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Destroying Faith |New Zealand Massacre

I read the news this morning about a horrific massacre in New Zealand where gunman went into a mosque and killed 49 people. This act shows how depraved human beings can be to one another. All the Social Media outlets and news organizations are airing or posting about this.

I believe that all lives matter, no matter the ethnicity or faith of a person. I am praying for all those who have lost loved ones through this atrocious act of violence.

Having said this, I also believe that there is an unfair balance of reporting. This tragedy and all like it, should never be swept under the carpet.

Yet, had it been a Christian church, would we have the same world-wide coverage?

— Everyday, muslim extremists in the Mid-East and Africa, burn down churches and kill Christians just because they will not submit to their religion.

— I have not heard from most of the big news organizations or even local news or social media outlets making any effort to report these horrendous acts against Christians. Only a few big News outlets have ventured into reporting this atrocities.

— Radicals in India are doing the same thing to Christians in their country.

— Atheist governments like China and N. Korea are destroying churches and are vowing to rid their countries of Christian and Western influences once and for all.

— The big news organizations and social media outlets are for the most part silent in their reporting.

One mosque is hit with awful violence, and the reports are all over the place.

Why is the ongoing extermination of one faith less important than another faith?

Why do the media outlets who should be reporting on all tragedies, keep quiet about what is happening to Christians in the Mid-east, Africa, India and China?
Thousands of Christians have been killed all over the world?
Nigerian Christians have been killed regularly by Muslim extremist and yet, the news and social media outlets are mute!

I feel for all loss of life. I detest violence and hate hearing tragic news like the New Zealand mosque massacre.

But what I can’t stand even more than this is the silent apathetic mental disorder our media shows when it comes to reporting truth.

— Truth is, more Christians have died all over the world at the hands of extremists, than another group of people. Yet the media outlets are silent.

— An extremists goes into one mosque, commits a heinous act against a group who is worshipping their god, and every news outlet reports on the tragedy.

I applaud the media outlets for reporting this.
I only wish they did their job correctly and report the truth of what’s happening to Christians, with the same commitment and fervor of reporting which they showed for the LBGT bar and Mosque shootings.
All shootings are tragic and evil. This is why it’s important for the world to know the truth on what’s happening to Christians….but because they are Christians, the media outlets are silent…Just remember what happened in the 1940s…when all the world stood silent and left the Jewish people to die in agonizing and horrific ways…
Once the world is rid of Christians, who will they go after next? Apathy leads to death….shame on you major news and media outlets….

References:

PICTURE – https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/

Christian Persecution by Country— https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/01/11/top-10-worst-countries-christian-persecution

One of the few who has reported Christian Persecution is Fox News— https://www.foxnews.com/world/christian-group-warns-of-sharply-rising-persecution-in-these-countries-in-2019

March 15, 2019

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Words Which Bring You Peace, Grace, joy & Set You Free |The Bible

John 8:34-36 NKJV

Words are powerful, they are precise.
Words can make you climb the highest mountains or leave you crawling the lowest of valleys.
Words can build up or destroy. They say that violence is the reason for so many deaths in this world and that guns kill.
What they have missed is the rhetoric on both sides of the political aisle.
They also have missed the constant and systematic social media onslaught of making people who have differing views hate each other.
Words. Words unite. Words divide. Words hurt. Words heal.
The Word of God in His scriptures does both. We must have the full counsel of God to know what we as humans are capable of. Left to our own free will and thinking, we are then left to our own demise.
Free will and thinking can only coincide within us when there is a Higher Power that has given us limits on what we can and can’t do.
I know you are thinking, “How can you say that we are free people who have free will and thought if you are saying that we need a Higher Power to tell us what we must and mustn’t do?”
This is where Moral Law and Truth come in.
We can’t have a free society without morals. Morals are taught and practiced.
We also need civil law to keep society in order.
The less government intervention, the better. Let me explain. How can people be a free society if every action is dictated by the government? The more government interferes, the fewer people are free to think for themselves and make the right decisions. Because human laws are imperfect, no matter how good they seem.
Why? Because human beings have both good and evil inside of them.
Words. Words can teach, or make people ignorant.
The Bible is still the most read book in human history. It has founded societies and has made more people free.
The words inside have changed lives. This book has withstood the test of time.
There are more copies which prove how close to the original writings of the Old and New Testaments they are than any other book out there.
Even the skeptics are unable to say otherwise. The critics have tried saying that we can’t trust the Bible because it was written by men and the writings are so old, we can’t believe what the original manuscripts.
Yet, the more they fight this Book, the more the Bible verifies itself, more than any other book out there (See References below).
Words. The Bible has words. If you read them and acknowledge what these words say, it brings new life to the person reading it.
Words inside this beautiful, awe-inspiring Book have led more people to be free, than any other book in History.
Words. Can transform a person from the inside out.
I invite you to read the Bible yourself.
You will find the words refreshing.
Start with the Book of Psalms and Proverbs.
Once you are there, you can jump into the Gospel of John.
Then you can go to Romans where the words will give you what people without God are like.
What people with God plus regulations are like.
Finally, what people who have a lasting personal relationship with Jesus, the Savior of the world are like.

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You see, words can be read and interpreted in personal fashions. But once you understand God’s word, there is only one way you can learn it.

You can read it for the task of reading through it like any other book. You can read it and see how God gave us do’ and don’ts, and try incredibly hard to abide by God’s Commandments.
Or, you can take those same Commandments and read what Jesus said about them in his Gospels and in Acts, Romans, 1st, and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians,, etc..
Once you read the explanations of the God’s Word and Commandments in these Letters, you will be set free.
And once someone is set free in Christ, the person is forever free, no matter what governing bodies are in charge.
No matter what words anyone uses against the person that has been set free through Jesus the Savior of the world.
Remember, words can hurt, divide and misinform.
But the Word of God heals, unites and points you to the grace, peace, and joy of knowing God wholly, through a personal relationship with His Son Jesus.

I invite you to know Jesus and ask Him into your life. I encourage you to be indeed set free…

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REFERENCES:

BibleAsk.com

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March 14, 2019March 14, 2019

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Tale of 2 Cities & 1 Person |Functional-Dysfunctional

I have started my personal devotion in Galatians and what Paul is writing to them. Most people will read the harshness of Paul’s intent to the “bewitched” Galatians. But I have dug a little deeper and am reminded of the Great Antioch church saints who prayed, fasted and laid hands on Paul. Where he would go to Galatia and preach in different cities while passing through another Antioch (Pisidion Antioch, Galatia).

One of the names that popped out at me was Manaen. Who was from the Syrian Antioch where Paul stayed for a year. We read about this in Acts 13:1-3:

“….Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod, the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.”

“Manaen. A foster-brother of Herod Antipas, but unlike him in character and end: Manaen was a minister of Christ at Antioch; Herod was guilty of the blood of both Christ and his forerunner, Acts 13:1″
Imagine living with all the Herodian family. When I hear people say that families cannot change I just smile. This was the family whose patriarch killed John the Baptist and had a hand in Jesus’ crucifixion.
Manaen grew up steeped in corruption, double-crossing, fornication, adultery, and intrigue. He could write a few books about how dysfunctional his family was.
If there was ever a person That could say on judgment day, “Lord look what family You put me into! What did You expect?”— It was Manaen.
And yet, we see the contrast in him in Acts 13, Manaen is, steeped, bathed, drowned deeply by the filling of the Holy Spirit. Fasting, praying, prophesying & serving the church.
Manaen was an elder of the church in Antioch. The same church which was on fire for the Lord.
This is the first church which was so Christ-like to everyone it came across, that unbelievers called them Christians, after Christ.
Nowhere Else was the church called after their Lord and Savior. This is where the Name came from.
What I’m trying to say is this— no matter where you come from or who your family is, no matter your circumstances or economic level, you can reach out to Christ.
You can call on Jesus and ask to forgive you of everything you’ve done wrong in this life.
You can ask Him to guide and teach you.
You can ask Jesus to come into your life and commit yourself to wholly being his follower.

—Manaen made the choice of calling on Jesus to save him, and his life was changed forever, literally, for eternity.

Manaen became who he was supposed to be. He was and still is filled by God’s unquenchable love and peaceful joy. He is in God’s presence doing the same thing he was doing in Acts chapter 13. Serving, praying, praising and listening to His Creator.

If you don’t see yourself being able to get out of your circumstances, ask Jesus to come and set you free of those burdens. He will take them from you. He will make your tough situations more bearable. He will see you through them. And like Manaen, He will delete your history. Even if you come from a dysfunctional family like Manaen…as do many of us….

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February 26, 2019February 25, 2019

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All Life is Precious |Abortion Kills

“”10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire,..””

—The LORD in Deuteronomy 18, regarding Israelites killing their children by burning them alive as sacrifice to a false god called Molech.

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—This has been one of the hardest topics plaguing this nation for decades now.

I have been staring at the screen for a while now.
For those that know me, it is very rare when I don’t have anything to say.
This is how serious this topic is. I believe we are at a crossroads.

—Before you read the rest of this, if you are offended easily or think that by having a different opinion than yours, I am somehow evil, please keep reading anyway.

I am not trying to cause division for the sake of ratings or money. I get neither!
But this has to be said and has to be screamed loud enough so that one day we don;t have this monstrous legality.
The forces of evil are working extra hard and in overtime in order to continue destroying precious life. I am talking about Abortion,.
Now, the killing of mature 9-month-old babies in New York is legal!
This is a blasphemy to the Lord and to what is held morally good, just and right.

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“Come on now Oscar! Isn’t what you just said a little overdramatic?” The short answer is no. The long answer is still no.
In a period where Americans are not producing enough babies for our own sake and future, we get a dark and dangerous signing in New York by a man who thinks he knows best.
This person just shows how low we as a nation have gone. For a man old enough to know right from wrong, he sure is making it hard for me to say something good about him. (This is where I had to stare at the sccreen…leave and come back a few times throughout the four days I have been on this post! I don’t want to call that governor what I really thought of his souls, mind and heart.)
But … and I mean this with all my heart....
He is just a symptom of our moral-less society. He is the epitome of what a leader should not do, and that is the condoning of innocent lives. This is the same person that is anti-war, anti-punishment and anti-everything conservative.
Yet, in his dwindled mind, he thinks that giving murderers a second chance….yes, evil people who have viciously decided to murder another human being, those evil people, a chance to live. There is no Death Penalty in New York. Or at least there hasn’t been in over half a century almost.
Worse than this, when this, this, governor signed the law, people actually cheered.
How, dark, creepy, evil and way out of God’s will are these people?!

—Again, if you get offended easily or are very sensitive to things that you disagree with. I would stop here and ask you to just reconsider what I am saying.

As Americans, we will go to great lengths to post stuff on social media defending the polar bear or a rhino that was killed by a wannabee hunter. We climb and chain ourselves up on trees to protest the little creatures who are becoming extinct. I am one of those that believes that we are caretakers of this wonderful planet. I believe that we will be held responsible by the Creator of the universe if we have violated or have been irresponsible in taking care of what God has given us to nurture.

—Yet I see the total and incredibly hypocritical way that the same people who will drive, fly or sail hundred, if not thousands of miles to save a dolphin or whale or spotted owl, have the sensitivity of a trained underworld assassin when it comes to human babies!

PLEASE STOP HERE IF YOU ARE NOT YET OFFENDED— BUT ARE GETTING HUFFY. THIS I HAVE TOS SAY…

When I see people blatantly and angrily being pro-murder of kids, their very own kids, this is what runs through my mind…

…“Yay, I am now free to unbuckle my midsection and go about my business. Then I will just kill the thing that is living and growing inside of me for my convenience.” ….
…Because your parents did that to you, right!….HAad your parents had the same hypocritical mentality that you now espouse, you would not be here!
…..If you go through great lengths of protecting whatever creature you do and shove your beliefs on others.
Or if you have signed any piece of paper promoting the protection of any creature, and you get angry at those who want to protect human babies along with the rest of the creatures living here on earth.
And you are willingly and blatantly telling people to mind their own business when it comes to human babies.
Because after all, it’s your body and you can do whatever you want with it.
And your man agrees 100% with you.
You my friend are being hypocritical.
BECAUSE….
The baby has its own egg-like embryonic protection. Just like those baby eagles, spotted owls, and other endangered species do.
That baby inside of you is an independent and viably living creature who needs your help the most!

I pray and hope that if you disagree with my assessment, that yu will go and meditate on what I have said. Because the God of this universe, is a Protective Creator, He will hold us all accountable for his little creatures. All of His creation not just the ones you want to pick and choose to help save.

If you have had an abortion, reach out to God. He is an unbelievably gracious and merciful Lord.

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January 25, 2019

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The Name That Shall not Be Named |JESUS IS LORD!

“saying, “By a charge we commanded you not to teach in this name, and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.”But Peter and the apostles answering said, “It is necessary to obey God rather than men.” — Peter in Acts chapter 5:28-29

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I was talking to One of the guys in our family who is in full-time ministry along with his wife. He was telling me that the city Council of that city that the church is in, sent a letter telling all Christian churches that they were not to use the name of Jesus anymore in city council prayer meetings..

That they would have to generalize the name of God in their prayer. So he said that the senior pastor decided not to go.
I disagree 100% with that. As Christians we do not cower because we have the power. As Christians we do not run from fire we run into the fire because like the three young men and the story of Daniel Jesus will hold us and keep us and protect us. We won’t do as the world says — for all to bow down to satanic images and culture; we do not, we cannot.
We stand with the name the name that is no longer popular. The name that People want to get rid of. The name that infuriates those that don’t know him personally.
What I would’ve done as I would’ve gone in there and said in the name of the Lord of lords, king of kings, the name above all names. In the name that I cannot mention.
And his mighty name that I cannot say but one day all will bow down to that Name and that is why I pray in His name.

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—It would behoof all of you not to try to hide His Name that is systematically being deleted. It will be in vain! The Roman Empire tried, they failed. All kingdoms have tried but failed. Don’t make the same mistake as they did. Instead embrace and welcome His name into your lives and into society. Jesus has changed societies for the better.

I for one will never stop exclaiming Jesus Name. I don’t care what authorities do or say. They are but a small vapor in existence. Jesus is the Creator of this universe and exists outside of time and space. He is forever.
Who do you think I will listen to?!

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January 14, 2019January 14, 2019

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May The Tempest’s Cruelty Subside |New Year 2019

“”22 Because of the LORD’s loving devotion we are not consumed,

for His compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning;

great is Your faithfulness!

24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,

“therefore I will hope in Him.””— Lamentations 3

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May The Tempest’s Cruelty Subside

“May the storms you have sailed into

be ending

And calmer winds and waters lay ahead of you

May the tragic paths in the Tempest’s cruelty subside

And your sorrows thru these trials

Be turned into joyful peace

And the coming year the Lord appease

May He see you thru the dark waters

And light your way back to the Rock’s foundation

Where the Glorious Light on the Hill of Grace and mercy

Shine so bright that your rudder follows toward calm

waters where peace is still

And your tears wiped away by the Great Healer

Happy and blessed New Year”—Oscar Roca

January 1, 2019

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Blind Faith — Unseen & Eternal |Christian Faith

I just met a couple in their mid twenties. Both of them are visually impaired. The young lady was leading her husband. Both were very kind and cheerfully going through their obstacles courageously.
I noticed how slow they were going, and figured that this may have been their first time in this restaurant. The wife was struggling with direction and coming towards me. Looking at them I felt horrible that they were blind with no one to help them. I said “hello” to them, so as not to have her bump into me. She was very cheery in her response, which surprised me a bit. She happily asked if they were going the right way towards the parking lot. I calmly and gently started giving her specific directions, letting her know about different things in front of them within the small fenced in area they had entered into.

She gladly took my directions, and they made it through the gauntlet of tables, chairs, and fencing we who can see, take for granted.

I saw them finally making it to the edge of the sidewalk where they would await their ride and was joyful to have helped them in a small way.
The young couple was waiting a while for their ride and I called out to them if they wanted to join me while waiting, the young wife turned towards my voice with a soft, peaceful smile, thanking me again and said that they liked standing. I know that feeling since I sit behind a desk long periods of times.

I thought to myself how we, who have eyesight, have it pretty made in this world. Yet, I can’t help thinking that the young, joyful blind couple is more blessed than those of us with vision.

You see, these young visually impaired adults, have to have full-on faith the minute they wake up. They can’t see the world, yet they go out into it every single day with such courage and enthusiasm, ready to take on every obstacle that comes their way.

I can’t help but think that those of us who have the precious gift of eyesight may learn a thing or two from them. At least I have. It made me ponder…

Are we going out into the world with our faith, ready to take it on?
Or are we wasting our valuable and precious gift of sight squandering the time and wishing how life could be better for us if we just were able to have God do this or that for us?

I choose to have that blind faith of the couple I just met. May God use me to go and spread more of the incredible and courageous faith of going into the world and making a difference for Christ….

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November 14, 2018November 14, 2018

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