Hi everyone.
Yesterday we had yet another chance to minister outside the abortion mill and once again the wickedness of this world was displayed in those we saw. We thought that we would not have as many people as usual but it turned out to be a good size crowd standing for life.
We had a few of the occasional fingers and people yelling from cars but not too many unusual things happened. We did have one man who was a cross-dresser who was mad at me and Daddy. He was very angry and told us that "God is dead, science killed him." I wonder if he was an atheist. I wonder how atheists can believe that God both does not exist and is dead. Did he exist in the past and has since died? I'm confused. They already don't make sense and have no justification for knowledge anyway, their entire worldview is wrong so why should I expect that they would make sense in any of the things that they say. They have rejected the truth about God and worshiped and served the creature rather than the creator who is blessed forever amen. Romans 1:25 says that instead of worshiping the one true God they instead serve themselves and fulfill the lusts of their evil hearts. We preach to people such as this in the hopes that God will save them from their sins and trust in Him alone for salvation.
We had one man who said that their baby had died 2 weeks ago and they were going to Planned Parenthood because it would cost them a lot of money to go to a hospital. As we have said, the hospital cannot deny you access to a procedure without regard to cost if it is life threatening and you cannot afford it. You do not need to go to the murderers for healthcare!
Daddy had a heckler. It was a man from the 4th story of the apartment section of the building that the abortion mill is located in. When Jeremy finished preaching the man called out the window, "finally, some peace and quite." Daddy told him that we were just taking a break and we would be back soon. He probably did not like that but we do not stop preaching because someone does not like it. If we stopped every time someone got annoyed with us we would never be preaching.
Since we did not have much happen today I thought I could write about something else. I chose Spiritual warfare and the need for Gospel proclamation.
Today in our culture many wicked things such as murder and perversion are not only accepted but celebrated. This is wickedness and in the end it will lead to eternal damnation for those who practice such things. By the grace of God we have been saved from our transgressions and sins and we have the message of hope for those who are still dead in their sins. Why are we ashamed of sharing that message? The world is proclaiming their false views with a loud and powerful voice, where are the Christians who will stand up and proclaim the truth to counter the lies of the world?
We are at war and many professing Christians are sitting at home watching football instead of studying the Word and proclaiming the Gospel. I am not saying that watching football is evil, but I am saying that our command to preach the Gospel must be of first importance. Nowhere in the Bible are we commanded to watch football but we were commanded to preach the Gospel and to make disciples. It is not only football that comes in the way of our Christian life though. Movies, sports, jobs, school and whatever else we do, can become things that hinder us from learning how to better glorify God and obey His commands. Let us all work to give God fist priority in our hearts and lives!
The weapons of war which we use in the fight for men's souls are not physical but they are real and powerful! The devil is real and is at work in the sons of disobedience and he wants the minds of people. Are we willing to accept this truth and do whatever it takes to battle the culture of death and lies with the message of truth and life through Jesus Christ? Christianity is not a game, it is a matter of eternal life and death and must be taken seriously! We do not become a Christian and continue to live our life as if nothing had ever happened. When we become Christians our life is completely transformed. We are now new creations is Christ Jesus and He is Lord of our lives.
We no longer work to fulfill our own agenda, we are the servant of the Lord Jesus Christ and it is His agenda that we seek to fulfill in everything that we do and say. As men created in the image of God our chief end is to glorify God. God is glorified in our proclaiming His truth to the world and our obedience to His word. Are we willing to give everything we have to see Him glorified, even our very lives? Are we willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of Christ's glory, Gospel and kingdom? Many men and women have sacrificed their lives for the Gospel! But in America people have accepted a watered down version of Christianity where you say a prayer and walk an aisle and then you are saved and you are going to heaven and no matter what you do God will forgive you. This is not how it works. You must repent and turn to Christ in faith, trusting in Him alone for Salvation. You are not saved by saying a prayer because you think it will do something good for you even though you still love sin and do not want your life to change, you just want to add Jesus to your life.
Once you are saved your life will be hard. Your friends may reject you. You will be persecuted. And you may lose your very life for the sake of the Gospel. The only way that anyone can be saved is if God in His great mercy has chosen from the creation of the world to save them. Not because of anything that they did but because of His great mercy and love. (Yes I am a Calvinist and I am proud of it!!! I still love people who are not Calvinists though!) If you are saved you may still sin but you will hate it because God hates it. You will love righteousness because that is what God loves. You will not continue to live you life the same way as you did before you were saved, because then you were dead in you sins and now you are alive in Christ! Christ is not something that you can add to you life. Jesus Christ will change you life! This is true Salvation! We must realize that the war on sin is not trivial! It is real and we are fighting against a powerful force of evil. But our God is more powerful and he has already won the fight. Will we continue to trust in Christ alone to give us the power to win the world for His glory? Fight the good fight and do not stop until Christ comes again and we are taken to glory!
Prayer
Continue to pray for Mike Stockwell and Mike Overd as they go back to court on Monday. Adrian Clark was acquitted by the grace of God! I hope that this is a good sign for the proceeding court dates. But continue to pray that these men will not be punished for crimes that they did not commit. Pray that God would give them opportunities to preach the Gospel. Pray that God would grant repentance and faith to those who are judging their case. Pray that they would be given comfort in this time, that God would give them the words to say, and that God would be glorified!
With love in the Lord,
Virginia
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Friday, February 17, 2017
A letter to the newspaper on (not really) abortion
Hi everyone.
Below is a letter that I wrote in response to the news story in Bangor Daily News by Julia Hathaway. In the story Mrs. Hathaway talks about her D&E and calls it an abortion. She commits the fallacy of false analogy by then saying that the story that is then cited is similar to her own. It was not. In Mrs. Hathaway's situation her baby had already died. In the story that is then cited the baby had not died and the mother murdered it. These are 2 totally different situations and deserve 2 totally different responses. A D&E is not murder, it takes place after a baby has already died. An abortion is when the mother murders her child in her womb. I should not be hopeful that my response will be published in the paper but I hope that it will at least be read and the points will be considered.
I am writing today in response to the article on BDN here https://bangordailynews.com/.../i-made-the-difficult.../...
My name is Virginia Cowperthwaite and I am 13 years old. I recently read your article by Julia Hathaway and have spotted a few logical fallacies and a misrepresentation of the pro-life position. I am a Christian, an active abolitionist of abortion and advocate for the pre-born who are slaughtered by the thousands in our country everyday. I wish to make known my concerns with the article and that is the reason for my writing to you today.
The first thing that I would like to point out is that Mrs. Hathaway did not have what is commonly known as an abortion. She had a procedure known as a "D&E" (Dilation and Evacuation) and while the basic procedure is the same, this is completely different than what we stand against. An abortion is when a mother makes a plan to end the life of her child in her womb either surgically or medically. She then executes her plan and purposely pays someone to slaughter her child. A D&E such as Mrs. Hathaway had is performed after a baby has died in the womb of natural causes and the the pro-life movement is not against this surgery.It is true that the D&E that Mrs. Hathaway had may have saved her fertility and her life, but her story has nothing to do with abortion.
I have lost 2 siblings to miscarriage and I know the pain that is felt when you find out that you have lost that precious baby. As Christians and abortion abolitionists we mourn with those who have lost babies in this way and while my mother has not had to have a D&E performed, we understand that it is used to remove a baby's body from the uterus after it has died and we are in no way protesting this procedure. What we are protesting is the planned murder of children in the womb, known commonly as abortion.
I also want to note that every baby/fetus is a unique human being at the moment of conception. Fetus is a Latin word that means offspring. You could just as easily call it a baby instead of speaking Latin when it is not needed. It is a human baby/fetus created in the image of God as soon as conception takes place. This is why we are abortion abolitionists, because abortion purposely kills a baby that is created in God's image.
Aborted fetuses/babies have been murdered, killed in execution of a purposeful plan intended to end the life of a living person. However, babies that have passed away naturally are not aborted, they have died of natural causes. Abortion abolitionists do make abortion a black and white issue because it is. God has said that you shall not murder, and that is very clear.. Abortion is murder! Mrs. Hathaway is correct in one aspect of her representation of a pro-life position in saying that all unborn babies have a right to life and that pregnancy is a gift from God that must not be terminated. However, there is no stigma on our part against women who have miscarriages, rather we mourn with them, weep with them, and provide comfort and care as Jesus Christ commanded us to do. It is the sovereign will of God that decides whether or not that baby will die or live.
The next story in the article is different from Mrs. Hathaway's story. The baby had not yet died, and so abortion was used to purposefully end the life of a living human being with no regard to their God given (and Constitutionally protected) right to life. It is not okay to kill a baby that you believe to be dying. You do what you can to save the baby and leave it to the sovereign will of God. You do not murder it just because you think it may die.
The story about Stephanie commits the fallacy of bifurcation, or a false dilemma. She says that she chose abortion over suicide twice. The option that is not mentioned is that she could save the life of her baby and her own life. In performing the abortion she committed murder and if she had committed suicide it also would have been murder. She was taking away the life of a baby created in the image of God rather than nurturing and protecting that life.
If Elaine from the next story did not know how to take care of herself let alone a baby she should not have had sex with a man that resulted in the creation of the baby. Even if she was not consenting to sex, killing a child is not a moral answer to unplanned pregnancy.
In the next story the mother should not have had sex with a man if she could not care for the baby. Also, after she did conceive, it was a baby that she then murdered because she did not know how to explain to her other child that she had to put the baby up for adoption. I would like to point out that people from our group of abolitionists and others around the country would happily support a mother who needs help from housing to clothing for the baby and many other things. Even if abolitionists were not willing to support this mother it is not their obligation to take care of the baby. The mother is the one who had sex and it is the mother who should take care of the baby.
These stories are not like Mrs. Hathaway's, whereas her baby had already died. The babies in the other stories were alive, and they were murdered by their mothers. Building a case as if the issues are same is the fallacy of false analogy, and ends in the fallacy of irrelevant thesis.
I am not saying that people should not have access to D&E procedures. What I am saying is that abortion is murder and must be recognized as such. It must be abolished immediately! I hope that my message is clear. And I thank you for your time in considering my concerns. I also would like to say; the most important thing that any of us could ever understand is that Jesus Christ is KING and LORD! He came to the earth to die on a cross for the sins of everyone who will turn to Him in repentance and faith. He then rose again and will one day come again to take his children home with Him to heaven. He is the only who can save us from our lives of sin. We must turn to Him in repentance and faith. To Him alone be all glory, honor and praise, forever amen! This indeed is the greatest message of all and until people recognize this truth we will still be a nation that is need of of repentance!
~Virginia Cowperthwaite.
Prayer
Please be praying for brother Mike Stockwell as he goes back to court in England on the 23 concerning the charges against him from last year. Pray that he would not punished for speaking the truth. Pray that God would give him the words to say and that he would be able to proclaim Christ to everyone he encounters. Pray that God would grant repentance and faith to the judge and that he would rule justly.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia
P.S. Does anyone know anything about the group "Created Equal"? We are considering getting some graphic signs and we see that they have some, but we would like to know a little more about them before we get signs that have their name on them. If anyone has any insight on this issue I would love to hear it. Please either write in the comments or send me an email at Maine4Jesus@gmail.com. Thank you for your help.
Below is a letter that I wrote in response to the news story in Bangor Daily News by Julia Hathaway. In the story Mrs. Hathaway talks about her D&E and calls it an abortion. She commits the fallacy of false analogy by then saying that the story that is then cited is similar to her own. It was not. In Mrs. Hathaway's situation her baby had already died. In the story that is then cited the baby had not died and the mother murdered it. These are 2 totally different situations and deserve 2 totally different responses. A D&E is not murder, it takes place after a baby has already died. An abortion is when the mother murders her child in her womb. I should not be hopeful that my response will be published in the paper but I hope that it will at least be read and the points will be considered.
I am writing today in response to the article on BDN here https://bangordailynews.com/.../i-made-the-difficult.../...
My name is Virginia Cowperthwaite and I am 13 years old. I recently read your article by Julia Hathaway and have spotted a few logical fallacies and a misrepresentation of the pro-life position. I am a Christian, an active abolitionist of abortion and advocate for the pre-born who are slaughtered by the thousands in our country everyday. I wish to make known my concerns with the article and that is the reason for my writing to you today.
The first thing that I would like to point out is that Mrs. Hathaway did not have what is commonly known as an abortion. She had a procedure known as a "D&E" (Dilation and Evacuation) and while the basic procedure is the same, this is completely different than what we stand against. An abortion is when a mother makes a plan to end the life of her child in her womb either surgically or medically. She then executes her plan and purposely pays someone to slaughter her child. A D&E such as Mrs. Hathaway had is performed after a baby has died in the womb of natural causes and the the pro-life movement is not against this surgery.It is true that the D&E that Mrs. Hathaway had may have saved her fertility and her life, but her story has nothing to do with abortion.
I have lost 2 siblings to miscarriage and I know the pain that is felt when you find out that you have lost that precious baby. As Christians and abortion abolitionists we mourn with those who have lost babies in this way and while my mother has not had to have a D&E performed, we understand that it is used to remove a baby's body from the uterus after it has died and we are in no way protesting this procedure. What we are protesting is the planned murder of children in the womb, known commonly as abortion.
I also want to note that every baby/fetus is a unique human being at the moment of conception. Fetus is a Latin word that means offspring. You could just as easily call it a baby instead of speaking Latin when it is not needed. It is a human baby/fetus created in the image of God as soon as conception takes place. This is why we are abortion abolitionists, because abortion purposely kills a baby that is created in God's image.
Aborted fetuses/babies have been murdered, killed in execution of a purposeful plan intended to end the life of a living person. However, babies that have passed away naturally are not aborted, they have died of natural causes. Abortion abolitionists do make abortion a black and white issue because it is. God has said that you shall not murder, and that is very clear.. Abortion is murder! Mrs. Hathaway is correct in one aspect of her representation of a pro-life position in saying that all unborn babies have a right to life and that pregnancy is a gift from God that must not be terminated. However, there is no stigma on our part against women who have miscarriages, rather we mourn with them, weep with them, and provide comfort and care as Jesus Christ commanded us to do. It is the sovereign will of God that decides whether or not that baby will die or live.
The next story in the article is different from Mrs. Hathaway's story. The baby had not yet died, and so abortion was used to purposefully end the life of a living human being with no regard to their God given (and Constitutionally protected) right to life. It is not okay to kill a baby that you believe to be dying. You do what you can to save the baby and leave it to the sovereign will of God. You do not murder it just because you think it may die.
The story about Stephanie commits the fallacy of bifurcation, or a false dilemma. She says that she chose abortion over suicide twice. The option that is not mentioned is that she could save the life of her baby and her own life. In performing the abortion she committed murder and if she had committed suicide it also would have been murder. She was taking away the life of a baby created in the image of God rather than nurturing and protecting that life.
If Elaine from the next story did not know how to take care of herself let alone a baby she should not have had sex with a man that resulted in the creation of the baby. Even if she was not consenting to sex, killing a child is not a moral answer to unplanned pregnancy.
In the next story the mother should not have had sex with a man if she could not care for the baby. Also, after she did conceive, it was a baby that she then murdered because she did not know how to explain to her other child that she had to put the baby up for adoption. I would like to point out that people from our group of abolitionists and others around the country would happily support a mother who needs help from housing to clothing for the baby and many other things. Even if abolitionists were not willing to support this mother it is not their obligation to take care of the baby. The mother is the one who had sex and it is the mother who should take care of the baby.
These stories are not like Mrs. Hathaway's, whereas her baby had already died. The babies in the other stories were alive, and they were murdered by their mothers. Building a case as if the issues are same is the fallacy of false analogy, and ends in the fallacy of irrelevant thesis.
I am not saying that people should not have access to D&E procedures. What I am saying is that abortion is murder and must be recognized as such. It must be abolished immediately! I hope that my message is clear. And I thank you for your time in considering my concerns. I also would like to say; the most important thing that any of us could ever understand is that Jesus Christ is KING and LORD! He came to the earth to die on a cross for the sins of everyone who will turn to Him in repentance and faith. He then rose again and will one day come again to take his children home with Him to heaven. He is the only who can save us from our lives of sin. We must turn to Him in repentance and faith. To Him alone be all glory, honor and praise, forever amen! This indeed is the greatest message of all and until people recognize this truth we will still be a nation that is need of of repentance!
~Virginia Cowperthwaite.
Prayer
Please be praying for brother Mike Stockwell as he goes back to court in England on the 23 concerning the charges against him from last year. Pray that he would not punished for speaking the truth. Pray that God would give him the words to say and that he would be able to proclaim Christ to everyone he encounters. Pray that God would grant repentance and faith to the judge and that he would rule justly.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia
P.S. Does anyone know anything about the group "Created Equal"? We are considering getting some graphic signs and we see that they have some, but we would like to know a little more about them before we get signs that have their name on them. If anyone has any insight on this issue I would love to hear it. Please either write in the comments or send me an email at Maine4Jesus@gmail.com. Thank you for your help.
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Arguments for abortion and arguments against open air evangelism: Refuted.
Hi everyone.
Here are some arguments I have heard from those who promote abortion and answers from me:
Argument #1) "It is just a clump of cells".
Answer: No it is not. At the moment of conception it is a human being, created in the image of God, deserving of the same protection as any other human being. The baby in the womb is no less human then the person making the argument. And, by the way, all humans are clumps of cells. That is what our bodies are made out of. For some reason I do not think that they would agree with that logic if a murderer used it in a court defense though.
Argument #2) "It is not a baby it is a fetus".
Answer: The word fetus simply means offspring. And the offspring of a human is a human, nothing else. A human cannot give birth to anything that is not human. It is still a baby created in the image of God.
Argument #3) "But it cannot survive without its mother."
Answer: You could not survive if God did not give you every breath of air that you take. Everyone is completely dependent on God for their lives.
Argument #4) "The mother may not be able to take care of a baby".
Answer: We are willing to help women who need it. No matter what situation the baby will be born into is not a reason for you to murder them before they are born.
Argument #5) What if the mother does not want a baby at this point in her life? Should she be burdened with taking care of a child if she does not want to."
Answer: If she did not want a baby she should not have been in a relationship with a man so that she could get pregnant if she did not want a baby. And babies are still blessings no matter if the parents accept that gift or not.
Argument #6) "What if the mother was raped?"
Answer: A child shall not be punished for the sins of their fathers. The man should be punished but the baby is still a gift from God and should be recognized and treated as such.
Argument #7) "My body my choice."
Answer: The body inside your body is a baby and is not your body.
Another thing that those involved in open air evangelism and abortion ministry may hear does not always come from the world, sometimes it comes from those in the church. Here are a few arguments that you may hear from professing Christians. And we must again answer with gentleness and respect.
Argument #1) "By preaching in the open air you may turn people away from God"
Answer: People who have not been bought by the blood of Jesus Christ are already dead in their trespasses and sins and we can not make them any more dead than they already are. We preach in the hopes that God will work in their lives and that He will grant them repentance and faith so that they may have eternal life. We proclaim Christ because we are commanded to by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. People already rejected God and we preach so that they may hear the words of life.
Argument #2) "Your method is just too radical".
Answer: Jesus preached in the open air so why shouldn't we? Christ is the ultimate example and we should follow Him in all that we do. You also can find a lot of people on the street that you would never find other places. We go where the people are and that may seem radical to some but we will proclaim Christ in the highways and byways the message of the Gospel is the most important message every told and Christ is the only one worthy of worship. Are we willing to give all to see the Gospel proclaimed?
Argument #3) "Preaching on the street looks confrontational. Can't you find a way that is not so confrontational?"
Answer: People are suppressing the truth about God and spitting in His face. The truth of the Gospel is confrontational. While we should be gentle in our approach we must speak the truth even if it offends some people. Not everyone will accept the message of Christ but we were still commanded to preach the Gospel. Christ did not say "Preach the Gospel but do not confront sin." When the Gospel is proclaimed sin will be confronted.
Argument #4) "Your message does not sound loving."
Answer: If the Gospel does not sound loving to you, you do not understand it. The people of this world are dead in their sins and the message of the Gospel is the only thing that can save them from an eternity in hell under the wrath of Almighty God. Sharing the Gospel with them is the most loving thing we could ever do for them.
Please follow the link below to see more of what atheist Penn Jillette said because it is powerful: Gospel coalition. I have to say, I totally agree with Penn Jillette on this issue and I think that this quote is worth posting. Even though he is an atheist, he does have this right. As he has said before,
Argument #5) " Judge not."
Answer: We are supposed to proclaim Christ and the Gospel. We are not condemning them. They are already condemned for their sins against a holy and righteous God. We are just telling them that there is hope in Jesus Christ and that He is willing to save anyone who will turn to him in repentance and faith. Matthew 7 does not say not to judge, but to judge righteously and understand that we will all be judged by God. We apply His standard to expose sin, but don't stand in judgement. Rather, we urge people to repent before the coming judgement.
Prayer Points
Please be praying for persecuted Christians around the world. These are our brothers and sisters in Christ who have given their lives for the sake of Christ. Pray that they will be comforted by God and that they will continue to be bold in their faith. Pray for their safety and pray for their families as they to suffer when their loved ones are persecuted.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia.
I do not know how many of you have been following Apologia Church in their quest to End Abortion Now. One of the ways that they are doing this is by taking videos from their time at the abortion mill and posting them on the web to equip other Christians in this ministry. Just last night I watched their video Planned Parenthood Activist: Refuted. It was a conversation that they recorded outside Planned Parenthood. For those of you who are active in the fight at the front lines of the abortion mills around the world, you have probably heard plenty of terrible arguments from those who try to justify the murder of the preborn.
For those who are not familiar with these arguments I would like to take some time and give some ways to nicely refute these arguments. Realize that I said nicely. We are called to give a defense of our faith yet we are to do it in gentleness and respect, (1 Peter 3:15). We should not mercilessly beat our opponents over the head and then leave them there hopeless with a demolished worldview. As Sye Ten Bruggencate has said, "Be about the cure" Instead we should gently show them the error of their ways and that they are sinners in need of the Savior. We should show them that their worldview is wrong and that it is absurd. We should show them the logical conclusion of their worldview and show them that if their worldview was true, which it is not, it would lead to the absurd conclusion that you could not know anything at all. Since they do know things to be true it proves that their worldview is wrong and the Christian worldview is right.
Here are some arguments I have heard from those who promote abortion and answers from me:
Argument #1) "It is just a clump of cells".
Answer: No it is not. At the moment of conception it is a human being, created in the image of God, deserving of the same protection as any other human being. The baby in the womb is no less human then the person making the argument. And, by the way, all humans are clumps of cells. That is what our bodies are made out of. For some reason I do not think that they would agree with that logic if a murderer used it in a court defense though.
Argument #2) "It is not a baby it is a fetus".
Answer: The word fetus simply means offspring. And the offspring of a human is a human, nothing else. A human cannot give birth to anything that is not human. It is still a baby created in the image of God.
Argument #3) "But it cannot survive without its mother."
Answer: You could not survive if God did not give you every breath of air that you take. Everyone is completely dependent on God for their lives.
Argument #4) "The mother may not be able to take care of a baby".
Answer: We are willing to help women who need it. No matter what situation the baby will be born into is not a reason for you to murder them before they are born.
Argument #5) What if the mother does not want a baby at this point in her life? Should she be burdened with taking care of a child if she does not want to."
Answer: If she did not want a baby she should not have been in a relationship with a man so that she could get pregnant if she did not want a baby. And babies are still blessings no matter if the parents accept that gift or not.
Argument #6) "What if the mother was raped?"
Answer: A child shall not be punished for the sins of their fathers. The man should be punished but the baby is still a gift from God and should be recognized and treated as such.
Argument #7) "My body my choice."
Answer: The body inside your body is a baby and is not your body.
Another thing that those involved in open air evangelism and abortion ministry may hear does not always come from the world, sometimes it comes from those in the church. Here are a few arguments that you may hear from professing Christians. And we must again answer with gentleness and respect.
Argument #1) "By preaching in the open air you may turn people away from God"
Answer: People who have not been bought by the blood of Jesus Christ are already dead in their trespasses and sins and we can not make them any more dead than they already are. We preach in the hopes that God will work in their lives and that He will grant them repentance and faith so that they may have eternal life. We proclaim Christ because we are commanded to by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. People already rejected God and we preach so that they may hear the words of life.
Argument #2) "Your method is just too radical".
Answer: Jesus preached in the open air so why shouldn't we? Christ is the ultimate example and we should follow Him in all that we do. You also can find a lot of people on the street that you would never find other places. We go where the people are and that may seem radical to some but we will proclaim Christ in the highways and byways the message of the Gospel is the most important message every told and Christ is the only one worthy of worship. Are we willing to give all to see the Gospel proclaimed?
Argument #3) "Preaching on the street looks confrontational. Can't you find a way that is not so confrontational?"
Answer: People are suppressing the truth about God and spitting in His face. The truth of the Gospel is confrontational. While we should be gentle in our approach we must speak the truth even if it offends some people. Not everyone will accept the message of Christ but we were still commanded to preach the Gospel. Christ did not say "Preach the Gospel but do not confront sin." When the Gospel is proclaimed sin will be confronted.
Argument #4) "Your message does not sound loving."
Answer: If the Gospel does not sound loving to you, you do not understand it. The people of this world are dead in their sins and the message of the Gospel is the only thing that can save them from an eternity in hell under the wrath of Almighty God. Sharing the Gospel with them is the most loving thing we could ever do for them.
Please follow the link below to see more of what atheist Penn Jillette said because it is powerful: Gospel coalition. I have to say, I totally agree with Penn Jillette on this issue and I think that this quote is worth posting. Even though he is an atheist, he does have this right. As he has said before,
"How much do you have to hate somebody to believe everlasting life is possible and not tell them that? “I mean, if I believed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that a truck was coming at you, and you didn’t believe that truck was bearing down on you, there is a certain point where I tackle you. And this is more important than that.”
Argument #5) " Judge not."
Answer: We are supposed to proclaim Christ and the Gospel. We are not condemning them. They are already condemned for their sins against a holy and righteous God. We are just telling them that there is hope in Jesus Christ and that He is willing to save anyone who will turn to him in repentance and faith. Matthew 7 does not say not to judge, but to judge righteously and understand that we will all be judged by God. We apply His standard to expose sin, but don't stand in judgement. Rather, we urge people to repent before the coming judgement.
Prayer Points
Please be praying for persecuted Christians around the world. These are our brothers and sisters in Christ who have given their lives for the sake of Christ. Pray that they will be comforted by God and that they will continue to be bold in their faith. Pray for their safety and pray for their families as they to suffer when their loved ones are persecuted.
Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. Hebrews 13:3
With love in the Lord,
Virginia.
Monday, February 6, 2017
Another precious life saved from murder, and another week of evangelism!
Hi everyone.
We were very excited by the news that we heard this Friday. God worked in the hearts of a mother and father at the abortion mill and God saved the life of yet another one of His precious little image bearers! We are so thankful for this new little life and I hope that we will be able to minister to this family as they raise this little baby. Please pray that God would grant them repentance and faith in Jesus Christ and that they would raise their baby in the fear and admonition of the Lord. We thank God that He saved this baby's life! Join us in praising Him for His awesome and glorious works! This makes 3 babies saved from abortion since the start of this year in Portland alone! God is at work at these abortion mills, babies are being saved!
This week we were not at the abortion mill as it is our week off, but God gave us other venues where we could proclaim His glorious Gospel. Our big outreach for this week was big for our small town yet tiny compared to others. We find a group bigger than 80 a crowd here in our small part of Maine. A local theater was showing live streaming of the Super Bowl so we went to pass out tracts outside. We had a sign that had a quote from Matthew Slater. Matthew is a wide receiver for the New England Patriots and he is also a professing christian. We found a quote from him that seemed quite fitting for the occasion as people were wondering who would win the "big game". The quote said this,"Victory has already been won on Calvary and that's all that Really Matters." How true that is! It does not matter who wins the game, what matters is the souls of men. We must urge everyone to repent and trust in Christ alone for Salvation He is the only one able to save! I do find it funny when people come up and ask us what we are protesting. I should have told them that we are protesting sin. We were not protesting football, our family just does not care much about football. If you do, great, I just do not find watching a whole bunch of men run around tackling each other to be as fun as some other things I could be doing. But people find different things fun I guess. We were just content with passing out tracts and then leaving after people went inside for the game.
We only had a few people get angry at us, which can be expected when you confront sinners with the truth. Not that it is a good thing that they get mad and should be counted as something to rejoice in but we know that people reject the truth of God's Word and they are not happy when we tell them that they are sinners in need of a Savior, that Savior being Christ Jesus. We must remember to pray for those who persecute us and pray that God would open their eyes to the truth as He has done for us. Not because of anything that we did, but out of His amazing grace and mercy! He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. In whom we have redemption the forgiveness of sins! People are still in slavery to sin and we must proclaim the Gospel to them in the hopes that God would save them from their lives of sin and that He would make them new creatures set apart for the work of our Savior Jesus Christ! The only one worthy of our praise!
We did see one lady last night who said that she would be probably be saying the name of Jesus Christ (in vain) a lot. How wicked is this world that people will openly admit to taking God's name in vain! God their creator who by His grace gives them the very breath that they breathe. Yet they turn around and blaspheme His holy name! This is what happens when people suppress the truth about God and embrace evil and give approval to others who do the same things as well.I thought a proper response would be to just tell her what the Bible says on the issue. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. For the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain."
I just recently watched the movie October Baby and it is great. It is loosely based on a true story of a girl who was a survivor of a saline abortion. After 18 hours she was born alive and her life was saved because the abortionist had not arrived at work yet that day. If the abortionist had been there the girl probably would have been murdered or left to die. Thank you God that this girl was saved! She now is able to share her story with many people and she is able to proclaim Christ's name to others as well! If God had not saved her life she would have been killed by her own mother. Yet God saved her life and she now serves Him and she has a testimony that many of us do not have and I pray that God would use her to proclaim His gospel to many people!
Prayer
Please be praying for our family as just yesterday some of our family came down with a stomach bug. Please pray that we will still be able to make it down to the abortion mill on Friday and that we would still be able to do any other ministry that God would have us to do.
Please be praying as there is man who is in the government in Texas who is in support of the bill that would ban abortion in Texas. He is now getting death threats. Pray for his safety and pray that this bill would go through so that abortion will be abolished in Texas. And not only in Texas but pray that abortion will be abolished everywhere! That people would stop slaughtering God's creation who is created in His image!
Pray for Mike Stockwell, Robert Gray, Sye Ten Bruggencate and all the other street preachers who faithfully proclaim Christ on the streets. Pray that they would be safe and pray that they will not be hindered from their preaching by the law enforcement and others who not always, but sometimes try to stop the preaching of the Gospel. Pray that peoples hearts would be changed by the power of the Gospel as it is faithfully proclaimed in the open air by faithful men of God such as these.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia.
We were very excited by the news that we heard this Friday. God worked in the hearts of a mother and father at the abortion mill and God saved the life of yet another one of His precious little image bearers! We are so thankful for this new little life and I hope that we will be able to minister to this family as they raise this little baby. Please pray that God would grant them repentance and faith in Jesus Christ and that they would raise their baby in the fear and admonition of the Lord. We thank God that He saved this baby's life! Join us in praising Him for His awesome and glorious works! This makes 3 babies saved from abortion since the start of this year in Portland alone! God is at work at these abortion mills, babies are being saved!
This week we were not at the abortion mill as it is our week off, but God gave us other venues where we could proclaim His glorious Gospel. Our big outreach for this week was big for our small town yet tiny compared to others. We find a group bigger than 80 a crowd here in our small part of Maine. A local theater was showing live streaming of the Super Bowl so we went to pass out tracts outside. We had a sign that had a quote from Matthew Slater. Matthew is a wide receiver for the New England Patriots and he is also a professing christian. We found a quote from him that seemed quite fitting for the occasion as people were wondering who would win the "big game". The quote said this,"Victory has already been won on Calvary and that's all that Really Matters." How true that is! It does not matter who wins the game, what matters is the souls of men. We must urge everyone to repent and trust in Christ alone for Salvation He is the only one able to save! I do find it funny when people come up and ask us what we are protesting. I should have told them that we are protesting sin. We were not protesting football, our family just does not care much about football. If you do, great, I just do not find watching a whole bunch of men run around tackling each other to be as fun as some other things I could be doing. But people find different things fun I guess. We were just content with passing out tracts and then leaving after people went inside for the game.
We only had a few people get angry at us, which can be expected when you confront sinners with the truth. Not that it is a good thing that they get mad and should be counted as something to rejoice in but we know that people reject the truth of God's Word and they are not happy when we tell them that they are sinners in need of a Savior, that Savior being Christ Jesus. We must remember to pray for those who persecute us and pray that God would open their eyes to the truth as He has done for us. Not because of anything that we did, but out of His amazing grace and mercy! He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. In whom we have redemption the forgiveness of sins! People are still in slavery to sin and we must proclaim the Gospel to them in the hopes that God would save them from their lives of sin and that He would make them new creatures set apart for the work of our Savior Jesus Christ! The only one worthy of our praise!
We did see one lady last night who said that she would be probably be saying the name of Jesus Christ (in vain) a lot. How wicked is this world that people will openly admit to taking God's name in vain! God their creator who by His grace gives them the very breath that they breathe. Yet they turn around and blaspheme His holy name! This is what happens when people suppress the truth about God and embrace evil and give approval to others who do the same things as well.I thought a proper response would be to just tell her what the Bible says on the issue. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. For the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain."
I just recently watched the movie October Baby and it is great. It is loosely based on a true story of a girl who was a survivor of a saline abortion. After 18 hours she was born alive and her life was saved because the abortionist had not arrived at work yet that day. If the abortionist had been there the girl probably would have been murdered or left to die. Thank you God that this girl was saved! She now is able to share her story with many people and she is able to proclaim Christ's name to others as well! If God had not saved her life she would have been killed by her own mother. Yet God saved her life and she now serves Him and she has a testimony that many of us do not have and I pray that God would use her to proclaim His gospel to many people!
Prayer
Please be praying for our family as just yesterday some of our family came down with a stomach bug. Please pray that we will still be able to make it down to the abortion mill on Friday and that we would still be able to do any other ministry that God would have us to do.
Please be praying as there is man who is in the government in Texas who is in support of the bill that would ban abortion in Texas. He is now getting death threats. Pray for his safety and pray that this bill would go through so that abortion will be abolished in Texas. And not only in Texas but pray that abortion will be abolished everywhere! That people would stop slaughtering God's creation who is created in His image!
Pray for Mike Stockwell, Robert Gray, Sye Ten Bruggencate and all the other street preachers who faithfully proclaim Christ on the streets. Pray that they would be safe and pray that they will not be hindered from their preaching by the law enforcement and others who not always, but sometimes try to stop the preaching of the Gospel. Pray that peoples hearts would be changed by the power of the Gospel as it is faithfully proclaimed in the open air by faithful men of God such as these.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Everyone needs the Gospel! From the Mayor to the mormons to the "deathscorts"! And a book review.
Hi everyone.
This week at the abortion mill we saw more wickedness, which is very sadly common when you are out on the street. From the police officer and the "deathscorts" standing there complicit to murder, to the women going in to murder their own children. Even the Mayor of Portland, who walked past us and showed his appreciation of the "deathscorts". Those who are placed in authority should be protecting their citizens, not murdering them when they are in their mother's womb! If those in authority will not stand for justice we will. We will cry for the justice of these babies until abortion is abolished! And more importantly we will proclaim the Gospel of Christ until He calls us home to himself! I mentioned a few weeks ago that I made a tract for the officers who are outside the abortion mill. The officer did not take the tract but did say I could leave it on his windshield. At least he got it, I now hope that he reads it and that God would change his heart!
We also got to talk to one lady who was trying to tell us that babies in the womb are just clumps of cells. The people who agree with abortion are spitting in the face of God by saying that His creation, that is made in His image, is not worth saving and it does not matter if we slaughter them by the millions! They not only suppress the truth about God's existence but destroy His creation! This is wickedness and we must stand up and address and we must confront people with the Gospel!
We did have some Mormon missionaries come by the abortion mill. We did not talk to them much but I hope they come back so that we can show them the true Gospel in the hopes that they will repent of the false gospel of Mormonism and that they would turn to Christ in faith. Please watch the Gospel for Mormons.video of brother Jeff Durbin as he explains the Gospel for those in the Mormon church.
On Sunday we got to go to Cell53 for church. We had a great time with Heather, Kyle, Brian, Tabi and the kids before church. Afterwards we had a time of worship with the brethren at Cell. After worship time the church was opened so that people could come in for a hot lunch, which was really good! The people at Cell serve their community and more importantly they have a opportunity to share the Gospel with these people. These people need the Gospel even more then they need food, but it is great if we are able to do both!
We are looking forward to our upcoming ministry opportunities and we would love if anyone would be willing to join us. Please look at the upcoming events section on Facebook of Equipped Ambassadors for Christ to see if there is anything you would be willing to join us at. If you haven't already liked this page, please do!
I just recently finished reading the book Ultimate Proof of Creation. It is a very very good book that I would encourage everyone to read if they have not already. It lays out a case for the ultimate proof and shows you how to defend the faith. It is a Presuppositional argument which means that it shows how if God did not exist you would not be able to know anything at all. For those of you who have not figured it out yet I am Presuppositional in my apologetic. This apologetic does not place God on trial and it does not make man the judge over Almighty God. In the book Dr. Jason Lisle goes through the "Answer, don't answer" approach to apologetics as well as the AIP test in order to perform an internal critique of your opponents worldview. It also includes 2 chapters on Logic, (for a more information on logic I also suggest you read Discerning Truth also by Dr. Lisle. That book is also excellent!) There is also a section of letters written by critics of Biblical creation and possible responses to them. I am now reading Understanding Genesis also by Dr. Lisle. If you did not know I like Dr. Lisle! Also look at Dr. Lisle's blog here. I suggest reading " On The Origin Of Articles". It is hilarious! And the comments are really fun to read too!
Prayer
Please continue to pray for the May family as they grieve the loss of Cody, a husband and father of 7 children.
Continue to pray for officer Keller's salvation.
Pray for our new president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence. Pray that God would grant both of them repentance and faith. Pray that they would have wisdom to lead this country in the way that God would have them to lead.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia.
This week at the abortion mill we saw more wickedness, which is very sadly common when you are out on the street. From the police officer and the "deathscorts" standing there complicit to murder, to the women going in to murder their own children. Even the Mayor of Portland, who walked past us and showed his appreciation of the "deathscorts". Those who are placed in authority should be protecting their citizens, not murdering them when they are in their mother's womb! If those in authority will not stand for justice we will. We will cry for the justice of these babies until abortion is abolished! And more importantly we will proclaim the Gospel of Christ until He calls us home to himself! I mentioned a few weeks ago that I made a tract for the officers who are outside the abortion mill. The officer did not take the tract but did say I could leave it on his windshield. At least he got it, I now hope that he reads it and that God would change his heart!
We also got to talk to one lady who was trying to tell us that babies in the womb are just clumps of cells. The people who agree with abortion are spitting in the face of God by saying that His creation, that is made in His image, is not worth saving and it does not matter if we slaughter them by the millions! They not only suppress the truth about God's existence but destroy His creation! This is wickedness and we must stand up and address and we must confront people with the Gospel!
We did have some Mormon missionaries come by the abortion mill. We did not talk to them much but I hope they come back so that we can show them the true Gospel in the hopes that they will repent of the false gospel of Mormonism and that they would turn to Christ in faith. Please watch the Gospel for Mormons.video of brother Jeff Durbin as he explains the Gospel for those in the Mormon church.
On Sunday we got to go to Cell53 for church. We had a great time with Heather, Kyle, Brian, Tabi and the kids before church. Afterwards we had a time of worship with the brethren at Cell. After worship time the church was opened so that people could come in for a hot lunch, which was really good! The people at Cell serve their community and more importantly they have a opportunity to share the Gospel with these people. These people need the Gospel even more then they need food, but it is great if we are able to do both!
We are looking forward to our upcoming ministry opportunities and we would love if anyone would be willing to join us. Please look at the upcoming events section on Facebook of Equipped Ambassadors for Christ to see if there is anything you would be willing to join us at. If you haven't already liked this page, please do!
I just recently finished reading the book Ultimate Proof of Creation. It is a very very good book that I would encourage everyone to read if they have not already. It lays out a case for the ultimate proof and shows you how to defend the faith. It is a Presuppositional argument which means that it shows how if God did not exist you would not be able to know anything at all. For those of you who have not figured it out yet I am Presuppositional in my apologetic. This apologetic does not place God on trial and it does not make man the judge over Almighty God. In the book Dr. Jason Lisle goes through the "Answer, don't answer" approach to apologetics as well as the AIP test in order to perform an internal critique of your opponents worldview. It also includes 2 chapters on Logic, (for a more information on logic I also suggest you read Discerning Truth also by Dr. Lisle. That book is also excellent!) There is also a section of letters written by critics of Biblical creation and possible responses to them. I am now reading Understanding Genesis also by Dr. Lisle. If you did not know I like Dr. Lisle! Also look at Dr. Lisle's blog here. I suggest reading " On The Origin Of Articles". It is hilarious! And the comments are really fun to read too!
Prayer
Please continue to pray for the May family as they grieve the loss of Cody, a husband and father of 7 children.
Continue to pray for officer Keller's salvation.
Pray for our new president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence. Pray that God would grant both of them repentance and faith. Pray that they would have wisdom to lead this country in the way that God would have them to lead.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Prayer and Proclamation.
Hi everyone.
For those of you who have not yet heard. On Thursday Cody May died in a swimming accident in lake Travis in Austin, Texas. He was a husband, and father of 7 children. He was known by many and was active in the fight for the lives of the pre-born. Cody was a preacher to those on the street who were in desperate need of a savior. Even though I did not know who he was when he died, he is my brother in Christ and his wife is my sister in the Lord. We mourn the loss of this brother and I ask for prayers for his family and friends as they grieve the loss of a beloved husband, father, brother, and friend. Pray that God would comfort the family and that He would use this situation to draw them closer to Himself and to each other. There is currently a page up to raise money for his wife Kimberly and the family. Please pray that they would be able to raise the funds needed so that Kimberly will not have to worry about finding a job but instead will be able to stay home and care for the children. Here is a link to the page where you can donate to the family, Caring for Kimberly.
On Friday we watched the inauguration of president Donald J.Trump. While I may not agree with him, he is the President and as such I seek to respect his office. I would much rather have had Tom Hoefling as President but it was God's will that Donald Trump is President and we will have to wait and see what happens in these next 4 years and what will take place afterwards.
I think that people who are against the new President should find a better way to express their view than by injuring police officers, torching a car and other things. I also wish Christians would take their beliefs more seriously. Unbelievers in this country will passionately fight for their beliefs to great extents. Yet when there is an evangelism outreach Christians usually will not bother to show up. The world can get more people to show up for a football game than the church can get to show up for worship of the only one worthy of glory and praise! The church needs to stop making excuses about why they are not sharing the Gospel. The world is out boldly proclaiming their lies and the church must be out there even more exposing the lies and more importantly proclaiming the Truth. Jesus Christ is KING of kings and LORD of lords! The world is passionate about what they profess belief in and they believe in lies. As Christians we have the truth and we must passionately proclaim the Gospel of Life and Light to this world of death and darkness!
We must stand up and fight against the kingdom of evil! We will not fight with weapons of the flesh as the world does but we will fight with the weapons of spiritual warfare. We must fight the lies with truth, the darkness with light, and we will fight against death by proclaiming true life through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ! Church stand up! Proclaim the truth until all the world has heard the news of Christ! Do not worry about what others will think. This is a matter of eternal life and death! If you are proclaiming, in love, Jesus Christ and Him crucified for the sins of His people. You may be mocked and yelled at, you may even give your life for the sake of Christ and His Gospel. But the message is so important and we have been commanded to share it! Go, Stand, and proclaim Christ!
If anyone is in our area, we have many different opportunities for evangelism this year. Two of the activities that our coming up soon are the Winter Fest in Camden and the Super Bowl outreach in Rockland. Daddy has to work the day shift for some of the days of the Snow Bowl but if anyone is willing to join us for evangelism in the afternoon and evening their help would be greatly appreciated. For anyone that is interested please check out my parents Facebook page here or our ministry page Equipped Ambassadors for Christ.
On this Friday we will be posting on there at about 10:30 in the morning and we will try to do a live video stream at the abortion mill. The thing is, I do not know at what point we will start taking video so we will try to post a time then, after we have been there for a little bit and figured out when Daddy will be preaching and such. During the video we will be showing the preaching and people will be able to see what it looks like on the street.. If I start taking video of the sidewalk or other things. I am sorry I am probably trying to get tracts or something and I should be able to correct it soon enough. But I would much rather have a bad video than miss talking to the women going in and the people walking past. The reason we are out there is to proclaim the Gospel and that is what we will do!
For anyone that is willing, a baby was saved from abortion in California and they are holding a baby shower for the mother. Here is a link to the gift registry where you are able to purchase and send gifts for baby Annabella. Baby Annabella's gift registry. The mother of this precious baby took the first abortion pill. But by the grace of God, they were able to reverse the pill and save Annnabella's life! Please look at the registry and see if there is anything you would be willing to purchase as we seek to support this mother in her new journey of motherhood. Thank you for supporting this family!
Prayer
Please be in continued prayer for the May family. Pray for Annabella and her mother. And also as we have just passed the inauguration of our new President with rioting and protesting. Pray for the police officers, National Guard and everyone else who is trying to enforce the law in this nation. Pray that they would be protected from those who are seeking to injure them and pray that they would be able to establish peace. But we also know that this nation will not have true peace until they repent and turn to Christ the only way to have true peace.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia
For those of you who have not yet heard. On Thursday Cody May died in a swimming accident in lake Travis in Austin, Texas. He was a husband, and father of 7 children. He was known by many and was active in the fight for the lives of the pre-born. Cody was a preacher to those on the street who were in desperate need of a savior. Even though I did not know who he was when he died, he is my brother in Christ and his wife is my sister in the Lord. We mourn the loss of this brother and I ask for prayers for his family and friends as they grieve the loss of a beloved husband, father, brother, and friend. Pray that God would comfort the family and that He would use this situation to draw them closer to Himself and to each other. There is currently a page up to raise money for his wife Kimberly and the family. Please pray that they would be able to raise the funds needed so that Kimberly will not have to worry about finding a job but instead will be able to stay home and care for the children. Here is a link to the page where you can donate to the family, Caring for Kimberly.
On Friday we watched the inauguration of president Donald J.Trump. While I may not agree with him, he is the President and as such I seek to respect his office. I would much rather have had Tom Hoefling as President but it was God's will that Donald Trump is President and we will have to wait and see what happens in these next 4 years and what will take place afterwards.
I think that people who are against the new President should find a better way to express their view than by injuring police officers, torching a car and other things. I also wish Christians would take their beliefs more seriously. Unbelievers in this country will passionately fight for their beliefs to great extents. Yet when there is an evangelism outreach Christians usually will not bother to show up. The world can get more people to show up for a football game than the church can get to show up for worship of the only one worthy of glory and praise! The church needs to stop making excuses about why they are not sharing the Gospel. The world is out boldly proclaiming their lies and the church must be out there even more exposing the lies and more importantly proclaiming the Truth. Jesus Christ is KING of kings and LORD of lords! The world is passionate about what they profess belief in and they believe in lies. As Christians we have the truth and we must passionately proclaim the Gospel of Life and Light to this world of death and darkness!
We must stand up and fight against the kingdom of evil! We will not fight with weapons of the flesh as the world does but we will fight with the weapons of spiritual warfare. We must fight the lies with truth, the darkness with light, and we will fight against death by proclaiming true life through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ! Church stand up! Proclaim the truth until all the world has heard the news of Christ! Do not worry about what others will think. This is a matter of eternal life and death! If you are proclaiming, in love, Jesus Christ and Him crucified for the sins of His people. You may be mocked and yelled at, you may even give your life for the sake of Christ and His Gospel. But the message is so important and we have been commanded to share it! Go, Stand, and proclaim Christ!
If anyone is in our area, we have many different opportunities for evangelism this year. Two of the activities that our coming up soon are the Winter Fest in Camden and the Super Bowl outreach in Rockland. Daddy has to work the day shift for some of the days of the Snow Bowl but if anyone is willing to join us for evangelism in the afternoon and evening their help would be greatly appreciated. For anyone that is interested please check out my parents Facebook page here or our ministry page Equipped Ambassadors for Christ.
On this Friday we will be posting on there at about 10:30 in the morning and we will try to do a live video stream at the abortion mill. The thing is, I do not know at what point we will start taking video so we will try to post a time then, after we have been there for a little bit and figured out when Daddy will be preaching and such. During the video we will be showing the preaching and people will be able to see what it looks like on the street.. If I start taking video of the sidewalk or other things. I am sorry I am probably trying to get tracts or something and I should be able to correct it soon enough. But I would much rather have a bad video than miss talking to the women going in and the people walking past. The reason we are out there is to proclaim the Gospel and that is what we will do!
For anyone that is willing, a baby was saved from abortion in California and they are holding a baby shower for the mother. Here is a link to the gift registry where you are able to purchase and send gifts for baby Annabella. Baby Annabella's gift registry. The mother of this precious baby took the first abortion pill. But by the grace of God, they were able to reverse the pill and save Annnabella's life! Please look at the registry and see if there is anything you would be willing to purchase as we seek to support this mother in her new journey of motherhood. Thank you for supporting this family!
Prayer
Please be in continued prayer for the May family. Pray for Annabella and her mother. And also as we have just passed the inauguration of our new President with rioting and protesting. Pray for the police officers, National Guard and everyone else who is trying to enforce the law in this nation. Pray that they would be protected from those who are seeking to injure them and pray that they would be able to establish peace. But we also know that this nation will not have true peace until they repent and turn to Christ the only way to have true peace.
With love in the Lord,
Virginia
Monday, January 16, 2017
More standing for life, yet still so much death!
Hi everyone,
Today we had more people than usual at the abortion mill standing up for the unborn. We had 22 people at one point including 2 women who I think had never been there before. Andrew and "T-money" came out as well. I had not seen them for awhile but I may get to see them again soon as we are wanting to go to Cell53 soon.
Officer Keller was there again defending the murderers, I pray that God would grant him repentance and faith in Christ. It is not many times when I see him when he is not standing on the side of murder. Continue to pray for his salvation! Since some officers will not take tracts I wrote a letter to give to the officers that still proclaims the Gospel but since they are handwritten letters for them maybe they will take them.
Daddy was assaulted today by one man. He came up to Daddy from behind and leaned on him shoving Daddy and screaming obscenities at him. I think he should have been arrested, but he was not. Officer Keller may have done more if Daddy went up and pressed charges but Daddy did not want to stop preaching the Gospel. I do not know what the "deathscorts" thought about it. After Officer Keller spoke to him briefly, the man then came past Mommy and us kids and called us scumbags. Even if he will not physically assault anyone anymore he still is very wicked and in need of repentance and faith.
The people at the chamber of commerce next door to the abortion mill were hitting their curtains from the inside when we are standing on the other side and making signs telling us to keep it down. If we were on their property then I would understand the request. We are on a public sidewalk and we have freedom of speech in this country. We have so much freedom in this country, and we have a command from our Lord and Savior to preach the Gospel. May we obey the command of our Lord and may we exercise our rights! No matter what man may say or do to try to make us waver in our commitment. Our command is to proclaim Christ and Him crucified for the sins of all those who will turn to Him in repentance and faith!
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Today even though there were many standing for life we still saw so much wickedness! People hating God and rejecting His Son. People who take pleasure in evil, and people who will assault others for speaking the truth. This world is filled with wickedness and we must take the Gospel to those who need to hear it, no matter how uncomfortable it may be! Christ never told us that we would live a life of comfort if we just accept Him into our heart by saying a prayer or walking down the aisle at church. You will not be saved by merely saying a prayer or walking an aisle. We must turn completely away from our life of sin and turn to Jesus Christ, we must trust in Christ alone for salvation. Our lives will be changed and we will no longer
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