Pro life

 Abortion. What a touchy subject. Usually people are either on one scale or another on this. 

There are many reasons why people try to justify abortions. 

Health of the mother, health of the baby, rape, financial issues, social issues, flawed foster care. 

All of these are serious. 

First I will address the health of the mother.

When I was 27 weeks pregnant, I had to deliver my baby. A few beforehand I had developed preeclampsia which is really high blood pressure. 

At 27 weeks it got so high that my blood platelets started dropping seriously low. So low that the doctors decided to do an emergency c-section and deliver my baby. I was terrified. It was too early. 3 months early. What if my baby didn't make it? But we went ahead and had her. If we had waited even a day longer, I would not have made it. I almost died during the operation. I had 4 blood transfusions. 

My daughter was 1 pound 14 ounces when she was born. She was tiny. But she had all her body parts. She could cry, feel pain and she was super alert. She could see, hear and breath. Yes she needed support to breath but she was alive. Not a clump of cells. 

Now on to abortion for health of the baby. 

Doctors are not always right when they say there's something wrong with the baby. My friends mom was told that her son would be a vegetable when he was born. He was not. He's 34 years old and thriving with a wide and kid on the way. 

My cousin was born with trisomy 18 and even though my aunt and uncle knew that she would have that, they chose life. They were told she wouldn't live more than a couple days. She lived to be 1 year old. 

Rape is terrible. A violation.  And to get pregnant on top of that is hard. But abortion is another violation. It's not the baby's fault that he was conceived of rape. The bravest and most noble thing would be to give the baby life. 

Also the father ( not a rapist) should get a say in the life of his child. It takes two to make a baby. A man needs to be responsible too. 

If you don't want the baby, please consider adoption. There are many families who would love to adopt a baby. And if they are put in foster care, at least they are alive and have a home. I'm sure the child would be happier that you gave them a chance at life than killing them. Yes the foster care system is flawed. Yes they need help. That's why all life matters. Unborn and born. Every life is precious. A person is a person no matter how small. They all need protection. 

Now if you have had an abortion, I won't sit here and condemn you. I'm sure you have gotten enough shame from people about that. God still loves you very much and will forgive you. People need to be more supportive of mothers who have gone through an abortion and who feel regret and shame. I am here for you and I love you. We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of of God. But there is good news! If you come to Him, Jesus will wash away your sins. He died so we could all have life and spend eternity with Him. It's a free gift. You just need to accept it. We can all choose to believe in Him and confess that He is Lord or we can choose the sinful destructive path that leads straight to Hell. Friends, please don't choose that path. Choose God. Choose Jesus. Choose Life. Eternal life. God's waiting for you. Answer His call. He loves you. 

"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward."

Psalms 127:3 KJV

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well."

Psalm 139:13‭-‬14 ESV

"Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

Jeremiah 1:4‭-‬5 ESV

"And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."

Luke 1:41‭-‬45 ESV

"On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God."

Psalm 22:10 ESV

"Thus says the Lord , your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: "I am the Lord , who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself"

Isaiah 44:24 ESV

Jesus is Coming

America the great, America the beautiful, America the Free.

When America was first established, they set up amendments that made sure that it would be the best country on earth. They trusted in God. 

The very first Amendment says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

How far America has fallen. How far off the straight and narrow it has come. There are riots, division and hate speech. If you go online and have an opinion that people disagree with, you get caught up in useless back and forth arguments on who is right and it gets really messy and hurtful. 

If you disagree with abortion you get accused of oppressing women's rights to their bodies. 

Now with covid-19 all of a sudden your rights are starting to diminish. I won't debate masks. I personally don't mind if other people wear them, that's up to them. I chose not to wear one, due to getting lightheaded and bad headaches after wearing them.

Churches shut down and protests started up with terrible, terrible riots. I am all for peaceful protests, but when violence starts, people and business are put in harm's way, that's when it goes too far. 

California is now banning singing, church and bible studies. 

This is an attack on the church. I know Romans 13 says to submit to authority, but at what cost?

When the apotles were told by authorities not to preach anymore, that did not stop them. They were martyrs for their faith. 

When countries overseas were told they couldn't have church or bibles, that did not stop them.

Hebrews 10:25 says :

"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."

I believe the rapture is quickly approaching. We need to be watching for Jesus' return! With everything that is going on, it only makes sense that the day is quickly approaching, prophecy is unfolding before our eyes. 

We need to be gathering together without fear and preparing for His return. Studying the Bible and praying and spreading the gospel.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."- Matthew 28:19‭-‬20
The only way to the Father is through Christ Jesus. 

John 14:6- Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."-Romans 6:23 

John 3:16-" For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Jesus died for you and me! If we accept Jesus as our Savior, we can spend eternity in Heaven with Him, instead of going to Hell and burning for all eternity. 

"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."- Romans 10:9 

 " It is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."-Romans 14:11 

Please, before it's too late, turn to God. Let's start a revival in America again. 

Soon the rapture will come and believe me you don't want to be left behind when that happens. Read Revelation if you want to see what happens. 

I love you all so much, and I would love to see you all in eternity with God. Let's all pray for each other. Prayer is what we all need. Don't forget, God loves you so much and wants a relationship with you. Will you give him that?

We cannot live in fear of a virus anymore. It breaks my heart to see so many people social distancing from others. If you're sick, please stay home. If not, please gather with believers and worship God without fear. It makes me so sad seeing nearly empty churches gathering. So many people are ok with staying home watching church on TV in fear that if they go out they will get sick. 

 Let's be bold and live for Christ! 

Revival in America

Yesterday we had a guest pastor at church, and what he was preaching about really hit home and made a lot of sense. I know God was with him in what he was saying. 

He was talking about how there needs to be a revival in America again. The first one was in the 1700s. There was a man named Cotton Mather who prayed to God every day from 1678, until his death in 1728 for a revival in America. That is 50 years!!! 

Now he died before the revival happened, but it did happen a few years after he died. 

2 Chronicles 7:14 says: if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

I believe that this country needs a revival. Now I don't know if that will happen, or if Jesus will come back before it can happen, but I know prayer is powerful! 

Prayer is what Amerca needs right now. Not more troops or doing more things ourselves to try and get this country right again, but PRAYER.

Ask God what He wants us to do. 

We all need to humble our selves and pray for a revival. For God to heal our land again. I know He wants to hear from us. 

How can we expect Him to fix everything without us asking Him first? 

Let's all stop focusing on all the wrongs and broken things for a moment that we can't fix ourselves, and go to Him. He wants our prayer. He wants our devotion to Him. 

I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to try and pray everyday for a revival.  

Let's bring God back into America again.

One nation under God!

James 5:13-16 

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.