Sunday, December 14, 2008

Please be aware of this book!

Please be aware of this book!
GOD, PLEASE HELP US!
We need your help desperately,
in JESUS MOST POWERFUL NAME. Amen!

BEWARE!!



If you have children or grandchildren, work with children at church, or you have neighborhood children whose parents you know, please take note of the information below and pass it along to others. Schools are distributing this book to children through the Scholastic Book Club.


The name of the book is Conversations with God.. James Dobson talked about this book twice this s week. It is devastating. Parents, churches and Christian schools need to be aware of it. Please pass this information on to church/e-mail addresses, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, friends.


Please pay special attention not only to what your kids watch on TV, in movie theaters, on the internet, and the music they listen to, but also be alert regarding the books they read.


Two particular books are, Conversations with God and Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch. They sound harmless enough by their titles alone. The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and they make truth of the statement, "Don't judge a book by its cover or title."


The author purports to answer various questions asked by kids using the "voice of God". However, the "answers" that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God. For instance (and I paraphrase), when a girl asks the question "Why am I a lesbian?" His answer is that she was 'born that way' because of genetics (just as you were born right-handed, with brown eyes, etc.). Then he tells her to go out and "celebrate " her differences.


Another girls poses the question "I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?"


His reply is, "Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong."


Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin. His reply "I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone, do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong, because the rule is "'judge not lest ye be judged."


Not only are these books the false doctrine of the devil, but in some instances quote (in error) the Word of God.


And the list goes on. These books (and others like it) are being sold to schoolchildren through (The Scholastic Book Club), and we need to be aware of what is being fed to our children.


Our children are under attack. So I pray that you be sober and vigilant about teaching your children the Word of God, and guarding their exposure to worldly mediums, because our adversary, the devil, roams about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). We know that lions usually hunt for the slowest, weakest and YOUNGEST of its prey.


Pass this on to every Believer you know. God bless! And, if you are in doubt, check out the books yourself.

CRISIS

I have but one candle of life
to burn and would rather burn
it out where people are dying
in darkness than in a land which
is flooded with lights." D. Washer




Crisis



A crisis is a door, not a dam.
It is crisis that separates the decisive and the defeated.
Those who are decisive would even expand their businesses
for example during such dire times. That sets them apart from the rest.
When the dust settles, they are already ahead of the competition.
Those who are left behind missed out on an opportunity.
Isaiah faced such a crisis. King Uzziah died.
Even if he died a leper, Uzziah was still at that time a powerful king.
There seems to be a power vacuum. But though the earthly throne was empty,
the heavenly throne was not. “In the year that King Uzziah died
I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up;
and the train of his robe filled the temple.
(Isaiah 6:1, ESV) God was (and still is and will always be) in control.
The crisis became an opportunity for Isaiah to witness God’s sovereignty.



Usually when we hear the word “crisis” we think
of a time of intense dread or danger. But the Greek word for
“crisis” denotes “decision.” It was, according to a dictionary,
the crucial point in the play or story that determines the outcome of its plot.
Thus a crisis is also the turning point when a critical decision must be made for
an important change to occur. So, when there’s a crisis, either we face it or we flee it.
We flee it and we miss out. We face it and we make the most of the opportunity.
It’s up to us to decide. Ephesians 5:15-16 commands us,
“Therefore be very careful how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
” (NET Bible) We make the most or take advantage of the crisis precisely because the days are evil.
We don’t wait for convenient times. We act decisively.
Financial analysts predict that there will be harder times ahead of us next year.
People are more open to the Gospel during times of trouble or transition. Let us seize this moment!
Thus, even the present global financial crisis is an opportunity, not an obstacle.
Let us share the Good News so that they would trust our God who is in control of our circumstances.
People are exasperated. Let us encourage them. Our Lord assures us, “I have told you these things
so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage—
I have conquered the world.” (John 16:33)



Brethren, Jesus conquered the crisis already!