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Pamela's Prayer [VHS]

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Pamela's mother died when she was young. But her father was dedicated to pray with her every day, even when he was out of town. He raised her with love and firm rules. She was not allowed to date, and her father expected her to save her first kiss for the altar of marriage. These are hard standards, especially for a youth in our culture. While she rebels against them at one point, she comes to see that her father is right. Especially when she meets and marries her husband. The movie is low budget, and has mediocre acting. However the beauty of the story overides these factors. Much of this story is told through the effective use of music and image rather than words. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good Christian film, or wanting to communicate the value of purity to their teens or preteens.

This movie is absolutely hilarious. It all worked together perfectly, the ridiculous dialogue, the cheesy score, and oh the turtlenecks! One of the best bad movies of all time.

This is a very good story. This Christian movie has a lot of heart. Most people I share it with don't like it because it is not a new film, high paces, or they feel that the life style is not attainable. I feel this movie does not get the support it deserve. I LOVE IT!

Amazing movie that teaches Children how to remain pure and holy before their wedding. I recommend this...a good and meaningful Christian movie.

A nice movie with a wonderful moral. It is an early christian movie so there are no thrills but it gets its point across.

A father tries to teach his daughter in the admonition of the Lord by keeping herself pure before marriage. He prays for her and tries to help her see the purpose in waiting for the one that God has for her.

This is a poignant and well-done film about a young Christian girl who considers disobeying her father's command that she never kiss before marriage. Pamela's Prayer is a movie that really stands--almost alone--against the legions of immoral junk films produced by Hollywood's "Kissing Industry." This movie is also very effective as a means of spreading His Word. I persuaded the rabbi at my former synagogue to show Pamela's Prayer, and the reaction was amazing, especially among the teenagers. They'd felt a lot of pressure in school to kiss and get kissed, and Pamela's Prayer offered them a new way.

And if you've ever worked at a Christian Film Library, this movie is a must see: I've never seen a more accurate depiction of the hubbub and frenetic activity of a CFL on film.

The content of this movie is excellent. But it is obviously low budget. As a teaching tool for helping my daughters gain a godly perspective on purity, I think this movie is most helpful.
We are a homeschool family. We are very desirous for our children to have a healthy, kingdom view of marriage and a sweet anticipation of intimacy with a future spouse. We are of the view that our bodies are a gift from God to our mate and we can only give it the first time once. Kissing, too, is a part of the whole beautiful "package". Ofcourse we distinguish between affectionate family 'pecking' and, as my girls say 'married kisses'.
I have found that keeping things hidden and running from issues just leads to insatiable curiosity and opens the children up for perverse world views to seep into their thinking. You have to be well aware of what is godly and healthy to be then able to recognize what is ungodly and unhealthy. So, in our home, questions are always answered in truth - even the difficult and/or perhaps uncomfortable ones. We have set clear standards, viewed as "high" by most of the world, but we veiw them as normal, healthy and wise life choices.
I don't mind my children speaking about kissing. But I care very much 'what' they have to say and what thier 'feelings' are. Otherwise I might find that my teaching isn't 'taking'.
And that prospect, to me, would be failure.
Pamela's Prayer can be helpful to parents who will take the time to truthfully share and listen with their adolecents and youths. We were able to talk about several issues related to remaining pure (ie. true friends and prospective mates would join with us in protecting our virtue; what God-given desire is designed to accomplish and what the benefits of postponing 'til marriage fleeting, emmediate physical pleasure are. As well as, what are the consequences of acting on these impulses outside of God's design.) This video helped foster some great communication and sweet, intimate conversations with my oldest daughter.
I obviously recommend it to anyone willing to take the time to continue the line of thinking it will provoke.

Finally, a film with good morals AND realistic dialogue. This is no "Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Visit Grandma's" sappy love-fest. Pam's Prayer tells it like it is. You enter the halls of a real high school and witness the sinful underbelly of teen life. As a teen myself, I could really relate to the "cool" predator male who brags to his pals about fabricated exploits with the unassuming virginal girl. It's a story as true and as old as time. The dialogue is bold, the costuming amazingly true to the era (the movie takes place between 1970 and present day) and Serena Orrego's acting is just breathtaking. Before your very eyes she grows from a trusting crowd-follower to an unquestioning believer. Her remarkable acting range takes her character all the way from an obedient daughter to a giving wife. Pam's Prayer proves that one must cut one self off from anything that may lead to the remote possibly of any hint of temptation if one is to remain pure. The character of Pamela is a shining example of a female who is brave enough to separate herself, with the gentle guidance of her father and husband, from any thought that may force her to do unchristian things. A true inspiration. Top notch indeed!

...then you need to see this film. This is the very good story of a girl who rebels against her Christian father and thinks about kissing a boy in school. It's very true to life and what high school is like (at least back when I went in the stone age!). The young man who goes after Pamela is the kind of "cool" guy who has "kissed all the Christian girls in the world"--the kind that any girl needs to watch out for.

You also don't need to worry about watching this movie with your family (unlike a lot of the stuff that's on TV!) When we watched it last with my parents and kids, I could tell that my mom and dad were getting a little uncomfortable during the scenes leading up to the wedding, thinking that maybe we should send my daughters out of the room. But I reassured them--since I had seen the film before--and they were relieved to see that the movie *does not* show the wedding kiss.

The reason I don't give this movie four stars is that I think it is a little light on the scriptural foundation against kissing (Paul's Letter on Kissing, etc.) and instead plays up the "story aspects" of the movie, showing a movie library, basket ball games, natural rock formations, and so on. It's too bad, but I guess that it isn't considered "PC" nowadays to explain the meaning of God's holy message.

Still, this is an excellent film that really shows the problems with kissing.

i once drunkenly added this to my netflix queue while drunkenly browsing through the duggar family's website and seeing it on their list of reccommended movies. it totally surprised me when it came in. my roommate and i would get drunk and watch it together all the time. it's HILARIOUS.