Halloween!
Hello friends, family, and other amazing people!
Up until now, Daddy is still working at the prison but is looking for a car that is not expensive and not too old! Mom is currently in Wheaton, IL. visiting my brother Sam. Shem hasn’t had much work, so please keep him in your prayers.
Next week end, on the 14th of this month, Mary, brother Jim and I will be making another trip to Yospi. We’ll be visiting the folks there, whom we miss a great deal and hope to spend a good two days in the Lord with them! Please pray for that trip to be a blessing, the funds and safety for all.
Another thing I had been thinking about is Halloween. I know we’re in November already but too many questions came up about it. Questions like: Should Christians celebrate Halloween? Or is it Christ-like to go trick-or-treating? Or should we dress up in costumes?
And I don’t know about you all… But I have never in my whole life been trick-or-treating, I’ve never wished to celebrate Halloween just to be with friends, and have never dressed up for that celebration. And you might be thinking, “well that’s easy for you to say, ‘cause you hardly have any friends”
Firstly, I do have some friends… and yes it is easy for me to say, because I have never done it, therefore it no longer seems utterly appealing. As a child, we do what our parents say and follow what they do. So who’s to judge about Halloween if not our parents?
I think there are many very awesome ministries that evangelize on Halloween night, which gives a wonderful testimony… But all celebrations, to me, are pagan if not instituted by God. Therefore, celebrating Halloween is not our mission, but rather to take the WORD to those whom have not heard. Yet if, something that is not sin for another can become sin for ourself, then we should not do that… whatever it may be!
If you would like to study more about this… look in the Bible, God knows everything! :
The following shows scripture that talk about this particular subject:
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 ("Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.")
James 1:27 ("keep oneself from being polluted by the world")
3 John 1:11 ("do not imitate what is evil")
Romans 12:9 ("abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.")
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 (do not learn to imitate detestable ways, including spiritists, sorcerers and witchcraft)
Ephesians 5:11-12 ("Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness" / "live as children of light")
1 Timothy 4:1 (don't "follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons")
1 Corinthians 10:21
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 ("what fellowship can light have with darkness?")
Philippians 4:8 (think about pure, lovely, noble things)
1 Corinthians 11:1 ("follow the example of Christ")
1 Corinthians 10:31 ("whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God") James 4:7-8 (submit yourselves to God / resist the devil / purify your hearts)
Ezekiel 44:23 ("…teach my people… to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.")
Proverbs 22:6 ("train a child in the way he should go")
Matthew 18:6 ("if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin…")
Hosea 4:6 ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.")
John 3:19-20 (people love darkness instead of light)
Romans 13:12 ("put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.")
Ephesians 6:11-18 ("take your stand against the devil's schemes.")
1 John 5:19
2 Chronicles 7:14
Please, be praying for me as well… about college, work, family and what not! Do not forget the Brown family in your prayers… If you would like to stay in touch with them here is their family Blog Site: www.brown-times.blogspot.com
Okay, well, that about sums it all up. Have a blessed week and stay in tune for more about the Yospi trip!
Much love, Ruth Romer and family!
Up until now, Daddy is still working at the prison but is looking for a car that is not expensive and not too old! Mom is currently in Wheaton, IL. visiting my brother Sam. Shem hasn’t had much work, so please keep him in your prayers.
Next week end, on the 14th of this month, Mary, brother Jim and I will be making another trip to Yospi. We’ll be visiting the folks there, whom we miss a great deal and hope to spend a good two days in the Lord with them! Please pray for that trip to be a blessing, the funds and safety for all.
Another thing I had been thinking about is Halloween. I know we’re in November already but too many questions came up about it. Questions like: Should Christians celebrate Halloween? Or is it Christ-like to go trick-or-treating? Or should we dress up in costumes?
And I don’t know about you all… But I have never in my whole life been trick-or-treating, I’ve never wished to celebrate Halloween just to be with friends, and have never dressed up for that celebration. And you might be thinking, “well that’s easy for you to say, ‘cause you hardly have any friends”
Firstly, I do have some friends… and yes it is easy for me to say, because I have never done it, therefore it no longer seems utterly appealing. As a child, we do what our parents say and follow what they do. So who’s to judge about Halloween if not our parents?
I think there are many very awesome ministries that evangelize on Halloween night, which gives a wonderful testimony… But all celebrations, to me, are pagan if not instituted by God. Therefore, celebrating Halloween is not our mission, but rather to take the WORD to those whom have not heard. Yet if, something that is not sin for another can become sin for ourself, then we should not do that… whatever it may be!
If you would like to study more about this… look in the Bible, God knows everything! :
The following shows scripture that talk about this particular subject:
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 ("Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.")
James 1:27 ("keep oneself from being polluted by the world")
3 John 1:11 ("do not imitate what is evil")
Romans 12:9 ("abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.")
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 (do not learn to imitate detestable ways, including spiritists, sorcerers and witchcraft)
Ephesians 5:11-12 ("Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness" / "live as children of light")
1 Timothy 4:1 (don't "follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons")
1 Corinthians 10:21
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 ("what fellowship can light have with darkness?")
Philippians 4:8 (think about pure, lovely, noble things)
1 Corinthians 11:1 ("follow the example of Christ")
1 Corinthians 10:31 ("whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God") James 4:7-8 (submit yourselves to God / resist the devil / purify your hearts)
Ezekiel 44:23 ("…teach my people… to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.")
Proverbs 22:6 ("train a child in the way he should go")
Matthew 18:6 ("if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin…")
Hosea 4:6 ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.")
John 3:19-20 (people love darkness instead of light)
Romans 13:12 ("put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.")
Ephesians 6:11-18 ("take your stand against the devil's schemes.")
1 John 5:19
2 Chronicles 7:14
Please, be praying for me as well… about college, work, family and what not! Do not forget the Brown family in your prayers… If you would like to stay in touch with them here is their family Blog Site: www.brown-times.blogspot.com
Okay, well, that about sums it all up. Have a blessed week and stay in tune for more about the Yospi trip!
Much love, Ruth Romer and family!
