Faith Complete

The official definition of the word faith is "complete trust or confidence in someone or something." 

Let that sink in for just one second. Faith= COMPLETE trust or confidence. 

Faith is not just half confidence. 

My faith in God and his plan is so complete to me! I am an extremely shy person when you first meet me, but I believe with my whole heart that I have complete confidence in my Lord. I will stand up for Him and his plan, no matter what that calls me to do. 

"For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,

for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, 

till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, 

her salvation like a blazing torch." 

-Isaiah 62:1

"I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse; 

and all peoples on earth 

will be blessed through you."

-Genesis 12: 1-3

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem,

they shall prosper that love thee."

-Psalms 122: 6

Get involved and Sign the Pledge! Show your Faith in God! Just Click HERE and put in your name and email address. That is all you have to do! Also, I got a free ebook about Israel so that I can be more informed. You may do this as well! 

Prayers for Peace.....Sad Day!

Thursday night, January 30, 2014, the southern area of Israel was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza. It hit outside the city of Netivot, Israel. Thankfully, there were no injuries or damages. The Israel Defense Forces retaliated Friday morning, January 31, 2014. They sent airlifts to strike a terrorist weapon manufacturing facility. There were no injuries reported from the retaliation. We are lucky that the rocket hit on the outskirts of the city in a random field, because this city is home to 26,000 people. It is sad that we are allies to Israel, but this news will not even be covered in American news. Please spread the word and continue the prayers for peace!

Upcoming Fun at my College

My friends and I finally got the letter from school that our CUFI organization is approved! Most people do not realize that some colleges make it near impossible for CUFI members to create their organization. These school normally already have staff and other organizations against the CUFI belief. You can imagine that controversy is not easy to overcome or stick strong against. Fortunately, my school is not demographically divided to the extent that we were faced with controversy whilst presenting our request for the CUFI on Campus organization to the education board. 

Now that we are an official organization, we can have meetings and events related to my college. In February we are hosting a movie night. This movie is an informative and fun way to relate the information out to the public and fellow classmates about the facts behind supporting Israel! I have realized that most people who shy away from our group only do so because they do not know the facts enough to form an opinion. This is how I once was, and I my knowledge is growing every day! 

Another exciting event we have planned on campus is our Senate as a speaker in March. The movie in February will give the biblical and factual background on supporting Israel, while having the Senate as a speaker in March will give us the political aspect of it. This will give us a wide range of audience to educate, and hopefully we will gain some supporters or members after these events.

Those are the exciting events we have planned for now, but I am sure we will be adding more since we are finally official.

Political Connections

Today, I asked myself how did America get so close to Israel? Where did our relationship begin? I did some research about this by just going to Google.com and searching "Israel's relation with US beginnings." I found some interesting articles on it. Now, keep in mind that I am only 19 years old, and I have not formed my political opinion yet. So, if the article had some basis in its' contents, then I moved on to the next article. The first article I opened up was against Israel, and I was not about to read that since I know I am not against them. 

Here is a timeline of some random facts about our relationship with Israel. I am paraphrasing to make it easier to understand. This is what I gathered from the information. Also, remember that I do not know the politically correct terms for some of these phrases, so bare with me.

- 1917 : The British Government controls Palestine. This is the area that the Jews agreed to create Israel at. The English support the Jewish groundwork for their creation of a nation that they later call Israel. The U.S. support of Israel began even before they were born.

-1948 : This was the year that Israel was born. They fought their Arab neighbors and won. The United States was the first country to notice Israel as a part of the United Nations. 

- 1973 : Israel lost land that they won in a war in 1967 against Egypt and Syria. Israel struggles, and the United States send over weapons and airlifts that help them defend their land.The United States did not support violence, but they supported Israel because of their values. Israel formed to create peace among the nations

A few President quotes :

[ "I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now," President Harry Truman said on May 26, 1952. "I believe it has a glorious future before it --- not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization." ]

[ John F. Kennedy declared: "This nation, from the time of President Woodrow Wilson, has established and continued a tradition of friendship with Israel because we are committed to all free societies that seek a path to peach and honor individual right. In the prophetic spirit of Zionism all free men today look to a better world and in the experience of Zionism we know that it takes courage and perseverance and dedication to achieve it."  ]

[  Lyndon Johnson said, "The United States and Israel share many common objectives...chief of which is the building of a better world in which every nation can develop its resources and develop them in freedom and peace."  ]

I copied these quotes exactly from jewishvirtuallibrary.org , because I saw how important every word was in each quote. I could not change that!

Anyway, if I have any of my facts wrong or I forgot an important part, then please feel free to comment and correct me. I only put a tiny bit of information for now; there will be more to come!

Thank you for reading!
Ashley J

Biblical Backup

I have struggled researching some biblical aspects that connect Israel to God's word. I searched on the cufi.org website and found a list of biblical facts. One fact really opened my eyes more on how it all connects. I see that we should support the family of Jesus, this includes all the Jewish people! I copied this fact from http://www.cufi.org/images/learnwhy/SevenBiblicalResons.pdf . Enjoy! I hope this reaches out to you like it did me ; if not this one, then maybe another from their list!

While some Christians try to deny the connection between Jesus of Nazareth and the 

Jews of the world, Jesus never denied his Jewishness. He was born Jewish, He was 

circumcised on the eighth day in keeping with Jewish tradition, He had his Bar Mitzvah 

on his 13th birthday, He kept the law of Moses, He wore the Prayer Shawl Moses 

commanded all Jewish men to wear, He died on a cross with an inscription over His head, 

"King of the Jews!" 



Jesus considered the Jewish people His family. Jesus said (Matthew 25:40) "Verily I 

say unto you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren 

(the Jewish people… Gentiles were never called His brethren), ye have done it unto me." 

Just A Beginning

Recently, I have been invited to join this group of Christians who are working together to support Israel. I do not have much concrete knowledge on the topic yet, but I hunger to learn more. I have watched YouTube videos about their conferences held in D.C. or San Antonio. Also, I am working hard to create CUFI On Campus at my college.

This semester I am taking an American Government class, and we must choose a topic/policy to research and relate to every lesson. I chose our foreign policy with Israel. This will help give me the political viewpoint of CUFI, and I hope to learn the biblical viewpoint soon with my group or at one of the conferences.

This blog is to journal through this journey with me. Hopefully, this will relate to a lot of people, and I just hope to spread information to those who may not know. You can form your own opinion, but you cannot form one if you do not have all the facts. I am here to help.

Thank you for reading.

Ashley J