All Glory, praise and honor to God our Father.

Thoughts on the Defeat of SB 12
Domestic Partnership Bill

First and foremost we must give praise, honor and glory to our heavenly Father who heard our prayers and answered them according to our pleas and supplications, but as always, according to His will. It is not always so, as God moves according to His great providence and according to His will. But, today we give Him all praise and glory for the defeat of this bill and hearing our pleas.

Secondly, we thank God for all those listeners of KKIM who rallied to pray, phone, and email their Senators. Also, a special thanks to those who personally visited their Senators to express their concerns and beliefs and to those who were present in the Senate gallery, Thursday, with their white shirts to show their solidarity to encourage the defeat of this bill.

Thirdly, a special thanks to the 9 Democrats who braved the tumultuous waters of party allegiance to vote “no” on SB 12.

Fourthly, we love all people no matter what their preference or identification. Christ Jesus showed His love to all of us by dying on the cross to take away our sins. However, God has given us His Word and His will. Jesus said, “if you love me, you will keep my commandments”. God instituted marriage from the beginning to be between one man and one woman. Marriage predates Christianity. So, to that end, to “honor marriage”, we will continue to fight to protect our marriages, our families and God’s Word.

Lastly, it was a tremendous blessing and encouragement to have opponents of this bill rally in a united front. The unity of prayer warriors crossed denominational, cultural, ethic, genetic and continental lines. Prayers were offer by Messianic Jews, denominational groups, non-denominational groups, para-church groups and missionaries from around the world. I personally know of prayers offered from the countries of India, Russia, China and Nigeria. I am sure there were many others.

As we heard on KKIM Thursday on New Mexico News and Views hosted by Dewey Moede, Mark Tross and Richard Spray, the song by Rich Mullins, OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD. He always has been AWESOME and He ALWAYS will be AWESOME.

However, don’t forget that the work is not done. There is an exact bill in the New Mexico House of Representatives that is in committee at this time. There is much work yet to be done.

I close with this scripture from Paul’s writing to the Ephesians ringing in my ears. It is from chapter 3 and verses 20 and 21: “Now all glory to God who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever. Amen!” (NIV)

I am praying for you.

Leonard