tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44854721541862108112024-03-13T09:42:12.583-05:00Living to Tell...PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-23162504054558918232014-09-26T16:23:00.003-05:002014-09-26T16:23:35.114-05:00The Holy Thing...<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I listened to Sunday's <a href="http://www.powerhousechurch.tv/media.php?pageID=20" target="_blank">message from Powerhouse Church</a>, and this is what was revealed to me:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Genesis 12:2-3 ~ <span style="display: inline;">Then
the LORD told Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your
father's house, and go to the land that I will show you. </span><span style="display: inline;"><span></span>
I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will
bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others. </span><span style="display: inline;"><span></span>I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Abraham
was qualified or counted as righteous by what he DID in faith,
believing that God is a god of His word. God tells Abraham that if he
will DO what he is telling him, that he will bless him and he will have
the reputation as being righteous. But, not only will He bless him, He
will bless ALL of his descendants as well! That is his seed, his
bloodline. Jesus is in that blood line. We are washed in the blood of
Jesus, adopted as sons and daughters, we are grafted in. We are
Abraham's seed.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now,
God says in Malachi 3:6 "I am the Lord, I change not." If we believe
every word of the Bible to be true, then we cannot exclude this word. He
does not change. The Lord goes on to say in Malachi that "that is why
you sons of Jacob are not destroyed". The sons of Jacob are grandsons
of Abraham whom the Lord said He would bless and all of his
descendants. The Lord does not change. He will not destroy us once we
are saved because He is a covenant God. We are Abraham's seed. BUT, we
have an adversary...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">John 10:10 ~ The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to DESTROY: I
[Jesus] am come that they might have life, and that they might have <i>it</i> more abundantly.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The
thief comes to steal the seed, IF he can get it. The seed of the land
or fruit of the tree is the Lord's. The enemy wants the kingdom, it's
not personal where Satan is concerned. However, God wants our heart.
It IS personal with Him. His method of protection for us is obedience.
What is He protecting us from? Our adversary. <br /></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The tithe is holy unto the Lord [Lev 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, <i>whether</i> of the SEED of the land, <i>or</i> of the FRUIT of the tree, <i>is</i> the LORD'S: <i>it is</i> holy unto the LORD<span></span>]. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jesus
came to give us abundant life according to John 10:10. Deuteronomy
30:15-16 lays it out as our free will choice: blessings or curses [I
read tithe or not]. "<span>See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;</span><span><sup>16 </sup>In that I command thee this day to love the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>
thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his
statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> thy God shall BLESS thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.</span><span></span>"<br /><br />Later in the passage the Lord says his wants us to choose LIFE so that we and our descendants might live and not die. "I
call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
that both thou and thy SEED may live"<br /><br />What did Adam choose in the
garden? The fruit of the tree...Lev 27:30...the holy thing. The curse
came because of that free will choice. What did Jesus do? He hung on a
tree to give us LIFE...the blessing, reversing the curse. Jesus is the
holy thing, God's tithe, His best. We have a choice to make. Not just
once. God's has given us a test to prove our commitment to Him. That
test is the tithe. The back side of our money says "In God we trust".
This is a reminder that our hope is found in Him, that He alone is
Jehovah Jireh. All that we have belongs to Him, is given by Him, and
should glorify Him. <br /><br /><sup> </sup>If our treasures are laid up in heaven, the thief can't get them. Jesus said in Matthew 6:20-21:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span><sup>20 </sup>But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><sup>21 </sup>For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are no robbers or thieves in heaven. They cannot break through. What are treasures in heaven? SOULS...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Malachi 3:8 "<span>Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings."</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span>It
is a sin not to tithe. We are robbing God and robbers do not enter
into heaven. Does God need our money? NO, but our money funds the
spreading of the Gospel in this world so that men can "Go ye...". God
counted Abraham as righteous or blessed by what he DID in faith, faith
in God and His Word. Adam was cursed because of what he DID that went
against God's command. Jesus came to reverse the curse of Adam and
redeem us as Abraham's seed. The adversary still seeks to steal the
seed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span>Think of the reasons we say we can't tithe.</span>
We have been deceived and eaten our seed and a root is growing within
us: doubt, greed, deception, offense, unforgiveness, bitterness. The
enemy has come in because we have lived under the curse. See, we think
our car breaks or we get sick or our air conditioner goes out and THEN
we can't tithe. But surely what is happening is that we are cursed and
the devil is stealing seed meant for God BECAUSE we don't tithe. The
tithe is going to car repairs, air conditioners, VISA and
pharmaceuticals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In
a war, if an army wants to stop the movement of an insurgence, they
will seek to stop financing to that cell. The devil has the same plan
to destroy the Kingdom of God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore
also that HOLY THING which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son
of God.<span>" ~ Luke 1:35</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span>Jesus is the holy thing.
The tithe is the holy thing. How are we going to give Jesus to the
nations, fulfilling the command to go ye into all the world, storing up
treasure in heaven [SOULS] where no robber can take it? TITHE. </span></span>PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-31028176025783198552014-08-24T23:20:00.000-05:002014-08-24T23:23:52.565-05:00Come, Follow Me<span style="font-size: x-large;">Today's message at <a href="http://www.powerhousechurch.tv/media.php?pageID=20" target="_blank">Powerhouse Church</a> was powerful. We are hearing a series of messages on The Cross. Ps. Stanley Scott from <a href="http://www.myfaithfam.org/" target="_blank">Faith Family Church</a> in Houston shared a word with us today and I really received it. What he had to share witnessed to me so personally and I received a fresh revelation about picking up MY cross that I would love to share with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Jesus told a rich young man that if he wanted to be His disciple, then he must take up the cross and follow Him [</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10%3A21&version=NKJV" target="_blank">Mark 10:21</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">]. The interesting point that Ps. Stanley made today was that Jesus said this BEFORE the crucifixion. I have only considered the Cross upon which Jesus was crucified and that is the cross that I understood. He bore our sins, He suffered, He was obedient...the Cross...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But today, a fresh wind came and I got some rhema!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Ps. Stanley began to tell us about our own personal, daily cross that we must bear. The cross in Mark 10 [take up the cross] is NOT the cross in John 19 [<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19%3A16-19&version=NLT" target="_blank">the crucifixion of Jesus</a>]. There is a cross for ME to bear. <i><b>My</b></i> cross should be a drawing point for people to <i><b>come unto Him</b></i>. He said some of us may have lost our parents when we were very small [that's me]. Some of us may have had an abortion and never told anyone. Some of us may have been abused. Some of us may have an addiction. These are all drawing points for people to come unto Him. They are 'weaknesses'...</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Where He be LIFTED UP, He will draw all peoples UNTO Him.[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+12%3A32&version=NKJV" target="_blank">John 12:32</a>]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Take UP the cross [Mark 10]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is His GOODNESS that DRAWS men to repentance...[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+2%3A4&version=NKJV" target="_blank">Romans 2:4</a>]</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What is my cross??? What does this mean??? What do I lack? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is what the Lord showed me today:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">My cross is the area where I need the most <b><i>grace</i></b>. <b>Grace = power</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span class="text 2Cor-12-9" id="en-NKJV-29032">And He said to me, <span class="woj">“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”</span> Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." ~ 2 Cor 12:9</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Boasting in infirmities? Weaknesses? The world has never heard of such a thing! Yes...this is my cross. This is your cross...your WEAKNESSES! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Let me show you:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Eph-2-8" id="en-NKJV-29238">For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; <i>it is</i> the gift of God, </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Eph-2-9" id="en-NKJV-29239"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>not of works, lest anyone should boast.~ Ephesians 2:8-9</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As I take up MY cross, it is His grace making me strong in my weakness that draws people to Him for salvation. It is not ME they are drawn to...it is His goodness that draws people to repentance...His kindness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <sup class="versenum"> </sup>For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the <b>power of God to salvation</b> for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. ~ Romans 1:16</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: x-large;">His kindness is grace. His grace is power. By grace we are saved. The gospel is the power of God to salvation. Grace = power. Weakness is made strong by grace. We are to boast of our weaknesses...this draws people to <i><b>us</b></i> drawing people to <i><b>Him</b></i> as His grace comes in THAT very moment. He is such a miracle maker! A wonder worker! </span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Grace is needed most and understood best in the midst of sin, suffering,
and brokenness. We live in a world of earning, deserving, and merit, which all result in judgment, so everyone wants and needs
grace. Judgment kills. Only grace makes alive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have had so much happen to me in my life...on every level and at every stage of my life so far. Taking up the cross daily is so much more clear to me now. Each day we sin. Each day we have weakness. Each day we must be broken. So that grace abounds... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The power of God to salvation...for everyone who believes...<i><b>no matter who you are</b></i>!!! </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">If you or someone that you know is not saved or wants to make Jesus Lord of their life, call on Him now! You could say something like this:</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jesus, I am a sinner. I know I have missed it on so many levels. I have done wrong when I knew to do right. I can't do anything to right those wrongs. I need you to save me! I want to apply the payment that you paid on the cross, the blood that you shed for my sins right now. I believe that you are the Son of God who came to earth as a man, died for my sins, and rose from the dead. Cleanse me of all unrighteousness. I am willing and ready to make you Lord of my life today. I no longer want to live for myself. I am laying my life down right now, taking up the cross, and following you. I commit to read your Word to learn who You are and what you promise me so that I can walk the path that you have tread for me. I ask you to fill me with Your Spirit right now so that I will have the Power to do your will. In Jesus Name I pray. AMEN!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Congratulations! You have just made the best decision of your life!!! A great place to start in the Word of God is the <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=NLT" target="_blank">book of John</a>. This Gospel reveals who Jesus is, His ministry and what He did for us. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask! Get plugged in to a Bible based, spirit filled church. Stay connected! And remember, when you miss it, just call out to Him and admit your wrongs and He will lead you right! </i> </span><br />
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<br />PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-21741915317725149322014-07-14T12:36:00.000-05:002014-07-14T12:44:43.463-05:00"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." ~ Philippians 3:!4<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1OFia2HgcqA/U8QNZbXI0wI/AAAAAAAAA1g/Djdi9Pzzaz4/s1600/GirlsAndDaddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1OFia2HgcqA/U8QNZbXI0wI/AAAAAAAAA1g/Djdi9Pzzaz4/s1600/GirlsAndDaddy.jpg" height="250" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My husband and daughters :)</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I
went on a mission trip to Peru a couple of weeks ago. I left on June
22 from my home in Schulenburg, flew out of Houston on June 23 and
landed in Piura, Peru on June 24. That evening, God told me to call
home at 10:20 PM. I called home and could not reach my husband. I
called my 16 year old daughter and she was spending the night at a
friend's house. This was odd to me because my husband and I had
discussed that she wasn't allowed to spend the night away. I asked her
to go home [she was right up the road] and wake her daddy up and tell
him I was trying to call him. She went home and called me back as soon
as she got there. The words out of her mouth were, "Mom, he's not
here." I asked, "Where is Cassidy?" [my 7 year old.] She said, "In the
bed." He had left the house and left my 7 year old asleep in the
bed...ALONE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Last June, my husband was released from prison after
a 8 month conviction for possession of crack cocaine. He is 47 years
old and has been fighting with his addiction for 25 years. Once
released from prison last year, I saw him as a tranfigured man.
Literally. He physically looked different and felt different to me...it
took some getting used to. He was quoting Scripture and had truly been
humbled. He submitted himself to leadership and took direction. He was being molded and made into who God had created him to be!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roger being baptized at a Men's Encounter last summer</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He did not come right out into my home. He lived at
the Salvation Army and slept on the floor for 2 1/2 months in order to
save money to get us in a rent house. See, when he got convicted, we
had a house in Katy, Texas and a van and all the comforts. We lost it
all. I let it go because I work in ministry and could not afford the
rent on that house. I gave all of our stuff away and trusted God. And
God did what He does! We were allowed to live at Jordan Ranch [the
Christian retreat center where I work] for 10 months while he was away.
So when he came out, we were still homeless. But he took his place as
the man and worked to make it right. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Moving in our new house in August 2013</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our new house in Schulenburg Aug 2013</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the past year, my
husband has been a man of character and integrity. He has earned trust
and we have had grace with him. There were no preemptive or discerning
indications that any of this was forthcoming...</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TrPPu1g7VwI/U8QP-8ZqRgI/AAAAAAAAA2E/PovKMG3bAv8/s1600/RogerStand4Life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TrPPu1g7VwI/U8QP-8ZqRgI/AAAAAAAAA2E/PovKMG3bAv8/s1600/RogerStand4Life.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Roger joined me and Love Lets Live Pro-Life ministry
in Austin in July 2013 to stand for life and pass the new abortion law
in Texas.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9QE0ahB7mx8/U8QQB1vMTDI/AAAAAAAAA2U/yRLIjWZzsus/s1600/RogTestifies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9QE0ahB7mx8/U8QQB1vMTDI/AAAAAAAAA2U/yRLIjWZzsus/s1600/RogTestifies.jpg" height="424" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roger testifying at one of our many outreaches in the community in Schulenburg.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> So, once she told
me that he was not home, he walked in the door. I was
relieved...though I had not really panicked in the first place. I still
did not believe that the unction I was getting from the Lord was that
my husband was falling back...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> He got on the phone and was very
defensive asking, "What's going on here? Are you checking up on me?"
No "Hi honey! How was your flight? It's good to hear from you!" I knew
immediately that this was going to happen...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Apparently God had
messed with him and he turned around and came home after he saw the two
missed calls from me. But even with that conviction he gave in to the
flesh the next day. He disappeared and left our children alone. I was
in Peru.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> This binge took him out. It lasted 7 days. In that
time, he lost his job, his integrity, his family, his dignity...and I
can't imagine the shame he feels right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I love my husband. I have hope for my husband. I look at all the lives he has touched with his testimony, his patience, and his love and I cannot help but smile. However, trust must be built. So we start again... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He is in the Salvation Army
in Houston, TX until he can have phone privileges to call a rehab
[Lazarus Project] through our covenant church, Bethany World Prayer
Center in Baton Rouge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Why am I telling you this? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I was
on another continent. I was defenseless when the enemy
attacked...except for prayer and the faithfulness I had sown in advance.
We will reap what we sow. What are you sowing in to...spirit or
flesh? World or Kingdom? I thank God that I was sowing into the Kingdom. You never know when those prayers will need to be redeemed. You never know when your character and faithfulness will be a factor in determining whether tough love or tenderness will be the remedy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> See, when all of this went down, my
church family [Powerhouse in Katy] stepped in and ensured that my
children were taken care of and safe. Not my family or my husband's
family, but The Church. In this way, I received the news but did not
miss a beat and carried on with my mission in Peru. I didn't fret, cry,
get angered, or loose my composure. I walked in the Power of the Holy
Spirit and not my will or emotions. I did not lose my joy or my
dignity. I returned on July 1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I am accountable and covered by 3
pastors and countless other leaders who hold me to the standard of God's
Word. My husband was accountable as well. This accountability and
discipleship does not guarantee that temptation won't come, that devastation
won't ensue, that tribulation won't shake the foundation...but what it
does is give me a brace...it is the rebar that keeps me from cracking
under pressure. I cannot save my husband. I have learned through all
of this that I was holding on probably a little too tightly. I was so
excited for him and us...and I unintentionally enabled him spiritually. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> There were moments [though fleeting] when I discerned a little
something in the Spirit and discounted it as "doubt" or that I was
basing it on history. Don't deny the unction of the Spirit. IF you are
confident in who are you in Him, He will speak to you about things
unknown, even to the one whom He is speaking about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I don't
tell you this because I need a "word" from you or any sort of advice. I welcome your prayers, but please keep your "advice" and opinion. I have wise counselors. I tell you this testimony to show you how
accountability, obedience, and faithfulness regardless of circumstances
will protect you with God's covering. I have no fear, no worry, no
anxieties. I have His Perfect Peace enveloping me as this storm is
raging. The wind and rains surround me, though I do not waiver. I
don't say this proudly...but I speak confidently by the Power of the Holy Spirit and for His Glory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Remain faithful. Remain accountable.
Remain obedient. And if you aren't now, repent and get right. And know
that your walk is YOUR WALK...my husband's choices are no reflection of
my integrity so I will not retreat. I press on...</span><br />
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PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-56823666134989425582014-07-10T20:41:00.002-05:002014-07-10T21:05:55.368-05:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What you believe doesn't matter if your behavior contradicts it. Private choices have public consequences. FAITH requires corresponding ACTION. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><img src="http://spfaust.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/triumph-of-evil.jpg" height="300" id="irc_mi" style="margin-top: 47px;" width="600" /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Many proclaim to have faith...my question is where does your faith lie? How do you know the MEASURE of your faith until you come to the end of it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qXGPpNmXf1M/U79DR6zRyeI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/awGRk3f17Hs/s1600/Leap-of-Faith-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qXGPpNmXf1M/U79DR6zRyeI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/awGRk3f17Hs/s1600/Leap-of-Faith-1.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Is your faith simply in what you see, have seen, or want to see? Faith is the substance of things hoped for...where do your hopes lie? Are they God's will? How do you know? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"> If you say you have faith [which begins with hope] but don't know God's will, then how will you know if your hopes are His will? His will is in His Promises...He has declared and decreed our destiny and He has achieved Victory for us, yet you don't read His Word, know His attributes, or heed His commands and STILL you say you have faith???? In WHAT? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And
it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come
to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who
<i>sincerely</i> seek him. ~ Hebrews 11:6</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I say many of us simply have confidence in our flesh. We have injected our will as God's promises and in turn have set up a high place and exalted our desires over what He desires <i><b>for us</b></i>. We live under a counterfeit Gospel that simply <i><b>inspires us</b></i>. We have <i><b>no reverence</b></i> for the Sovereign God who is the Author and Finisher of our faith. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">If life crumbled around you, if you lost everything that you hold dear and all you had was YOUR FAITH...what would you find at the end of THAT measure of FAITH? Would your faith increase, decrease, or would you find that you never really had faith in the first place? I'm telling you right now, that <b>you have no idea</b>. You can try to answer that question, but until it happens to you...YOU HAVE NO IDEA~</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I recently returned from a mission trip to Piura, Peru. I saw people who have come to the end of faith as they know it and are living on the supernatural, unknown, God faith. I saw authentic worship, desperate worship, heart pounding, wrecked worship. I saw pure desire. I saw pure and genuine love. And I found out that my faith increases when I have come to the end of "I know"...</span><img src="http://www.amandaabella.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Breaking-Up.jpg" height="393" id="irc_mi" style="margin-top: 0px;" width="593" /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I encountered God in a new way...unexpectedly. I landed in that country and simply kept time. I didn't miss a beat. God had me the whole time. I felt as though I was in another dimension...I saw the world from a different perspective...that we are all not that different and neither are our needs. It is our DESIRES that are variable. It is in this that we differ. </span><img alt="" class="spotlight" height="213" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10423688_769130743137989_8835646522733893335_n.jpg" style="height: 534px; width: 800px;" width="320" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I noticed that the world, when seen through my God eye, is His. I saw family...I felt like I was at home. Honestly...I could have just as easily been in Schulenburg! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I realized that I don't need to go to foreign soil to satisfy my passion for missions! I can be fulfilled [as I have been so far!] right here in my town. The similarities, through my God eye, were astounding to me! I love this town...I love these people and I desire to see every person in this city reached with the true Gospel and true Love of Jesus Christ. THAT is my desire. And my hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I cannot do it but He can through me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of
you this warning: Don't think you are better than you really are. Be
honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the
faith God has given us.</span><span class="p"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">~ Romans 12:3</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The greatest gift I have been given is the Holy Ghost. He is my Comforter. He is my Advocate. He urges me to continue in FAITH. I love You, Lord.</span>PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-11071751192390315562014-05-29T11:23:00.004-05:002014-05-29T11:50:54.755-05:00Them that believe...<div class="heading passage-class-0">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Mark-16-17" id="en-KJV-24891"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Mark-16-18" id="en-KJV-24892"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>They
shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall
not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Mark 16:17-18 (AMP)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Mark-16-17" id="en-AMP-24889"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>And
these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they
will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Mark-16-18" id="en-AMP-24890"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>They
will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it
will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Mark-16-17" id="en-DARBY-24890"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Mark-16-18" id="en-DARBY-24891"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>they
shall take up serpents; and if they should drink any deadly thing it
shall not injure them; they shall lay hands upon the infirm, and they
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Mark-16-18" id="en-KJV-24892"> </span><span class="text Mark-16-18" id="en-KJV-24892">WHAT IS A SIGN???</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Mark-16-18" id="en-KJV-24892">When I am driving down the road, I look for signs to point me in the direction I need to go as well as guide me to safety.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Are we seeing these SIGNS in the church today? OR are we witnessing a drawing near to the man of God/ woman of God rather than to Jesus, with a "wishin' and a hopin'" rather than praying and fasting? We don't believe because we see, we see because we believe...according to the Scripture.</span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X-s_0RNHU00/U4dbQ6WpbYI/AAAAAAAAA0k/d4xNa0N5ucM/s1600/powerhand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X-s_0RNHU00/U4dbQ6WpbYI/AAAAAAAAA0k/d4xNa0N5ucM/s1600/powerhand.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">The authority comes from Him. We are given the privilege of using His Name and we have full access and privileges to withdraw from His accounts. Everything that He has done, we will do and more. But we cannot represent God if we are not SUBMITTED and OBEDIENT. There is no way in heaven that you would give a disobedient and rebellious child access to your ATM card, credit card, or bank account. You would in no way give an inconsistent, late, and absent employee the privilege of speaking on your behalf and using your name to secure new prospects. You would never in a millenium offer a thief, a liar, or a murderer access to your home and children. Yet, we see these errs all over...there is no mention of sin, only "issues"; no call for repentance, only "counseling"; and no accountability, only "fellowship"...wanting authority with no accountability, wanting privileges with no obedience, wanting</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> power with no connection. If the sign does not point to Jesus then it is not a sign from God. If we believe that a person who is gifted in deliverance is someone to be praised, then we are missing it. If we come to see the man heal, but disregard the Healer, then we are idolators. All glory and honor and praise goes to the Lord!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. Cast out devils [<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A17%3B+Luke+10%3A19%3B+Matthew+10%3A7-8%3B+Matthew+17%3A20-21%3B+John+14%3A12&version=NLT" target="_blank">Mark 16:17; Luke 10:19; Matthew 10:7-8; Matthew 17:20-21; John 14:12</a>]</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Speak with new tongues [<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A17%3B+Acts+2%3A4%3B+Acts+10%3A44-48%3B+Acts+19%3A1-7%3B+1+Corinthians+12-14%3B+Isaiah+28%3A11&version=NLT" target="_blank">Mark 16:17; Acts 2:4; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 19:1-7; 1 Corinthians 12-14; Isaiah 28:11</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3. Take up serpents [<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A18%3B+Luke+10%3A19%3B+Psalm+91%3B+Acts+28%3A1-5&version=NLT" target="_blank">Mark 16:18; Luke 10:19; Psalm 91; Acts 28:1-5</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. Be immune from poisons [<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A18%3B+Psalm+91%3B+Luke+10%3A18%3B+2+Kings+4%3A41&version=NLT" target="_blank">Mark 16:18; Psalm 91; Luke 10:18; 2 Kings 4:41</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. Heal the sick [<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A18%3B+Matthew+10%3A1-8%3B+Luke+24%3A49%3B+John+14%3A12%3B+Acts+1%3A8&version=NLT" target="_blank">Mark 16:18; Matthew 10:1-8; Luke 24:49; John 14:12; Acts 1:8</a>]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Christ did it. The disciples did it. All disciples are commanded to do it and believers are promised the POWER to do it. These signs will NOT follow the doubter and unbeliever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text 2Tim-1-7" id="en-KJV-29817"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TLe9VGbj5A/U4dcjtea0zI/AAAAAAAAA0w/a7Tiko6CUrk/s1600/What-Did-Jesus-Do.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TLe9VGbj5A/U4dcjtea0zI/AAAAAAAAA0w/a7Tiko6CUrk/s1600/What-Did-Jesus-Do.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text 2Tim-1-7" id="en-KJV-29817">I pray for signs, miracles and wonders. But I do not celebrate the miracle, I worship the LORD and give glory to Him who is worthy of all honor and praise! Too many services and gatherings are focused on the sign [i.e. healing, deliverance, etc.] rather than on the person of Jesus Christ. And still others are focused on "helping" the Christian rather than calling on the Helper and honoring the Helper [the Holy Spirit] that He would manifest. </span></span><br />
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<span class="text Mark-16-16" id="en-NKJV-24890"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="woj"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Acts-1-4">And being assembled together with <i>them,</i> He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, <span class="woj">“which,”</span> <i>He said,</i> <span class="woj">“you have heard from Me;</span> </span> <span class="text Acts-1-5" id="en-NKJV-26929"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup><span class="woj">for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”</span> </span> <span class="text Acts-1-6" id="en-NKJV-26930"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” </span> <span class="text Acts-1-7" id="en-NKJV-26931"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>And He said to them, <span class="woj">“It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.</span> </span> <span class="text Acts-1-8" id="en-NKJV-26932"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup><span class="woj">But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me</span><sup> </sup><span class="woj">in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” ~ Acts 1:4-8</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Acts-1-8" id="en-NKJV-26932"><span class="woj">See, if our authority comes from God, then revelation will be the proof...revelation of who <b>He</b> is and <i><b>not</b></i> who I am! We make assumptions about the "qualifying factors" of those in authority: strong will and determination, clever ideas and eloquent speeches; none of these stand for authority but they stand for the flesh. A gift from God will not be received properly through a wounded vessel. Many of us are wounded, but not dead. We are still fighting to hold on. Only those who have passed through death and been resurrected are recognized by God and given authority. </span></span></span><br />
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PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-19155967525348502042014-05-22T12:31:00.000-05:002014-05-22T14:58:13.837-05:00Positioning Yourself for Greatness<span style="font-size: x-large;">When I was in high school, I honestly did not have an aspiration or a dream...I didn't consider "what I would be when I grow up" because I wasn't sure I would make it to tomorrow. My desire was to get out of the den of danger, fear, and web of anxiety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I was never a dreamer. My imagination did not run wild...I was under the impression that even if I tried to dream someone would come along and kill it. My mode was survival. I had no other gear except 4 wheel drive...maximum torque transfer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am reading an awesome book right now called "Spiritual Authority" by Watchman Nee. I want to expound on something he relays in his discussion of <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=philippians+2%3A5-11&version=NLT" target="_blank">Philippians 2:5-11</a>. Watchman Nee writes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Let us remove our shoes and stand on holy ground as we review this Scripture. It seems as though at the beginning a council was held within the Godhead. God conceived a plan to create the universe. In that plan the Godhead agreed to have authority represented by the Father. But authority cannot be established in the universe without obedience, since it cannot exist alone. God must therefore find obedience in the universe. Two living beings were created: angels (spirits) and men (living souls). According to His foreknowledge God foresaw the rebellion of the angels and the fall of men; hence He was unable to establish His authority in angels or in the Adamic race. Consequently, within the Godhead perfect accord was reached that authority would be answered by obedience in the Son. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Man sinned and rebelled, so the authority of God must be built on man's obedience. Here comes JESUS!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In order to establish His authority and dominion on earth over ALL things [without the slightest hint of rebellion], Jesus came as a man and walked step by step in obedience to the Father...AS A HUMAN...just like us. In this way, He was made LORD over all and established God's authority. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, GOD could have forced His way and reclaimed authority over all with annihilation and brute power, but then where would our example of obedience lie? See, Jesus could have been the sacrifice without the obedience, but would it have meant as much...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> When I read the passage in Philippians, I am humbled greatly. This LORD of ours emptied Himself and BECAUSE of His obedience, God filled Him up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have sacrificed without obedience. I have served without order. I
have given of myself yet been in complete rebellion. When I read this
passage of Scripture, it pangs me...Jesus emptied Himself of Glory to be
positioned for greatness...in order to be exalted and affirmed by the
Father in Heaven, He obeyed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My example today is Jesus.
My desire is to empty myself to be affirmed by my heavenly Father. Yes,
I want to be Love and Light to all but ultimately my allegiance is with
my Lord and what He has to say about me is more important. Obedience
to Christ costs us something and the first thing it costs us is our
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Let's look at what Jesus did and model that:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. He knew who He was, but it did not puff Him up. His status was not His platform</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. He gave up His rights.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">3. He humbled himself, He did not wait for God to humiliate Him</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. He obeyed God fully</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. In this, He was exalted: that He obeyed and suffered for the cause: to establish God's authority over ALL things.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">6. If the church is to build the Kingdom and His Kingdom is to come, we must first become obedient in ALL things with no hint of rebellion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My prayer today is to be void of my selfishness and vanity and foolish ambitions, giving myself completely to Him, making Him my Master Craftsman, molding me into His image. I want to be refined as silver so that He knows I am ready when He can see His reflection in me. Help me, Lord!</span><br />
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<br />PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-19412835620545329542014-05-16T12:43:00.000-05:002014-05-21T15:49:43.757-05:00Modern day Witchcraft: REBELLION<span style="font-size: x-large;">We think we can recognize rebellion...it seems obvious, right??? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What about the wife who spends without consulting her husband or manipulates her husband with sex/favors in order to get what she wants [aka Jezebel...]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>1.</b> <b>“Leaky faucet”</b>—complaining and nagging until he gives you what you want. [There's a Proverb for that!]</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2.</b> <b>“Trial Lawyer”</b>—out-talking him and shutting him down with your verbal skills [with your 25,000 words a day].</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3.</b> <b>“Blame game”</b>—making your husband
feel like he is responsible for your unhappiness, anger, or sadness: “If
only you were home more, had a better job, didn't treat me like you do….”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4. “Clue”</b>—expecting him to read your mind but giving
little in the way of clues: Sighing, pouting, giving one word answers
but when he asks what’s wrong, you answer “nothing.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>5. “Smoke signals”</b>—banging pots and pans around in
the kitchen to make a point that you’re doing the dishes, without
actually coming out and asking for help.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>6. “Water works”</b>—most men don’t like to see a woman crying so even when he thinks he’s right, he’ll usually soften to stop the crying.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>7. “Angling”</b>—[AKA "fishing" with bait or lures] withholding sex or using sex to get what you want.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>8. “Guilt trip”</b>—laying guilt on him; telling him how disappointed you are in him or bringing up past hurts.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>9. “Performance trap”</b>—making him feel inadequate: “We’re the only ones I know who don't have a new car, etc.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>1 Samuel 15:23, "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft..."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Witchcraft...not bubbling pots, frogs, and warts. Rebellion...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>A rebel is someone who seeks to be in authority but has not been under authority. A rebel wants power without accountability. A rebel wants popularity but not conformity. A rebel is someone who craves attention and glory. A rebel is a witch. A rebel is manipulative and intimidating. A rebel is seductive in order to get what she wants. A REBEL SAYS:</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The passage of Scripture in Ezekiel 3 <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ezekiel+3&version=NLT" target="_blank">[Click here]</a> is a sovereign warning about rebellion. "</i><i><span class="text Ezek-3-27" id="en-NLT-20506">But when I give you a
message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak. Then you will say
to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> says!’ Those who choose to listen will listen, but those who refuse will refuse, for they are rebels." ~ Ezekiel 3:27</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span class="text Ezek-3-27" id="en-NLT-20506"> </span></i><span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534">“As surely as I live, says the Sovereign <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>,
I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because
you have defiled my Temple with your vile images and detestable sins." ~ Ezekiel 5:11</span></span><br />
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<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;">You may be reading this and thinking, "I thank God that He has delivered me from rebellion! Woe to her who is still bound!"</span><br />
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<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;">Let me share another story with you:</span><br />
<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />We have heard recently of this book "Strange Fire" by John MacArthur and it brought much controversy and discussion...even a rebuttal from some pastors/theologians with follow up books. </span><br />
<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;">[Check these articles out for further reference: <a href="http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/in-the-line-of-fire/41371-a-final-appeal-to-pastor-john-macarthur-on-the-eve-of-his-strange-fire-conference" target="_blank">Charisma News: Dr. Michael Brown speaks out concerning MacArthur's "Strange Fire"</a></span><span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/john-piper-talks-john-macarthurs-strange-fire-conference-pursuing-gifts-of-prophecy-and-speaking-in-tongues-109022/" target="_blank">Christian Post: John Piper speaks out about Strange Fire]</a></span><br />
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<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;">Now, do you know that "strange fire" is in the Bible? YES! There are accounts of strange fire, or sacrifice without order, in the Word. </span><br />
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<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">To serve without order or to serve without obedience to authority is the definition of strange fire. <br /> <br /> Nadab and Abihu were Aaron's sons and were under his authority. Aaron was an anointed and appointed priest and his sons helped him with offerings and sacrifices. They moved on Aaron's order and under his authority. Aaron was accountable to God and for his sons. But, his sons ventured to offer without Aaron's order. <br />
"Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put
fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord,
which He had not commanded them. So<span class="text_exposed_show"> fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord." ~ Leviticus 10:1-2<br /> <br />
They saw Aaron do it and assumed they could do the same, yet had no
reverence at all [fear of the Lord]...they worked apart from Aaron [the
priest, anointed and appointed]. They worked or
served independently. <br /> <br /> Whoever tries to serve without first
meeting authority is offering <i>strange fire</i>. Many people today are
trying to serve God independently...uncovered and in rebellion. They
have never been under authority and they sin against God's authority. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show">Many people see themselves as being obedient to God but know nothing of
being subject to God's DELEGATED authority [those anointed and
appointed...at home, at work, in church, and in every circumstance]. <br /> <br />
This rebellious spirit becomes obvious when one maintains one attitude
towards God and another toward his delegated authority [pastors, leaders, parents, employers, policemen, government officials]. We cannot reject
his delegated authority [murmur/complain] on one hand and receive God with the other
hand. To be in subjection to God, we must subject ourselves and be
humbled to serve under His delegated authority...UNCONDITIONALLY. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="text Heb-13-17" id="en-NLT-30219">Obey your spiritual
leaders, and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls,
and they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this with joy
and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for your benefit.</span> Repent now where there has been rebellion and let us get right and in order with the Lord. ~ Hebrews 13:17</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from <b>God</b>, and those in positions of authority have been <b>placed</b> <b>there</b> <b>by</b> <b>God</b>. ~ Romans 13:1</span><br />
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<span class="text Eph-6-1" style="font-size: x-large;">Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord,<sup> </sup>for this is the right thing to do. ~ Ephesians 6:1</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Obey your <b>earthly</b> <b>master</b>s in everything you do.
Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you.
Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord. ~ Colossians 3:22</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text_exposed_show">Repent now where there has been rebellion and let us get right and in order with the Lord. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Please consider this resource to build your prayer life in binding the spirits/spiritual warfare:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.christianword.org/new/prayer_book/version10a/PrayersBook10a.pdf" target="_blank">Red Prayer Book page 139</a></span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /></span></span>
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text_exposed_show">Much Love and Grace to you all,</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text_exposed_show">Pamela</span></span><br />
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<span class="text Ezek-5-11" id="en-NLT-20534" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-10875322972911507412014-01-14T17:19:00.000-06:002014-01-14T17:21:02.580-06:00Foundations in Faith Part 1<style>
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<span style="font-family: Herculanum; font-size: 16.0pt;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">GOD
LOVES YOU…and He has a purpose for your life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">John 3:16 ~ </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-3-16" id="en-NLT-26103"><span class="woj">For God
loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The BAD NEWS: People are sinners and
separated from God by sin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Romans 3:23 ~ </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text Rom-3-23" id="en-NLT-27976">For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.</span></span></div>
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some have sinned, but that <u>ALL</u> have sinned and fall short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[ALL MEANS <i><b>ALL</b></i>] The penalty [or wages] for that sin is <u>death</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b> We cannot appreciate a cure unless we first
know that we are ill:</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mark 2:16-17<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ~</span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text Mark-2-16" id="en-NLT-24250"> But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees<sup> </sup>saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?”</span><span class="text Mark-2-17" id="en-NLT-24251"><sup> </sup></span><span class="text Mark-2-17" id="en-NLT-24251"></span><span class="text Mark-2-17" id="en-NLT-24251">When Jesus heard this, he told them, <span class="woj">“Healthy
people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not
those who <b>think</b> they are righteous, but those who <b>know</b> they are
sinners.”</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">James 4:17 ~ </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text Jas-4-17" id="en-NLT-30315">Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.</span></span></li>
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the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the
Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all
the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.”</span></div>
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It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this
earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
himself for me.</span> <span class="text Gal-2-21" id="en-NLT-29063"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>I
do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law
could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">True or False:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Baptism
will save you.<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>T<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>or<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>F</span></div>
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Christian parents will save you. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>T<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>or<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>F</span></div>
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didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce <b>lasting
fruit</b>, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my
name.</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1 Cor 15:1-4 ~</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span class="text 1Cor-15-1">Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters,<sup> </sup>of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-15-2" id="en-NLT-28681"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>It
is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message
I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never
true in the first place.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text 1Cor-15-3" id="en-NLT-28682"><sup> </sup>I
passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed
on to me. <b>Christ died for our sins</b>, just as the Scriptures said.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-15-4" id="en-NLT-28683"><sup class="versenum"> </sup><b>He was buried</b>, <b>and he was raised from the dead on the third day,</b> just as the Scriptures said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text 1Cor-15-4" id="en-NLT-28683"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">He came, He died, He rose...</span></span></b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Romans 1:16 ~ </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text Rom-1-16" id="en-NLT-27908">For I am not ashamed of
this Good News about Christ. It is the <i><b>power of God at work</b></i>, saving
everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.</span></span></div>
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the Cross, not our endless efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">We are brought back by mercy,
not because we deserve it, but to reveal the holiness of God through the Holy
Spirit that is within us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He offers us a
fresh start, no matter what our sins are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Romans 3:22 ~ </span><span class="text Rom-3-22" id="en-NLT-27975"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are made right with God
by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who
believes, <i><b>no matter who we are</b></i></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> <span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><i><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Why clean up an old life when you can
have a new one? </span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2 Corinthians 5:17 ~ </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text 2Cor-5-17" id="en-NLT-28855">This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John 4:1-30</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">New Living Translation (NLT)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-1"><span class="chapternum"><sup>4 </sup></span>Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/kjv/baptizo.html" target="_blank"><i><b>baptizing</b></i></a> and making more disciples than John</span> <span class="text John-4-2" id="en-NLT-26125"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>(though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did).</span> <span class="text John-4-3" id="en-NLT-26126"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>So he left Judea and returned to Galilee. </span></span></span>
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--<i><b>[</b></i></style><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">[PROOF THAT BAPTISM DOES NOT
SAVE YOU, AND DIVISION WILL DRIVE JESUS AWAY!]</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times;"><span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-4" id="en-NLT-26127"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>He had to go through Samaria on the way.</span> <span class="text John-4-5" id="en-NLT-26128"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/kjv/suchar.html" target="_blank">Sychar</a> [</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-5" id="en-NLT-26128">
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--></style><span style="font-family: Times;">means <b><i><span style="color: #943634;">falsehood
and drunkenness</span></i></b> </span>
], near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.</span> <span class="text John-4-6" id="en-NLT-26129"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.</span> </span>
<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">[JESUS GETS TIRED TOO! </span></i></b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times;"><b><i>The <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204:6&version=KJV" target="_blank">KJV</a> says the sixth hour, which was noon, as the
day started at 6 AM. She came at this time because no one else would be there
to stare at her and ridicule her.] </i></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-7" id="en-NLT-26130"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, <span class="woj">“Please give me a drink.”</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-7" id="en-NLT-26130"><span class="woj">
<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">[COMMAND FROM THE LORD
JESUS, he is accepting her, speaking to her regardless of her reputation and
regardless of the culture, customs, or law.] </span></i></b><style>
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</span></span> <span class="text John-4-8" id="en-NLT-26131"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup><i><b>He was alone</b></i> at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-8" id="en-NLT-26131"><span style="color: #990000;"><i>[Another interesting point here is that customarily, men would come to the well to seek a wife because the young women would be there, Isaac and Rebecca; Jacob and Rachel. Jesus was seeking His Bride...]</i></span> </span></span></span><style>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-9" id="en-NLT-26132"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>The woman was <i><b>surprised</b></i>, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans.<sup> </sup>She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?” </span></span></span>
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<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">[SHE
COMPLAINS…REBELS…QUESTIONS.<span> </span>She is
defensive. ATTITUDE and EXCUSES…]</span></i></b></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-10" id="en-NLT-26133"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Jesus replied, <span class="woj">“<i><b>If you only knew the gift God has for you</b></i> <i><span style="color: #990000;">[He knows she is lost]</span></i> and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/zao.html" target="_blank"><b>living water</b></a>.”<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></b></i></span></span><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">{Holy Spirit}</span></b></i></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-11" id="en-NLT-26134"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>“But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water?</span></span>
<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times;">[AGAIN…Attitude</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times;"> <b><i><span style="color: #943634;">and excuses] </span></i></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-12" id="en-NLT-26135"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>And
besides, do you think you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave
us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and
his animals enjoyed?”</span></span></span><style>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-13" id="en-NLT-26136"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Jesus replied, <span class="woj">“Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.</span></span> <span class="text John-4-14" id="en-NLT-26137"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup><span class="woj">But
those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It
becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”</span></span></span>
<b>
<i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times;">[natural, never satisfied],</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times;"><b> <i><span style="color: #943634;">[supernatural,
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-15" id="en-NLT-26138"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>“Please,
sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty
again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”</span></span><b>
<i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times;">[Her thirst and seeking is
what led her into the arms of men.<span> </span>Men
come to this well, traditionally, to find a wife because that is where the
young women gather.<span> </span>He came looking for
His Bride. She will no longer have to work for satisfaction. Love came down and
rescued her!]</span></i></b></span><style>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-16" id="en-NLT-26139"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup><span class="woj">“Go and get your husband,”</span> Jesus told her.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea%202:14-16&version=NLT" target="_blank">Hosea 2:14-16</a>…He
desires to be our husband.]</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-17" id="en-NLT-26140"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>“<i><b>I don’t have a husband</b></i>,” the woman replied. </span></span></span>
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<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">[She is godless.<span> </span>Not covered.]</span></i></b></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-17">Jesus said, <span class="woj">“You’re right! You don’t have a husband—</span></span> <span class="text John-4-18" id="en-NLT-26141"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup><span class="woj">for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!” </span></span></span></span>
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<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">[REBUKE…CONVICTION…</span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">What he said concerning his grace and eternal life did
not affect her, because she had not been convinced of sin: therefore, he awakens
her conscience, opening the wound of guilt, and then she would accept the
remedy by grace. And this is the method of dealing with souls; they must first
be made <span>aware of </span>the burden of
sin, and then brought to Christ for rest; first pricked to the heart, and then
healed.]</span></i></b></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-19" id="en-NLT-26142"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>“Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b> [This is her confession of faith!] </b></i></span><span class="text John-4-20" id="en-NLT-26143"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>So
tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only
place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”</span></span>
<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">[She desired to worship God
and wanted to do so rightly, so knowing that He is a prophet she used this
opportunity to get the answer to her question.]</span></i></b></span><style>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-21" id="en-NLT-26144"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>Jesus replied, <span class="woj">“Believe
me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter
whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.</span></span> <span class="text John-4-22" id="en-NLT-26145"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup><span class="woj">You
Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews
know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.</span></span> <span class="text John-4-23" id="en-NLT-26146"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup><span class="woj">But
the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for
those who will worship him that way.</span></span> <span class="text John-4-24" id="en-NLT-26147"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup><span class="woj">For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span> </span><b><i><span style="color: #943634;">[True worship comes from the heart and has nothing
to do with WHERE you worship but everything to do with WHERE your worship COMES
FROM]</span></i></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-25" id="en-NLT-26148"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-26" id="en-NLT-26149"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>Then Jesus told her, <span class="woj">“I A<span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">m</span> the Messiah!”</span></span></span>
<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times;">[DIRECT divine
revelation…revealing of Himself]</span></i></b></span><style>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="text John-4-27" id="en-NLT-26150"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>Just
then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a
woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with
her?” or “Why are you talking to her?”</span> <span class="text John-4-28" id="en-NLT-26151"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,</span> <span class="text John-4-29" id="en-NLT-26152"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>“Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?”</span> <span class="text John-4-30" id="en-NLT-26153"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>So the people came streaming from the village to see him.</span></span>
<b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times;">[</span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Calibri;">She recognizes not just who Jesus is but what he
offers -- <em><span style="font-family: Calibri;">dignity</span></em>. Jesus invites her to not
be defined by her circumstances and offers her an identity that lifts her above
her tragedy. And she accepts, playing a unique role in Jesus' ministry as she
is the first character in John's gospel to seek out others to tell them about
Jesus.<span>]</span></span></i></b></span><style>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Look at <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204:4&version=NLT" target="_blank">verse 4</a>: He </span><i><span>had to go</span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> through Samaria. WHY? [<i>divine appointment]</i></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span>Note what Jesus did when He met her [an unbeliever, an
outcast] and let’s follow His example:</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">He did not argue!!<span> </span>The enemy tried, through her, to argue yet He
never took the bait. Three arguments [most common] that the enemy will come
with when you try to witness to an unbeliever:</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>a.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">RACE ~ includes history/culture/gender ~
All of these are a manmade barrier.<span> </span>Do
not let any of these create a boundary.</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>b.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">REASON ~ also known as ‘logic’ ~ Jesus is
talking spiritual, not natural.<span> </span>The
enemy comes with ‘what about the dinosaurs’ or ‘what about science’.<span> </span>It’s okay to say “I don’t know about all of
that, but I do know that I was blind [sick, addicted, prideful, angry, etc] and
now I can see [am healed, delivered, set free, humble, a servant, honest, faithful].<span> </span>Don’t let I DON’T KNOW stop you!</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>c.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">RELIGION ~ This is also a manmade
barrier.<span> </span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 117pt; text-indent: -117pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>i.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Religion
is man’s attempt to get to God.<span> </span>Christ
is God’s attempt to get to man.<span> </span>It’s all
about RELATIONSHIP </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-weight: normal;"><span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 117pt; text-indent: -117pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>ii.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Titus
3:9 says <i>“</i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Do not get involved in foolish discussions about
spiritual pedigrees<sup> </sup>or in quarrels and fights about obedience to
Jewish laws. These things are useless and a waste of time.”</span></i></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>2.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Just TALK!<span> </span>The only reason Jesus began talking to this
woman was to help her.<span> </span>He could have
gotten His own drink.<span> </span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>a.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">You can talk to anybody.<span> </span>How do I know this?<span> </span>Every person has a favorite subject: ME
[themselves]</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>b.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">We will never lead anyone into a face to
face encounter with Jesus if we don’t talk.<span>
</span>Exodus 33:20 “But you may not look directly at my face, for no one can
see me and live.”<span> </span>You WILL be reborn in
His Presence. </span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>c.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Speak of Abundant Life ~ how He changed
you, who you were and who you are now because of your meeting with Him. {I had
cancer and now I am cancer free and I have peace and joy in my life…I was an
alcoholic and I no longer drink and have peace and joy in my life…} Every
person wants peace and joy [do YOU have it???] THIS does not impose religion on
anyone!<span> </span>No one can argue with my
story.<span> </span>If you weren’t on drugs
[outward]…talk about your bitterness, loneliness, insecurity, rejections, torment,
anger [inward]…[are you delivered?<span> </span>If
not, let’s get there!]</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>d.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Talk about eternal life.<span> </span>Ecc 3:11 says “</span><span class="text"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">… He has planted eternity in the human heart, but
even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”<span> </span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="color: blue;">DO YOUR BEST, TRUST GOD WITH THE REST </span></span><span class="text"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Wingdings;"><span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>e.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Talk about sin~ It’s important to do this with love.<span> </span>HOW? Look at <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204:16-19&version=NLT" target="_blank">verses 16-19</a>.<span> </span>Sin was her NEED. </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>f.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Talk about relationship with God. <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204:22-24&version=NLT" target="_blank">Verses 22-24</a></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3 style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>g.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jesus talked about Jesus </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-weight: normal;"><span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204:25-26&version=NLT" target="_blank">verses 25-26</a></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span>Questions for Reflection:</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Do YOU have attitudes
and excuses for why you can’t/won’t serve God with all of your heart, soul,
mind and strength?</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When you pray,
do you KNOW who you are speaking to?<span> </span>Do
you KNOW His nature, His will? [Refer to last week’s notes on <a href="http://thatchickswhacked.blogspot.com/2013_11_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Aborted Prayers</a>]</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Are you
CONFIDENT of who you are in Christ? <i><span> </span></i></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Who you are in
Christ [your heart] determines what comes out of your mouth.</span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span> </span><i>[Luke
6:45; Matthew 15:18; Matthew 12:34] <span> </span></i></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Is there sin your life that is a
barrier to your intimacy with Him?<span> </span>If
so, repent and move forward!</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Our human tendency is
to judge others because of stereotypes, customs or prejudices. Jesus treats
people as individuals, accepting them with love and compassion. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Do you dismiss
certain people as lost causes? Have you been dismissed? </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Do you see yourself/others
as valuable and worthy of knowing about the Gospel?</span><b><i><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Times;"></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Aborted Prayers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">The enemy
has a strategy:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Qat8AG4Nno/UpYVTlgsNKI/AAAAAAAAAsU/zEe2m7TAJLc/s1600/CantHearYou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Qat8AG4Nno/UpYVTlgsNKI/AAAAAAAAAsU/zEe2m7TAJLc/s200/CantHearYou.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">To make you believe that God isn’t
faithful to answer your prayers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">He wants us to believe that God has
closed His ears to our cries and left us to fend for ourselves </span></div>
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<span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">5 </span></sup></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">No one had the slightest interest
in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were
unwanted, dumped in a field and left to die.<sup>6 </sup>“But I came by
and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay
there, I said, ‘Live!’</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span class="text"><sup>7 </sup>And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the
field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and
your body hair grew, but you were still naked.</span> <span class="text"><sup>8 </sup>And
when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped
my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I
made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">, and you
became mine. ~ Ezekiel 16:5-8</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"><i>[When NO
ONE else will listen or answer, the Lord hears us and cares for us, He pursues
us and desires intimacy with us!!!]</i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">are</i></b> instances when our
prayers are hindered or God will not listen or answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look here:</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">16 </span></sup></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Pray no more for these people,
Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, and don’t beg me to help them, for I
will not listen to you.</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span class="text"><sup>17 </sup>Don’t you see what they are doing throughout the
towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?</span> <span class="text"><sup>18 </sup>No
wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build
sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the
Queen of Heaven. And they pour out liquid offerings to their other idol gods!</span>
<span class="text"><sup>19 </sup>Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.” ~
Jeremiah 7:16-19</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">HOWEVER:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Prayerlessness is powerlessness!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t stop praying!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Let’s find out what causes aborted prayers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">SIX REASONS OUR PRAYERS ARE ABORTED:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our prayers are aborted when they are not <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">according to</span></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">God’s will</span></b>
~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How do I know God’s will????</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He leads us through His Word [Psalm 119:105]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He guides us by the Holy Spirit [Phil 2:12-13; Prov
16:9; Prov 20:24]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Through wise counsel of qualified, trustworthy,
PROVEN people</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Through an inner assurance of <span style="color: red;">PEACE</span>, regardless of the obstacles, odds, risk or
dangers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">God’s will demands a decision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This requires faith AND action.</span></div>
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<span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">14 </span></sup></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And we are confident that he
hears us <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">whenever
we ask for anything that pleases him</span></b>. ~ 1 John 5:14</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our prayers can be aborted
when they are fashioned to fulfill an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">inner lust. </span></b>~</span></span></div>
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get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you
pleasure. ~ James 4:3</span></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></span></div>
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their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature.
But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the
Spirit. ~ Galatians 6:8</span></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></span></div>
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answers!!!</span></b></span></div>
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about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake.
He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. ~ 2
Peter 3:9</span></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></span></div>
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sin by complaining or murmuring or whining when the desired request </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">is not met quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THE TEST: How do we handle delays and
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acronym], we run from counselor to counselor trying to cope with emptiness, despair,
and restlessness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ALL in vain because
sin has not been purged!</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Acts 3:19-20</span></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></span></div>
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<span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our prayers may be aborted when <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">we show no
diligence in assisting God in the answer</span></b> ~</span></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We go to the Lord as if He is a rich relative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lift our hands to Him in prayer and then
put them in our pockets. </span></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There is<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> nothing </i>unbiblical
about adding sweat to our tears.</span></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He commands us to FLEE from evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We cannot go about our day giving in to our lustful desires and bowing
to our idols and then run to the prayer closet at night to pray for a ‘miracle’
of deliverance.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">8 </span></sup></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You spread out our sins before you - our secret sins—and you see them
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Not only will our secret
sin find us out, but it will deny us God’s best and bring on a flood of despair
and fear.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">DON’T
BLAME GOD FOR NOT LISTENING TO YOUR PRAYERS IF YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO HIS
CALL FOR OBEDIENCE!</span></b></span></div>
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to God, free from anger and controversy. ~ 1 Timothy 2:8</span></i></span></div>
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prayer will not have much power or authority in prayer!</span></i></b></span></div>
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how God should answer</span></b> ~</span></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></b></span></div>
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person we don’t trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those we trust we
leave to themselves to do what is right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO A LACK OF TRUST!</span></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></b></span></div>
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unburdened her heart in prayer to the Lord, resigns herself to the
faithfulness, goodness, and wisdom of God. </span></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></i></b></span></div>
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PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-52138952725900449782013-06-28T11:57:00.003-05:002013-06-28T12:07:47.739-05:00Feel-A-Busta: I AM Pro-LifeSo, I was born in 1973...the year that Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton made abortion legal until the day of delivery. My mother was about 6 weeks pregnant when that decision changed history and the future. My mom was 15 and pregnant by an ex-con. These ingredients mix well for pro-choice people to justify abortion. But I'M HERE. So step off.<br />
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What's even more appealing to their statistical mind is that my father continued in his criminal lifestyle and killed my mother when I was 8 years old, after having 3 more kids. So, I am also an orphan.<br />
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HE KNOWS THE BEGINNING FROM THE END...WE DO NOT. That is intentional on God's part. We could justify any behavior based on circumstance. God wants us to have <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">FAITH</span></span></span>. </div>
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Today, I am a voice for those who are in the womb. Those who are screaming for mercy, those who seek only to be born, to see the Light.<br />
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In the light of this past weeks filibuster attempt and eventual death of SB5, I am headed to Austin, TX for the special session of the Texas legislature to support <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LIFE </span></span></span>and witness history. I may even testify. Who knows...I was told that there is a huge platform for my story [testimony] and I believe that, because God is glorified by my life today. It is no longer I who live, but He who lives in me. AMEN</div>
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The pro-aborts believe that this piece of legislation is taking away the rights of women. They believe that this is limiting women's health care. This bill is protecting the lives of viable babies. This bill is increasing standards of care to ensure that women will receive life saving care should potential problems arise. IF you care about women, would you not want to REDUCE the number of abortions and INCREASE the standard of care for women? What part of this am I missing?<br />
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PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-51661806496238958752013-05-13T00:28:00.001-05:002013-05-13T00:28:36.571-05:00When pressure is applied...Today is Mother's Day. My mother died when I was 8 years old and the woman who raised me (my foster mother, Bess Morgan) was not nurturing or motherly towards me, although I learned a lot from her about how to keep house. So, Mother's Day for me (barring a pity party) is just another beautiful Sunday. I made an impulsive decision today...NO, not like that...a good one!<br />
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I decided to go visit my husband. You may or may not know it, but he has been away from us since September of last year. That's 8 months. He has been in prison for 6 1/2 of those months. I recently wrote him for the first time (about 3 weeks ago). I was hesitant to write, not wanting to be synthetic or give a false hope. God has been dealing with me over these months and I asked Him to search my heart and cleanse me of any bitterness and unforgiveness...and He has.<br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">When
pressure is applied to a grape, the juice comes out...the "wine"...the
"blood"...the true harvest from the fruit. See, we think the fruit is
what we pick from the vine...the fruit is contained, encased, covered by
the skin. We must remove the flesh in order to get to the TRUE FRUIT. When all of this happened, things started coming out of me that were deep in my heart. Don't get me wrong, God had begun a great work in me and much transformation and sanctification had taken place, but when this tribulation struck, I became ANGRY! I lashed out at those who love me and have been there for me...not in huge displays of ugliness but in subtle moments of sarcasm and glares. My silence became my weapon. Some say that silence is golden but as Pastor says sometimes it's just plain yellow. Mine was just plain yellow...like a stain. I was trying not to sin in what I said. So much was really irritating me...little things...insignificant things. I literally told someone one day to just "excuse my humanity". It was as if those who knew my situation were just watching and waiting on this grand display of pyromania. But, guess what? It didn't happen :) Yes, I had moments but they were fleeting. Yes, I had reactions but the Spirit revealed to me when I was wrong and I repented. Through all of this...I have grown :) </span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">So, back to today. This is how I know. I went to visit him today, not for me, but for him. This was total selflessness. Today is Mother's Day. I thought about my husband and what I could do for him. I went down to the Joe Kegan State Jail on Top Street in Houston, Texas where he is housed. Visiting hours are from 8-5. I arrived at 3:30 pm to a crowd of visitors waiting their turn. I approached the box where the officer sat and listened to the rules. She told me that there was no guarantee that I would get to see him today. There is a two hour limit on visitation and they only have 27 tables. There were 18 people ahead of me waiting to visit their loved ones. I understood, and I patiently waited. PATIENTLY. That is amazing. I had no fidgeting, I required no books to occupy my time, I simply waited patiently. I didn't have my cell phone with me or my Bible or any other source of entertainment. I patiently waited and observed my surroundings. I spoke to a young woman named Yolanda who was there to visit her husband. She had her 2 children with her, they live in Katy. She does not attend church, lives with her mother but used to attend Lakewood. I told her about Powerhouse and gave her a brief testimony of the recent events in my life and what God has done. We chatted for a little while and then she went in to visit. So, I waited. I never got to go into that jail and visit my husband today. He has no idea that I was even there. But I learned so much about what God has done in me today. When she came out and said, "I'm sorry but visiting hours have ended for today and we can take no more visitors." I calmly and assuredly got up and walked to my car, noticing and loving the warmth of the sun shining down upon my face. He has transformed me into a different person. I have PATIENCE and PEACE. God has given me His Word as a guide and peace as evidence of His Presence. I have learned that humility is not something that I attain but it is what remains once I am stripped of my pride. In other words, once the flesh is removed, the juice that is squeezed from the fruit, the TRUE FRUIT is humility. I can't explain to you what this means to me. Thank You Jesus for squeezing the juice outta me!</span>PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-68381900880274794842013-04-18T00:54:00.001-05:002013-04-18T00:54:09.224-05:00"Shameful"...(Really, Mr. President??? Who are YOU to spit derogatives?)<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">I
received this in my email from the White House (I get them because
I wrote a petition to end abortion. I am now on their email list).
The title of the email is "Shameful" (<i>seriously!!!</i>). Here's what
President Obama had to say about the denial of passage of the
legislation for gun control. READ CAREFULLY and apply to our fight to
end abortion:<br /> <i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></h5>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"> And a few minutes ago, a minority in the United
States Senate decided it wasn't worth it. They blocked common-sense gun
reforms even while these families looked on from the Senate gallery.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"></span></span></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">By now, it's well known that 90 percent of the American people support
universal background checks that make it harder for a dangerous person
to buy a gun. We're talking about convicted felons, people convicted of
domestic violence, people with a severe mental illness. Ninety percent
of Americans support that idea. Most Americans think that's already the
law...But if action by Congress could have saved one person, one child, a
few hundred, a few thousand... Do we really think that thousands of
families whose lives have been shattered by gun violence don't have a
right to weigh in on this issue? Do we think their emotions, their loss
is not relevant to this debate?...The point is those who care deeply
about preventing more and more gun violence will have to be as
passionate, and as organized, and as vocal as those who blocked these
common-sense steps to help keep our kids safe. Ultimately, you outnumber
those who argued the other way. But they're better organized. They're
better financed. They've been at it longer. And they make sure to stay
focused on this one issue during election time. And that's the reason
why you can have something that 90 percent of Americans support and you
can't get it through the Senate or the House of Representatives...I
believe we're going to be able to get this done. Sooner or later, we are
going to get this right. The memories of these children demand it. And
so do the American people. </span></span></span></span></i></h5>
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"So to change Washington, you, the American people, are going to have
to sustain some passion about this. And when necessary, you've got to
send the right people to Washington. And that requires strength, and it
requires persistence."</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"></span></span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"> <br /> OKAY. Here <span style="font-size: large;">I</span> go:<br /> 1. If we look at
the recent tragedies, many of these weapons were either purchased <i>
legally</i> (as in WITH a backg<span style="font-size: large;">ro</span>und check) or not owned by the shooter (Adam Lanza's mom <i>legally</i> purchased and registered the<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>guns used in the Newton shooting). So how in the world is this
legislation going to stop a lunatic? Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman who
shot Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, <i>passed</i> an FBI background check.
Shouldn’t we fix this loophole before we pass new laws? Why did a raging
lunatic like Lochner pass an FBI background check? If a crazy wants a
gun, a crazy will get a gun and use it. No law will stop him/her. <span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">What a
waste of time...</span></i></span><br /> 2. "Most Americans think that is already the
law..." This is also true for <span style="color: red;">late term abortions</span>. <span style="font-size: large;">Here is what our current president has to say on this: </span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> Most Americans
believe that you can only have an abortion up to 14 weeks. In America,
it is legal to have an abortion up until the day of delivery thanks to
Doe vs. Bolton, the same 7-2 majority (Justices White and Rehnquist
dissenting) that struck down a Texas abortion law in Roe v. Wade,
invalidated most of the remaining restrictions of the Georgia abortion
law, including the medical approval and residency requirements.
Together, Doe and Roe declared abortion as a constitutional right and by
implication overturned most laws against abortion in other US states.<br />
3. <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="color: red;"> If the concern of this White House is to save one child, one
person, one hundred, one thousand they are fighting the wrong battle.
In the minutes that it took him to deliver this message, approximately
47 babies died (one every 23 seconds in America). More children die in
one day to abortion (over 3500) than in one year (3000) to gun violence.
FOCUS...</span></i></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="color: red;"> </span></i></span><br /> 4. From his mouth<span style="font-size: large;">: </span>the point is we must be <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">passionate</span></span>,
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">more organized</span></span>, and <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">VOCAL</span></span>. Stay focused on this one issue at election
time and we can see changes. Sooner or later we will get this right. The
memories of THESE children demand it as well. (I'll take <span style="font-size: large;">those words, sir. Pre<span style="font-size: large;">esh-e-ate ya<span style="font-size: large;">!)</span></span></span><br /> <br /> So, tonight, I
thank you Mr. President for clearing it up. We receive what you said
and we will take it and use it. To run a defensive play, you must look at your oppon<span style="font-size: large;">ent<span style="font-size: large;">'s strategy and counter it. </span></span>You, sir, have just given a strategy to
an army of soldiers who are<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>relentless in their pursuit of justice for
the least of these. <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-65957956276215496002013-04-02T00:37:00.000-05:002013-04-02T08:53:16.059-05:00What's Eugenics have to do with IT?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span id="hotword"><span style="color: white;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">eugenics</span></span> </span></b><span id="hotword"> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">[(yooh-</span> </span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">jen</span> </span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">-iks)]</span> </span></span><br />
<span id="hotword"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">The</span> <span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">idea</span></span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">that</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">one</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">can</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">improve</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">human</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">race</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">by</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">careful</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">selection</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">those</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">who</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">mate</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">produce</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">offspring.</span></span></span><br />
<span id="hotword"><span style="color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or literally "well born"</span> </span></span></i></b></span> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Frances Galton: founder of eugenics; coined the term eugenics in 1883. He is the cousin of Charles Darwin who wrote the famous book "The Origin of Species", to which the original title was "The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". Galton's belief that it was possible to produce a "highly gifted race of men" through selective breeding. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Charles Davenport: founded the Eugenics Record Office which advocated laws that led to the forced sterilization of many Americans it categorized as 'socially inadequate'.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Harry Laughlin: Director of the Eugenics Record Office; on the Committee on Sterilization and the Committee on the Heredity of the Feebleminded (YES...it's true!) Laughlin himself eventually discovered that he suffered from epilepsy which was one of the subjects of study at the ERO and one of the criteria for compulsory sterilization under his own law.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Eugenics Record Office was funded by the Rockefellers and the Carnegies (YES...THE Rockefellers and THE Carnegies as in Carnegie Hall and Rockefeller Center)</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Madison Grant: A eugenist, wrote "Passing of the Great Race" which was lauded by Adolf Hitler, so much so that he wrote a fan letter to Grant in which he called the book "his bible". </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">T. Lothrop Stoddard: Stoddard was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood, by Margaret Sanger.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Margaret Sanger: founder of the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood. Publisher of "The Birth Control Review", a known eugenist. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Eugen Fischer: Known eugenist; conducted the "Bastard Studies" which was a study of Germans fathers and African women in Rehoboth, which is present day Namibia. Led to prohibition of mixed race marriage in Germany. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each of these people listed above are peers. They all contri<span style="font-size: large;">buted to the eugenics movement and m<span style="font-size: large;">an<span style="font-size: large;">y of them w<span style="font-size: large;">rote for the Bi<span style="font-size: large;">rth Contr<span style="font-size: large;">ol R<span style="font-size: large;">eview, Margaret Sanger's publication. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>If we <span style="font-size: large;">l<span style="font-size: large;">ook back into Planned Parenthood and the abor<span style="font-size: large;">tion industry, we find that the motive for legalization of abortion was <span style="font-size: large;">eugenics<span style="font-size: large;">, not ch<span style="font-size: large;">oice. Surely there <span style="font-size: large;">was no choice in the matter in<span style="font-size: large;"> the beginning. Bef<span style="font-size: large;">ore legalization of abortion, women and young girls who found the<span style="font-size: large;">mselves pregnant and unwed, or raped an<span style="font-size: large;">d pregnant were for<span style="font-size: large;">ced to be ster<span style="font-size: large;">ilized, many even unaware that it was done. Abortion has take<span style="font-size: large;">n the place of this forced sterilization. It has become the c<span style="font-size: large;">andy that the abductor uses to taunt<span style="font-size: large;"> and lure his victim. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate
offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility,
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1924, a teenager in Charlottesville, Virginia, Carrie Buck, was
chosen as the first person to be sterilized under the state’s
newly adopted eugenics law. Ms. Buck, whose mother resided in an
asylum for the epileptic and feebleminded, was accused of having
a child out of wedlock. She was diagnosed as promiscuous and the
probable parent of "socially inadequate offspring."</span></span></div>
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lawsuit challenging the sterilization was filed on Ms. Buck’s
behalf. Harry Laughlin, having never met Ms. Buck, wrote a deposition
condemning her and her 7-month old child, Vivian. Scientists from
the ERO attended the trial to testify to Vivian’s "backwardness."
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appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case <i>Buck v. Bell</i> (1927), ruled 8-1 to uphold the sterilization of Ms. Buck on the
grounds she was a "deficient" mother. Chief Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes Jr., an adherent of eugenics, declared "Three
generations of imbeciles are enough."</span></span></div>
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to University of Virginia historian Paul Lombardo, evidence was
later revealed that supports the claim that Carrie Buck’s child
was not the result of promiscuity; Ms. Buck had been raped by the
nephew of her foster parents. School records also indicate her daughter
Vivian was a solid student and had made the honor roll at age 7.
A year later, Vivian died of an intestinal illness.</span></span></div>
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Here are a few highlights of what happened today. My sisters will add more in the comments:<br />
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<li>Marie and I were able to pray with a reporter for Telemundo Houston as she was entering the clinic. I simply asked her if there was anything that I could pray with her about and she just told me she was a reporter going inside for an interview concerning SB 537 (a bill before the House that states that abortion clinics must meet the same requirements as all other ambulatory surgical centers). I prayed with her and asked God for wisdom, that His Word says if we ask Him for wisdom He will grant it and not rebuke us for asking. I prayed that she would have discernment, that the Spirit of God would come over her and that she would expose Planned Parenthood for who they really are. </li>
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She was a little "wierded out" and said, "Ok. Thank you..." BUT...she went into the parking lot, got out of her car and came over to ask me if she could interview me about why I am here and what I think about this bill! JE-SUS! So, we were interviewed by Telemundo Houston today and it aired at 5 pm and will air again at 10 pm on channel 47. She interviewed us first, then went into Planned Parenthood. </blockquote>
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I know that this was a door that God opened. I said that we are here in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I told them that this bill is protecting women...that 92% of women who enter Planned Parenthood pregnant leave without a baby in their womb. I said that if Planned Parenthood truly "Cares No Matter What..." then they would uphold standards even greater than those implored by the State of Texas. If they truly cared no matter what, they would not be killing babies. We believe that life begins at conception and that abortion is murder. I told them we are with Powerhouse Church and our outreach is called LoveLetsLive.</blockquote>
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<li>We also were able to pray with a couple who went into the bus to find out if they were pregnant. They were excited and felt really good after we prayed with them. We invited them to church and they would like to come! Here is a picture Michael and Amanda and their baby!!!</li>
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Once we left the clinic, we checked under I45 to see if Clarence (a homeless man Delena and I met on our last visit) was by the trains. Sure enough, there he was sitting in his spot propped up against the railing. I asked him if there was anything that he needed and he said no. He asked if we got beat up...I chuckled and said no, we were out saving babies again. He said, "Save the babies." I asked him if he got beat up and he said no, but they are still after us!<br />
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Once we left him with all the sugar we could find, I had this amazing revelation. See, when we approached Clarence, I called out his name. Without looking up or around, he said, "Is that Pam?" I have only met this man ONCE...two weeks ago. I realized that when Clarence called out my name, when he knew my name...it was Jesus saying "I know you!" In Matthew 25:31-40, Jesus teaches us this:</div>
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<span class="text Matt-25-31"><span class="woj">“But when the Son of Man<sup> </sup>comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-32" id="en-NLT-24014"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup><span class="woj">All the nations<sup> </sup>will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-33" id="en-NLT-24015"><sup class="versenum">33 </sup><span class="woj">He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.</span></span> </div>
<span class="text Matt-25-34" id="en-NLT-24016"><sup class="versenum">34 </sup><span class="woj">“Then
the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by
my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the
world.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-35" id="en-NLT-24017"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup><span class="woj">For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-36" id="en-NLT-24018"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup><span class="woj">I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’</span></span><br />
<span class="text Matt-25-37" id="en-NLT-24019"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup><span class="woj">“Then
these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry
and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?</span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-38" id="en-NLT-24020"><sup class="versenum">38 </sup><span class="woj">Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?</span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-39" id="en-NLT-24021"><sup class="versenum">39 </sup><span class="woj">When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’</span></span><br />
<span class="text Matt-25-40" id="en-NLT-24022"><sup class="versenum">40 </sup><span class="woj">“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’</span></span></blockquote>
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Today was a good day! Jesus loved on me like I was the only one in His life. He singled me out and just saturated me with His smooth, velvety, sweet, impressive Love. PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-89361870429137094402013-02-02T23:20:00.000-06:002013-02-02T23:20:11.731-06:00That will preach! Git 'em Jesus!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We had a busy weekend at Jordan Ranch. I </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">was <span style="font-size: large;">anticipating</span> this event because it is the first tim</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">e that I </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">was able</span> to facilita</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">te the zip line as a cer</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">tified lead. </span> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We receive<span style="font-size: large;">d the <span style="font-size: large;">training </span></span>a couple o<span style="font-size: large;">f months ago but have not <span style="font-size: large;">had any guests request <span style="font-size: large;">the exer<span style="font-size: large;">cise...until this weekend! Needless<span style="font-size: large;"> to <span style="font-size: large;">say, I needed a little remedi<span style="font-size: large;">al training, but this old noggin' rem<span style="font-size: large;">embered with a refresher. S<span style="font-size: large;">afet<span style="font-size: large;">y first...my most i<span style="font-size: large;">mportant nugget! I got that on<span style="font-size: large;">e<span style="font-size: large;"> down! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: large;">really felt in my element in the <span style="font-size: large;">"crow's nest" (<span style="font-size: large;">here's a picture)</span>. That's another name for the platform at the top of the pole that you jump from! I found out that I am more calm tha<span style="font-size: large;">n not. I can hold my peace in stressful s<span style="font-size: large;">ituations.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I want to tell you about M<span style="font-size: large;">ichelle...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">A<span style="font-size: large;">s Michelle climbed the pole, she got about half way up and stopped. She was gripping the rungs for dear life, her knuckles vi<span style="font-size: large;">sibly stressed. I encouraged her from up top to look at me and keep going<span style="font-size: large;">, she <span style="font-size: large;">was <span style="font-size: large;">more tha<span style="font-size: large;">n halfway up! She relunctantly reach<span style="font-size: large;">ed the pennacle of the pole and was just gripped with fear. Michelle is a beautiful, blonde ha<span style="font-size: large;">ired, <span style="font-size: large;">young woman who under any other circ<span style="font-size: large;">umstances, <span style="font-size: large;">probably maintains her composure. Not in this<span style="font-size: large;"> moment...she was beyond terrified. It is th<span style="font-size: large;">e grace of God that brought her to the top, because she was spent. A<span style="font-size: large;">s she<span style="font-size: large;"> s</span>tepped ont<span style="font-size: large;">o the pla<span style="font-size: large;">tform, she would not let go of the pole. I spoke to her with encour<span style="font-size: large;">agin<span style="font-size: large;">g words, praised her for getting this far and asked her to look at me and listen to my voice. She <span style="font-size: large;">nodded profusely. I told her that I needed her to round the pole and face me. She said<span style="font-size: large;">, tearfully and with panic, "I can<span style="font-size: large;">'t! I'm <span style="font-size: large;">so scared!"<span style="font-size: large;">. I<span style="font-size: large;">n that mome<span style="font-size: large;">nt, what do you do? Wit and intellect will not get you through this si<span style="font-size: large;">tuation. I <span style="font-size: large;">thank God t<span style="font-size: large;">hat the Spirit of the Lord was upon me...He took over! I looked directly at her and I sai<span style="font-size: large;">d, "For God did not <span style="font-size: large;">give you a spirit of fear or timidity! But one of POWER<span style="font-size: large;">, love, and a sound min<span style="font-size: large;">d!<span style="font-size: large;"> He gave <span style="font-size: large;">you PO<span style="font-size: large;">WER!" She laugh<span style="font-size: large;">ed (nervously) and s<span style="font-size: large;">aid, "Y<span style="font-size: large;">es!" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: large;">reminded her that <span style="font-size: large;">she is strapped to<span style="font-size: large;"> th<span style="font-size: large;">e pole and she cannot go anywhere. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>She faced me! I looked a<span style="font-size: large;">t her a<span style="font-size: large;">gain and said, "The Spirit that is in you is <span style="font-size: large;">GREATER than the spirit that is in this world!<span style="font-size: large;"> You have overcome so much to get to this p<span style="font-size: large;">oi<span style="font-size: large;">nt! Don't stop now!<span style="font-size: large;">" I asked her how many children she had (as I am <span style="font-size: large;">connecting the zip to her). She told me 2 and their ages but I can't recall<span style="font-size: large;">. I <span style="font-size: large;">said, "I<span style="font-size: large;">MAG<span style="font-size: large;">INE if your kids could SEE you right now! They would be so pr<span style="font-size: large;">oud of t<span style="font-size: large;">heir mommy!" She laughed again, a little less nervously. <span style="font-size: large;">"Now,<span style="font-size: large;">" I said, "I need <span style="font-size: large;">you to let go. I<span style="font-size: large;"> am going to need you to take a step forward. God ALWAYS takes us for<span style="font-size: large;">ward<span style="font-size: large;">...but in able to move forward, you have to LET GO!" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her knees were bent <span style="font-size: large;">like she was going to s<span style="font-size: large;">it since she got <span style="font-size: large;">up here. She began to straighten and stand up<span style="font-size: large;">. I tried to get her to hold my hand, she would not. I reminded her that <span style="font-size: large;">this is up to her, and that I will not force her to do anything. She said, "I <span style="font-size: large;">NEED to do this!" I said, "Let go!<span style="font-size: large;"> You have a lot to let go of...just let go!<span style="font-size: large;">" She did, amidst muffled cries. She wa<span style="font-size: large;">nted to run off the platform and just go but I needed her to listen to<span style="font-size: large;"> my voice and wait for the comm<span style="font-size: large;">ands. She took one step forward, like a<span style="font-size: large;"> fawn learning to<span style="font-size: large;"> walk. Then I s<span style="font-size: large;">aid, "One more big step and you <span style="font-size: large;">can go!<span style="font-size: large;">" She said, "OKAY!"...And then...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The rest of the weekend was hers to en<span style="font-size: large;">joy. She received peace <span style="font-size: large;">that surpasses all understandin<span style="font-size: large;">g this weekend. I was told, later, that she had a lot of struggle<span style="font-size: large;">s in her life right now and that moment was crucial to her breakthrough.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">GOD WILL USE ANYTHING TO TEACH US <span style="font-size: large;">AND SPEAK TO US IN A LANGU<span style="font-size: large;">AGE THA<span style="font-size: large;">T WE UNDERSTAND! He <span style="font-size: large;">draws us near to <span style="font-size: large;">Hi<span style="font-size: large;">m <span style="font-size: large;">in so many ways!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am so grat<span style="font-size: large;">ef<span style="font-size: large;">ul for <span style="font-size: large;">my salvation, my job, and the Power of the Holy Spirit. I was able to speak with Michelle more than on<span style="font-size: large;">ce over the course of the weekend. I spoke to her at one point about how many of us giv<span style="font-size: large;">e up before the mirac<span style="font-size: large;">le happens. I reminded her to NEVER QUIT! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I said<span style="font-size: large;">, "Suppose I wa<span style="font-size: large;">nted to dig a well in my <span style="font-size: large;">backyard to supply water to my family. The guys come to dig <span style="font-size: large;">the well and they hit rock. They <span style="font-size: large;">want to stop and move to another spot t<span style="font-size: large;">o<span style="font-size: large;"> dig, costin<span style="font-size: large;">g me,of course. I refuse to s<span style="font-size: large;">top...tell them to keep digging. They BREAK THROUGH the rock and 2 <span style="font-size: large;">inches underneath is a spring of water!<span style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="color: cyan;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I seek to be Kingdom minded...</span></b> </span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> To set my eyes on eternal things...</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Things that last forever...</span></b></span> <br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Things that please my Father...</b></span></span> <br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Too many of us are consumed with the <span style="font-size: x-large;">worries of this world...</span></b></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: cyan;">And we fail to see the Light that He is s<span style="font-size: x-large;">hining before us...</span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My dear friends, don't waste your cares on "fixing" everything. Allow Him to move and shake you, refine you and break you, mold you and make you...Look what He has done with His creation!</span></span>PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-18690609041216665342013-01-24T21:20:00.000-06:002013-01-24T21:20:08.042-06:00An Abolitionist Speaks...
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our nation is no
stranger to divisive debates over which human beings deserve basic human
rights. But ultimately, history always sides with those who defend the
unalienable rights made plain in the Declaration of Independence: Life, liberty</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and the pursuit of happiness for all.
Personhood is defined as the condition of being a person who is an individual
with inalienable rights.</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">- In 1823, Native Americans were denied rights to
own property. The Supreme Court ruled that the tribes of Indians inhabiting
this country were fierce savages whose occupation was war.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">- In 1857, Black Americans were denied rights. The
Supreme Court stated "It is the opinion of this court that slaves and
their descendants have no rights which the white man is bound to respect. The
Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit."</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">- In 1927, persons with disabilities were denied
rights. The courts affirmed forced sterilization of the intellectually
disabled. The Supreme Court had this to say: "It is better for all the
world if society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing
their kind. Three generations of imbeciles are enough."</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">- In 1973, the pre-born were denied rights. The US
Supreme Court stated that the word "person" does not include the
unborn and they legalized the killing of pre-born children.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Over time, the rights of all of these groups of
people have been restored...except one.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">-In 1879, Native Americans were recognized as
persons under the federal law.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">-In 1865, 1868, The 13th and 14th Amendments end
slavery and establish full citizenship of Black Americans.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">-In 1981, forced sterilization of persons with
disabilities ends.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Imagine, if those who are on disability for
depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, anxiety, ADHD...what if no one had stood up
for your rights?</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">WHEN WILL THE PERSONHOOD OF ALL PRE-BORN CHILDREN
BE RECOGNIZED BY THE LAW ?</span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let's
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<span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rights</i>: </span></span><span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">anything that accords with the
principles of legal or moral justice</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moral</i>: </span></span><span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">founded on the fundamental
principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Principles</i>: </span></span><span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a general and fundamental truth
that may be used in deciding conduct or choice</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fundamental</i>:
</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">being a primary source</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Decide</i>: </span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to make a judgment or determine a
preference; come</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">to a conclusion.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conduct</i>: </span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The way a person acts, especially
from the standpoint of morality.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">The Word of God settles all of this: "I am the
Way, the Truth and the Life..." ~ Jesus Christ, (John 14:6)</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
These principles, rights, and fundamentals that the world is claiming they have
to choose are non- existent. The primary source of Truth (fundamental) is Jesus
Christ. The principle (fundamental truth) used to make a judgment (decide) on
the way a person acts (conduct) is the Word of God. Period. All other is opinion
and definitely not fundamental, moral (refer to definition above) or principle.
#Campaign4Life #FundamentalRighttoLife</span></span></h5>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span class="textexposedshow"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></span><span class="textexposedshow"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I say: </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you are not
pro-LIFE, then you must be pro-DEATH.</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> The only choice that
you have regarding the child in your womb is life or death. There is no other
option. If you believe that a person should have the "choice" whether
or not to kill their baby...why stop in the womb? </span></h5>
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Let's picture this scenario...I think I can han<span class="textexposedshow">dle
it (whereas you abort because you can't) so I decide to "choose"
life. Once I birth my baby, I decide that I can't handle it. So, now I want to
kill my baby. Do I still have the same choice that you gave me when the baby
was in my womb? Why is it different now? The circumstances are the same...I
can't do this, I can't afford this, I am not married, the father is not in the
baby's life, I don't have a job, I am in school, I have plans, I, I, I...me me
me...Why does the method matter? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Does giving a fork to a cannibal make murder
civilized and polite?</i></b></span><br />
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</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Engravers MT"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today
I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and
curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make.</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Engravers MT"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></span><span class="textexposedshow"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Engravers MT"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh, that you would choose life</span></i></b></span><span class="textexposedshow"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Engravers MT"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span></i></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "Engravers MT"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">so that you and your
descendants might live! ~ Deuteronomy 30:19</span></span></div>
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new annual report. CHECK THIS OUT! Here is what YOUR tax dollars paid
for...YEP! Federal funding. Are you okay with this? I would LOVE to hear from
you:<br />
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During fiscal year 2011-2012, Planned Parenthood reported receiving a record
$542 million in taxpayer funding2 in the form o<span class="textexposedshow">f
government grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements. Taxpayer funding
consists of 45%3 of Planned Parenthood’s annual revenue.</span><br />
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</span><span class="textexposedshow"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans Ultra Bold"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2011, Planned
Parenthood performed a record high 333,964 abortions.</span></i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Over the past three reported years (2009-2011),
Planned Parenthood has performed nearly one million abortions (995,687).</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Planned Parenthood reported a total of three
million clients in 2011, meaning that 11% of all Planned Parenthood clients
received an abortion.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">In 2011, abortions made up 92% of Planned
Parenthood’s pregnancy services, while prenatal care and adoption referrals
accounted for only 7% (28,674) and 0.6% (2,300), respectively. For every
adoption referral, Planned Parenthood performed 145 abortions.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Cancer screening & prevention services and
contraceptive services provided by Planned Parenthood continue to drop.
Contraceptive services have dropped by 12% since 2009, and cancer screening
& prevention services have dropped by 29%.</span><br />
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</span><span class="textexposedshow"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Planned Parenthood (a
NONPROFIT organization) reported $87.4 million in excess revenue, and more than
$1.2 billion in net assets.</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">92% OF PREGNANT WOMEN GOING INTO PLANNED PARENTHOOD
GET ABORTIONS! Our Save A Baby Days are effective and crucial. Please, consider
coming out with us. We MUST end this tragedy. We are killing the future! We
have blood on our hands! </span><br />
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</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: Krungthep; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Your
hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin." ~
Isaiah 59:3</span></span></div>
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She's still a baby herself. It was some stray who came in the fence and got her
pregnant and just ran off. What do you think: should I just take a vacuum and
suck those little puppies right out of her since she can't really take care of
them and she didn't ask to be pregnant, it's<span class="textexposedshow"> just
not a good time for me to be taking care of a bunch of puppies...</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Sad but true...this world has more compassion for a
dog than a baby. This is the justification for abortion made by politicians,
Christians, and many others. "It's only okay in cases of incest or
rape" which account for less than 1% of abortions. Is it okay to do it to
that dog? Why is it okay to do it to a baby? This stinking commercial makes me ANGRY!!! Insert baby here :</span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many of you know that
I lead an outreach in Houston at Planned Parenthood, 4600 Gulfport Freeway at
least twice a month, often times more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here are some of the testimonies to the Power of the Name of Jesus:</span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: God opened Jamisha and Jeremy's heart
today and they listened as we shared the Truth with them and offered them the
services of the mobile crisis pregnancy center. Jamisha had an ultrasound in
Planned Parenthood today and made an appointment for an abortion...BUT GOD! We
encouraged her and lead her to the pregnancy center where she had another
ultrasound, explanation and description of what she saw, she was comforted and
her questions were heard and answered. She was given the Truth and all of her
options. We spoke with her after she came out and she gave us a thumbs up!
*tears* We took her and Jeremy to lunch to celebrate Life!</span></i></span></h5>
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<span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: </span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
were able to pray with multiple women and couples and God used us to save 3
babies and plant seed. We were able to pray with a woman who told us
"I have already made my decision." After we prayed, her heart
opened. She is married and has 2 other children, a 5 month old and a 2 year old
and she said that this is too hard for her. She has been pregnant and
nursing for 2 years. We offered this to her: I first asked if she had a
relationship with Jesus Christ and she said yes she does but that her husband
is Muslim. So I began to remind her what Jesus went through to offer us
Life, which far exceeds anything we must endure to bring life into this
world. I said if you make this choice today and you have this abortion
and something happens (as it is possible) and you die, where do you think you
will go? She said, "Hell". Her eyes welled up with tears
and we told her that God gives us a choice between life and death. If we
do not tell you the truth today, then we are not fulfilling our duty to Christ.
I said, "Go home and tell your husband. He will be elated. This
fruit of your womb is a gift from God, a treasure. He makes no mistakes
and He must trust you if He has placed the baby with you." She smiled and
said "Yes! I will tell him." I gave her my number and I took
hers. She lives in Cypress. We invited her to life group tonight
and she came with her children.</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
have a lot of faith...but this #SaveABabyDay just sent me through the roof. I
know we are doing this for a greater cause, but these "small"
miracles that happen make it worthwhile. Bisi was the first woman that we
prayed with yesterday. She told me she had "already made her
decision". BUT GOD! Amen! Jesus! </span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
<span class="usercontent">Thank You Jesus for cleansing us and making us vessels
fit for use. Thank You for shining Your light through us that it may reflect
Your goodness and kindness, mercy and compassion on a hurting and dying world.
Stay tuned, Houston. The gates of hell are being closed, we are plundering the
depths and populating heaven.</span></span></i></h5>
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<span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: Save the baby Houston was great
today! Got to pray with a couple and share Gods love with them. The Woman's
name was Morgan and she pulled out of the clinic parked on the side of the road
and began to cry in her car. I knocked on her window and asked if she needed to
talk, at first she was not interested and I asked if I could just pray for her.
She rolled down her window and we began to talk, she had just came from having
a not so clear ultrasound and was scheduled for an abortion on Monday. We
talked and I prayed with her and her boyfriend, after praying with her she said
their is no way she could do it. One of many baby's saved!</span></i></span></h5>
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were able to pray with Alyssa, a 17 year old young woman and her mother after
she had her abortion. We met her when she came out of the clinic.
We comforted her, did not condemn her, and offered her the opportunity to
accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior. She was led to the Lord today! We
contacted her afterward and she expressed how the time that we spent with her
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update everyone, We had 2 salvations, prayed with several people, 1 couple did
not go into the Planned Parenthood Parking lot, but instead went to the
Coalition For Life's Mobile Help Center. There were many different groups out
today, But we made an impact on even them, because we Opened our Mouth and were
not just there to be a bystander. Many seeds were planted and now we need to
continue to pray that the Holy Spirit will water that seed. God is moving!</span></i></span><span class="uficommentbody"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="uficommentbody"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">AND, a soon to be mother has definitely
decided against abortion and has chosen LIFE for her baby. Praise God!</span></i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></h5>
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Jessica was not ready for another baby. God had other plans. She was at Planned
Parenthood for a pregnancy test and an abortion. We were able to counsel her
with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, reminding her that her decision is not to
be based on her feelings which change drastically but on what is right in the
eyes of the Lord, which never changes. She admitted to believing in Jesus. She
has 2 children and she is married. She's had an abortion before and I asked her
what she thought: is a baby a baby at conception? She didn't think so until I
told her that the heart beats at 22 days pumping blood through the body and
Life is in the Blood. Once she went into the mobile crisis pregnancy center in
front of the clinic, had her confirmation pregnancy test and saw her baby on a
46 inch screen ultrasound monitor...she chose LIFE! She said "Man, I had
plans for the next year but all that has changed." I reminded her that we
can make plans, but He has a plan and purpose for us and He prevails. I told
her that she has gifts that she has never opened but now is the time! We also
prayed with her aunt who is an alcoholic and has pancreatic cancer. SHE called
US over to her and wanted counsel. PRAISE JESUS! To God be the glory!</span></i></b></div>
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of love that flows from a changed heart. Oftentimes I have found that people
make a decision for abortion because they feel they have no other option, not
because they want to kill their baby. What I would like to offer is the one
choice that impacts eternity: the choice between life and death, prosperity and
disaster, blessings and curses. I truly care about people with a heart that has
been arrested with the love of Jesus Christ. I have been there myself and NO
ONE stood up for the truth when I was faced with this decision, this sin in my
life, no one was there to offer me love or any hope...only complacency and
indifference. I have chosen to be the one thing for others that I did not have
in my life when I faced many of the terrible decisions that I made: a voice of
Truth. I will not apologize for that.</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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of my dear warrior sister, Delena:</span></span></div>
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were a product of her fathers sexual abuse. She had her 1st one a month after
she turned 13 years old... </span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span class="usercontent">Once out of her fathers home she got pregnant again
through her own promiscuity and regretfully had an abortion. As an adult... A
mighty woman of Christ who has forgiven he who murdered her innocence as well
as been forgiven for MURDERING the innocence of life that who was meant to be
stewarded in her womb... She stands now and says she'd rather bare the memory
of birthing 2 children of incest than ever kill a life. There is NO excuse to
abort a life that we are merely stewards of. Death is death... Murder is
murder. Capital punishment? Abortion? Its all sin! I stand now and say we must
be the voice of the ones who have none yet. I CAMPAIGN FOR LIFE!</span></span></i></h5>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And Stephanie, my other warrior chica:</span></span></h5>
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<span class="usercontent"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I speak up against abortion because I once lived with the
regret of having one. I had a choice to do it or not do it but at the time I
felt like the only choice I had was to do it. I felt I had no choice because
everyone around me was telling me that I needed to do it, I was just hoping
someone would speak up and tell me otherwise. I was 20 yrs old and he/she
would've been my third child born around this month. He/She would be turning 3
yrs old and I would have another beautiful little life running around. It broke
my heart to do it all I could do was cry. I couldn't believe the choice I was
making, to end a life to please my own. I lived with the regret that was
killing me every day of my life. Once I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior and
asked Him to take the wheel in my life I repented of that selfish decision I
made. I know Jesus has forgiven me and made me new and I can live guilt free.
The memory of the baby I could've had will never leave my mind and I wish I
would've made a different choice but if you're thinking about doing it because
you feel alone or like you have no choice think about this.. It is a life God
is trusting you with, a gift that He is giving you to show you His
unconditional love. Dont choose to live with regret and another heart break.
Choose LIFE it's the best gift you'll ever receive.</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></i></h5>
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million deaths in the USA in 2011. The leading reported cause of death was
heart disease with cancer coming in close second. There were over 1.5 million
abortions in 2011. These deaths are NOT included in the number of deaths in the
USA. So statistically, the womb is the most dangerous place to live in America.
We shouldn't be concerning ourselves with cholesterol levels and cancer
prevention, gun control and weight loss. WE NEED REVIVAL and a MORAL
REVOLUTION! What are we doing?</span></span></h5>
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we so cold that we warm our hands by the fire fueled by a culture of death,
enjoying the benefits of choice?</span></span></h5>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A choice implies
"options" and "possibilities" and
"preferences"...it is a positive noun and we would like to think of
our "choice" as a right, not a wrong. A DECISION, on the other hand,
is considered FINAL. It is akin to JUDGEMENT and is unchanging. It is secure
and steadfast and confident. YOU ARE MAKING A DECISION, NOT A CHOICE!!!</span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></h5>
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perfect environment for growth and nourishment. Just like a caterpillar thinks
the world is perfect in its cocoon, and then it becomes a butterfly. Don't
interfere with the divine process.</span></span>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Abortion was a taboo word for much of early 20c., disguised in print as
criminal operation (U.S.) or illegal operation (U.K.) Abortion derives from a
compound word used in Latin for death and sunsets [snuff out the light so only
darkness remains!!!! Satan wins!]. The Latin verb for "to produce and
abortion" was 'abigo' which literally means "to drive away"...[Shoo
fly! Don't bother me!?!?!? REALLY???]</span></span></h5>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The word 'fetus' comes from Latin meaning 'bringing forth'. Even those of
you who argue that "it" is a fetus and not a baby are going against
what you are proclaiming. #Doubleminded</span></span></h5>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span></span><span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pregnant means "with child," from Latin praegnantem (originally
praegnas) "with child," literally "before birth".</span></span><span class="usercontent"></span></h5>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="usercontent"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Planned Parenthood exploited women in New York City immediately after the
September 11th attacks in 2001 by promoting free abortions for two weeks,
compounding the grief and pain that New Yorkers </span></span><span class="usercontent"><span style="font-weight: normal;">were already dealing with. #Evildoers</span></span></span></span></i>
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and an attack on human life. To combat this, early American colonies adopted
laws drawn from English common law, which declared abortion prior to quickening
(feeling life) a misdemeanor, and after quickening a felony. In 1869, the
British Parliament passed the "Offenses Against the Persons Act." It
pushed the felony punishment back to fertilization—the point at which
scientific evidence proved life begins. During the same time period, every
existing state passed its own law against abortion.</span></span></h5>
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these basic essentials over and over to God’s people. Warn them before God
against pious nitpicking, which chips away at the faith. It just wears everyone
out. Concentrate on doing your best for God, work you won’t be ashamed of,
laying out the truth plain and simple. Stay clear of pious talk that is only
talk. Words are not mere words, you know. If they’re not backed by a godly
life, they accumulate as poison in the soul.” ~ 2 Timothy 2:14-17</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright";">One local church
in Houston has this on their website under “who we are” and “what we
believe”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not discreet at all
in claiming a belief in the elect, as a matter of fact they broadcast it (which
I appreciate, knowing that I don’t believe the same)! However, this is
contradictory:</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright";">We support a world-wide outreach effort,
sharing the good news that God loves us through His Son’s death and resurrection,
saving <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALL</b></span> who acknowledge their
sins and turn to Him in faith</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright";">We believe that, in eternity past, God, in
His sovereign good pleasure, and not based upon any foreseen merit in them,
chose <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">certain people</b> </span>(the elect) to
be recipients of eternal salvation. God ensures that the elect come to believe
in Christ and their salvation is secure for eternity. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright";">THIS IS TRUTH:</span></div>
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in Jesus Christ for all who believe. <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For there is no distinction</i></b></span>” (ESV)</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true
for <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">everyone
who believes, no matter who we are.</i></b></span> (NLT)</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Prove
by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span class="text">Don’t just say to
each other, ‘<span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We’re safe</b></span>, for we are
descendants of Abraham.’ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">That means
nothing</span>, </b>for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very
stones.”</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright";"></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax
collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with
such scum?”</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<span class="text">When Jesus heard this, he told them, </span><span class="woj">“Healthy
people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">think they are righteous</b></span>, but those who
know they are sinners.” (NLT)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ephesians 2:18-19</span><br />
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now all of us can come to the Father
through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us. So now you
Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with
all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.</span></span><br />
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here Paul says, “With the Lord’s
authority I say this:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <span style="color: red;">Live no longer as
the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused</span></b>.<sup> </sup>Their
minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because
they have closed their minds and<span style="color: red;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hardened
their hearts</b></span> against him.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span class="text">They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly
practice every kind of impurity.” [Ephesians 4:17-19}</span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AFTER</b> </span>he said, “God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first
to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span class="text">And now <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">you Gentiles have also heard the truth</b>,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> the Good News that God saves you</b>.</span> And <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own</b></span> by giving
you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <span class="text"><span style="color: red;">The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us
the inheritance</span> </span></b><span class="text">he promised and that he has
purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify
him.” [Ephesians 1:12-14]</span></span><br />
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</b></i><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="color: cyan;"><i>Is the Apostle Paul contradicting
himself?!?!?</i> </span></b>ABSOLUTELY NOT!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
illustrating my point perfectly…God wants none to perish and He did not
“choose” some for salvation and some not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people
think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be
destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.” [2 Peter 3:9]</span></span><span class="text"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He gives us FREE WILL, as displayed in that the Gentiles <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">eagerly
(willfully)</span> </i></b>practiced their sin yet when they believed [a willful act]
he saves them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To believe is to accept
as true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must RESPOND and ACCEPT as
true that Jesus died for our sins, was resurrected to give us eternal life. They
believed FIRST, and then He seals them with the Holy Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>Believed FIRST and then seals them with the
Holy Spirit</b></i></span>. Once they believe, Jesus saves their soul and their dead spirit is
revived by His breath. </span></span><br />
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But if wicked people turn away from all
their sins and begin to obey my decrees and do what is just and right, they
will surely live and not die. All their past sins will be forgotten, and they
will live because of the righteous things they have done. “Do you think that I
like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign Lord. Of course not! I want
them to turn from their wicked ways and live.” ~ Ezekiel 18:21-23 </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let us not forget everyone's favorite, which truly illustrates what I believe, simply and directly:</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></b><br /><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text John-3-16" id="en-NLT-26103"><span class="woj">For God
loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text John-3-16" id="en-NLT-26103"><span class="woj">John 3:16 </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Thank God that He doesn't exclude but includes! I would have so easily been disqualified...what about you?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would love to hear what you have to say...leave me a comment!</span></span></b></div>
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PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-41713227433542882082013-01-23T00:38:00.000-06:002013-01-23T00:38:21.809-06:00Unloved...<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span><span style="font-size: large;"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>When the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to have children, but Rachel could not conceive."<span style="font-size: large;"> ~ Genesis 29:31</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I read this, it really touched me. I stopped and began to think of all the ladie<span style="font-size: large;">s that I encounter at Planned Parenthood when I am counse<span style="font-size: large;">ling and praying on the s<span style="font-size: large;">treet. <span style="font-size: large;">When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F091YCh9wP4/UP97olMkcnI/AAAAAAAAASw/-JQldKqER4M/s1600/life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F091YCh9wP4/UP97olMkcnI/AAAAAAAAASw/-JQldKqER4M/s400/life.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">We<span style="font-size: large;"> hear of the "unloveable"...I remember the first time I heard that said in church I got mad.<span style="font-size: large;"> I would like to believe that no one is unloveable, but being human, we know that is not true. Ye<span style="font-size: large;">s, God loves us all...<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">and i</span>n my fairy tale<span style="font-size: large;">, fantasy, perfectly sanctified dreamy land I do too, but that ain't reality, sister. I'm a work in progress...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back to the Word...the Lord saw that Leah was unloved so He enabled her to have children. Enabled her...[empowered, equipped, permitted, authorized, made pos<span style="font-size: large;">sible, qualified]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Giver of Life..."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-5-26" id="en-NLT-26202"><span class="woj">The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.<span style="font-size: large;">" ~ John 5:26</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-5-26" id="en-NLT-26202"><span class="woj"><span style="font-size: large;">He worked hard to love her. He enabled...we see the syno<span style="font-size: large;">nyms for <span style="font-size: large;">this word...they are all working words. He loved her by giving her a purpose<span style="font-size: large;">...someone to love. He showed her love by having her express it. He did <span style="font-size: large;">for her what He did for all of us...He allowed her to conceive...He does the same for each of us by impregnating us with the Holy Spirit the mome<span style="font-size: large;">nt we believe in the Lo<span style="font-size: large;">rd Jesus Christ. He gives us the Promise, the Give<span style="font-size: large;">r of Life, He breathes on us and says...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-5-26" id="en-NLT-26202"><span class="woj"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-20-22" id="en-NLT-26855"> <span class="woj">“Receive the Holy Spirit.</span></span><span class="text John-20-23" id="en-NLT-26856"><sup class="versenum"> </sup><span class="woj">If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.<sup><span style="font-size: large;">" ~ Jo<span style="font-size: large;">h<span style="font-size: large;">n 20:2<span style="font-size: large;">2<span style="font-size: large;">-23</span></span></span></span></span></sup></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-5-26" id="en-NLT-26202"><span class="woj"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-20-23" id="en-NLT-26856"><span class="woj"><sup><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why would <span style="font-size: large;">He enable her to have children <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">because</span> <span style="font-size: large;">she was unloved? So that she could kno<span style="font-size: large;">w <span style="font-size: large;">that Love can only come f<span style="font-size: large;">rom God...<span style="font-size: large;">He enable<span style="font-size: large;">d her to have children, He gives her Love. The Word <span style="font-size: large;">tells us that children are a gift, a treasure from God (Psalm 127:3). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></sup></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-5-26" id="en-NLT-26202"><span class="woj"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-20-23" id="en-NLT-26856"><span class="woj"><sup><span style="font-size: large;">January 21, 2013<span style="font-size: large;">: <span style="font-size: large;">Stephanie, Delena, and m<span style="font-size: large;">yself hit the streets in front of Planned Parenthoo<span style="font-size: large;">d in hopes of saving ba<span style="font-size: large;">bies and soul<span style="font-size: large;">s. We prayed <span style="font-size: large;">with many people. One man <span style="font-size: large;">is a pimp...he brought 3 <span style="font-size: large;">young <span style="font-size: large;">women to the clinic today. I <span style="font-size: large;">looked at him intently in his eyes and delivered the hard truth to h<span style="font-size: large;">im. I told him that <span style="font-size: large;">there are too many young black men doin<span style="font-size: large;">g what he is<span style="font-size: large;"> doing and we need<span style="font-size: large;"> more black men of God to stand up and make a<span style="font-size: large;"> difference in this nation and change our culture. He agreed. He said, "It's hard out here." I said, "Are you trying to tell me its <span style="font-size: large;">hard out here for a<span style="font-size: large;"> pim<span style="font-size: large;">p?" He said, "You know!<span style="font-size: large;">" I told him it's harder to stand up for righteousness than it is to do what <span style="font-size: large;">he is doing, what everyone else is doing. I let him know <span style="font-size: large;">he is deceived if he thin<span style="font-size: large;">ks that he can't make a difference, that yes, it<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">IS hard...<span style="font-size: large;">but all things are p<span style="font-size: large;">ossible with Christ who gives us strength. I <span style="font-size: large;">told him that I don't know who his daddy <span style="font-size: large;">WAS, but I know who his Daddy IS and He can do exceedingly and abundantly more than we could ever th<span style="font-size: large;">ink or imag<span style="font-size: large;">ine in us and through us if we just surrender to <span style="font-size: large;">Him. He liked that. I told <span style="font-size: large;">him that we will contin<span style="font-size: large;">ue to pray for him...His name <span style="font-size: large;">is William, so please do so!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></sup></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Olga h<span style="font-size: large;">as a hard heart.<span style="font-size: large;"> S<span style="font-size: large;">he claims she doesn't like kids, do<span style="font-size: large;">esn't want kids and is having this abortion. We spen<span style="font-size: large;">t a lot of time with her and Juni<span style="font-size: large;">or, praying and delivering Truth. <span style="font-size: large;">We did what we c<span style="font-size: large;">ould do...<span style="font-size: large;">we prayed over her letting her know that God wants her h<span style="font-size: large;">eart, that He changes the desire<span style="font-size: large;">s of our heart and He will <span style="font-size: large;">regenerate her heart, making it flesh and full of Love<span style="font-size: large;">. We told her about the Cross and why it was necessary. I told her t<span style="font-size: large;">hat Jesus didn't want to get on<span style="font-size: large;"> that Cross either...<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">even asked God to take the cup of wrath</span>, but it was what was right<span style="font-size: large;"> and necessary. God wants the same from us. What is right and neces<span style="font-size: large;">sary. He makes no mistakes. He is the Giver of Life. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></sup></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text John-5-26" id="en-NLT-26202"><span class="woj"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-35365142981568501622013-01-01T23:39:00.001-06:002013-01-01T23:39:55.617-06:00Worth it all~~Song by Rita Springer<br />
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</iframe>PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-18641096788697909002012-12-29T00:41:00.001-06:002012-12-29T00:47:38.275-06:00Curious? Just ask me...<span style="font-size: large;">I know that many folks' curiosity is peaked. I am sure that "common courtesy" and "manners" as well keeps you from asking the question that everyone wants to know. No, he is not here<span style="font-size: large;"> and </span>has <span style="font-size: large;">not been since October. </span>No we are not together. And no, we are not getting a divorce. [At least not that I have heard...] </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have resigned myself to the fact that if I have to spend the rest of my days on earth apart from my husband in order to spend eternity with him in heaven, then I can do that. If he must continue his journey of seeking his own way to find His Way, then carry on soldier. Our paths are not linked right now. He is taking the long way home...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's difficult for some to understand my reaction to the circumstances in my life. My faith and my God is bigger and stronger than any storm that blows through my home. I know the enemy and I know his tactics. He is attacking the ministry...not me or my husband. He wants the seed...the testimony...the weapon that slays him. For him, it is not personal. BUT for God, it is personal. See, though 99 of His sheep tread on the narrow road, He will pursue the one who goes toward the thicket. He never takes His eyes off of him. He knows and sees. I know without a doubt that His Promises are true and He is faithful. Here is a bit of what I know He says:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text 1Cor-10-12" id="en-NLT-28540"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-10-13" id="en-NLT-28541">The
temptations in your life are no different from what others experience.
And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than
you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that
you can endure. ~ 1 Corinthians 10:13</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">God will clear a path and point the way...but we must walk it out and go through that door that He opens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="text Isa-22-22" id="en-NLT-18051"> ...When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them. ~ Isaiah 22:22</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">He has gifted each of us and He is faithful to complete the work that He begins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="text Phil-1-6" id="en-NLT-29328">And I am certain that God,
who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is
finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. ~ Philippians 1:6</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="text Rom-11-29" id="en-NLT-28200">For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn. ~ Romans 11:29</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am also aware that without repentance, we cannot have the Presence of God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin
and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow.
But worldly sorrow, which lacks <b>repentance</b>, results in spiritual death. ~ 2 Cor 7:10</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />"Your deeds won't let you return to your God. You are a prostitute
through and through, and you do not know the Lord. The arrogance of
Israel testifies against her; Israel and Ephraim will stumble under
their load of guilt. Judah, too, will fall with them." ~ Hosea 5:4-5</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Persistent sin causes the heart to be hard making it difficult to
repent. Like a build up of scar tissue that has no nerve, the piercing
must go deeper, traveling to get to the heart like a laparascope from a
surgeon. So, the consequences build up to a place where they crush
us. He promises to get our attention...He pursues us. For some it will be conviction (thank God!) but for others, it will take consequences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened- those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come - and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame." ~ Hebrews 6:4-6</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Now, this verse is Truth. I cannot ignore this and I know what I have seen, what I see now, and what the Word tells me is to come. The Word tells me <span style="font-size: large;">to do this</span>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Fight
the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to
which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many
witnesses. ~ 1 Timothy 6:12</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="text Heb-4-12" id="en-NLT-29987"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>For
the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest
two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and
marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.</span> <span class="text Heb-4-13" id="en-NLT-29988"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>Nothing
in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed
before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.</span><span class="text Heb-4-13" id="en-NLT-29988"> ~ Hebrews 4:12-13</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="text 2Cor-10-3" id="en-NLT-28935">We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do.</span> <span class="text 2Cor-10-4" id="en-NLT-28936">We
use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the
strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy</span> <span class="text 2Cor-10-4" id="en-NLT-28936">false arguments.</span> <span class="text 2Cor-10-5" id="en-NLT-28937"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>We
destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We
capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. ~ 2 Cor 10:3-5</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">... <span class="text 1Cor-2-16">But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. ~ 1 Cor 2:16</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I AM A FIGHTER!</span></b></i></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may know that I was in the US Army. In the Army, everything
begins with the warrior ethos. The warrior ethos compels soldiers to
fight through all conditions to victory no matter how much effort is
required. It is the soldiers’ selfless commitment to the nation,
mission, unit, and fellow soldiers. It is the professional attitude that
inspires every American soldier. Warrior ethos is grounded in a refusal
to accept failure. It is developed and sustained through discipline.
Army Values form the very identity of the Army. They are nonnegotiable
and apply to everyone at all times, in all situations. The trust that
Soldiers have for one another and the trust the American people put in
us demands that we live up to these values. These values are
interdependent; that is, they support one another. You cannot follow one
value and ignore another. The seven values that guide all leaders and
the rest of the Army are loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service,
honor, integrity, and personal courage. Leaders must believe in them,
model them in personal actions, and teach others to accept them.<br /><br />The
same is true for the Lord's Army. Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless
Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. Seven values that guide
all leaders. Many, as we learned in Never Quit, try to take an able
man and make him faithful. Our human instinct is to take what we need.
We see a need, we see someone who can fill the need...so we fill it.
Never really considering: If I was in battle, would I want this person
in my foxhole covering me while I move amidst the bullets? </span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /> I had a battle buddy when I was in the Army and I knew (we were
trained together) that I better learn to trust and lean on her because
she would hold my life in her hands. You throw out all personality
conflicts and you don't care whether you like the person or not. It
comes down to : will she fire when I am fired upon? Can she accurately
aim and squeeze the trigger? If not, am I willing to help her and teach
her and will she give me permission to do that?<br /> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't need sympathy or empathy or pity or praise. I need your prayers. Just pray. That's what you can do for me. AIM AND FIRE! Give me that assured look right in my eyeballs when I see you that says, "Hey! SUCK IT UP AND DRIVE ON SOLDIER!" When you ask me to pray for you, you know good and well that I do it. So, now...I'm calling in the favors. And do not feel sorry for me. I am blessed more than you know. Naturally, it looks like my life is pitiful right now (and you don't even know the half of it), but supernaturally God has worked it where He gets all the glory. That's how I know that I am in His will and not mine. There is no way in Heaven that I could orchestrate what He has mastered. No way...absolutely no way. One day, I will be able to testify to all of His goodness...but He is still working! So more will be revealed. </span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-size: large;">The
Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-212) is a United
States law which recognizes a "child in utero" as a legal victim, if he
or she is injured or killed during the commission of any of over 60
listed federal crimes of violence. The law defines "child in utero" as
"a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who
is carried in the womb".<br /> <br /> Whoever engages in conduct that
violates any of the provisions of law listed in subsection (b) and
thereby causes the death of, or bodily injury (as defined in section
1365) to, a child, who is in utero at the time the conduct takes place,
is guilty of a separate offense under this section.<br /> <br /> Now, this law has an exception:</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /> Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the prosecution—<br />
(1) of any person for conduct relating to an abortion for which the
consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on
her behalf, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by
law...</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Why would there need to be an exception if the "fetus"
is not a child? Why is it okay to kill my baby as long as you regulate
and ensure that "no one gets hurt"...except for my unborn baby? And
also, if I have the CHOICE, then why can't I choose the method? A
clothes hanger, a gun, a knife, or an overdose of heroin in my veins...</span></i></span></span></span></span></h5>
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penal code defines an "individual" as this: "Individual" means a human
being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of
gestation from fertilization until birth. </span></span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474124}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474124}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474124}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">Texas penal code defines "person" as: "Person" means an individual, corporation, or association. </span></span></span><br /><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">[So,
according to TX penal code, an unborn child is a person because he is
an individual, which would recognize the personhood of all unborn babies
thereby defining abortion as murder. CAN I GET A WITNESS please...I
need a lawyer.]</span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][1]"></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">"Death" includes, for an individual who is an unborn child, the failure to be born alive.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">The Unborn Victims of Violence Act was signed in 2004 by then President George W. Bush following the Laci/Connor Peterson murders by her husband and his father, Scott Peterson. Bush said, "Any time an expectant mother is a victim of violence, two lives are in the balance, each deserving protection, and each deserving justice. If the crime is murder and the unborn child's life ends, justice demands a full accounting under the law." Senator John Kerry, his main opponent in the 2004 Presidential election, voted against the bill, saying, "I have serious concerns about this legislation because the law cannot simultaneously provide that a fetus is a human being and protect the right of the mother to choose to terminate her pregnancy." HMMMMM...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474127}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[60].[1][2][1]{comment4986523143030_87474132}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">Thi<span style="font-size: large;">s is a perfect example of doublemindedness. See, you car<span style="font-size: large;">ry this pro-choice logic out<span style="font-size: large;"> to the end and it always break<span style="font-size: large;">s down. <span style="font-size: large;">It has no <span style="font-size: large;">substance</span> because it is rooted in confusion. Ther<span style="font-size: large;">e is no depth to it because it is built and based <span style="font-size: large;">on human understanding and intellect<span style="font-size: large;">, which is fin<span style="font-size: large;">ite. Give it up<span style="font-size: large;">! You know that life begins at conce<span style="font-size: large;">ption...it is proven here. Just admit that you believe it is okay to murder babies in the womb and that argument can die. W<span style="font-size: large;">e <span style="font-size: large;">can then begin to touch hearts once you remove that shield of lies that you have covering it. Denying the Truth will never change it. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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PAMeLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062490008908432199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485472154186210811.post-37553670629149543542012-12-22T01:11:00.005-06:002012-12-22T13:02:21.671-06:00All Things Work together for the GOOD...<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I am<span style="font-size: large;"> supposed to be<span style="font-size: large;"> a statistic<span style="font-size: large;">:</span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P7hf1bpa16k/UNVaPX4ZuXI/AAAAAAAAARk/v1Q9-Dl_xsQ/s1600/child-abuse-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P7hf1bpa16k/UNVaPX4ZuXI/AAAAAAAAARk/v1Q9-Dl_xsQ/s200/child-abuse-2.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div>
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">• A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds.</span>
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• Almost five children die every day as a result of child abuse. More than three out of four are under the age of 4. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5akcc4yJbxw/UNVaZLpEvBI/AAAAAAAAARs/Mi3YJ3PwVHw/s1600/women-in-prison-x-pasadenaweekly-com1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5akcc4yJbxw/UNVaZLpEvBI/AAAAAAAAARs/Mi3YJ3PwVHw/s200/women-in-prison-x-pasadenaweekly-com1.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div>
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• Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and
cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education. </span>
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• 31 percent percent of women in prison in the United States were abused as children. </span>
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• Over 60 percent of people in drug rehabilitation centers report being abused or neglected as a child. </span>
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• About 30 percent of abused and neglected children will later abuse
their own children, continuing the horrible cycle of abuse. </span>
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• About 80 percent of 21 year olds that were abused as children met criteria for at least one psychological disorder. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hcrblmTPatQ/UNVamukOYrI/AAAAAAAAAR0/eH19v4Pa2Po/s1600/psychology.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hcrblmTPatQ/UNVamukOYrI/AAAAAAAAAR0/eH19v4Pa2Po/s640/psychology.jpg" width="424" /></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">• Abused children are 25 percent more likely to experience teen pregnancy. </span>
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• Abused teens are 3 times less likely to practice safe sex, putting them at greater risk for STDs. </span></span></span><br />
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Child abuse victims placed in foster or kinship care because of abuse or
neglect were found to score lower than other students in tests of
cognitive capacity, language development, and academic achievement.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Adults who suffered child abuse and neglect can develop allergies,
arthritis, asthma, bronchitis, high blood pressure, and ulcers, in
addition to other physical disabilities because of poor health caused by
the abuse.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">_______________________________________________________<span style="font-size: large;">_______</span></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;">If listened to what the world tells me (the highlighted text above), I would be dead. If I sought the world's answers, I would be insane. The Bible tells me that if I seek, then I will find. I believe that to be true. I must consider where I am seeking and what I am looking for. If I am seeking sympathy, then I will continue to carry the source of the sympathy...the illness, the trauma, the pain, etc. If I am seeking a diagnosis, then I am sure to receive a diagnosis and remain sick. See, where am I looking for my answers? <b><i>Here are the answers that I sought out</i></b>:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span class="text Exod-15-26" id="en-NLT-1947"><span style="font-size: large;">He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>
your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and
keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the
diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> who heals you.” ~ Exodus 15:26</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"> <span class="text Jer-29-11" id="en-NKJV-19647"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Jer-29-11" id="en-NKJV-19647">For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. ~ Jeremiah 29:11</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608">You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. ~ 1 John 4:4</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608"> </span><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gx7WAXumoMk/UNVbK7MPnaI/AAAAAAAAASE/zd5tXUDTPD0/s1600/Power-of-minds-eye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gx7WAXumoMk/UNVbK7MPnaI/AAAAAAAAASE/zd5tXUDTPD0/s320/Power-of-minds-eye.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div>
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608"> </span><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608">For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. ~ 2 Timothy 1:7</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608"> </span><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608"><span class="text Rom-12-2" id="en-NKJV-28248">And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what <i>is</i> that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. ~ Romans 12:2</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608"><span class="text Rom-12-2" id="en-NKJV-28248"> </span></span><span class="text 1John-4-4" id="en-NKJV-30608"><span class="text Rom-12-2" id="en-NKJV-28248"><span class="woj">For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ~ John 3:16</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span class="woj">These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will</span><sup> </sup><span class="woj">have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. ~ John 16:33</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sSAfGYUJMJA/UNVbdsbyAoI/AAAAAAAAASM/v7XVmdvzikM/s1600/redeemed_t_nv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sSAfGYUJMJA/UNVbdsbyAoI/AAAAAAAAASM/v7XVmdvzikM/s320/redeemed_t_nv.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div>
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NKJV-29510"><span class="text Col-2-13" id="en-NLT-29468">You were dead because of
your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God
made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.</span> <span class="text Col-2-14" id="en-NLT-29469"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.</span> <span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NLT-29470"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.</span>. ~ Colossians 2:13-15</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NKJV-29510">Now, what's that you say about me? HA! I am a child of the Most High! He tells me who I am and what I am to do! The world is ruled by the evil one and he is defeated by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony! I shout it from the rooftops that though you meant it for evil, God has used it for good! <span style="font-size: large;">[Genesis 50:20]</span> I know today that my past can give someone a future. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NKJV-29510">"</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NKJV-29510"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Rom-8-28" id="en-NLT-28106">And we know that God causes everything to work together<sup> </sup>for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." ~ Romans 8:28</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NKJV-29510"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Rom-8-28" id="en-NLT-28106">Say this with me: I REFUSE TO BELIEVE WHAT THE WORLD SAYS ABOUT ME. I WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO THE SAYINGS OF THE ENEMY. I AM A WARRIOR AND I HOLD UP MY SHIELD OF FAITH AND CAST DOWN THE FIERY ARROWS OF THE DEVIL. I DESTROY EVERY PROUD OBSTACLE THAT TRIES TO KEEP ME FROM KNOWING GOD. I CAPTURE THOSE REBELLIOUS THOUGHTS AND GAIN THE MIND OF CHRIST USING MY WEAPONS OF WARFARE, MY SWORD, THE WORD OF GOD. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="text Col-2-15" id="en-NKJV-29510"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Rom-8-28" id="en-NLT-28106"><span style="font-size: large;">Prophesy over yourself today<span style="font-size: large;">. If you are sick in your body or your mind<span style="font-size: large;">: </span>depression, anxiety, fear, doubt, worry, any illness or disease...know that Christ took stripes upon His back and shed <span style="font-size: large;">Blood that we may be healed an<span style="font-size: large;">d overcome. Your testimony today<span style="font-size: large;">, if you are a believer<span style="font-size: large;">, is that you are more than a conquerer. If you do not know Chr<span style="font-size: large;">ist, today is the day of salvation. Ask Him to come into your heart and make Him <span style="font-size: large;">Lord of your life. R<span style="font-size: large;">ead the Word of God <span style="font-size: large;">which reveals His heart so you can get to know <span style="font-size: large;">Him. Begin to attend a Bible based<span style="font-size: large;">, spirit filled church and be edified and equipped<span style="font-size: large;">, strengthened and encouraged. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">How
joyful are those who fear the Lord— all who follow his ways! You will
enjoy the fruit of your labor. How joyful and prosperous you will be!
Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your
home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit
around your table. That is the Lord’s blessing for those who fear him. ~
Psalm 128:1-4</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Daughter, Cassidy Ellen</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">If we fear the Lord, then we will follow His ways which will lead to JOY! So, the opposite must be true and that is why we see such misery and despair, such a quest for temporary satisfaction. No fear of the Lord=NO JOY. No obedience=NO BLESSING. </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">The Scripture tells us that we will enjoy the fruit of our labor if we fear the Lord and follow His ways. I see many who have fruit from their labor, but they are definitely not enjoying it, they are continually laboring over it or managing it. There is truly no joy in that and I would not call that prosperity! </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Young Olive Tree...</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><br /> <br /> To have children like vigorous young olive trees
is a blessing! I researched an olive tree. I have never grown one
(I've grown a lot of trees and veggies!). A good density of fruit on
each branch is required for productive picking. The way to achieve this density is PRUNING, or discipline. An unpruned tree will
have olives scattered in groups of one or two all over an untidy bush.
Such trees are costly and frustrating to pick. A primary objective of
pruning is to produce dense clusters that can be stripped off the tree
in great showers. So pruned trees (disciplined children) will produce
great clusters of fruit, rather than sparse groups that are inconsistent
and unmanageable. </span></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]"></span></span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">The
pruning of young trees follows two contradictory principles that must
be BALANCED. The first is to shape the tree into the form that, except
for frost damage, will be its structure for life. The other is to allow
the young tree to grow and build energy reserves. A determination to
form the perfect shape by excessive pruning will weaken the young tree
and stunt its growth for a number of years. Achieving the right balance
is part of the realm of art and talent that distinguishes the good
pruner from the heavy handed one. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AyFh-V71-nw/UNO-qFRTp3I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/pwLSCFqdwSY/s1600/courtneyandashlynn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AyFh-V71-nw/UNO-qFRTp3I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/pwLSCFqdwSY/s200/courtneyandashlynn.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Daughter Courtney and my "new daughter" Ashlynn</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">Our children require discipline, but this discipline must come from a place of love. Just as our obedience to God will not be fruitful if not from our heart, our discipline of our children will not produce a healthy fear if not done in love. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">It is important to shape our children into what we want them to be. It's interesting that the olive tree is shaped first into what it will be for life. Except for frost damage...that is interesting to me. I have "frost damage". I was beaten and abused in every way a child can suffer misuse. BUT, it is not the structure for my life. That was "frost damage". I have been pruned and reshaped, molded into the image of Christ. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[5].[1][2][1]{comment4975203740052_87463705}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">One
of the important facts to emerge is that the olive fruit requires
strong sunlight at every stage from fruit set to oil production. Olive
flowers that are in deep shade will not set in large numbers. Those that
do will not produce good levels of oil. Pruning is therefore needed to
reduce the density of the foliage and allow sunlight to penetrate into
every part of the olive tree. That will preach...We will not produce good levels of oil if we have dark corners. </span></span></span></span></span><span class="text Luke-11-36" id="en-NLT-25410"><span class="woj"> </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text Luke-11-36" id="en-NLT-25410"><span class="woj"> "If you
are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will
be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.” ~ Luke 11:36 OIL represents faith. We are the Light of the world because we are full of faith...the oil that lights the lamp. </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"> The Word says that this is the Lord's
blessing: children like vigorous young olive trees (Psalm 128:3). Malachi 2:15 tells
us that what God wants from our marriages is godly fruit. Psalm 127:3
tells us that children are a gift from the Lord, a reward from
Him...once again, a blessing. So why do we continue to slaughter the
blessings of the Lord that are given to millions of men and women every
year, 1.5 million to be accurate? We wonder why we have such
meaningless tragedies plaguing our land...we have no blessing. We are
under a curse. REVERSE THE CURSE! Abolish abortion in our lifetime. Let's begin to be a voice for those who have no voice. Following this horrible tragedy in Connecticut, I can't help but noticed that, even if briefly, the nation's heart is turned toward the value of a life. My question is this: If knowing how their lives would end, would these mothers have still made the same decision, to birth their children? Is it better to have your children for only 6 years or never at all? Is it worth it? Would it have been better for them to never have been born? Of course not...</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">If you could see the beginning to the end...the purpose and the plan...would you still make this permanent decision based on your temporary circumstances? God knows...ask Him for wisdom and He will surely give it to you. </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-size: small;">Lord Jesus, I cry out to you in my most holy faith asking You to turn the hearts of Your people back to You. I pray that we would speak Your Word unashamed and with boldness and zeal, not fearing any man but out of our reverent fear of the Lord. I pray that You would guide and lead each of us as parents, Holy Spirit, to mold our children into the structure for their life...beginning with the foundation in You. We love You, Lord and thank You that You have entrusted us with these precious gifts. Help me to never again take for granted the special treasure You have laid before me. Help me to be Your mouthpiece, put Your words on my lips out of the abundance of my heart. In Jesus Name, AMEN</span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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