Passion, Persistence and Perseverance - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

Passion, Persistence and Perseverance

by Steve Martin

“I see everything you're doing for me. Impressive! The love and the faith, the service and persistence. Yes, very impressive! You get better at it every day.” (Revelations 2:19 THE MESSAGE)

“If the passion isn’t strong enough, the perseverance won’t last enough.”

That thought came as I was meditating on…or rather silently fretting about…the 14 hour drive ahead of us. Heading out on the long road ahead, in the middle of winter, through the Carolina mountains, to the plains of the Midwest, wasn’t what I wanted to be doing these next short days. But that’s where Laurie, my son Ben and I were headed.

We were spending Christmas with the family in Illinois, after not getting up there for the past five years, for this special holiday. I was keeping my word made to Laurie the previous spring, when the daffodils were blooming, the robins were singing, and life all around was fresh and abounding.

No longer did I desire to get out on the open road, as I did years ago, and drive 12-14 hours straight. It just didn’t appeal to me anymore, and I was dreading the long two days behind the Hyundai Elantra wheel. Not only that, but leaving on a Saturday, driving for two days, and having to start the return back on Christmas Day afternoon, to be in the office for one day, Friday, because my boss wanted me back for an upcoming event…

Well, I just wasn’t rejoicing and singing songs of merry.

“If the passion isn’t strong enough, the perseverance won’t last enough.”

When what I knew was the Holy Spirit speaking this word right about then to me, my attitude began to change. It was important to keep my word. It was indeed going to be special to be with Laurie’s mom Lorraine Unzicker, now 92, and her two sisters (Linda and Judy) and their families. That was what my heart and head were to focus on right now. Not the physical cost of getting there.

When faced with a situation that you know will take some stamina and persistence, we need to dig deep into our soul and count on the Lord to give grace and provision for the task ahead. Often we are given the choice to take the easy road, stay in our comfy chair wasting time in front of the TV, or move forward with what we know will count for eternity, by doing that which we are called to do. A simple choice, at least it should be. Too many times we take the easy path, which will be easier on our flesh.

The Apostle Paul had a mighty mission he had been apprehended for. The passion burning in his heart kept him going when it would have been easy to stop, count the harvest already accredited to his account, and call it done. But he didn’t.

“I've been flogged five times with the Jews' thirty-nine lashes, beaten by Roman rods three times, pummeled with rocks once. I've been shipwrecked three times, and immersed in the open sea for a night and a day. In hard traveling year in and year out, I've had to ford rivers, fend off robbers, struggle with friends, struggle with foes. 

I've been at risk in the city, at risk in the country, endangered by desert sun and sea storm, and betrayed by those I thought were my brothers. I've known drudgery and hard labor, many a long and lonely night without sleep, many a missed meal, blasted by the cold, naked to the weather.

And that's not the half of it, when you throw in the daily pressures and anxieties of all the churches. When someone gets to the end of his rope, I feel the desperation in my bones. When someone is duped into sin, an angry fire burns in my gut.” (2 Cor. 11:24-29 THE MESSAGE)

In no way am I comparing a 14 hour drive to what the apostle Paul had to endure to fulfill his calling at times. We want to think so, though.

In your ongoing walk with the Lord Jesus today, consider that price which He paid for us. Receive encouragement from Him, from the other examples given to us throughout Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. Read about the martyrs who have gone before us through the centuries, giving their lives for the eternal passion instilled within them. Then we can find that which is necessary to continue pressing on to the mark, to win the prize, to reach the final destination.

The reward will be great.

Now think on this.

Steve Martin

Founder

Love For His People. Inc.

P.S. It was a good time with family those short Christmas days. Here are just two photos I took.

Lorraine Unzicker, Laurie and Ben

Christmas night at a Chinese restaurant on the way home.

The only place to get food that night when we stopped.

A Tribute to Seer Prophet Bob Jones - James W. Goll, Encounters Network

A Tribute to Seer Prophet Bob Jones February 19th, 2014 1-877-200-1604 |  www.encountersnetwork.com     From the Desk of James W. Goll On February 14th, 2014, Valentine's Day, heaven gave a shout as Bob Jones, prophetic Papa to many a friend of Jesus, graduated from this earthbound life, sprouted wings, and flew through the OPEN DOOR. After all, this is the Year of the Open Door! How fitting for this giant to ascend on the day set aside to express love. He is now forever joined with his first love - Jesus. I first met Bob Jones during Mike Bickle's infamous Joel's Army 21 Fast in May of 1983 in Kansas City, Missouri. I had already prayed for ten years for the School of the Prophets to come forth. Little did I know the collision course I was aligning myself with that day. Mercy! Michal Ann's and my life was suddenly redirected with that singular initial meeting with this unusual man who seemed to live in the heavenlies. Ann was pregnant with our first son Justin. Bob placed his hands on her that day and pronounced a father's blessing on one that he would later call his grandson - after all he carried his Grandpa's DNA! Strange beginnings indeed. An amazing roller coaster ride journey began as I was then honored to sit at Bob's right hand side in the formative years of what became known globally as The Kansas City Prophets. Historic! Ground breaking! And, yes, costly! Today, Bob is seated in the heavenly places and I can only imagine the scenes he views from this higher dimension. I wonder if he has interviewed the four living creatures yet? I wonder if he and my Annie have embraced. This dear man possibly touched more leaders with the prophetic seer anointing than any other person in recent church history. I have had a variety of mentors in my life for different areas of ministry in my 61 years. But by far, the man of God that impacted my revelatory journey the most was Seer Prophet Bob Jones. Today, I pause to thank the Lord for the life and ministry of Papa Bob Jones. I give honor to whom honor is due. You wrecked my life, Bob, and I have never successfully recovered. Thanks a lot! You finished well dear friend. You learned to love! May we who are left to carry on learn to receive and release that same contagious love of God. With Gratitude from a Son in the Faith, James W. Goll

8 Women Christian Men Should Never Marry - J. Lee Grady

8 Women Christian Men Should Never Marry

2/19/2014 J. LEE GRADY CHARISMA MAGAZINE

Last week my column “10 Men Christian Women Should Never Marry” went viral. More than 1.2 million people have shared that message so far—most likely because so many single men and women are seriously asking for guidelines on finding a compatible mate.

In response I received numerous requests to share similar guidelines for men who are looking for wives. Since I am mentoring several young men right now and have seen a few of them marry successfully during the past few years, it wasn’t difficult to draft this list. These are the women I tell my spiritual sons to avoid:

1. The unbeliever. In last week’s column, I reminded women that the Bible is absolutely clear on this point: Christians should not marry unbelievers. Second Corinthians 6:14 says, “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” (NASB). Apart from your decision to follow Christ, marriage is the single most important decision you will ever make. Don’t blow it by ignoring the obvious. You need a wife who loves Jesus more than she loves you. Put spiritual maturity at the top of your list of qualities you want in a wife.

2. The material girl. One young friend of mine was engaged to a girl from a rich family. He saved up money for months to buy a ring, but when he proposed she told him he needed to go back to the jewelry store to buy a bigger diamond. She pushed her fiance to go into debt for a ring that fit her expectations. She wanted a Tiffany’s lifestyle on his Wal-Mart budget. I warned my friend that he was stepping into serious trouble. Unless you want to live in debt for the rest of your life, do not marry a girl who has dollar signs in her eyes and eight credit cards in her Gucci purse.

3. The diva. Some macho guys like to throw their weight around and pretend they are superior to women. Divas are the female version of this nightmare. They think the world revolves around them, and they don’t think twice about hurting somebody else to prove their point. Their words are harsh and their finger-snapping demands are unreasonable. Some of these women might end up in leadership positions at church, but don’t be fooled by their super-spiritual talk. Real leaders are humble. If you don’t see Christlike humility in the woman you are dating, back away from her and keep looking.

4. The Delilah. Remember Samson? He was anointed by God with superhuman strength, but he lost his power when a seductive woman figured out his secret and gave her man the world’s most famous haircut. Like Delilah, a woman who hasn’t yielded her sexuality to God will blind you with her charms, break your heart and snip your anointing off. If the “Christian” woman you met at church dresses provocatively, flirts with other guys, posts sexually inappropriate comments on Facebook or tells you she’s OK with sex before marriage, get out of that relationship before she traps you.

5. The contentious woman. A young man told me recently that he dated a girl who had serious resentment in her heart because of past hurts. “Before I would propose, I told my fiancee she had to deal with this,” he explained. “It would have been a deal-breaker, but there was a powerful breakthrough and now we are engaged.” This guy realized that unresolved bitterness can ruin a marriage. Proverbs 21:9 says, “It is better to live in a corner of a roof than in a house shared with a contentious woman.” If the woman you are dating is seething with anger and unforgiveness, your life together will be ruined by arguing, door-slamming and endless drama. Insist that she get prayer and counseling.

6. The controller. Marriage is a 50/50 partnership, and the only way it works is when both husband and wife practice mutual submission according to Ephesians 5:21. Just as some guys think they can run a marriage like a dictatorship, some women try to manipulate decisions to get their way. This is why premarital counseling is so important! You don’t want to wait until you’ve been married for two weeks to find out that your wife doesn’t trust you and wants to call all the shots.

7. The mama’s girl. It’s normal for a new wife to call her mom regularly for advice and support. It is not normal for her to talk to her mother five times a day about every detail of her marriage, including her sex life. That’s weird. Yet I have counseled guys whose wives allowed their mothers (or fathers) total control of their marriages. Genesis 2:24 says a man is to leave his parents and cleave to his wife. Parents should stay in the background of their children’s marriages. If your girlfriend hasn’t cut the apron strings, proceed with caution.

8. The addict. So many people in the church today have not been properly discipled. Many still struggle with various types of addictions—to alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription medicines or pornography—either because we don’t confront these sins from the pulpit or we don’t offer enough compassionate support to strugglers. Jesus can completely set a person free from these habits, but you don’t want to wait until you’re married to find out your wife isn’t sober. You may still be called to be married, but it is not wise to tie the knot until your girlfriend faces her issues head-on.

Your best rule to follow in choosing a wife is found in Proverbs 31:30: “Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.” Look past the outward qualities that the world says are important, and look at the heart.

J. Lee Grady is the former editor of Charisma and the director of the Mordecai Project. You can follow him on Twitter at @leegrady. He is the author of 10 Lies Men Believe and other books.

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Liberman: American Jews face ‘demographic catastrophe’ - The Times of Israel

Liberman: American Jews 

face ‘demographic catastrophe’ 

The Times of Israel

FM tells US Jewish leaders of imperative to fight assimilation, says he plans to encourage 3.5 million Jews to immigrate.

BY RAPHAEL AHREN February 18, 2014


Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks to Foreign Ministry staff on November 12, 2013 for the first time after being reappointed 

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Jewish continuity, not the Palestinian issue or Iran’s nuclear program, needs to top Israel’s agenda, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Tuesday.

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Addressing American Jewish leaders at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Liberman said that he plans to devote hundreds of millions of dollars to establish a global network of Jewish schools and bring 3.5 million Jews to Israel within a decade.

“I would like to state my firm belief that the biggest threat to us as Jews, both in Israel and the Diaspora, regardless of background, is the demographic problem currently facing world Jewry,” Liberman said. “It must become the most pressing issue on the global Jewish agenda. More pressing than the Palestinian negotiations or the Iranian nuclear threat.”

Speaking to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which is currently holding its annual Israel Leadership Mission to Israel, the foreign minister quoted a long list of statistics to support his thesis that “the Jews of America are facing nothing less than a demographic catastrophe.”

The recently released Pew survey on American Jewry makes “for pretty depressing reading,” he said. The survey’s findings show a significant rise in those who have little or no Jewish content in their lives, marry outside the faith and are not raising their children Jewish, he added.

“It is my strongest belief that the antidote to this rising assimilation, intermarriage and disengagement is education,” Liberman told the American Jewish leaders. “Today, unfortunately, Jewish children are being kept from Jewish classrooms because of the exorbitant and prohibitive costs of Jewish education in the US. It cannot be, it should not be, that a Jewish child will not be able to receive a good Jewish education because of financial reasons. This should be unacceptable to all of us who care for the Jewish future.”

The situation is similar in various Jewish communities across the globe, he said. “If this situation persists, we will lose another six million Jews in a generation or two,” he warned.

The foreign minister noted that 90 percent of the Israeli diplomats he meets abroad send their children to American or international schools, even when there are local Jewish schools, mostly because they are considered better.

“This is unacceptable,” he said. “We need to ensure that Jewish schools will be among the best in the world.”

Liberman then called for the creation of a “global network of Jewish schools that are superior in standard to the American and international school network.” To reach that goal, he said, the Israel government should dedicate $365 million per year, which he hoped Jewish communities in the Diaspora would be willing to match.

“These funds will be found in our budgets; it is just a matter of prioritizing Jewish education above all other issues. This must become the most pressing issue on the global Jewish agenda,” he said. “From my point of view, this is more pressing than any other issue, including the Palestinian negotiations or the Iranian nuclear threat.”

Furthermore, Liberman aims to convince 3.5 million Diaspora Jews to immigrate to Israel over the next 10 years, “so that the Jewish population in Israel will exceed 10 million,” he said. “I know this might sound unrealistic to some, and others will say that it is merely a slogan. However, I say: ‘If you will it, it is no dream.’”

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Jordanian Sheikh: Israel Belongs to the Jews!

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Sheikh Ahmed Aladoan of Amman, a member of Jordan’s well-known Adwan tribe, posted to Facebook this week that there is no such place as “Palestine,” and provided references from the Koran to back up his assertion.

One of the Koranic verses provided states that Allah gave the Holy Land to the sons of Israel until the Day of Judgment (Surah Al-Ma’ida, verse 21), and the other (Surah Al-Shara’a, verse 59) says that the land was bequeathed to the Jews.

The sheikh turned to those who “distort the words of the Koran,” whom he labeled as liars, and questioned where they had even come up with the name “Palestine.” He insisted their claims to the Land of Israel were forfeit because “Allah is the protector of the Children of Israel.”

And if that wasn’t enough, the sheikh went on to turn the tables on the anti-Israel propaganda machine by accusing the Palestinians of killing children, the elderly and women, of using human shields, and of having not an ounce of mercy for even their own children.

The sheikh’s words caused a storm in the Arab media, and were picked up by the Israeli Embassy in Amman.

The Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi further explained the sheikh’s position, noting that he supports the notion that Jordan is Palestine, and insists that Arabs living both in Jordan and the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories would almost all love to be Israeli citizens.

The Adwan tribe issued a statement distancing itself from Sheikh Aladoan’s remarks. But the sheikh was not intimidated, and insisted he would continue to make his voice heard on these matters.

Last year, Sheikh Aladoan visited Israel and spent time with the chief rabbi of Tsfat (Safed), Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu. The sheikh informed Rabbi Eliyahu and his students that in the Koran, “there is no name ‘Palestine’ for this land, and therefore, the Arabs should not be fighting the Jews over control of this land.”

Watch the following video of their encounter. Most of the video is in Hebrew, but around the 2:00 mark, Sheikh Aladoan’s assistant translates his words in English.  

PHOTO is for illustration purposes only. The sheikh in the photo above is actually Sheikh Jabari of Hebron, another powerful tribal leader who also agrees that this land belongs to the Jews.

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UN Blasts N. Korea Leader for Nazi-Like Crimes - CBN News (700 Club)

UN Blasts N. Korea Leader 

for Nazi-Like Crimes

By George Thomas
CBN News Sr. Reporter
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The United Nations has implicated North Korea's Kim Jong Un in crimes against humanity "strikingly similar" to those Nazis committed in the world's most secretive nation.

A U.N. panel issued a report listing atrocities that include systematic execution, torture, rape, and mass starvation.

In 2011, Kim Hye Sook, the panel's chief witness against the state, granted CBN News the first American television news interview.

For 28 years, Kim languished inside North Korea's oldest concentration camp. Although she eventually escaped the camp, some of her family were less fortunate.

"I lost seven members, including my grandmother, mother, brother, and my husband," she told CBN News.

Kim saw daily executions, mass starvation, and mothers killing their children to survive.

"Often these prisoners were killed over petty things, like stealing food," she told CBN News. "The guards would always gather other prisoners to watch the execution. It was a form of intimidation. The command was then given to fire at the prisoners."

Rape, murder, torture, slavery, sexual violence, forced abortions -- those were just a few of the words found in the 374-page report the United Nations said amounts to crimes against humanity.

"The commission of inquiry has unanimously come to the conclusion that there is abundant evidence of great wrongs of this kind," Michael Kirby, chairman of U.N. Commission of Inquiry, said.

Kim told U.N. investigators that food was so scarce fellow prisoners killed their own children to survive.

"One time a mother put her 9-year-old daughter in this big cast iron pot and boiled her," Kim recalled. "She was a too big for the pot so the mother had to chop her legs and head to fit the body in the pot."

The report estimates that between 80,000 and 120,000 political prisoners are still held in prison camps.

Jeong Kyoung-Kang was one of them. He told CBN News that before being released from North Korea's Yodok labor camp, he was severely tortured for alleged spying activities.

Specifically, Kang said the prison guards performed the Pigeon Torture in which the prisoner is hanged from the wall with his hands tied behind his back. He was in this position for several days.

"This happened repeatedly," Jeong said. "It's like you are hanging upside down. Your muscles tense up and your chest sticks out like a bird. I thought I was going to die."

An estimated 30,000 Christians are also reportedly being held in prison for their faith. Owning a Bible, praying, worshipping are all acts that can put up to three generations of a family in jail.

The United Nations is expected to submit their findings to the International Criminal Court with potential charges against the regime's leadership.

Meanwhile, North Korea dismissed the report, saying, "It is nothing more than an instrument of political plot aimed at sabotaging the socialist system."

Watch here: N. Korean Christians video on CBN News

Good Friend of God - Lonnie Rex - God answered, "Because you are willing." Rick Joyner, Prophetic Perspective

Lonnie Rex - World Wide Compassion

Lonnie Rex - World Wide Compassion

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GOOD FRIEND OF GOD

Rick Joyner

Lonnie Rex

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Lonnie Rex has been used to bless others in mighty ways. Building orphanages in South Korea is one of the ways he has made a lasting impact.

Watch the interview here: 

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Sharing Love From Sweden - The Body of Christ by Eva Haglund

Shalom Steve and friends!

I send you many greetings from Stockholm!

I heard the first flower is ready to come up - maybe the spring is coming in Stockholm.

Hope so. It is beautiful with all flowers in the spring and new things in the nature. It is like God doing new things in our lives.

I have been thinking and have some thoughts to share.

Thank you for all you do for God at Love For His People"!

Blessings, 

Eva

Here are some of my thoughts to share:

I read about what Morris E.Ruddock wrote about when people were gathering in small groups and God met them. He also talked about to carry each other burdens and about Acts.2:46. I like what he wrote!

The Body of Christ needs this today!  The church is not the building. I believe in 1 Cor.12 that we Christians need each other and Jesus as the head, whom everyone needs first. He is the source. 

We need more of Jesus. As Jesus wants to be our Friend - not just to come and ask for things. He wants love in Body of Christ with real friendship. In real friendship it is natural that people also meet in a home and eat together and have fellowship as in Acts.2:46. 

It is written in 1Cor.12 that as in a usual body "the hand" needs the " foot" and so on that we Christians need each other - all with different gifts. I think it is meant about friendships here, not just in a church building. You cannot know everyone well but we are all Christains in Body of Christ. Instead of being as one man, sometimes as the church we ought to stand together as one Body  - needing each other. 

We all need each other. Jesus is the best friend you can have and we need Him firs. I also think about when Jesus talks about love to each other in John.15:12 "This is my commandment , that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this than to lay down one`s life for his FRIENDS". 

Jesus is talking about real friendship here. God is love and showed a lot of love. He came as a servant and washed the disciples feet - as I think this is also a picture of showing care to each other. Carrying each other´s burden. Helping each other.

It can be to comfort, to help anybody with practical things who has a big need; pray for anybody who does not feel well; visit anybody who do not feel well. The enemy has stolen a lot of real friendship in the Body of Christ and we need more of this back. 

If a person lives far away you can write at e-mail for instance or call when you cannot meet in person. Jesus prayed that love among Christians would be a testimony to the world. John.17:21. Agape. The world needs love. All need love around us and God is love.1 John.4:8.

Sometimes evangelists are passionate for God wanting to win the world but they do not understand fellowship, friendship and that the people who get saved need people who take care of them, to show love and care.

Many people are wounded today and counseling is also fellowship. In John 21 Jesus taught on fellowship, practical love, breakfast, and a warm fire for the hungry, frozen and tired.

We need to learn to know of Jesus more and more .He loves us and loves when we talk to Him. He wants us to be with Him. He loves when we read His Word - the Bible.

Jesus is a real friend.

God of love,

Eva Haglund

Pro-Life Prodigy Battles to Save 'Culture of Life' - Lila Rose

Lila Rose - President of Live Action

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Feb. 19, 2014 CBN News

MINNEAPOLIS -- Lila Rose, president of Live Action, has become an emerging force in the pro-life movement at only 25 years old.

Rose began this journey as a teenager and now finds herself taking on the likes of Planned Parenthood, America's largest abortion provider.

She's refused to back down in her battle to save the "culture of life."

"We're objectifying, we're dehumanizing human beings, and that is never right and we have to stand up against that and expose it," Rose said.

And expose it she has. By using hidden cameras, Live Action investigated Planned Parenthood clinics.

In one incident, Rose posed as a 13-year-old, saying she was having sexual relations with a 31-year-old.

That's considered child abuse and should be reported to local authorities. But Live Action's cameras captured a worker making the following statement:

"I didn't hear the age. I don't want to know the age," the worker said.

Rose's investigation has led to firings, political investigations, and media attention. She's been named one of the most influential women in Washington, D.C., under 35.

But critics claimed the undercover videos are edited in a misleading way - although Live Action provides all original footage to media outlets.

Life-Changing Image

As one of eight home-schooled children, Rose found her calling at a young age.

"I came across a book at about 9 years old in my parent's house, bottom shelf called, The Handbook on Abortion," she recalled. "It looked like a history book of some sort."

"(I) was interested, opened it up, it fell to the center and what I'm looking at is the image of a child in the first trimester, maybe 10 weeks old, newly forming arms and legs, newly forming little face who had been the victim of a first-trimester suctioned abortion," she said.

That image put her on a pro-life mission. She started Live Action in high school then took her cause to the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Many people, especially those on our college campuses, don't know the huge tragedy that is taking place," Rose told a group of UCLA students.

Her activism increased and the undercover investigations began. Now, Rose's organization employs 10 full staff members and they're growing.

Pro-Life Generation

Although Rose and her Live Action team are known for those undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood, her real heart is to change the hearts and minds of young people.

"I challenge them, saying, 'Your life is a gift. Your life has a purpose. There's no greater cause than the cause of life in our country,'" she told CBN News.

Rose said that she's seen hundreds of young, dedicated teenagers.

"There's definitely passion," one pro-life teen said. "Everyone I talk to, everyone who supports the cause is just super into it. There's no one who is, like, mediocre about it. Everybody's super passionate about it and wants it to change."

Statistics back up that claim, with one recent study showing 51 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds believe abortion should either be totally illegal or only available with some exceptions.

"The youth is the most pro-life generation that we have," said Sharon Wilson, coordinator of the youth program Respect Life at the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Wilson noted technological advances like 3-D ultrasounds that can show babies' faces make a big difference for them.

"There's a whole biological aspect of it that these kids get that the culture of death can't push on to them because they know better," Wilson said.

"It will be this generation that will change the laws and change the hearts specifically on the areas of abortion," she predicted. "It's their generation that has been lost."

Rose agreed.

"A key market for us is young people," she said. "We need to reach my generation and future generations."

Life with a Purpose

Rose cited that as the reason she works to teach them the importance of life.

"God created us with a purpose," she said. "Before He formed us in the womb, He had a plan for us."

Rose acknowledged the fight she's fighting is both seen and unseen.

"In all of this there is something deeper going on than we can even see in front us," she explained. "There's a spiritual battle, an epic battle happening in our midst."

"If we become activists and go out there and even if it's the best cause, even if we're fighting for justice and righteousness and good things, but it's not being completely infused -- and prayer is infusing it with the spirit of God -- with the love of God, then we are nothing," she said.

Rose said she just wants to make her life count for something and knows all of this begins and ends with Jesus, who she calls her "first friend."

"Life is short, and my life could be very short," Rose acknowledged. "We don't know how long our life will be. Life is but a breath tomorrow."

"We may not have it so use today for love," she urged. "For loving God and sharing His love and His salvific plan and purpose for each person, sharing that with everybody we meet."

Source: CBN News - Lila Rose with Live Action