Podcast - The Greg Lancaster Show, Live from the Glory Zone.

He is RISEN! Celebrating Jesus!

Greg, John, and Pat discuss Resurrection Sunday and the glorious fact that our wonderful Savior has risen indeed. They continue to share how this is a day that sets us apart. God loves you so much that He sent his only Son to pay the ultimate price for our sins. They continued to share how there were two gates and two destinations for all mankind. The question is are we going to make the right choice? Heaven is real. The first gate was closed because of sin and in the New Testament we find Jesus to be the Gate. The Lord has prepared a place for you. Jesus alone is the gate to heaven ; there is no other way. We accept Him in our hearts that we may make him the master of our hearts with the glorious expectation of going to heaven and experiencing everything Colton Burpo experience in the true story “Heaven is Real” and so much more.

News Happening in Israel : Mobster Shot and Killed in Prime Minister’s Home, Rockets Fired from Gaza and Registering of Ukrainian Jews

Greg, John, and Pat discuss recent things that have transpired in Israel with the Jews of Ukraine. They discuss how yet once again rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza. They also discuss how a mobster was killed in Israel’s Prime Benjamin Netanyahu’s home neither of these events are related to each other but point to the volatile nature of what could happen at any moment in Israel. They further discuss how the cover of USA Today had an article that reported that the Jews in Ukraine were being made to register. According to USA Today, “World leaders and Jewish groups condemned a leaflet handed out in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk in which Jews were told to "register" with the pro-Russian militants who have taken over a government office in an attempt to make Ukraine part of Russia, according to Ukrainian and Israeli media.” In a leaflet that was circulated amongst Jews they were being ordered to provide information regarding their property, id’s, passports, family members and vehicles as well as pay a $50 registration fee or else have their citizenship revoked. To say nothing at all is evil. God has set the Jews apart from the very beginning they remind us that it doesn’t end well for the Jews and Christian as they are highly persecuted around the world. They continue to discuss how there is some parallel between what is happening with the Jews in Ukraine and the registering of the Affordable Health Care Act in the United States. It is a law Americans have to register. It’s virtually the same thing and underscores our need to turn to God. The only way America will stand is if we go back to the original intent and allow God to have His way.

England’s Prime Minster Cameron calls for Defending Christian

John, Greg, and Pat discuss how England’s Prime Minister Cameron, according to CBN is encouraging his country to stand up for Christianity. They continue to discuss the persecution that is happening all around the world to Christians and Jews. They found the Prime Minister’s remarks encouraging especially from the leader of a country who has had sections taken over by Islam. It’s all about politics. The way Islam is growing in Europe is through migration. If enough Muslims move into a certain region and insist upon sharia law they have the potential to influence their local elected representative. Politics is never the answer. They further discuss the dangers of Christian Americans falling asleep because of the very real threat of losing the nation. Many have been tempted to overlook the persecution of the Jews and Christians in other countries because they feel like it won’t happen to them. The truth is this is the exact thing many Christians did in America during the Holocaust. There was a period in time when the Jews were seeking refuge and boarded ships and many countries refused to allow them to come ashore except the Dominican Republic. It is important to understand that evil truly exists and the importance of Christians standing with their brothers and sisters. If we put God back in the center of our nation we may be able to keep hold of it. If we don’t wake up our future is one of tyrannical leadership. There is no hope outside of Jesus.

Wisdom Moment- Righteous Care for the Poor

In this moment of Wisdom Proverbs 29:7 “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern” they continue to discuss the importance of taking care of the poor amongst us. Knowledge is on the increase however as knowledge increases we have a great need for wisdom which is the proper application of knowledge. Today in our present culture, no one has righteous care for the poor, in fact, they don’t even think about the poor. The Bible tells us that he who lends to the poor lends to God. Today only 3% of church even honors God with tithes, if we are not honoring God for sure we are not honoring the poor. God is about justice. How we feel about justice says a lot about who we are as a people. Having no compassion for the poor is simply wicked. Compassion is not just feeling bad it involves feeling bad and doing something about what we feel so bad about. When we see injustices we should pray and do something about it. When we are moved with compassion we will see to it that people get the care they need. We will build hospitals, hire doctors and treat those right who are poor among us. We must move immediately to help because if we wait we will only help people because in the end we are just trying to save ourselves. You become concerned about injustice when it is happening to you.

In this moment of wisdom found in Proverbs 27: 19 “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart” Greg shares the importance of having wisdom in your life. They discuss and asked the question of what would happen if Google shut down? How many people would be in your and lack knowledge but what's worse than lacking knowledge is lacking the wisdom to apply the knowledge that you do know. Just as water reflects what a person looks like so does their life reflect who they are, how they speak, the relationships they keep, how they love, how they take care of their finances and how they care for those who are close to them. Their life is a reflection of what's happening in their heart. If you want to see the heart, just look at their fruit. You will know them by their actions all you have to do is watch their lives and you can see what the heart is full of. As a man think it's in his heart so is he.

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Greg, John, and Pat discuss how Russian jets were found taunting American warship for 90 minutes passing over it twelve times. They continue to discuss a period in time when Russia’s President Krusheve thought America was weak.

During that time the Russian President brought subs during the Bay of Pigs all the way up to our coast and United States could have been nuked. However, today we have a country that has been weekend intentionally.

We have a president who said the future must not belong to those who blaspheme the name of the prophet Mohammed. On top of that during the period in time in which Americans at the Democratic National Convention were trying to select the next leader for our government on the Jumbotron's the Russian fleet was being displayed and broadcasted around the world. When you put several moments like these together you find out that there's something more that's going on.

We find that you organize to polarize and then you begin to nudge. Within a very short period in time it appears that Russia has taken center stage and the United States has taken a step back in fact at the G20 when all of the world's leaders came forward, the United States President entered 45 minutes late. If that wasn't enough, the United States is organizing against Israel.

A future potential tragedy can be averted if God's people will humble themselves pray and turn from their wicked ways, resulting in God hearing their prayers and healing their land.

It's important to take special note that this Russian jet flew over the USS Donald Cook for over 90 minutes and made twelve turns. This was a clear sign.

We must catch a clue. We have sinned. When you see these things and understand that all we need to do is humble ourselves repent as the church and get the sin out of our life God can heal our land.

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What's Going On?-Outlawing Big Gulp Soda Legalizing Murder Video Games, Federal Agents Against U.S Citizens?

Greg, John, and Pat discuss how we have gone from outlawing a Big Gulp soda drink all the while it is completely legal to sell video games that glorify committing crimes of murder. A person in New York City would be restricted from buying large sugary drinks because it would be bad for their health yet at the same time there was no outcry of $1 billion made in a single day of sales of the video Game Grand Theft Auto V. They discuss how the federal government is getting involved with ranchers and cattle. All this is happening at the same time illegal aliens are not being detained as they illegally cross the borders. Federal agents were sent to arrest fully dressed in army fatigues, drawn weapons and in the end these were federal agents coming against American citizens. These are our brothers and sisters. Fox News reports that an embedded journalist became part of the story as he was filled with emotion and overtaken by what was taking place. We have to be careful to stay a nation and not let the enemy divide us. We have to pray for our nation. Don’t let anyone mess with your mind. We are the same people, living in the same nation under the same constitution.

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Super Threatening Heartbleed Computer Virus; What you Can do to be Protected

Greg, John, and Pat discuss the super threatening “Heartbleed” computer bug and what you can do to be protected. They caution us to take precaution as our computers can be affected by this bug. What the virus does is gathers all passwords. They discuss how what truly got their attention was when the banking industry was responding to this bug and giving instructions as to how this can be dealt with. They share with us that the best way to deal with this virus is to change your password according to industry experts. They also share which websites are susceptible to this virus and is strongly suggested that you change your passwords.

Greg, John, and Pat discuss how they are still “organizing” and caution us not to be fooled. They discuss how there are those who still want to organize the world. However, there is only ONE we are to be organized around and that is Jesus. Many are presently organizing and some have been at it for a long time one such person the Bible tells us about is Saul. Saul was organizing the church in a dark way; he didn’t like what was happening and felt that Christians were the intruders and felt the Pharisees had the right revelation. So he with the approval of the synagogue began to organize Christians around the stoning of Steven. He riled the people up. This resulted in Steve being stoned to death and caused great chaos among the believers of the day. Saul wanted to continue his organizing activities and as he headed to Damascus when he met the organizer of the day; Jesus. He was knocked off of his horse and a bright light shown all around him. They encourage us to remember that although people may think that they are really doing good by their organizing efforts; it is important to leave remove for repentance and for them to allow Jesus to lead and organize them.

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John, Greg, and Pat discuss Nabeel’s amazing testimony. At core of Nabeel’s testimony he found himself seeking Allah and in the end he found Jesus. His encounter was truly life changing and his decision to follow Jesus and make him the Lord of his life had ripple effects touching his very own parents. Nabeel was first challegened in regards to to his beliefs from a friend in college. After some time Nabeel renounced Islam, a religion in which he was raised to believe was true and fully gave his life to the Lord. That decision came with a price as it should for all those who profess Jesus as Lord. Nabeel shares that he made the painful decision to choose Jesus over his family and hopes that history would encourage others to lay down their lives for Jesus. Jesus told the disciples to pick up their cross and to follow him. Nabeel’s testimony underscores the importance of making Jesus the Lord of your life.

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Greg, John, and Pat discuss a letter Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon just wrote to his shareholders. In this letter he updated the shareholders about several things. He was sure to update shareholders regarding new technology such as “May Day” that is found on the Kindle as well as confirming that Air Prime is a definite. We will be receiving our packages and books through drones. They say not to misjudge the drones for Locust because it's just their packages arriving.

What was also interesting is was how Amazon has a new program where they actually pay their employees to quit. That’s right, they pay their employees to quit.

In the first year the company offers the employee $2000 to quit if they are not happy working at Amazon. The second year, they are offered an additional $1000 and additional $1000 for every year after that until they reach $5000, and at that time if they want to quit they will pay them with a $5000 check.

The idea behind this program is to ensure that Amazon employees get a chance to evaluate their job and find out if they are truly happy working there. Their hope is to have employees who really want to work at their business.

They remind us to seize the moment because many people today spend more time complaining about their employment as f someone kidnapped them, dressed them, drove them to work and drop them off.

The truth is that you can enjoy your work and be grateful for the job that God has blessed you with. Many people all around the world would love the opportunity just to be able to work. Today you can make up your mind that no matter what you are facing in your employment you will embrace it with a great attitude of gratitude.

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Greg, John, and Pat discuss how when one works hard to live a life in way that is pleasing to the Lord, caring and loving their fellow man and are treated unjustly; it is at that moment that their true motives are revealed. We must ask ourselves questions like:

Are we doing it for the Lord?

Are we doing it for the acceptance of others? Or are we doing it for the Lord as praise to Him and because of his acceptance? The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 2: 19-23 “For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. ‘He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.’ When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.”

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Greg, John, and Pat discuss an interview with Bono; front man for the group U2. He was asked “Who is Jesus?” Bono replied that Jesus was not just a great thinker or great philosopher he was crucified because he said, he said himself that He was the son of God.

Bono further stated that he finds it hard to accept that all the millions of lives; half the earth has been touch and inspired by some "Nutter".

He was asked if he believes that Jesus died and rose from the dead and Bono replied “yes” and that he also prays to Jesus. The single most important thought in your life and single most important decision you have to make is who is Jesus to you and if he is the son of God and of course he is Be sure to give him your entire life.

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