The Occult

“And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.” – Leviticus 20:6

Today, the world of occult and those who follow it has changed and grown. Many people follow witchcraft, astrology, divining…But God’s instructions have not changed! They are the same as they were yesterday-don’t! Participating in the occult is a sin that can lead to hell.

If you are participating in any of it, Repent!

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things!

Be Careful…

“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.” – 2 Corinthians 13-15

Whether we go to church or meet someone, we need to evaluate any counsel we receive in the Light of God’s Word. How many churches have ministers who preach counter to what God teaches us in His Holy Bible? How many people do we meet that tell us we should do anything we want, as long as it makes us happy? And yet this is not the selfless love for God or our neighbors that Jesus taught us!

The Bible teaches us to “flee” from such people. And that is exactly what we need to do. It is enough to do our best to love as Jesus has told us to:

 “Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” – Matthew 37-40

Waiting For Jesus…

Sometimes it seems we have been praying about something forever. Perhaps it is for someone we love to accept Jesus as their Savior. Sometimes we pray for a person that we love who is ill, who is at war, who has family problems, who is seeking a job or who is tired and sad… There are so many people we pray for, including ourselves.

And as we pray, over and over, and it can seem that there is no answer from Jesus. But that is just not true. Jesus always answers prayers. Jesus answers yes or no and sometimes not yet. Jesus answers our prayers in His perfect time, because He knows each person and how they are affected. We don’t.

And we may never understand why there seemed to be a delay until we reach Heaven, but we will understand 🙂

Remember, Jesus loves each one of us even more than we do. He may not always give us what we want, but He will always provide for us what we need 🙂

Praying For The Salvation Of Another

A special Word on praying for the salvation of those we love. Jesus gave us free will. So while we can pray for them, and Jesus will help them, in the end each person has to make their own choice. In other words, in order to receive Jesus as their Savior, those we love must ask Him to be their Savior. Absolutely we need to keep praying for them, but we also need to recognize that it will, in the end, be their choice.

Part of our Surrender to Jesus is accepting His answers, regardless as to what they are, because we are Trusting that Jesus knows better than we do-what the right answer is-and when to give it.

And remember, Jesus loves each person more than we can imagine! He wants everyone to make it to Heaven, even more than we do. And we can Trust that kind of love 🙂

The Holy Spirit Can Show Us The Truth!

The world has become a very confusing place. What is right? What is wrong? What is good? What is bad? That is why our Father-God gave us the Bible. He wanted us to know the answers to those questions.

But in order to see those answers, we do need to know the truth of what is happening in our world. With the media and government shouting so many different opinions, how are we to know?

We need to pray every day to the Holy Spirit to show us the truth of all that surrounds us! And with so much tragedy happening in our world, we also need to ask the Holy Spirit to show us the things we can really help change, and the things we can’t.

And then we need to ask Jesus to help us to accept the answers that the Holy Spirit gives us!

Encouraging Others When We Are Discouraged Ourselves

Sometimes, we are so discouraged ourselves that we don’t really feel like encouraging others. There is even a part of us that questions whether it would be hypocritical.

But the Truth is, it is by giving to others that we will begin to feel better ourselves. It is by making others happier, that we will find happiness too!

When God put us on this earth, when Jesus came to Save us, loving others was such a large part of His message. Encouraging others is part of loving others, and we need to do that.

It is simply Jesus’s Gift that it also heals us too 🙂

The Warnings Of Fatima

Candle Procession at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima

What is it that Our Blessed Mother Mary wanted to tell us? What warning did She want to give us so that we would not be hurt?

Our Blessed Mother Mary told us to Pray. She also told us to Pray the Rosary. She warned us to Repent and stop Offending God, who was already “so offended”. She warned us that if we did not stop offending God, we would face war, hunger and persecution of the Church and the Pope.

She also warned us that if Her requests were not granted, if Russia was not fully consecrated to Her, than Russia would “spread it’s errors” throughout the world and that there would not be Peace.

“The Mother of God cautioned that if Her requests were not granted, “Russia will spread its errors throughout the world, raising up wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer and various nations will be annihilated.”

Russia has never been fully and timely consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Our Blessed Mother Mary, Mother of God, and we do not have Peace.

God Will Give Us The Faith We Need When Times Are Hard And Hurt Overwhelms Us!

Sometimes, things happen in our life that cause us such pain that our tears flow and yet they do not heal. Sometimes, we think that we will never heal. And while we hurt, those we love hurt even more. And we cry out to our Lord, and yet the answer that we receive is not the one that we think we want. And because we are hurting so badly, and because those we love are hurting so badly, we think God’s Answer is not the one we need.

But God’s Answer is always the answer we need. What we do need though, what we need to ask God for, is the Faith to understand.

And sometimes, when we feel our Faith falter in the face of so much pain and loss, and the Faith that we need seems to far out of reach – that is when we need to ask God to give us the Faith that we so desperately need! And God will 🙂