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When I first heard about it I thought it was a sick joke. No joke. The Hindu demon goddess Kali, a.k.a. Jezebel (a hideous evil spirit I’ve battled many times) was actually projected, August 1, on to the Empire State Building. The 3-D image was put there by visual artist Android Jones as some kind of environmental protest about man’s destruction of nature. The idea was that endangered species would be saved by this act of spiritual transformation. This satanic image of a demon god was intended to “make the point that Mother Nature now more than ever needs a fierce avatar to fight the angers of pollution and extinction.” Seriously?

Here’s what my book JEZEBEL: Defeating Your #1 Spiritual Enemy has to say about Kali: In one hand she holds a sword, and the other holds the head of her decapitated lover. Around her neck is a necklace of human skulls of her victims. She stands with one foot triumphantly placed on the back of the corpse of her murdered paramour. She is famous for seducing lovers and then, at the moment of orgasms, taking their lives. (To read more about Kali and Jezebel, get my book JEZEBEL by CLICKING HERE.) My book says more, but you get the idea.

In 19th century India, the Thugee cult of murderous assassins killed countless people in India as an act of blood sacrifice to Kali. Even today in remote sections of India, the Kali cult practices ritual human sacrifice. And the Big Apple chose this as an ecological icon? I’ve dealt with Kali countless times and can attest that in the kingdom of darkness this is one of the most powerful and bloodthirsty demons. Imagine if Christians would have projected a cross instead. The ACLU would still be filing lawsuits against the sponsors. If anyone had doubts about demons being in control of the whole Save-the-Planet-Global-Warming agenda, all skepticism is now erased. What happened in New York wouldn’t happen even in New Delhi or Mumbai. We truly are a nation in danger of judgment. Lord Jesus come quickly!

An encouraging word: SANCTIFICATION IS GOD’S WILL

“This is the will of God, your sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Those are strong words from the Apostle Paul. Sanctification seems like such an ancient word. It’s not even on the radar of most churches today. Easton’s Bible Dictionary calls it “more than a mere moral reformation of character: it is the work of the Holy Spirt bringing the whole nature under the influences of new gracious principles.” The dictionary says it is to “make holy, set apart as sacred.” Most important, IT IS GOD’S WILL. Growing in grace and constantly surrendering more of one’s life to the Lord daily isn’t an option, it is a command. Sanctification is to make holy, to separate from the world, to set apart unto the Lord. That is a tall order, the “venti” of spiritual aspirations. 

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.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Last week I reported on recent psychiatric research that proves curses are embedded in DNA and can be passed from generation to generation. YOU MUST read PART #1 of this series before reading below. To read this previous blog of September 3, 2015, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

My previous blog about the scientific verifiability of generational curses is must reading before proceeding further. I reported on research in the new scientific field of epigenetics, the study of how one’s DNA is affected by circumstances. Psychiatrists have discovered that severe trauma releases hormones called glucocorticoids which reduce the body’s ability to handle stress. Thus, for example, a victim of childhood sexual abuse who doesn’t receive counseling and spiritual healing may over-secrete these hormones which alter DNA, a modification which may be passed on to the children. The children could then suffer depression and various mental illness and concurrently be more vulnerable to sexual abuse themselves. And this mutated pattern could continue for many generations until the curse is spiritually broken and God supernaturally modifies the DNA.

According to Lee Bitsoi, PhD. Research Associate in Genetics at Harvard University, epigenetic changes may be linked to the “development of illnesses such as PTSD, depression, and type 2 diabetes.” The findings of Bitsoi has been extended to high rates of addiction, suicide, and sexual violence. This Harvard researcher is saying exactly what I’ve declared in my book CURSE BREAKING. The evil that happens to one generation is transferable to the next. Demons know this and stalk the vulnerable, attacking them with various mental, emotional, and physical problems. And though science may come up with drugs to counter the effect of glucocorticoids, prayer to break curses is an important form of immediate intervention that must not be overlooked by Christians. My book CURSE BREAKING includes 25 pages of detailed curse-breaking prayers that confront hundreds of infirmities, psychological difficulties, and spiritual impediments. Critics of curse breaking need to be better informed before they pass harsh judgments on those of us who very day see the effects of generational curses, and also witness the power of Christ to cancel all the evil committed by bloodline ancestors.

NOTE: You must read Bob’s book CURSE BREAKING: Freedom from the Bondage of Generational Sin. To order CLICK HERE.

 An encouraging word:  DON’T BE TROUBLED
“Let your heart not be troubled,” Jesus said in John 14:1. That so often seems hard to do, especially in our world where indecency is rampant and violence lurks around every corner. How can we not be troubled by beheadings in Syria and bombings in Boston? Read the next few verses. Jesus speaks of the place in heaven He has prepared for Christians. We can “not be troubled” because this world is not our final destination. Though we should be troubled by war, violence, and crime, that troubling should incite us to action to right such wrongs, knowing that some day it will all end and heaven will be our home.

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

In spite of the testimony of church history and theology, plus the witness of thousands of ministers of deliverance, the concept of generational curses still meets resistance from mainstream American evangelicalism. In other parts of the world, such as Africa, this idea is more or less accepted. Cultures which are but a few generations removed from idolatrous practices recognize that the bloodline carries powerful proclivities toward evil which are spiritually embedded and must be removed. Ironically, if some Christian pastors won’t yield to the obvious evidence, psychology and science may come to the rescue.

Epigenetics is a new study of how the factors of one’s environment can actually change a person’s DNA, and that these alterations can be inherited! Recently, “Biological Psychiatry” published a study of Holocaust survivors and their adult children. According to the study, high stress releases hormones called glucocorticoids. Continued exposure to these hormones eventually reduces an individual’s ability to handle trauma. The hormones turn off certain genes which would normally handle stress. In other words, the effects of severe trauma have a powerful impact of the sufferer’s actual DNA, a condition which then affects the ability of future generations to handle difficulties. One generation’s maladies can become the next generation’s emotional hindrances. We’re talking science and genetics here. Researchers with no interest one way or another in proving that curses can be passed on to offspring, are now saying what Scripture has taught for millennia!

As cases in point, researchers found that Dutch women who were pregnant during a famine after WWII gave birth to children with an above-average risk of developing schizophrenia. From what those of us in deliverance know about Inner Healing, we see the same thing happen to victims of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Clearly, demons understand the effect of glucocorticoids and take advantage of the vulnerable in successive generations.

There is much more to say about this, which will be covered in my next blog, Part #2 of this interesting revelation.

NOTE: You must read Bob’s book CURSE BREAKING: Freedom from the Bondage of Generational Sin. To order CLICK HERE.

An encouraging word: PAY ATTENTION TO GOD’S WORD.
Have you spent time with the Lord today? Have you read the Word to give guidance in life? The writer to the Hebrews warned, “We must pay careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away” (Hebrews 2:1). I’ve observed through many years of ministry, that the slow slide into sin and compromising behavior is always accompanied by a neglect of hearing and reading God’s Word. When people seek my counsel about spiritual bondage I often ask directly, “How often do you go to church and how much time do you devote to regular reading of the Bible?” The answers is always the same: “Not much, lately.” How much attention to Scripture will you give today?

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.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Last week I started a blog about those who seek out psychics. You need first to read that critical information before reading further below. To read “Who Seeks Psychics, Part #1, CLICK HERE.

According to the Federation of Certified Psychics and Mediums, women who seek psychics are willing to spend up to $5,000 to get information (375,000 women have spent more than this amount); 51% of women want to put a spell or curse on someone; 69% of those seeking psychics are women; 53% see a psychic more than once; 97% of psychics would not give a refund if their prognostication were wrong. And, this stat is interesting: 99.99% of all psychics believe in “God.”

“Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them,” warns Leviticus 19:31. Other Old Testament warnings are found in Leviticus 20:6, Isaiah 8:19, and Jeremiah 27:9, to cite just a few references. Consulting psychics is a spiritually deadly business. It can cost you a fortune, it can cost you your soul. It may take your sanity in the process. I know, I’ve ministered to many hundreds of victims of this subtle sophistry. By seeing a psychic you may or may not get any insights into the unknown, but you certainly can come away with demons you didn’t bargain for.

 An encouraging word:  BEWARE A LITTLE LEAVEN.

Galatians 5:9 warns, in the NIV, “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.” The classic KJV eloquently states, “A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” However stated, the intent of the Apostle Paul is to warn about letting even a little ungodliness or sinful proclivities to enter our lives. It only takes a little evil to spoil a lot of good. One unkind word can cancel the positive effect of many accolades. One immoral lapse can ruin a lifetime of rectitude. Today, ask the Holy Spirit to show you the hidden yeast of ungodliness in your life before it takes over the whole batch of your thoughts and actions.

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.

Who sees psychics? I meet a lot of individuals who’ve seen psychics, and then they end up coming to me to get rid of the demons the psychics gave them. These seekers of occult information are all ages and education. A variety of religious backgrounds. Some are curiosity seekers, but the majority felt the need to lift the veil shielding the unknown to find some deeply personal information. A love interest. A dearly departed loved one. A prediction about a job. Information about a serious sickness. Most were desperate for answers not given by doctors, counselors, or clergy.

An organization calling itself the American Federation of Certified Psychics and Mediums posts on their web site some very interesting statistics. (“Certified?” By whom isn’t clear.) Let me first say I’m not certain how trustworthy such self-aggrandizing data may be. After all, these are people who, by biblical definition, are knowingly or unwittingly in league with the devil. Also, many are outright charlatans. Still, the statistics they provide, if anywhere near accurate, are revealing.

My next blog will reveal further fascinating information about the nether world of psychics and those who pay the financial and spiritual price for seeing them.

 An encouraging word: DISCERN THE BEST AND PURE

Paul’s prayer for the Philippians was that they would be able to discern what is “best” and “pure” (Philippians 1:10). These are goals we don’t often seen in the world around us. Instead of the best, people seek the quickest and most self-aggrandizing. Instead of what is pure, too many seek what is self-satisfying and erotically arousing. In respect of your biblical beliefs, why not make it a goal today to achieve your spiritual best, whether in Bible reading or conquering some bad behavior? Strive also for your purity, not just in conquering lustful challenges, but in your thoughts and emotions toward 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.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Last week I published a blog entitled, “Retrieving Hidden Memories.” It’s crucial that you read that blog before proceeding further with the below, part #2. (To read CLICK HERE.)

For years I have taught through our Do What Jesus Did® deliverance teams, and now our International School of Exorcism®, the importance of digging deeply into the pain of one’s past. Perhaps you’ve heard some of the phrases I’ve coined to emphasis this:

• Go to the point of the pain.
• To heal, you must reveal.
• Get your stuff before your stuff gets you.

As the blog last week pointed out, there is now scientific, neurological evidence that the ministry of Inner Healing is vital for spiritual health. “Neuroscience News” recently reported that a crucial key to maintaining sound mental health is “returning the brain to the same state of consciousness as when the memory was encoded.” If that memory was the result of physical, sexual, or spiritual abusive, and it remains unprocessed, it can lead to various forms of mental breakdown. In our School of Exorcism, we teach how to accomplish this “returning the brain” in a spiritually therapeutic way that brings Christ into the context of past abuse. “Neuroscience News” points out that two amino acids, glutamate and GABA, must be kept in equilibrium. If imbalanced, the mind can become aroused or sleepy, alert or sedated — even delusional. It turns out that these receptors actually encode memories of a fear-inducing event and then store them away, hidden from consciousness.

If you, or someone you know, has experienced traumatic pain in the past, please get help. Find a clinician who works in this area of mental health or a caring pastor/priest who can begin the listening process. Call my office to arrange a computer Skype session; meet with me at our Center for Spiritual Freedom in Phoenix; or get to a city on my seminar schedule for a one-on-one Personal Spiritual Encounter. DO SOMETHING to address hidden hurt and past emotional pain and receive Inner Healing from Jesus.

 An encouraging word: GOD SEES THE HEART

In my personal Bible studies, I’ve been lately reviewing the Old Testament. Right now I’m in First Samuel. I was reminded again of that classic passage when the Lord chose David as the future king of Israel. Lest the prophet Samuel choose the wrong man, the Lord told him, “Do not look at his appearance . . . the Lord looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). That’s what God sees when he looks at you. You can’t dress up your sins with outward displays of spirituality. You can’t overcome your moral inconsistencies with a phony exterior. You may trick people for a while, but the Lord will never be fooled.

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.

INNER HEALING: The supernatural, spiritual remediation of the earliest, and deepest, wounds of the soul.

The definition is mine. The designation is not. “Inner Healing” as a descriptive term didn’t originate with me, but God has allowed our ministry to take the concept to new levels. Inner healing (IH) is psycho-spiritual intervention that usually deals with traumatic experiences, often occurring at a young age, which have deeply affected an individual’s ability to have emotional wholeness. Such trauma may be an opening for spiritual oppression and outright demonic possession. IH is generally integral to the deliverance process. Many times demons cannot be expelled until IH has taken place. Unfortunately, this aspect of ministry has been ignored, neglected, and demeaned by most evangelical churches. Some even question whether it has any spiritually therapeutic value. Those of us in deliverance ministry know that IH is important and crucial, and IT WORKS!

But is it scientifically supportable? A recent report in “Neuroscience News” is most revealing. In an article entitled “Retrieving Hidden Traumatic Memories,” stressful past experiences, particularly childhood abuse, are described as hiding like a “shadow in the brain.” If not properly accessed and treated, the article warns that these suppressed (and often dissociated) memories can cause “debilitating psychological problems, such as post-traumatic stress disorder or dissociative disorders.” These are all things that we’ve been teaching for years. Now there is science to back this up. Dr. Jelena Radulovic, the Dunbar Professor in Bipolar Disease at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has published research into fear-related memories (which would include sexual abuse and Satanic Ritual Abuse). Dr. Radulovic points out that the problem with helping patients suffering from hidden, past trauma is that they can’t remember the abuse that is at the root of their current psychiatric symptom. And having that information is a key to getting better. The Dr. proposes a solution: “Return the brain to the same state of consciousness as when the memory was encoded.” Or, as I teach in our International School of Exorcism®, “Go to the point of the pain.” Relive the trauma in the altered context of Christ’s healing.

More in my next blog about the biochemical process that neuroscientists have discovered that lies at the root of Inner Healing.

NOTE: There has never been a better, or more necessary, time for YOU to enroll in our International School of Exorcism. You can become God’s instrument to bring healing to so many whom you love and care about. Enroll today by CLICKING HERE.)

An encouraging word:  SHINE AS A LIGHT.

A friend of mine was recently going through a difficult time because of the immoral environment in which he lived. I reminded him of Paul’s words to the Philippians (2:15), “Become blameless . . . without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation . . . shine as lights in the world.” You and I can’t always change what’s around us, especially the darkness of sin and moral perversity. But we can “shine.” We can live godly and let that be our silent rebuke. If you are discouraged by the crookedness of people and things around you, what a great time to be a blameless Believer to the lost who live without 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.

People have strange ideas about demons. Usually it’s not their fault. I blame Christian leaders for the lack of information and very bad information. These is so little teaching about spiritual warfare in Christian circles that is allows some awful ideas to circulate. The silence on this topic means that errors are seldom rationally addressed. Even among people who believe in and practice the ministry of deliverance, some odd issues arise. I could write pages on what I’ve encountered, but here are a few misperceptions and misconceptions.

• If I’m present during a deliverance, one of those demons might jump on me.  No. Demons only enter by spiritual legal right. If you are living for Christ you can’t arbitrarily get a demons, even by being around an exorcism session.
• Bad things have happened to people who do deliverance. The movie “The Exorcist” helped to further this myth. In the film, the demon only leaves by entering the exorcist who then kills himself. I’ve been credited with doing more documented exorcisms than anyone, and I’m very much alive and doing well.
• Try to cast out demons and they’ll get even with you.  Who is more powerful, anyway? Two wage spiritual warfare you need to walk in faith. Only if you give in to the intimidation of demons by fear will they be able to strike back with any effectiveness.
• Don’t cast out demons unless you are thoroughly trained. Of course, that’s preferable. That’s the purpose of our International School of Exorcism®, to train Christian leaders and lay people in the most effective procedures to set the captives free. But even if you don’t yet have all the best knowledge available, do what you can when you encounter evil spirits.  After all, it’s the authority in the name of Jesus that wins the war against Satan.

Join me in battling the disinformation and misinformation by being an informed Believer. Get our latest books such as JEZEBEL, CURSE BREAKING, and DEMON PROOFING PRAYERS. (To order CLICK HERE.) Also enroll in in our International School of Exorcism®, a 30-course curriculum of the most in-depth training available anywhere on all aspect of Inner Healing, Deliverance, and Exorcism. (To enroll CLICK HERE.)

An encouraging word:  GIVE GLORY TO HIS NAME.

Psalm 29:2 tells us to give the Lord the “glory due to His name.” What an inspiring thought. Far too many all around us curse and take His name in vain. When something goes wrong, if a situation is irritating, if some physical or emotional injury happens, God’s name is the first to be uttered in disgust. Doing this, no matter how angry the person may be, brings a curse back on the head of the one who utters such spiritual invectives. The next time you are prone to anger, instead of hurling some vicious vituperation against the Lord, give glory to His name and see how quickly that changes things.

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.

Back on July 2 of this year I wrote a blog on how Catholics in Mexico were fed up with the violence of drug cartels and corruption in society. In response, they confronted Satan at the cathedral of San Luis Potosi. Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, the archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara, performed an Exorcismo Magno, a huge exorcism on the whole country of Mexico. (To read that blog Exorcise America CLICK HERE.) Regardless of what you, the reader, may think about Catholic exorcism or the efficacy of such a ritual, consider for a moment the general idea of Christian leaders declaring war on the devil in a very public way. I don’t know if Mexico is any better off for the efforts of Cardinal Iniguez, but his actions beg the question of why Protestant, evangelical leaders in our country are so mealy-mouthed about confronting the devil with spiritual warfare?

Here are my thoughts on this whole idea:

1. Would some kind of unified, congregational exorcism/deliverance prayer by Christian pastors really do any good? Who knows? It hasn’t been tried. What could it hurt?
2. Wouldn’t this be an opening for the media to make fun of Believers? As if they don’t do that on a regular basis every day on TV and in movies. What are evangelical pastors REALLY afraid of?
3. Suppose it gets a lot of press, even negative reports, wouldn’t that a least make people more aware that there are actually Christians who believe in a real devil and are willing to confront that evil? Because so many pastors seldom preach about the devil and hell, the implied consensus is that the church no longer takes such things seriously.
4. Don’t set the bar so high it’s unattainable. Don’t claim that if we exorcise America that revival will follow immediately or that there will be mass-scale conversions of those in the porn industry or corrupt politicians. Simply make the goal a first step in beginning the process of pushing back against Satan on a national scale.
5. Isn’t it time to declare war on all the occultism and superstition in our culture? A national exorcism isn’t going to save the soul of every American or make psychics shut down overnight. But we can begin to declare territorial authority over the evil that results in the shootings, racial injustices, rampant societal sexualizing, and emboldened atheism.

Have we forgotten that we are in a war for the soul of our society? Who is on the Lord’s side and willing to say so in a very public way by rebuking and binding ALL the forces of evil that want to destroy our cherished religious freedoms?

NOTE: The International School of Exorcism® is a 30-course, online curriculum, with certification, that trains those who want to follow the commands of Christ and learn the spiritual calling of deliverance. This is ultimate resource for training spiritual warriors to do combat against the devil in their relationships, their finances, their health, and their spiritual lives. Enroll today and I will PERSONALLY train you on how to effectively fight Satan AND WIN! To get further information, or to enroll CLICK HERE. 

An encouraging word: THE HAND OF THE LORD

The Prophet Samuel’s words to Israel are a warning to all today: If you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you (1 Samuel 1:12). These are stern words that we all need to take personally. Such a dire pronouncement has individual importance. Which of the Lord’s commandments are you avoiding or rebelling against? It may not be obvious, but look closer at issues of failing to forgive, harboring bitterness, or secretly wanting revenge. The Lord wants to be on your side to bless you. Don’t let your thoughts and actions turn His hand against you.  

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 many more must die? How many more innocent lives will end before we “get it?” Something is terribly wrong in our country. We’ve barely sentenced James Holmes to life in prison for killing 12 and wounding 70 in a Colorado theater; we’ve just started to make sense of the Chattanooga shooting of five military personnel; we’ve tried to understand the senseless slaughter of nine church goers in Charleston. And then it happened again, this weekend. Details are still sketchy, but we do know that a man in Houston, Texas murdered an entire family of eight, mother and father plus six children, one aged six. The man, David Conley, was apparently mad at the mother, a former “domestic partner” for having changed the locks on the doors. (He had once lived there with her.)

The chart above is telling. The overall trajectory of shooting incidents is on the rise, a fact attested to by anyone who follows the news headlines regularly. Of course, guns are always blamed, but that doesn’t explain why killings are increasing. “Evil men will go from bad to worse,” 2 Timothy 3:13 warns us of the End Times. That happens when the moral restraints of society reach such a low point that demonic forces are no longer hindered from their evil. An exorcism is a microcosm of the battle between good and evil. God wins when the godly refuse to yield ground to Satan. During a deliverance I could stop, walk away, and surrender by default. Of course, I refuse to do that and persist in the battle against the devil. In our world today, too many indulge in such a cesspool of degenerate filth that there is nothing to stop demons from running roughshod. Refusing to wage true spiritual warfare, most churches have thrown up their hands in surrender. If we made IN THE NAME OF JESUS the battle cry of our nation and churches, there were would be less impetus for evil to further murder in America.

An encouraging word: DON’T FRET

“Do not fret because of evil men,” Psalm 24:19 encourages us. Frankly, that’s hard to do. As society departs further and further from biblical principles, it’s difficult not to become worried. But the Bible tells us that the evil will not ultimately triumph. The following verse in Psalms says, “The evil man has no future hope . . . the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.” So, relax a little. Don’t let down your defenses or fail to fight wickedness wherever you encounter it, but don’t fret.

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.