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The Super Bowl Commercials That Drove Abortionists Absolutely Crazy
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The Doritos Super Bowl commercial has the abortion industry absolutely losing its mind.
Why?
The commercial shows a baby in an ultrasound.
NARAL—the abortion industry's top lobbyists—immediately took to Twitter in outrage, fuming, "#NotBuyingIt - that @Doritos ad using #antichoice tactic of humanizing fetuses..." That "anti-choice tactic of humanizing fetuses" is called an ultrasound, which shows a baby human inside the womb.
Yet this wasn't the only commercial big abortion was flipping out about Sunday.
The NFL released a series of ads during the big game on that premise that "Data suggest 9 months after a Super bowl victory, winning cities see a rise in births." They are known as Super Bowl Babies.
NARAL again couldn't stand the idea of babies actually being born, tweeting, "Super Bowl Babies? Use protection, sports fans."
The abortion industry was actually going out of its mind about these fun Super Bowl commercials because they promoted the simple idea that life is precious and should be celebrated. I guess an idea can be a dangerous thing.
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Former Super Bowl MVP Explains Winning in Defeat - Kurt Warner
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Kurt Warner was the quarterback of the Super Bowl 34 Champion, St. Louis Rams.
The 1999 Rams were the NFL's highest scoring offense, nicknamed "the greatest show on turf." The team's quick-strike passing game was led by Warner's sudden rise from undrafted backup — to the league's celebrated newcomer. Kurt explains, "That kind of success, that early, was I think the surprise to me. Just how quickly it came in my first season in the NFL, but here I am at 28 and it was like God sped up the whole career."
His impact was immediate, turning a last-place team into a division winner and leading the Rams to their first playoff appearance in St. Louis as the NFC's top-seeded team. His ascent launched him to stardom and led him to the first of three Super Bowls.
So how difficult is it to reach that game? Kurt emphasizes: "It's so difficult. So many things have to go in your favor. It's such a special thing when you put it all together. The chemistry that we had in the locker room with one another, the unselfishness amongst players."
It led to Super Bowl 34 — and a matchup against the Tennessee Titans — two 13 and 3 teams — contending in one of the most dramatic 4th quarter finishes ever. A game Kurt savored from the start saying, "Running out of the tunnel, being announced at that Super Bowl, and seeing the flashes go off, was really the first moment for it to really sink in what had happened that year. It was just about the journey that God had taken me on."
But the journey was just beginning after taking a storybook turn when the Titans kicked a game-tying field goal. Kurt recalls, "I just remember talking to Coach Vermeil on the sideline and he looked at me and just said, 'you know, this is how you write it. You know, this is what you want. Two minutes to go, quarterback, ball in your hands, lead your team down to win a Super Bowl.'"
Kurt did, on the Rams first play, a 73-yard pass to Isaac Bruce, saying, "It was called trip's right, ace right, 999, F-Seam, H Balloon. Everybody's running deep. I left it a little bit behind Isaac. And he adjusts to it and makes the catch. From there I was laying on the ground. And listened to the crowd go crazy. Now we're ahead with a chance to win it."
Kurt watched from the sideline as the Titans took their final drive down the field against the Rams defense. Kurt acknowledges, "That's always the hardest thing. We always want to have it in our control. But the hardest part about football is it's a team sport, in that you can't do it by yourself. Everybody will remember the reach by Dyson for the end zone, a one-yard difference between winning and losing. Those are the games that ultimately will be remembered."
The goal-line tackle preserved the Rams win. Kurt was named the game's Most Valuable Player — to go along with his MVP season. Just two years later, the Rams lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl 36. Is there a consolation in defeat?" Kurt answers, "It's not all about winning. You can win in losing. Success isn't defined by whether you have more points than the other guy. That's not how God defines it. It's defined by the journey; it's defined by where you find yourself and how far you've traveled and who you've become along the way."
Along the way, Kurt became one of only three NFL quarterbacks to start for two different Super Bowl teams. Resurrecting his career at 37 with the 2008 Arizona Cardinals who lost to the Steelers in the game's final 35 seconds, Kurt earned a beloved place in Phoenix. Kurt says, "You know, I was done, my career was over, he can't play anymore. Arizona will never win! We'll never go to a Super Bowl! It's just not going to happen. And we found ourselves in a place where nobody saw themselves. When we were able to take that journey here, a community came together around a football team."
The prolific quarterback still holds three Super Bowl passing records and hits the mark on defining his place among wins and losses. Kurt says "What happened on the cross ultimately defines Jesus and defines all of us. And what many saw as a loss, was our greatest win. He won. And that speaks to our everyday lives. But it also speaks to our Savior. That's what He created us for, was for relationship. And without that, what, at the end of the day, do we really have?
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Are you excited about the Big Game this Sunday?
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Below: Thomas Davis, Carolina Panthers linebacker
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The New England Patriots' Malcolm Butler intercepts a pass meant for Seattle Seahawks' Ricardo Lockette. (Reuters/USA Today)
When the Seattle Seahawks made their "miraculous" comeback against the Green Bay Packers, it looked like God was with Russell Wilson, the openly Christian quarterback of the Seahawks who was in tears of praise after the game.
Two weeks later, in the aftermath of their heartbreaking Super Bowl loss (and the infamous "worst play call in Super Bowl history"), it looked like God was with the New England Patriots rather than the Seahawks—or is talk like this complete folly?
Here are four points for consideration:
1) Our God completely transcends football, but He is at work in the big things and the little things worldwide.
It is absolutely ludicrous to think that Almighty God has any interest in the score of a football game any more than He cares about who wins when I play cards with my 92-year-old mom or play basketball with my 11-year-old grandsons. I'm quite sure that the courts of heaven did not shut down Sunday night to watch the game.
At the same time, if God knows the number of hairs on our head and not a bird falls to the ground without His knowledge (or involvement; see Matt. 10:29-30), it's silly to think that He has no involvement in an event of this magnitude watched by countless millions worldwide.
I don't mean that His concern is in the final score. I mean that He might have a million different purposes at work in and around the game. Why not?
Perhaps He wants to raise up one and put another one down. Perhaps He has other lessons to teach. Perhaps He will use the events surrounding the Super Bowl to lead people to Himself in His own inscrutable ways.
Why not? Let God be God.
2) The idea that God is orchestrating the outcome of sports games points to the idolatry of sports and entertainment in our culture.
Again, let God be God, and if He chooses to give someone success who honors Him and who will make His name known, so be it.
This seems to be what happened with David Tyree, the New York Giants receiver who made the "miraculous" helmet catch against the Patriots in Super Bowl 42 and who has used his fame to spread the gospel, to give one example of many.
And if the Lord has some sovereign purpose in arranging the score of a game, who are we, puny mortals that we are, to argue with Him?
On the other hand, how much money is bet on sports every week?
How many hours are spent with sports and consumed on sports?
How many churches adjust their schedules so as not to conflict with the Super Bowl or other major sports events?
And for all the sports fans reading this, what grips your heart more, a burden for the lost or your interest in sports?
What plays on your emotions more? What dominates your thought life more? What occupies your conversations more?
Is your joy in sudden victory or your agony in sudden defeat greater than your joy in Jesus and your pain for the world?
Sports can be invigorating to play and fun to watch, and there's much that can be learned from it in terms of character and discipline and teamwork and the like. But it is plainly an idol in our culture today.
That's why I tweeted out after the game, "For Christian Seahawks fans: God is just as wonderful when you suffer an agonizing defeat as He is when you make a 'miraculous' comeback."
On another note, since the game was the most watched TV show in American history, how did the Lord feel about Katy Perry singing "I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It" for all those millions of viewers, including lots of children?
3) Our theology of sports reflects our superficial theology of "divine blessing = winning."
I embrace and affirm the many promises to the godly in the Scriptures, including the promise that for those who focus day and night on God's Word, whatever we do will be blessed (see Ps. 1:1-3; John 15:7). And I believe that when the Lord is with us and we are doing His will, His blessing will be evident.
At the same time, I recognize that obedience to Him often costs us dearly in this world, that His blessing doesn't always amount to winning, that many times we grow far more through adversity than through success, and that He often takes us down paths that we would never choose for ourselves.
Implicit in much of our shallow thinking is that, since God is with Tim Tebow (or Russell Wilson or Kurt Warner), his team should win.
Of course, godly living has benefits, and the Lord often smiles on us in tangible ways as a sign of His favor.
But following Jesus does not always mean winning and success, and at times, it is quite the opposite (see, for example, 1 Cor. 4:9-13).
If we are loyal to the Lord, we will be richly blessed, but that doesn't mean we will always "win" in this world.
4) Let's keep things in perspective.
From God's point of view, I do not believe that the big event of last week was the Super Bowl, even though it was a fun family event at my house and at the houses of many.
I believe the beheading of the Japanese journalist by ISIS terrorists was a bigger event.
I believe the murder of thousands of babies in the womb last week was a bigger event, not to mention the death of countless starving infants worldwide or the ongoing suffering of the destitute and poor.
I believe the salvation of lost sinners was a bigger event.
I believe the praise and worship of God's people was a bigger event.
And I believe we would do well to ask our Father for the perspective of heaven and for a heart in tune with eternity, lest we get caught up with the idolatry of this age.
As our lives are filled with the love of God and the presence of the Spirit, everything else will fall into its proper place.
PROPHECY WITNESSED BY 100 MILLION VIEWERS…but perceived by those with “eyes to see and ears to hear.” The picture for this post shows a hoped for hanging of Number #12 Tom Brady. (See PROPHETIC INSIGHT #10 for the lesson.)
Prophet Kim Clement said this game would be prophetic- and it was! He predicted that the unknown would become well known and the Superstars need to let the Day of the Saints begin. (Malcolm Butler makes this prophecy interesting.)
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The Patriots’ win was not a prophetic story about the team franchise…though the symbolism of America’s true Patriots winning is a clear message! From a prophetic perspective Christians should not miss the point. God does not like New England more than the North West. Christians were playing on both teams, and believers live on both coasts.
HOWEVER: The game is a HUGE platform for insight into where America is and where it is going. It is a PROPHETIC STATEMENT for all of us who have EARS TO HEAR. Even those who don’t like football… (or half-time shows where Joel Osteen isn’t invited to sing).
PROPHETIC INISIGHT #1 THE COMMERCIALS REVEALED THREE THINGS! 1. GOD IS TURNING THE HEARTS OF FATHERS TO THEIR SONS AND FAMILY IS A BIG DEAL TO GOD! 2. HUMOR IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORM OF MARKETING. (Stop being grumpy when you preach.) 3. CARS, CARS, AND SOME TRUCKS! All are prophetic symbols of ministry vehicles. GET READY FOR GOD TO GIVE YOU A NEW VEHICLE FOR YOUR MESSAGE!
IMPORTANT…. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson became a Christian when Jesus visited him in a dream when he was a teen.
He is already a very blessed man. Yesterday he was looking for his second Super Bowl win in only his third NFL season.
Got to love this 26 year old guy. His Twitter tagline: “Too blessed to be stressed” along with the Bible verse John 3:30: “He must become greater; I must become less.”
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #2 SOME CHRISTIANS NEED TO BE LESS SO OTHER CHRISTIANS CAN BE MORE. The competition in ministry is killing the platform for new champions and ideas to emerge.
He was a super star and draft pick while attending University of Wisconsin-Madison but friends say: “He didn’t handle HIS CELEBRITY like a college kid,” said former Wisconsin teammate Aaron Henry. “Once he started having a little bit of success you found out if God was real or not for him. Girls coming at him at 100 mph. I was with him one night and I watched him pushing girls away. Any other person would’ve taken that and ran with it.”
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #3 YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE TEMPTATION THAT COMES WITH SUCCESS.
Quarterback Wilson wears the number #3. This is the number for the trinity. Wilson is blessed, but the Trinity is throwing the ball to a ROOKIE!
Enter…The ROOKIE No. #29 Malcolm Butler!
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #4 THE “BUTLER” IS IN THE STORY OF ALL THE “JOSEPHS” GOD IS RELEASING FROM THEIR PRISON. You’ve been a prisoner – not of circumstance, but prisoner of a prophetic process of preparation.
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #5 MALCOM BUTLER had a VISION the night before the game. God showed him he would make a BIG play. THE BUTLER IN JOSEPH’S STORY HAD A DREAM WITH #3 BRANCHES WHICH MEANT IN #3 DAYS HE GOT RESTORED! The number 3 is connected to the dream of the “Butler”!
Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days. Now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.” (Genesis 40:12-13 NKJV)
THIS is the story of all of us who have had reversals but get A SECOND CHANCE!
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #6 A YEAR TO OVERCOME THE CURSE THAT KEEPS ROBBING YOU! Malcom had to OVERCOME a HUGE REVERSAL when he thought he tackled No. #15 Jermaine Kearse (pronounced curse) but in a crazy moment in Super Bowl history the ball bounced off of Kearse’s stomach and he kept possession! The reversal was bad. The dreaded Kearse (curse) could not be stopped even when it looked like breakthrough.
BUT As the Seahawks went to score and END the game, ROOKIE Malcom Butler intercepted the throw! The game was REVERSED again and over! (And, I don’t think Kearse is a “curse”. He made a great play…just surprised when my secretary told me his name and pronunciation.)
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #7 —– 2015 is a year of REVERSALS REVERSED!—- Malcom Butler WAS NOT CHOSEN BY MEN! There were 35 cornerbacks drafted by NFL teams in 2014….AND MALCOM WAS NOT ONE OF THEM!
He had to sign with the Patriots as a free agent! He was one of many undrafted rookies who reported for training camp, the chances of sticking with the team somewhere between slim and none.
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #8 THIS IS A YEAR WHEN THOSE NOT CHOSEN BY PRO’S WILL MAKE WINNING PLAYS! GOD IS GIVING YOU A SERIES OF “WOW” MOMENTS TO GET NOTICED.
How did he get into the BIG GAME? He had a lot of ‘wow’ moments that kept building, they said. This is a guy that wasn’t drafted, but I believe wholeheartedly that HE THOUGHT HE BELONGED HERE.
BUTLER had a dream before the game. Instead of a big play he had a big setback. THEN….the BIG PLAY.
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #9 DAVID HAD HIS BIGGEST REVERSAL AT ZIGLAG ONE DAY BEFORE HIS BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH TO THE THRONE! Overcomers must not quit. At his worst moment…David “encouraged himself in the Lord!” And WON back all he lost!
For years people will debate the wisdom of the Seahawks decision to throw the ball rather than hand it to the man who led the team as an unstoppable force running with the ball.
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #10 A Seahawks Fan said to me: The only prophetic thing I get out of this is “Don’t do STUPID things to sabotage your victory when you’re THAT close. DON’T do it ….”
PROPHETIC INSIGHT #11 TOM BRADY, Playing NO.12 was beset by slander and allegations of winning by cheating, this was a game where no curse could stop #12…the government of God in the earth. It represents apostolic vision. The kingdom of God will overcome all curses of the enemy and keep advancing to victory and vindication.
AMERICA SHALL BE SAVED!
Some would say I am reading into things. Maybe so, but if God can speak through a donkey…
Katy Perry's Preacher Dad Has Plenty to Say About Pop Star's Superbowl Performance
Katy Perry with her parents, Mary and Keith Hudson. Perry will be performing at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show. (Dish Nation/YouTube)
Come Sunday, Keith Hudson will be among the crowds. Not at as a traveling minister, though, but in the stands during his daughter's Super Bowl XLIX halftime performance.
"Oh no, I don't have a problem. She's gonna do some good ones—she's excited," Katy Perry's father tells the DailyMail.
Perry and Hudson have clashed over values since Perry left Christian music to pursue a pop career. Perry believes in astrology and aliens, but not God—yet their relationship remains intact.
"People don't understand that I have a great relationship with my parents—like, how that can exist," Perry tells Marie Claire. "There isn't any judgment. They don't necessarily agree with everything I do, but I don't necessarily agree with everything they do. They're at peace with—they pray for me is what they do."
However, in that same interview, she tells MC she has barred her parents from certain performances—like President Barack Obama's inauguration—because the family disagreed on politics.
Hudson has attended Perry's megaconcerts before, though he was disturbed by what he saw.
"I was at a concert of Katy's where there were 20,000 people," he says of one performance. "I'm watching this generation, and they were dancing and jumping around. It was almost like church! I stood there and watched how much they were admiring Katy. I thought, 'They're loving and worshipping the wrong thing.' I couldn't help but weep and weep and weep."
Hudson and his wife, Mary, became pastors in the 1980s and traveling evangelists in the '90s. Keith labels himself as an end-times messenger, while Mary is an author and prophet, according to their website.
If things don't seem all that clear right now, don't worry. February's uncertain times will become clearer towards the end of the month.
Clarity is coming and some new radical positive events will start happening in March. Expect to see the clouds lift by the end of the month while God pours out encouragement in March through April.
Attacks of 2013 Become Authority
What were your struggles and how did the enemy attack you in 2013? Your attack in 2013 is the area of your new authority this year.In many cases, the enemy overplayed his hand against you and 2013 was about trying to get you to quit.
For those who stuck with it, God is giving new levels of authority and anointing. But there is a key to this new promotion this year: we must get rid of accusations against others.
God is releasing new anointing and authority to those who are humble and able to love others.
A key verse for this time is Matthew 7:12, "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."
God spoke to me that if you have anything against someone else, it is time to put it behind you. Especially if you are holding evidence saved to prove you are right. Let it go.
It's time to trust God to fight your battles and let go of any grievances because they will disqualify you from promotions this year.
New Ideas and Inventions
I had a prophetic dream this month that God is releasing from Heaven new strategies, ideas and inventions right now.
I was standing next to an angel and suddenly a high-tech umbrella appeared in my hand that not only shielded me from the elements but also had a mist of refreshment falling down on the inside. The dream means that God's angels will shield us while bringing a creative, inventive spirit.
When we are protected by God, new divine strategies and inventions create Kingdom finances even through tough times.
I also had several dreams of violent weather. God is saying do not worry about how things look but trust that God will open up opportunities to be blessed in any situation.
God gave Isaac a strategy to reap a hundred times during a terrible famine.
"Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him." Genesis 26:12
In every downturn there's always a way to reap. Ask God for eyes to see what you can do right now in your situation.
Super Bowl Score
Even though the Super Bowl was not that super this year, unless you are a Seattle Seahawks fan, the final score was intriguing to me. I felt it was significant and knew that again, like last year, it was not intended to say that God is judging.
Taking a look at the final score, Seahawks 43 to Broncos 8, God led me to some powerful verses packed in Isaiah 43 which many of us know.
Here God brings comfort during rough times, forming us into people of godly character, able to lead others by following Holy Spirit into new things (Isaiah 43:1-2, 5-8 and 18-19).
Check out the verse corresponding to the final score, 43-8 to Isaiah 43:8: "Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf." Isaiah 43:8 NIV
God is opening people's eyes and ears. People who have no idea about the power of His Spirit will be led by those called by God's name. Like the power of God's Spirit, who helped deaf Seahawks fullback, Derrick Coleman, who "stuck with it" and despite his disability, gained much new authority.
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."Isaiah 43:18-19
God's challenge in the game of life is to take comfort during character-forming times. Your heart's re-shaping helps you and others show God's awesome goodness. Read through the entire chapter of Isaiah 43 because it is packed full of promises from God to pray into your life.
Get Rid of Judgment
When God does something new, quite often the previous movement is judgmental towards it. This is repeated throughout Church history.
God is doing something new right now to draw in people who have been rejected by Christianity. I have been encouraging people everywhere to embrace anyone who needs God and not judge them.
Before we can help others, we must ask God to look at our own hearts and see if there is any judgment against others.
I've been praying a prayer for a while, "God, show me what the enemy does not want me to see about myself."
And also, "God, reveal to me anything I might have in my heart towards others."
As we get rid of judgment, we are better able to embrace people who are different than us.
Let's pray together that God would help us be more persistent so we can "stay in it." And we would have judgment-free eyes to see clearly and find new ways to hear how to use our new authority to touch many.
Doug Addison is a prophetic dream interpreter, speaker, writer, Life Coach, and stand-up comedian. Doug travels the world bringing a message of love, hope, and having fun! His unique style helps open people to discover their destiny and experience God's supernatural love and power.
From the desk of Steve Shultz
Doug Addison's word is very much needed for the Body in this hour. I know some of you have been dealing with great struggles and storms...and this word will really help and encourage you.
What an encouragement from Doug as he shares: If things don't seem all that clear right now, don't worry. February's uncertain times will become clearer towards the end of the month.
Clarity is coming and some new radical positive events will start happening in March. Expect to see the clouds lift by the end of the month while God pours out encouragement in March through April.
Be greatly blessed!
Steve
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Justin Bieber Seeks Spiritual Cleansing, Baptism in New York
Justin Bieber was on the hunt for a private pool in Manhattan so he could get baptized with Hillsong NYC. (Facebook)
Justin Bieber, who has found himself in legal troubles multiple times in the last few weeks, sought spiritual help Saturday night.
According to the New York Post’s Page Six, the pop star was on the hunt for a private pool in Manhattan so he could get baptized with Hillsong NYC. Bieber was reportedly in New York Saturday for Maxim magazine’s Super Bowl party.
“Justin and his team spent time on Saturday searching for a place with a pool where they could conduct a baptism for him, a cleansing ritual, with the Hillsong Church. But they couldn’t find a place in time,” a source told Page Six.
Another source said, “Justin is serious about his Christian faith, and after recent events, he needed to take a pause.”
The megachurch’s pastor, Carl Lentz, is a friend of Bieber, to whom Bieber tweeted, “Amazing sermon at church this morning. Love you man. I broke down today,” after attending a service in September.
The 19-year-old entertainer was arrested Jan. 23 in Miami Beach on charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license. He could face six months in jail if convicted.
The Canadian was also charged last week with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto in December. An assault conviction in Canada carries a maximum sentence of five years.
many of us know. 
