 Dear Compass Friends!
Nothing gets people's blood pumping more than having their money stolen. And that's what's going on. God is allowing our dollar, as well as our way of life, to be stolen from us. We are being led down a dead-end path to destruction. To be aware of what is going on means you can take steps to mitigate the damages. So, in this month's issue, we have tried to succinctly explain where we are and how we got here. If it's even explainable!! But best of all, in the future confusion, you will likely have myriads of opportunities to show the Biblical connections! Cool!
And don't miss the "8 Things Fading Into Obscurity" at the end of this email! Interesting!
Shalom!
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Get Ready To Witness! 2011 Could Usher In Huge Financial Changes
"How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good things!" Ro 10:15
As events continue to unfold on God's perfectly timed prophetic calendar, Believers will have more and more opportunities to point to the Bible as the only answer to the world's problems.
As non-Believers look more and more to the government for help, instead of God, their problems will only worsen. We must be ready to give Biblical answers as God provides us opportunities.
"... always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence" 1 Pet 3:15
The Cold Hard Facts:
Our new Federal budget for one year is expected to be roughly 3.5 trillion dollars, and 1.3 of the 3.5 is interest due!*
And to top that off, we only have 2 trillion in tax revenue to fund the 3.5 trillion dollar budget!
To pay for this budget shortfall, we will print more money to make up the 1.5 trillion dollar difference. The United States owes a total 132 trillion dollars* if you include unfunded Social Security, Medicare, government pensions, etc., so apparently there is no problem with tacking on another 1.5 trillion in debt. Do you see a problem here? Any thinking person does.
Because of this insane approach to accept and add more debt, there is a reasonably good chance that we will soon see huge changes in our money. And when the monetary base is adversely affected, it gets people's attention- big time. And as our esteemed President has warned us, "Change is coming." And this "change" will affect Christians just as much as non-christians.
Our dollar is devaluing right in front of our eyes. We're currently at the "Frog in the heated water" point. When it finally dawns on the masses what is really going on, there will be a rush to the exits, and then our government will step in and take action to "save our way of life." We can only theorize what they will do to "make things better," but we're guessing most of us won't like it.
It could happen quickly. At some point in the future you could literally wake up one morning with a new money, a severely devalued dollar, or a New World currency. Or, the dollar might simply continue its steady decline year after year. Any way you slice it, the dollar is dying.
The Bible tells us how the world's money culminates:
"And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead, and he provides that no one should be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. Rev. 13:15-17
So from the above tribulation time period verse, we know we will end up with one world leader who controls every single monetary transaction in the market. Money will be obsolete. And it seems Am erica is the last obstacle to this fast approaching system. Therefore, if we're living in the last of the last days, it's not surprising that Satan has America in his cross hairs.
Consider what the "god of this world" has been able to do to the largest nation of true Believers in the world in the last few years:
 · In 2000 we had 16 million people in the United States receiving government food stamps. In 2010 we had 43 million dependent on food stamps. 53 million are eligible!
· Today there are an estimated 6 to 8 million people living in homes without making mortgage payments.
· Since 2000 the United States has lost over 10% of it's middle class jobs- a loss of 7 million jobs.
· In 1970, 25% of all jobs were manufacturing jobs. 32% of manufacturing jobs have been lost since 2000 alone (mostly due of  NAFTA). Today only 9% of all jobs are manufacturing jobs.
· Since 2001, over 42,000 U.S. factories have closed for good. In the last year, American companies have created 1.4 million jobs overseas but less than one million here at home.
· 40% of Americans work in low paying service jobs.
· Since 2007, an incredible 55% of the U.S. labor force has suffered a spell of unemployment, cut in pay, reduction in hours or have become involuntary part-time workers.
· Currently there are over 6 million Americans who have been unemployed for over 18 months or longer... most are hanging on because of the government's continual extension of unemployment benefits.
· In 2000 the United States was ranked number one in wealth per adult. In 2010 the United States has fallen to seventh. China will overtake the U.S. as the world's largest economy in the next five to seven years.
 · Real estate has yet to bottom out. In Nevada, 67% of all mortgages are financially underwater. Roughly 50% of the houses in Arizona and Florida are underwater. When these houses are eventually put up for sale, simple supply and demand will again cause real estate housing prices to dive another 5% to 20%.
· It's not only the Fed who is in trouble, our state and local governments owe as much as $2 trillion more than they can pay. They owe even more to unfunded pension funds and health benefits - a whopping $4 trillion.
· Recently on 60 Minutes, Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney predicted that 50 to 100 American cities will go broke in 2011. Included in the list are New York City, San Diego, Cincinnati, Honolulu, San  Francisco, Los Angles, Washington D.C., and Detroit.
· For the past couple of years, states have been scraping by on billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds. But now, that money has been spent and their debt problem has not been solved.
And, unlike the Federal Government, cities and states cannot print money to bail themselves out. They have to balance their budgets each year. But ridiculously high budgets forged to please voters and create insane retirement plans, pushed through by unions, leave cities and states no choice but to raise taxes or cut spending, or both. The potential of cutting a widow's retirement monthly check has become real and necessary. Recently Fed Chairman Bernanke formally declared that the Federal Reserve cannot and will not bail out the state and local governments.
· California now faces a deficit of $28.5 billion over the next 18 months and annual deficits of AT LEAST $20 billion for the next five years. It's credit rating is approaching junk status.
· Some states have already begun cutting services. Newark just fired 1300 state workers and laid off firefighters and emergency personnel. Many states are refusing to pay their pension funds. In Illinois, if the state owes you money, get in line... a long line. Checks take an average of 6 months to reach you. This has resulted in state officials being evicted from their offices for nonpayment of rent!
2011 may be the year of the greatest opportunities for witnessing since Paul left on his first missionary journey! As Satan readies for a post-rapture world, Believers will have answers to share - that this world is not the end, heaven is ahead for all those who trust Jesus' shed blood in place of their own sin.
To continue to provide Biblical armor complementing the local church, we have a Steeling the Mind Bible Conference coming up February 11-12 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Eight great speakers from all over America will gather to hammer away on tough Biblical topics designed to steel your mind with truth. Information every Believer can use now!
On the Friday afternoon, prior to the conference, we have lined up a precious metals expert to explain in detail how to purchase silver and gold without getting taken to the cleaners! Almost all  the TV and radio ads you hear today are complete rip-offs, regardless of who the pitchman is.
Tens of thousands of Christians have been hugely overcharged when purchasing gold and silver coins. Before you buy precious metals, learn what questions to ask! Otherwise, your purchase may not follow those big price upswings that we have been witnessing. This presentation will be "live to tape" and edited for national distribution. There is nothing offered for purchase and there is no charge to attend this special Friday afternoon presentation.
Compass is not involved in, and does not benefit from, any type of gold/silver transactions, but we do believe that Christians should be wise in understanding the times and investing their assets, both material and spiritual. Again, things ARE changing and investment alternatives need to be explored.
Friday evening, February 11, Josh McDowell and Dave Moore will make a special Valentine's weekend "Love is in the Air," presentation on marriage. This should be highly entertaining  and provide some rock solid Biblical solutions for taking your ma rriage to the top. Regardless of where you are in your married or unmarried life, this info will be worth a ton!
The main conference begins on Saturday, 9 AM to 9 PM, with breaks for lunch and dinner. We even have a great rate of $89 per night at the Five Star Coeur d'Alene Resort! So make plans now to join us in February.
Click here to get the details on this great Bible conference!
References: http://www.businessinsider.com/bad-year-for-the-middle-class-2011-1#the-us-has-lost-10-percent-of-its-middle-class-jobs-since-2000-1 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/us-drops-first-seventh-average-wealth-adult-behind-singapore-sweden-and-france A few months ago in Compass eNews we dealt with the debt and showed it to be a whopping 132 trillion! Not 14 trillion. You can re-read that eNews at: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs011/1103404634488/archive/1103605249597.html http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/ir/ir_expense.htm |
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Compass Youth Mission Trip Bible Study Above Sea of Galilee
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June 2011 Youth Mission Trip to Israel!
Make your Bible come alive with one incredible mission trip for youth. Nothing like planting forever in a kid's mind that the Bible is real. Travel all of Israel and Petra, Jordan, seeing your Bible come alive, while willing to be used by God. It's the best grad gift you can give! Parents/adults welcome also.
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8 Things Fading Into Obscurity The Post Office. The Post Office is running a 7 Billion dollar deficit this year,  despite rising cost of stamps. There is no way to sustain it long term under its old business model. Electronic billing and payments are the wave of the future. Texting, email, Fed Ex, and UPS have taken their toll on P.O. revenue. As we move to more electronic delivery of information, the P.O. will decline in necessity. The Paper Check. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to  process checks. Most banks don't even send paper cancelled checks back. Electronic payments will be over 50% of all transactions in 2011, and the percentage will continue to rise until checks are not even accepted anymore, anywhere, anytime. The Traditional Printed Newspaper. The future is reading everything electronically- on lap tops, iPads, cell phones, etc. Newspapers are  scrambling to create revenue models that will work when the presses stop. The Paperback Book. Shop online, download, and get lost in the story... at half the price, while never leaving your home. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you purchase. And the price is usually less than half that of a paper book. The day will come when a good library will be a good web site. The Land Line Telephone. You don't need it anymore. Most older people keep theirs  simply because they've always had it. But it makes no sense. A cell does the same and is mobile. Network Television. Since cable and Internet, revenues to the major networks have steadily eroded. People are playing games and searching the Internet instead of watching network TV. If they do watch, they find programs specific to their needs in the hundreds of cable programming shows. Prime time shows have degenerated to pushing godless social issues and commercials interrupt too often. Hard Drives. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all putting the finishing  touches on their latest "Cloud Services." That means in the future, when you turn on your computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. The future operating systems will be tied straight into the Internet with no need to save anything to your hard drive. If you click an icon, it will open something in the "Internet Cloud." If you save something, it will be saved to the Cloud. Privacy. It's been gone for a long time. There are cameras on the  street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. The ads on your computer pop up based on information you've offered up in profiles, purchases, etc. And again, we know where it all ends. Just glad the Rapture will come before the 666! |
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Prov 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another!
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Fri. & Sat.-February 11-12, 2011
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Great speakers:Josh McDowell, TX
Paul Van Noy, IDTom Cloud, GA Eric Barger, TXMike Riddle, KY
Dave Moore, CAMike Gendron, TX
John Loeffer, ID
Tough Topics!
Apologetics (Defense of the faith)
Bible Prophecy
Christian FinancesHeresy in the Church  False ConversionsSigns of the Times
Doctrines of Demons Biblical Leadership
Tolerance -NOT for Believers
Praise / Worship byBuck Storm Register Today!CLICK HERE for Steeling conference brochure, prices, registration, speakers, topics, discount tickets, discount hotel room rates at the Coeur d'Alene Resort!Contact Compass for conference brochures for your Sunday school, small group or friends: 800-977-2177
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March 7-19, 2011 You're invited to join Compass and friends on an incredible Holyland trip at an affordable price!
We'll be visiting awesome sites: Athens,
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Coeur d'Alene!
February 2011
Prov 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another!
If you love the Lord, love your Bible and love to learn, join us for a great day of spiritual armoring by top Bible teachers in America tackling tough Biblical subjects.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Fri. & Sat., February 11-12, 2011
Register Today!
CLICK HERE FOR Conference brochure, registration, speakers, topics, discount tickets, discount hotel room rates at the Coeur d'Alene Resort!Stay at the Coeur d'Alene Resort for only $89 per night! | Coeur d'Alene Resort
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Great speakers:Josh McDowell, TX
Paul Van Noy, IDTom Cloud, GAEric Barger, TXMike Riddle, KY
Dave Moore, CAMike Gendron, TX
John Loeffer, ID
Tough Topics!
Apologetics (Defense of the faith)
Doctrines of Demons Bible ProphecyBiblical LeadershipChristian FinancesHeresy in Church False ConversionsSigns of the Times
Tolerance -NOT for Believers!
Praise / Worship byBuck Storm Register Today!CLICK HERE for Steeling conference brochure, prices, registration, speakers, topics, discount tickets, discount hotel room rates at the Coeur d'Alene Resort!Contact Compass for conference brochures for your Sunday school, small group or friends: 800-977-2177
staff@compass.org
Invest a day,
reap rewards for
a lifetime!
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Help us spread the Word
and save money too!
Click here to learn how to save
money and help Compass distribute great DVD Bible studies for free to
your friends, family and coworkers! Plus, any and all of your DVD purchases are only $5 for Pointes! We need Pointes! Click here to learn more! |
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Join us in March 2011 for the
Biblelands Cruise
The trip of a lifetime!
March 7-19, 2011 You're invited to join Compass and friends on an incredible Holyland trip at an affordable price!
We'll be visiting awesome sites: Athens,
the Egyptian Pyramids, Jerusalem,
Galilee,
Cyprus, Rhodes, Ephesus, Patmos, with options to visit Corinth and Petra, Jordan! Wow!.
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Watch the Steeling conference at your home or church!
Now you can watch the entire Steeling the Mind Bible Conference from you home or local church via the Internet! Click here for details!All you need is a computer and high speed Internet access!
Simulcast available
Friday night, February 11
Saturday, February 12
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