The Whole Armor of God

This message is important for us today. Unfortunately, we are enticed to remove the armor that protects us from the web of deceit. Escaping that web is difficult because it means changing our friends and our lifestyle. We believe putting on our amour is silly and that we don’t need to worry about being enticed to do anything wrong.

The web of deceit is lined with the carnage of millions who think they can resist the demands of this world or that they can skirt along the edge and not fall into the web. Thinking like these will surely trap you unless you put on the full armor of God for protection.

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My wife left me 2 months ago. Since then I have gone back to church and focused on doing what the Lord wants me to be. Through him I am finding strength, comfort and love. I have finally found a love for myself thanks to him and I know I am worth it. I used to murmur and mock the Lord and his church. The gospel brings me happiness and strength. It gives me a reason to get up in the morning. I will never mock it again. How can a man mock something that is good and true?

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I love this video so much! Especially the part when the young man is praying and the soldier’s face appears. Love the music!

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Not Only Our Troop Fight A War That They All Can See. But Those Who Know God And Serve Jesus Fight The Invisible War Daily. If You Don’t Put On The Armour Of God Which Is Putting On Jesus. Then When Evil Comes You Will Lose The Battle. Never Leave Home Without It. Like Your Credit Card. This Is the Most Serious Thing You Can Do For Yourself As A Christian. No Laughing Matter When the DEVIL Has Your Back. I Rather Be Armed And Know That GOD Has My Back. WORD.

Brandon Flowers

I’m a Father, a Husband, and a Rock Star. And I’m a Mormon.

Today in Slate, Christopher Hitchens writes about the “weird and sinister belief system” of Mormonism; among the religion’s troubling attributes, Hitchens claims, is that its followers “can be ordered to turn upon and shun any members who show any signs of backsliding.” William Saletan, meanwhile, argues that the church’s adherents are a more diverse bunch than Hitchens gives them credit for, citing the differences between Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, and Harry Reid—as well as a New York Times story from yesterday about Romney’s past as a church leader. Not “all Mormons are alike,” Saletan writes.

Depending on where you live, you may have immediately thought of an ad campaign the Mormon church rolled out in nine cities in 2010—and in 12 more this year. In each spot, an ordinary American tells you about his or her life—her family, job, quirky habits and so on—and then, as a kind of kicker, says, “And I’m a Mormon.”

This video highlights Mormons who don’t fit the usual stereotype: a “black musician in an interracial marriage,” for instance, and “a mother and artist who says she doesn’t believe a woman’s place is in the kitchen,” to quote an ABC News story from last year.

Last week the church released a video from someone a little better known: Brandon Flowers, lead singer of The Killers, a Las Vegas-based rock band that has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.

Flowers talks about himself, then about his values, and then he connects those values to his Mormon faith. Near the end, Flowers talks a bit about his public persona: “A lot of people love to come up to me and tell me they were raised in the church,” Flowers says, “and they expect there to be this camaraderie of, oh, we’ve outgrown it now, we’re smart enough now to not be in it.” One can understand why this would happen: In 2004, Spin identified Flowers as an ex-Mormon, and he has been candid in the past about his drinking and smoking, activities forbidden for devout members of the Mormon church.

But as the existence of this video suggests, Flowers doesn’t see himself as an ex-Mormon, at least not anymore. (If he did, he could have participated in a different video campaign.) What’s interesting about this is the way Flowers frames his re-affirmed faith: “I was raised in it,” he says, “and I still… it’s…” He chuckles. “There’s still a fire burning in there.” That’s the last thing he says before the more standard send-off: “I’m a father, and I’m a husband, and I’m a Mormon.”

Coverage of the “I’m a Mormon” ad campaign has generally focused on the new way the Mormon church was presenting itself to the outside world. But as someone who grew up Mormon and left the church in college, I am more intrigued by how the campaign presents Mormons to themselves. John Dehlin, a progressive Mormon who runs a podcast called Mormon Stories, suggested to ABC News that the videos in many ways present a more tolerant and inclusive picture of the church than many Mormons experience; that seems right to me. And some may see that as duplicitous—perhaps fairly so. But by allowing individuals to claim the identity of Mormons for themselves, and tell their own stories, the campaign could, one imagines, actually begin to alter ideas within the church about what it means to be Mormon. Among the hundreds of personal narratives that have been uploaded to mormon.org are several written by gay Mormons, and at least one by someone who is black, bisexual, and Mormon.

Now, given the church’s history on the subject of race and its policies regarding gay marriage, why would anyone who is both black and bisexual choose to be Mormon? I have no idea. But you can on a website  owned and operated by the Mormon church, read someone else’s explanation.

What Lost Purse Said About a Young Woman

The Lost Purse

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This message applies to all of us, whether young or old, and to anyone who wants to live a better life than they live now. This young woman is an example of living a wholesome life and helps us appreciate the value of being a light that shows others who she is and how she lives her life.

Music For The Soul

Spiritual Favorites

Go Tell It On The Mountain – Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson – Down By The Riverside

BEST American Idol Performance ever!

Clay Aiken – Don’t let the sun go down on me (Finale)

Spiritual Music From Elvis Presley

How Great Thou Art

Elvis sings How Great Thou Art from the April 9th,1972 show in Hampton Roads,Virginia.

You’ll Never Walk Alone – Elvis Presley

This song has always been special to me, ever since I heard it in the movie “Carousel”.

ELVIS – Bridge Over Troubled Water (NEW mix! Great sound!)

This song is special to me. It reminds me of the soldiers in WWII who died for us.

Elvis – Take my hand precious lord

Tell Me Why

*Tell me why We live in a world where people care about nothing but themselves and what they want. What has happened to us as the human race. We haven’t always been like this have we? I thought we used to help people in our communities when they needed help raising a barn or a house?

*Didn’t we used to show up to help when crops needed to be planted and/or harvested because the man died or was physically unable to do it himself.

*Tell me why we have become a society with the bad attitude of  ”What can you do for me” or “What can the government do for me . . . not what can I do for others?”

*Tell me why it’s about welfare and social programs we get from government instead of depending on family, friends, and churches? Why can’t communities work together with business to take care of their own?

*Tell me why we are no longer interested in being self-reliant by sewing and repairing clothing, preparing for winter by canning and preserving food in times of plenty, by cooking at home instead of going out, by gardening fruits and vegetables from our own yards, and by having a “savings account” to make ends meet instead of sitting around expecting to take from other’s pockets when they have planned and prepared for themselves? Do we not see something wrong with this attitude? We should!

*Tell me why we forget that working hard to make our way through life or that fulfilling dreams can be achieved when we work hard and do it right?

*Tell me Why have we forgotten that we can change our own stars when we believe in ourselves?

We were created to need each other and to give our talents and skills to help people who need what we can give.

The “Parable of the Talents” is all about taking what you have and multiplying it by giving to others instead of keeping it to ourselves. We are blessed beyond measure when we do. Giving is not just for the benefactor, the person who receives, but it is for the giver as well. Remember the warmth we feel inside inside when we see the twinkling eyes and smiling faces of those who benefited from our good deed?  That feeling  is priceless and can only be felt when we give of ourselves.

This music video showed us why we need to change. It is very touching!!!! I believe you will enjoy it as much as I do. It is done by a very gifted young man named Declan Galbraith and titled: Tell me why [ with lyrics].

Enjoy the music and then please, contemplate on what you can do personally to help us change ourselves and then the world around us!!

A Muslim Cries Out To Jesus

A conclusion that one America Muslim man came to after a car accident was why Muslims are taught to hate Jews and kill them for Allah. Those who treated him after the car accident told him that they would take care of him.

He learned from this experience that Jews and Christians are good people. They are caring people and have a relationship with their God that he wised he could have with Allah.

You will hear need to hear the rest of this message when you watch the video. The story is very touching and one that should make Muslims think more about their upbringing and why they are taught to hate good people.

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A Prayer For You

Ephesians 5:15 encourages us to ‘be very careful how we live; making the most of our time. Each and every one of us is going through tough times right now, but God is getting ready to bless us in a way that only He can. Keep the faith. This scripture is powerful.

The prayer below is one of the best gifts we will receive from someone. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let’s continue to pray for one another.

The prayer: Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now.

Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.

Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs.

Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

MRC Sting on Planned Parenthood

Let me share with you an email I received today that I think you will find helpful.

Please send on a link to this post so your email contacts will know about these facts.

From the Desk of: David Martin, Executive Vice President  MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER 2/3/2011 Expose Planned Parenthood! Take Action Now! The liberal media are covering up a major story that impacts every taxpaying citizen in the nation. Please click here to see the video and to take fast action with the Media Research Center. –David Judith, On Tuesday, a shocking video showing Planned Parenthood of Click here to see the Planned Parenthood sting video and to take fast action with the MRC. ficials illegally coaching and giving business advice to an undercover actor posing as a pimp went public, and the so-called “news” media have simply looked the other way. On Thursday (today) a second video was released. This video showed a similar scene in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Richmond, VA — proving this is not an isolated incident but a shocking pattern! Evidently, the liberal media and Planned Parenthood think that it’s okay to use their $350 million in taxpayer funds to provide business advice and tips for evading the law to a “man” who sells sex with 14- and 15- year-old girls. The Leftist controlled media have decided this is a story you shouldn’t see or read about. In other words . THE LIBERAL MEDIA WANT TO DETERMINE WHAT IS NEWS, AND THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE THIS VIDEO! EVEN THOUGH THIS STORY BROKE A DAY AGO, ABC, CBS & NBC STILL HAVE NOT COVERED IT! Go here now to see the video the liberal media don’t want you to see and to take immediate action. WARNING: Portions of this video are both graphic and disturbing, and should not be viewed by children. YouTube is currently threatening to remove these videos, out of respect for the “privacy” of the Planned Parenthood manager. This woman was fired yesterday for the criminal activity that she was caught participating in. The video will remain on Eyeblast.tv, a division of the MRC committed to preventing just this type of censorship. + + The Liberal Media: Sin By Omission Judith L., it was just a brave 23 year old woman with two actors and a hidden camera that exposed Planned Parenthood for what they really are – far – left pro-abortion social activists. The liberal media have never lifted a finger to uncover this story. Now, they’ve gone a step further, and are covering up this brilliant piece of investigative journalism to further protect their friends at Planned Parenthood! Attempting to distort public opinion by covering up unpleasant facts is how the state-run media in Iran may operate, but we expect better! YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED The MRC has just launched an aggressive email initiative to inundate key network executives and decision-makers with outraged emails demanding a full investigation into the actions of Planned Parenthood. We are calling on every MRC Action team member to take action with us right now to tell key liberal media outlets to STOP IGNORING THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEO AND EXPOSE THIS SCANDAL! Go here to utilize our system to send your emails expressing your outrage over the liberal media’s refusal to acknowledge and cover this important story. This is YOUR oppportunity to send a strongly worded email directly to leading media officials right now! Thank you so much for standing with the MRC to expose and stop liberal media bias. David P.S. Lila Rose, the young woman who worked to uncover this major scandal will be doing a live webcast tonight at 8:30 PM Eastern with Family Research Council President – and friend of the MRC – Tony Perkins. Get all of the details here!

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Watch the discussion on the question: Should taxpayers be funding planned parenthood. Guests are Fox News Anchor Gretchen Carlson and Kathy from the Washington Post. video.foxnews.com

Planned Parenthood Under Fire After Second Shocking Video. Guest is Wendy Murphy, a former Sex Crime prosecutor discusses this topic.video.foxnews.com

Ben Stein Talks About God

Remarks from CBS on a Sunday morning

Ben Stein

This is really something to think about. Only hope we find GOD again before it is too late!

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.

My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees… I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.. That’s what they are, Christmas trees.

It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn’t bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it’s just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren’t allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that’s a sign that I’m getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it’s not funny, it’s intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham’s daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her ‘How could God let something like this happen?’ (regarding Hurricane Katrina).. Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.. She said, ‘I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we’ve been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?’

In light of recent events… Terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O’Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn’t want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock’s son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he’s talking about.. And we said okay.

Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with ‘WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.’

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world is going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send ‘jokes’ through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of

God is suppressed in the school and workplace Are you laughing yet?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you’re not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,

Ben Stein