"I'd be lost without my blogger." -Sherlock Holmes. Masterpiece Mystery! Ep.3- A Great Game!

My passion is not writing. My passion is helping people. I like to write about something that will help someone. Correct perceptions are not only necessary but life saving. Sifting through the muck and mire of today there are many questions we ask. With our writing assignments we could reflect our general assumptions or beliefs about a particular topic. These are also known as opinions. The communication of our ideas about any given subject can help you, through writing, to clarify what it is you do believe. Perhaps you can see that what you thought about any given subject was incorrect or help you acquire more knowledge about that subject. Whatever the medium a finer discernment is definitely beneficial.

Blogging is not a private journal. You must keep your audience in mind and that is the number one rule for writing. Remember your audience. That is pressure applied. If, as an individual, you have found writing through the blog therapeutic I do suggest you pursue a private journal. That can also sharpen your writing skills and help you manage your feelings. A healthy outlet. Catholics have confession to attend as a healthy outlet. I have wondered if online confession was available where you could just type what you feel you need to confess or say. Can it be compared to a weekly therapy session? I certainly think so. Confession is available for any emotion or inner conflict. That is a positive to me. If not confession then prayer. Praying to God is always a good thing and therapists have now deemed it one of the best therapeutic practices available. God already knew that it is a good thing we do too.

With journaling or a diary you can take inventory of your emotions. One of my favorite commands is “Be angry and sin not. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger.” Ephesians 4:26. It allows me to acknowledge what I feel but I should not let it cause me to sin. We all know that pent up emotions become negative emotions and are harmful to ourselves and others. How do I feel angry, sad, or whatever and not sin? Blogging can be used as a tool to combat those emotions. Maybe abortion sickens you as it does me and you just have to speak out against it. Perhaps there is something you find exceptionally great and want to share it. Whatever you have inside of you that must come out writing about it some how, some way, is helpful. It is one of the number recommended methods of emotional healing that I know of besides forgiveness.

I don’t know if I will continue to blog but I do know that I need to write weekly. I hope that you as well find your way through communicating with yourself, or God, about how you feel because of what you experience on this planet. Whether it is completely exhilarating or devastating give voice to your feelings. That is not sin and I have found that it is something we need to do. Blogging may not be necessary but you being a healthy minded individual is. Bless you on your blogging journey if that is what you continue to do or whatever method that you may choose that does work for you. Just remember an old but very wise saying, “If you don’t want someone to read it, don’t put it on paper.” That’s right, always remember your potential audience.

You Have the Right to Reject

What do Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, and Marilyn Manson all have in common? They have all been accused of Satanic worship and have been censored and banned because of these accusations in their time. What do you think about devil worship? In 1990 Ozzy Osborne went on trial because someone suicided to one of their songs. The song’s title, “Suicide Solution." Judas Priest also faced charges because two teenage boys committed suicide while listening to their album Stained Glass. A modern day band known as Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids have been censored and stopped from performing around the world. Connected to the Marilyn Manson cults are murders and suicides.On stage Mr. Manson rips apart Bibles and openly worships Satan. The most well known murders connected with this cult band are the Colombine murders in 1999.

Two young men who were professed Marilyn Manson followers and professed Satanists killed some of the known Christians at the high school they were attending then they killed themselves. The Marilyn Manson Cult was forced to cancel their national tour after this incident and became labeled as public enemy number one. Do you agree with this ban and censorship? What about their music? Do you think it can cause someone to do something such as murder? If the people believe they are receiving commands from Satan or the devil to kill from the music you better believe the music will prompt them to action. The question that must be asked then is why does the music industry keep producing their music then? They keep denying that the music has any real influence even though they have achieved cult status and people are being harmed.

Last week we are asked about obstacles we faced when writing our essays. My only obstacle was being faced with cults and their practices. The teacher gave me a 0 on the blog because that is what I said I found troublesome. The material you are researching may be unpleasant. It is very unpleasant to think about people murdering other people in the name of Satan but they do.
I was faced once again with my belief system. Do I believe in God and the devil? I obviously am a Christian which I talk about in all that I write about. It is my belief system and it affects every area of my life. How I think, what I do, and how I perceive our culture. Did it cause me to doubt God or did it strengthen my faith? For some it may cause doubt because they want to know why God created a being such as the devil to begin with. For individuals like myself it strengthened my faith. The reason being is that I know we all have a choice to do evil or good. It is a choice. I chose to follow God. I do not like the practice of evil. I do not want to hurt others or see them hurt. This includes self defense. I will defend myself, but gosh darn it, I wish I didn’t have too. Jesus in His word says, “By this all men will know you are my disciples if you love one another.”John 13:35. I am not ashamed of the gospel for that very reason. Love. There are many things to give yourself to while alive on earth and the Bible tells you the exact thing that will happen when you do not operate according to Gods word. A curse will happen. Gods word tells us how to love Him and others and by doing so we will be blessed. I truly believe in God’s Holy spirit and I also believe in evil spirits. I also believe that a person can be possessed by them. I choose the indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit of love versus being possessed by evil spirits. The above mentioned bands and people according to my belief system are partnering with devils. Yes, I believe they are in league with Satan.  Are you?

Cults, Cult-ure, and What We Practice

There are many obstacles we encounter in life whether it be completing a tough assignment for a class or other life obstacle’s in reaching a desired goal. I am forty years old and have reached none of the goals I have ever set except for staying in church. I have had financial, physical, and relational problems a plenty. It always seems like 1 step forward 10 steps back. If I had a multiple choice form in regards to problems I could mark All of the Above. Yet still I strive and try I must.

In 1995 I took a vow to serve God and never leave the church or Him no matter what. For that reason the word vow was chosen. In marriage vows are taken, maybe not seriously, but they are taken. I have not been perfect in my service to God but no one is. I can say that I am still in church today and more in love with Jesus now than ever before. God is faithful to His word even when I am not and He is still revealing His love to me in many amazing ways.

The topic of cults and worship can stir up many questions within. One is confronted with what it is you actually do believe in. Cults have a reputation for adopting very negative and harmful practices. Often we see that there is the distortion of truth involved. A cult leader with bad intentions or Satan is magnified. Do you believe in the worship of the devil?

As an American you of course believe in freedom of religion but to what extent? We want to label the stories we hear about cult worship and practices as fairy tales. To believe that evil such as that exists and people want to practice evil themselves is something we do not wish to comprehend. Yet we are surrounded by the out right blatant abuse and horrors that serving the devil causes. I know we do not wish to think of ourselves as being in service to Satan but what can be concluded when we support murder, sexual deviance, and lawlessness? God says if you are not for me you are against me. Matthew 12:30.

One commonly known cult practice is human sacrifice. Everyday we kill thousands of American children to serve the god of sex, the god of money and the god of violence. What other reasons and in whose name do we do this? It is not in the name of Jesus or the God of the Bible that this is done for He says, Thou Shalt Not Kill. We are saturated with pornography. It is literally every where you look. It is a diseased and death ridden industry. Thou Shalt Not Fornicate or Commit Adultery. As for money God says you cannot serve Him and mammon (money). So which one do you bow your knee too?

Most of us are not professed Satanist’s and would reject that idea altogether but I challenge you to look at what it is you support with what it is you do. God says, “If you love me you will obey my commandments.” John 14:15. The last time I looked at the commands they seemed to be full of wisdom giving us humans clear instruction on how to live our lives. To do otherwise is considered rebellion. To break the laws of our land is also considered rebellion. The law says that murder is a crime punishable by law but we break that law everyday with legal murder, abortion. It seems we are confused calling good evil and evil good. The devil is known as the author of confusion and thats what he does best. He loves deception. Are you deceived? I hope that at least now you are seeing clearly and your eyes are opened to the truth. The next step is opening your heart.

What's a Pirate's Favorite Letter? RRRRRRRR..........

Arrggg me hearty I am here to steal all your internet booty! Arrgggg...

Well obviously theft is involved if they are calling it piracy. Another dishonest act done by someone on planet earth. No surprise there. Illegal music downloads are gotten from somewhere. Why are the ones making these downloads available not penalized? And why do the musicians claim that wanting money is selling out but they want to criminalize their fans for not giving them money for down loading their songs? I’m not buying any of it and the truth is people are confused. If someone says one thing but does another what is concluded? This inconsistency causes their word to become completely invalid. The word confusion means disorder, bewilderment, and just the state of being confused. I am accusing everyone of disorderly conduct and not just individuals who steal. I am accusing people who lie, cheat, lust, commit adultery, fornicate, slander, covet, murder, hate, greed and commit all acts of disobedience! We have been charged as guilty. We have broken the commands of God and I know your guilty of breaking more than one because I myself am. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God...Romans 3:23.

We either are or have been serving the author of confusion. His name is Lucifer. He wants to be God and he wants your worship. He doesn’t even care if you call it something else as long as you are doing it and are in disobedience. His main agenda is to steal, kill, and destroy for he is the chief of all acts of piracy. He is the chief of all abusers.
Laws are important we need to have accountability. There is no argument there. But what exactly do we deem right or wrong? People say one thing and do another. Our own government, run by man, says one thing and does another. Murder is illegal unless we say it isn’t so. Lying is okay to fit our purposes and agendas to accomplish the lust and greed of our flesh. We are surrounded by these inconsistencies which are nothing but lies. We are surrounded by confusion.

We don’t have to be confused about God creating Satan. God gives us a choice. You may choose evil over good. You may call evil good therefore rejecting all of God’s wisdom and love. That is catastrophe and exactly what we create when we do that very thing. I do not recommend it. You do not have to serve the father of all lies.You have the power to reject that by exercising the gift of choice God gave you. The author of all life is calling. The Alpha and The Omega, where there is no darkness or shadow of turning. When you are in darkness you cannot see. Obvious confusion but not oblivion. You know people are hurting them selves and others. Let the word of God be a lamp unto your feet so in darkness you won’t stumble. Become a person who says what they mean and does what they say. No longer be a person tossed around to and fro on the winds of double mindedness. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways, he is confused. Let God renew your mind so you can be free. Darkness is not your destiny but living in the light of God’s love is.