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Rev 22:20 ¶ He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.


Editor: John Greene	TPWMI EZINE

April, 1999

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Installing LOVE version 4.0

Service Rep: Hello, you have reached the Heart systems Software Company help desk. How may I help you?

Customer: I just received your latest program, LOVEv4.0...you know....the freeware. I don't understand it. Can tell me how to install it?

Service Rep: Sure thing ma'am. Do you have the installation disk and instructions with you?

Customer: Yes I do, but first can you tell me what the program does?

Service Rep: Sure thing ma'am. LOVE is a unique program, there is no other like it in the world. LOVE attaches to your operating system and runs silently in the background. You will never see LOVE on your monitor or your toolbar, but you will notice its affect on every application you have. It makes the good programs run smoother and greatly restricts and/or deletes the bad ones.

Customer: Wow! That sounds great. How does LOVE make my machine run smoother?

Service Rep: Well, good sound files, like COMPLIMENT.WAV, ENCOURAGEMENT.WAV, and KINDWORD.WAV will play frequently. Also, FORGIVENESS.EXE will be invoked every time there is an external violation, including the ever-popular syntax errors. Also, all those irritating errors that say "unable to connect" will be avoided. LOVE allows for a smooth connection with external devices, regardless of what country it is manufactured in, the brand name, or the age of the model.

Customer: That's exactly what I need, my machine has been isolated for too long. But what about the bad programs?

CS Rep: Good question. LOVE searches your memory for programs like HATE.COM, BITTERNESS.EXE, SELFISH.COM,and SPITE.EXE. These programs can't be entirely deleted off your hard drive, but LOVE overpowers those programs. LOVE stops their commands from being executed and runs its own instructions. You will no longer hear INSULT.WAV and you won't be able to write with the fonts "BADWORDS12" or HARSHNESS10."

Customer: That's a fantastic program you have. Are the upgrades free too?

CS Rep: They sure are ma'am.

Customer: How do I get the upgrades?

CS Rep: That's easy. Once you have LOVE installed and running, it automatically copies a module, or a piece of itself, to every external Harddrive Email And Remote Terminal (HEART) that it comes in contact with. In turn, those external devices run whatever version of LOVE they have and return a module to your HEART. You will be upgraded with each and every module that you receive. But you have to remember, to receive the upgrades you have to be running LOVE and you have to come into contact with other computers while it is running.

Customer: I can do that. I'm not very technical, but I think I am ready to install now. What do I do first?

CS Rep: The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART ma'am?

Customer: Yes I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to install while they are running?

CS Rep: What programs are running ma'am?

Customer: Let me see....I have PASTHURT.EXE, LOWESTEEM.EXE, GRUDGE.EXE, and RESENTMENT.COM running right now.

CS Rep: No problem. LOVE will automatically erase PASTHURT.EXE from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. LOVE will eventually overwrite LOWESTEEM.EXE with a module of its own called HIGHESTEEM.EXE. However, you have to completely turn off GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM. Those programs prevent LOVE from being properly installed. Can you turn those off ma'am?

Customer: I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

CS Rep: My pleasure. Go to your Start menu and invoke FORGIVENESS.EXE. Do this as many times as necessary until GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM have been completely erased.

Customer: Okay, I'm done. LOVE has started installing itself automatically. Is that normal?

CS Rep: Yes it is. You should receive a message that says it will reinstall for the life of your HEART. Do you see that message?

Customer: Yes I do. Is it completely installed?

CS Rep: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other HEARTs in order to get the upgrades.

Customer: Oops...I have an error message already. What should I do?

CS Rep: What does the message say?

Customer: It says "ERROR 412 - PROGRAM NOT RUN ON INTERNAL COMPONENTS." What does that mean?

CS Rep: Don't worry ma'am, that's a common problem. It means that the LOVE program is set up to run on external HEARTS but has not yet been run on your HEART. It is one of those complicated programming things, but in non technical terms it means you have to "LOVE" your own machine before it can "LOVE" others.

Customer: So what should I do?

CS Rep: Can you find the directory called "SELF-ACCEPTANCE"?

Customer: Yes, I have it.

CS Rep: Excellent, you are getting good at this.

Customer: Thank you.

CS Rep: You're welcome. Click on the following files and then copy them to the "MYHEART" directory; FORGIVESELF.DOC, SELFESTEEM.TXT, REALIZEWORTH.TXT, and GOODNESS .DOC. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching any faulty programming. Also, you need to delete SELFCRITIC.EXE from all directories, and then empty your recycle bin afterwards to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.

Customer: Got it. Hey! My HEART is filling up with really neat files. SMILE.MPG is playing on my monitor right now and it shows that WARMTH.COM, PEACE.EXE, and CONTENTMENT.COM are copying themselves all over my HEART!

CS Rep: Then LOVE is installed and running. You should be able to handle it from here. One more thing before I go...

Customer: Yes?

CS Rep: LOVE is freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everybody you meet. They will in turn share it with other people and they will return some really neat modules back to you.

Customer: I will. Thank you for your help.

Warning Warning Warning Warning

Y2K BANK SCAM ALERT

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Today we issued an important Y2K public safety press release. Here's the full text:

Y2K Public Safety Notice From Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM: Beware of Y2K bank scams.

Cody, Wyoming; March 10, 1999 – As part of its ongoing campaign to promote a safe Y2K rollover, Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM today warned the public about Y2K "bank scams." The scams prey on potential Y2K fears, tricking victims into transferring their money to third-party bank accounts where it will be "safe from disruptions."

The scams work as follows: the con artist, posing as a bank employee, calls the intended victim and explains their bank has determined it is not able to achieve full compliance. As a safety precaution, the con artist explains, all bank funds are to be transferred to a "safe haven" fund that will be immune to Y2K disruptions. The intended victim is then asked to verify (reveal) their account information, along with permission to make the transfer.

Of course, the transfer is not to a protected bank fund, but rather to the account of the con artist.

Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM has alerted its 50,000 subscribers to this scam, faxed copies of the warning to banking organizations, and is urging the public to use common sense when making Y2K financial decisions: never reveal account information over the phone unless you initiated the call to the financial institution, always conduct large transactions in person (at the bank), and most of all, never believe that any bank would declare itself non-Y2K-compliant.

If contacted with a similar-sounding offer, persons are urged to contact their local law enforcement and banking officials. If using caller ID, record the originating phone number of the con artist. And stay tuned to Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM for more Y2K public safety nnouncements.

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For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas movie theater, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up to see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV". The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reports similar events have taken place in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested HAVE been positive for HIV.

The CDC also reports that needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay phones and soda machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme caution when confronted with these types of situations. All public chairs should be thoroughly but safely inspected prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is considered the bare minimum. Furthermore, they ask that everyone notify their family members and friends of the potential dangers, as well. Thank you.

The previous information was sent from the Dallas Police Department to all of the local governments in the Washington area and was interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all asked to pass this to as many people as possible

Leaders of a Christian ministry were arrested and charged with running a Ponzi scheme. Police in Tampa and Orlando, Fla., arrested seven officials of Greater Ministries International, Inc. on March 12, charging them with fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering, the Associated Press said. Indictments name GMI President Gerald Payne, his wife, Betty, and associates Patrick Talbert, James Chambers, Haywood Eudon Hall, David Whitfield, and Andrew Krishak. All but Gerald Payne have been released on bail.

...The ministry's "Double Your Money Gift Exchange Program" was a fraud, prosecutors say. Initial investors were paid with money donated by later investors. A percentage of investments went to ministry directors without the investors' knowledge, said prosecutors, who did not indicate how much money the directors took from the six-year operation. Officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida had ordered the ministry to stop promoting the scheme in those states.

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From Around the World

Excerpts from Religion Today, a daily email http://www.religiontoday.com/

Prayer reached a Muslim on death row. A Zambian prisoner wrote to organizers of the 30 Days Muslim Prayer Focus (see link #1 below) after receiving a copy of the daily prayer guide. "I am not a Christian but a Muslim from my childhood," he wrote. "However, it is here in prison that I have heard things concerning the lordship of Jesus. It is here on death row that I have even tried to read a chapter of your Bible. I write to you as a prisoner who desires to know God." The leaders sent him a Bible and a Christian biography, Youth With a Mission (see link #2 below) said. "We thanked him for his sincerity, and assured him of our prayers for him, too," said Kim Greig, the outreach's international coordinator. About 750,000 copies of the guide were circulated in 30 languages for the seventh annual prayer focus, held during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Christians and Muslims in Indonesia are holding peace talks. They were requested by Major Gen. Suaidy Marabessy, head of a military team dispatched from Jakarta to restore peace to the island of Ambon. About 200 people have died in riots (see link #2 below) since January, and Christians and Muslims have been arming themselves in anticipation of more violence, Reuters said. "We ask all religious people to control themselves, restrain their emotions, and put down all weapons and support peace," Ambon Catholic Bishop B.C. Mandagi said. Muslim leaders expressed similar sentiments. "The most important thing to do at the moment is to create a feeling of security," said R.R. Sanuis, head of a group of Muslim religious teachers.

Catholics want baseball officials to make Ted Turner learn about their faith. The former owner of the Atlanta Braves should be barred from baseball from one year and forced to take a course in Catholicism for disparaging comments (see link #3 below) he recently made about Catholics and the pope, Thomas Droleskey of Christ or Chaos said. The group has about 500 members.

...Turner told a Polish joke in response to a question about the pope during a Feb.16 speech to the National Family Planning and Reproductive Association. He also said that adultery should be removed from the Ten Commandments and that the pope "get with it" and join the 20th century. He later apologized to the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.

...Turner sold the Braves to Time Warner Inc., but still has ties to the ballclub because he is vice chairman of the media conglomerate. Turner should be punished in the same manner as Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott, who was twice suspended for making racially insensitive remarks, Drolesky said. Schott also had to attend sensitivity classes. The Major League Baseball Commissioner's office is giving the request serious consideration, a spokesman said.

Thai villagers are freed from opium addiction by God's power. "We lived in fear that evil spirits would punish us when we displeased them," a local Christian told the Hong Kong-based Sowers Ministry (see link #4 below). "One day a missionary came to our village and told us about Jesus." His father and many others became Christians "and their lives changed from opium addiction and fear of evil spirits," he said. He became a Christian and began to evangelize his neighbors. A church of 70 people has been started and evangelists from the congregation have started another church in a nearby village.

Authorities have cut electric power to a St. Petersburg, Russia, Christian school that is under siege (see link #5 below). A standoff between police and about 30 teachers and students has entered its second week. The building has heat and water, but without electricity those inside can't operate the lights or the stoves to cook, the English language Moscow Times said.

...The Society for Open Christianity is refusing to surrender its building to city authorities. Bert Dorenbos, the SOC's Dutch co-founder, flew to the city to meet with authorities and try to negotiate a peaceful compromise. He said the authorities oppose the school because it is nondenominational. A city official said last week that all religious schools should be investigated, the Times said.

Russian Jews are flocking to Israel. Immigration numbers have jumped by 100% as anti-Semitic attitudes become more prevalent among the populace and government leaders, the Associated Press said. The number of people that left Russia for Israel in January and February 1999 was 3,347 -- double the number for those months in 1998.

…Vandals desecrated a newly dedicated synagogue in Novosibirsk March 7. They damaged furniture, ripped Torahs and prayer books to pieces, and painted anti-Semitic slogans on the walls, according to news reports. They also painted the swastika-like symbol of Russian National Unity, an anti-Semitic group that is strong in the region.

…Police downplayed the significance of the crime. "Nothing terrible happened here…this is just some kids having hi-jinks," a Novosibirsk police official told the press. The synagogue did not employ a night watchman because the building is near a police station. Police said they did not notice anything unusual the night the vandalism occurred.

A Christian physicist has won the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Ian Barbour is a nuclear scientist and theologian who has spent 15 years exploring the moral ramifications of modern technology. Two of his books, Ethics in an Age of Technology and Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues, analyze topics such as nuclear power and cloning in the light of Christian morality. Issues in Science and Religion is considered the groundbreaking work in bringing the two fields together. Religion and science can't be separated because, "ultimately we're whole people. We can't live in two worlds," he said.

Promise Keepers (see link #6 below) is challenging men around the world. About 1,000 men from 40 churches came together for a meeting in Lima, Peru; about half responded to an altar call to become a Christian or rededicate themselves to living a Christian lifestyle. Many committed to form prayer and accountability groups. More than 100 men from 30 churches in Belgium attended the first national conference on the importance of men's ministries, Promise Keepers said. Pastors attended workshops on how to establish effective men's ministries in their churches. More than 150 men from the tiny Caribbean nation of Anguilla attended a retreat and were encouraged to be better husbands, fathers, employees, and citizens.

"I hate that I hurt so many people," Henry Lyons told reporters. The National Baptist Convention USA president resigned March 16, two weeks after being convicted of fraud and racketeering (see link #7 below). He resigned during a NBCUSA emergency meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla., after turning away a motion for a vote of support.

..."He stepped down with tremendous dignity," defense lawyer Grady Irvin said. "He was very remorseful with respect to any difficulty he has caused the convention." Most of the board members did not want Lyons to resign, he said. Lyons said the church should focus on its programs and ministries. "We've spent almost two years trying to establish my innocence. That did not happen. Let's get on with it." S.C. Cureton of Greenville, S.C. will serve out Lyons' term, which expires in September.

Henry Lyons pleaded guilty to fraud, tax evasion, and other crimes. The former president of the National Baptist Convention USA had faced 54 federal counts, including money-laundering, wire fraud, and extortion. Most of the charges were dropped in exchange for his confession. A Florida jury convicted him last month of fraud and racketeering charges stemming from his business dealings.

..."I accept full blame for everything that happened while I was at the helm of the National Baptist Convention," Lyons said. "When the devil came to Jesus Christ, he tempted him with fame, power, and wealth, and I've fallen short of the standards set by our Lord." Lyons could be sentenced to as much as seven years on state charges, and eight years for the federal crimes.

1. http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/FeatureStory/view.cgi?file=19970110.s1.html
2. http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/NewsSummary/view.cgi?file=19990125.brf.html
3. http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/NewsSummary/view.cgi?file=19990218.brf.html
4. http://www.sowers.org
5. http://www.ReligionToday.com/Archive/FeatureStory/view.cgi?file=19990305.s1.html
6. http://www.promisekeepers.org/
7. http://www.nbcusa.org

Prayer: God moves when the righteous pray!

James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Please visit the Prayer Page and pray for the requests that people like you around the world have been sending me. Let's approach boldly the mercy seat of Christ Jesus and believe the Lord to answer prayer. he is Lord, so why not come to Him and ask for these petitions. I have listed many needs from missionaries, to special needs such as Shaleema's upcoming execution or the missionaries still captive in South America. Pray for spiritual eyes to be opened!

Women Who Pray

Hundreds of thousands of people have become Christians in Goiania http://www.religiontoday.com/Archive/NewsSummary/view.cgi?file=19990128.brf.html, Brazil, in the past few years, and Christians credit a women's prayer network, DAWN Fridayfax said. The network began 10 years ago with five women. It now has 188,000 praying daily. The women, from many denominations, have trained more than 5,000 prayer leaders.

...Prayer has resulted in phenomenal growth, pastors say. The number of evangelical Christians has increased from 8% of the population to 45% in six years. "Prayer makes people incredibly open to the gospel, and is therefore inseparable from church planting," one pastor said. One denomination started 372 churches in January 1999 after a 40-day period of prayer and fasting.

...Local news media credited prayer with preventing a bloodbath at a local prison. Inmates had taken several hostages when the warden asked the intercessors to pray for the situation, and provided a phone link to allow them to pray directly for the prisoners. The situation ended without bloodshed. About 50,000 people are expected to attend an all-night prayer conference at a Goiania stadium in July.

...Housewife Elizabeth Cornelio began to pray with other Christians in 1989. Her pastor told her not to pray with people from other churches and expelled her from the congregation when she continued to do so. Now she moderates the prayer movement on a city radio broadcast.

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Current Feature Story from ReligionToday.com:

Homes become neighborhood Lighthouses

Lighthouses are beaming out across the country -- lighthouses of prayer, that is.

Read more at http://www.religiontoday.com/CurrentFeatureStory/

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Be a lighthouse of prayer for the Lord to shine His power and brightness into the lives of others!

Shine, Jesus, shine!!

From the Editor
The Prophetic Word Ministries International

It is my growing concern over the years as I witness people professing one thing and doing or believing another. This is especially true in Christianity. People have decided to believe one thing and do another, yet maintain that they have been credible and upright in their actions. Years ago Iran looked at the Usa as a nation and called us the Great Satan, and they had full right to do so!

The USA as an industrialized and world proclaimed superpower leads the world in murders, rapes, robberies, drug addictions, every imaginable evil of society. The USA proclaims itself as "Christian", yet only 5-7% of its population are genuine believers in Yashua haMashiach as their personal Messiah and Savior. So I ask the question, are we a "Christian" nation?

To top this off, within this Christian community, the agape love of God is disappearing at an alarming rate commonly called the apostasy(Mt 24:12). The Apostle Paul wrote the Thessalonians (2Th 2) that 2 things must happen before Yashua returns: 1) the great falling away or apostasy; 2) the man of lawlessness must be revealed. Then the great and terrible Day of the Lord will come, on a cloud as He left, He will appear to call forth His bride, a pure and spotless bride.

The Apostle Peter tells us that in these last days people will mock and scoff at His return(2Pet 3). On the Site Map, I have a quizlet asking when He will return with up to the minute statistics. There are many who have answered and show their mocking of His return, yet He will return whether we are ready or not!

If you would like to know more, stop by the site. If you have questions, please feel free to ask. If you want to get involved in discussing these things of the endtimes, stop by one of the Forums that I have listed and lets by all means look closer at the Holy Scriptures and see what they say.

Email me: John the Baptist

Humor

HAVING A BAD DAY? THINK AGAIN.

So you think you're having a bad day. The following is taken from a Florida newspaper: A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the house in the kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle and somehow, the motorcycle slipped into gear. The man, still holding the handlebars, was dragged through a glass patio door and along with the motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside the house.

The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room, and found her husband laying on the floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle laying next to him and the patio door shattered. The wife ran to the phone and summoned an ambulance.

Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down the several flights of long steps to the street to direct the paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance arrived and transported the husband to the hospital, the wife up righted the motorcycle and pushed it outside. Seeing that gas had spilled on the floor, the wife obtained some papers towels, blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet.

The husband was treated at the hospital and was released to come home. After arriving home, he looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He became despondent, went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet and smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it between his legs into the toilet bowl while still seated. The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her husband screaming. She ran into the bathroom and found her husband laying on the floor. His trousers had been blown away and he was suffering burns on the buttocks, the back of his legs and his groin. The wife again ran to the phone and called for an ambulance. The same ambulance crew was dispatched and the wife met them at the street.

The paramedics loaded the husband on the stretcher and began carrying him to the street. While they were going down the stairs to the street accompanied by the wife, one of the paramedics asked the wife how the husband had burned himself. She told them and the paramedics started laughing so hard, one of them tipped the stretcher and dumped the husband out.

He fell down the remaining steps and broke his arm.

Now THAT is a bad day...

What's the Government up to? Kosovo!

STRATFOR Launches its New "Crisis Center" With Coverage on Kosovo

alert@yorktown.stratfor.com

You know that we like to be different, but you may be wondering why, on a day when cruise missiles are falling on targets in Serbia, we chose to write the GIU on political events in Paraguay. Trust us, there is a method to our madness.

There is a new place to go to get all the most recent news and analysis on events in Kosovo and, you guessed it, that place is http://www.stratfor.com. Click on the "Kosovo in Crisis" button to find out the low down on the players involved, the background of the situation, ongoing commentary from STRATFOR analysts, force structure, maps (of course, who can live without lots of maps), and helpful links to other sites with further resources. Bottom line, if you want to have a comprehensive overview of the Kosovo crisis, along with updates on the most recent events, plus get the tools with which to put it all in context, check out STRATFOR's Crisis Center.

This is an experiment. What we have developed is a Crisis Center. This is the place to keep up to date with what is happening in situations like Kosovo, where things are moving at a rapid pace and constant monitoring is necessary to keep abreast of developments. We had been doing dry runs on maintaining a Kosovo Crisis Center and, in a fit of madness and hubris, decided to take it live by 0900 CST (1500 GMT).

What you see now is the Crisis Center in its infancy. We would really appreciate if you would take a few seconds to go check it out at http://www.stratfor.com. Bear in mind that it will change and develop over the next few days as we add new content, shift things around, update our analysis and so on. As time goes on, we will increase the frequency and duration of the monitoring and reporting. The Crisis Center is far from perfect yet, but based on your feedback, we can continue to improve it. We may even go to 24-hour coverage, depending on the response to the site and the changing situation in Kosovo.

After the crisis ends, and all crises do end, we will do a post- mortem, see what lessons we've learned, and then make it, along with some other new features, a permanent part of the web site. Fair warning: when we do come up to speed, we plan to charge a modest fee to users since someone has to pay for our pizzas. (The Global Intelligence Updates will keep coming to you for free, five days a week). This will be an added value for interested users. It will include not only the Crisis Center (crises don't happen every day) but other information on international trade and finance, politics and of course, war. We plan to become the portal for information on the international system.

Please take a look and give us your suggestions for improvement. You can e-mail your comments to inf