Daniel 9:3-19

We don’t have many children in our neighborhood and haven’t had any Trick or Treaters for several years now. Tonight we were invited to a concert given by the U.S. Navy Band (Washington, D.C.) We enjoyed it so much, especially the patriotic music. I was breathing election prayers even during the music! Tomorrow we will be gone all day to a day-retreat our church sponsors. I hope to pray for the election in groups. The setting is on a river in Jacksonville, and the weather is very pleasant now, so I’m looking forward to all of this.

I’m posting this suggestion for praying and fasting on Monday before the election. I can’t remember if I received this as an email, or if I copied it from someone else. If you recognize it, let me know and I will give credit where it is due.

I have just read Daniel 9:3-19, and it can reflect what has happened in our country. Please read and meditate on it. And please pray about whether you should fast and pray on Monday, November 3rd. I plan to fast at least one meal each on Monday and Tuesday.

(The “I” in this is not me:)

"I am asking every believer in Jesus Christ to set aside Monday, November 3 as a day of fasting and prayer . I would urge you to review the prayer of Daniel on behalf of his people in Dan . 9:3-19, and to pray that way for our nation. And finally, I would ask you to distribute this call to prayer as widely as possible so that the greatest number of people would lay hold of the throne of grace all at once. It may be that God will show mercy to America , that He will shed His grace on her once again. Thank you for joining in this effort. " (The author of this is unknown to me, but it is a wonderful suggestion!)

Let me know what you think about the Daniel 9:3-19 scripture selection.

Katherine

(I may not be online tomorrow)

Prayers for our friends, election, voters, etc.

Comment from Lipstick Republican: "I, too, am amazed at the Christians I know who are supporting Obama. The verse that keeps coming to my mind is "O, you foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?" Paul chastised the Galatians who had reverted to their old way of thinking. These people I love seem to have reverted to an unredeemed way of thinking, too. So I pray that the eyes of the (spiritually) blind will be opened and the ears of the (spiritually) deaf unstopped."

This is a good prayer. I believe in praying scripture, it works!

Here is the suggested way to pray from Patrick Joshua for the voters: (Note: I can't get this to change colors from blue to a lighter color. If you highlight the blue parts you can read it better.)
Praying for those voting: Pray that each person voting will be convicted to vote for the person of righteousness, the person of God's choosing, in each elected office and in each ballot initiative. PRAY FOR GOD'S PRESENCE TO OVERSHADOW EACH PERSON AS THEY MAKE THEIR DECISION.

"The Spirit of the Lord will be upon him – the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord – and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears" Isaiah 11:2-3

Those praying: Pray that God would empower intercessors and people across the nation and around the world to call out to Him day and night in extraordinary prayer during this season.

"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a Spirit of grace and supplication." Zechariah 12:10

The Church: Pray that the Church would be fully awakened, engaged and empowered during this critical season. Pray that we would understand the urgency and importance of this election and the implications for the advancement of God's purposes in our nation and around the world.

"The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this". Isaiah 9:7

I was watching The Orlando Baptist Church and heard they are holding a prayer vigil Monday and Election Day. I sent them the Patrick Joshua prayer guide, and they called and thanked me for it! I'm trying to get it around to as many people as possible. This is from Charlotte's At Home in Scottsdale blog Click on Charlotte's name to read it. I have an excerpt from it below on Tuesday, October 28.

I can't stress these prayers enough, pray them, pray them!! I was awake until after 3 a.m. praying during the night. I couldn't sleep, so I prayed!!! I kept reading over and over these prayers by Patrick Joshua.

God answers the fervent prayers of His Children!

I just read Susan's (Penless Writer) blog today, she has a great prayer guide posted, I'm going to print it out and use it to pray. I may be up half the night again!

Katherine

Another prayer suggestion, and a prayer request

Today I received two emails that I want to share with you. The first is about Obama's infomercial tonight. The second a prayer request from one of our supporters.

It is time to pray. Pray as if our country depended on it - and it does. On the 29th of October, Obama is slated to air a 30 minute infomercial/ad. It is time for Christians and all people of faith to come together. Turn off the TV. Pray to God to listen to the millions of voices in prayer to him. God can work miracles. God can intervene. God will hear our prayers. Gather your friends, neighbors, children, family, etc. and come together to pray. Pray for the curtain of deceit to be lifted and the eyes, minds and hearts of those who believe that Obama is "The One" to be opened and that they learn the truth of who Obama is before it is too late. Our combined prayers will be heard by God. John McCain and Sarah Palin will feel the strength of our intercessory prayers. This battle is God's to win - we are his prayer warriors. Please come together and pray. Our country "one nation under God" is in danger.

This is from redstate.com, and it touched me deeply with its display of faith in God' care - let's all take the lady's advice!!!

Note: He is on here in FL at 8 p.m. that's Eastern Daylight Savings Time. As Susan pointed out, it's very interesting that he scheduled this at a time when the majority of Christians go to church on Wed. nights! (See comments)

Please join me in prayer for Maree's prayer request below. Maree is one of our supporters. I think all of us have Christians friends who have the curtain of deceit over their eyes, mind, and heart to the truth of who the Lord would have us to pray for. Let's pray for all of them. Also see yesterday's post about praying for a "righteous person," and praying that those voting will be convicted to vote for the person of righteousness, the person of God's choosing. Pray for God's Presence to overshadow each person as they make their decision.

"The Spirit of the Lord will be upon him - the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord - and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decided by what he hears with his ears."

I have been praying all the scripture, and the prayers out loud, every time I think of it (which is often!!)

Prayer request from Maree:
I mentioned I have some Christian friends that will be voting for Obama. My husband made a last ditch effort yesterday ...it fell on death ears.
One of these friends insist Obama is Pro-Choice which makes it okay....I love this person, they love the Lord..I KNOW they do!
I'm not asking why, why, why?? I'm asking you to pray for this person.. or better yet.. all Christians that believe Pro Choice is the way. Thanks and as always Katherine...God bless you!!


Have you seen this?

A Great Way to Pray for the Election

Charlotte posted a great message today and I've been sending it around to everybody I know. I love this way of praying! I'm posting a few of the suggestions. Please go to Charlotte's blog here, to read all of her post.

Let's pray this way too!

Excerpt from Charlotte's blog:

"Here's the pattern for prayer as we approach our election.

Prayer Guide for the Election Begins with Heart Preparation: Come into God's Presence with Worship. Thank God for his great mercy and many blessings. Ask God to extend his mercy to us and to our nation. Pray for the upcoming election.

Those running for office nationally: Instead of praying for specific candidates or political parties – Pray that the person of righteousness, the person of God's choosing, would be selected in every congressional district, every senate race and for the office of President.

"Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people." Proverbs 14:34

" When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan". Proverbs 29:2

Those voting: Pray that each person voting will be convicted to vote for the person of righteousness, the person of God's choosing, in each elected office and in each ballot initiative. Pray for God's Presence to overshadow each person as they make their decision.

"The Spirit of the Lord will be upon him – the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord – and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears" Isaiah 11:2-3

Those praying: Pray that God would empower intercessors and people across the nation and around the world to call out to Him day and night in extraordinary prayer during this season.

"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a Spirit of grace and supplication." Zechariah 12:10

Our nation: Pray that God's plans and purposes for our nation would be established during this election season. Pray that we would be a nation who follows God and is a blessing to the nations of the earth.

"Your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven". Matthew 6:10"

I'm only listing a few of the suggestions. Please click here to go to Charlotte's blog At Home in Scottsdale, to read all seven suggestions. Thanks, Charlotte, for posting this for us!

Katherine

Prayer Suggestions

Again I'm borrowing an exerpt from another like-minded blogger. This is from Susan, Penless Writer, go there to read the whole post, it is really good. Below are suggestions of how to pray about the election, and the conservative party. I have posted her link on my side bar, she will be posting something about the election daily this coming week.

Katherine

Exerpt:

"Here are some practical suggestions to consider:

1) Fast (a meal a day; a day a week; a Daniel fast; 3 days; 10 days; TV; etc.) and spend the time praying.

2) Agree in prayer with someone everyday for God's will to be done.

3) Form/participate in prayer groups regularly. Churches could pray everyday.

4) Take time in every gathering to pray. (Take 15 minutes in every service to pray for the elections. Turn an entire service to harp and bowl style intercession-worship and prayer combined.)

5) Join 2 or more on a conference call and pray for 15, 20, or 30 minutes.

6) Pray on the way to work (and on the way home).

7) Pray before you go to sleep.

8) Pray before church services.

9) Ask God to give you His strategy-He will!

In His grip,

Dutch Sheets Senior Pastor,

Freedom Church, Colorado Springs"

Spiritual Sundays

I'm joining Charlotte's (CharlottesWebspot blog) Spiritual Sundays, go here for more inspiration.

Today I have composed a prayer from someone else's post. I plan to use this as one of my many prayers crying out to God to save our country. See below for the credits.

Dear Lord God in Heaven, save us from the deception that charismatic preaching is using to lead us on the wrong path. Stop those who take God out of our country and our government. Raise up good men to lead us and protect us.

Father, forgive us for our complacency of sitting an allowing things to happen, for not taking a stand and fighting for our rights as Christians. Please give us the strength, the courage, the wisdom, and knowledge of what you want us to do.

Dear Lord raise up a mighty army to defend us and to protect our country as you did in days of old. Let us be victorious beginning NOW! The battle is Yours. We, your children, are calling on you, in prayer and fasting! We believe you will do this! “I believe, help thou my unbelief!”

Thank you, Lord, for hearing our prayers, and answering us!! Thank you for our victory!
Amen.

The prayer above was composed from a post I read while visiting Charlotte's other blog (At Home in Scottsdale) "Time For Christians to Seriously Pray" posted on October 25. An exerpt from that post is below:

Excerpt from “Time For Christians to Seriously Pray” (go here to read all of the post Charlotte posted October 25:

Excerpt: “OK, prayer warriors, here is your challenge... Start those prayer chains. Get the spiritual power working on our behalf and stop Barak Obama the proper way, by calling on our God to save us from the deception that charismatic preaching is using to lead us on the wrong path. Stop those who would take God out of our country and our government. Raise up good men to lead us and protect us. But we should not rest on our laurels and allow ourselves to be taken further off the path of Christianity and to have God removed from our presence in our schools, courts,
government and businesses.

Invite God into the fray. Ask that His power rest upon us and give us the victory. Ask him to raise up a mighty army to defend us and to protect our country as he did in days of old. Let us be victorious beginning NOW. The battle is His but we must call on Him without ceasing and unite our voices and hearts in prayer and fasting.

Please pass this around to all people of prayer that you know and maybe, just maybe, we'll bring a victory for us and ultimately for Him. AMEN!”

If you would like to type up one of your prayers, send them to me, and I will post them here.

This is the second post I've done today, please read the post below too! Thanks!

Katherine

We Voted!

Yesterday Joe and I took advantage of the early voting since we knew exactly who we wanted to vote for and who the Lord wants us to pray for, no changing our mind at the last minute! Joe has to work split shift on Tuesdays (he teaches at the college here) and we knew he wouldn't have much time to stand in line on Tuesday, November 4. I worry a little about our votes getting lost, or some weird thing happening to the early votes, you never know these days. We are praying the military votes will be counted, please join us in prayer for this, and for protection of all the votes.

Thank you to all who are fasting and praying! It would be good if more Christians made a sacrifice and fasted! Remember things other than food can be used for fasting, a favorite TV show, a shopping trip, a purchase, etc! Offer it up!

I have been wanting to post for a few days about a certain subject, but haven't had the time. I want us to join together using our power of prayer to defeat all the liberal entertainment celebrities who are using their celebrity to get votes for Obama!

Christians! We can't stand by and let these liberal celebrities determine the decision of this election!! I think everyone knows Oprah is the one responsible for Obama running for president. I watched the first Oprah show he was on and she suggested he run for president then. His reply was, "Oh, no, no, I wouldn't do that!!!" I guess she finally convinced him, and she has convinced her huge TV following to vote for him as well!

Let's pray that God will show them who is in control of this election! He is waiting to hear from His children for their requests! Let's all bombard the Gates of Heaven with our petitions for who we want for our president! I lift up my prayer requests all day long, everytime I think of it!! I have even had insomnia and pray most of the night! I know a lot of you are doing the same!

Another thing I've been doing -- I was getting so angry at all the liberal biased news people, TV talk shows, and comedy shows, some are so unkind and full of hatred (especially to Sarah Palin.) I didn't really know how to deal with this. The Holy Spirit showed me the way -- I am to pray for these liberal people! I pray for their salvation. I pray for their hearts to be touched and changed. I pray "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do!" (Luke 23:34) I've also asked for forgiveness for my feelings toward them.

Thank you for your many comments. Everybody, please take time to read the comments, there are some really good comments on each post!

Praise God for what He is doing!!

In His Name we pray!

Katherine

Our Decision

My husband and I base our decision of who to vote for on the abortion issue, and other moral issues. We are both former Democrats. My husband and I have weighed all the issues and there is nothing, absolutely nothing that could balance out the lives of 50,000,000 unborn babies murdered by abortion!!! Visualize this on the scale above. This horrifies me!! And even worse is the fact that when abortion fails and the baby is still alive, they then kill it without asking the mother what to do. This is the beginning of decline in our country. Next the liberals will be killing the elderly.

I beg of you if you are considering voting liberal, please visualize the picture of 50,000 murdered babies on the scales above. Is it worth it?

I have just assumed that Christians vote conservatively. I have been wrong a few times on this, even a few of my friends, and a few family members are choosing non-Christian values in this election. This saddens me deeply. I feel it saddens our Lord as well. I honestly cannot understand how a Christian can justify voting for someone who is for abortion and partial-birth murder. It is murder, one of The Ten Commandments - Thou Shall Not Kill!! Exodus 20:13. Do they cut that out of their bibles?? Are they cafeteria Christians, who pick and choose what they want to believe in the Bible.

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. John 14:15

I cannot be a part of anything that approves abortion.

Note: If you have had an abortion, God will forgive you, if you ask Him to. If you have asked for forgiveness, believe it, and don’t whip yourself any longer about it. I have friends who have been through this mental and emotional pain after having an abortion.

I have two posts today, I hope you will read both of them.

Military Poll

Newsvine: "A poll by the Military Times newspaper group suggests that there is overwhelming support for John McCain among U.S. troops in every branch of the armed forces by a nearly 3-1 margin.

According to the poll, 68 percent of active-duty and retired servicemen and women support McCain, while 23 percent support Barack Obama. The numbers are nearly identical among officers and enlisted troops.

The Military Times, which publishes the Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times and Air Force Times, polled 80,000 subscribers from Sept 22 to Sept. 29. The non-scientific survey gathered 4,300 respondents -- all of them registered and eligible to vote.

A racial divide was immediately evident among the respondents. Nearly eight in 10 black service members chose Obama, while McCain captured 76 percent of white voters and 63 percent of Hispanic voters." from: http://basseq.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/21/2023683-poll-suggests-us-troops-support-mccain-3-1

What I'm wondering is - all the political polls that are taken, do they include the military in their polls?? The soldiers overseas, etc. It seems to me these should bring up McCain's percentage ratings.

Move the Mountain!

Last night I couldn't get to sleep so I turned on the TV to a Christian channel. The message was from Mark 11:23 - "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, be taken up and cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him." The mountain analogy is - "an impossible situation that can't be moved." Some may feel McCain winning the election is an impossible situation. Let's claim this verse as we pray for our miracle! Notice the key words in this verse.

Below I have included more than that one scripture, so not to take it out of context. "Jesus answered saying 'Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, be taken up and cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted you. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your transgressions. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions." Mark 11:22-26

Key words here are:
"pray,"
"ask,"
"believe,"
(what he) "says,"
(does not)"doubt," and
"forgive."

I suggest we all meditate on these key words and ask the Lord what He has to say to us through them.

ADDED NOTE: Please click on the Urgent Prayer Request on the side bar, and pray for this supporter's husband who is having emergency open heart surgery today! Now, this is one of those mountain situations! May God bless and protect him.

Encouragement

I do appreciate all your kind and encouraging comments of this blog! So many of you have given me encouragement in different ways!

Our dear friend, Adrienne, at With a Grateful Heart gave me much encouragement when she sent me this link yesterday. I want to share it with all of you, I didn't know there was a Presidential Prayer Team, did you? I firmly believe if everybody would pray for President Bush instead of complaining and/or criticizing and judging, things would be much better!

Check it out:

http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ppt_homepage

They even pray for Obama, as well!

Thank you, Adrienne! Thank you also for your support to me, and for your prayers for our country!

Katherine

Power of Prayer Blog

I have decided to start another blog! This one will be on The Power of Prayer! I'm so excited about having such a good response from all of you about praying together as a group! This blog will contain copies of all the prayer messages from my Yellow Rose Arbor blog (YRA.) I will continue to post photos and messages on decorating and other fun things on my Yellow Rose Arbor blog.

I have always tried to keep my YRA blog from being controversial about politics and religion, but now feel the Lord is calling me to stand up for our country and reach out to others about my beliefs. I believe in prayer, I believe in miracles! I have been in prayer groups for the majority of my life, and I have seen prayers answered, and miracles happen! I'm a firm believer in joining together in group prayer. "Where two or three have gathered together in My name there I am in their midst." Mt. 18:20

Women can change things with prayer! Back in the 70s I read a book "What Happens When Women Pray" I put it to a test, and found the principles true. Men are also welcome to join us in prayer as well, the more the merrier!

If you are not in agreement with my beliefs, then this is not the blog for you, I suggest you move on to others that you are more compatible with. Believe me I haven't wanted to be stretched in this direction of talking about politics and religion, but I feel the Lord is leading me to do this.

Since this is such a risky subject putting myself out there for angry people to blast, therefore I will moderate all comments before publishing them. Please do not let this stop you from leaving kind messages!

I'm including the first controversial message I posted on my YRA blog on September 15, 2008 where I told about being a former Democrat, and why I changed.

I hope you enjoy this new blog and will participate with me on it. If you post something on your blog you want read by my blog followers, please let me know and I will post a link to your blog.

Thank you for your encouragement to be brave, to take a bigger step (giant step!) in this direction! I covet your prayers! There is power in prayers, especially group prayers, I need your prayer support!

I will still continue to post decorating and other fun things on my YRA blog.

Katherine

"Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in Heaven. For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst." Matthew 18:19, 20 NASB

Year of the Christian Woman

Thursday on the Oprah show I learned that the feminists are calling this election time “The Year of the Woman” they say this is the year the women will vote in a liberal president! But wait, they have forgotten about all of us Christian women, shall we sit back and let them decide this for us? We can have our own Year of the Woman – The Year of the Christian Woman!! As Christians we must take a stand and pray! Let’s use our power of praying to work a miracle in this election! We can turn the polls around! We can pray in our conservative president!

Do you believe in miracles? I do. I believe in the power of prayer. Prayer can change things!

A few days ago Rhondi at Rose Colored Glasses posted this from the book “Streams in the Desert.” I agree with it, do you?

“Difficulty is the very atmosphere for a miracle – it is a miracle in it’s first stage. If it is to be a great miracle, the condition is not difficulty, but impossibility! Is your situation seemingly impossible? Then it is the perfect environment for a miracle to occur. I believe in miracles, do you?” Thank you for posting this, Rhondi.

Some are saying McCain will not win the election, the polls show him lagging behind. People are angry at the economy, and the state America is in, etc., some think a change in parties will help, but it won’t! Ladies, this is difficulty, this is a perfect atmosphere for a miracle! We as women can turn this around with prayer!! There is power in prayer, but we must take the time to pray, to storm the gates of Heaven for our miracle. We must not let the liberals take over our country the way they plan to!! We must not let the liberal celebrities and biased media decide who wins this election!

We only have 17 more days, we must get this message spread around before election day! Please copy this and forward it to every Christian woman you know! The men are also invited to pray join us in praying!

Christian ladies, please stand with us in prayer!! I have started a new blog The Power of Prayer for messages like this, please bookmark it and participate in it!

Thank you for your prayers, and God Bless You for helping!

Katherine

The Power of Prayer

Note: I'm re-posting this post that was featured on my Yellow Rose Arbor blog on October 14, 2008:

This election has the world in an uproar, but we as Christians have got to seek God for the answers.

This is the scariest election we as Christians have ever faced. From the looks of the polls, the Christians are not voting Christian values. We all need to be on our knees.

Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders to behold. This scripture gives us, as Christians, ownership of this land and the ability to call upon God to heal it. I challenge you to do so. We have never been more desperate than now for God to heal our land. This election is the scariest I remember in my lifetime.
We know the power of prayer, but if we don't call upon His name, nothing will change.

JUST ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT....

Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders to behold. His scripture gives us, as Christians, ownership of this land and the ability to call upon God to heal it. I challenge you to do so. We have never been more desperate than now for God to heal our land.

2 Chronicles 7:14 : If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped.

There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America. The United States of America and our citizens need prayer more than ever!!!

If you would like to participate: each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time, 8:00 PM Central , 7:00 PM Mountain, 6:00 PM Pacific, stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, for peace in the world, for wisdom and courage for our leaders, the up-coming election, and that the Bible will remain the basis for the laws governing our land and that Christianity will grow in the U.S.

If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along.

Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have.

Please pass this onto anyone who you think will want to join us.

If you forget to pray at this time, pray whenever you think of it!

God Bless You!!!

Thank you!

Katherine
Note added: I'm so happy so many people are responding favorably to this. Maree-atHome copied the silhouette and posted it on the side-bar of her blog. If you would like to do this too, please do!

Smiling

I have a smile on my face, and gratefulness in my heart for answered prayer! Hannah moved away from FL - just what we prayed for! We had rain most of the day, but not much wind, as the storm was a little over 100 miles of us. I’m now praying for the people who may be in Hannah’s path, my daughter lives in SC, and we are praying it doesn't cause any damage there. I'm also praying about the next hurricane, Ike, which is predicted to miss FL, but could change directions! I wish I could have a big smile sewed in place like this little dolly, so I could smile through any situation, good and bad.

I enjoyed watching the GOP Convention. I really enjoyed all the speeches. I had a lot of smiles as I listened to Huckabee, Palin, Thompson, and of course John McCain. I also had tears, hearing details of his imprisonment and suffering. I will vote for McCain because of his integrity, he is a man of substance! Our children and grandchildren need a hero, a politician hero. John McCain is truly a hero, no one can deny that.

I used to be a registered Democrat, but changed years ago when the party's values and morals declined and they became so liberal. As a Christian I cannot vote for anyone who is for abortion. Because of the sixth commandment of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:13) I know the Lord forgives those who ask for forgiveness for sins, but I cannot be a part of anything that allows women to make this mistake. I know women who have had abortions and I have seen the guilt and pain they have suffered. They are close friends and I have prayed with them and walked with them through this.

I can’t smile about the way the media is so biased. I will never watch CNN again. They speak so negative and disrespectful of all Republicans. I wish we could go back to the old times when the media, and everybody, had respect for our president, our leaders, and our country. The media was respectful of presidents like F. Roosevelt, and Kennedy when they knew what was going on with them, they even protected them. I don't condone what they did, I just like the way our leaders were respected. I don’t like what has happened in our country. I’m praying for a change, yes, a change for those who are so blinded to what our Lord desires - to have their eyes opened, and their hearts changed to love and follow Him.

Katherine

New Blog!

I have decided to start another blog! This one will be on The Power of Prayer! I'm so excited about having such a good response from all of you about praying together as a group! This blog will store copies of all the prayer messages from my Yellow Rose Arbor blog (YRA.)

I have always tried to keep my YRA blog from being controversial about politics and religion, but now feel the Lord is calling me to reach out to others about my beliefs. I believe in prayer, I believe in miracles! I have been in prayer groups for the majority of my life, and I have seen prayers answered, and miracles happen! I'm a firm believer in joining together in group prayer. "Where two or three have gathered together in My name there I am in their midst." Mt. 18:20

Women can change things with prayer! Back in the 70s I read a book "What Happens When Women Pray" I put it to a test, and found the principles true. Men are also welcome to join us in prayer as well, the more the merrier!

If you are not in agreement with my beliefs, then this is not the blog for you, I suggest you move on to others that you are more compatible with. Believe me I haven't wanted to be stretched in this direction of talking about politics and religion, but I feel the Lord is leading me to do this.

Since this is such a risky subject putting myself out there for angry people to blast, therefore I will moderate all comments before publishing them. Please do not let this stop you from leaving kind messages!

I'm starting out with the first message I posted on my YRA blog on September 15, 2008 where I told about being a former Democrat, and why I changed.

I hope you enjoy this new blog and will participate with me on it. If you post something on your blog you want read by my blog followers, please let me know and I will post a link to your blog.

Thank you for your encouragement to be brave, to take a bigger step (giant step!) in this direction! I covet your prayers! There is power in prayers, especially group prayers, I need your prayer support!

I will still continue to post decorating and other fun things on my YRA blog.

Katherine

"Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in Heaven. For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst." Matthew 18:19, 20 NASB