The Power of Prayer

Mother prays to take daughter's cancer

Janine Ackerman prayed that God would allow her to commit the ultimate sacrifice -- exchanging her life for her daughter's. Janine's daughter, Kayla, suffered from cancer for most of her life. By the time she was seven, Kayla had had nine brain surgeries. That's more than one a year.

Well, now, thanks to her mother's prayers, Kayla is completely cancer free.

Unfortunately, God held Janine to her word and she was diagnosed with stage four liver cancer. Last week, she lost her battle with the diease.

She commited the ultimate sacrifice for her child, I wonder how many of us would do the same.

Blessings

Pope Warns About Loveless Sex

Not to berate Loveless Sex, but I'm positive there are plenty of married couples in loveless marriages that have sex.

Mine is not one of them.

Blessings.

The Book of Daniel...

I wasn't sure if I was going to watch "The Book of Daniel". Cheryl and I record so many shows during the week and try to watch them on weekends, so I didn't want to add another show to the mix.

Then, I heard the right-wing Christians are all up in arms about this show. They are very upset that this religious family is protrayed with all their issues showing. (Where have these people been? Most of the right-wing Christians I know are just like everyone else. Meaning that they have their own problems.) Anyway, I figured if the show is getting people this upset, I need to watch it.

So, we recorded it and watched it. It was actually pretty good. A little stretching with the issues, I mean, a closeted gay son, a pot dealing daughter, a drunk wife, a promiscous son and a pill popping priest. No one has this many issues!!!!

Anyway, I like the discussions with Jesus. What's wrong with the American Family Association? They haven't even watched the show. What a bunch of hypocrites! I'll bet if I dug into their backgrounds, I'd find some gay sons, dope dealing daughters and a womanizer for a son.

In fact, I'd stake my life on it.

God Bless.

Pat Robertson

Pat Robertson has finally lost his mind.  He went on his show and said, "Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the EU, the United Nations or the United States of America."  He went on to say that the stroke was God’s punishment for dividing His land.

The 700 Club has millions of viewers all over the globe.  Can you imagine if these people believe Mr. Robertson?

I don’t know to what God Pat Robertson is referring, because my God is not a vengeful God.  My God is a loving God who would not strike someone down because He did not follow His word.  

Republican Christianity

George W. Bush authorized illegal wiretaps on American citizens under the guise of security.  The argument further goes that since the calls were international calls, the wire taps were legal.  

How can it ever be legal to spy on American citizens?

How can it be okay to NOT have to obtain a warrant?

Why is it okay to give up civil rights in order to be “secure”?

Further, why is this coming from an administration that is spouting Christianity at every turn?  

When did Jesus spy on his disciples?  

(Yeah, yeah, on the road to Emmaus where He didn’t allow them to know that He was Him, but that was sneaky, but does not constitute spying in my book (Luke 24:13-32))

Furthermore, where is the Christianity in the corruption in our government?  Show me where Jesus accepted trips and golf outings from the Jewish people in order to further their causes, like our leaders who accepted money, donations and gifts from Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist.

Where is the Christianity in that?

Why in the public forum is Christianity reduced to Pro-life (but only in the case of abortion, not in the death penalty) and sex (as in gay sex and gay marriage, which obviously leads to more sex)?  

Jesus was so much more than that.

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Is Jesus the Son of God or the Son of Joseph?

According to Matthew, there are "fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ" in this Geneology of Jesus, Matthew takes us from Abraham to David to the Exile and then to Joseph and from Joseph to Jesus.

Was he correct?

No, I don't think so and I'm a little confused as to just why no one else has mentioned this.

If you believe that God is Jesus' father, than Joseph is his step-father. Which means Joseph cannot be at the end of the genology trail, Mary must be. After all, it would make sense as everyone knows that the Jewish people do not count you as Jewish unless your mother was Jewish. Hence, even though my maternal grandfather was half-Jewish (his mother was Jewish), my mother and myself are not Jewish. The Jewishness of our family stops with my grandfather.

So, if the Jewish people always traced their history via their mothers, why was Matthew trying to trace Jesus' history via his step-father?

I don't know the answers to these questions. I just form them in my mind and decided to ask.

Blessings.