Sunday, September 9, 2018

SAY "NO" TO SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio

Hey, Gabriel Guys,

On this blog, we're not afraid to address ALL the issues teen guys face today. Teen guys who follow Jesus are not immune to the temptations that assail other teen guys. But followers of Jesus have the power of God to hold on to in the face of temptation. We can escape and overcome temptation every single time as long as we obey Jesus and not the world.

So, what does Jesus say when it comes to sex? First of all, let's remember that God created sex. It was His idea, and so it's a good thing. But, like everything else in life, sex is a good thing only when practiced according to God's commands. And God says that sex is to be engaged in ONLY in marriage. Sex outside of marriage is a sin, and it will always hurt and even destroy those who engage in it outside of marriage. God's Word says this: "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6: 23). 

God says what He means, and He means what He says!



You may be asking this question: Why does God put these restrictions on sex? Does He not want people to have fun?

Let's look at it this way. When you were a toddler, did your parents put a fence around your backyard or a gate at the top of the stairs? If so, why? The answer is obvious: Your parents did not want you roaming into the street where you could get hit by a car and injured or killed. Nor did they want you falling down the steps and possibly getting seriously injured.

Were the fence and the gate put there to keep you from having fun? No, of course not!  They were put there to protect you so you could have fun within a safe area. 

Well, God is our Heavenly Father, and He wants to protect us from harm. So He gives us a fence. That fence is called the Bible. As long as we remain within the protection of the Bible by obeying what it says, we will be safe. But if we disobey what the Bible says--that is, if we go outside the fence or remove the gate--then we will always get hurt.

How will we get hurt? Well, here are a few ways you will get hurt if you participate in sex before marriage:

1--You start off marriage on the wrong foot: the foot of mistrust. Imagine how your spouse will feel or how you will feel knowing that your spouse had been intimate with someone else.  Because you or your spouse gave away what should be given only to each other (your virginity), when you get married, you cannot give your spouse the gift of being the first one. 

2--Every time you have sex with someone, you develop a soul tie with that person. (Read my article on "Sex and Soul Ties").  These soul ties can bring into your life demonic influences that will torment you for the rest of your life unless you repent and get delivered by the Blood of Jesus Christ. 

3--You risk getting pregnant and causing your child to be labeled as an illegitimate child.  In the spiritual realm, an illegitimate child has a curse upon him called the "Bastard Curse." (Read my article called "Are You Cursed with the Bastard Curse?")

4--If the girl with whom you had sex gets pregnant, she may be tempted to have an abortion. Abortion is murder. It is the killing of a child in the womb. The Bible proves in Psalm 139 that the baby in the womb is a human being. No one tells you how women who have had an abortion suffer torment and anguish the rest of their lives unless they come to Christ to forgive them and heal them.

5--You risk contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that can destroy your life for the rest of your life. STDs are nothing to sneeze at. They are painful, debilitating, and often fatal.

6--You miss out on God's best for your life. God has a wonderful plan for your life (Jeremiah 29: 11). But you won't experience that plan unless you live your life the way God has instructed you to live it in the Holy Bible. the Bible is God's manual for your life. Just as you get a manual when you buy a car or a DVD player, so do you get a manual when you enter this world. That manual is called the Bible. It tells you how you work best. So, doesn't it make sense to do what the Bible says so you can live the blessed life God wants you to live?

7--Worst of all, sooner or later you will reap the horrible consequences of sin. The Bible says that "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6: 23). You cannot sin without suffering the consequences of sin. Let that truth make you think hard and long.

Remember this; Sex God's way is the only way. Any other way will bring you only harm.

I hope this discussion has made you think twice before having sex before marriage. 

Now, let me hear from you! Please post them in the box below. Thanks!

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Thursday, May 17, 2018

IMPORTANT: Compliance with GDPR Regulations

Dear Gabriel Guys,
I know you have been bombarded lately with these notices but everyone, including me, is trying to be compliant with the new EU rules on privacy. Bottom line, you will need to give me permission if you’d like to continue receiving my blog, newsletters, giveaway offers, emails, and all correspondence from me.
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect May 25 and requires me to obtain your explicit consent to send you my emails, newsletters, announcements, giveaway offers, and any other information. I apologize for the inconvenience, and I trust you understand my need to do this in order to continue to minister to you. 
Even if you are in the United States or non-EU countries, I need you to opt-in since I have no way of knowing where an email address originates. Sadly, if I don’t hear from you, your email address will be deleted and you will no longer receive my newsletters or other information. 
To recap: To continue receiving my blog posts, you will need to notify Blogger.com, Blogspot.com, or your RSS feed or other subscription venue  by May 24th. If you have received a notice from Blogger.com or Blogspot.com to confirm your subscription, please confirm. If you do not confirm, you will be removed from my mailing list.
Thank you very much for your kind cooperation. I deeply appreciate it. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Many Blessings,
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

"Horoscopes? Ouija Boards? Séances? Are They Really Harmless?" by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio

Hey, Gabriel Guys!
With Halloween close on our heels, we are entering the yearly period of intense occult activity in our land. Not that the occult isn’t alive and active all year round. But at this time of year, it steps up its game. 
What is the occult, and why is it dangerous?

The occult is involvement with demonic supernatural agents. Notice that I said “demonic” supernatural agents. Good angels are also supernatural agents, but they are by no means occultic in nature or function. Instead, they are holy and in total submission to God.
Demons, on the contrary, are in rebellion to God. Demons represent the one-third of the angels who joined Lucifer in rebelling against God. The other two-thirds of the angels remained faithful to God.
Many people today are involved in the occult and don’t even know it. Perhaps you are one of them. If so, read on, because involvement in the occult is extremely dangerous to your spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical well-being.
How can you know if you are involved in the occult? Here are a few questions to ask yourself:
1–Do you start your day by reading your horoscope?
2–Do you call the psychic hotline when facing a problem?
3–Have you gone to a séance, consulted a fortune-teller, or spoken to someone you believed was a dead relative or friend? 
4–Have you played with a Ouija board or experimented with levitation?
5–Have you played with tarot cards, read tea leaves, or used crystal balls to determine the future?
6–Do you play occult games like Dungeons and Dragons or Tunnels and Trolls?
7–Have you had your body tattooed in private places?
8–Do you use occult symbols on your personal belongings–symbols like the pentagram, the number 666, or horned creatures?
9–Do you easily rebel against authority? 
10-Have you engaged in animal sacrifices?
11-Do you watch horror or occult movies or read horror or occult books, like Harry Potter?
12-Have you had out-of-body experiences that terrified you?
13-Are you addicted to drugs?
14-Do you deliberately cut yourself?
15-Are you inordinately depressed, to the point of wanting to commit suicide?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you need to take action!  Even if you’ve experimented with the occult “only one time,” you’ve opened the door to a demonic realm that is affecting your life at this very moment.
For example, do you experience panic attacks, nightmares, or inordinate fear? These symptoms could very well be due to your involvement–past or present–with the occult. 
Or perhaps you are tormented by voices continually talking in your head. You may be afraid to tell anyone about these voices for fear you would be considered insane. You may see horrible images in your mind that drive you to distraction, yet you are afraid or embarrassed to share this with anyone. You may have an inordinate fear of something but are unwilling to divulge it. This fear may be due to your involvement in the occult. In worst case scenarios, involvement with the occult could result in a complete takeover of your personality by demonic spirits–something called “demon possession.” 
If you are, indeed, involved in the occult, there is hope for you! That hope is in Jesus Christ!  Before I gave my life to Jesus, I used to read the daily horoscope, unaware of its grave dangers. After I was born again, Holy Spirit showed me in the Bible that what I was doing was sin. I immediately repented and stopped reading the horoscope.
Also, I learned that some of my ancestors had been involved in the occult and, as a result, had passed on to me a generational curse. So, I underwent deliverance ministry whereby I was set free from the generational curse of occult involvement. 
If you have been involved in the occult, you, too, can be set free by the power of Jesus Christ. Jesus is not only able to set you free; He wants to set you free. Go to Him now! Here is a prayer you can use as a model as you ask for His help:
Father God, in the Name of Jesus I confess my involvement with the occult. I also confess any involvement of my ancestors, on both sides of my family, all the way back to Adam and Eve. In the Name of Jesus, I repent of my personal involvement with the occult, and I repent of the involvement of any of my ancestors with the occult. I ask Your forgiveness for my personal sin and for the sin of my ancestors. In the Name of Jesus, I break the power of the generational curse of the occult from operating in my life or in the lives of my descendants. I thank You, Father, for Your cleansing power that sets me free from the curse. Amen!
I’ve listed below some further resources for you. Please take advantage of them as you so choose. If you need prayer or a referral to a deliverance minister, please contact me at drmaryann@maryanndiorio.com. I will be happy to help you.

FURTHER RESOURCES FOR DELIVERANCE FROM OCCULT INVOLVEMENT:
1 – My short podcast on the occult: “The Dangers of the Occult”.
Disclaimer: I am an Amazon Associate Affiliate and receive a small commission on the sale of the above books.
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Thursday, December 8, 2016

Hey, Gabriel Guys,

After prayer and seeking God, I have decided to suspend the Gabriel Guys blog for the time being.  I have not received feeedback from you, my readers, which indicates that interest in this blog is low.

Should the Lord direct me to resume this blog in the future, you will receive a notice if you remain subscribed.

Thank you for reading the Gabriel Guys Blog during the last several months. I pray God's blessings on you.

Remember: Always stay close to Jesus!



Love and Blessings,

Dr. MaryAnn

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Dear Gabriel Guys,

As the new year approaches, I have been praying for God's direction regarding this blog. After several months, it seems as though there is little interest in the Gabriel Girls blog. Comments have been rare to non-existent.

Scripture says that in the multitude of counselors, there is safety (Proverbs 15: 22). So, I am coming to you, my readers, to ask fory our input. Is this blog important to you? Has it made a difference in your life?

Writing effective blog posts takes a good deal of time. Since time is a gift from the Lord, I want to be a good steward of it.

I look forward to your comments.  Meanwhile, I send you warm greetings for a holy and happy Christmas season!


Dr. MaryAnn Diorio

Friday, October 28, 2016

Are You Afraid of the Future? by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio


Hey, Gabriel Guys!

Are you afraid of the future? If so, you are not alone.



Our world is teetering on the edge of destruction. Events are unfolding exactly as the Bible prophesied they would. Every where we turn, we see violence, death, and destruction.

The result is fear. It’s all around us. It penetrates and saturates our culture as water does a sponge. We read it in the headlines every morning. We hear it on the news every night.
We feel it in our bones, in our muscles, and in our hearts.

Yes. In our hearts.

But, it doesn’t have to be this way.  Throughout the Scriptures, God continually commands us not to fear.  Interesting, isn’t it, that He gives us a command?  A command from God implies that we are able to obey it.

So, why are we afraid? I would propose that we are afraid because we do not know God.

You see, God is Love, and in Him there is never anything to fear.  Scripture tells us that “perfect love drives out fear” (I John 4:18).  God, Who is Perfect Love, will drive out fear every time.  But here is the clincher:  We must trust Him and believe Him when He says that there is nothing to fear for those of us who know Him.

Bottom line, we get rid of fear by getting to know God intimately.  Here is His promise to us found in Isaiah 26:3: ” You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”  This is the antidote to fear: Keeping our minds fixed on God.  And why do we keep our minds fixed on God? Because we trust in Him. And why do we trust Him? Because He is God and perfectly trustworthy!

Are you struggling with fear today? Then turn your eyes toward Jesus and keep looking into His beautiful face. Keep your thoughts fixed on Him. As you do, His peace will drive out every fear.


Now, it's your turn: Do you struggle with fear? What has helped you overcome fear?
Please share your comments in the box below. The words "No Comments" simply mean that no one has yet posted a comment. So, be the first one! :)


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Monday, September 26, 2016

Have You Answered Life's Most Important Question?

Hey, Gabriel Guys!

Life is full of questions. But there's one that is the most important question of all. Can you guess what it is?


Matthew 16: 13-16 gives us a clue. Let's take a look:

"When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, 'Who do people say the Son of Man is?' They replied, 'Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.' 'But what about you?' he asked. 'Who do you say I am?' Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.'”

Jesus has never stopped asking this question of every person who has ever lived. And He is asking you this same question today: 

"Who do you say that I am?"  

Who do you say that Jesus is? This is the most important question you will ever answer in your life. 

Why? Because your answer to this question will determine not only the rest of your life, but, more importantly, your answer will determine your eternal destiny.

If you, like some of the people of Christ's time, reply that Jesus is just a prophet (as many reply today), then you will spend eternity separated from Him.

But if you reply that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior of the world, you will recognize your utter need of Him to save you from your sin.

So, I ask you now: Who do you say that Jesus is? If you are not sure, begin reading the four Gospels--Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John--found in the New Testament. They reveal who Jesus is.

As you read the Gospels, watch Jesus in motion. Listen to what He says. Watch how He treats people. Pay attention to the amazing miracles He performs and the compassion that prompts them. Notice how He comes back from the dead. And while you're reading, keep in mind that you are not reading fiction. You are reading documented history that really happened.

If you are sincerely looking for the truth, you will discover that Jesus is truly who He says He is: the Son of God and the Savior of the world.

Now, it's your turn: Who do you say Jesus is? How did you reach your conclusion? Please share your comments in the box below. The words "No Comments" simply mean that no one has yet posted a comment. So, be the first one! :)


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Copyright 2016 by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio. All Rights Reserved.

To Become a Gabriel Guy, you need to qualify as follows:
  • You need to be born again. This means that you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and the Lord of your life.If you don't know how to do this, click here.
  • You need to have a desire to tell others about Jesus wherever you go and whenever you can.
  • You need to commit to following Jesus by reading the Bible and praying every day and by obeying Jesus' command to love Him and to love your neighbor.
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