A Simple Sincere Prayer
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Published by angelcasiano
An independent thinker with a profound call to see the orthodoxy of the church and passion for Christ manifesting together. Angel was born in Brooklyn, New York in April of 1968, he was raised on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico where he earned his B.S. degree in Sociology with a minor in Education from the Inter American University in San Germán in 1991. That same year he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. After working construction jobs for a year and learning the English language, his first job working with foster-care children in the capacity of youth care worker was with Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary in September of 1992. With JYS he was promoted several times as group home supervisor, legal caseworker, and program director. While in Jacksonville, Angel studied a couple of martial arts styles. After earning his black belt, he became the founder of Good Fight Ministries as he used martial arts as an instrument to preach the gospel. In 2004 Angel was selected Martial Arts Instructor of the Year for the State of Florida and in 2005 Angel was inducted in the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame where he also received the Christian Spirit Award. In July of 2005 Angel accepted his call to pastor a bilingual church in Winton, NC where he served for a couple of years. Five months later he lost his first wife to cancer in December of that same year. This initiated a deep valley of suffering in his life, a mountain of costly mistakes and the embracing of lifestyles of sin that are well documented through this blog. In August of 2012 Angel moved to Fairbanks Alaska with his wife Rayette Casiano and six children who are now adults. In Alaska, Angel continued his social work-related career and his ministry of preaching, teaching and writing. Angel is the author of two books, Hope for the divorcee: Forgiving and Moving Forward and 7 Banderas de Esperanza: La Bendición de Yokdzonot. In January 8th of 2020 Angel and his wife moved to Arizona. View all posts by angelcasiano
Mr. Casiano, I met a Christian widower who is raising a daughter who participates in allstar cheerleading. We now argue about the activity because i see it as inappropriately sexual and he insists im being too hard on it. We finally reached the “she’s my daughter” point in the conversation and now im in the cold. My problem is how i can trust this man to be the leader of our household if he can’t enforce our beliefs on this seemingly simple topic of NO CHEERLEADING if we have children of our own? I read your archive about being the leader of a rebellious household and thought you might offer insight as the head of a Christian home. Thank you.
Leesa
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Hey Leesa, thank you for taking the time to visit our blog. I assume that you guys are not marry yet. We, as a society have move so far away from holiness that we can’t see simple things. I have four daughters, from 12 to 18 and this is a hard struggle because they see their peers and the attention they get. They even see their teachers and female coaches dress in ways that are obviously unacceptable. We see the same thing in our churches. My daughters love to sings and dance and it is a struggle to make them understand this issue of holiness. But I don’t give up and I back it up with truth; I tried to do it with as much love as I can, but I don’t compromise. I tell them that when they are on there own if they want to rebel against my teachings they will have a chance. But I leave them no excuse; they know better. In your case, if you are not married to this man yet; you may want to pray, because this issue will get worst in marriage. Some times parents let their children do whatever they want because they like to see them happy; it is a demonic trap. The reality is that cheerleaders dance to some songs that are not Godly, their clothing is provocative and some of their moves are sexual. It is our struggle with the world and the things of this world.But as for me and my house… God bless you sister. My email address in angelcasiano@aol.com
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