Why We Christians Don't Celebrate Halloween

Halloween is a pagan holiday, which is a satanic holiday. This is blasphemy! I am a Christian and I have never grown up celebrating Halloween like most people. My parents did not encourage the costumes, the scary decorations and the tricks.

Jesus would never hide from this evil holiday, but he would stand against and refuse to participate in it, and He commands his followers to do the same: “Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul” ( 1 Pet. 2:11).

You will give the devil permission to harm you spiritually if you participate in the trick-or-treat ritual for any reason. Ephesians 4:27 warns: “and do not give the devil a foothold”. Never fail to remember that: Jesus came to serve the sick and broken. He loved being at the well, by the sea, and in the marketplace. He would never have said "run and hide, its Halloween!"

Remember what Jesus said:

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16).

Sinning against God by celebrating Satan's special day is not letting our light shine. It is handing ourselves over to Satan so we will become spiritual casualties. Some Christians promote Halloween. Some of you are groaning right now and shaking your head. Well, let me tell you. The devil is not stupid. He knows very well that we can be deceived if he can blind us to the truth. If he can keep us from ever knowing Christ in our lifetime he has won our soul forever. We will go to hell. He works constantly to make it hard to find the truth. Satan and his demons have created a network of substitute religions to keep as many people deceived and confused as possible.

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Let’s say that we do let our kids be involved. We get them a cute Barbie or Bat Man costume, decorate the house up like a graveyard, and buy lots and lots of candy. It’s harmless right? You hit the road on Halloween and your little one starts to see other children dressed as witches, demons, and other assorted monsters. What do you say? Now think about this! You are building a foundation here that will shape how they think about the occult.

If you say, it is okay honey, it’s just for fun. Your child will remember that it is acceptable to imitate evil. If you say, just ignore them, they don’t know any better. Your child will learn not to care about the lost around them. Any response that you give that tries to smooth over the representation of the occult in Halloween will dull their ability to determine what is dark and evil and what is light and pure.

Christians that participate in Satan's special evil day will eventually fall away from the true Christian faith, and come under the God-sent delusion if they refuse to repent. If they think the celebration of Satan can be yoked with the worship of God, they will one day believe that Antichrist is God. The Bible is clear about God's will concerning the things of darkness. We are not to have fellowship with them, and we are to criticize them:  "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them” (Ephesians 5:11).

Let us all teach our children how to wrestle spiritually by discouraging them from participating in traditional Halloween activities (2 Timothy 2:4). Then tell them why and encourage them to pray on a regular, daily basis (Ephesians 6:18). Let them know firsthand the power that we have in prayer. We should know Christians how to fight on our knees. Also, make sure your children are prepared for battle (Ephesians 6:11).

Do they know the truth? Stand on the Word of God? Have faith? Know the gospel? Are they righteous? Are they saved? Christians, instead of celebrating on Satan's banquet day, please PRAY!  Intercession and spiritual warfare should be the first item on our agenda, not the very last option.

May God help you to stand in this evil day of multi-million money ministries that promote Satan in the name of Jesus Christ.

Is there amusement in your home?

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When I initially had my babies, I thought about what I required our family life to look like. One of the first things on my list was amusement. I wanted our family to be a place where people express amusement and where people laugh. I think love and amusement and recollections all go together; it is hard to have any of those things without in addition having the other. Does your home ring with amusement?

One of the studies affirmed that teens laugh twice as much as adults in their fifties. Once we exceed fifty, it is all descending and we stop laughing. That's heartbreak. However maybe we wouldn't stop if we promote amusement in our homes! So here are some random opinions on how you can promote amusement and laughter:

• Play a lot with the kids

We laugh when we play; we laugh when we talk and we laugh when we are together and things happen. We don't tend to laugh when we are alone in our rooms doing our own thing. If you want to promote laughter, you have to in fact be together! And from time to time the things that you will end up laughing about are the things that you were totally upset about at the time.

• Do ordinary things

Once you do spend time together, do it out of the ordinary ways! Do not just watch TV or movies, even if they are funny. The things that are hilarious tend to be the things that take place in daily life that you are paying notice enough to see the funny side in them. Aim to do odd and wonderful things with your family!

Do not constantly watch TV; sometimes play chess or board games, or go for walks in the park. We also do really strange things at the dinner table. We’d do funny face competition with the kids or we’d have details questions after dinner, and you couldn't leave the table until you got something right. Spend time together out of your regular household tasks, doing weird things, and you'll without doubt laugh!

• Give kids permission to laugh at you

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This begins when they are toddlers. Each time I did something stupid, I would go running to wherever my kids were and I'd say, "Look how Mummy put my blouse on inside out! And we'd all laugh. Children like to laugh. They like to feel that they can laugh at their parents, too, because while kids want to feel safe, they don't want to feel like their parents must be perfect. If you give your children the feeling that they must always think you are perfect, your children will feel unfaithful and untruthful when they become aware that you are not perfect. So offer them safe ways to chat about your fault!

Also if Daddy does something funny, too, let the kids know about the funny thing he did, and laugh! Of course, you do not want to make fun of, and you surely do not want to allow your children to make fun of each other. There is a difference between healthy laughter and laughing at someone, you must teach your children the difference. Although it will be simple to learn if you model it from the start!

How do you express amusement in your home? Let me know!

You are Special!

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You are special. Has this ever comes across your mind?  You can do incredible things in a way that no one else can. You are amazing! The Bible says you are fearfully and wonderfully made. God made you with such respect. If He made you with respect, then what would it be like for you to have a sense of value, worth and respect for yourself? I believe that because you and I were made in His image, our ability for greatness is huge!

The truth is more than a few do not feel that way. The majority of us as children are very delighted about life. We love to dream and to have fun. It doesn’t take long for the song in our hearts to die away. It doesn’t take long to hear messages akin to “you can’t do that; you’re a fool; who do you think you are”? We consent to these messages and they turn out to be the typescript through which we do our life. We all start out special as originals just to end up as copies. Before you know it, we discover our lives dancing to the beat of a different hit. All the way through we find out that we have been hard-pressed into a style that somebody else has given us and it doesn’t fit very well.

I accept as true, it is time for you to get well, to build up your strength, your heart, your voice and your enthusiasm. You were born to create, to dream, to explore and to impact and influence everything you lay a hand on! Don’t undervalue your importance or value. You are precious and special and there is no one else like you and no one else can do what you do.

God created you to be different from everyone else, and that's why you are special. Don’t give anyone permission to take away your happiness, your vision or your passion. You matter, your dreams matter and more greatly, you matter to the One above us. He knew you before you were formed in your mother's womb and He loves you.

Be blessed today.

Marriage is God Idea!

Today we celebrated William and Katie’s wedding. It was awesome! They both declared their promises in front of God that they will love, comfort, honour and protect each other as long as they both live.

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“Marriage is a gift from God, The Lord God said, “It s not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Genesis 2: 18-24) NIV.

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God creative work was not complete until he made a woman. He could have made her from the dust of the ground, as he made man. God chose, however, to make her from the man’s flesh and bone. In so doing, he illustrated for us that in marriage man and woman symbolically are united into one. This is a mystical union of the couple’s hearts and lives. Throughout the Bible, God treat this special partnership seriously. If you are married or planning to be married, are you willing to keep the commitment that makes the two of you one? The goal in marriage should be more than friendship; it should be oneness.

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“So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate” (Matthew 19:6) NIV.  Jesus made God ideal very plain, he approved one kind of marriage bond, man to woman. These become one flesh, one before God.  Rom: 1:24-27. Heterosexual monogamy is God’s plan for marriage, the best plan and the only one.

May God Bless them!

 

Stay True To Who You Are!

Never let yourself to be abstracted by others trying to redirect your dream that has been set for you. Pause, evaluate the state and carry on moving forward on the precise path toward your goals. Never let other people change you to be the person they want you to be. God made you as an individual, so stay true to who you are!