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Breathes there a person who doesn’t know what LOL in texting language means? OK, you may be a baby boomer-plus without young kids, or grandkids, and don’t know, so for the record it stands for “laugh(ing) out loud.” How about IWS or GNOC? Take a deep breath if you’ve seen this on your child’s phone, while looking over their shoulders. Those secret codes stand for: I Want Sex and Get Naked on Camera. And suppose that IWS is followed by actual sex or that GNOC means your child’s smartphone has images of them, or another peer, stark naked? And even if there’s nothing of the sort that you see, beware the number 9 on their screen, which is a warning that parents are watching, and they need to switch screens or delete quickly.  

Like all things internet, such messages, and the images that may follow, never ever really disappear. But beyond the usual concerns that any alert parent would have, as Christians this matters is more serious. The child who abbreviates sexual activity, such as GYPO (“Get your pants off.”) OR CU46 (“See you for sex.”) has opened a door to the devil. They may argue that cyber-sex isn’t real sex, if it’s only images on a screen or that they never actually acted out the solicitations. But the Bible places a high standard on intent as well as actions. Consider the words of Jesus: “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28). Then, there are the legal ramifications if your son, for example, is 18 or older and sexts an underage girl. He could be looking at prison time!

Considering my calling and ministry, you may want to ask, “Can someone get a demon by sending a sexually explicit text abbreviation? I answer, “Why not?” Its obscene, in the case of text messages, and its porn via erotic images, even if it only lasts for seconds on Instagram. Remember that 1 John chapter two tells us that the “lust of the eyes” is “of the world,” and not of God. Open that door to the devil, and he’s going to send demons your way, to oppress and even possibly possess. If you have indulged in smartphone sex, delete those images and abbreviations NOW and replace them with PTL (“Praise the Lord”) and OITNOJ (“Out in the Name of Jesus”)!

For additional information about immoral use of cell phones, consult our previous blogs “Sexting Statistics,” November 16, 2015 (To read CLICK HERE.) and “Sexting in Church,” published February 19, 2015 (To read CLICK HERE.)

An encouraging word: DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD

“Do not love the world,”
1 John 2:15 commands. But the apostle John gets more specific about what he means by “the world.” That designation includes, “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.” Do you love the world, in any way, more than Jesus? Here is the test. If Christ is truly first, put aside sinful cravings, protect what you allow your eyes to see, and stop boasting of the material possession that you have. Doing these things will put your focus on eternity and the things which do not pass away.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

Americans have just been through a bruising Presidential election when it seemed that forces beyond the control of either candidate were compelling events. It was almost as if something supernatural were happening, and some self-described “prophets” are taking credit for just that. In reality it was just a long-silent electorate which expressed its will. As Fox News commentator Monica Crowley put it, this was about an “attitudinal” shift in politics. Aside from Nancy Reagan’s courting the predictions of an astrologer to guide hubby Ronnie’s decisions, the occult doesn’t play a huge role in getting elected in the U. S. A. Not so in other counties.

A recent article in “The Economist” pointed out how Asian politicians seek the other-worldly help of prognosticators. Even in North Korea, Party Communists regularly consult fortune tellers. In Thailand, the recent drafting of a constitution was timed by the stars. In China, a powerful leader was convicted of corruption. His sin? Picking a qigong master who testified against him in court. In Burma (Myanmar), the now-deposed dictator destroyed the economy by issuing strange currency in denominations 45 and 90, based on numerological advice.

The “Economist” article ridiculed such goings-on, saying, “There is as little harm in a flutter on the stars as there is on the horses.” The suggestion was that trusting divination is no more consequential than betting on the wrong horse at a race. Not so. Deuteronomy 18:10 calls such deeds of divination an “abomination.” And look at the nations mentioned in the “Economist” article. Their cultures are filled with corruption, moral laxness, and political oppression. They have enjoyed none of the freedoms and flourishing of Christianity as has America. But with today’s assault of the New Age and witchcraft on our culture, we’re headed in a dangerous direction. Per Gallup polls, currently, about 2/3 of Americans believe in psychics, ghosts, witches, and non-Christian spiritual healing. It’s clear that wherever our nation’s political attitude is headed politically, it’s spiritual attitude is going the wrong direction.

An encouraging word: WHO FEARS GOD?

Psalm 25:12 contains a promise we all should heed. It begins with a rhetorical question: “Who is the man who fears the Lord?” The verse continues to declare that God will teach that man His ways. The next verse adds the blessing that such an individual will “dwell in prosperity.” So many all around us try to get ahead in every way so that they can have a good life and acquire lots of money. But material wealth isn’t everything. How much better to fear God and know His ways and walk in them. That brings true peace and happiness.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

Every other week, our YouTube Exorcism Channel features an episode of ASK THE EXORCIST. (To view this channel CLICK HERE. To subscribe for weekly notifications, CLICK HERE.) I answer all kinds of questions about demons and the devil, the supernatural and the paranormal. Interestingly, most of these questions come from outside the U. S. Like this question from Garrick in Durban, South Africa: “If you are born again and baptized, are generational curses exorcised? This is difficult to comprehend, as we are a new creation in Christ.”

I usually reserve my answers for the bi-weekly edition of ASK THE EXORCIST. But this inquiry is so frequent, I feel the need to respond here. The answer is in the title to this blog: Breaking Curses . . . Breaks Curses. Or, to put it another way, “A curse isn’t broken until it is broken.” My book CURSE BREAKING (To order CLICK HERE.) contains a lengthy treatise on this matter, so the person needing a comprehensive answer needs to consult that deeper treatment. Here are a few basic thoughts on the issue of Christians needing to break generational curses:

• “A new creation” (2 Cor. 5:17) posits the potential not the possession of broken curses.
• Deut. 28 indicates that blessings instead of curses are contingent upon obedience.
• The “precious promises” of 2 Pet. 1:4 are realized by faith, as are broken curses.
• Romans 10:10 says that salvation requires faith/confession. It’s the same with curses.
• Curses last until the “third and fourth generation,” a Hebrew idiom for perpetuity.
• Infant baptism was originally intended as an exorcism to break generational curses*
  *Our International School of Exorcism has detailed teaching on this topic.

There is much more to be said, and it’s all there in CURSE BREAKING. Please read it, Garrick, and you’ll see that a Christian can be saved and yet harbor spiritual oppression because of ancestral iniquities in the form of spiritually negative oppression, sinful predispositions, and unclean predilections. An unbroken curse won’t keep a saved individual from going to heaven, but it may make life like hell on earth!

An encouraging word: BE RENEWED IN YOUR MIND

“Be renewed in the spirit of your mind,” Ephesians 4:23 tells us. Having a renewed mind isn’t something that is a one-time thing. It’s a way of living, a constant awareness of having the mind of Christ. Our mind is our soul, our center of self-awareness and individuate identity. It is our true self. And in this scripture, Paul reminds us to constantly refresh our thoughts with things that come from the Holy Spirit. That means off-limits to a mind consumed with lust, greed, self-importance, and profane thinking. As you think throughout this day, stop from time to time and say a simple prayer: “Lord, give me your thoughts and let them be renewed each moment of this day.”

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Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

Chapter seven of our book CURSE BREAKING has an extensive section on the topic of cremation. (To order CURSE BREAKING CLICK HERE.) I make several salient points about burning bodies as a means of disposing of the dead. Among our criticisms are these:

• Until recent years, cremation has been primarily practiced by pagans. Christian, Jews, and Muslim have all had strong beliefs in burial of the body.
• Early Christians forbade cremation and insisted on burial as a testimony to their belief in the resurrection of the body.
• Cremation is associated with beliefs in reincarnation, that the body must be destroyed to free the soul for transmigration.
• Having cremation ashes in your presence is having a corpse that you are “touching.” Jewish law forbade touching or being in an enclosed space with a dead body (Ez. 44:25; Lev. 21:11)

For Catholics, the Vatican has now spoken clearly to this issue. Cremation is OK but keep the ashes off the mantel, and don’t scatter them in the ocean. And nix the latest fad of carrying around grandma or your dearly departed aunt Emma in a piece of jewelry. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued instructions emphasizing that ashes need to be buried in “sacred places.” Though in 1963 the Catholic Church eased restrictions against cremation, the latest rules insist that ashes not be preserved in mementos. More succinctly, the Vatican declares,” By burying the bodies of the faithful, the Church confirms her faith in the resurrection of the body, and intends to show the great dignity of the human body as an integral part of the human person whose body forms part of their identity.” Amen.

I’m not a Catholic, nor am I in complete agreement with the entirety of this instruction; however, at least Catholics have spoken to this matter with more clarity than compromising evangelicals. Get my book on CURSE BREAKING, research this matter thoroughly, and the conclusion will be unmistakable. Bury your loved ones, instruct your remains to be buried, and break the curses of cremation.

An encouraging word: LET GOD EXAMINE YOUR HEART

How many of us can say, as did the psalmist David, “Examine me, Oh Lord.” Imagine a man submitting himself to be scrutinized by the Almighty God of the universe. David is asking the Lord to judge his integrity, his heart, the very essence of his soul. Would you be willing to make that petition to the Lord? We all should be willing to make our lives an open book, not just to the Lord, but to everyone. Remember, the Lord knows all the facts of your heart. He knows your thoughts. And whether you ask Him to examine your heart, He has already done it.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

By the time you read this, the verdict will be in on nine states that are currently voting to legalize either medical or recreational marijuana. Whatever the outcome (I’m writing this before the votes), the trend is clear. States where weed is totally legal, such as Washington, Oregon, and Colorado, are warning other states to think twice about joining their purple-hazed ranks. I’m here to warn everyone about the lethal spiritual consequences of making casual use of marijuana more acceptable. Day after day I confront demons that possess people because of pot. Before you cry “alarmist,” look at the facts. In Hinduism, marijuana (ganga) has been used to worship the demon of death and destruction, for thousands of years. I have confronted possessed people who’ve never practiced eastern religions but got Shiva and other Hindu demons, like Kali/Jezebel, by toking a joint. Chinese Taoism has long believed that inhaling marijuana is a way to communicate with spirits and tell fortunes. In pagan, Norse Odinism, pot has been used to invoke Freya (another form of Jezebel), a demon I often deal with when ministering to those of Scandinavian descent. Pot was important to Celtic Druids when practicing witchcraft. Tantric Buddhism employs pot as well as some Sikhism.

There is much which could be said about the practical dangers of pot. It affects most those living in low-income and minority communities. Science shows it lowers IQs in adolescents by several points. It increases risks for schizophrenic and psychotic breaks. I can testify to this mental health danger after counseling hundreds who’ve been mentally damaged by believing the lie that weed can’t hurt you. (Mental breakdowns may also increase susceptibility to demons.) And the pot today is roughly six times stronger than that smoked by the hippies on Haight street. Where pot is already legal, marijuana traffic deaths have doubled in Washington and risen by a third in Colorado.

Want to face challenges in passing drugs test to find a job? Want to risk your brain and your body? Want to increase your chances for a vehicular fatality? Want to join the one in six who become addicted and move on to hard drugs? Want to open the doors to demons and all kinds of demonic deception? Then, light up and zone out. You’ve just willingly opened the door to the devil and bought a one-way ticket to an eventual mental and emotional hell!

An encouraging word: SOWING DISCORD IS EVIL.

Proverbs chapter six lists the seven things God hates most, beginning in verse 16. Living without being in bondage to this list is a path to success in life. Included in this list of infamy are pride, lying, murder, a wicked heart, hurry to do evil, a false witness, and one who sows discord among brethren. Murder seems a likely candidate, but sowing discord? Many who would never kill, destroy with their tongues by speaking things which turn Christians against one another. Examine your heart today to see if you have committed one or more of these evil. Begin now to right the wrong, especially if you have caused strife in the Body of Christ.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

How can anyone clearly disambiguate this election, that is, make clear the real choice before us? Is it possible to remove all uncertainty about which is the correct moral choice between Clinton and Trump? Should we simply choose the lesser of two evils? And what does that mean? In politics, the idea of a “lesser evil” has meant supporting, at times, corrupt regimes overseas, if that government presents a better option than what might replace it. Case in point: at the end of the Second World War, some dictatorships were left in place because they shared American ideological and financial goals. The Allies, for example, thought that Stalin was the lesser of two evils compared to Hitler. But Fascism’s holocaust turned out to be less oppressive than the Soviet murder of millions and the enslavement of 15 countries under the heel of Russian totalitarianism. Yet who is to argue for which was the worst; being a prisoner of Lenin’s Gulag or a Jewish victim of Hitler’s gas ovens.

It gets murky, doesn’t it? Now consider our upcoming election. Most folks I talk to are disgusted with both candidates. They also think that a vote for a third-party candidate is actually a vote for Clinton or Trump, both of whom have disapproval ratings of almost 60%. So, does voting for one wrong make a right? The great theologian Thomas Aquinas wrestled with this kind of thinking in his “Summa Theoligica” (which I’m currently reading just for “fun”), giving the example of taking a human life in self-defense. His conclusion: the good outweighs the bad when the situation in question is so bad that exercising an otherwise unacceptable choice causes the least amount of harm. In other words, choose what you believe is the lesser of two evils. If you have a gun, shoot the homicidal intruder before he kills you and your family; but don’t do evil that good may abound. (1 Peter 3:9-don’t render evil for evil.)

Who to vote for? A man of distasteful, locker-room boasts or a woman of expedient, and possibility illegal, ethics? Without telling you who to vote for, I advise when you enter the voting booth, think about your constitutional freedoms, cherish your right for your faith to be free from government intrusion, and remember the unborn.

An encouraging word: STOP COMPLAINING

“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against me?” The Lord spoke this word in Numbers 14:27, against the “murmuring” children of Israel, who were never satisfied. This scripture shows how much the Lord hates spiritual griping and gossiping. The result of always finding fault with God, and Moses, was the judgment of death and wandering 40 additional years in the wilderness. Let this be a lesson to each of us to avoid complaining too much about the ways of the Lord and submit to His will for our lives. Today, rejoice in what the Lord has done for you instead of complaining about what you think He should have done.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

What could be less innocuous than a trip to my local pharmacy to get a flu shot? There to greet me, right inside the entrance, was a six-foot mannequin of a witch; hence, the selfie above. Further inside, it seemed that the whole store had set aside normal drugstore fare of liniments and lotions in favor of ghosts and goblins. It’s that time of year, and death, darkness, and divination have taken over our culture. I’ve written extensively about Halloween in the past, detailing all its unsavory, demonic origins and associations. (Read my book LARSON’S BOOK OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. To order CLICK HERE.) No point in detailing all those objections again here. If you have any doubts about the evil of Halloween, Google it. Or Wikipedia it. (“It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from Celtic Harvest festivals which may have pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain . . .” – Paragraph 2, current Wikipedia entry.) Samhain? Once again, good ole Wikipedia: “Samhain was a time when the doorways to the Otherworld opened, allowing supernatural beings [sic, demons] and souls of the dead to come into our world.”

It is the casual invasion of the occult into our culture, during Halloween, that upsets me, this normalization of the demonic. Doubtless the management of Walgreens hasn’t a clue what the Bible says about witchcraft: “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” It was a capital crime in the theocracy of Israel. It cost King Saul his kingdom and life! I was only seeking a shot in the arm to protect me from a virus at my neighborhood pharmacy, not an unwanted introduction to all things divinatory and devilish. Got it I did, all in the name of marketing the accoutrements of evil for one of the biggest sales periods of the year, second only to Christmas.

Halloween has never been an issue in our home. It’s always been verboten. No big deal. No whining. No, “Please, daddy, can we trick or treat, all the other kids are doing it?” Not even the pathetic substitute of a Christian “fall festival.” We’ve raised our three daughters in a spiritual warfare family. They know the reality of demons and the devil and want nothing to do with the slightest hint of compromise with such associations of evil. In our home, every day is the Lord’s day (Psalm 118:24). Away with all connections to witchcraft and occultism. What are you doing October 31?

An encouraging word: DON’T IMITATE EVIL

I’ve already taken a shot at Halloween in my blog, this week. But I can’t resist another salvo aimed at October 31. These are the words of 3 John 11: “Beloved, do not imitate what is evil.” I’m certain that the apostle didn’t have in mind a culture obsessed with all things dark and divinatory this time of year. His injunction was more generally applied to anything which hints of imitating (copying as a model) any kind of evil associations. We are not to mimic the ways of the world, especially when what they celebrate leads to spiritual bondage. Halloween aside, consider for a moment any compromises you may be making to “imitate” things which are unacceptable to God. Then, change your behavior and associations to emulate the will and ways of the Lord.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.

‘Tis the season re be satanic, the month of October, climaxed by the holiday of Halloween, the devil’s day. What better time to introduce a new satanic strategy from those folks over at the Satanic Temple. You know, the group that wanted to say satanic prayers to open Scottsdale, AZ City Council meetings (CLICK HERE to read my blog of February 22, 2016, “Satanism Triumphs.”); the same bunch who erected a hideous statue of the half-human, half-goat symbol of Satan in Detroit (CLICK HERE to read my blog of July 16, 2015, “Devil in Detroit.”); and the same folks who tried to place a larger-than-life image of Lucifer on state grounds in Oklahoma City. Is it any wonder that they have now succeeded in getting state grounds in Oklahoma City? Is it any wonder that they have now succeeded in getting an after-school Satan Club in Portland, Oregon schools? (The same city that holds an annual nude bicycle race.) The Satanic Temple argued that if Child Evangelism Fellowship could organize “Good News Clubs” for Christianity on public, school property that devil-worshippers should be accorded the same opportunity. Some politically correct idiot in the school system agreed with that demonic logic, and gave Satanists the OK.

If you’re a Satanist, spare me your convoluted logic about not believing in a real devil; about the use of Satan as an archetype of unbridled human passion; about your attempts to restore rationalism to culture and ban Christian superstition. I have a couple of simple questions for the Temple: How many hospitals have you built? To how many Third World countries have you brought medical teams and clean water? How many homes for the destitute and dying have you chartered, as did Mother Teresa? What great works of art can you claim to rival Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel? What majestic orchestrations have you composed to match Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring?”

You Satanists, from Crowleyites to Lavey acolytes, from Thelemites to Setians, I’ve debated your top leaders and foremost spokespersons. Your logic is shallow, your purposes are devious, and your desire for public attention is pathetic. With a few exceptions, you are spoiled brats, lazy malcontents, and media-whores, selling yourselves to Satan for 15 minutes of dubious fame. Grow up. Get a real job. Get an education and contribute something to society. Learn a little about the Judeo-Christian foundation of Western Civilization. Congratulations, you have one month a year, and one day a year, Halloween, to celebrate your vacuous and vile philosophy. And if you don’t repent, you’ll have all eternity with a very real devil who will be your companion in torment.

An encouraging word: BE OF ONE MIND IN CHRIST

In the third chapter of his first Epistle, verse 8, Peter exhorts Christians to be “be of one mind.” Wow, that’s a tall order. Unanimity among Christians? It’s possible, but only if we set our egos and theological pet peeves aside. Peter goes on to give a clue how harmony can be achieved: “love as brothers.” Loving one another in spite of our differences. That’s the key. Today, I challenge you to connect with a Christian who doesn’t go to your church, and who may not see eye to eye with you theologically. Make a friend of them and pursue the goal of being of “one mind” with the other believer in Christ. You may light a fire that will spread to others.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

Can a doctor have demons? Yes. Can a teacher, lawyer, professor, or pastor have demons? Yes, yes, yes, yes. In my one-on-one Personal Spiritual Encounter session, I deal with people of all professions, from the most-schooled to the least-educated. All ages. All races. All genders, yes even some who aren’t sure. You’d be amazed at who seeks me out. People from Hollywood and politics. Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, and almost every religious viewpoint on earth. Individuals from almost every nation, many of those outside the USA by Skype. When it comes to needing deliverance, there is no stereotype. Anyone can have a demon, and when that person is tormented and they know they need an exorcist, who’re you gonna call?

But back to doctors. I mention that because the medical profession is held in such high esteem. You’ve probably heard the sarcastic comment about someone being an M.D., “medical deity.” Doctors know so much that the rest of us don’t. They toss around multi-syllable, diagnostic words as casually as the ordinary person orders a pizza. Most folks couldn’t imagine such a person having an evil spirit. But like anyone, a highly trained physician can have resident evil and still skillfully function on the job. Just like some pastors have demons and still preach.

I recently did an exorcism on a doctor. And this individual wasn’t the first from this highly-regarded profession. The person I speak of knew how to cure others, but he couldn’t fix himself. He suffered from multiple physical issues, some debilitating. He barely made it to the session he was so weak. Yet when his demons manifested, he became so violent that I, and two people assisting me, could barely keep things under control A blood-covenant demon of human sacrifice went back 20 generations. The result was that this doctor himself was dying from a whole series of maladies with names I could barely pronounce. After a long intensive battle with evil, he was set free AND HEALED! He walked from the room a completely different person.

This doctor found an answer to his physical suffering. Whoever you are, whatever your education or standing in life, you can have demons, and you can be set free in the name of Jesus. Satan is no respecter of your intelligence or social standing. Anyone can have a hidden, ancestral curse they know nothing about. This curse may be destroying them mentally and physically. The only way to know you are free from such oppression is to go through the process of curse-breaking and deliverance. Get our books such as CURSE BREAKING, JEZEBEL, DEMON-PROOFING PRAYERS, and DEALING WITH DEMONS. (To order CLICK HERE.) And call today to schedule a Skype or in-person Encounter. Confront the evil that may be hiding inside you, or someone you love. Destroy your demons before your demons destroy you!

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An encouraging word: CHRIST IS OUR PEACE

The world is seeking peace. Individuals are doing yoga and meditating to find peace. Others take drugs, both prescription and psychoactive recreational drugs. All in the effort to find peace. Ephesians 2:14 makes a simple, and remarkable, declaration: “He Himself is our peace.” Peace is not just a state of mind. Peace is not just the cessation of conflict. Peace is a person, and that person is God’s Son, Jesus Christ. His indwelling presence does more than bring peace by the forgiveness of sins. When He abides within the soul of an individual, that person has peace because of His presence. If you are seeking peace, Christ is your peace. Invite Him into your heart, the Prince of Peace, and you will be peaceful.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online.