HURRICANE KATRINA
Children need your help in New Orleans after the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. How can you help? First of all pray, stop what you are doing and pray this prayer.

Dear Heavenly Father,

I come to you in the name of Jesus. I thank You that You watch over Your Word to perform it. I thank you that the people of Louisiana are in the secret place of the Most High at and that they remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty whose power no foe can withstand.

Father, you are their refuge and their fortress. You give your angels special charge over them, to accompany and defend and preserve them in all their ways. They are encamped around about them.

Father give their parents wisdom. Direct and make straight their pathway. Remind them that God is their strength and their refuge in their time of trouble.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen

Now rejoice knowing that God has heard and will answer your prayers.

Next, let’s join forces and send clothing and non perishable items to these families. Send me an email if you are willing to help helpkatrinachildren@urbangospelnews.com

FACTS NOT IN THE NEWS about ABORTION:
WOW check out these statistics
• Everyday there are approximately 126,000 abortions
• The majority of women having abortions are young.
• 52% are younger than 25 years old
• 19% are teenagers.
• The abortion rate is highest for those women aged 18

    to 19 (this is typically around the time they would be

    entering college or the first year of college).

The results of a suction abortion at about 10 weeks gestation*. To learn more about these types of abortion procedure, click here	This child is the victim of a dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion method at about 22 weeks gestational age*.

* To the best of his ability, Joseph L. DeCook, MD, American Association of Prolife Obstetricians - Gynecologists, has attested to the validity of these pictures and the abortion method used.

• 63% of abortion patients are white,

• Black women are more than 3 times as likely to have

   an abortion
• Hispanic women are 2.5 times as likely.
• 43% of women getting an abortion claimed they were

    Protestant (believers)
• 27% claimed they were Catholic.

So why are these ladies having abortions?

• 25.5% want to postpone childbearing (not the right

   time).
• 21.3% cannot afford a baby (don't have the money, but

   can spend money on other things).
• 14.1% have a relationship issue or their partner does

    not want a child.
• 12.2% are too young (their parents or others object to

   the pregnancy.)
• 10.8% of women feel a child will disrupt their

    education or career.
• 7.9% don't want any more children.
• 3.3% risk to fetal health.
• 2.8% risk to maternal health.

	Fetal Development at 32 weeks. The skin begins to thicken, with a layer of fat stored underneath for insulation and nourishment. Antibodies increasingly build up. The baby absorbs a gallon of amniotic fluid per day; the fluid is completely replaced every three hours.
This child did not survive the assault of a prostaglandin chemical abortion*.	To learn more about these types of abortion procedure, click here

REAL ANSWERS about HOMOSEXUALITY — Part 1

MYTH: The Bible doesn't condemn homosexuality — only promiscuity.

In recent years, several mainline denominations have abandoned traditional interpretations of Scripture and have embraced the Gay-Christian movement. Some
people claim that the apostle Paul’s statements were only addressed to believers back then and aren’t relevant today. But God’s Word — which is unchanging and stands forever (Isaiah 40:8) — gives us a different story.

FACT: God clearly condemns any act of sex outside of heterosexual marriage. God designed sexual relationships only for a union between man and woman in marriage. Genesis 1:27 declares that “God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them.” Fornication, adultery and prostitution — as well as “homosexual marriage” — are all distortions of God’s original plan for healthy sexuality.

Check it out:

The sin of homosexuality is condemned by the Law of Moses: “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable” (Leviticus 18:22).

Male and female relationships are the only sexual relationships allowed by Jesus: “ ‘Haven’t you read,’ he replied, ‘that at the beginning the Creator “made them male and female,” and said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh”? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate’ ” (Matthew 19:4-6).

The first chapter of Romans is usually considered the most thorough and clear condemnation of homosexuality in the Bible. It also contains the only specific reference to lesbianism. “Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator — who is forever praised, Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion” (Romans 1:24-27).

First Corinthians 6:9 mentions “homosexual offenders” in a long list of people who will not inherit the kingdom of God. This particular verse seems clear — until the discussions begin about the exact meaning of this phrase in the original Greek language of the New Testament.

Does it refer to lustful, uncommitted male prostitution or to loving, permanent relationships? The literal meaning is “a male who lies with a male.” There are no qualifications. All homosexual behavior is forbidden, no matter what degree of love or lust is involved.

Why Does the Truth Matter?
Because of sin, many of the world’s distortions of truth are found in sexuality. And these distortions have caused grief and hardship to so many. We know from the Bible that those who practice homosexual acts receive “in themselves the due penalty for their perversion” (Romans 1:27).

While God’s Word is clear on the matter of homosexuality, it’s also very clear on the matter of healthy sexuality. You’ve probably heard it said, “God has a plan for your life.” Well, would you believe He also has a plan for your sexuality? He does — within the safe confines of heterosexual marriage!

Excerpted from Straight Answers: Exposing the Myths and Facts About Homosexuality from the Love Won Out series. Published by Focus on the Family.

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