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I Am So Precious

I don’t mean that in an arrogant way. I really don’t.

When you’re sick, be it chronically or not, it’s easy to feel like a burden. It’s easy to feel like you don’t contribute to society when you can barely get out of bed or even function.

When you can’t keep up with the housework.

When you struggle with keeping up with the mail.

When you can’t remember to follow up with a friend who’s struggling.

When dinner’s not on time.

When you repeatedly have to re-wash the laundry because you forgot about it AGAIN.

Or you really aren’t safe driving the children here and there because you barely slept the last several nights (or the last year!).

So much time wasted playing catch-up.

So much money spent on you.

And the list goes on and on…

But can I tell you…your value has absolutely nothing to do with those things.

It has nothing to do with how productive you are, how clean you keep your house, how organized you are, how much you do for others.

And the list goes on and on…

You are created in the image of the Living God and because of that you are VALUABLE.

 

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
Ephesians 1:4 NIV

See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands
Isaiah 49:16

For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand—
    when I awake, I am still with you.
Psalm 139: 13-18

 

Perhaps those around you let you know your needs are an inconvenience. Maybe they sigh like teenage girls because they don’t want bothered with helping you YET AGAIN. Or they get angry, which aggravates your illness. Maybe they treat you like a boat anchor. Maybe they feel they’ve been cheated in life because they have to take care of you.

Can I be very real here…SHAME ON THEM.

They aren’t focusing on God in the midst of their own circumstances. They’re actually being very selfish and immature, but YOU’RE the one made to feel selfish because you’re ill and need help.

They’re missing a precious opportunity to go deeper in their walk with Christ, learning to trust Him in all circumstances.

 

Step 1:

It’s important to break that cycle within yourself FIRST and to understand your personal VALUE. No matter how you FEEL, no matter how you’re TREATED, you have VALUE because you are a human being created in the image of God.

Step 2:

It’s important to recognize that they too are on a journey. It’s important to be the mature one and extend grace. FIGHT A SPIRIT WITH THE OPPOSITE SPIRIT.

 

We need to help each other.

Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor:
If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one to help them up.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV 

 

I don’t care how sick you are, you are precious.

DON’T LET ANYONE TELL  YOU DIFFERENTLY!

I Am by Melody Noel and William Matthews

Our church played this video on the screen before the service today and my husband loved it.

Story behind the song:

King Of My Heart by Bethel Worship Leaders

When I first watched this video, I found the mannerisms of the worship leaders a little different than what I was used to (and I attend an Assemblies of God church!). I couldn’t quite decide if I liked the video or not.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I wish I felt as comfortable in my own skin as Steffany Gretzinger does, and I want to worship my God with complete abandon like she does!

I have not been able to get this song out of my ead for the last 3 weeks.

Time to include it on my site!

King of My Heart (w/spontaneous) – Steffany Gretzinger, Jeremy Riddle, & Christine Rhee:

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Mercola: Women Put an Average of 168 Chemicals on Their Bodies Daily

Almost 13,000 chemicals are used in cosmetics, and only about 10 percent have been evaluated for safety. Although the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to regulate harmful ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products, they don’t often exercise it.

Further, cosmetics can come on the market without any type of approval necessary. Only after a product is deemed to be harmful, adulterated, or misbranded can the FDA take regulatory action.

The average US woman uses 12 personal care products and/or cosmetics a day, containing 168 different chemicals, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG). While most men use fewer products, they’re still exposed to about 85 such chemicals daily, while teens, who use an average of 17 personal care products a day, are exposed to even more.

Clearly, such chemical exposures are not insignificant, especially when they occur virtually daily for a lifetime. When EWG tested teens to find out which chemicals in personal care products were found in their bodies, 16 different hormone-altering chemicals, including parabens and phthalates, were detected.

Read the full article HERE.

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Transgenderism

I grew up in a time when transgenderism wasn’t even on the average person’s radar. What a strange concept, relegated to the sub-culture of our society.

Times have changed.

Transgenderism is now touching the lives of many, including Christians. We personally know a few people who are struggling with gender confusion.

I’ve found a few videos and articles that I feel shed light on this topic, including from a Christian perspective. I am including a couple at the bottom of this article. (I may add more in the future so check back periodically)

Here are some important points that are necessary to understand the big picture:

Transgenders are PEOPLE and Christ died for them, just like He did for me.

Transgenders have the same value in God’s eyes as I do.

Our enemy, the devil, hates everyone and seeks to destroy them,
because we were created in the image of God,
and he hates God.

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
1 Peter 5:8 KJV

There is a wonderful article entitled How Should We Respond To Caitlyn Jenner over at DesiringGod.org. I think it really speaks to how we as Followers of Christ can respond to this troubling situation. The author admonishes us to respond with compassion, with prayer, and with truthful love. The link to this article and a few others are below the video.

The following video does a wonderful job of showing the big picture of where this trend is taking our society and how our enemy (the devil) seeks to use it for his own destructive plan as we barrel head-long towards the end-time.

Human Re-Orientation Guiding Humanity Toward The Final Deception! by Nicholson1968
(Narrated by Pastor Tim Tyler)

Some additional resources:

DG: How Should We Respond To Caitlyn Jenner

Focus On The Family : Transgenderism ~ Our Position

Focus On The Family Google search for “Transgenderism”

DG: What Gives Us The Right To Label Transgender Impulses As Wrong

Desiring God archive search for “Transgenderism”

Mental Health, Transgenderism and Endocrine Disruptors

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AI is God: Ex-Google Engineer Creating New Religion

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As a former Google engineer is out to create a god based on artificial intelligence to make society better, many scientific experts warn that our current love affair with artificial intelligence could get us all killed.

Anthony Levandowski of Google’s self-driving car’s fame, has set up a religious nonprofit organization called Way of the Future and devoted to the worship of artificial intelligence.

According to the organization’s founding documents, it  intends to “develop and promote the realization of a Godhead based on artificial intelligence and through understanding and worship of the Godhead contribute to the betterment of society.”

Read the full story HERE.

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Treat…Or Trick?

As we approach the end of September my thoughts begin turning to Fall, my favorite time of year. Cooler temperatures, falling leaves, a crockpot full of stew, pumpkin muffins, and the beautiful Fall-colored leaves.

But as I get older and wiser, and the more I learn about what’s happening in the spirit realm all around us, my thoughts are already turning to Halloween, which will take place in a little over a month from now.

Like most children, I enjoyed Halloween growing up. I absolutely LOVED getting oodles of candy! I remember one year my parents and I helped decorate a wagon for our local parade and I went as an old man. I remember taking the soot from our wood stove and putting it on my face. My costume was completed with a pipe, an over-sized coat, and an old hat. I looked like Jed Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies! We had a ball!

But at the age of 23 I became a follower of Jesus Christ, and I began seeing the world through a different lens.

During the 1990’s, I came across 2 Christian tracts detailing the historical background of Halloween. By the time I had my children I knew I and God wanted no part of it for my family.

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The problem is not JUST about the history behind the establishment of the holiday.

During the last several years I’ve studied the occult extensively and now I have a MUCH better understanding of what is actually happening TODAY in the physical and unseen spiritual realm, on Halloween night and the days leading up to this Satanic holiday.

I am sickened by what I’ve learned.

In a nutshell, we know from whistle-blowers like Russ Dizdar of ShatterTheDarkness.net that in the days leading up to Halloween, people and animals are being kidnapped and held to be used for torture and sacrifice. Let me say that again:

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Did I make that clear enough??

So while children (and adults) are trying to outdo their friends and neighbors by wearing cute or creepy costumes, while they’re decorating their houses and they’re out collecting candy, attending parades, and having parties, while churches are trying to offer Christian alternatives such as having Trunk-Or-Treat get-togethers, people are being tortured and killed to please Satan.

Below is a screenshot from the satanic calendar at TheOpenScroll.com

Take a good look at the details: dates, types of celebrations, and types of rituals and sacrifices.

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This is sickening.

Below is a link to an important article over at WhyGodReallyExists.com listing 14 things followers of Christ ought to be praying for on Halloween. I would submit that we should be praying for these things the ENTIRE month of October.

This lists includes things like:

Pray and ask God to prevent kidnappings of people for the purpose of human sacrifice on Halloween night.

Pray that God would protect children from being spiritually harmed by eating candy that has been ritually cursed.

and

Pray that God would arrange circumstances so that people who are being prepared for ritual human sacrifice would escape.

Read the entire article HERE. I would encourage you to watch the videos at the end of the article.

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So, in light of this information, should Christians (in good conscience) participate in Halloween activities? You decide.

Additional resources:

To read a pdf entitled What’s Wrong With Halloween click HERE.

Pastor Glen Berteau of Calvary Temple Worship Center in Modesto, California preached a good sermon entitled Mom, Can I Be A Witch? You can access the FULL message at PropheticVoice.co.uk HERE. Here is a preview of that message:

Carol Kornacki ~ The Dark Truth About Halloween:

Halloween Or HELLoween: The Pagan Origins Of Halloween EXPOSED

Trunews 10/30/14: Steve Quayle & The Walking Dead:

Justen Faull: Devil’s Night Chronicles: The Halloween Files:
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4th Watch Halloween Files

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72 Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia (You Won’t Believe) What Are Yours?

I have never had an official fibromyalgia diagnosis, but believe me, I am ABSOLUTELY in the fibromyalgia realm!

Years ago when I was seeking help from the medical profession for my health issues I had a doctor test me for fibro. The trigger points testing results were negative but he actually called me a few days later at my home and told me he had been discussing my case with another doctor and he believed I DID have fibromyalgia in spite of the test results. (This was at a time when fibro was still not being taken seriously by health care professionals).

Since that time I’ve discovered MANY symptoms are found in the chronic illness soup that make a person feel like a hypochondriac, but FINALLY people are putting the puzzle pieces together and creating articles like the one below.

From: blog.ihealthy.co.uk

You’ve probably read about fibromyalgia symptoms such as pain, fatigue and fibro fog, but the list of possible symptoms is far-reaching and body-wide. Those tiny lists don’t even begin to describe our experience! I put together this “monster list” of 60+ symptoms to let you know that you’re not alone! The list is adapted from one put together by fibromyalgia author Devin Starlanyl along with other research.

Knowing the full range of symptoms can help you track them, either to help your doctor reach a diagnosis or to help you identify triggers. It also helps to know you’re not the only person experiencing these!Some of the following are noted as overlapping conditions, which means they commonly occur with fibromyalgia but actually are conditions that need to be diagnosed and treated separately.

We can have any combination of the following symptoms, and to varying degrees of severity.

Read the full list here.

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New Treatment Target for Fibromyalgia: Inflammation in the Brain

Many of us who battle chronic illness know how brain fog feels. Being in the ADHD/auto-immune realm, I’m always researching and am intrigued when I find connections between illness and the brain.

I found this article interesting.

Scientists have long suspected that inflammation in the brain (neuroinflammation) could be the cause of the amplification of pain signals in the brain seen in fibromyalgia. They can show this to be the case in lab animals, but this theory has been hard to prove in humans—mostly because researchers can’t very easily biopsy brain tissue of living people!

However, some very creative Swedish scientists figured out a different way assess levels of inflammation in the brain; by sampling the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Because the CSF is in constant contact with the brain, it mirrors what is happening in the brain.

Read the full article here.

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Preparing To Be A Help Meet ~ Guarding Your Thoughts

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by Debi Pearl from:

No Greater Joy Ministries

 

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23 KJV

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
2 Corinthians 10:5KJV

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