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	<title>Carol Purcell &#187; Personal</title>
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		<title>About Pat Robertson And Haiti&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	I am fighting hard&#160; not to be &#39;irate&#39; &#160;at those Christians who are &#39;irate&#39;&#160;at Pat Robertson, who made comments on the 700 Club TV Program about Haiti.&#160; The world would not understand because they don&#39;t read the Bible.&#160;

	For those of you who don&#39;t know&#8230;. Pat spoke of the &#39;packs that the Haitian people made with [...]]]></description>
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	I am fighting hard&nbsp; not to be &#39;irate&#39; &nbsp;at those <em>Christians</em> who are &#39;irate&#39;&nbsp;at Pat Robertson, who made comments on the 700 Club TV Program about Haiti.&nbsp; The world would not understand because they don&#39;t <strong>read </strong>the Bible.&nbsp;</p>
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	For those of you who don&#39;t know&#8230;. Pat spoke of the &#39;packs that the Haitian people made with the devil&#39; years ago, speaking that the country has had many problems and is one of poorest in that area of the world.&nbsp; He certainly (in my opinion) was not condemning the people who are there now, and he has spoken of his deep grief over this added tragedy to their country.</p>
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	AND,&nbsp;his &nbsp;MINISTRY, OPERATION BLESSING, was on the way to Haiti to help within 48 hours.</p>
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	The Bible clearly speaks of curses, witchcraft, and occult activities.&nbsp; I had heard this about Haiti years ago and knew some people who had lived there and spoke openly about prevelent witchcraft was.&nbsp; Pat&#39;s heart (again in my opinion) is to reverse those curses and get these people blessed&#8211;and I definitely do not think he was blaming this earthquake on that&#8230;.only the poverty of the country.</p>
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	However, what if he was wrong?&nbsp; What if he spoke unadvisedly?&nbsp; What are we Christians doing condeming each other insead of defending each other, letting the Lord handle the person?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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	In my judgment (ugh, there I go)&#8230;.how much have any of those critics done in and for the Kingdom of God?&nbsp;</p>
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	Pat Robertson paid a great price for the ministry he is a part of&#8230;..they have helped people all over the world and have been responsible for millions coming to the Lord.&nbsp; Doesn&#39;t that deserve our loyality&nbsp; and support?</p>
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	Why aren&#39;t we more forgiving?&nbsp; And now I have to forgive, and repent for my judgment, as I am doing the same thing, being critical of what they are saying and &#39;spreading&#39; to others.&nbsp; When Jesus said, &quot;FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO.&quot; He certainly knew our need and paid the price for our ability to turn from condemnation to grace, so let&#39;s do&nbsp; that!</p>
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	To everyone who enjoys the Christian faith in Jesus, OR NOT, please look at all the wonderful things Pat Robertson has done and will continue to do, because of his heart for God and for people every where.&nbsp; Pat is not my idol, or on any &#39;pedastil&#39;, I just admire what he has accomplished,&nbsp; and thank God that we have him and men like him.&nbsp; We all make mistakes&#8230;.God help us to be more tolerant of each other.</p>
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	Most importantly please give financially to help Haiti where ever you feel led, pray for them, and trust that no matter how bad this is, and it is devastating and overwelming to even comprehend&#8230;.but, God will bring&nbsp;some good out of it&#8230;..may Haiti be rebuilt better than ever, with what ever they have left, and the help of the world.</p>
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	<em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;.</em></p>
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		<title>TO BLESS OR NOT TO BLESS&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	Years ago when I was hosting on radio, I would encourage everyone to bless others through the Holiday Season.&#160; To simply say, &#34;God bless you!&#34; everywhere we go!

	BLESS MEANS:&#160; TO GIVE APPROVAL; TO CONFER PROSPERITY OR HAPPINESS; TO PROTECT OR PRESERVE; TO GIVE FAVOR!

	Who would not want a blessing like that&#8230;.I definitely would.&#160; In doing [...]]]></description>
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	Years ago when I was hosting on radio, I would encourage everyone to bless others through the Holiday Season.&nbsp; To simply say, &quot;God bless you!&quot; everywhere we go!</p>
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	BLESS MEANS:&nbsp; TO GIVE APPROVAL; TO CONFER PROSPERITY OR HAPPINESS; TO PROTECT OR PRESERVE; TO GIVE FAVOR!</p>
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	Who would not want a blessing like that&#8230;.I definitely would.&nbsp; In doing this, I have never had anyone be angry with me&#8230;..a small few ignored me&#8230;.most return the blessing!</p>
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	I never did it in a &#39;religious way&#39; but more like saying &quot;Have a good day!&quot;</p>
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	It is a small but powerful gift we can give at Christmas as we celebrate our Jesus, and it does not matter what the other person believes because God &#39;rains on the just and the unjust&#39; so we should do likewise!</p>
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	<em>JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON&#8230;&#8230;MERRY CHRISTMAS!</em></p>
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	<em>We </em>all get tired at this time of year and some people really need a blessing&#8230;.what a joy that we can be the one to send it!&nbsp; And, should someone be angry or offended, they really need a blessing&#8230;.so, we can forgive and go on our way, blessing them anyway!</p>
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	<em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;.</em></p>
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		<title>Can We Agree to Disagree ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many &#8216;heavy&#8217; things going on in the world, and what a diversity of opinion.  WOW!  Do we lose when we just &#8216;agree to disagree&#8217;?
Years ago I spent some time in fasting and prayer, setting aside every thing else.  Finally, I was ready to end that special time with the Lord, and went to bed.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are so many &#8216;heavy&#8217; things going on in the world, and what a diversity of opinion.  WOW!  Do we lose when we just &#8216;agree to disagree&#8217;?</p>
<p>Years ago I spent some time in fasting and prayer, setting aside every thing else.  Finally, I was ready to end that special time with the Lord, and went to bed.  I woke the next morning sensing the Holy Spirit and quickly went into prayer on my knees.  This is what I heard,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;You have never loved Me, you love what is right!&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I was totally <em>undone</em>, repenting in tears.  I knew what He meant&#8230;.it was clear to me, even though I had never had such a thought before.  When Jesus convicts us of error, we want to change.  We do not feel guilt, but a desire to change.   That was the beginning of a long walk to judge less, and forgive more.  Jesus is the essence of love, yet He defended what was important to Him.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So our job is to stand for what we believe and know,  is the heart of God&#8230;.setting an example&#8230;.not overwhelming others with our position.  We must have the leading of the Holy Spirit because we definitely would not agree with moral sins, by ageeing with  them to keep peace&#8230;..however, most of the time we can bring peace with the love of God and good humor.  Our greatest strength to change the world is prayer&#8230;.and more prayer!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Can we agree to disagree&#8230;.yes, sometimes, and no not all the time!  May the Lord give us love, charity, kindness, and mercy&#8230;.and boldness to stand when it is necessary!   Cursing or condemning those we do not like or agree with,  is wrong and those words can rebound on those who speak such things.   Rebuking the demonic in prayer, and blessing our enemies will bring great rewards!  Declare what we want, in blessings, thank God in all things!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;..</em> </p>
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		<title>PASS THIS ON&#8230;..OR !!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pass this on or else&#8230;..something will happen, good or bad!  This blog message is not intended to offend but to hopefully point out what the &#8216;enemy&#8217; is doing on a massive scale, deceiving good well-intentioned people.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Pass this on or else&#8230;..something will happen, good or bad!  </strong>This blog message is not intended to offend but to hopefully point out what the &#8216;enemy&#8217; is doing on a massive scale, deceiving good well-intentioned people.</p>
<p>How many emails do you get that say, &#8221;If you love Jesus&#8230;.or if you are not ashamed of Jesus&#8230;pass this on to all your address book.&#8221;  Then of course they add, &#8220;If you do pass it on, today, something good, fun or even miraculous will happen to you.  So how many do you get?  I get lots!!!   If I sent all of them to friends I might not have many friends, end of the day&#8211;just because most of us have so many emails.</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t have to send out &#8216;nice messages&#8217; to honor Jesus.  If the Holy Spirit puts it on our heart we may want to do so.  And I don&#8217;t send every joke I receive either&#8230;.so I don&#8217;t like the &#8216;intimidation&#8217; of &#8220;I&#8217;ll bet you send jokes out, so send this.&#8221;  </p>
<p>The email I received this morning quoted Gal 6:7 and listed 20 famous people who mocked God and died terrible deaths.  <strong>I was so grieved I had to write this blog</strong>.  Those who put their name on it and sent it on, probably love God and this seemed &#8216;good&#8217; and  honoring to Jesus (I assume).  How many Christians who do not mock God have died terrible deaths?  </p>
<p>Most people know I write a lot&#8212;I send out emails.  I pray over them, like this message, that it will touch some one&#8217;s heart and set them free, especially if they are caught up in the above &#8216;Mafia-protection&#8217; type of superstitious chain letters.&#8217;   My opinion&#8211; manipulation is not of the Lord.   When we trust the Holy Spirit He will direct our path, and bless our efforts.</p>
<p>Are we sending out of &#8216;judgment&#8217;  as the last one I received, &#8221;Be not deceived;  God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.&#8221;  (Gal 6:7)    WOW!  That is true&#8211; &#8217;spirit and life&#8217;; however, it works both ways.  If you sow love you will receive love; if you sow judgement that also will come forth.   </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s look at one  thing that Jesus said:  &#8220;O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?  for out of the <strong>abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh</strong>.&#8221;  Matt 12;34  And Paul:  &#8220;Or despised thouthe riches of His goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that <strong>the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance</strong>?&#8221;</p>
<p>Are we eating out of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and using it to judge?  Or, do we want to eat out of the the tree of LIFE&#8230;..the teachings of Jesus, to love, to forgive, to pray, to intercede, to stand in the gap? </p>
<p>&#8220;Say unto them, As I live, saith the <strong>Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked</strong>; but that the wicked tun from his way and live: tun ye, turn ye from your evil ways;  for why will ye die, O house of Israel?&#8221; Ezek 33:11   </p>
<p>Had the email I received, ask us to stand in the gap and pray for anyone who mocks God, to forgive and pray for those who don&#8217;t know Jesus, I would have loved it.  The intention of sharing that history was good, but the result is fear, not faith!  We must be so careful (and I am talking to myself) not to join the devil in being the accussor but to join Jesus in being His saving people on earth!  God summed it up in John 3:16&#8211;He so loved the world&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Another note:  Many people pick up the names and email addresses when we use the cc: copy key;  and they use them to send out  junk mail.  Protect your friends when you forward emails, by clicking on the cc: copy key and then you will see <strong>bcc:  key</strong>.  If you use it, the names will be protected, and not be seen by everyone!   And, a friend just reminded me that you can delete all the names of those who went before you on the message, another way to protect their privacy.</p>
<p>This  is a serious and challenging time in our world.  Our hope is in Jesus; in forgiving, praying and loving others into the Kingdom for our King Jesus.  You know, &#8216;hate the sin and love the sinner.&#8217;  It is tough to stand for what we believe and still forgive and love&#8230;..but we can do it with the Holy Spirit, who is sooooo good at what He does!</p>
<p><em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;&#8230;.</em></p>
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		<title>LISA NICHOLS AND THE SECRET HIT TELEVISION NEWS AGAIN&#8230;.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE SECRET a DVD that sold millions of copies in the last couple of years was mentioned last night on a major  Television News Magazine&#8230;.because of a woman named Lisa Nichols.  THE SECRET  had a long list of people who were interviewed about the &#8216;Law of Attraction&#8217;.   Interestingly it was quite a mix&#8230;.some New Age, some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>THE SECRET </em>a DVD that sold millions of copies in the last couple of years was mentioned last night on a major  Television News Magazine&#8230;.because of a woman named Lisa Nichols.  <em>THE SECRET</em>  had a long list of people who were interviewed about the &#8216;Law of Attraction&#8217;.   Interestingly it was quite a mix&#8230;.some New Age, some Scientists, Counselors, and a few Christians.  Lisa Nichols was one, who has professed her faith as a Christian, although not really pronounced on <em>THE SECRET.</em></p>
<p>Lisa has written a new book,  <em>NO MATTER WHAT</em>, as she has an extraordinary testimony and is now a &#8216;Life Coach&#8217;.  I met Lisa briefly years ago at the meeting of a week long business forum.  She has achieved and overcome some of  life&#8217;s most difficult problems, and her work with youth is life changing.</p>
<p>So why are Christians collaborating with New Age and Quantum Physics Scientists on a DVD such as <em>THE SECRET</em>?  My friends and I were very convicted about our &#8217;stinking thinking&#8217; after watching it&#8230;..others warned you could pick up demons watching it.  My answer to that is, that number one I pray before watching or reading anything.  The Holy Spirit directed me away from the book by the same name (go figure?  That&#8217; s why I ask Him).  Second I cover myself with the blood of Jesus  every day and trust that protection.   However, wanting to tell the <strong>whole truth</strong>, I wrote a book, <strong><em>THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SECRET</em></strong>.   Knowledge without Jesus is like a ship without a rudder.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Supernatural Is Super-Natural&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Wow, that is profound!  Ho Ho!   But my heart cries out as the Church needs to accept, acknowledge and realize the supernatural is more real than the physical.  When this physical is gone, and it will be, for each of us, the supernatural, the spirit realm will still be for eternity. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Strong believers in &#8216;New Age&#8217; believe in the spirit realm and get information and direction from &#8217;spirits of light&#8217;.  My experience has been, in knowing many that they are good people&#8230;..kind, loving and wanting to change the world.  The enemy always duplicates what the Lord does, and he is very convincing when he uses good to enlist his followers into a life of building the &#8216;god within&#8217;&#8230;..not the God of the Universe.  </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">WOULD GOD USE THE NEW AGE TO WAKE US TO SOME OF HIS TRUTH?  HE used a donkey, so he just might.  These are not evil people, just deceived in one area, and pretty smart in other areas. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Pastor Lance Wallnau, who spoke at our church a year ago, said, &#8220;<em>THE SECRET</em> belongs to us, we should take it and use it.&#8221;  <em>THE SECRET</em>&#8230;.the Law of attraction&#8230;.or in our language&#8230;.<em>AS A MAN THINKS IN HIS HEART SO IS HE</em>, is only part of the path of life.  But certainly not one we want to ignore. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The point of this Blog is not to endorse or discredit&#8230;.but to suggest that we think, really think (Selah) about the supernatural.  Expect miracles from the Holy Spirit  in all areas of our life and adapt our life to the commandments of Jesus that we are prepared for those things we desire.   Not to run out and buy <em>THE SECRET</em>, but not to throw the baby out with the bath water. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">WE ARE THE BODY OF THE LIVING GOD and we should be  way ahead of the world in all areas.  Our KING has all power and authority in this world and HE extends that to us&#8230;..not to judge and condemn but to love others into the Kingdom and welcome them into eternity! </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> Holy Spirit, help us to see Your work in the world all around us, help us to see the supernatural in the physical world every time we watch a bird or a butterfly or a fish or a child at play.   I pray you lead us to wisdom and knowledge that we can use to bless and prosper ourselves and the the world!   Help us to know, experiencially know we are the King&#8217;s Kids.  Thank You!   In our JESUS&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Who Is Your Hero?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dictionary has several meanings for the word &#8216;hero&#8217;&#8230;..here is one:
&#8220;a man or woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities.&#8221;
Works for me!  Usually we think of heroes as someone who has saved others or achieved some awesome athletic accomplishment.  That is great, however,  I want to share something a little [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The dictionary has several meanings for the word &#8216;hero&#8217;&#8230;..here is one:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;a man or woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Works for me!  Usually we think of heroes as someone who has saved others or achieved some awesome athletic accomplishment.  That is great, however,  I want to share something a little different.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">One of my heros  is a woman I have known for twenty-some years.  For eighteen of those years she has fought an illness that caused weeping open sores&#8211;that hurt and itch unmercifully.  She could not wear make-up, jewelry, or certain fabrics&#8211;things we women take for granted.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">As a single woman with a career she sought out doctors from three states.  Also alternative health avenues, supplements, allergy tests, advice, diets and you just name it, she has tried it&#8211;even some experimental medications.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">From a spiritual side she has been open continually to prayer, deliverance, study and building her faith. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Why is she a hero to me?  Because through all the years of pain, discomfort, embarrassment, trials, tests and failures,  she has had an unbelievably great attitude.  She has managed to hold down positions of employment and her bosses value the job she does, quickly, efficiently and how she always goes the extra mile&#8230;..plus, great plus&#8230;.her warm, friendly attitude.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Has she had some bad days, some &#8216;down&#8217; times&#8230;..duh!  Yeah!  But never stays in a &#8216;pity party&#8217; or let it affect her outlook on life.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">There are probably many of these kind of heros in the world&#8230;.if you know one, please tell them and maybe do something special for them, to let them know you see their gifts in spite of all their difficulties.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The happy ending to this story&#8211; MaryAnne is in the process of moving to an area of the country that has been a desire of  her heart for years.  She is physically better than any time since this started and she has great faith she is healed,  because the Word says, &#8220;By His stripes we are healed!&#8221;  She would tells others, never give up or give in&#8230;.Trust God and choose Life!   WOW!  She is my hero!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;.</em></p>
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		<title>Good And Evil, Depends On How You See It!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking to the Holy Spirit about writing a blog&#8230;.lots of things on my mind, however He said write on &#8220;Good and Evil&#8221;; and He is the Senior Partner in our relationship, so I said, &#8220;Well, OK then&#8230;..however, I will need Your help as that wasn&#8217;t on my mind.&#8221; 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talking to the Holy Spirit about writing a blog&#8230;.lots of things on my mind, however He said write on &#8220;Good and Evil&#8221;; and He is the Senior Partner in our relationship, so I said, &#8220;Well, OK then&#8230;..however, I will need Your help as that wasn&#8217;t on my mind.&#8221; </p>
<p>There are so many issues that we disagree on&#8230;..in the Church&#8230;.to sprinkle or dunk in baptism&#8230;.are the &#8216;gifts&#8217; or &#8216;tongues&#8217; for today.  In politics, etc.  And one that comes to mind was an issue debated during the campaign.  When talking about abortion, our <em>now</em> President Obama, said, &#8220;If you believe life begins at conception, then we have nothing to talk about.&#8221; </p>
<p>I was some what surprised because I think anyone who is  elected to the Presidency of our country must be intelligent and educated.   Then I realized I used to think the way he does&#8230;..well, not really&#8230;.I didn&#8217;t <strong>think&#8230;..</strong>I just assumed that babies have life when they come into the world.  Then I met Jesus personally and I began to think about things like abortion and learned the scientific truth and the Biblical truth of life from the very beginning.</p>
<p>So what seems right to President Obama is a lack of knowledge of God&#8217;s ways and scientific facts about the growth and development of a fetus.  How many others lack that knowledge and how do we get the word, the understanding to them?  It actually seems &#8216;good&#8217; to many not to bring in unwanted babies, and to others abortion is not an answer it is &#8216;death&#8217; not life, and is evil.</p>
<p>To some who believe they are &#8216;gay&#8217;&#8230;..that it is a good lifestyle.  They feel it is &#8216;good&#8217; that they have found someone to love and who loves them.  Others believe it is un-natural and evil.</p>
<p>I understand from the Bible<em>, anything that is not faith is </em>sin.   Boy, you put &#8216;good&#8217; or &#8216;evil&#8217; to that and you could sure be confused, because faith to one is different than faith to another.  And, P. S. to that,  God is not the author of confusion.</p>
<p> Years ago, in an attempt to be more &#8216;holy&#8217; I fasted and prayed for 8 days.  I was going for 40 days but only made it 8.  That night when I went to sleep I told the Lord He could have my &#8216;halo&#8217; back, I just couldn&#8217;t cut it&#8230;..I gave up. Then next morning I felt the presence of Lord on me and I rushed into a quiet room and fell to my knees to hear, <em>&#8220;You have never loved Me, you love what is right.&#8221; </em>  Tears poured out of my heart in repentance and sadness.  I immediately knew what He meant.  I felt convicted, yet still loved&#8230;..repentant but forgiven.  My life was changed from that moment and I remember it clearly.</p>
<p>Jesus said, &#8220;<em>They will know you by how you love one another.&#8221;</em>  When our focus is on good and evil, we will strive to be right at any cost&#8211;we will judge without thinking, let alone any counsel from the Holy Spirit.  When our focus is loving, forgiving and <em>&#8216;what will bring life&#8217;</em> to a situation,  we will get the help we need from the Holy Spirit.  There are times we will be called to stand for our faith and trust in Jesus&#8230;.hopefully not at the expense of others.</p>
<p>Loving and helping people the way they are, not the way we want them, is the toughest thing in life.  We must lay down the fuse-lit-bombs of <strong>good and evil</strong>, and take up the artillery of <strong>mercy, grace and forgiveness</strong>&#8230;..and pray for those we don&#8217;t agree with&#8230;..especially those we don&#8217;t agree with! </p>
<p><em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;.</em></p>
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		<title>What If I Am Not Beautiful&#8230;.or Handsome?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am reading a Christian book&#8230;.and I don&#8217;t know about you but I feel guilty when I don&#8217;t agree with someone (the opinions in their book), however, there are times we just don&#8217;t!  Because I write, I know the &#8216;blood, sweat and tears&#8217; it takes to get one written, edited (and that never ends) and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am reading a Christian book&#8230;.and I don&#8217;t know about you but I feel guilty when I don&#8217;t agree with someone (the opinions in their book), however, there are times we just don&#8217;t!  Because I write, I know the &#8216;blood, sweat and tears&#8217; it takes to get one written, edited (and that never ends) and published.  But, I sure disagree with this author!</p>
<p>This book is on women and the author is stressing &#8216;beauty&#8217;.  She writes well about many things however, she says the cry of a girl or woman&#8217;s heart is, &#8220;Am I attractive?  Am I beautiful?&#8221;  From the time we are little girls through out woman-hood, that we women need to hear that from our fathers, husbands, etc.  And I assume little boys need to know they are strong and handsome.</p>
<p>Well, if we grow up in America we might think that is true.  We have  the cute, thin little Barbie Doll, and the handsome Ken.  Even in the church we have been pressed into stereo-type attire and admire the thin, the cute, and the pretty.  While perfectly wonderful women and girls are ignored and left to feel rejected.  How many men and boys are rejected because of some physical problem?</p>
<p>We are programed from cartoons to full length movies that to be beautiful is the prize.  TV Anchor women and men lose their jobs when their beauty &#8216;wains&#8217;.  Not so much any more&#8230;..some of the older people are still popular.  How many of them have had face lifts, tummy tucks and what ever?  Again, in the church as well.  Well-known speakers have face lifts because they face the public and are on TV.  What example does that give to others to enjoy, respect and accept what comes with old age&#8211;is it a blessing or a curse?  What example do we set when we don&#8217;t honor and give special place with a gracious attitude to the ones who aren&#8217;t all they want to be?</p>
<p>If beauty was the answer, Marilyn Monroe would have been the happiest person on the planet&#8230;&#8230;Michael Jackson would not have had a personal relationship with a Plastic Surgeon. </p>
<p><strong>Our true heart&#8217;s cry is to be accepted</strong>, whether man or woman, girl or boy.  We join cults, gangs, groups&#8211;drink, take drugs&#8211;have  sex&#8211;under peer pressure to be &#8216;accepted&#8217;.  Even in church and at work we work our heart out  to be accepted. </p>
<p>The <em>good news</em>is that when we receive Jesus into our heart&#8211;by a heart-felt decision of our will&#8211;we have just been accepted into the Kingdom of God by our Heavenly Father, Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit.  It is so simple most of us miss it&#8230;.I did, for years.  But like so many simple things it is complex in that we must know and understand this experientially for it to penetrate our brain&#8211;to have this acceptance thing all settled, a done deal.  So that we feel secure in who we are, not how we look.  We just feel beautiful because Jesus loves us!</p>
<p>Raising children we need to reinforce how much we love them because of who they are, not always how they look, until they are old enough to receive Jesus themselves.  And, they should know how much they are accepted because we have modeled and taught them.</p>
<p>The book of Galatians in the bible is very big on clearing out &#8216;bondage&#8217; Paul saw with some of the Christians&#8230;..Chapter 3, verse 1, he says, &#8220;<em>O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you? &#8220;</em> verse 28 tells us (as do many other places in Scripture) <em>&#8220;we are all one in Christ Jesus.&#8221;  </em>Through Him we all have &#8216;acceptance&#8217;.   Paul was not referring to beauty as I am, but to bias because of gender, nationality, etc. </p>
<p>Now being <em>worthy </em>is another thing.  We can never do enough to be worthy&#8230;..but because we are part of Jesus who is worthy, God considers us worthy also.  So we can feel&#8230;..yes, I said &#8216;feel&#8217;  worthy by just experiencentially knowing we are part of all He is.  Our position with God is secure, however, our &#8216;condition&#8217; on earth depends upon how we think and what actions we take.</p>
<p>Jesus gives us the security we need to then, be the best we can be&#8230;.because we want to!    Look the best ossbile&#8230;.because we want to&#8211;not because it is demanded by society&#8230;.and enjoy ourselves and others for who they are inside and out without bias to beauty.  God has put great beauty in the world.  I love trees, but none are alike and they all have some bad spots or some weird shapes (especially after some years)&#8230;.flowers too.  Yet I would not reject them because they are not perfect or match up to some painting or picture as we do each other.</p>
<p>Then when we truly know this, what we do is determined by who we know we are!</p>
<p>I  didn&#8217;t mean to imply that we don&#8217;t all enjoy a heart-felt compliment on how we look&#8230;.men or women&#8230;.we all do.  But our security cannot depend upon it.  The nicest, most sincere, loving people I have known were not beautiful-beautiful, but have had a special glow that comes from &#8216;character&#8217; and the love of God beaming through.</p>
<p>There are people who are naturally beautiful.   I think they really have a hard job not to get caught up in their looks, and lost in working to keep them.  My heart cries out for those who are trapped or rejected by society&#8217;s norm.</p>
<p>In a song we sang at church today, one line was &#8220;All authority and power has been given to Him (Jesus)&#8221;.   I thought to myself, &#8220;And Jesus belongs to me.&#8221;  What a happy thought!  Does Jesus belong to you?  Is He yours to have forever? How could we have anything to give us more security than that!</p>
<p><em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;.</em></p>
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		<title>Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Harve Presnell To Be Remembered&#8230;.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been so much coverage on Michael Jackson, and some on Farrah Fawcett&#8230;.appropriately as both were loved and treasured by family and friends.  Also, Ed McMahon left us recently&#8230;..a favorite for  many years.
However, I discovered someone I think was overlooked.  Because a friend and I decided to watch THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN movie last weekend, we found [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There has been so much coverage on Michael Jackson, and some on Farrah Fawcett&#8230;.appropriately as both were loved and treasured by family and friends.  Also, Ed McMahon left us recently&#8230;..a favorite for  many years.</p>
<p>However, I discovered someone I think was overlooked.  Because a friend and I decided to watch THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN movie last weekend, we found information  on  the Internet, I want to share.  <strong>Harve Presnell </strong>played the role of J J Brown, a wealthy gold miner in Colorado who married Molly Brown who became famous because of the heroic survival of Molly from the sinking of the Titanic.  Based on some facts the movie is one of the most delightful musicals ever filmed.  Harve has a wonderful voice and was great in the role, with Debbie Reynolds playing Molly.</p>
<p> A tall (6&#8242;4&#8243;), imposing baritone with roots in the musical theater, Harve Presnell played the hubby of &#8220;The Unsinkable Molly Brown&#8221; on Broadway (1960), on tour (1962), and in the movie with Debbie Reynolds (1964). But filmed musicals were on the wane, and he spent four decades on stage until such films as &#8220;Fargo&#8221; (1996) made him a viable character player of the big screen.  Also, many character parts on TV.</p>
<p>Each generation has those entertainers that touch the heart and make you feel as though you know them.  Michael was certainly one of them.   Since I am an older movie and entertainment &#8220;buff&#8221; I wanted to give homage to one of my favorites&#8211;Harve Presnell.   Harve left us on June 30, 2009. </p>
<p>I pray the Lord will comfort the families of all these entertainers and their movies, CDs and DVDs will leave a lasting legacy for all who cared about them.</p>
<p>A dear friend named John went to be with the Lord as well, this last month.  John and his wife, Caroline did no entertaining, but set an example for all who know and love them, in their marriage and their life style.  They gave many hours to the Healing Rooms, and in other forms of ministry.  John had a good career as a Senior Pilot for a major airline (before he retired), a loving father and husband. </p>
<p>Famous or not,  loved ones leave (so to speak) daily.  How grateful we are for what they meant to our lives but that brings up a couple of things we should ask ourselves.    One, do we tell our friends and family how much they mean to us on a regular basis.  Two, do we pray for those we know&#8230;..and for those we don&#8217;t know&#8230;..like entertainers, and media people.  Our prayers are powerful and we need to care enough to bring our requests to the Lord so they will be blessed.</p>
<p>I also want to recommend THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN movie.  One of the songs Harve sings in the movie, I&#8217;LL NEVER SAY NO TO YOU is unbelievably romantic, and Debbie Reynolds singing the words  &#8220;I hate the word down, I love the word up&#8230;.&#8221; will lift the mood of any listener and the background of the Colorado mountains is the sheer beauty of God&#8217;s creation. I celebrate the joy Harve Presnell brings to my heart, and I am so glad Debbie Reynolds is still with us.</p>
<p>All of this makes us reflect on our own lives&#8230;..what are we doing&#8230;..what could we do, so that we fill our lives with love and joy.  I highly recommend Christ Jesus as the answer to all the needs of mankind&#8230;.just inviting Him into our hearts turns the corner of peace,  enjoying the Grace extended to all who wish to receive.</p>
<p><em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;.</em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The move is out!  Yes, I went to see it&#8230;..and left the theater smiling&#8230;.the movie was very good!  But, wait a minute&#8230;. I have a question!  Where are the angels and demons in that movie?  You will find them addressed and exposed in ANGELS AND DEMONS; HOLLYWOOD KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE.!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The move is out!  Yes, I went to see it&#8230;..and left the theater smiling&#8230;.the movie was very good!  But, wait a minute&#8230;. I have a question!  Where are the angels and demons in that movie?  You will find them addressed and exposed in <strong><em>ANGELS AND DEMONS; HOLLYWOOD KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE.!</em></strong></p>
<p>I chose not see the movie or read the book, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Da Vinci Code</strong>.  Author of the book, Ron Brown had a hit, and I was devastated because I felt it was an &#8216;evil&#8217; indictment of the truth contained in the Bible.  I prayed that the Lord would  protect those who did read the book or see the movie, would not be influenced.</p>
<p>One of my young adult grandsons went to see the <strong>Da Vinci Code</strong> , and his report back to me was, &#8220;What a bunch of junk!  Ugh!!&#8221;  I invited the same grandson to see the movie <strong><em>ANGELS AND DEMONS, </em></strong>the movie based on the book by Ron Brown, with me.  I prayed about going, and had my own personal agenda for wanting to see the movie.</p>
<p>I thought it was a really good mystery, and was not &#8216;put off&#8217; by the theme around the Catholic Church  (since much of it was filmed in Rome, I assume the Catholic Church was OK with it??)  I liked the movie&#8230;..my grandson thought it was just one level above OK.  That was actually an endorsement on his part as young people now days see so many exciting movies, and so many awesome special effects&#8230;.it takes a lot to get them specifically excited about any one film.</p>
<p>SO OK, HERE IS MY QUESTION&#8230;..<strong>WHERE ARE THE ANGELS AND DEMONS IN THE MOVIE?</strong>  Anyone who does not believe in the devil and demons is not reading the Bible.  It is pretty clear in Scripture who they are, what they do, and that they are real.  Should we focus on that&#8230;..ABSOLUTELY NOT.  But for believing Christians to be unaware of their place in this world leads to great deception.  We should absolutely focus and be conscious of our relationship with Jesus, our Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit so that we can address, in faith, and wisdom any evil situation that comes our way.</p>
<p>Not once in the movie do I recall the mention of the devil or demons.  Angels were mentioned, because they were shown on the fronts of Churches, etc. in stone images.  Was the devil in the movie&#8230;&#8230;oh, yes&#8230;..there was real ugly evil being portrayed, and the battle was  tough to say the least&#8230;..but never communicated verbally what they were fighting.  Not at all like the excellent job Mel Gibson did in his movie <strong><em>THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST&#8211;</em></strong>where the devil and his demons were obvious.</p>
<p>This morning I heard Pat Robertson answer an email to the 700 Club, where a young lady stated that she read in her Bible about demons and yet she heard very little of it in the church&#8230;..were demons real.  Pat said yes, and gave incidents he had experienced in India&#8230;.but also warned her not to focus on those things but rather on the Lord!   Good response!</p>
<p>We go through seasons in Church where we focus on healing, or angels, or prayer, or deliverance (the casting out of demons) one at a time.  A few years ago there was a lot of talk in the church about deliverance.  It got so out of hand in some places they were casting demons out of everything from chewing gum to house slippers.  That is one reason the Pastors back away from deliverance teaching.  Actually wouldn&#8217;t it be good if we taught and were aware of all the Bible all the time&#8230;.not in just seasons of interest.</p>
<p>Like the young lady who sent in the email to the 700 Club, I asked the same question years ago.  Only, I asked the Holy Spirit for the Truth.  He led me to people and meetings where I could learn and know the Truth of His Word.  That opened the door to helping many people to be delivered of sins, problems, obsessive behavior and illness, and so on&#8211;primarily Christians. </p>
<p>Knowing the need for knowledge I wrote a book of our experiences&#8211;<strong><em>ANGELS AND DEMONS; HOLLYWOOD</em></strong> <strong><em>KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE</em></strong>!  It is not a hand-book on deliverance, just information to identify the battle, and examples both bad and good that we have dealt with.  (There are many good books on deliverance in the book stores)</p>
<p>Why the sub-title <em><strong>HOLLYWOOD KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE</strong></em>, because the devil has no problem revealing and inspiring writers of horror films, supernatural phenomena, and stories of demons.  The devil knows that it will de-sensitize young people to the truth.  The devil knows church people will not go see the films, or create films on the truth of spiritual warfare.  Demonic inspired films make the church look inept, powerless and weak.  They do focus on evil and glorify their destructive wickedness&#8211;all adding to the deception in the world.</p>
<p>So, I encourage you to buy my book and get an interesting first hand look at God&#8217;s Truth and the devil&#8217;s deception.    It is available as an e-book at the top of this page and in published book form by going to <a href="http://www.angelsdemonsbook.com/">www.angelsdemonsbook.com</a> </p>
<p>So is the movie, ANGELS AND DEMONS a fraud?  Well, just a play on words&#8230;..yes, to me because I expected dialog and interchange between angels and demons.  A fraud to others&#8230;. no&#8230;.. if they just came to see a good movie.    </p>
<p><em>Pressing in and pressing on&#8230;.</em></p>
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