Thankul Thursday - My Crown & More Good News

I'll never forget the first time I saw my grandson's little face on the sonogram.  My heart filled to overflowing with LOVE and JOY!!  Did you know they have 3D color sonograms now?  I found this image on Bing.com of a baby laughing in the womb.  You have to see it - a photo of the baby before and after birth Oh, Gail-Friends!  Isn't this amazing? 

Did you know I have a crown, Gail-Friends?  

 

You might have one, too.  Proverbs 17:6 says so:

 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged.

I'm so thankful for my grandson - my (nine-year-old)crown from Adonai.  He's such a JOY!  

 

my crown at age 5 or 6

I prayed for him a long, long time before he came into this world. His mother, Amanda, miscarried four little ones before Jonathan arrived.  We'll see those precious ones in heaven one day (my other crowns).  I'm praying for a granddaughter now!  

And good news --  I could  be getting another crown!!!  After nine, long years, Amanda said she's ready to have another baby and hopes for a girl! I can understand her reluctance to go through another pregnancy. After four miscarriages and a three-day labor with Jonathan, plus the fact that he was NOT a good sleeper, anybody would be reluctant.  Amanda never slept through the night till she was six years old!  I think it took me about twenty years to make up for the sleep deprivation she caused me!  But, she was worth it for sure.  Anyway,  I'm on top of the world, and pray it happens soon.  I told her that diet has an impact on what gender your baby will be.  Who knew?  Such good news, and you can read about it  HERE

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Praise the Lord!  Halleuyah!  Just look at all of the good news this week, Gail-Friends!

The movie, Unplanned, is having a tremendous impact:   Almost 100 abortion clinic workers seek to leave the industry after seeing Unplanned

Conceived in rape, former Miss Pennsylvania shares why every human life deserves protection.  Read the story HERE

Florida's House passes pro-life bill requiring parental consent for abortion.  Read the story HERE.  

I'm so thankful for these steps forward in the fight to save the little ones.

Please join me in praying for more states to pass pro-life laws and for more babies to saved.  

Pray for the pro-life workers.

Pray for Roe v Wade to be overturned.

Pray for the girls and women who suffer anxiety, depression, and other mental torment from having an abortion to find the forgiveness and peace that Adonai offers through Yeshua, our Savior..

Many of the pro-life clinics show girls and women a sonogram of their little one, and this has a huge impact on their decision to keep the baby.  This color 3D image, mentioned above, should be even more successful.  Thank you, God, for this innovation!

Blessings to you, Gail-Friends, and I'd love to hear any good news you've had this week.

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Thankful Thursday - Unplanned & The Pro-Life Movement

Today, I'm thankful for the many people in the Pro-Life Movement who have continued to work to end baby murder in the womb.  When Roe v Wade was passed in 1973, they didn't just shrug and give up.  They continued to pray and put feet to their faith to end this abomination.  They've continued to fight for the past "46" years!!!!  That's commitment.  That's faith!

I believe Roe v Wade will be overturned.  Great strides have been made since President Trump took office.  State legislators are putting new laws on the books to protect the little ones.  Granted, abortion has not been outlawed nationwide, but great progress is being made.  For these, I'm am thankful to Adonai and see them as answers to prayer.

Just this week the following states have made big changes:

Mississippi Governor Signs Abortion Ban: I Want to Tell the Lord “I Fought for Innocent Babies”

Texas Senate Passes Bill Stopping Infanticide, Requiring Medical Care for Babies Born Alive After Abortions. 

Ohio defunds Planned Parenthood and abortion industry

Let's all say a BIG HALLELUYAH !

We went to see Unplanned this week and, Gail-Friends, you just absolutely MUST see this movie.  And take a teen, or pre-teen, with you.  The movie has an R rating due to graphic content. I'll tell you there a couple of very short scenes with blood, but they are necessary to understand the truth about abortion.

I learned so much from this film. For instance, about the RU486 method, aka the morning-after-pill.  The media makes it sound so simple and painless.  Not true and the film shows the impact of this drug.

I was touched by this film to the very depths of my soul.  So many girls and women have believed the lies about abortion.  I've personally known some who have killed their babies through abortion.  It's an issue so close to my heart that I wept through the whole movie.

I wept, not only about the ones who aborted their children but for the babies who were never born. 

I wept for the workers who are so blinded by the lies in their industry.

I wept for the fathers, and grandparents, and other family members who lost having those little ones in their lives.

Abortion is thoroughly horrible.  It impacts so many lives.  Statistics show that girls and women who abort their babies suffer terrible emotional and mental problems afterward -- many for the rest of their lives.  I know some of them.

But, I also wept for the pro-life workers.  I'm so thankful for those faithful ones who stood outside the killing clinics day after day, holding signs, and speaking truth to the ones who came to kill their babies.  God bless them for their steadfastness and faith.  In the movie, those workers waited eight long years to see their prayers answered for Abby Johnson.

God bless Abby for telling her story.  And God bless the people who provided funds to make this movie.  One benefactor is Mike Lindell - the My Pillow guy.  I'm going to buy two of them this week!!

Unplanned is having an impact:

“Unplanned” Movie Gets 93% Positive Rating From Viewers, Moves Up to 4th Place at Box Office

I've thought about the movie all week -- and cried.  I feel convicted to do more to stop the killing.  I've stood on the street with signs. I've supported pro-life causes.  I've written and spoken out about the killing.  I've contacted my legislators.  I've prayed with and counseled girls and women about it.  But, I know I can do more.  I'm seeking Adonai's face about what my role is to be going forward.   One thing I know to do is to encourage you to see the movie.

Another thing I know is this:  If you've had an abortion, God will forgive you.  

When we turn away, disobey and follow our own way, we reap death.  When women choose abortion, they experience death. Not only the death of the aborted baby but death in their spirits.

The aftermath of an abortion is like a beautiful piece of furniture with a deep scratch across the surface.  Marred, but still beautiful and still useful.   There is hope.   Peace is possible.

Beloved, if you have had an abortion, you must agree with God that abortion is murder.
Ask His forgiveness for your sin.
Receive that forgiveness as an unmerited gift.  Yeshua died and rose again to pay for your sin.
Thank Him for it daily.
Make amends by speaking the truth about abortion.  Share your experience so that others will not go through what you did.

REMEMBER:  You are loved and forgiven. God can use you to help other women.  
Read His Word -- the Holy Bible -- and obey it.  His ways are LIFE 

 

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Thankful Thursday - A Movie & A Pro-Life President

This week, I'm so thankful for what's happening in my country.  We now have a president who's putting America first and working tirelessly to Make America Great Again.  He's keeping his promises.  But, sadly, he's hated unmercifully for it.

I've listed previously the many accomplishments he's achieved over the past two years, and there are many more since that post.  If all you watch for news is the MSM (main stream media = ABC, CBS, NBC, and the worst of all, CNN) you will not hear a word about the good this president is doing.   Here's an updated list:  PROMISES KEPT

I'm most encouraged by the steps he's taken over the last month to defund Planned Parenthood.  God will bless him and America for doing this.  Here is a list of what he's done related to preserving the lives of the unborn:

PROTECTING LIFE: (from the Promises Kept link)

"President Trump recognizes the precious gift of life and protects the sanctity of life at all stages.

In his first week in office, President Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy that prevented $9 billion in foreign aid from being used to fund the abortion industry.

• President Trump de-funded a U.N. agency for colluding with China’s brutal program of forced abortion and sterilization.

President Trump worked with the Congress to sign a bill overturning an Obama midnight regulation that prohibited States from defunding abortion service providers.

• The Trump Administration published guidance which promises to enforce the Obamacare requirement that taxpayer dollars should not support abortion coverage in exchange plans.

Reinstated the Mexico City Policy to ban any U.S. foreign aid to organizations that perform abortions.

Signed a Congressional Review Act bill to allow states to restrict Planned Parenthood Funding."

AND just today, Vice President Mike Pence encouraged us to see the movie Unplanned, which is about an abortion provider who turned Pro-Life.  AMAZING!!!!


The movie is playing in many theatres this weekend, and we hope to see it.  I've heard good things about it.  It's actually the #4 box-office moneymaker right now.  Halleluyah!!!

 I'm so thankful that President Trump and Vice President Pence are NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT.

Please pray for our president.  He is hated and is in constant danger from people who are crazed with violent hate.  Especially pray for him this weekend as he visits the border wall.  I love the graphic attached to this article.  And the scripture verse about building the wall.

  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/05/prayers-for-president-trump/?fbclid=IwAR2iYBKLfJePlls_PT1jdrVog2KonkAFvQDEb_D33m3n1KGM4OuDgXVCNMI

And if you have the time to read a LONG but VALUABLE AND WORTH IT article about the crime of the century, carried out by Obama and Hillary and others, check this out.  I am praying for swift justice for the treasonous acts of these people.  And I BELIEVE justice is coming.

 http://dcwhispers.com/the-full-story-of-how-obama-hillary-and-brennan-carried-out-the-crime-of-the-century/


Again, I'm so thankful that we have THIS president.  I pray for him and his family daily.  They are paying a high price for their courage and determination to right the wrongs done in the past by traitors to America.

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Weep, Mourn and Take Action

used by permission of Above Rubies

Over the past week, we have seen horrible videos of Democrat legislators glorying in baby murder:

New York's Governor Cuomo signed legislation allowing babies to be killed up through 40 weeks gestation.  He even celebrated the shedding of their blood by lighting up the World Trade Center with pink lights.  

 Virginia's Governor Northam advocated for the murder of babies after birth.  This is known by the innocuous word, "infanticide".  It is the next level of the slippery slope that began with abortion (baby murder).

Rhode Island and New Mexico have joined New York and Virginia in heading down the same road recently.

Are you horrified?

Are you weeping?

Are you sick to your stomach?

Do you say to yourself, "How did we get to this point?"  or  "What can one person do?"

Addressing the last two questions, I will start with the first:

We arrived here by sliding down the slippery slope of abortion, which is a medical / technical word for killing a baby in the womb.  I remember going to a gynecologist, as a married woman in the 1970's.  With a big grin on his face he said, "Don't worry about getting pregnant. Now we can just suck it out and get rid of it."  I was absolutely horrified and left the office thinking he was the worst monster I'd ever encountered in my life.  That was my introduction to the word abortion.  Even in my naivete, I recognized his crude description as baby murder.

Over the years, our country was desensitized by the politically-correct liberals' word choices used to describe  baby murder:   abortion, a clump of cells, fetus and, the most evil of all, a woman's right to choose  aka pro-choice.  All the devils in hell must have loved that one because it sounds so positive.  Everybody wants a choice, right?  We were bombarded through television and movies to believe these lies.  Plainly and simply, we were fed mind-altering and bloody murderous propaganda.  When Roe v Wade became the law of the land, the baby-killing went mainstream.  Untold millions of children have been murdered since then.  

Regarding the second question, "What can one person do?"  I hope you will please consider this information found at the  Day of Mourning website

"The state of New York just voted to expand abortion access right up to the birth of the baby! To celebrate this unbelievable depravity they lit the One World Trade Center in pink! 

Women used to celebrate motherhood and find joy in their children. Today, in places like New York City, they are taking joy in destroying their children. N.Y. State has crossed a line of inhumanity that should drive us to our knees. 

46 years of the state sanctioned killing of our most helpless and defenseless children should cause us to weep, to mourn, and to take action. 

What is to be thought of a society that kills her own children? What will the future be of such a heartless society that celebrates such barbaric inhumanity?

“If the foundations be destroyed what shall the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3) 

We are calling for a National Day of Mourning and repentance. We are in desperate need for God to move upon the hearts of young and old in our nation. If our hearts do not break over the killing of these little image bearers of God in the womb, then how can we expect those growing up in this lost, confused and decadent culture to take our message seriously? Join us February 23rd for “A National Day of Mourning.”

- WEAR BLACK

- DON'T SHOP

- CLOSE BUSINESSES

- REPENT FOR ABORTION"

What does "repent" mean?  It means to turn and go in a completely different direction.  The Hebrew word is "teshuvah" and means to return to Torah - His Word and Ways.  G-d's word calls abortion murder because all life is created by Him.  These Scriptures makes it crystal clear:

"For you fashioned my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb." (Psalm 139:13)

"Do not murder" (Exodus 20:13)

You may not have murdered your baby (had a abortion), but  . . .  if you paid for an abortion for your daughter or granddaughter, you must repent.  If you voted for a legislator who was pro-baby murder (pro-choice), you must repent. 

Prior to the 1980's, I was not politically aware.  I never watched the news.  I was busy rearing my children and didn't keep up with anything related to government or politics.  I voted without even researching the issues or candidates. I've repented for not being aware and for neglecting my duty in vetting  / voting for my legislators.

I've repented of listening to and believing the lies of the mainstream media once I did become politically aware.  I remember when the Equal Rights Amendment was in the news and I was all for it.  At about that time, I began to read and listen to Phyllis Schaffley and Beverly LaHaye about the subject.  Those two G-d fearing women changed my mind, helping me see the truth about the law.  It would have taken away many of the rights women continue to possess. 

I repented of giving money to groups like the United Way and the Girl Scouts.  These, and many others, support baby murder.  Now, I am diligent to know what an organization supports and believes before I support them in any way.

"When My people, over whom My Name is called, humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

I meditate and humbly seek G-d's wisdom about what I am doing today.  Am I following Yeshua who walked this earth as a Torah-observant Jew? Or am I following a religion, denomination, preacher, or teacher?

I've repented of my evil ways and I thank G-d for His grace, patience and forgiveness through the blood of His Son, Yeshua.

I'm making amends by praying and working to end baby murder, and by doing my duty as an American citizen.  I'm raising my voice and thanking Him for the freedom to do so. 

I'm thankful for a pro-life president.  During the State of Union address this week.

 “There could be no greater contrast to the beautiful image of a mother holding her infant child than the chilling displays our Nation saw in recent days,” he said. “Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments from birth. These are living, feeling, beautiful babies who will never get the chance to share their love and their dreams with the world. And then, we had the case of the Governor of Virginia where he stated he would execute a baby after birth.”

 “To defend the dignity of every person, I am asking the Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother's womb. Let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life. And let us reaffirm a fundamental truth: all children – born and unborn – are made in the holy image of God.”

I hope you will join me in praying during the Day of Mourning on February 23.

Here are some web resources to aid in praying and taking action.

Free Prayer Guide
from Intercessors for America

The Activitist Mommy
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Life News

March for Life 2019

Today is the March for Life in Washington, DC.  You can watch LIVE at this link: MARCH FOR LIFE

I am so very, very thank-full for a pro-life president AND vice-president.  You can here their remarks today at this link:  Pence and Trump at the March for Life

President Trump said he will VETO any legislation that does not protect LIFE FOR THE UNBORN.

Oh, Haleluyah !!!

Conscience Protection Act

 

Tomorrow, July 13, 2016, or later in the week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Conscience Protection Act.  This law is very much needed to counter a growing number of states that are making health care providers and employers  participate in providing abortions. 

Nobody should be forced to participate in the brutal act of killing an unborn child.  But in California and New York, state agencies are forcing health plans to cover all abortions.  In Washington state, a court has ruled that public hospitals must provide abortions if they provide maternity care.  The Obama Administration is refusing to enforce the Weldon Amendment, a federal law that prohibits state governments from issuing such abortion mandates.


I found this information on the National Right to Life website. 

UPDATE:  Today, July 13, 2016, the House passed this bill.  It will now go to the Senate for approval, and then on to the president for his signature. Pray for him because he has said he will veto the legislation.

Today, speakers called for President Obama to uphold the words he spoke at Notre Dame in 2009, when he said that we should ‘honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion’. 

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