“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie”-Thessalonians 2:11

Video: The recent attacks on Israel have been horrific and are a sin against God. The Jewish People are God’s Chosen People and He loves them in a special way. If there is any discipline that needs to be done, or any change that needs to be made, God ALONE WILL DO IT!

There are many who support Israel in our world, and many who do not. But the Jewish People are God’s Chosen people and if we are truly Christian, we need to love all that God loves-including the Jewish People. ALL of them!

Anyone who does not see that is suffering from a “strong delusion” and we need to pray for them!

Prayer: Please Father, open all of our eyes to see the world as You see it! In Jesus’s Name. Amen!

And remember, Prayer Changes Things!

I often think of Mary with awe! Although we often talk of Jesus’ sacrifice, we don’t talk of Mary’s nearly enough.

As a Mom, I can’t even imagine the horror and pain she endured watching her Son dying on that Cross.  A million thoughts must have raced through her mind and heart.  That she didn’t simply collapse is a testament to her courage and faith, her love for Jesus, as well as our Father’s strength and the Holy Spirit’s Comfort.  It’s was a miracle in and of itself!

Personally, I know I would have collapsed.  Just as I know I would have begged our Father not to allow my Son to die, especially in such a horrific way.  But that was not Jesus’ Will.  He came to save us from our sin, no matter the cost. 

Instead, Mary gave Jesus what He needed most, Her love and her strength, and Her faith in our Father’s Will.  Mary trusted our Father.  She knew God’s ways were, and are, “higher than our ways”. And I am sure she prayed for Jesus! For Mary knew just how important prayer was and is!

Mary gave God Her all and trusted God with the outcome…and that is what we need to do!

As a Mom, the sheer horror of watching my Son crucified would have broken me, but it didn’t break Mary.  Because Her love for Jesus and was that pure and that strong.  And that love helped Her to overcome all.  And for that alone, I will always be grateful to Mary.  Just as I will always hope to be more like her!

Too often, modern day churches seem to argue about Mary’s role in the “church”.  But the truth is – there really is no need for we are all the “church” 

Mary was Jesus’ Mother and one of the best role models we will ever have.  By Her sacrifice alone, she has not only proven Her love for our Father, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, but for each of us as well. 

And Jesus loves Mary so very much too, as only a Son can love His Mother.

As for the confusion of “praying to Our Blessed Mother Mary”.  It is not that we are “praying to Mary”, but rather we are asking Mary to pray for us!  And why would we not?

Mary is in Heaven with God and I talk with her every day!  Sometimes simply to thank Her for all she sacrificed for us.  And sometimes to ask her to pray for me or others.  And I know she does, because She loves each of us. 

Mary has enriched my faith and brought me great joy and peace!  She can do the same for you. Happy Mother’s Day Mary, and thank you! 

We need to capture every thought and give it to God. Because thoughts can become feelings and feelings can become actions.

Dwell always on things of God, not on things of this earth!

Prayer: May my every thought be of you Lord. And may I always believe and remember: Prayer Changes Things!

WWIII is coming. It may be six days, six months, six years… But it is coming. Be Ready!

Prayer: Please Jesus, be my Savior today and everyday! Please forgive my sins and unbelief and know that I choose you and ask you to be my Savior and Lord always. In Jesus’s Name. Amen.

May God Bless you and your families and keep you everyone!

And remember 🙂

Prayer Changes Things!

We are what we eat, but we have to choose wisely. We can choose to read the Bible, read a Christian book, watch a happy movie, spend time with those we love, go to church with our family, sit down to a family dinner, spend time in prayer… All of these things can bring us closer to God.

But there are also dark things. Dark movies, TV that uses God’s Name in vain, drinking to much, drugs. Sadly, just turning on the TV can be a dark experience these days and all of these things can pull us away from God.

So remember, choose wisely and remember Prayer Changes Things!

Prayer: Please help us fill our hearts with things that bring us closer to you God. In Jesus’s Name. Amen.

One of my favorite prayers is to ask God to hold on to me, even if I ever fail to hold onto Him.  And God always says YES!  🙂

I think of it as my “insurance prayer”.  I know that I am not perfect, but God IS!  And I know He will always hold onto me 🙂

May God Bless and Keep You In Jesus’s Name!

Prayer:  God, please hold onto me, even if I fail to hold onto You.

And please always remember:  Prayer, In Jesus’s Name, Changes Things!

Good Morning. I wish you God’s Peace. I pray that you will pray for God’s Peace, which only He can give, for each other and yourselves. There are a lot of really frightening things happening in our country and our world right now. But God knows our fears AND our needs. We can be afraid or put our Trust in God. And we can be filled with fear or rest in Jesus and God’s Love for us 🙂

Holy Spirit Rain Down is one of my favorite songs. I love to pray it. The Holy Spirit is our Comforter and Friend, more of the Holy Spirit if exactly what we need right now. May God Bless and Keep you in Jesus’s Name. Amen.

Great “Peace Song”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW6xcmqfiY4&list=RDuW6xcmqfiY4&start_radio=1

Great Holy Spirit Prayer: “Day 3: Peace. Let us bow down in humility at the power and grandeur of the Holy Spirit. Let us worship the Holy Trinity and give glory today to the Paraclete, our Advocate. O Holy Spirit, by Your power, Christ was raised from the dead to save us all. By Your Grace, miracles are performed in Jesus’ name. By Your love, we are protected from evil. And so we ask with humility and a beggar’s heart for Your gift of Peace within us. The Saints were tempted, attacked and accused by the devil who is the destroyer of Peace. When we are accused by the devil, come to our aid as our Advocate and give us Peace that lasts through all trials! Holy Spirit we ask for the Grace of (Mention your intention here). Amen. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant by that same Holy Spirit we may be truly Wise and ever enjoy His Consolations, through Christ Our Lord, Amen.”

Holy Spirit Novena: https://files.dynamiccatholic.com/home/prayer/holy-spirit-novena.pdf

And please always remember, Prayer In Jesus’s Name, changes things!

14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. ² In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. ⁴ And you know the way to where I am going.” ⁵ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

⁸ Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

¹² “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

¹⁵ “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, ¹⁷ even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. ¹⁹ Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. ²⁰ In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. ²¹ Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” ²² Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” ²³ Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. ²⁴ Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶ But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. ²⁸ You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. ³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, ³¹ but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

John 14