The Practice of Thanksgiving Each day in the month of November we are going to be intentional to refocus our hearts on the goodness of God in our lives. Although not all of our readers are leading into a Thanksgiving holiday, please join in anyway! This ...
Each day in the month of November we are going to be intentional to refocus our hearts on the goodness of God in our lives.
Although not all of our readers are leading into a Thanksgiving holiday, please join in anyway! This is a PRACTICLE way to focus our attention away from our difficulties and focus on the blessings and goodness that we experience right now.
Below this document is a download link. Click and print your own document. Fold it up and put it in your Bible or with your journal. Write down three different things you are thankful for every day.
Randomly, send me a copy of yours. And let me know if I can share it. Make sure to write your name and location, City, State, Nation on it. We want to know where the LORD is being praised. Email Lynn
Okay here is the form: Download button is below. Print in color. It is pretty!!!!
This display is on our street. I hate walking by it.
This is a difficult question to work through. I know in my life, when I was a young mom, my kids dressed up. They couldn’t wait to come home with a bag of candy. Mike always walked the neighborhood with the other dads.
Not a big deal! Or perhaps it is????
What most people don’t understand, including believers, is that this night can be tricky? Get it? Grin!
Okay, I’m probably sensitive to anything that highlights the devil, demons, horror and gore. I work with people who have participated in the occult. What they are dealing with is intense, terrifying, and really difficult to remove from their lives.
Typically, people open themselves up to oppression because they give access to the enemy. This is the “free will” component of demonic oppression. There are many obvious ways the doors open, such as through intentional sin. Sin, at its root, is rebellion. The oldest sin in the book. The demonic gain access through trauma, occult practices, idol worship, certain music, media, etc.
Let me share just a couple of observations that I encountered this past couple of weeks. First, I attended a neighborhood bunco get together one evening a week ago. I immediately noticed Halloween ambiance playing through YouTube in her house. The scene was a haunted house, and the music was “spooky.” It felt witchy to me.
After listening to it for an hour, I sat at one of the tables and I felt this creepy feeling come over me and I knew I would win every roll. It was weird. I think this was evil, offering up an enticement. Lynn, you will win if you partner with me. WHOA!!!!!!!
Okay, that was really weird. Here is another problematic issue. A home, in our neighborhood has a Halloween display of distorted clowns. It completely creeps me out and I hate driving by it. The display is, now get this, children in cages, held by these demented clowns. In the very front of the yard is a GIANT Tarantula. It is at least 6-8 feet off the ground. It faces the road and is positioned as if ready to strike anyone who dares to walk by.
What the owner of this house fails to recognize is these violet displays, there is blood too, is an open door to invite demonic critters to infiltrate. For crying out loud, these people have Hell on full display in their front yard. It’s like a broadcast into the spirit realm, “Evil Spirits, come on in.”
A couple of weeks ago I drove by and was stunned to catch a quick sight of a demon on top of the spider riding it like a bucking bronco. I did a double take, and the image was gone. But I sensed in my spirit that it was still there and gleefully laughing in a hideous, scratchy, snark. My friends, the consequence of a hellish display on your property is that the kids in that home and their neighbors then wonder why their two-year-old is having nightmares for weeks.
Christians, this stuff is real. Halloween is challenging for us because our spouses don’t believe in the spiritual realm. But we know it’s real. Remember one third of Christ ministry was to deliver the demon oppressed.
Be thoughtful about the costumes you choose for your kids. Be aware of where they are going. A lot of really evil things go on leading into the witching hour of Halloween Eve, the day and night of Halloween, and Day of the Dead. I am so over it by November 2nd!!!!!!!
Don’t go into fear but stand in your authority in Christ. Stay clear of horror, witchcrafty movies and social media, crystals, tarot cards, psychics and never sage your house. I find there are Christians, unaware, that they are participate in occult practices.
Do you have questions about this topic? What safe practices do you have at your home maintain the Presence of the Holy Spirit?
When you walk by a scary house, leave it with a blessings: Jesus, destroy every work of evil in this home. Bless those who live here with an awareness of your love and goodness. Amen.
Share your experience with me in the comments. Blessings and hugs, Lynn
Lynn Donovan here. I feel as though there are a number of issues that profoundly impact our lives and our faith walk. It started with Charlie. And feel a number of questions arising that absolutely are impactful upon our relationship with our spouse, our relationship with other believers and our relationship with God.
So, randomly, from time-to-time, I’ll schedule a post that starts: What do we do with…..
Today’s question is this. What do we do with AI?
There are vast answers to this question. Currently AI is helpful in many ways. I’ve used AI to create an art project that I had on my mind so that I could paint it at church during worship. And I’ve used AI created art in some of my former posts. I’ve asked AI to create a ministry application document. I’ve asked AI to summarize points in a document or a book.
But here are some things I’ve investigated regarding AI that feel like a warning shot across the bow. Did you know that thousands of people are using AI chatbots to speak with their dead loved ones? Or how about, Talk to God. Ai. This is a platform that mimics God with responses such as, Hello, my child. Just now I searched for AI to talk with God. Here is the first response:
You can engage in conversations with AI platforms like PocketPastor.AI and Divine Talk, which simulate dialogues with spiritual figures and provide guidance based on biblical teachings.
Recently I received an email from a pastor who said that his image is being used in AI to create entire sermons that he never preached. Additionally, an author who was researching Near Death Experiences was tying to source a number of NDE’s that were posted to YouTube only to find out they aren’t real people.
The scary thing the NDE’s researcher said was that one video described their NDE encounter where they met with Jesus and Jesus illuded that homosexuality was not considered a violation of the Bible. Read: 1 Timothy 1:8-11
Okay, I don’t know about you, but I feel as though I’ve turned into a professional BS meter. I’m older than many of you and life wasn’t always this way. People were honest. Companies were honest and had their consumers’ interest and satisfaction was their highest priority.
It’s not like that now. Sifting through all the lies is a 24/7 exhausting existence. Ugh! And now we can speak with God online through a Chatbot!!!!! (sarcasm) Yikes.
Here is the truth. Really hear me now.
We are invited to go directly to God. Hebrews 4:16
We are assured by Jesus, Himself, that we can hear God. John 10:27
Jesus promises communication. John 16:23
As AI develops, we will continue to see greater deceptions that will appeal to thousands of believers. These technologies also appeal to our unbelieving spouse and family members. You will have friends who visit the AI chatbots to talk to their dead relatives. We must have our thoughts and beliefs sorted out now so we can walk through some of these future challenging conversations with truth and conviction in our hearts.
Also, we must realize that the demonic realm will infiltrate these platforms. They are gleefully wringing their gnarled hands in anticipation. The interactions with these simulated platforms will lead people into greater deceptions.
Will AI become the anti-Christ? No, that will be a real person. However, AI could be the beast that comes to life.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Revelation 13:15
Gulp.
I’m not saying that AI is all doom and gloom, but the potential is certainly a reality. Who is really guiding the learning curve of AI. Is it the satanic goth cult of Silicon Valley? Is it evil? Is it good?
How do you wade through the massive amounts of BS that comes through your life each day? Where do you find truth? Where do you find peace? What are your thoughts regarding our faith lives and AI?
See you in the comments. Can’t wait for this conversation. Blessings and hugs, Lynn
My friend, and all-around amazing human, Lynn Donovan, is on the podcast this week.
This is a hope-filled episode! Many people find themselves mismatched in their marriage, and Lynn offers so much hope through her own story, as well as her ministry: Spiritually Unequal Marriage.
This ministry, her books, and her friendship were lifelines to me when I was going through my own marriage.
In addition to sharing her story with us today, Lynn has graciously offered to send not one, but two copies of her book,Marching Around Jericho, to winners who will be randomly drawn from all who enter the giveaway I set up. The fun thing about this giveaway is that you are rewarded for sharing it. Why? Because when I draw the winner’s name, the person who referred that winner receives the second copy of the book! So by sharing, you increase your chances of winning instead of reducing them.
Listen to the episode and then join the giveaway! (See the button below)
