Will Canada Become the 51st American State?

 Times that America used their military to try to INVADE Canada:

🔴 American Revolutionary War 1775

🔴 War of 1812

🔴 Patriot War 1837

🔴 Fenian Raids 1866-1871

We sent you packing back beneath the border each and every time.

Wars Canada Participated in:

🍁World War 1 1914-1918 

(Which America didn't join until 1917)

We were part of the Allied Powers,  66,000 Canadians died and the phrase STORM TROOPER was used for the first time to describe the Canadians fierce nature in battle.

🍁 World War 2 1939-1945

Which we VOLUNTEERED to fight in from the beginning

(but America didn't join until after Pearl Harbor was attacked on DECEMBER 7, 1941 and the Draft was called).

🍁 Korean War 1950-1953

Where Canada fought as part of the UN Forces and stayed on as Peace Keeping Forces even after it was over.

🍁 Vietnam 1965-1973 

When THOUSANDS of American Draft Dodgers were sneaking north across our border to escape having to go into combat, 40,000 Canadians headed south and VOLUTEERED to join the American Army.

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No one (besides the Americans) has ever even attempted to invade our country, so the American military has never been required to defend us. 

And here's the kicker, President Trump, Canadians have absolutely NO desire to be part of America❗️🤨

We are happy to trade with you, although we have an abundance of diverse resources, so we don't actually NEED to.

We are happy for your people to come and visit with us on their holidays and we'd love to show 'em a good time.

However, (and "read my lips") Canada will NEVER be the 51st State of America.

So it's time for you to stop slogging that dead horse and move on.

However,☝️in the interest of continuing to garner good relations between our countries and since you like to cut a good deal, we will sell you TORONTO at a GREATLY reduced price. 

And we'll even throw in Prime Minister Mark Carney ... free of charge.

Take it or leave it, Mr. Trump❗️🤷‍♀️

The Truth with Love

 Always Laura-Lee 

Of course, we would be MORE than willing to play a game of REAL Football with you, any time you want.

Short Video CFL Grey Cup 1996 (aka. "The Snow Bowl"

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Truth Made Public

Christians admire a person who preaches a good sermon or writes a good book or leads a nice church, they idolize them and then all their objectivity goes out the window and they follow them without question. We hand our vulnerable little ones over to them, they take them into secret places, sexually abused them and then frighten them into silence.

And because we don't question suspicious behavior, require transparency and demand accountability, these crimes have continued to spread, unchecked, exponentially within our church leadership, like a wave of evil sludge.

There is no such thing as Secret or Behind Closed Doors meetings in Christian churches.

SAY IT AGAIN❗️

There is no such thing as Secret or Behind Closed Doors meetings in Christian churches.

It's time for all you sick, twisted leaders, and those who cover up your crimes, to start sweating, because we've had enough and it is going...ťo...STOP.

As we ALL strive for...

The Truth with Love,

Always Laura-Lee 

Sexual Assault Continue to Cause Controversy at Ken Ham's ArK Encounter"

Whatever Happened to Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker?

When I first became a Christian in 1978 there were no Christian radio or TV channels in Canada, but we did receive the PTL (Praise the Lord) Club hosted by Jim Bakker and his wife, Tammy Faye, from America. This was at the height of its popularity and so I was “privileged” to watch the entire Bakker saga play out in the news through the years. Now I revisit it again to discover what was the conclusion of the matter.

The PTL Club (1974-1989) was a hugely popular American TV show originally out of Charlotte, NC that eventually became the flagship TV program to the "PTL Satellite Network".

1978 was also the same year the Bakkers opened their Christian Theme Park in Fort Mill, North Carolina.

Heritage USA opened in 1978, and by 1986, it attracted nearly 6 million visitors annually and employed around 2,500 people. The facilities included the 501-room Heritage Grand Hotel, the attraction Main Street USA, an indoor shopping complex, the Heritage Village Church, Upper Room, a 400-unit camp ground, the Jerusalem Amphitheater, conference facilities, King's Castle, skating rink, prayer and counseling services, cable television production studios, Bible and evangelism school, visitor retreat housing, staff and volunteer housing, timeshares and the Heritage Island water park and recreational facilities.

It was the third-largest theme park by attendance, behind only Disney and Universal.

Then scandal hit when church secretary, Jessica Hahn, came forward to accuse Jim Bakker of Sexual Assault and then paying her off to keep her quiet.

The subsequent months and years included many convoluted twists and turns (which I will mercifully spare you of) as bit by bit people came forward to tell their various stories.

It all came down to it being uncovered that Jim Bakker was selling time shares for vacations at Heritage USA which far exceeded what was actually available.

 Also for using millions in ministry money for personal use

 

He was convicted of multiple counts of Fraud and Conspiracy sentenced to 45 years in prison for which he served 8 years.

Tammy Faye said she was completely clueless as to all the shenanigans that were going on (which everyone had no trouble believing) so she escaped any prosecution.

After Jim went to jail, Tammy Faye quickly divorced him and remarried Roe Messner, who was one of the builders of  Heritage USA.

She later became an advocate for the LGBTQ before dying of cancer in 2007.

Jessica Hahn went on to become a bit of an “actress” after posing in pornographic pictures for Penthouse magazine.

In December 2017, Hahn disclosed that she was married to Frank Lloyd (a film stuntman), who is no longer active in show business. He has since filed for divorce. She lives quietly on a ranch north of Los Angeles.

As for Heritage USA, I had planned to show you photos of it in ruins, but there are few available because,  fot the most part, it doesn't exist anymore. Most of the land was sold and is now other buildings. (But there are still a few older YouTube videos of people touring the ruins if you care to see)

And what became of Jim Bakker?

After getting out of prison he wrote a book called, "I Was Wrong", which sold extremely well and in which he admitted NOTHING. He got remarried to Lori and they had a son named Ricky.

Now at 85 years old, Jim Bakker is still alive and on YouTube with "The Jim Bakker Show"  where he sells (I kid you not)  food in a bucket to Apocalyptic End Times preppers.

I think I've exhausted all I want to say on this matter, 😓 (whew), 

but I'm sure Jesus will have MUCH more to say about it on Judgment Day, when he takes issue with all involved for their various roles in *ripping innocent people off, *twisting the Bible and making a mockery of God's Holy Word,  and *doing everything possible to shred His name and *making the Lord, God Almighty a laughing stock.

The Truth with Love,

Always Laura-Lee 

Okay it's cringe time, people❗️

 SHORT compilation of Jim Bakker selling his food in a bucket.

Jim Bakker's Food in a Bucket YouTube video

Tammy Faye singing, "We Are Blessed" (her signature song) on the PTL Club at the height of its popularity.

"We Are Blessed" by Tammy Faye Bakker MESSner. 

My previous blog post, "God’s Divine Judgment Hit List"

Sexual Assault Charges Continue to Cause Controversy at Ken Ham's ArK Encounter

Currently there are a lot of questions and controversy at the ArK Encounter Christian Theme Park in Northern Kentucky (near Cincinnati, Ohio) USA. It revolves around 40 Criminal Charges of Sexual Assault and Sodomy against Worship leader Michael Howard, former lead singer of True Song, who apparently abused a teenager over the course of several years.

Co-founder of Answers in Genesis (the Company that owns the ArK Encounter), Mark Looy came out with a vague statement in regards to this matter.

(see image)

Basically Looy states they knew nothing about any of this until after the fact, yet it occurred over the course of several years, so maybe they SHOULD have known. 

Also, even though Howard is accused of harm against only one teenager, Looy states they are praying for all the individuals involved “especially the possible victims”. PLURAL!

And what about the other members of True Song (which are still very much employed as the "resident" worship leaders for Answers in Genesis)? Did they not have even the slightest inclination that their leader was committing 40 Acts of Sexual Assault on the same teenager over the course of YEARS?!

Where is THEIR public declaration?

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What I also want to draw your attention to is the fact that Answers in Genesis uses Volunteers extensively. Some are “long-term volunteers” and others are volunteers that return each year, particularly during their busy seasons of the summer and Christmas.

I also want you to take a good look at the Answers in Genesis Volunteer Form, particularly the Permission for Youth which must be signed by their legal guardian.

Phrases like,

“hold harmless” any employee of Answers in Genesis of any “damage done to persons… while the child is on the premises” become frightening in light of the multiple charges against Howard.

Since there have been no appropriate answers given (or forth coming) in regards to these serious matters from Mark Looy 

OR CEO/Founder, Ken Ham 

OR Martyn Iles, (who was the Executive CEO and in charge of Operations at Answers in Genesis at the time, but has since resigned his position and returned to his home in Brisbane, Australia) 

OR any other member of the Answers in Genesis Board. 

OR its leadership,

and because of the exceedingly egregious nature of the crimes, I would caution you from Volunteering for Answers in Genesis, the Ark Encounter or the Creation Museum. 

Questions continue to mount and AiG supporters wish to know more and are demanding Accountability and Transparency, which is the correct course of action if you are a Christian "upholding Biblical Authority".

You should avoid these venues until this is all sorted out.

Surely, you can find something else to do this Christmas than visit the Ark Encounter.

This is my professional advice as a Criminal Profiler (for 30 years) and my opinion as a Christian (for 47 years).

The Truth with Love, 

 Always Laura-Lee 

PS. I’m very familiar with these types of issues, so let me end by saying, 

If you are aware of ANY crime that took place, even if you discover it later, you are obligated under the LAW to report it to the legal authorities. If you don't, you can be charged and held legally accountable as an “accessory” or “accessory after the fact”.

As to the Answers in Genesis Volunteer Form, it becomes VOID when CRIMINAL charges of this nature are laid.

Please Note.

I have never met any of the people involved, I don't know anybody who works for Answers in Genesis (past or present) 

AND

My blogs have NO ADS and I have NO Store.

My blog post, "What Makes a Cult? (Simplified)"

The Deal (Poem for Israel)

 

(And before all you antisemites ask,

NO! I'm not Jewish)

* Just like Songs need to be sung, poetry needs to be spoken OUT LOUD❗️

The Deal (Poem for Israel)

 By Laura-Lee Rahn

“It's not our War” they yelled

Until Pearl's direct attack

Cattle Cars easily held

By bombing train Track

Qatar cooks the Meal

Serving Egypt and Turkey Mashed

Trump ALWAYS takes the Deal

When Big money flashed

Even if, 

Peace Perverted

HAMAS alerted

And Israel Deserted (Desserted)

While the Brotherhood's regrouping

Israel needs be Forgiving 

While HAMAS is reTrooping

To America in Thanksgiving 

Put the LORD ever before you

And when Push comes to Shove

HE leads to the Banquet Hall

His Banner FOREVER Love

(ISRAEL eats Turkey for  BREAKFAST ❗️❗️❗️😆)

The Elephant in the Room Between Jews and Christians: the Crucifixion of Jesus

 

Particularly, since the War in Gaza against HAMAS began, Jews and Christians have been standing united, and mixing and mingling like never before in modern history. We are  trying to be polite and not offend each other by dancing around the main subject  that divides us. Jesus.

So I will continue to be diplomatic and tactful and approach this topic as gently and politely as I can.

NOT ❗️

Nope. I'm going to do my usual thing and rip that band aid off, in one swift movement. (Let's hope it's not covering a place that has a lot of hair.)

🌳🌹🌾🌴

The War in Israel has been a great catalyst throughout the world that exposes men's hearts. Within the Christian Church the people who have been just bubbling beneath the surface, have risen to the top yet again to justify their hatred of the Jewish people by proclaiming them “Christ Killers”, which has also been used throughout history to justify horrible persecution, torture and death perpetrated upon the Jewish people .

Now let us look directly at the plot to kill Jesus, recorded in the book of John, chapter 11 because it is NOT what it appears to be on the surface.

“Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.“What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man [Jesus] performing many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”

 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, ‘You know nothing at all! You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.’ He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God [Jew AND Gentile], to bring them together and make them one. So from that day on they plotted to take his life”.

John 11

While Jesus was being Judged in the court of the Roman Governor at the time, Pontius Pilate, (because the Jews were not allowed to sentence a person to death without Rome's okay) the mob that was gathered yelled

“His blood is on us and on our children!”

Matthew 25:27

And THIS is the misunderstood Crux of dissension between Jew and GENTILE (non-Jewish person) ever since.

Many people consider this a great CURSE against the Jewish people when, in fact, it is their greatest BLESSING.  But not just to them but the rest of us as well, which is something every true Christian well knows. Let me explain. ☝️

Throughout the entire Old Testament, (the events that occurred BEFORE Jesus was born), we see the creation and rise of the chosen people of God, the Hebrews, and their hardships as they claim the land God PROMISED to their fore father, Abram, later to be renamed Abraham, by God.

But we also see there something else. Blood sacrifices to atone for sins is discussed and represented time and time again.

Once we get to Jesus's time period, the Jewish people have the Temple in Jerusalem in full use with people from all over Israel bringing animals to be sacrificed for their sins. I imagine there must have been rivers of blood running during Passover week in Jerusalem.

 However, even with ALL that blood, it only washed away sin for ONE year and only made ONE man, the High Priest, clean enough to enter into God's Holy Presence where He dwelt in the Holiest of Holies behind a thick veil (actually a huge thick curtain). If anyone was NOT properly washed by the blood and ritual cleansing entered into God's Presence, they would die.

But God sought a way to get beyond the confines of sacrifices that were limited and to be able to come to have interaction with ALL His people, not just one designated person who was allowed behind the curtain just once a year.

But to have a sacrifice enough to last forever and cover ALL the sins of EVERY person, a PERFECT sacrifice was needed. And since God alone is perfect, He was the One who must provide the ultimate sacrifice to pay the entire Debt of Sin. So God SENT His only Son, Jesus, to be that one time,ultimate  sacrifice.

 This is foreshadowed by Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his beloved, ONLY son, Isaac, in obedience to God's will  

Jesus said,

“No one takes [my life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

John 10:18

EVERY human being should desire to be covered in the blood of Jesus. He is called, “The Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world" by John the Baptist.

It is a historical fact that when Jesus died on that fateful day, approximately 2000 years ago, just outside of Jerusalem, there was a great earthquake and the veil in the Temple that covered the Holiest of Holies was torn from top to bottom.

But the Jewish people were not aware of its significance and replaced it and carried on as usual, until the entire Temple was destroyed in 70 AD. All that is now left is a small portion of the Western or Wailing Wall.

I am asking Jew, Christian, and people with no faith at all, to consider this death of Jesus, not as something to be shunned and avoided, but to be embraced as an ultimate atonement for ALL our sins and to never again try to shut God up behind a thick veil, in a small room, available to only one man, but available to EVERY person.

And let the thing that has divided Jew and non-Jew for all these Centuries, at last be the thing that brings us ultimate unity, the atoning death of Jesus Christ sacrificed on the cross for our sins.

I personally have said as a prayer for me and those I love,

Let “His blood be on us and on our children!”

The Truth with Love,

Always Laura-Lee 

Here's a song for scrolling to the bottom.

Mercy Came Running by Phillips, Craig and Dean

Antisemitism Supported by the Australian Christian Lobby

 

The Australian Christian Lobby, first under Lyle Shelton (who now heads his “Family First" political party) followed by Martyn Iles as the Managing Director for 5 years, aligned itself with Politicians who were hardcore Feminists. to combat Transwomen competing in women's sports (ie. Lia Thomas) Aboriginal organizations in the Northern Territory to combat Euthanasia and with many other non-Christian organizations and Politicians in order to aid them in their fight for Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, ProLife issues and their anti LGBTQ+ stance, 

However, ☝️ in ALL that time, they never aligned themselves publicly with any Jewish Organization. You'd think that would be the FIRST group of people they would seek outside of Christian confines because we all share a common Judeo-Christian heritage and similar beliefs across the board on all those issues.

During these two years since the October 7th atrocities against Israel and all the pro Palestinian mob violence in the main cities in Australia, I've been waiting for a CLEAR, definitive. public declaration in favor of Israel from Lyle, Martyn, Jim Wallace (head of the Australian Christian Lobby behind closed doors) or Michelle Pearse, the ACL's current CEO, but none has been forthcoming.

Now I have just watched a sermon by Martyn Iles at the Greek Evangelical Free Church in Australia, given on October 5th (just 2 days before the anniversary of the October 7th atrocities) where he said,

“"Put it this way, Vladimir Putin would very much like to conquer Ukraine...

If all the permission structures were there and the world would support it, I think Benjamin Netanyahu would very much like to conquer GAZA. Why? So he could have a decisive influence over its affairs into the future."

- Martyn Iles 

(I've got news for you, Martyn, GAZA BELONGs to ISRAEL already and Netanyahu IS in charge of it because he was ELECTED by the people of Israel to do it. That's like saying Anthony Albanese would like to conquer Queensland. He doesn't need to. He's the elected official in charge of it.)

I've been following the Australian Christian Lobby since 2021 and have watched ALL their talks, sermons, “The Truth of It” Vlogs, Campaigns, cases done through the Human Rights Law Alliance (its sister organization, co-founded by Martyn Iles), as well as watched previous talks given by all members before 2021 (during its days under the leadership of Lyle Shelton) with growing uneasiness for what I have perceived as subtle antisemitism and a gross lack of support for Israel.

This is a stark contrast to the huge support I see for Israel in the Evangelical community throughout North America (I'm Canadian).

Now that I have pulled all the threads together over multiple years, I believe we are seeing growing antisemitism amongst the members of the white church in Australia, lived out covertly through a “Gentlemen's Agreement”.

What is a “Gentlemen's Agreement”?

“Gentlemen's Agreement” started out as a book and then became.a movie in 1947 (winning multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture), starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, Celeste Holm and David Garfield,

 where a writer for a magazine goes undercover as a Jewish person for 6 months to see if antisemitism exists in America.

It seems there are a LOT of “Gentlemen” making Agreements in Australia too.

Staying silent and complacent while Jewish People are harassed and intimidated in the Public Squares you say you are called to speak "Truth" in, counts as antisemitism, or at the very least moral cowardice.

Why don't you spend LESS of people's donations on long lunches to "schmooze with the pollies" and more time just simply following Jesus?

(Oh, ya. You remember Him, don't you? He's the JEW you got the name "CHRISTIAN" from!)

The Truth with Love, 

 Always Laura-Lee 

(Oops❗️🙊 Accidentally outed “Whitey” on the internet)

🤨 Good❗️

Movie Review "Gentlemen's Agreement"

(BTW this is a movie I personally recommend you see)

HOMOPHOBIC is a Non Term

 

 Let's begin by looking at the literal translation of this word.

HOMO meaning "Man" 

PHOBIC meaning a person who has a "Phobia" or "an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something."

So it literally means a person who has a irrational fear of men.

("Thank you, Jesus, I am NOT afflicted with this ailment.") 

🤭 (giggle)

Back in the "good 'ol days" of the 1960s, when Homosexuality (sex between men) was considered a mental illness and/or a crime, people, especially Heterosexual (straight) men, had an intense natural aversion to it. 

The Gay Rights activists were having a great deal of trouble pushing their agendas forward because of all the push back they were getting.

If you had asked men back then if they thought homosexuality was okay, you would have gotten a resounding and definite, "No!"

So the Gay rights people decided to REDEFINE the term.

They told us that ANY man who was against Homosexuality was  "Homophobic" ☝️ with the reason being that they had such a huge, negative reaction to it because they, themselves, were latent homosexuals with all those same sex attractions just brewing under the surface.

Suddenly men never wanted to be called homophobic again,  got confused on how to respond, and decided to stop with the push back and take a step back from the whole mess 

That is EXACTLY what the goal of the Gay activists was and, once a swath of nonresistance opened up, they moved in to push their agendas of social tolerance and making same-sex marriages legal, which is EXACTLY what they have done.

Now, Homophobic has been yet again redefined to include ANY person who does not fully affirm and embrace all letters of the LGBTQ+ community and is hurled at people like vitriol along with others terms like "hate-mongerer" and "white oppressor".

Again, we are shocked at being called such things and start immediately stammering out our innocence and taking a step back.

Their side has embraced the strategy of, "The Best defense is a good offense" and it is completely and consistently working for them.

Or is it? 🤨

As soon as a problem is identified, the solution is soon to follow.

People are individuals with many nuances and intricate complexities. Don't fall for their machinations, nor accept anybody's shallow, ignorant opinions of you nor their attempts to put labels on you.

Stand your ground for what you believe and we WILL feel the ground start to shake from the tremors of Truth we create.

The Truth with Love,

Always Laura-Lee 

"Helping" Mom make a Chocolate Cake

 

 I remember one day in 1970, when I was just 4 years old  (Oops❗️🙊 Accidentally outed my age on the internet again), I was helping Mom make a Chocolate cake. We had already greased and floured the pans, the oven was set and preheating, the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder) gathered on the counter, when suddenly the phone rang.

 It was back in the "Olden days" when phones were tethered to the wall with a cord, and ours was just in the hallway between the kitchen and living room.

Mom turned to me and said, 

"Could you help me and get the butter and 2 eggs out of the fridge, while I answer the phone, but make sure not to go near the hot oven."

"Okay, Mom." ☺️

Simple, right?

Should have been no problem

However, Mom was talking on the phone longer than anticipated and even after I had taken out the butter and eggs she was STILL on the phone.

So, ... 💁‍♀️ I decided to be helpful and keep on going. But, at that age, the idea of specific measurements were yet unknown to me. It seemed to me that Mom (and my Grandmothers) just put a bit of THIS and a bit of THAT into the bowl.

Which is exactly what I did. 💁‍♀️

When Mom got off the phone, I was stirring all the dry ingredients together and the flour had *POOFED* everywhere making a wee bit of a mess. 🤏

(Okay, okay! I had made a BIG mess.)

When Mom came back into the kitchen she looked around and asked (puzzled but not angrily),

"Laura-Lee, what are you doing?"

Sensing I had done wrong, I responded sheepishly,

"Well, I finished getting the eggs and milk, just like you asked, but when you were taking a long time on the phone, I decided to be helpful and keep on going without you until you came back."

She looked into the bowl and said,

"But I have to put only a certain amount of each ingredient in the bowl and do it in a very specific order. By doing this all by yourself, when you didn't know what to do, you've actually ruined the whole cake and wasted all these ingredients. Now I have to start all over again.

You could hear me and knew I was coming right back, so you should have just done what I asked you and then waited for me to tell you what to do next."

🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃

How many times has Jesus given us just a simple, yet important, task to do, but we get tired and frustrated waiting for Him to tell us what to do next or to comeback?

So we jump ahead of Him, take the initiative and start creating and building on our own. 

That is a recipe for disaster!

What we need to do is be "faithful in the little things",

 "wait patiently on the LORD" (Psalm 27) 

and DO JUST WHAT HE asks us to do . No more, no less. 🙅‍♀️

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much."

(Luke 16:10)

"The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him".

(Lamentations 3:25)

"But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’"

(Jeremiah 7:23)

The Truth with Love, 

Always Laura-Lee 

What Exactly is the Prosperity Gospel❓️

"Ask Jesus to do something impossible and He will get right off of that throne and go do it for you".

- Jesse Duplantiss 

(from the Promo YouTube video of JDM - Jesse Duplantiss Ministries)

🌺🌿🌺🌿

Before Mom and I became Born Again Christians (only a few days apart in 1978), Mom taught courses in something called "Concept Therapy". She got there when the Real Estate company she worked for sent all its employees for a weekend of "Success Seminars".

Mom was intrigued and, being the consummate over achiever,  found out about their parent organization, which led her to Concept Therapy. She learned all she could about the driving principles of Concept Therapy, which led her to Hindu Medation and to studying "The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East", which she had in a boxed set and studied backwards, forwards and upside down.

I was on a separate but parallel path to Mom's.

I saw a made for TV movie called "The UFO Incident" which aired on NBC in October, 1975 when I was 9 years old 

(Oops❗️🙊 I accidentally outed my age on the internet again),

  about the supposed alien  abduction of an average American couple named Betty and Barney Hill.  This movie completely FREAKED out an entire generation and launched the modern fascination with UFOs and Alien abduction.❗️😱)

    

Since "the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree" when it comes to me and Mom, I went to the Library and asked the Librarian, "What's a good, Grown-Up book about Aliens?"

She recommended a popular book at the time called, "Chariots of the Gods" by Kurt Vonnegut, which puts forth the Theory that the Ancient Egyptians were too stupid to build the pyramids on their own and therefore had help from SUPERIOR beings from other planets. Kurt demonstrates this by showing several photos of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that seem to depict space craft and alien beings. 

It seemed my next logical step was  to study Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics. (Yes. Okay. I acknowledge I was an odd child.) 🫤

That led me into the study of all the  Ancient Egyptian gods, which put me in the same head space as Mom.

She was explaining Concept Therapy to me and I told her it reminded me of what I was learning about Ancient Egypt. Basically they have the same beliefs.

"Uh. That's all fascinating, Laura-Lee, but what has this got to do with our topic?"

🙁

The repackaged, modern face of all of this is called, "The New Age Movement" and it is EVERYWHERE, even entrenched in the Christian Church.

In 1978, when Mom and I were brand new Christians, there were no Christian radio stations, no Christian TV networks and only ONE Christian TV show in Canada called, "100 Huntley Street" 

But there were three Christian TV shows we got in Canada from America, The 700 Club (Pat Robertson and Ben Kinchlow), The PTL Club (Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker) and

(Pause for dramatic effect)

Kenneth Copeland.

We soaked them all up.

About a year later, in 1979, Ken Copeland came to talk in Vancouver (BC, Canada) where we lived at the time.

Of course, we were going❗️

😃😃

We listened to Ken preach live for two hours straight. UNEDITED.

In the car ride home we were silent for quite some time until I turned to Mom and asked,

"Mom, how is what we heard different than the New Age stuff, because it sounds exactly the same to me?"

She answered, "It IS exactly the same thing, Laura-Lee. Ken's just hiding it behind the words of the Bible and using the name of Jesus in a blasphemous way."

Well, that was the END of Kenny in our lives. 🤨

Not just Ken, but his BFF John Hagee and fellow Word Faith, Prosperity Gospel cohorts like Jesse Duplantiss.

Now, enough story telling. Let's get to the GUTS of what is wrong with all of this. 

I've been honing down my way of explaining this through the past 46 years, because it SOUNDS Christian but it is often subtle in its deception, so I'll make this as simple and clear as I can.

Go back and look again at the original statement by Jesse Duplantiss that I began this post with.

(I'll wait) 🙂 🕰

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Okay. Here it is in a nutshell.

The LORD, God Almighty is not the Bell Hop, a big happy Santa Claus in the Sky nor your Sugar Daddy❗️❗️❗️

He is obligated to give you NOTHING just because you quote the Bible nor is He required to cough up the stuff you want because you say, "In the name of Jesus".

God is NOT your SERVANT you are HIS❗️

"Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, ... "

(Romans 1:1)

"James, a servant of God.. "

(James 1:1)

"Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ..."

(1 Peter 1:1)

Are you starting to see a trend here, people? 🤫

Now let's get a wee bit 🤏 more specific about the fallacy of this way of viewing things.

It preaches that there is power in the Spoken Word itself. That by merely speaking something out loud or DECLARING something "In the name of Jesus" we can speak it into existence. We can't.

Only GOD can speak things into existence 

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."

(Genesis 1:3)

But I've got some harsh news for you, so brace for impact.

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You're not God❗️❗️❗️

Deal with it.

Even as His beloved Children this is not an ability He has granted to us.

As far as the Leaders of this movement are concerned, my abilities at reading Body Language and facial expressions is invaluable.

When Ken , John, Jesse, and others of their ilk are blatantly asking for money to buy themselves a brand new jet, telling you to send them "seed money" or order a handkerchief they touched and place in on a body part to receive Divine healing or whatever ridiculous thing they are doing to "take the gospel to every nation",

their faces are filled with what is known as "Duping Delight". Basically, they are getting their "jollies" because you are stupid and they can tell you anything and you will buy it, hook, line and sinker.

Now let's get practical 

How can you tell if you are part of this movement or wish to safeguard yourself against it, because not all Word Faith churches are rich and over the top like the ones I've mentioned?

Any time someone wants you to declare something Biblical out loud, or say "in the name of Jesus ", which is fine and good in certain contexts 💁‍♀️, add the phrase,

"...if it is God's will."

This will constantly be putting your emphasis where it belongs because, ultimately, what we want (even if it's a good thing) may not be God's will for us AT THAT MOMENT.

God ALWAYS knows what is BEST for us and sometimes that involves not getting what we want and even walking through some dark and difficult seasons of Life.

"I am the first and I am the last;

 apart from me there is no God.

Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it.

    Let him declare and lay out before me"

(Isaiah 44:6-7)

Reading ALL of Isaiah, chapter 44 is a good way to refresh our knowing of just how big God really is.

Link to all of Isaiah 44 (for a quick refresher on who God is),

The Truth with Love, 

 Always Laura-Lee 

Here is your  treat for scrolling to the bottom 

and to purge you of all of this garbage I had to tell you to protect you.

Wayne Watson "Holiness" 🎶

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