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We have been speaking about Venezuela and have talked about the tragedies that have taken place in that country. Their economy crashed, and people don’t have enough money to buy food and parents are even sending their children to other family members that are able to feed them because parents can’t feed their own children. Senator Marco Rubio spoke of Venezuela recently in an interview and he believes that it is time for military intervention in that country by the United States.

Senator Rubio spoke of this in an interview with Miami’s Univision. “Rubio said that a military intervention may be justified on the grounds of national security. 

“For months and years, I wanted the solution in Venezuela to be a non-military and peaceful solution, simply to restore democracy,” he said. “There is a national assembly elected by the people that has been annulled by a dictatorship.” 

“I believe that the Armed Forces of the United States are only used in the event of a threat to national security,” he continued. “I believe that there is a very strong argument that can be made at this time that Venezuela and the Maduro regime has become a threat to the region and even to the United States.” 

The State Department has recognized Venezuela as presenting a genuine national security threat to the United States. The Maduro regime is allegedly involved in major drug trafficking operations, and also providing safe havens and training facilities for terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and the Islamic State. 

Rubio has long been a campaigner against both the Chávez regime and the current socialist regime. Prominent Maduro henchman Diosdado Cabello reportedly hired a hitman to assassinate Rubio in 2017, a claim the regime denies. He is understood to have President Donald Trump’s ear on directing his policy towards Cuba and Venezuela, where the U.S. has rolled back the lifting of sanctions under Barack Obama’s ‘Cuban Thaw’ and imposed sanctions on the Maduro regime designed to cripple the country’s vital oil sector.  

Last month, the Associated Press reported that Trump pressed his aides on whether to use a military option in Venezuela, an idea allegedly met with strong opposition by regional leaders including then-Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. The Mercosur trade bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay also warned that “the only acceptable means of promoting democracy are dialogue and diplomacy” while opposing “any option that implies the use of force.” 

Despite opposition to the proposal among some Latin American powers, many Venezuelan exiles and those within the anti-socialist protest movement appear to be warming to the idea of the U.S. toppling Maduro through military action. One of those is the former Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of Caracas, Diego Arria, who now lives in exile from New York. 

“Venezuela has not only morphed into a narco-state with full control of the military but has allowed a Cuban occupation of 40,000 civilian and intelligence agents of its territory, as well as the control of its police and military forces,” Arria told Breitbart News. “How else could it liberate itself if not by outside intervention?”

Small Cuba has now taken over Venezuela! Former Congressman Jeff Miller spoke to Greg and was talking about Venezuela and that they have missiles that can deliver a payload to America. With Hamas being in that country that means if they send those missiles to America they can do something to our country. Former Congressman Miller summed it up this way, “It’s getting scarier and scarier.” He was letting Greg know that what was taking place in Venezuela and Cuba.

This is when having borders in America is important because if we do not secure our borders there will be a massive running to America by those in these socialistic countries. We are praying for a breakthrough to happen in Venezuela and for revival to breakout! We know that the people in Venezuela would love to have jobs and money to support their family and we pray that this happens!

Cindy Jacobs prophesied an encouraging word earlier this year that “Evil dictators are starting to fall!” What is additionally encouraging about this prophetic word is that Jacobs began to speak about specific leaders. “Maduro in Venezuela, HE IS OUT!” This is so encouraging to know that God is moving on behalf of so many that are suffering in this hour due to the oppressive leadership that is over them. God is listening to everyone that is praying for this to happen in Venezuela and other countries that are under oppressive government. We want to hear from you and what you think about this! You can write to us at friends@greglancaster.org. Greg and John shared in this segment.

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VFNKB #SuccessSecret Spanx CEO Sara Blakely Redefining Failure

God is into your success and wants you to be fruitful in this short vapor of life that we have. In this VFNKB Success Secret, Spanx CEO, Sarah Blakely, will help us redefine failure. Failure is a part of the process and when we fail we must fail forward!

“Growing up, my father used to ask my brother and me what we had failed at, at the dinner table, which was so interesting, and he’d celebrate it.  And he’d actually be disappointed if I didn’t have something that I’d failed at that week…What it did was just re-frame my definition of failure. Failure for me became not trying versus the outcome. So many people don’t take risks for fear of failure. They don’t start the business, they don’t go create the art they want to create, or they don’t go try out to be in the play or whatever it is for the fear of failure. And once you redefine that for yourself and realize the failure is just not trying then life opens up to you in many ways.” Sarah continues talking about how her father would have her look at something she had failed at or been embarrassed by a situation and to fine the hidden gifts in the failure. “I started realizing in everything there was some amazing nugget that I wouldn’t have wanted to pass up.” She says that she talks openly about her failures in front of her team, calling them the ‘oops’ of Spanx, letting them know it is okay to fail. “If you’re going to have a ‘oops’, part of the beauty of it is twofold. If there is a ‘failure’ or an ‘oops’ in your life, if you learn from it and if you can laugh about it, then it’s all worth it.”

We all have had failures and ‘oops’ in our lives. In our culture many are shaming others when someone fails but we must keep trying no matter how many times we fail! Many that may try to shame you because you failed are most likely not doing anything with their lives. At your job the best thing you can do is to show your boss that you are willing to learn! Also own your mistakes! What are your thoughts on failure and pushing through the difficulties in your life? We want to hear from you! You can write to us at friends@greglancaster.org. Greg and John shared in this segment.

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VFNKB #SuccessSecret the Two Marks of Every Leader- Jentezen Franklin

In this VFNKB Success Secret, Pastor Jentezen Franklin gives us two marks that every leader has. God is into your success and wants you to be fruitful in your life! Be encouraged by this VFNKB Success Secret!

Pastor Franklin states that the first mark of a leader is that a leader gets results! He gives some examples of this remarking that if you take your car to get it repaired by a Master Mechanic and after that person works on it and it is towed out of the garage by a tow truck that person no matter what their degree or title is, is not a leader because they did not get results! “Results determine leadership, are you able to get results?” The second mark of a leader is that a leader is determined by their fruitfulness. Pastor Franklin gives the example of Moses and how they chose the first priest and tribe by using dead sticks and whoever’s stick budded at the end of this would be the first priest and Aaron’s stick budded. “You are to follow a leader that produces fruit!”

Pastor Franklin gave us great wisdom that we can carry daily in the areas that we are leaders and then gives us the perspective we need to examine those in leadership in our lives to make sure they are getting results and bearing fruit. What do you think about this? We want to hear from you, you can write to us at friends@greglancaster.org. Greg and John shared in this segment.

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We have been speaking about Venezuela and have talked about the tragedies that have taken place in that country. Their economy crashed, and people don’t have enough money to buy food and parents are even sending their children to other family members that are able to feed them because parents can’t feed their own children. Senator Marco Rubio spoke of Venezuela recently in an interview and he believes that it is time for military intervention in that country by the United States.

Senator Rubio spoke of this in an interview with Miami’s Univision. “Rubio said that a military intervention may be justified on the grounds of national security. 

“For months and years, I wanted the solution in Venezuela to be a non-military and peaceful solution, simply to restore democracy,” he said. “There is a national assembly elected by the people that has been annulled by a dictatorship.” 

“I believe that the Armed Forces of the United States are only used in the event of a threat to national security,” he continued. “I believe that there is a very strong argument that can be made at this time that Venezuela and the Maduro regime has become a threat to the region and even to the United States.” 

The State Department has recognized Venezuela as presenting a genuine national security threat to the United States. The Maduro regime is allegedly involved in major drug trafficking operations, and also providing safe havens and training facilities for terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and the Islamic State. 

Rubio has long been a campaigner against both the Chávez regime and the current socialist regime. Prominent Maduro henchman Diosdado Cabello reportedly hired a hitman to assassinate Rubio in 2017, a claim the regime denies. He is understood to have President Donald Trump’s ear on directing his policy towards Cuba and Venezuela, where the U.S. has rolled back the lifting of sanctions under Barack Obama’s ‘Cuban Thaw’ and imposed sanctions on the Maduro regime designed to cripple the country’s vital oil sector.  

Last month, the Associated Press reported that Trump pressed his aides on whether to use a military option in Venezuela, an idea allegedly met with strong opposition by regional leaders including then-Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. The Mercosur trade bloc comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay also warned that “the only acceptable means of promoting democracy are dialogue and diplomacy” while opposing “any option that implies the use of force.” 

Despite opposition to the proposal among some Latin American powers, many Venezuelan exiles and those within the anti-socialist protest movement appear to be warming to the idea of the U.S. toppling Maduro through military action. One of those is the former Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of Caracas, Diego Arria, who now lives in exile from New York. 

“Venezuela has not only morphed into a narco-state with full control of the military but has allowed a Cuban occupation of 40,000 civilian and intelligence agents of its territory, as well as the control of its police and military forces,” Arria told Breitbart News. “How else could it liberate itself if not by outside intervention?”

Small Cuba has now taken over Venezuela! Former Congressman Jeff Miller spoke to Greg and was talking about Venezuela and that they have missiles that can deliver a payload to America. With Hamas being in that country that means if they send those missiles to America they can do something to our country. Former Congressman Miller summed it up this way, “It’s getting scarier and scarier.” He was letting Greg know that what was taking place in Venezuela and Cuba.

This is when having borders in America is important because if we do not secure our borders there will be a massive running to America by those in these socialistic countries. We are praying for a breakthrough to happen in Venezuela and for revival to breakout! We know that the people in Venezuela would love to have jobs and money to support their family and we pray that this happens!

Cindy Jacobs prophesied an encouraging word earlier this year that “Evil dictators are starting to fall!” What is additionally encouraging about this prophetic word is that Jacobs began to speak about specific leaders. “Maduro in Venezuela, HE IS OUT!” This is so encouraging to know that God is moving on behalf of so many that are suffering in this hour due to the oppressive leadership that is over them. God is listening to everyone that is praying for this to happen in Venezuela and other countries that are under oppressive government. We want to hear from you and what you think about this! You can write to us at friends@greglancaster.org. Greg and John shared in this segment.

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VFNKB #SuccessSecret Spanx CEO Sara Blakely Redefining Failure

God is into your success and wants you to be fruitful in this short vapor of life that we have. In this VFNKB Success Secret, Spanx CEO, Sarah Blakely, will help us redefine failure. Failure is a part of the process and when we fail we must fail forward!

“Growing up, my father used to ask my brother and me what we had failed at, at the dinner table, which was so interesting, and he’d celebrate it.  And he’d actually be disappointed if I didn’t have something that I’d failed at that week…What it did was just re-frame my definition of failure. Failure for me became not trying versus the outcome. So many people don’t take risks for fear of failure. They don’t start the business, they don’t go create the art they want to create, or they don’t go try out to be in the play or whatever it is for the fear of failure. And once you redefine that for yourself and realize the failure is just not trying then life opens up to you in many ways.” Sarah continues talking about how her father would have her look at something she had failed at or been embarrassed by a situation and to fine the hidden gifts in the failure. “I started realizing in everything there was some amazing nugget that I wouldn’t have wanted to pass up.” She says that she talks openly about her failures in front of her team, calling them the ‘oops’ of Spanx, letting them know it is okay to fail. “If you’re going to have a ‘oops’, part of the beauty of it is twofold. If there is a ‘failure’ or an ‘oops’ in your life, if you learn from it and if you can laugh about it, then it’s all worth it.”

We all have had failures and ‘oops’ in our lives. In our culture many are shaming others when someone fails but we must keep trying no matter how many times we fail! Many that may try to shame you because you failed are most likely not doing anything with their lives. At your job the best thing you can do is to show your boss that you are willing to learn! Also own your mistakes! What are your thoughts on failure and pushing through the difficulties in your life? We want to hear from you! You can write to us at friends@greglancaster.org. Greg and John shared in this segment.

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VFNKB #SuccessSecret the Two Marks of Every Leader- Jentezen Franklin

In this VFNKB Success Secret, Pastor Jentezen Franklin gives us two marks that every leader has. God is into your success and wants you to be fruitful in your life! Be encouraged by this VFNKB Success Secret!

Pastor Franklin states that the first mark of a leader is that a leader gets results! He gives some examples of this remarking that if you take your car to get it repaired by a Master Mechanic and after that person works on it and it is towed out of the garage by a tow truck that person no matter what their degree or title is, is not a leader because they did not get results! “Results determine leadership, are you able to get results?” The second mark of a leader is that a leader is determined by their fruitfulness. Pastor Franklin gives the example of Moses and how they chose the first priest and tribe by using dead sticks and whoever’s stick budded at the end of this would be the first priest and Aaron’s stick budded. “You are to follow a leader that produces fruit!”

Pastor Franklin gave us great wisdom that we can carry daily in the areas that we are leaders and then gives us the perspective we need to examine those in leadership in our lives to make sure they are getting results and bearing fruit. What do you think about this? We want to hear from you, you can write to us at friends@greglancaster.org. Greg and John shared in this segment.

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