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ALL:

My mother came downstairs VERY upset a few mornings ago.
In a dream, she had seen her father CRYING PROFUSELY!!!!
Her father (my grandfather) was a devout, godly man and
attorney and son of a renowned Presbyterian minister.

I didn't try to tell her what I thought.

Personally, I believe what was happening in the dream was
that my grandfather was being shown how SPOILING his
two children has resulted in "people" who have easily NOT
listened to the Holy Spirit's warnings!!! THIS IS SO VERY
SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!! But, the WORST was his son (of course,
my uncle). He was COMPLETELY WITHOUT REMORSE and
never "checked" himself (even though his grandfather was
a Presbyterian minister). He made a LOT of trouble for his
family.

Many of us DO NOT "WISH" TO "CHECK" OURSELVES!!!
And many of us are SOOO "RELIGIOUS" we don't believe
we need to.

...Psalm 19
...13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
...may they not rule over me.
...Then will I be blameless,
...innocent of great transgression.

...14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of
...my heart be pleasing in your sight,
...O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

MANY "christians", sadly, are making Eternal Reservations
at the Hell-Fire Inn

True, Bible believing, Rapture Ready Christians, are the
New "endangered" Species

"BLESSINGS!!!"

"COME, LORD JESUS!!!!!!!"

Calvin

(I wrote this several months back.)

The Pollyanna spirit.

The movie, Pollyanna, was all about a little orphan girl who came to town and had SUCH a profound influence on everyone. She seemed to "change" everyone's attitude about life. And, as you would guess, the movie ended with ALL just looking forward to her coming back to them after she had been hurt. But, because a minister was "changed" in the movie, it made things seem that this "spirit" of Pollyanna was all that was needed.

The spirit of Pollyanna (the Pollyanna spirit) is a VERY seductive spirit. At its center, it is ALL about how people treat "you". It is ALL about how things reflect off of "you". "You" are the center point. "Christ" is "used" but is NOT the center. When ministers use this formula, it will "seem" like it is NEW stuff, but it is just a "NEW WAY" of keeping "themselves" at the center.

Signs of a “religious” spirit or spirit of PRIDE!!!

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* Worship of certain people

* Allowing / entertaining thoughts that you are “better” than some people

* Gathering others to “judge” with you to make you “feel” better

* Saying, “God knows my heart" instead of “God CHANGE my heart to know You!!!”

* Reflecting deep thoughts away from your heart for shallower, more “earthly” / "mental" thoughts.

* Blaming others all the time for your “lack” of comfort / control and having VERY little patience with those who don’t go along with “your”control.

* Never “really” listening to anything unless it involves “you”.

* Controlling others to the point of “possession”.

* Substituting of “things” being given as representative of “who” you are. Self–righteous giving or giving to make yourself an "idol"or admiration or worship over your “giving” to make yourself more “noticeable”.

* Making your life’s agenda how things / issues “reflect” on “me” instead of letting Christ rule and reign in the heart with love. In other words, IN THE PLACE OF of the scriptural admonition, “BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING”, one puts ABOVE ALL OF LIFE’S WORK: being careful about EVERYTHING that doesn’t reflect the “image” you want it to share of “you”. (This makes “Christianity” a “mental” and “attainable” thing of “an image reflecting 'self’”rather than Christ.)

Grandpa Tell Me Bout The Good Old Days



Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days) Lyrics
[Performed by The Judds; written by Jamie O'Hara]

Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days
Sometimes it feels like this worlds gone crazy
Grandpa, take me back to yesterday
When the line between right and wrong
Didn't seem so hazy

(Chorus)

Did lovers really fall in love to stay
And stand beside each other, come what may
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say
Did families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away
Oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days

Grandpa, everything is changing fast
We call it progress, but I just don't know
And grandpa, let's wander back into the past
And paint me the picture of long ago

Did lovers really fall in love to stay
And stand beside each other come what may
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say and then forget
Did families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away
Oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days
Oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days