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WOUNDED WARRIOR MINISTRY
This page is dedicated to Chaplain Frank Orzio who in turn with his wife Sherrie has dedicated countless hours, efforts and energies to past and current Veterans. Hopefully, if Pastor Frank can find the time, he will provide us with messages of Spiritual wisdom that he is so well known for among his Brothers, helping us on our road to ongoing "recovery," both spiritually, physically and emotionally ("the wounds that don't show").
"May God Hold All Of Us Close To His Heart ..."
This page is dedicated to Chaplain Frank Orzio who in turn with his wife Sherrie has dedicated countless hours, efforts and energies to past and current Veterans. Hopefully, if Pastor Frank can find the time, he will provide us with messages of Spiritual wisdom that he is so well known for among his Brothers, helping us on our road to ongoing "recovery," both spiritually, physically and emotionally ("the wounds that don't show").
"May God Hold All Of Us Close To His Heart ..."
SUNDAY MESSAGE
Judges -10:13-14
''One Nation Under''
Judges -10:13-14
''One Nation Under''
''Among the Indians there have been no written laws. Customs handed down from generation
to generation have been the only laws to guide them. Everyone might act different from
what was considered right did he choose to do so, but such acts would bring upon him the
censure of the Nation...This fear of the Nation's censure acted as a mighty band, binding all
in one social, honorable compact.''
~ George Copway ''Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh"
Ojibwa Chief
And a Good Morning to All! ''Up-up'' now ... go grab that ''Cup O' Joe''... hasten to that cushion you like to plop down on and lets ''sit a spell''... time to Answer a Question that keeps ''Poppin'' up at different Veteran's Circles ... Our Nation ... are We Still ''One Nation, Under GOD'' or are we ...''One Nation Gone Under?!!''
Let Me Reflect way back when ... lets say back in my childhood days ... I remember my cousin and I, the ''Fighting Cousins'' as we would be called. If we weren't fighting each other ... well it was the neighborhood then that we'd be a ''pounding!''
I remember, we'd go "bee" hunting ... my cousin and I would go to the flower bush, catch bees and shake them in our hands! Sounds a little ''nutty'' but ... as long as you'd shake 'em, it was cool!
Now Alex ... he's the oldest of both of us says ...''Ya wanna hear them real good? DON'T shake them! ... so me ... I stop shaking them and listen! BAM! ... a taser like shock hits me! I'm a hollering and crying ... I look at Alex ... he's on the ground ''rolling'' around with tears in his eyes too! Why does he have tears in his eye's I'd ask myself? Why's he laughing so hard he's in tears!
''Hmmmmm!''... what was "that" about?... just a sideline to show the day's of our "innocence!"
You could leave the door of the house unlocked, or the windows of your car open. Come to think about it, if you weren't home by dark, you were invited to stay for dinner by the neighbor! And Saturday nights were ''Horror T.V.'' at the house of whatever ''Block Mom'' that was 'Lucky' enough to have the ''Gang'' over that day!
What ''Happened'' to those ''Happy Day's?'' Our Dad's, pretty much all of them, were WW2 Veteran's ... back then it was "GOD and Country."
On Sundays, there wasn't a ''soul'' to be seen in the neighborhood ... the Churches were ''packed'' ... didn't matter what Faith You were either! On the way home, you'd see the Priests ... Pastor's ... Ministers ... Preachers ... Rabbi's shaking hands with the "Believers" ... .and when you ''honked'' as you went by, folks would turn and ''wave'' at you and the Family! It WAS Good to be an ''American'' back then!
"What Happened?" I remember the Country had ''Prayer Day'' once a Year to ''Honor'' the Great ''Blessing's'' that GOD Bestowed on the Nation ... now there is only ''Silence''
Have ''We,'' as a Nation, turned our back on GOD like was done in the ''Old Testament?''
What happened to those Nations of past that turned away from GOD ... is it not happening to US now?
Let's see what the BIBLE says ... or better yet, "What did GOD say!?" ...
Judges 10-13:14 ...''You continue to abandon Me, and to Worship other gods ( money ) so, go away, I won't save you anymore. Go and cry to the new gods you have chosen! Let them save you in your hour of distress!''
OUCH! Seems GOD was a "little ... "P.O.'d" with someone on that note! Seems though, money, ''false teachers'' whom preach for money ... are "taking Us down" ... closing the ''Door'' on God!
That's NOT All Folks! ...
Job 5:3 ....''Those who turn away from God may be successful for a moment, but then comes sudden disaster.''
Remember the City of Babylon?...
Genesis-11-3:4..''The people who lived there began to talk about building a 'Great City' ... with a 'Temple-Tower' reaching to the skies ... a proud, eternal monument to themselves!''
Does the word ''Twin Tower's'' ... a monument of a ''Money Oriented Nation'' ring a bell?
Deuteronomy 28-43:44 ...''Foreigners living among you shall become richer and richer while you become poorer and poorer. They shall lend to you, and not you to them. They shall be the head ... you shall be the tail!''
What happened to "GOD and Country" ... working here at home ... producing our own goods ... keeping jobs here for ''Our Country''... giving God His ''Fair Tithes'' with our labor and Love?
Seems we, as a Nation, abandoned our own People who in ''Distress'' are abandoning GOD!
Now ... GET THIS! ... again It is Written! ...
Deuteronomy 28-49:50 ...''The Lord WILL bring a distant Nation against you, swooping down upon you as an eagle (Jet Crashes at the Towers) ... a Nation whose language you don't understand, a Nation of fierce and angry men who will have "no mercy" on young or old.''
Deuteronomy 8:20...''Just as the Lord has caused other nations in the past to perish, that will be YOUR fate too, if you don't obey the Lord your GOD.''
''On bended knee ... on bended knee, I ask in God's Name ... consider all that I have ''Preached'' today ... I am only the messenger, delivering the Message. We as a Nation ''STILL HAVE TIME!''
Again ... what does the ''Bible'' say ... oops ... what does GOD say? ...
2 Chronicles 7-14:15 ... "If MY People Will Humble Themselves and Pray, and Search for ME, and Turn Away From Their Wicked Ways, I Will Hear Them from Heaven and Forgive Their sins and Heal Their Land. I Will Listen Wide Awake to Every Prayer Made in This Place."
I'll leave it at that ... I'm sure as the Day is long, I've ruffled some feathers. But as I have said, I'm only the ''Messenger''.
Right now I think I'll call my cousin, Alex, and ask him to lets go find some ant's and "Toast 'em" with the magnifying glass ... only this time ... I ain't a gonna let him sit ME down on the ''Ant Pile'' so they don't run away! ... AAARRRGGGHHH!'
Time for a ''Refill'' of my "Joe," but ... I leave you with these ''Parables!''
''Team Work Makes Dreams Work!''
''The subjects of the kingdom should display the manners of the court''
''With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.''
Sherrie and I Pray with and for you ... our "Warriors," and this "Great Nation"
As President Reagan once said, "We Truly are ''One Nation Under GOD' and if We take GOD out of
the Equation, we then will become "One Nation Gone Under!"
"GOD Bless America" ... for it is in "GOD WE TRUST!"
to generation have been the only laws to guide them. Everyone might act different from
what was considered right did he choose to do so, but such acts would bring upon him the
censure of the Nation...This fear of the Nation's censure acted as a mighty band, binding all
in one social, honorable compact.''
~ George Copway ''Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh"
Ojibwa Chief
And a Good Morning to All! ''Up-up'' now ... go grab that ''Cup O' Joe''... hasten to that cushion you like to plop down on and lets ''sit a spell''... time to Answer a Question that keeps ''Poppin'' up at different Veteran's Circles ... Our Nation ... are We Still ''One Nation, Under GOD'' or are we ...''One Nation Gone Under?!!''Let Me Reflect way back when ... lets say back in my childhood days ... I remember my cousin and I, the ''Fighting Cousins'' as we would be called. If we weren't fighting each other ... well it was the neighborhood then that we'd be a ''pounding!''
I remember, we'd go "bee" hunting ... my cousin and I would go to the flower bush, catch bees and shake them in our hands! Sounds a little ''nutty'' but ... as long as you'd shake 'em, it was cool!
Now Alex ... he's the oldest of both of us says ...''Ya wanna hear them real good? DON'T shake them! ... so me ... I stop shaking them and listen! BAM! ... a taser like shock hits me! I'm a hollering and crying ... I look at Alex ... he's on the ground ''rolling'' around with tears in his eyes too! Why does he have tears in his eye's I'd ask myself? Why's he laughing so hard he's in tears!
''Hmmmmm!''... what was "that" about?... just a sideline to show the day's of our "innocence!"
You could leave the door of the house unlocked, or the windows of your car open. Come to think about it, if you weren't home by dark, you were invited to stay for dinner by the neighbor! And Saturday nights were ''Horror T.V.'' at the house of whatever ''Block Mom'' that was 'Lucky' enough to have the ''Gang'' over that day!
What ''Happened'' to those ''Happy Day's?'' Our Dad's, pretty much all of them, were WW2 Veteran's ... back then it was "GOD and Country."
On Sundays, there wasn't a ''soul'' to be seen in the neighborhood ... the Churches were ''packed'' ... didn't matter what Faith You were either! On the way home, you'd see the Priests ... Pastor's ... Ministers ... Preachers ... Rabbi's shaking hands with the "Believers" ... .and when you ''honked'' as you went by, folks would turn and ''wave'' at you and the Family! It WAS Good to be an ''American'' back then!
"What Happened?" I remember the Country had ''Prayer Day'' once a Year to ''Honor'' the Great ''Blessing's'' that GOD Bestowed on the Nation ... now there is only ''Silence''
Have ''We,'' as a Nation, turned our back on GOD like was done in the ''Old Testament?''
What happened to those Nations of past that turned away from GOD ... is it not happening to US now?
Let's see what the BIBLE says ... or better yet, "What did GOD say!?" ...
Judges 10-13:14 ...''You continue to abandon Me, and to Worship other gods ( money ) so, go away, I won't save you anymore. Go and cry to the new gods you have chosen! Let them save you in your hour of distress!''
OUCH! Seems GOD was a "little ... "P.O.'d" with someone on that note! Seems though, money, ''false teachers'' whom preach for money ... are "taking Us down" ... closing the ''Door'' on God!
That's NOT All Folks! ...
Job 5:3 ....''Those who turn away from God may be successful for a moment, but then comes sudden disaster.''
Remember the City of Babylon?...
Genesis-11-3:4..''The people who lived there began to talk about building a 'Great City' ... with a 'Temple-Tower' reaching to the skies ... a proud, eternal monument to themselves!''
Does the word ''Twin Tower's'' ... a monument of a ''Money Oriented Nation'' ring a bell?
Deuteronomy 28-43:44 ...''Foreigners living among you shall become richer and richer while you become poorer and poorer. They shall lend to you, and not you to them. They shall be the head ... you shall be the tail!''
What happened to "GOD and Country" ... working here at home ... producing our own goods ... keeping jobs here for ''Our Country''... giving God His ''Fair Tithes'' with our labor and Love?
Seems we, as a Nation, abandoned our own People who in ''Distress'' are abandoning GOD!
Now ... GET THIS! ... again It is Written! ...
Deuteronomy 28-49:50 ...''The Lord WILL bring a distant Nation against you, swooping down upon you as an eagle (Jet Crashes at the Towers) ... a Nation whose language you don't understand, a Nation of fierce and angry men who will have "no mercy" on young or old.''
Deuteronomy 8:20...''Just as the Lord has caused other nations in the past to perish, that will be YOUR fate too, if you don't obey the Lord your GOD.''
''On bended knee ... on bended knee, I ask in God's Name ... consider all that I have ''Preached'' today ... I am only the messenger, delivering the Message. We as a Nation ''STILL HAVE TIME!''
Again ... what does the ''Bible'' say ... oops ... what does GOD say? ...
2 Chronicles 7-14:15 ... "If MY People Will Humble Themselves and Pray, and Search for ME, and Turn Away From Their Wicked Ways, I Will Hear Them from Heaven and Forgive Their sins and Heal Their Land. I Will Listen Wide Awake to Every Prayer Made in This Place."
I'll leave it at that ... I'm sure as the Day is long, I've ruffled some feathers. But as I have said, I'm only the ''Messenger''.
Right now I think I'll call my cousin, Alex, and ask him to lets go find some ant's and "Toast 'em" with the magnifying glass ... only this time ... I ain't a gonna let him sit ME down on the ''Ant Pile'' so they don't run away! ... AAARRRGGGHHH!'
Time for a ''Refill'' of my "Joe," but ... I leave you with these ''Parables!''
''Team Work Makes Dreams Work!''
''The subjects of the kingdom should display the manners of the court''
''With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.''
Sherrie and I Pray with and for you ... our "Warriors," and this "Great Nation"
As President Reagan once said, "We Truly are ''One Nation Under GOD' and if We take GOD out of
the Equation, we then will become "One Nation Gone Under!"
"GOD Bless America" ... for it is in "GOD WE TRUST!"
~ Pastor Frank the ''Preacher'' and Sherrie
PASTOR "Preacher" FRANK ORZIO
SHERRIE MURO-ORZIO
SHERRIE MURO-ORZIO