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What could happen to America, if we continue down the debt road

Today, the YouCut project is launching our latest video news release that takes a look at the debt crisis facing this country, "Obama's Endgame: A Look at the National Debt."

To be clear, this is not a typical web video - this is an in-depth analysis of the impact of the national debt upon our nation's future and the government's actions over the past two years.

America is at a critical crossroads, and the path we take will determine the kind of country we want to be. Our country is facing serious challenges; this video is a serious and substantive look at the crisis of generational debt being created by government today.

Click here and take the time to watch this video and then send it to your friends and family - we need to put the spotlight on our national debt, so that together we can end Washington's culture of reckless spending.

Regards,

Rep. Eric Cantor
House Republican Whip

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The Spirit Confirms Your Salvation - Part 3

Romans 8:13 - "For if you live by its (your sinful nature's) dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live."

The Spirit gives you freedom. Now you're free -- to follow God's way, to follow the Spirit, to obey, to experience new desires and the power to follow them.

I've often told people, "I run around with all the women I want to run around with. I get drunk all I want to get drunk." Jesus has changed my want-to!

The Spirit changes our desires. My desires are becoming -- more and more each day -- the desires God has for me. His desires are becoming my desires. It's one of the characteristics of your life that will let you know you're a Christian -- your desires begin to change.

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The Spirit Confirms Your Salvation -- Part 2

Romans 8:12 -- "Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do."

The Spirit gives you a desire to do what's right. Before becoming a follower of Jesus, that desire either wasn't there or was produced by the expectations of others or the way we were brought up or how we wanted to appear.

And before salvation, we had no power to change. Our only option was doing our own thing. When the Spirit comes into our life, we have the power to change.

That's why we should never expect those who are not-yet Christians, to act like it. God doesn't say, "Clean up your life and then come to Me." He says, "Come just the way you are." He cleans us up; we can't do it on our own.

The Holy Spirit gives you a new nature, as opposed to the sinful nature you've always had. The new nature wants to do right. You're powerless against the old nature, without God's Spirit. But, the Spirit brings God's power to change. Your desire to change is a confirmation that God's Spirit lives in you.

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Experience the Spirit ... Really!

A generation ago, one of the spiritual giants was a man named A.W. Tozer. One of his best-known books is, Our Utmost For His Highest.

A friend sent me the following devotion on the Holy Spirit, written by Tozer:

The power of the Spirit will not be given to any mincing assent to pneumatological truth.

((What a way to start ... translated, it means the power of the Spirit isn't given to someone who just has a "head knowledge" of doctrine, without a "heart relationship".))

The Holy Spirit cares not at all whether we write Him into our creeds in the back of our hymnals; He waits for our emphasis. When He gets into the thinking of the teachers He will get into the expectation of the hearers. When the Holy Spirit ceases to be incidental and again becomes fundamental, the power of the Spirit will be asserted once more among the people called Christians.

The idea of the Spirit held by the average church member is so vague as to be nearly nonexistent. When he thinks of the matter at all he is likely to try to imagine a nebulous substance like a wisp of invisible smoke which is said to be present in churches and to hover over good people when they are dying.

Frankly he does not believe in any such thing, but he wants to believe something, and not feeling up to the task of examining the whole truth in the light of Scripture he compromises by holding belief in the Spirit as far out from the center of his life as possible, letting it make no difference in anything that touches him practically.

This describes a surprisingly large number of earnest persons who are sincerely trying to be Christians.

Prayer: Lord, deliver me from untrue impressions of the Spirit. May I realize anew that He is a real Person, indwelling and empowering me and deserving of my worship and obedience. Amen.

Tozer on the Almighty God: A 366-Day Devotional.

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The Spirit Confirms Your Salvation - Part 1

Romans 8:11 -
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

You have a new power in your life. This verse, from the chapter we looked at Sunday, says it's like the power of the Resurrection of Jesus!

The same Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in every Christ-follower. The power of the Spirit cancels your past, can conquer your problems, and can change your personality.

So, let the Spirit live through you. Remind yourself, "I have a new power in my life".

Drew A. Hayes

Lead Pastor

The People's Church

Shelbyville & Tullahoma & Locations To Come

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5 Reasons to Vote for Jim Tracy Tomorrow

Friends,

Tennesseans will go to the polls
tomorrow. The
choice is clear who will represent our values in Congress, and I'm proud to
call him my husband. Jim Tracy is a lifelong Tennessean who has worked to
protect our families and small businesses. I want to share with you five
reasons to support Jim with your vote:

1. Jim has run a positive, issues-based campaign.
While opponents are caught up in petty she-said-she-said bickering, Jim has
been focused on listening to Tennesseans. It has been his priority
throughout this campaign, and will be his priority as your Congressman.

2. Jim has the right experience to fight for you in Washington.
As a former teacher and small business owner, he knows the importance of the
issues you face everyday. As a State Senator, Jim fought unnecessary
spending, and worked to make our communities safer.

3. Jim will crack down on illegal immigration.
He knows that we have to cut off illegal aliens' access to taxpayer funded
education and healthcare. In the State Senate, Jim fought against the
protections for illegal aliens that others tried to force through.

4. Jim represents our Tennessee values.
Washington already has too many Wall Street big spenders. Jim will take a
healthy dose of Main Street, common-sense conservative values to Congress.

5. Jim Tracy has a plan.
He knows that we can't continue down a path of reckless and irresponsible
spending. Congress should have to balance their checkbook the same way
regular Americans do. Jim is the only candidate with a plan to cut spending,
reduce the deficit, and de-fund ObamaCare.

I'm proud of Jim as my husband, and I will be proud to call him our
Congressman. We have built our family on our faith and values, and I know
Jim will continue to look to those in Congress.

Please remember to go to the polls tomorrow, and to vote for Jim Tracy when
you do.

Gratefully,

Trena Tracy

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