel I was approached by a young man and invited to a church service I refused and the entire weekend I could not sleep, by the Tuesday I was in such a state that I realized that I needed to get my life sorted out, I could not take this any longer in my small room I fell on my knees all alone and wept for the first time in years. I asked God if it was possible to forgive me for all I had done this continued for I donÂ’t know how long but while I was weeping there was a knock at the door. At first I was embarrassed to open but the knocking was persistent, eventually I washed my face opened the door and there was a man dressed in a jacket and tie. He told me that while sitting at home God had told him that someone was in desperate need, he drove as God directed him and stopped at the hostel walked up and down the 3 storey building and each time he passed my door God would urge him to knock. The minute he told me his story I knew God cared and was real and that God had just heard my desperate cry for help and forgiveness. The fact that God would send someone directly to my door overwhelmed me than and does the same for me some 35 years later.
This act of God would stay with me for the rest of my life through many difficult times I have always known that God loves and cares for me as he does for us all and he is never to busy to hear our cry for forgiveness and than we become his children he hears our every cry, prayer and supplication.
God is so good to me I was instantly delivered from drugs although I suffered with "flashbacks" for a few years it was soon over. I am now married and have 3 wonderful children and 6 beautiful grandchildren. I have been involved with youth & students for many years and God has used me over the years to share my testimony with thousands of young people from all over the world.
If you are praying for someone or perhaps you yourself are struggling with many issues in life and you know that you need a change, a lasting one, than drop me an email via this website or should you wish to order a book please do so, the book is only 90 pages (took me 3 years to write) but its normally read in one sitting with amazing responses. It also makes the ideal gift for someone who may be struggling a troubled teenager or a biker who wants to break loose.
I could continue for days to tell what God has done & is still doing for me BUT why not try it for yourself. I am also available to share my story so feel free to drop me a line my promise to Jesus many years ago was that any place, anytime, I will proclaim his mighty power to save from the gutter most to the uttermost.
Yours in Christ
Billy The Kid
http://billythekid.co.za/the-story.php