Posts Tagged ‘life’

YOU ARE FREE!

Friday, May 11th, 2012

SO NOW — STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP!

Too much has been said about freedom, deliverance, breaking free, breaking loose from the bondage and shackles of our past without the actual application of just doing it! So many Christians live such defeated lives that it would take me another book to dissect all the reasons; rhymes and horrible times we put ourselves through when we refuse to live in the Victory.

What Victory am I speaking about? This Victory is one we won when we took up residence at the Foot of the Cross. We then embraced its substitutionary atonement and subse accepted the Pardon which was paid for there, and is still valid almost 2000 years since!
Two verses today speak to this as we glance at the wonderful chapter of Romans 8 and see that verses 1 and 2 undergirds this foundational truth: “So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death!
How about that! Here are just the facts, ma’am”
– No condemnation: we have been pardoned and declared not guilty BECAUSE we surrendered all at the Foot of the Cross.
– We are not just not guilty (even though the Charge against us was “WE SINNED AGAINST GOD”) but now the Judge Who said we are still “not guilty”  then says…”and furthermore, you now belong to My Son, Who created the Heaven’s and the Earth! Can you just imagine how that feels?! WE BELONG TO THE ETERNAL KING!
– AND not just that, but because we DO belong to this Eternal King of Glory, the Lord God Almighty, the Powerful Force Who created and…..

ALL ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT!

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

BERNIE LUTCHMAN’S NOTE:
For several years now, the Lord has called my attention to a phenomenal move of His Spirit in the former war-torn territory of Northern Ireland. From it’s amazing worship music led by Robin Mark, Bluetree,  Eoghan Heaslip, Liz Clarke and more to some powerful preaching and in the past year, He has connected me with the folks who run the largest Pro-Life Organization in Northern Ireland – PRECIOUS LIFE!!! It is my honor to partner with them in prayer as we pray for a land where there was so much death and destruction, but now, where the Lord wants to save as many babies as possible. It is my honor to introduce BERNADETTE SMYTH, FOUNDER of Precious Life, Northern Ireland and to ask you to pray for them as we pray for the Pro-Life movement in the USA! This is important as Springfield has a huge Pro-life AND Irish community, as witnessed by the close ties we had with the Emerald Isle, with our late friend and mayor Tim Davlin.  Blessings to this group, from those of us who support life here at Business Men in Christ!

Bernadette Smyth, Founder of Precious Life

Precious Life was founded in 1997 by Bernadette Smyth after viewing a picture of a baby killed by abortion. She was horrified to know that this could happen to a child and decided to do something about it. Since that day, Precious Life has worked tirelessly to keep abortion out of Northern Ireland, and through our activism and campaigning we have saved many babies and their mother’s from the horror of abortion. The emergence of Precious Life has rejuvenated the pro-life community in Northern Ireland into one of the most active and vibrant of movements.

Precious Life is the largest pro-life group in Northern Ireland and the only pro-life group actively working on the streets every day. We are composed of people from all sections of the community who care deeply about unborn children and their mothers. We are non-denominational and non-party political.

Since our formation, there has been a dramatic drop in the numbers of women travelling from Northern Ireland to England for abortion. We believe this is directly attributable to our activism. By exposing the lies surrounding abortion; by educating the public with the truth about abortion; and by campaigning against abortion – we are saving babies, mothers, and indeed this country, from the silent holocaust that is brutally destroying 50 million lives worldwide every year.