07.31.06
Praise to Jesus!!!!!!!
07.29.06
WOMEN ARE NOT SEX OBJECTS
DAILY DEVOTIONAL SATURDAY JULY 29, 2006
( Genesis 1:27, 1 Timothy 2:9, Proverbs 31:10, 31:30 )
According to the world, women are nothing more than sex objects. The
entertainment and advertising industries that play such a huge role in
shaping our culture have made it clear that women are nothing more than sex
objects. Through television, radio, movies, music, the internet, and
advertising, women are portrayed as sex toys. Our culture today says that a
woman has to have a great body, show off as much of it as possible, and is
alive simply for the pleasure of men. I have been wondering when women will
finally speak up and say , "NO MORE!!!" Well, today, I am!!!
Beyonce of Destiny’s Child professes to be a Christian. Only God knows her
heart, but what is the good of standing on stage and thanking Jesus one
moment, then seconds later slithering on the floor with virtually nothing
on, exposing her body to the world, and singing about illicit sex? Women
like Beyonce have literally sold their soul to the god of this world for a
few moments of fame and millions of dollars that can buy you whatever this
world has to offer, but not the true joy, peace, and abundance that is only
available when we are living our lives for Jesus. Sadly, there is an
endless supply of women more than willing to sell themselves to be exploited
for their sexuality on television, in movies, in the music world, over the
internet, and in ads.
Appalling to me has been the trend, especially in the last 5 years, in the
Christian music world where young women, trying to compete to be "famous,"
are being exploited by record companies in the same way women in the secular
music industry are exploited. Young women who are singing about Jesus, yet
dressing and dancing no different than Britney and Christina. Also, Memo to
Women: The church is not a nightclub! Please, when you dress for church,
stop by a mirror before you leave the house and honestly ask yourself if you
are dressed to attract men to your body or modestly as God’s Word instructs.
It is women as much as men who support the entertainment and advertising
industries. Women faithfully watch the television programs, go to the
movies, purchase the CD’s and concert tickets, visit the websites, and
consume the products sold by advertisers that are exploiting women purely
for their sexuality. Women as much as men have been brainwashed that they
are nothing more than sex objects. They affirm this through their willing
participation in, and support of, the entertainment and advertising
industries that portray women predominantly as sex objects.
I am amused that on such a critical issue, the women’s rights groups have
nothing to say. Rather than speak up on a legitimate issue like this, they
are busy working for satan to insure women have the right to kill their baby
if they want to. Rather than speaking out as women are sexually exploited
by the entertainment and advertising industries, portrayed as whores, they
spend their time and energy telling women that after you have exercised your
"power" to have as much sex with as many people as you want, it is perfectly
acceptable to go out and kill your baby when you get pregnant from all of
that promiscuous sex.
One of the things God has called me to do in these last days is to stand up
in the town square and clearly, boldly, expose the lies of satan and share
the truth of God’s Word with this lost world. Jesus identified satan as a
liar in John 8:44, and one of satan’s goals is to tell the lie loud enough
and long enough, that people believe the lie to be the truth. GOD IS TRUTH!
When the lie of satan is contrasted with the truth of God, it cannot stand.
The truth will win every time. The only way the truth loses is when people
are too afraid to stand up and proclaim it! Well, today I am without fear
telling you that the lie says a woman is nothing more than a sex object,
while God says a woman is created in His very image and has eternal value
and worth!!!
Women, I am speaking to you today. It is up to YOU to stand up and say, "NO
MORE" to this lie from satan. You are NOT a sex object, alive simply for
the pleasure of men. For those who have been blessed and gifted by God to
act, you have got to say NO to those roles on television and in the movies
that portray you as just a sex object. For those who have the gift to sing,
you have got to say NO to singing songs that promote everything God is
against. When you perform, don’t dress like you are working in a strip
joint and don’t use choreography that makes it look like you are having sex.
For those who have been blessed with what the advertising world considers
beauty, you don’t have to allow yourself to be exploited sexually just to
sell some product.
WOMEN IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AND ADVERTISING INDUSTRIES HAVE GOT TO DECIDE IF
SELLING THEMSELVES IS WORTH THE FEW MOMENTS OF FAME AND LITTLE MONEY THAT IT
MAY BRING.
All women can have a voice. You can say "NO MORE" by not watching
television programs, going to movies, buying music, going to websites,
purchasing products where women are being exploited sexually. As long as
you watch, as long as you listen, as long as you buy, the entertainment and
advertising industries will continue to treat women as nothing more than sex
objects!
Men, we don’t get a pass either, after all, WE ARE THE PRIMARY TARGET
AUDIENCE! Between the confusion over our God-given roles, the lack of a
strong male figure in the lives of many young men, the instant access of
porn, we are the ones who have bought the lie that women are nothing more
than sex objects, simply alive for our pleasure. Most men have no idea how
special a woman is. They look at women simply as an object of lust and
sexual desire. This is the lie the world has told us loud enough and long
enough, that today we believe it to be true.
As long as men continue to be consumers of what the entertainment and
advertising industries put out, these industries will continue to tell us
that women are nothing more than sex objects. Remember this men, the woman
you are lusting after is somebody’s mother, somebody’s daughter, somebody’s
sister, somebody’s granddaughter! That woman was created by God, not for
your lusts and desires, but to serve and glorify Him with their life.
I love you and care about you so much. Women, you are NOT sex objects. You
have been created in the very image of God and have eternal worth. He loves
you, and you are His perfect creation. God did not create you to be a toy
for men’s passions, but to serve and glorify Him with your lives.
Regardless of what the world calls beauty, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL because of who
you are in Christ!
It is Christ, not the world that makes you beautiful. It is the
unconditional love God has for you that makes you special, not how many men
lust after you. You are not on this earth to please men, but please God.
Women, you are created in the image of God, daughters of a King, with an
eternal inheritance worth more than all of the gold and silver this world
can offer. Don’t sell your body for the scraps of this world when you
already have the riches of Heaven!
I will be praying for you today. For those women gifted and fortunate
enough to work in the entertainment and advertising industries, I will pray
for you to have the courage to say no when asked to exploit yourself
sexually. For all women, I pray that you will be aware of how women are
being sold to this world as nothing more than sex objects and that you will
not support those entertainment and advertising entities that exploit women
in this way. For men, I pray that we will open our hearts and realize that
women were not put on this earth for us to lust after and conquer sexually.
THE ONLY WOMAN WE ARE ALLOWED TO DESIRE AND HAVE SEXUALLY IS OUR WIFE!!!
ALL OTHER WOMEN ARE OFF LIMITS!!!
From the beginning of man, women have been treated as nothing more than sex
objects. The entertainment and adverting industries of our day continue to
exploit women in this way. The key is to see men and women saved and come
to an understanding of who they are in Christ. A woman is not a sex toy,
but an amazing creation of God made in His image. She has been created to
serve God with her life. The lie of satan is that a woman is simply a sex
object. It is time for men and women who know the Truth to stand up and
say, NO MORE!"
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
a heartlight
Crying Out to Jesus!
So Mary and Martha sent a person to tell Jesus, "Lord, your
dear friend Lazarus is sick." When Jesus heard this he said,
"The end of this sickness will not be death. But this
sickness is for the glory of God. This has happened to bring
glory to the Son of God."
— John 11:3-4 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Sometimes we have no answers and all we can do is cry out to Jesus and
ask for his help! We don’t know what he knows. We can’t see to the end
of the matter. Everything looks lost from our end. So in our
desperation, we cry out for help. But why does it take desperation to
cry out to him and ask for his help? Why don’t we start each day by
crying out to him for help, asking him to enter into our world, our
homes, our lives, and our hearts? The reminder that Jesus stands at the
door of our hearts and knocks wasn’t written to the lost, but to the
saved who had begun to take their walk with Jesus for granted. So let’s
not wait till desperation sets in to cry out and to invite him in!
TODAY’S PRAYER:
Father, thank you for being ever near. Thank you for coming all the way
here. Thank you for making Jesus available. And now, dear Savior, I cry
out and ask you into my heart. I know you are always here and always
near, but I want you to know you are welcome here. I willingly open
myself to you. Your wisdom, strength, care, healing, guidance, love,
inspiration, tenderness, strength, and power are always welcome in my
life. Please come alive in me. Amen.
2 Corinthisans 4:18-5:1
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For
what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Now we
know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a
building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human
hands.” (2 Corinthians 4:18-5:1)
07.27.06
the big 25
07.26.06
covering of a woman’s head
Psalm 46:1-7
God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of
trouble. So we will not fear, even if earthquakes come and the
mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let
the mountains tremble as the waters surge! … The LORD Almighty is
here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. (Psalm 46:1-7
NLT)
KJV — Psalm 46:1-7
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall keep her, and that right early.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
not sure what to write tonight
07.24.06
what a life
07.23.06
first post
Matthew 18:18-20
18 – Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19 – Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20 – For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
I figured what better way to start this site than to add one of the scriptures from the greatest book ever written. Okay, let’s see if this works.