tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post8810659617531950243..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: At this UK hotel, Gideon bible is out, 50 Shades of Grey is in the drawer nowElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-16239695023709928642012-07-18T05:58:58.398-04:002012-07-18T05:58:58.398-04:00Wonderful article Elizabeth :) and some great comm...Wonderful article Elizabeth :) and some great comments as well I must say. Women should hold fast because the more I think about we really are targets. Think of the mommies at home with babies passing time away by watching trashy reality shows or hard working women looking to relax by reading novels such as 50 shades of gray. You know Elizabeth whenever something is popular in these times, I tend to stray from it. That should of been my first inkling that 50 shades wasn't something Christian women should read.<br /><br />By the way, I think this links in to the point you are making here in the article. There is a new reality show on National Geographic network called American Gypsies. One of the quotes from the show "every woman is psychic". It follows the lives of real fortune telling, palm reading gypsies *face palm* Talking about the occult being thrown right in your face.<br /><br />Blessings Grace,<br />MarrellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-20963235269803468722012-07-16T16:44:43.207-04:002012-07-16T16:44:43.207-04:00Hi Elizabeth,
First of all, I would like to thank...Hi Elizabeth,<br /><br />First of all, I would like to thank you for writing about this topic. As a Baptist woman, I know firsthand just how reluctant many christian ladies are to deal with this issue...and it is an issue, if you have flesh that is, (and a heartbeat,...which according to many modern romantics, I suppose that is not even a requirement any longer? LOL)<br /><br />I am blessed to have been married for over 29 years to my best friend, but throughout many of those years I indulged in those trashy novels, thinking them to be OK as long as it was all make believe...well, the older (and wiser in the Lord) I have grown, I now understand what Jesus meant when he warned of looking upon someone with lust in your heart...those novels and movies (& video games too), create the flesh to respond in lust to what the mind is drinking in...As with any drug or other stimulant, it isn't too long before that 'high' is not strong enough and one will begin fantasizing about sex outside of the marriage bed, and then the transition from fantasy to reality becomes smoother. Although I never crossed that threshhold, I saw that threshhold, and now I am very careful to not create a situation where my flesh wants to respond to any ungodly influence whether it is movies, literature ( I use that term loosely), video games, music, or even certain affiliations with people and places. <br />The spirit responds to spiritual things, the flesh responds to fleshly things...The best guide is the Holy Spirit, but our bodies will let us know if we are engaging in something that is ungodly or worldly. Why do you think so many women get caught up in witchcraft and the occult? Because of the thrill that is felt in the body (goosebumps). You can see this whenever you watch anyone who is standing in line waiting to enter into a haunted house, or a movie theater where a horror movie is playing...there is excitment and thrills, it is intoxicating. Sex and magic; Of course the enemy is going to combine these two 'thrills' together especially in the last days when his time is quickly running out.<br />Women beware indeed!Never Forsakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537083795724752514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-33279846454931979612012-07-16T15:51:48.026-04:002012-07-16T15:51:48.026-04:00Kim, that is an excellent method! Thank you so muc...Kim, that is an excellent method! Thank you so much for sharing it. I am sure it will help other women. Also a great reminder to test ourselves, always test.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-69753530796793782142012-07-16T15:49:50.437-04:002012-07-16T15:49:50.437-04:00This is one way that I test my salvation, Elizabet...This is one way that I test my salvation, Elizabeth. I used to read romance smut all the time, watch tv shows filled with filth, (and some not filled with smut but not worthy of my time) and praise God I've given up reading them and watching them. I'm convicted whenever I'm doing something I wouldn't wand to be doing if Jesus were to return. The psalm that says "i will put no evil thing before my eyes" immediately starts playing in my mind. That's spirit inspired in my opinion and therefore, I know I belong to God (this is only one way, I know that, but I think it's a good one).<br /><br />KimKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449934341845326322noreply@blogger.com