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DAILY DEVOTIONAL     THURSDAY OCTOBER 14, 2004
(Romans 12:1,2  Titus 2:12)

***TUESDAY OCTOBER 19TH, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL DEVOTIONAL DEDICATED TO THE
UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.  DON'T MISS IT!

***" After so much turmoil in my life, I have searched and searched to find
peace and happiness.  There is no drug for this, there is no therapist for
this........... the ONLY solution was surrendering myself to
Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have repeated the prayer several times and will
live MY life according to the Bible and how Jesus wants me to live and
love:)))))  Thank you guys for being here!!!!!!"  ......PRASIE GOD!!!  I am
so excited to report over 1,000 people we know of accepted Jesus Christ as
their Savior from the Devotional on Wednesday, "Is Superman in Hell?"  The
Heavens rejoice over these lost one's who will be forever with their Lord!


HALLOWEEN (Part 1 of 2)

Should Christians celebrate Halloween?  No!  What the world will celebrate
on October 31st is not anything that a Christian should be part of.  The
origin of
what we know of as Halloween began in 5th century b.c., Celtic Ireland as a
holiday marking the end of summer on October 31st known as Samhein (sow-en).

The pagan Celts believed on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those
who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of
living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only
hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were
suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with
the living.

Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of
October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make
them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of
ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as
destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies
to possess.

The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first
century a.d., Samhain was assimilated into celebrations of some of the other
Roman traditions that took place in October, such as their day to honor
Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the
apple, which might explain the origin of our modern tradition of bobbing for
apples on Halloween.  The thrust of the practices also changed over time to
become more ritualized. As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice
of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more
ceremonial role.

The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish
immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine. At that time, the favorite
pranks in New England included tipping over outhouses and unhinging fence
gates.

Since the eighth century, the Catholic Church has celebrated All Saints' Day
on November 1 to celebrate the known and unknown Saints whom the Church has
canonized.  The night before the celebration of All Saints' Day is known as
All Hallow's Eve ("Hallows" mean "saints" both mean "holy ones" as in
"Hallowed be thy name").   So, Halloween means "the evening before All
Saints' Day."

You can see from the pagan roots of Halloween why this has become the most
important day to those who worship satan or choose to live in rebellion to
God and the TRUTH of His Word.  There is NOTHING about this day that honors
God, remembers God, or has anything to do at all with God.  It is quite
honestly a celebration of those who oppose God and all that He stands for.
THIS is why, it's a day Christians should NOT celebrate nor be part of in
any way.

I love you and care about you so much.  Tomorrow, Part Two of this series
is titled, "A Christian's Response to Halloween."  Do we hide in our homes
with
the lights off?  Do we all go to church and hide in the basement so the
devil doesn't
get us?  What exactly should a Christian be doing on Halloween?  I will give
you
a hint.  It will be a bold call to action.  I can think of no better night
to see souls won
for Christ than on Halloween.  DO NOT MISS PART TWO AS WE CELEBRATE
A  NEW HOLIDAY ON OCTOBER 31ST THAT WILL HONOR JESUS CHRIST, THE KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS!!!


In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller

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