Month: October 2019
Beth Moore / False Prophet
Beth Moore came on the scene about twenty five years ago, as a leader of women’s gatherings. She was originally reputable as being faithful to the Word of God. Well…..no longer. The wheels have long since come off of her wagon, and she has become yet another casualty of apostasy. She is heavily ingrained in the “Me Too” movement, Feminism, Word Of Faith teachings and many other undesirable beliefs both seen and heard below. Because of Him, Pastor Steve <><
Repent And Be Cleansed By The Blood Of Christ Before Judgment
By thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:37
There’s no escaping our own history. Like a ball and chain, it will follow every unrepentant sinner to the final judgment. Can anyone imagine the horror of having every blasphemous, ungrateful, hateful, or malicious thing we’ve ever spoken replayed before the Judge of all the earth? What possible plea of innocence could we make? But, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin, and releases us into eternal absolution. -Rick Morse
Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fast bound in sin and nature’s night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray, I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; My chains fell off, my heart was free; I rose went forth and followed Thee. -Charles Wesley
How The Loneliness Epidemic Is Linked To Pornography
Breaking News Updates – October 22
How The Loneliness Epidemic Is Linked To Pornography
Over the past several years, there has been a surge in people who experience loneliness. As it continues to grow, another epidemic continues to be on the rise – pornography. Research has shown that loneliness is one of the main factors in porn addiction.
By Luke Gibbons/KingdomWorks October 22, 2019
Over the past several years, there has been a surge in people who experience loneliness. As it continues to grow, another epidemic continues to be on the rise – pornography. Research has shown that loneliness is one of the main factors in porn addiction.
According to Sam Guzman, the co-author of Transformed by Beauty, “Research shows rates of loneliness among adults have doubled from 20% to 40% since the 1980s. And according to the General Social Survey, an annual study of societal conditions in the United States, the average American has not a single close friend to confide in or rely on in a crisis. Not one.”
And the problem is not just in America. In Britain, for example, nine million people said they frequently or always feel lonely. The British government even created the position of Minister for Loneliness to begin to address the issue.
Recent research by Cigna found that:
• Nearly half of Americans report sometimes or always feeling alone (46 percent) or left out (47 percent).
• One in four Americans (27 percent) rarely or never feel as though there are people who really understand them.
• Two in five Americans sometimes or always feel that their relationships are not meaningful (43 percent) and that they are isolated from others (43 percent).
• One in five people report they rarely or never feel close to people (20 percent) or feel like there are people they can talk to (18 percent).
• Generation Z (adults ages 18-22) is the loneliest generation.
A Link Between Loneliness And Porn Usage
Research is showing that loneliness and porn usage have a definite connection. Guzman noted,
“A recent study published in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy reported a strong positive association between loneliness and pornography use. Put simply, if you’re chronically lonely, you’re far more likely to use porn on a regular basis.”
A YouGov survey found that “Millennials are more likely than older generations to report that they have no acquaintances (25% of Millennials say this is the case), no friends (22%), no close friends (27%), and no best friends (30%).”
But loneliness is not just a problem for younger men and women.
According to Tim Rollins, a research director at Stop Procrastinating, “Our survey shows that Internet pornography is now affecting every generation. Older men are either turning to pornography out of loneliness or because they have access to it through the Internet. But there is evidence that Internet pornography is fueling loneliness and depression.”
Is Porn A Cause Of Loneliness For Singles?
Porn can trap a single man or woman into an ongoing cycle of loneliness. This can keep them from developing healthy relationships with their friends, family, and people in general.
Butler explained, “The mind fantasizes and biologically the sexual system tricks the brain into imagining it’s having a relationship experience and can thus mask loneliness–but only temporarily. In this way, pornography exploits the sexual system but only tricks the brain for a while. The user can’t escape the fact that when the experience is over, they’re still alone in an empty room.”
“So, when sexual intoxication wears off, the experience may only end up excavating a deeper emptiness–a setup for a vicious cycle. We hypothesize that this experience could create the potential for getting trapped in the short-term, feel-good escape of pornography joined with long-term loneliness.”
You may be using pornography to medicate pain from your childhood. Or maybe you have deep emotional trauma that makes you try to avoid personal interaction. Using porn to avoid relationships that may add more pain to your life will not relieve the hurt you feel.
Michele Langmead wrote for Focus on the Family that
“We can’t go back to childhood to reclaim the love we missed out on, but that doesn’t mean the emptiness can’t be filled and the losses restored. Even though we can’t change the way we were raised, there is hope for healing.”
Porn Leads To Isolation
Loneliness and pornography create an unhealthy cycle that can feel almost impossible to break free from. A guy turns to pornography to sooth his loneliness, feels worthless as a result, which makes it even less likely that he will pursue a relationship.
Paul Loosemore, MA PLPC, the author of 21 Movements Towards Life, wrote, “When pleasure, motivation and relational interest are low, isolation is a common experience. Furthermore, a porn addiction can cause people to spend countless hours searching for porn in secret. Unfortunately, the isolation that is commonly built also serves to create further despair and negative experiences.”
It is vital to get connected to a small group of godly men who know first-hand about struggling with porn. They will provide you with support and encouragement. Furthermore, they will not judge you because they know how intense the battle is.
“Accountability will help end isolation and provide support for changing behaviors. Setting up boundaries, removing access and refraining from sex will allow the brain’s reward pathway to slowly recalibrate,” said Loosemore.
“Coupling relational growth and rewiring the brain is a powerful practice because relationships can become satisfying and sustaining. Then eventually sex can be enjoyed again within the realms of its intended function.”
You Can Be Free
How do you begin to experience the same healing that others have found? By boldly stepping out of your lonely comfort zone and seeking the help of other men.
Samuel James, who serves on the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said,
“You are not too far gone, no matter how addicted you may be or how many people have been hurt by your sin. The gospel invites you to come to God, not so He can congratulate you or condemn you, but that He might adopt you.”
“God alone can take your loneliness and turn it into something beautiful, for His glory and your good, ” said Ashley Chesnut of The Church at Brook Hills. “But this requires entrusting your loneliness to him–leaning into his character and trusting his sufficiency. So the next time loneliness hits, bring it to your Savior and Friend, confident that He cares for you.”
An End to Isolation
Dr Ted Roberts is the host of a cinematic course called the Conquer Series, which is helping over a million men find freedom from pornography. Dr Roberts explains, how healing comes through being in community, “You were wounded in community; therefore, you have to be healed in community.”
This is why it is so important that in overcoming pornography and isolation, people have to be in a group. The Conquer Series is used in a group setting where men find support, accountability and encouragement.
Jay, a Conquer Group leader in Michigan, contacted us to share his experience. “In my first group, one young man had a fiancée who said if he did not get help, she would not marry him. They were married last September.”
David in Austin, Texas, wrote,
“I have been part of many many men’s groups and at least three other purity groups. There was a time many years ago that I truly believed I could never be free. Well that was/is a lie! I joined a local group to watch the Conquer Series to stay free, get more free, and help those still in bondage. There is nothing else like this program!”
Learn more about bringing healing to your community at ConquerSeries.com
Read more at https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=3541#sYzbQ83v6FbFWt4M.99
SCARS
Brokenness is the key to Christian growth, as noted throughout the Bible, cited often on this blogsite, and we feel it in everyday life. We are broken when we come to salvation, followed by innumerable trials during our lives. The well known Christian contemporary recording artist Toby Mac just lost his son, 21-Year-Old Truett Foster McKeehan, two or three days ago. Medics responded to a call of cardiac arrest; the cause of death not yet determined. Toby recently wrote the song Scars in 2018, about the hard experiences of life. He wrote it when his eldest son first left home for California. Now he is again living his own song, and experiencing one of the hardest losses that one can receive. The story of his tragic loss, the song and lyrics are in the cited article below. The Lord bless him throughout this valley and test of faith, Pastor Steve
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Christian Rapper TobyMac’s 21-Year-Old Son, Truett Foster McKeehan, Dies Unexpectedly at Home
“Truett did pass away at home in the Nashville area sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning,” a representative for TobyMac confirmed in a statement to various outlets
By Jordan Runtagh October 24, 2019 03:00 PM
Truett Foster McKeehan, the son of Christian rapper TobyMac, has died suddenly at his Tennessee home at the age of 21. According to various outlets, the details of his death are not yet known.
“Truett did pass away at home in the Nashville area sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning,” a representative for TobyMac confirmed in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. “Cause of death has not been determined.”
The Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed he died Wednesday after medics responded to a cardiac arrest call at the family’s home.
“Toby was traveling back from Canada and did not get home to be with his family until after midnight last night so there is no statement,” representatives told The Tennessean. “We just ask that everyone please be respectful of their privacy during this time and allow them to grieve their loss.”
Truett Foster McKeehan and TobyMac TobyMac/Instagram
RELATED: TobyMac Pays Tribute to Late Son Truett McKeehan: ‘He Had a Grand Personality and Dreams to Match’
TobyMac shared a loving statement about his late son with PEOPLE on Thursday.
“Truett Foster McKeehan had joy that took the room when he entered. He was a magnetic son and brother and friend. If you met him you knew him, you remembered him,” TobyMac wrote in a statement. “His smile, his laugh, the encouragement he offered with words or even without. He had an untamable grand personality and dreams to match. And he hated being put in a box.”
TobyMac (born Kevin McKeehan), went on to praise his son’s musical talents, calling him a “true artist.”
“He expressed himself through the music he made. And by made I mean, written, recorded, produced, mixed, and designed the art. All of it. A true artist,” the rapper added, before reflecting on his son’s first show a week ago, which was “nothing short of electric.”
“Everyone felt it, everyone knew it. He could’ve easily taken the easy route and put music out when he was 12, 14, 16, even 18, but he always said he wanted to live some life and have something to say before he did it. He didn’t want to be a child star, he wanted to be a man with scars and a story to tell. I always admired, respected and encouraged that stand,” he continued.
Lyrics
No, no
Yeah I’m
Just beepin’ right now
I gotta go
Hey
Had you on my mind
Had a little time
Know we kinda overdue
Turnin’ back the pages
To our younger days, yeah
I can still imagine you
Boomin’ like a thunder
Chasin’ life with wonder
With fire that could light a room
Bottom kinda fell out
Waited for the rebound
But you never made a move
When life cuts so deep
Try and remember
You are not alone
We’ve all been there
Scars come with livin’
You are not alone
We’ve all been there (been there, been there, oh), oh
So lift your head, lift your head
Lift your head to where your help comes from
Yeah, you, you’re not alone
We’ve all been there
Scars come with livin’
Life ain’t got no sequel
We all broken people
The only road to found is lost
Oversimplifyin’
Ain’t no shame in tryin’
Passion never counts the cost
Now you won’t take my phone calls
You won’t text me back at all
I just wanna see you
I can’t stand to see you gone
Yesterday I missed you
Yesterday I played your song
I’m oversimplifyin’, I’m oversimplifyin’
But try and remember
You are not alone
We’ve all been there
Scars come with livin’
You are not alone
We’ve all been there (been there, been there, oh), oh
So lift your head, lift your head
Lift your head to where your help comes from
Yeah, you, you’re not alone
We’ve all been there
Scars come with livin’
(Scars come, scars come, oh, scars come
Oh, scars come with livin’
Scars come, scars come, oh, scars come
Oh, scars come with livin’)
It doesn’t matter who you are
This world gon’ leave some battle scars
It doesn’t matter who you are
This world gon’ leave some battle scars
It doesn’t matter who you are
This world gon’ leave some battle scars
It doesn’t matter who you are
This world gon’ leave some battle scars
You, you’re not alone
We’ve all been there
Scars come with livin’
You, you’re not alone, you’re not alone
So lift your head up
To where your help comes from
Lift your head up
Oh, scars come with livin’
Lift your head up
To where your help comes from
Lift your head up
Oh, scars come with livin’, (lift your head up)
It doesn’t matter who you are
This world gon’ leave some battle scars
It doesn’t matter who you are
This world gon’ leave some battle scars
It doesn’t matter who you are
This world gon’ leave some battle scars
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Toby McKeehan / Bryan Fowler / Cole Walowac
Scars lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group
Truett Foster McKeehan, the son of Christian rapper TobyMac, has died suddenly at his Tennessee home at the age of 21. According to various outlets, the details of his death are not yet known.
“Truett did pass away at home in the Nashville area sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning,” a representative for TobyMac confirmed in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. “Cause of death has not been determined.”
The Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed he died Wednesday after medics responded to a cardiac arrest call at the
Foster McKeehan was also an aspiring Christian rapper, releasing music on various platforms under the names TRU, Shiloh and Truett Foster. Over the years joined forces with his father on several tracks. TobyMac (born Kevin McKeehan) recently penned “Scars” after his eldest son left home to pursue his dreams.
“When life cuts so deep try and remember, you are not alone, we’ve all been there, scars come with livin’,” he raps on the song. “You are not alone, we’ve all been there. So lift your head, lift your head, lift your head to where your help comes from.”
“He moved to L.A. and he’s making music and he’s doing his thing,” TobyMac told The Tennessean last October. “But to watch him go through that, and watch him get bruised, it’s not easy. So that’s one of the ways life has changed. In that song, I just want him to know he’s not alone.”
The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton, Editor ~ September 20, 2019
Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
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The Amen Corner
There can be no faith so feeble that Christ does not respond. -Alexander Maclaren
Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are freemen fighting for the blessings of liberty – that slavery will be your portion and that of your posterity if you do not acquit yourselves like men. -George Washington
As the firmament is bespangled with stars, so are the sacred pages with promises and divine engagements. -Stephen Charnock
Oh, how I wish I could adequately set forth the glory of the One who is worthy to be the object of our worship! I do believe that if our new converts – the babes in Christ – could be made to see His thousand attributes and even partially comprehend His being, they would become faint with a yearning desire to worship and honor and acknowledge Him, now and forever. -A. W. Tozer
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. -Abraham Lincoln
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice. -Matthew Henry
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that one could find no fault with what he had done. -John Henry Newman
No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence. -Woodrow Wilson
Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer, except that which lies outside the will of God. -Phillips Brooks
I am a brokenhearted man, not for myself, but on account of others. God has given me such a sight of the value of precious souls that I cannot live if souls are not saved. Give me souls, or else I die. -John Smith
Other books were given for our information; the Bible was given for our transformation. -The Defender
Only The Blood Of Christ Will Protect You From The Wrath Of God At The Judgement
Romans 8:1 King James Version (KJV)
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
At the Exodus, a lamb’s blood was applied to the door of each Hebrew house and so the oldest child was protected when the destroying angel passed through the land of Egypt. Later in Israel’s history, Rahab, upon instruction from the spies, hung a scarlet cord in her window, sheltering in safety as the walls of Jericho collapsed. There is another judgement coming and each of us needs to be sure that we have trusted Jesus to take the penalty for our sin. Are you safe should that judgement fall? -Janet Fleming
Today there is given a warning, of the danger if you do not choose, God’s offer of love and forgiveness – why do you the Saviour refuse? I challenge you now to consider, the risk as you linger once more – Is scarlet thread in your heart’s window? Is blood applied over the door? -Janet Fleming
Christianity Is A Cause That Is Greater Than Our Life ~ Quotable Quotation
Corrie ten Boom, author of The Hiding Place, shared that when her family was arrested and threatened with death for rescuing Jews during the Holocaust, her father Casper replied, “It would be an honor to give my life for God’s ancient people.”
Hebrews 11:25-26 King James Version (KJV)
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Christianity Is Dying Rapidly In The United States Of America….
….and no one has to tell me that. I saw Charles Stanley preaching to primarily seniors yesterday. I will start teaching a class tomorrow at a local Bible Institute and nearly all of the students are my age (66) and older. So one lesson we can learn from the circumstances here, is do not disparage your church for not reaching more people when atheism and apostasy abound. The dangerous fact of the matter is this vacuum will be filled by radical Islam if the Lord tarries. Do you want to know what America will look like in two or three decades (or less)? Look at Europe. Enough said. Maranatha, Pastor Steve <><
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U.S. Christian Population in Freefall,
12% Drop in Ten Years
October 21, 2019
Christianity in the United States is declining at an unprecedented rate, a new study by the Pew Research Council revealed Thursday, and the percentage of Christians in the country has hit an all-time low.
In just ten years the percentage of U.S. adults that identify as Christians dropped by a remarkable 12 percent, Pew found, from to 77 percent to just 65 percent, the lowest point in the nation’s 243-year history.
Protestantism and Catholicism have both suffered significant losses, with the number of Protestants dropping from 51 percent in 2009 to just 43 percent today, while the number of Catholics has fallen from nearly a quarter of the population (23 percent) to just one-in-five (20 percent) since 2009.
During the same period, the number of religious “nones” — those who self-identify as atheist, agnostic, or “nothing in particular” — has shot up by a stunning 17 percent and this group now makes up more than a quarter of the population (26 percent).
The number of atheists in the country has doubled since 2009, from just 2 percent of the population to the current 4 percent. Agnostics now make up 5 percent of the adult population, up from just 3 percent in 2009, while those who describe their religion as “nothing in particular” has leapt from 12 percent to 17 percent in this ten-year period.
In absolute terms, the number of religiously unaffiliated adults in the U.S. has grown by almost 30 million since 2009.
The increase of the religiously unaffiliated has been most acute among young adults, resulting in a markedly less religious generation. Fewer than half of Millennials (49 percent) describe themselves as Christians, while four-in-ten identify as religious “nones” and another ten percent identify with non-Christian faiths.
Along with the trend toward religious disaffiliation, a similar trend away from religious practice has also emerged over the past decade, Pew found. The number of regular worship attenders (who say they attend religious services at least once or twice a month) dropped by 7 percentage points since 2009, offset by a comparable rise in the number who now say they attend religious services less often (if at all).
Whereas in 2009 regular worship attenders outnumbered those who attend services only occasionally (or not at all) by a margin of 52 percent to 47 percent, today those figures are reversed, Pew discovered. Now a majority of Americans say they attend religious services a few times a year or less (54 percent) while 45 percent say they attend at least once a month.
Source: Breitbart
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Pray For Revival In America!
Noah’s Flood
If you have ever wondered what happened on earth during Noah’s Flood, you will want to see this fascinating short film from Genesis Apologetics.
It’s exciting!
Even Steven 