Umberto Saba (1883-1957) is one of the great Italian poets of the twentieth century, as closely associated with his native city Trieste as Joyce is with Dublin. He received a sparse education but was writing distinctive poetry before he was twenty, ignoring the modernist groups which dominated the day. He came at personal themes in unexpected ways, using an unapologetically contemporary idiom. He acquired an antiquarian bookshop which prospered for a time, but his Jewish background placed him at risk with the rise of Fascism. When the Germans took northern Italy in 1943, he and his family went into hiding in Florence where they escaped detection until the Allied liberation. National fame came late in his life. 100 Poems is the most extensive selection of his work so far published in Great Britain. He emerges as one of the great European writers of his time. The book features writing from every period of his writing life. Patrick Worsnip's translations honour the poet's use of traditional Italian forms while using appropriately colloquial diction.

The mind is the "field" where Satan sows "seeds" of distrust, unbelief and bitterness, which grow into "weeds" that affect the daily life of a man. When the Word of God falls among them, it is choked and fails to produce fruit (Matthew 13:24-30). The field does not receive it, for the prayers of committed intercessors have not cleared it. The mind is therefore the nerve centre the spiritual enemy targets in his attempt to gain control of a man. Any idea he accepts dens up in his memory and becomes a driving force that binds him for life, unless someone pays the price required to deliver him. You never deal with mere thinking patterns, but with the power that is behind them. You are actually facing well-entrenched and hidden spirits. No man can destroy the power of an idea that has its origin from a supernatural source. Only the power of God can deal with it and break its defences, and that power can only be obtained by prayer and fasting. Hence the title of this book: "Stronger than Darkness."

Men of great stature have always risen from the hardest situations after proving their worth. Individuals of exceptional character have always emerged victorious from the greatest tests. The most admired personalities have grown only through the toughest predicaments. The greatest eminence has always been earned through an unbeatable faith. Heroes are solely found among those who have won the fiercest battles. The giants can only be encountered among the most brave. No muscle has ever grown strong without hard training, and no nobility is ever found among those who love the good life. No soft, weak, timid and undeserving people are remembered in history, for they have done nothing to attract admiration. Their name will never be mentioned. There is a law that has no exceptions: Distinction comes at a proportionate cost. If you refuse to pay it, you will be forgotten as worthless. Oblivion will be your lot. But if you want to be an outstanding figure that inspires, as God wants, a towering personality that impresses, a brave man or woman that impacts generations and moves the world for Christ, you ought to want to read this book. God is not honoured by "rabbits" that run at every hint of danger, but by people that learn to become fearless and unbeatable. This book is not for the faint-hearted, nor is it a manual designed to entertain you. It is designed to bring out of you the man or woman of real valour. If you are after pleasure, you will never be a candidate for divine greatness. Ponder carefully on the choice you make in the short time you have: it has eternal consequences.

Like Gideon, you too have a mighty power hidden within that is waiting to be put to good use and accomplish great things. It is not a fanciful thought, but a legitimate one: you can achieve what most people don't if you make a decision. As far as you are concerned, the failures of Church leaders and Pastors in the West are not bad news, for they offer you the perfect opportunity for greatness. Neither you nor I can attain any eminence without the failures of others, just as Moses could not have become a giant without the difficult people of Israel he had delivered from Egypt. Think also of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Elijah and the other Prophets: none of them would have been great characters without the sin of the people. This truth has never changed: without wrongdoing there have never been giants. These were smart enough to take advantage of every opportunity. As you look through the Bible, you will notice that history repeats itself: great people rose only during times of widespread rebellion and decadence. Are you willing to respond in a time of moral disaster like ours? The opportunities are here, right before your eyes, so long as you turn them to your favour. God Himself calls you to do so, for your greatness brings great honour to Him.

Times of affluence are invariably followed by widespread rebellion to God's laws. History repeats itself, or is not history, and so too does the conduct of all peoples. Rebellion is a serious matter, and is invariably followed by decadence and eventual judgment. We in the West are about to pay the price for our transgressions. But God has made grace available to the rebels at the request of someone who is unselfish enough to stand in His presence on their behalf and take upon himself their sins. If you cry out for mercy and change of heart, He will grant them, and many will be saved. But greater sins generally require longer years of supplication, during which you seem to receive no answer. If you don't expect this, you may be discouraged and give up. But God is faithful, and does not fail to answer, for He always prefers mercy to judgment. The added benefit is that you, the intercessor, will grow in stature and character by sheer persistence. God takes more notice of your supplication than He does of any sin committed by anybody, and does not allow the transgressor to be lost forever. Never say that "it is the sinner's decision to go to hell" choose instead to cry out to God till he makes the right decision

History is not history if it does not repeat itself in cycles. History indicates over and over again that in times of affluence, security and peace the people turn away from God and disobey His laws. He then sends many servants to warn, and even threaten, the rebels, but usually to no avail. They become stubborn and refuse to turn back. Yet for that refusal His holy nature demands death, unless unselfish people stand in the gap between a holy God and the laughing fools. If no one does, judgement inexorably follows: God raises ruthless people to carry out His verdict of destruction and death. Endless mercy without judgement becomes foolishness, and God is not a fool. We are living in such times of rebellion, and if an army of committed intercessors does not rise right now, history will repeat itself with all its horrors and scenes of death. However, it is sad to note that, as Georg Hegel wrote, "History constantly proves that man learns nothing from history." But for those who are willing to learn from it, I have prepared a manual that teaches all they need to know about intercession, so that they may avert the coming disaster by prayer and fasting. Though the task may seem impossible, we are dealing with a God for whom nothing is impossible. He responds to the prayer of those who are willing to pay any price to rescue the rebels from their foolishness. He will convict them of sin and will remove from them the heart of stone. Both history and the Bible also prove that those who refuse to pray for them, will be overcome by the judgement that is looming closer and closer. Those who have understanding will perceive this truth, but those who don't will remain blind till death wipes them out. You are now choosing between life and death.

A great war rages between two kingdoms: hatred against love. Wherever salvation reaches the people, there too Satan steps up the most determined fight to oppose it through persecution, oppression, mockery, deceit and confusion. Satan has several divisions in his evil army, all of which have one thing in common: to fight God and His grace. In that army there are Communists, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, film and magazine producers, and many others. Though the Gospel is conquering the earth at a rate faster than ever in history, the old sections of the Church in the West are decaying and are in danger of being overcome by the most aggressive enemy - Islam. This is the time of its greatest weakness, and this fiercest of all enemies is building up its forces in our midst with the clear goal of obliterating it in the West as it did in the Middle East, in Turkey and North Africa. As the kingdom of darkness fights the Kingdom of Light, this confrontation can be observed throughout the earth, and the victory over Lucifer's armies can only be secured by prayer and fasting.

What do you do when you find yourself going through hard times? What about when you have lost all hope of ever seeing the light again? This book provides you with the only answer that comes from the very mouth of God: He commands you to trust His wisdom and perfect control of your situation, no matter how hard it may appear. If you do, you will have peace and joy in the midst of what before looked like as a dead end in your life.

In a world that falls apart only the intercessor can turn around the tide of rising evil, destroy the power of wicked ideologies and avert the coming judgment. God is merciful by nature and cannot harbour in His Heart the desire to condemn anybody. Mercy can only be unmerited, or it would not be mercy. It opposes condemnation, dispels the firing squads, defeats judgment and overthrows the evil rulers of this world. You can break both their power and the counsel of their advisors from the moment you take your place between God and them. Once you know that your prayer is inspired by the Spirit, you won't fail to bring a much-needed conviction of sin in the world. A true intercessor is he who makes his the sins of others - however bad and numerous they are - and asks God's forgiveness as if he were the only sinner. Find out more about it in this book.

As there are laws that govern the transmission of physical features, so too there are laws that ensure the transmission of spiritual characteristics from generation to generation. Such transmission is well documented in the Bible for the discerning believer to see. These characteristics are what we can call the "Spiritual DNA" that shows whose children we are. We inherit more features from our father or from our mother, but both are represented in us. We also inherit the blessing for their obedience to God as well as the curse for their disobedience until we do something about it and transmit in a modified form to our descendants what we have inherited. As we discover how they work, we learn how to break the power of inherited curses and turn them into blessings.

In un mondo che si avvia alla rovina, solo un intercessore puo respingere la marea avanzante del male, distruggere la forza delle ideologie malvagie e prevenire il castigo ormai imminente. Dio e misericordioso per natura e non puo albergare nel cuore il desiderio di condannare alcun malfattore. La misericordia e infatti un atto divino che essenzialmente non puo essere meritato, o non sarebbe misericordia. Essa oppone ogni condanna, congeda il plotone d'esecuzione, allontana il castigo e depone i sovrani malvagi di questo mondo. Tu puoi infrangere il potere tutti questi dal momento in cui prendi le difese dei trasgressori di fronte a Dio. Appena scopri che la tua intercessione puo solo essere ispirata dallo Spirito di Dio, non mancherai di portare nel mondo una convinzione di peccato della quale oggi ha tanto bisogno. Un vero intercessore e colui che mette su se stesso i peccati degli altri, per quanto gravi e numerosi possano essere, e chiede perdono a Dio come se fosse l'unico trasgressore. In questo libro troverai tutto quel che ti occorre per scoprire la potenza incredibile della tua intercessione.

En un mundo que poco a poco se va desintegrando solamente el intercesor, puede cambiar la ola de maldad que va en aumento, destruir las ideologias malvadas y evitar el juicio venidero. Dios es misericordioso por naturaleza, por lo tanto no puede existir en Su Corazon el deseo de condenar a nadie. La misericordia siempre es inmerecida, si no no seria misericordia. Es exactamente lo opuesto a la condenacion, porque dispersa el escuadron de fusilamiento, derrota al juicio y a los gobiernos malvados que reinan en el mundo.

Una delle verita piu misteriose e ripetute che deduciamo dalla Bibbia e questa: Dio ha creato delle leggi che perpetuano il peccato di Adamo ed Eva, e dalle quali nessuno puo sfuggire. Benche non osiamo pensarlo, e nondimeno vero. Significa questo che Dio vuole il male? No: Egli lo odia, ma ha decretato che tutti siamo salvati solo per la grazia che nella Sua misericordia ci concede. Di conseguenza, come i nostri progenitori hanno lasciato nel genere umano la propria natura decaduta, cosi pure facciamo noi con i nostri discendenti, trasmettendo loro le caratteristiche spirituali che ci identificano. Quando pecchiamo, notiamo che la nostra trasgressione ha una forza che li lega a disobbedire come noi abbiamo fatto, ed erige nel loro spirito una barriera all'opera salvifica di Cristo. Di conseguenza, essi finiscono per pagare un prezzo amaro per ogni peccato che abbiamo deciso di commettere, benche possano infrangerne il potere. E un pensiero particolarmente inquietante, perche il loro destino pesa sulle nostre spalle, come la vita eterna d'innumerevoli milioni pesa su quelle dei nostri progenitori. Lo stesso pero dobbiamo dire delle nostre virtu e dei benefici che provvedono ai nostri figli: la nostra virtu li mette su un sentiero di rettitudine che attrae su di loro il favore di Dio, benche possano scegliere di allontanarsene.

En un mundo que poco a poco se va desintegrando solamente el intercesor, puede cambiar la ola de maldad que va en aumento, destruir las ideologias malvadas y evitar el juicio venidero. Dios es misericordioso por naturaleza, por lo tanto no puede existir en Su Corazon el deseo de condenar a nadie. La misericordia siempre es inmerecida, si no no seria misericordia. Es exactamente lo opuesto a la condenacion, porque dispersa el escuadron de fusilamiento, derrota al juicio y a los gobiernos malvados que reinan en el mundo. Cuando usted sabe que su oracion esta inspirada por el Espiritu, el resultado de ello sera la conviccion del pecado manifestada en el mundo. Un verdadero intercesor es aquel que hace suyo el pecado de otros, no importa cuan malos o numerosos sean aquellos por los cuales el esta orando. Pidale a Dios que tenga misericordia de ellos como si usted fuera lo unico pecador que existiera. Descubra mucho mas acerca del poder de la intercesion en este libro.