Posted by: the warrioress | December 26, 2012

Transition

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“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed [changed] by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:2 ).

God renews our minds as followers of Christ. We are often in flux, ever-changing and growing in Him. He changes us if we are open to it; this is an important part of our spirituality in this relationship with Him.

If we choose to close ourselves off from Him and refuse to grow, we become stagnant and unmoving. God uses us best when we allow ourselves to be open to transformation and the transition process we go through while we’re being transformed.

Going through transition can be confusing. We can feel vaguely unsettled sometimes or even uncertain. I’m learning to trust that I’ll come through transition unscathed and the wiser for it. Every time I think I’ve found myself and know myself as I relate to Christ, God shows me another facet or layer I hadn’t comprehended, that I don’t know at all.

I find I don’t know much in the overall scheme of things. Humility is best because I see daily that I have just touched the surface of all the Holy Spirit has for me to learn.

Posted by: the warrioress | December 24, 2012

Our Christmas Eve

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. — 1 Thessalonians 5:18

And it’s another Christmas Eve for my little family!

We are truly blessed here and thank God for everything He has given us through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

We’ve done our Christmas shopping, paid our December bills, hung our Christmas lights, got our little Christmas tree into the window and decorated, and now we’re ready to clean up the house and relax!

We’re having a honey-baked, smoked ham this Christmas, prepared courtesy of Bill Miller’s. We’ll also have some dressing, sautéed cabbage, potato salad, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, olives, hearts of palm dinner salad, and pecan pie!

We hope to go to church late this evening for a Christmas Eve service.

I hope you are as blessed as my daughter and I have been so far this Christmas. We are very thankful and appreciate all of you who have been faithfully reading all year. May you have a lovely, pleasant, happy Christmas and remember the birth of Jesus Christ! He is the reason for the season.

If you are alone, lonely, saddened, or simply without hope, please simply pause, get on your knees, and call out to Him. Tell Him what you’re feeling and tell Him you want Him to change your life.  Ask Him to take charge of your life. Tell Him you believe and want to experience a relationship with Him. Ask Him to forgive your trespasses, repenting and being sorry for these sins sincerely. Your life will change — and for the better; I promise you.

If you’ve met Jesus Christ through reading my blog now or over this last year and want to know more, please email me privately at Biblewarrioress@aol.com, and allow me to help you move forward with your life as a Christian.

God bless you this fine evening!

The Warrioress@ Lifeofafemalebiblewarrior.wordpress.com

Adrienne

Posted by: the warrioress | December 20, 2012

Adulterating the word of God

Kayode Crown is a bible teacher at Daily Meditation. This particular post, “Adulterating the word of God,” is an incredible posting that holds much truth for all of us. It is so easy to preach from a place of anger or with an agenda in an  attempt to sway people. Is what we “preach” and “teach” really God’s will?  Is it really the word of God? It cannot hurt to ask ourselves these questions and do as Kayode suggests and check ourselves. I know I will certainly plan to do so in the future. Thanks, Kayode. Wonderful work here….

Posted by: the warrioress | December 19, 2012

Go Piers Morgan!

I think this interview is well worth watching. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a talking head insult anyone in quite the same way as Piers Morgan insulted Larry Pratt in this debate/interview; I just had to cheer him on. This is an extremely serious issue that many of us are quite passionate about.

We can’t just let this battle lie this time. Something needs to be done. I  hope Americans are not going to sit back and not react while we continue to lose our rights to an education, recreational pursuits, shopping, and normal living activities because someone wants to have access to an AK-47. How did the criminals get the upper hand in this country? How are we allowing such a thing?

The gun murder rate in America is off the charts.  When little children are being murdered in their very classrooms — innocent babies who are required by law to go to school, but are not safe there, we have to act! This just cannot continue. President Obama must reinstate the ban on assault weapons and create a more secure environment at every school entrance with metal detectors and ID check.  And at the very least, we need metal detectors and security  where people are congregating to enjoy themselves. The state of this country has changed, and we have to change along with it.

Posted by: the warrioress | December 18, 2012

Just My Take on the Matter

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My young teen’s school called today, leaving a message about the security of the middle school campus. Apparently, they are stepping up patrols in the attempt at easing parental minds. I doubt anyone’s mind is eased, regardless.

This isn’t a political discussion for me, at this point. It’s pretty simple. I have a child in school. She’s my only daughter. I’m not going to live every day of my life worrying about when her middle school is going to be shot up to hell and back. I want something done about the problem yesterday.

I don’t care about the politics of it, just as I’m fairly certain most parents who have school age children could care less. We just want our kids kept safe in the ongoing EPIDEMIC of these mass shootings, in a culture out of control with the lust for blood and violence.

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I don’t care about stupid conspiracy theories, false flag crisis’s, the Republican plea not to take away our gun rights, or their nittering about being forced into gun control.  I don’t care about the religious aspect of it.  I don’t care about about an alleged disarmed populace. I want all assault weapons banned in this nation immediately. We don’t need them as citizens of this nation. No nation does. We really don’t know what’s good for us anyway. Too many of us are so politically-motivated and agenda-ridden that we couldn’t make an objective decision if we were paid to.

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As for the antichrist taking over and eventually murdering all the Christians, well, that’s going to happen anyway, in my opinion,  so bring it. There is nothing we can do about what is written within the bible. Everything is going to happen exactly as it said it would. If we attempt to fight those who willingly worship the beast, we’ll die by the sword — because we lived by the sword. At my age, I have no desire to go to war, (Red Dawn), against a corrupt, evil government anyway. So that’s pretty much that, as far as I’m concerned.

I want my child to get through high school in one piece. I want the school system to be safe. I don’t want the ridiculous notion carried out of arming the teachers with concealed carry permits and weaponry so that they can be sharp shooters to take out the bad guy. How utterly absurd that idea is! How could anyone even consider this as a viable option?

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Just teach my child properly and take away the ability for any future nut-cases to get a hold of assault weapons, period.  Yes, I know there are millions already out there floating around, but shut the barn door now before anymore of them get put out into the stratosphere. Put security guards at the entrances of schools and no one gets in without ringing a bell and going through a metal detector. There’s simply nothing else to discuss about this matter.

If any parent who has a school age child can disagree with me, I’m concerned about their mental health.  The populace in this country who don’t have school age children are simply arm chair warriors with an opinion where they have nothing to lose — and we’ve all got opinions.

I am tired of these unending school shootings and I want this problem over. Now.

Posted by: the warrioress | December 17, 2012

I was wondering how to say this, and you have done so for me, Padre Steve. I’ve been grieving about the loss of these children and just couldn’t think how to say appropriately what you’ve said here so very well, Padre. You’ve summed up my frustration and despair better than I ever could have. I do hope that those who love the Lord will begin to act like the Lord; wouldn’t that be nice, especially in light of what’s occurred yet again to the victims of yet another gun massacre?

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I am still trying to comprehend the massacre in Newtown Connecticut. It seems to be an evil committed by a young man who was quite possibly mentally ill. He used an arsenal of weapons kept by his mother, a woman who ensured that he was able to handle weapons, and who he killed before he went on his rampage. He may have been evil. He may have been mentally ill. He may very well have been both, but more importantly he was well trained in the use of firearms and very well armed.

This is not an article about gun control. However after seeing the effects of these types of weapons on civilians in this country and US military personnel and Iraqi civilians in Iraq I wonder about the wisdom of allowing just anyone to own a military grade assault weapon and enough ammunition to lay waste to a town…

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 15, 2012

On the Other Side

Innocent as a lambs, these gifts from you

And now we return them; moments shared too few

Not certain why they’ve gone away

We only know they’re in your care today

Nothing can hurt them; no longer afraid

Lord, in your arms, they won’t be betrayed.

And now as you hold them, we beg that you’ll touch

the hearts of their fathers and mothers, and such

America grieves with these families who lost

treasured loved ones; who can count the cost?

Comfort their hearts as only you can

Bring them to know you, woman and man

We live in a world that’s as cruel as it gets

within this life, you’re all that fits

Care for the teachers, those heroes among us

Thank them and bless them, in your love we trust

And now as we weep, in sorrow and prayer

Bring us together and show us you’re there

What we’ve lost is just on the other side

The distance between us — not really that wide

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Bless your lambs, Lord Jesus

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 13, 2012

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The only thing I would add to what Raye’s Radar has written here is that I would write a similar dressing down to Lindsey Graham, who also needs firing yesterday. As soon as possible, he needs to be relieved of his position. I’m thoroughly disgusted with the partisan conservatives who made this woman pay because their side lost the election; they make me sick to my stomach. Thanks for expressing my pov and saving me the time and trouble of having to do so. 😉

 

Posted by: the warrioress | December 13, 2012

Odd Significance of 12-12-12?

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     Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son  or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery,  interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells,  or  who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.  Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. . .Deuteronomy 18:10-12

Some considered 12/12/12 would be a day of good luck, while others considered it to be a sign of the end of an old age and the beginning of a new age. Many dooms-dayers believe 12/12/12 will be the end of the world, thanks to an interpretation of the Mayan calendarBut, most of the end-of-the-world believers are convinced that the real doomsday is on 12/21/12, when the Mayan calendar is set to end.

Last night, December 12, 2012 was exactly 6 years, 6 months, 6 days from June 6, 2006, or 06/06/06.  Odd, huh? Some  seem to be more than a little fascinated with omens, prophetic signs, or even bible prophecy, attempting to tell the future from what’s going on around us. I’m not sure that this is always a good thing. I don’t know that God, Jesus,  & His apostles wanted us so focused on divining the end of the age every moment of every day. Doing this can turn us to worry, fear, and obsession with the negative.

I don’t believe the end of the world is slated for 12-21-12. I don’t think we’ll see that until the return of Jesus Christ our Lord. The Bible says that none of us will know the day or hour that this world is going to pass away and a new earth will be created. It i’s interesting to read the various trivia of what’s out here, though.

http://rt.com/news/features/december-12-marriage-doomsday-844/

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http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/satans-behind-the-12212012-ascension-agenda—will-demons-come-to-earth-on-this-date/question-3330087/?page=4

Here in my state of Texas, I heard on the local news  several hours ago something that was pretty hard to fathom. This story is true!  Please keep the following little boy in your prayers and thoughts, as he has obviously been traumatized due to his father’s inexplicable behavior; he’s only six years old. 

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[The pentagram, a common symbol in satanic rites and witchcraft, is significant. Also, 12/12/12 is double 6/6/6 and 666 is the sign of the beast in Revelations, a creature of pure evil]

BY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR., DEANNA BOYD AND TERRY EVANS

RICHLAND HILLS — The father and son were alone in the house when police arrived, a freshly carved pentagram covering the young boy’s back.

Blood, apparently from the child’s wounds, had been smeared on the sides and the top of the home’s door frame — much as described in theBible during Passover.

Richland Hills police say the father, Brent Troy Bartel, 39, committed the act against his 6-year-old son, then called 911 and calmly told a dispatcher that “I shed some innocent blood.”

When asked by the dispatcher why he did it, Bartel replied, “It’s a holy day.”

Police arrested Bartel early Wednesday at the house in the older, middle-class neighborhood. Officers found the 6-year-old boy — described by a neighbor as a “cute little booger” — wearing pajama pants without a shirt.

The mother had fled to a neighboring home to get help.

“There was a large pentagram carved into his back which covered the majority of his back,” Richland Hills police Sgt. Nathan Stringer said in a news release. “The child was .. shivering in the cold so officers wrapped him in a jacket.”

The boy was transported to Cook Children’s Medical Center, where he underwent treatment for the cuts and remained there Wednesday.

Bartel was in the North Richland Hills Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail. He faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon/family member.

His mother, in a telephone interview from Portland, Ore., said her son does not have a history of mental illness but has recently been under a tremendous amount of stress.

“Brent is not a demon,” Lori Ponce said. “He is loving. He loves that boy. Something happened. Don’t paint him as some crazy man. No, that’s not him.”

His stepfather said he had been searching for his spirituality.

“He is deep into the Old Testament,” said John Ponce, his stepfather, in the telephone interview from Portland. “There’s a possibility with all of this pain and marital strife and such, he may have resorted to Old Testament references and then convoluted them. If you know about the Old Testament, there’s the Passover marks on the doorframe were done with a sacrificial lamb, definitely not sacrificial children.”

‘He’s trying to hurt my son’

Richland Hills police first responded to the home about 12:10 a.m. after Bartel called 911. A neighbor also called for police after the child’s mother had fled to the neighbor’s home.

In the 911 call, Bartel told the dispatcher that, “I inscribed a pentagram on my son.”

In the other 911 call from the neighbor, she passed along information to the dispatcher provided by the child’s mother who can be heard crying in the background.

“Something is wrong with her husband,” the neighbor told the dispatcher.

Seconds later, the dispatcher asked to talk to the child’s mother.

“He’s trying to hurt my son,” the mother says to the dispatcher.

When officers arrived at the home, Bartel and his son were inside.

“He was ordered out of the house,” Stringer said Wednesday. “I would say his demeanor was very flat. There were no indications that he was under the influence of any drugs.”

While he referenced a “holy day” when talking to a dispatcher, police said there was no mention of Wednesday’s once-in-a-century date of 12-12-12.

Investigators confiscated the box cutter that they believe was used to carve the pentagram, a religious symbol featuring a five-pointed star. Read more below:

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  For you were once darkness,  but now you are light in the Lord.  Live as children of light  ( for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness,  righteousness and truth )  and find out what pleases the Lord.  Have nothing  to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,  but rather expose them. -Ephesians 5: 8-11

                                                                                                                              

Posted by: the warrioress | December 10, 2012

The Negativity of the Fox News Channel

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I watch many different news sources but rarely put my faith into just one. If  I had to choose a news source that was less partisan than the others, I would choose CSPAN. Of all the various networks though, Fox News Network has to be the most biased, outlandish, false, and blatantly negative choice of all the options I have surfed over the years.

I have actually noticed serious change take place in Christian bloggers and even personal friends & family who are regularly exposing themselves to this news source. These folk’s personalities have actually undergone a metamorphism and the change isn’t a pleasant one.

When I think about the fruits of the spirit and how these fruits are evidence of the Holy Spirit working within our lives, I don’t see these fruits overtly active in the lives of those who subscribe to Fox News; I see the opposite of the fruits of the spirit coming forth from their keyboards and virtual mouths.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” –Galatians 5:22-23

Here are some examples of what comes out of the television when one turns to Fox Cable News. The babbling pundits consistently refer to our president disrespectfully — calling him “the anointed one.”  They stretch and twist the truth and bear false witness against the president. They put a negative spin on anything having to do with him. They make mountains out of mole hills in the attempt at slurring the Democratic party, the president, and those who associate with or voted for him.

The alleged “news” emanating from this channel is spun through a negative smokescreen of bitterness, angst, rage, sour grapes, and anger.  Pretty much the gist of everything reported on it is negatively spun and turned into something it isn’t. It’s as if every iota of political and world news is filtered through something that vomits it back out into such an ugly format that it’s just unbelievable what ends up being taken in and pondered on.

The most recent Benghazi debacle was hyped up for days and turned into off the wall conspiracy theory in the see through attempt at smearing the president, the UN Ambassador, and the Obama administration all with the aim of making political gain in the election.

If one is aware of what’s going on with this news source, one doesn’t fall for this, but if one is gullible or inclined to be deceived by negative influence, I shudder to think what is happening to the minds of those who listen to this garbage day in, day out. I’ve already seen the impact upon some Christian brothers and sisters and it isn’t pretty.

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Sincerely, I do pray that God will speak to the hearts of those who are digesting this negativity and ugliness and turn them away from it. Perhaps God will help these Christians to recoil from this as if from a hot flame. This isn’t godly and it isn’t bringing forth the fruit of the Holy Spirit in anyone’s life.

I really believe what’s coming out of this channel is propagandizing lies and evil designed to trouble the listener and destroy the beautiful presence of the Holy Spirit within the Christian life. I’ve been honestly sickened by what I’ve been hearing on that station to the point that I thought I should issue a clear warning to my brothers and sisters in Christ. Christians need to beware this news source.

Fox News Channel is akin to another individual’s unfortunate “running off at the mouth” by the name of Rush Limbaugh. This gentleman, (not), spouts lies that encourage fear, worry, rage, and every negative feeling generated under the sun. We can usually tell what is good for us by what it generates within us.  In the Bible, we are admonished as Christians:

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. — Philippians 4:8

I assure you, brethren, Fox News does not align with what we’re to be thinking about and meditating upon as Christians. Time might be better spent in prayer instead of filling our minds with such consistent negativity and hatred hour after hour. Consider changing that cable channel and opting for one less bitter and negative.  Choose something like CSPAN that offers politics from an unemotional, more objective point of view.  Please.

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