How Do You Handle a Gift from the Lord?

Psalm 127:3-5                        KJV

³ Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

⁴ As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed,

but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Have you ever told a lie to your children? I mean, for their own good, of course. A ‘little fib-a-roonie’. Like the one about an lovable elderly man, with a white beard, red suit, and a plethora of toys. How about the existence of monsters in the world? Have you ever lied about them? I can remember telling my girls that there were no such thing as monsters when they were scared about the possibility of their existence. “Not at all,” I assured them, as I safely tucked them in their canopy beds for the night.

 

The real truth being, that there really are monsters, and I knew it. I just could not bear to tell my children that fact in their tender innocence.

Terrorism knows no boundaries of decency, nor humanity itself. As such, their barbarism extends to children. Back in April of this year, over two-hundred young girls from Nigeria were kidnapped.¹ There were many reports that these girls are Christians. Since their capture, we have seen photographs of them wearing Muslim garb, while being forced to ‘convert’ to Islam. At this posting, these precious young girls are still missing, and presumably, being held in a living hell. Call this the real-life version of Taken.

We know from the Book of Proverbs 27:20a, Hell and destruction are never full. So, along comes the sequel, Taken 2. Just a few days ago, the blood-thirsty and demonic, Boko Haram, struck again. They may have ripped as many as sixty more children³ from their families, stealing perhaps their virginity, and their future life. Prior to the kidnappings, Boko burned at least one school with children inside.⁴

The BBC reports the meaning of Boko Haram as this, “Boko Haram translates from the local Hausa language to mean "Western education is a sin", according to most media reports. But a few voices of doubt have been raised. How could two words convey so much information?

There doesn't seem to be much debate over the word "haram". It means prohibited or sin, most scholars accept. The word is Arabic in origin.

But there is confusion over "boko". Some claimed it was derived from the word book. But African language expert Paul Newman has said they are what the French call "faux amis", two similar sounding words with no relation when it comes to meaning.

Boko Haram translates from the local Hausa language to mean "Western education is a sin", according to most media reports. But a few voices of doubt have been raised. How could two words convey so much information?”⁵

 
We get the idea. Destroy all things western, because all things western are bad. Meanwhile, the voracious and rapacious wood-chipper-like destruction of Boko Haram continues, seemingly, unabated.⁶ Regrettably, they are not alone. Terrorists and their terror are on the march.

We, the West, are in a war. It is a war like no other. The challenge set before us is that those who are supposed to lead us, and protect us, are lying to us. They are telling the world that we will have ‘peace in our day’. We are directed to embrace the Religion of Peace, coexist, and keep truth to ourselves, lest someone, somewhere, be offended. Perhaps they are lying to us for our own good. After all, they know that monsters exist. They don’t want us to be afraid. Perhaps. Or perhaps, there is naiveté. Or perhaps, there is an agenda. Perhaps.

Worse yet, we may be lying to ourselves. They reality is that as we stumble along in the fog of war, or non-war as it were, our children are being decimated in the most cruel of ways imaginable. Unless we face the truth, of the Beast in the Middle East, the once full quiver, will soon be empty. And we will meet the enemy at the gates, and that enemy may just be us.

¹Terrorists kidnap more than 200 Nigerian girls Oren Dorell, USA TODAY 5:27 p.m. EDT April 21, 2014.

²Nigerian schoolgirl abduction: Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping 276 students By Africa correspondent Martin Cuddihy, wires Updated Tue 6 May 2014, 4:32pm, www.abc.net.au/news.

³Nigeria denies clams of book haram abduction of 60 women children. By firstpost last updated on June 26, 2014 at 8:57 am.

^4.World News 05.12.14 Boko Haram Steps Up Its War on Kids.

⁵Who, What, Why: Exactly what does the phrase Boko Haram mean? 13 May 2014 Last updated at 06:21 ET.

⁶Boko Haram burns churches, kills more than 30 people, residents say Posted 6:00 pm, June, 2014, by CNN Wires.

Another Worthy Candidate

April 23, 2014   Pastor Terry Amann Endorses Robert Cramer GRIMES - The Robert Cramer for Congress campaign announces the endorsement by Pastor Terry Amann of Walnut Creek Church.  Pastor Amann has served as pastor of Walnut Creek Church since 2008 and has been an outspoken advocate for conservative candidates such as Governor Mike Huckabee in the 2008 presidential campaign.  Pastor Amann is well respected as a faith based leader in his community.   Pastor Terry Amann Endorsement: “I am a pastor at Walnut Creek Church in Des Moines. I do not speak on behalf of any church, or organization, but as a private, and concerned citizen. As such, I am endorsing Robert Cramer for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Iowa’s Third Congressional District. Robert Cramer is a person of strong faith and integrity. He is someone who will be able to reach across the political divide with respect, and without compromising his beliefs. Robert Cramer will lead with conservative values, and innovative ideas. His thoughtful people skills, combined with his successful business acumen, will allow him to see results in Washington, for the good of our state, and our nation. Robert Cramer will help to put the ‘service’ back into Public Service. Amidst some great candidates for this office, I fully support Robert Cramer.” Robert Cramer issued the following statement upon receiving the endorsement: “I am honored to have the support Pastor Terry Amann.  Pastor Terry is a man of integrity and strong faith who serves as a leader in his community by example.  I appreciate Pastor Terry’s endorsement of our campaign and our message of limited government and unlimited opportunity and look forward to working with him and others in the faith based community as we continue our efforts.”

Standing with Right Standing

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TERRY AMANN ENDORSES SAM CLOVIS

Des Moines – “Today, I am excited to endorse Sam Clovis for the United States Senate,” said Terry Amann, Pastor at Walnut Creek Church in Des Moines.  “I am a pastor in the Des Moines area.  I do not speak on behalf of any church, or organization, but as a private, and concerned citizen.  Sam Clovis has been refreshingly clear and consistent on what he believes, and why he believes it.  He is a person of faith, and common sense.”  Amann continued by saying that while we have solid Republican candidates in this race, Sam Clovis is the most qualified of the field to represent the great state of Iowa in Washington, DC.

Sam Clovis is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Senator Tom Harkin.  Sen. Harkin has announced that he will retire at the end of this Congressional session.

Amann remarked that Sam Clovis has presciently, and wisely, made the areas of the Economy, National Security, and Liberty, the bedrock of his vision, and his campaign.  “Sam is ready to stand in the gap for all Iowans to secure and protect our livelihood for today, and our children’s future, for tomorrow.”

“I am truly grateful for Pastor Amann’s endorsement today,” said Sam Clovis.  “He is a true man of faith and I am honored that he trusts me to go to Washington, DC and represent him in the U.S. Senate.  Faith is bedrock to this campaign, and his endorsement is the trumpet that we all need during this time of uncertainty in our society.”

“Sam Clovis has an impressive resume,” said Amann.  “His distinguished quarter-century of military service to our country, his significant educational background, coupled with the wide breath of life experience and knowledge is what Iowans need in Washington, DC.  Sam Clovis is the person we need to represent Iowa in the United States Senate.

Sam Clovis holds a Masters in Business Administration in Management and a Doctorate in Public Administration.  He is currently a tenured full professor at a private liberal arts college in northwest Iowa.  He served in the United States Air Force for 25 years and still provides leadership to defense and homeland security institutions.  He lives in Hinton, IA with his wife Charlotte and stepson Khan.  More information on the candidate and his campaign may be obtained at www.samclovis.com.

Selfie, Rhetoric, and the Agenda of Evil

The Word of the Year Award* for 2013 was conferred upon "Selfie". In an age of 'it is actually all about me', as defined by other words like iPad, iPhone, iPod, iMac, and My Space, it would seem fitting that some form of self-absorbed diction would carry the banner.

The president might have given Selfie an extra push as he snapped a harmonious Selfie with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and British Prime Minister David Cameron. The occasion of the Mandela funeral was the backdrop for this seemingly, poorly timed pic. While it did not cause an international incident, domestically, it might have, as the First Lady looked on, most un-approvingly.

When words are hung together in sentences they can begin to produces thoughts and ideas, humor and sadness, tragedy and comedy, poetry and song, and the list goes on. Words applied one after another have given us the Holy Bible, and other earthly treasures such as the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, Hamlet, Gone with the Wind, War and Peace, and the Gettysburg Address to name a few.

Regrettably, words have also been used for the agenda of evil. Adolf Hitler was a master orator. He used the power of words for his diabolical plan to try to eradicate the Jew from all existence as he attempted to seize control of the world. Hitler had compiled many words - written and spoken. To the shame of humanity, the outside world was turned inside, and we did not listen, and we did not hear the diatribes of a mega-maniac:

“If we consider how greatly he (the Jew) has sinned against the masses in the course of the centuries, how he has squeezed and sucked their blood again and again; if furthermore, we consider how the people gradually learned to hate him for this, and ended up by regarding his existence as nothing but a punishment of Heaven for the other peoples, we can understand how hard this shift must be for the Jew. Yes, it is an arduous task suddenly to present himself to his flayed victims as a 'friend of mankind.'”**

“The destructive workings of Judaism in different parts of the national body can be ascribed fundamentally to the persistent Jewish efforts at undermining the importance of personality among the nations that are their hosts and, in place of personality, substituting the domination of the masses. The constructive principle of Aryan humanity is thus displaced by the destructive principle of the Jews, They become the 'ferment of decomposition' among nations and races and, in a broad sense, the wreckers of human civilization.”***

Words have meaning on the surface and between the lines. Confucius understood this as evidenced in this pithy wisdom from him, "Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more."

Fast-forward to 2014. Continuous words of threat have been leveled at the tiny nation of Israel. The place where the surviving Jews have reclaimed their God-given, biblically described, homeland. Hitler is a large carbon print in the annals of modern history which has recorded the wickedness of man. But another menace lurks in the shadows. The enemy of the Jew today, is the nation state of Iran.

Much has been said about the Iranian view of the people of Israel. What follows is a sample:

March 21, 2013 "Israel's leaders sometimes threaten Iran, but they know that if they do a d---n thing, the Islamic Republic will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground."
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

April 16, 2013 "According to the Supreme Leader's statement marking Nowruz, if Israel acts foolishly, Tel Aviv and Haifa will be annihilated...The armed forces are prepared with all their power to execute the orders of the Supreme Leader in minimum time."
General Mohammed Hejazi Deputy Chief of Staff

April 18, 2013 "The army of Iran can by itself destroy Israel."
Major General Ataollah Salehi, Commander and Chief of the Iranian Army

May 1, 2013 "The destruction of Israel is the idea of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and is one of the pillars of the Iranian Islamic regime. We cannot claim that we have no intention of going to war with Israel!"
Ahmad Alamolhoda Member of the Assembly of Experts

May 2, 2013 "Every Muslim who does not want to fight Israel is violating religious law and is essentially forgetting Israel's crimes over the past 60 years on Islamic soil."
Mohammad Dehghan Member of the Majlis Executive Comitttee

June 9, 2013 "As the Supreme Leader has stated, if the Zionists cause any problems for Iran, Haifa and Tel Aviv will be annihilated. "
Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, Senior Military Advisor to the Supreme Leader

June 27, 2013 "If Israel launches even the smallest attack against Iran, Tel Aviv and Haifa will be annihilated..."
Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami Member of the Presidium of the Assembly of Experts

July 31, 2013 "We must spare no effort in liberating holy Jerusalem and cutting off the hands of the infidels from this holy site,"
Ayatollah Mohammd Reza Mahdavi Kani Assembly of Experts Chairman

July 31, 2013 "The day is near in which the sword of resistance and Islamic Awakening will cut off the blood supply of the occupiers of the holy land of Palestine."
Revolutionary Guards Statement

July 31, 2013 "If once the destruction and demise of occupying Israel was an impossible and unattainable dream, today, thanks to the historic and intelligent actions of Imam Khomeini, (the destruction of Israel) has become possible and is actually in the process of occurring."
Iranian Military of Defense statement.

August 2, 2013 "The Zionist regime will soon be destroyed, and this generation will be witness to is destruction."
Hojatoleslam Ali Shirazi Supreme Leader's Revolutionary Guards representative

August 2, 2013 "The only way to subdue the enemies is by refusing to compromise on the goals of the resistance and to remain strong, the future of criminal nations such as the Zionists will be erased from the history books."
Hojatoeslam Mohammad Hassan Akhtari Hizbullah Operations Liaison
and former Ambassador to Syria

November 19, 2013 "we will not abandon our (armed) struggle until the annihilation of Israel and until we will be able to pray in al-Aqsa Mosque."
Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi Commander of the Basji militia

November 21, 2013 "The day will come when the Islamic people in the region will destroy Israel and save the world from this Zionist base."
Hojatelesalm Alireza Panahian Advisor to the Office of the Supreme Leader in Universities****

Translation - if you tell somebody enough times that you are going to smash them in the face, it means, you eventually will. The learned sage known as Prof. History has proven this over and over again. Are we listening? Are we hearing? Will we stand by and watch with the volume down? Proverbs 18:21 captures this moment, Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

I recently traveled to Israel in order to get a pulse of the people and their situation in light of the Iranian rhetoric, and  their nuclear program. Two areas were made very clear. They are:
1. Israel will have defensible borders
2. Israel will defend herself

We can pray for Israel. We can sound the alarm for Israel. We can keep the heat on our leaders to protect Israel.

The good news is this - God will have the last word, Zechariah 12:8-9 In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them. 9 And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Cool beans. God will have the last word...




*blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/11/word-of-the-year-2013-winner/

**Volume One - A Reckoning
Chapter XI: Nation and Race
www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/
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 ***Volume Two - The National Socialist Movement
Chapter IV: Personality and the Conception of the Folkish State
www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/
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****Iranian quotes taken from, Sworn to Destruction: What Iranian Leaders Continue to Say about Israel in the Rouhani Era, by Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall & Daniel Rubenstein.

Snapchat! Wait - That Was Our Money!

Bitcoins, or Bitter coins? A dollar just doesn't go as far as it used to.

The Good Book has several passages about finances. In it, we find among other things that, going after it is futile since holding on to it can be a challenge also. Consider Proverbs 23:4-5 (NASB). Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it. When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

The harsh reality though, given the current monetary policy we are on, is that money will not even have a chance to fly. The money won't get very high, but perhaps the policy makers are stoned. A crash and burn is the more likely scenario, post munchies, of course.

The monetary policy is very simple to understand, even without academic credentials from an hoity-toity Ivy League School of higher learning. More highs. Is Wacky Tobacky everywhere now? So here is the policy - print-print-print-print-again, I say, print!

Now, here is what you may not know:
We begin with history. A not too distant history, really. The history of Nazi Germany. When you compare what is happening in the United States as we breathe, with events leading up to Nazi control of Germany, we see some serious and frightening similarities. The fate of money was of one of those that we can compare.

Hyper-inflation raged in Germany in the early 1920's. Micro-wealth concentration due to certain banking policies, a poor taxation plan, and unrealistic war reparations, were among the causes. Inflation reached incredible highs (yup) such that, as of, "...November 1923, the German mark reached the dizzy figure of 4,200,000,000 to the dollar."* The policy was to print-print-print-print, and print. Presses were rolling 24-hours a day to try and keep up with the demand for the paper money. The net result was chaos, starvation, and the destruction of the lower and middle classes of Germany. Freedoms were taken away and the path to Fascism was laid wide open.

What of the U.S.? Well, there is Obamacare. Many citizens of our nation are seeing health insurance increases of 40-50%, or more, with, Oh wow man, higher deductibles. With those numbers, often comes higher than Ridgemont High, deductibles.

Couple this drama with a stock market that has bubble written all over it, because, you guessed it - it is getting too high, too fast. In addition, there is an ominous chasm of value within.

Thus, here is the scenario:
The lower and middle classes get crushed under Obamacare, Extreme wealth concentration protects the few over the many. What follows next is a massive stock-market blow-out. The currency gets devalued in a desperate attempt to get the markets back to some order. It fails. The knock-out game is replaced with much greater brutality as chaos reigns in the streets. Israel must strike nuclear sites in Iran and war breaks out in the Middle East due to our flawed peace deal with the Persians. Gas rockets to $250.00 per barrel. The rank and file make a mad scramble for commodities, but there are just too many dollars chasing too few goods. Demands sinks supply. Then the hyper-inflation monster rears its ugly, green head. The dollar collapses. Martial law is ushered in, and welcomed. A Dictator who refuses to entertain dissent leads out. Freedom, as we know it, becomes a memory, and then a Pollyanna myth in the ash-heap of history.

Lesson:
The money we print today, will be the wall-paper of tomorrow. It might even be good for rolling papers.

What to do:
We cannot put our hope, nor our trust in any one man, or any one system. Our hope has to be in the Lord and His promises. What follows is not a likely scenario. This is coming to a theater near you.
2 Peter 3:10-13
¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
¹¹ Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, ¹² looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! ¹³ But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Heaven. Hmmmmm. A place where righteousness dwells. You can't get any higher than that.


* Koppel S. Pinson quoted in The Rise of Nazi Germany, p.55.

 

ObamaScare and the Spreading of Infectious Ideology

 

Ripe for the season of Zombies we have the roll-out for the ObamaScare Dancing Medicine Show, or what I call the OBSDMS.

The first thing to do is to take a pulse on the program. I believe a good doctor asks the right questions. So what do we hear?

Echoing across the land we hear medically incorrect questions. Questions like, ‘What did we know?’ and ‘When did we know it?’ Sound familiar? These questions, and more like them, are now being asked because the OBSDMS roll-out has become a fold-up. The patient is flat-lining. How could this happen? Who did it? Thus the Capitol Hill hearings go on in search for the truth.

We have been told that, once again, our president was misinformed. You see, the buck can’t stop at the Oval Office if it never gets there. In the end, that’s probably a good thing since the buck is worth a whole lot less than it was back in the days of Harry Truman. Web Sites For Dummies is now all the rage. And to be honest, I really could use a copy of that book myself. P.S. Okay, Snowden, you can come back now.

Since we have a Dancing Medicine show in the OBSDMS we must ask, what is the dance of choice? Well, tap-dancing, of course. Our current performer is none other than Kathleen Sebelius. Will she make the final final of Dancing with the Stars? Maybe, but employment in the future may be difficult for her. The good news though, if she loses her job, she will be able to get health insurance…if she can get through on the website.

Sebelius joins a notable list of other tappers who have become the fall-guy, I mean fall-gal, for failed presidential leadership. Consider the following:

Nancy Pelosi – OBSDMS: “So, that’s why I was saying we have to pass a bill so we can see so that we can show you what it is and what it isn’t.” These few chilling words may say more about the extreme infirmity of our democratic republic than anything else.

Susan Rice – Benghazi: “This is a response to a hateful and offensive video that was widely disseminated throughout the Arab and Muslim world…” Two weeks after the attack she was clinging to this story. By that time, even my Blue Heeler dog knew the ‘film that nobody ever saw’ story was BALONEY.

Hillary Clinton – Benghazi: “What difference at this point does it make?!” Perhaps we should ask the families of four dead American soldiers what difference it makes. Meanwhile, justice weeps tears of blood.

Lois Lerner – IRS: “One of the basic functions of the 5th Amendment is to protect innocent individuals. And that is the protection I'm invoking today.” Translation: ‘I will hide behind what is left of the very document we have been shredding.’

Kathleen Sebelius – OBSDMS: “Yes, he is.” Her response when asked if the president was keeping his promise.

Tap-dancing, or just give me “Taps”?

I know that the rules of engagement in the 21^st century include women on the front lines. Clearly, not only is the president leading from behind, but he is hiding behind these women. But what is even more troubling is that they are covering the destroyer, so he can continue to destroy. In other words, they are promulgating a culture that would please the leader, and further the cause. You do remember the cause don’t you – “Change is coming to America.” You have to admit, that campaign promise has been kept.

World history has not been immune to this infection. We saw this behavior of promoting and anticipating the thought processes of an ideologue permeate Nazi Germany. For example, in John Toland’s classic book, The Last 100 Days, p. 74, Toland shares private letters between Hitler’s private secretary, Martin Bormann, and his wife, Gerda. It is near the end for Nazi Germany, yet they both hold out a false hope for Hitler’s Nationalist Socialist agenda. In one of those letters from Gerda to Martin, she writes, “…the Fuhrer has given our idea of the Reich, which has spread-and is secretly still spreading-throughout the world. The unbelievable sacrifices our people are making-sacrifices they are capable of making only because they are imbued and possessed with that idea-are proof of its strength and show to all the world how just and necessary our struggle is.

One day the Reich of our dreams will emerge. Shall we, I wonder, or our children, live to see it?...”

Back when president Clinton was ensnared in his Impeachment hearings, I was asked what I thought about the whole mess. My response should not surprise. Like so many other people, I was greatly saddened by events which led to the Impeachment trial. But I was concerned about a greater threat. I said that while we watch the circus, because that is exactly what that trial was, while we watch, our enemies are gathering against us. Recent history has shown us that is exactly what Al Qaeda was doing.

Well, folks, step right up. The circus is back in town. And we are distracted. Gerda's dream has become our nightmare. Our enemies, external and internal, are gathering. Women with a bully-pulpit are fodder for an idea that is imploding all around them. The rest of us, well,... we have become a nation of Zombies.

Mambo anyone?

 

Prayer Alters the Equation

 

In my devotional time today I read about how an angel set Peter free from prison in Acts 12. So Peter is free at last, and he goes to the disciples who are gathered together and are praying Acts 12:12. Yet they are amazed to see him as described in Acts 12:16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

Well then, what were they praying for? The devotional I read concluded with these words, “The most powerful position on earth is kneeling before the Lord of the universe.”

This all directs me to the deception and destruction of abortion. Our weekly prayer vigil remnant is coming upon our third year at the Urbandale, Iowa, Planned Parenthood location. It is a place, on a hill, where we pray for the insanity of abortion to cease, and we pray for all the people who are involved.

Days turn into weeks, weeks become months, months turn into years, and all of it gives you cause to wonder. Are we having an impact? And now, of course, the thermometer is reminding us that winter is already lurking…

Yet, there is cause for celebration.  There have been some pro-life victories here and there around the country. And in our corner, God has provided a few more prayer warriors over time. Slowly yes, but they are coming.  All of which has inspired me to relay the solution I believe is a game changer for the cause of pro-life.

It’s a simple answer, and one you may recognize immediately. Adoption – but not what first comes to mind when you hear that word. This plan is adoption in two phases.

Phase 1: You – not someone else – but you – adopt an abortion clinic. Don’t burden yourself with all of the abortion locations. Rather, select one. Make a long-time pledge with the Lord to pray for the workers there; to pray for the people who go in for services; and to pray for that location to close down. Go to your adopted location and pray. Be consistent. Be persistent. Go inside and bring the workers coffee and donuts. Also, take the advice of the apostle Paul from 1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all that you do be done in love.

Phase 2: Pray. Prayer alters the equation because it alters us initially. Now we may be ready to take the word abort, and change the b to a d, and the r to a p, and we come up with adopt. The same works if you take abortion and turn it into adoption. Two phases and two letters, and we just might see a spiritual earthquake.

I don’t know about you, but I am very thankful that my parents were pro-lifers right about the time the Lord had me scheduled for the ride of a lifetime through the birth canal. So prayers of thanksgiving are appropriate too.

None of us when we die, and stand before our Creator, will say, “Ya know, I spent way too much of my earthly life in prayer!” Prayer and adoption – that’s the ticket. And when we pray, let’s pray with more expectation than amazement.