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Divinum Officium (EF)

Our Morning Offering – 1 August – Make Your Dwelling in Me

The Morning Offering (OF)

Daily Quote...“Open to the Spirit, Mary consecrated herself totally as lowly handmaid to the person and work of the Savior. She received Christ in order to share Him with all the world whose hope He is. In her, we recognize the model of the Church’s faith and our own.” – St. Eugène de Mazenod

St. Peter's Chains and the Holy Machabees (Lammas)

Saturday of Our Lady propers & commentary (EF)

The Holy Machabees, Martyrs propers (EF)

St. Peter the Apostle in Chains propers (EF)

Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church readings & commentary (OF)
Other Commemorations: Holy Maccabees, Martyrs (RM); Bl. Mary Stella and Her Ten Companions, Virgins and Martyrs (RM); St. Peter in Chains (Hist) ; Other Titles: Lammas Day

Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church readings & commentary (OF)

Daily Gospel

Saint Peter's Chains

The Seven Holy Maccabee Brothers, their Mother, and Saint Eleazar, Martyrs

Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Lawyer, Mystic, Bishop, Founder of the Redemptorists & Doctor of the Church

Pope Benedict and Saint Alphonsus Ligouri

Saints of the Day

Sermons for Everyday Living - St Peter in Chains & the Holy Maccabees

Saint Alphonsus Liguori: the lawyer who never lost a case... until that day
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Something a little bit different as a topic from the usual things that seem to pop up here.

Long story short, back in 2022, Russian export of electricity was halted through these power lines/pylons, which are also used to service and carry the data cables used by (varying by year) around 60-70% of Russias foreign web traffic.

Because of the cut of electricity exports, these pylons are no longer financially viable and Fingrid (who operates them) has notified Russia that they will be taken down at the start of next year and dismantled.

My fianceé and I have been apart for almost four months now. We fortunately have regular telephonic contact, but it's just not the same. I was hospitalized last week due to severe depression. I feel better now, just still so empty and restless. Please pray for me about this, that perhaps he might be allowed back once he has been completely freed from his alcohol adduction. Where I stay, I have to spend time with a mentally disabled woman to justify living rent free and be given food. It's a strenuos task that I pray I'll be released of and that I please need your prayers about, as well.

I only get a national disability grant and only in another four days. There are things I need and people aren't as eager as before to help me anymore. Please pray for urgent financial provision.

I just want to feel happy and content in God's presence, but I'm struggling. Thank you for praying for me. ✝️

1 in 3 Democrats now consider themselves democratic socialists: Survey​

While they make up the minority of the party, the survey found that they are among Democrats’ most loyal supporters and are more likely than other Democrats to favor sweeping changes to party leadership and direction. The subset of Democrats has gained major momentum in recent years, notching notable wins by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and democratic socialists in three New York congressional primaries.

I would like them to tell us exactly how they would abolish the United States Senate and put the Supreme Court under the control of the House.

Psalm 79:1-4 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Now, I am not going to be writing about this historical situation which took place long ago, but I am going to be looking into what this says more metaphorically (figuratively) speaking, for I believe there is a message here which applies to the church, at least to the church here in the USA today.

God’s Holy Temple

Now the church is the collective body of believers in Jesus Christ throughout the world. We, the people of God, are the church, the temple of God in whom God dwells by His Spirit. The church is not a physical building. It is not a church denomination. It is not to be incorporated under (merged with) the state (the government) and with the world. And it is not to be a business being marketed to the people of the world. But sadly, this is what so many people have turned her into, which is against what God commands.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

We, the body of believers in Christ Jesus are God’s Holy Temple, His church. And as His body we are to be doing the work of the Lord in obedience to His commands. And we are to be ministering to one another within the body of Christ in helping one another to come to spiritual maturity in Christ and to walk worthy of the Lord in all of who we are and say and do. And we are to be speaking the truth of God’s Word to one another in love so we will not be taken captive by liars and deceivers who are teaching a false gospel.

For we, as the body of Christ, are to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in our hearts to God. And we are to be exhorting one another every day so that none of us may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. And we are to meet together in order to encourage and to stir one another up to love and to good works (of God). And if we can’t meet in person, we can gather together on the internet.

And we are to be taking the message of the gospel to the people of the world via whatever means are available to us, such as what I am using now, which is the internet. For we are to proclaim the excellencies of God who called us out of darkness into His wonderful light. And we are to be calling all people to forsake their lives of sin and to follow our Lord Jesus in obedience to His commands in holy living, as what we live by in daily practice. For if sin and disobedience are what we practice we will not have eternal life with God.

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:11-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

The Nations Have Invaded

Who are the nations who have invaded and defiled God’s holy temple, His church? They are the church denominations which have incorporated under (merged with) the state (the government) and with the world who are marketing the church to the people of the world. And they are the world and the state (the government) who are in partnership now with “the church.” And so they have altered the gospel and what “church” is supposed to be in order to attract the world to their gatherings and to grow their numbers.

They have defiled God’s holy temple, His church, by turning the church into a business to be marketed to the world, and thus the church, the body of Christ, no longer operates as the biblical body of Christ. For the gatherings are largely targeted at attracting and entertaining the world, and so many of them are being run like stage productions while most of “the church” sits in rows and takes it all in but has no opportunity to encourage and to exhort one another in our walks of faith to our Lord, as each part does its work.

Therefore, so much of what is called “the church” barely resembles the biblical body of Christ in appearance and in practice because so much of “the church” has allowed “the nations” to defile God’s holy temple. And so much of it has discarded the saints of God who are God’s messengers, for they teach the biblical gospel which so many people are now rejecting for it teaches God’s requirements for death to sin and for obedience to God’s commands for our salvation from sin and for eternal life with God.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to Him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) Him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to His commands, in His power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls Him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

The Nations Have Invaded
An Original Work / August 1, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Zeal for Your House

Based off John 2:17; Psalms 69:9
An Original Work / August 1, 2016
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.
Lord, I love my times with You.
I love to worship You and sing Your praises.
Time in Your Word brings me closer to You,
List’ning to You speaking to me,
Gently guiding me in truth.

Lord, You are my life’s example,
Showing me how I should live.
I love to walk with You where’er You lead me.
No greater joy have I when serving You.
Loving, giving, resting in Your strength,
I’m yielding to Your will.

Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.
See the church turned upside down:
Marketing ventures taking place of worship,
Men of the gospel turning into clowns.
Gospel message made appealing,
So the world will feel at home.

Lord, we need a great revival.
Turn their hearts, Lord, back to You.
Open the blind eyes, turn them all from darkness,
Lord, to the light. May they return to You,
Turn from their sin, forsake idols,
Be restored to God again.

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It is not know to be Cancer as of yet. I am not allowed to drive until cleared. Depressed.

The Journal reported that Trump regularly calls top fundraiser Meredith O’Rourke, whom he’s dubbed the “princess of darkness,” from the White House to review who has donated and who has not. According to people familiar with the conversations, the president frequently tells O’Rourke to raise the size of her requests, with some donors being asked for as much as $50 million.

In soliciting contributions, O’Rourke has at times invoked Trump’s direct involvement, telling prospective donors, “This is very important to the president. He’s asked me to call you and ask you for this donation.” On other calls, according to the outlet, she has referred to Trump as “the boss,” saying, “the boss wants this money.”

The Journal found Trump has raised more than $800 million since returning to office, with money flowing to a wide range of ventures, including his planned presidential library, a new White House ballroom, political committees, and projects tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Not to mention, multiple executives and board members told the Journal they believed multimillion-dollar donations translated into greater access and that if a company had an issue before the federal government that reached Trump’s attention, he would want to know how much the company had contributed. One chairman of a publicly traded company said that companies understood they were either “checked on a list, or crossed off a list” depending on whether they gave.

Less publicized than Epstein Island or the Epstein brownstone is the Epstein Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. It is currently owned by Don Huffines who has an interesting employment history. Rumor has it that two foreign girls are buried there. New Mexican authorities have opened an investigation but, for reasons unknown, US DOJ refuses to cooperate.

NYT: New Mexico Accuses D.O.J. of Obstructing Epstein Ranch Inquiry​

I'm not sure if files collected from the Zorro Ranch are included in the Epstein Transparency Act which the US DOJ continues to flout.

The suspect in a double shooting in Rhode Island this month is apparently the same man whose unexpected recovery after a health crisis as a newborn was deemed a miracle by the Vatican in 2025.

Police in Newport, Rhode Island, said in a July 24 press release that Tyquan Johnson was facing arrest for felony assault with a firearm in connection with a double shooting in Newport on July 19.

The police dispatch, which said Johnson was considered “armed and dangerous,” identified the suspect’s birthday as Jan. 14, 2007. That date is the same birthday as the Rhode Island-born “Tyquan” noted by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in its information page on Blessed Salvador Valera Parra.

In the years following the miracle birth, the Johnson family moved to Hampton, Virginia. Tyquan Johnson subsequently told local media that the promulgation of the miracle “changed my faith a lot because I’m destined to be in this world.”

“If God didn’t want me in this world, he would just let me die on that table. But he wanted to give me a second chance,” he said.

Psalm 66:10-12 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Faith in Jesus Christ is not “smooth sailing.” It is not absent of problems, difficulties, and obstacles. Sufferings and persecutions are to be expected if our faith in our Lord is genuine biblical faith. Why? Because opposition, persecutions, and sufferings are what humble us and what help to mold us into the likeness of our Lord Jesus. They draw us closer to the Lord, if we will let them. And they make us more determined to live the life God has for us to live, and to share the truth of the gospel with the people of the world.

Psalm 66:13-15 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Now the “house of God” is not in a physical temple or building. It is not a place we go to once or twice a week for “worship” of God. We who believe in Jesus with genuine biblical faith are now the house of God, where God dwells by His Spirit. We are the temple of God. And we are to worship God in spirit and in truth every day of the week, throughout the day. And biblical worship is not just about singing songs of worship to God. It is about lives surrendered to the will of God in obedience to His commands in holy living.

What kinds of vows and offerings does the Lord require now of those who are of faith in Jesus Christ? Jesus said that if anyone would come after Him, He must deny self, take up His cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow the Lord in obedience to His commands. For, by biblical faith, which comes from God, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in Him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as servants of righteousness in obedience to our Lord’s commands.

We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls Jesus “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING the will of God. For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives until HE comes.

Psalm 66:16-20 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


What does it mean to “fear God”? It means that we believe what He says, that we believe both His promises and His warnings. We take them to heart to do what they say to do, and to not do what they say not to do. But it also means to honor, respect, value, worship, reverence, and obey Him. And this involves living the lives He has for us to live, in doing what He has called us to do, no matter how difficult, and no matter how we might get treated by others. For our lives are now to be given over to the Lord for His service.

And what does it look like if you “cherish iniquity” in your heart? Well, to cherish is to treasure, to value, to esteem, and to take pleasure in. And iniquity is sin, immorality, evil, and wickedness. If sin is what we practice, by habit, repeating the same sins over and over again, in addiction to sin, without genuine biblical remorse and repentance sustained, and if obedience to our Lord and to His commands are not what we put into practice in our lives, then we don’t know God, and God will not listen to our prayers.

But God hears the prayers of the righteous. And this does not mean that He is going to do everything we ask of Him, or that He will do it immediately or while we still live. I am most certain that there have been followers of Christ who have died not knowing whether or not their prayers were answered, but who remained faithful to the Lord in trusting the Lord that He will do what is best. Some people pray for many years for the salvation of their loved ones only to die before any of them turn their hearts to the Lord. So wait on God!

And then there are times that we pray and we get an immediate response from the Lord, and we know that He heard us and that He attended to our prayers and that He did not reject our prayers. And these can be little things like just having a clear mind, and the ability to stay awake, and for certain pains to disappear, and for understanding of the Scriptures or of our circumstances or of what is going on in the world around us, or just for the strength to make it through every day. God does hear and answer prayers.

Prayers hindered or accepted: [John 15:1-11; James 1:5-8; James 4:1-10; 1 Peter 3:7; 1 John 1:5-9; 1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14-15]

All You Who Fear God
An Original Work / July 31, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I speak here from personal experience when I tell you that there is no greater joy and peace in life than to walk with Jesus, to do His will, and to follow Him wherever He leads you.

In Keeping Them

Based off Psalm 111:10; Psalm 19:7-11
An Original Work / June 3, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Stand in awe of your Lord. Harken to His teachings.
Follow where He leads you. Live for Him today.
Through Him you gain wisdom; knowledge; understanding.
To my Lord belongs all worship and my praise.

Perfect is the Word, refreshing souls in His love.
His commands are faithful, guiding us each day.
Joy comes to the heart of those who love His teachings;
Follow His instructions. He will light their way.

Abide in the Lord, and obey His commandments.
His Word is more precious than all of our gold.
By His Word He warns us, comforts, and implores us.
When we follow His Word, there is great reward.

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The 39-day bombing and air defense campaign against Iran depleted inventories of key U.S. munitions stockpiles, as a previous CSIS analysis detailed. The United States has enough munitions for any plausible scenario in the Iran war, but the depleted inventories have created a window of vulnerability for a potential Western Pacific conflict. The time needed to rebuild those inventories has thus become a major concern.

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On Aug. 5 at around 2:34 a.m. ET, the upper stage of a discarded Falcon 9 rocket will collide with the moon at 5,400 miles per hour near the crater Einstein on the western lunar limb, according to Bill Gray, who runs Project Pluto and develops software for tracking astronomical objects.

Gray was the first to calculate that the object would hit the moon and has been tracking it since. He also co-authored a study on the impact with an international team of researchers who recently made their work available on the open-access preprint arXiv server. The paper has not been peer-reviewed.

"We expect that to vaporize the booster, create a flash of light, probably a plume of ejecta -- dust, regolith, other stuff mixed into it -- and of course excavate a fresh crater on the lunar surface," Benjamin Fernando, a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the lead author of the study, told ABC News.

Fernando said the impact event offers scientists a unique opportunity. He said we often see meteoroids striking the lunar surface, but it's often difficult to know the mass and speed of the objects. Because the researchers know those two variables for the upper stage, they can use the impact as a "calibration event to test all of the techniques that we use for studying natural impacts, which we don't know are going to happen in advance, unlike this event," according to Fernando.

Spain was going to give residence to some half a million undocumented workers. The criminals, terrorists, and human traffickers see a big opportunity. If it's not stopped it will be just like what happened in the United States, the violence, the deaths, and so many unlocated victims of human trafficking. And Spain is just one member of the European Union. Many E.U. countries have seen the violence against their citizenry, including terrorist acts in their countries. If Spain doesn't stop this at the Moroccan border those countries can be expected to take action.

Morning Prayers

Divinum Officium (EF)

Our Morning Offering – 31 July – Hail, O Mother!

The Morning Offering (OF)

Daily Quote...“Take, Lord, receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, my whole will, all that I have and all that I possess. You gave it all to me, Lord; I give it all back to you. Do with it as you will, according to your good pleasure. Give me your love and your grace; for with this I have all that I need.” - St. Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Ignatius of Loyola; Saint Germanus propers & commentary (EF)

St. Ignatius Loyola propers (EF)

Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest readings & commentary (OF)
Other Commemorations: St. Germanus, Bishop (RM)

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest readings & commentary (OF)

Daily Gospel

The Precious Blood of Jesus – Short Meditations for July. July 31st — The Precious Blood in Heaven

Saint Ignatius of Loyola Founder of the Society of Jesus

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Soldier, Pilgrim, Priest & Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)

Ignatius and the Companions of Jesus

Saint of the Day: Saint Germanus of Auxerre, Lawyer, Imperial Governor & Bishop

Saints of the Day

Sermons for Everyday Living - St Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Ignatius of Loyola: The Cannonball That Changed His Destiny
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Pray that Jesus Christ gives Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, Godly Wisdom as he tries to handle the migration crisis & wildfires in Spain:

I am starting a new thread here in the entertainment section, and it will be called "What I have watched, re-watched, or have been watching lately (movies and tv series)" and I will be posting new ones, as well as what I think of them or thought of them from time to time, starting with the post right after this OP. (So see below here from time to time).

Later/Take Care/God Bless.

PS- I will not be worrying about your criticism of my tastes.

God Bless.

I found this Facebook post to be convincing.

One of the more curious aspects of how the Chinese Communist Party is perceived outside of China is that, all else being equal, this regime would be admired by the far right and abhorred by the far left. Yet, the opposite positions are reflexively entrenched as a result of our domestic dogmatic culture wars.

China no longer pretends to be a communist utopia. Its workers are amongst the most exploited on earth while boasting the second-largest concentration of billionaires in the world. It's GINI coefficient, which measures economic inequality, is higher than South Korea, Japan, Australia, and all of Europe.

It is a police state with an extensive surveillance network that prioritises national security and law and order above civil liberties, while executing more prisoners than any nation on earth.

It is socially conservative, there is no same sex marriage, nor any legal protection from discrimination, and homosexuality was only removed from the official government list of mental illnesses in 2001.

It promotes "traditional" gender roles for women, there are no women in the 24 member Politburo that rule the country, only 13 serve in the 203 member Central Committe, and only 3 of China's 31 Provincial Governers are women.

It has one of the world's most restrictive immigration systems. Patriotism is taught in schools and mandated throughout movies, TV, and even music. There is no version of history taught in school in which the crimes of China's government or military are exposed.

In fact the CCP's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress should be celebrated by the "monoculture" proponents by the way it mandates a shared Chinese national identity and seeks to erase minority customs and tradition... though it is worth adding that the 55 ethnic minorities of China aren't immigrants... they were colonised... and there is no talk of decolonisation in Beijing, only promises to reclaim lost imperial colonies through a revived era of military expansion.

In many ways, the CCP regime is the exact brand of nationalist authoritarianism that those on the far fight want to emulate. But with ideological battle lines drawn up decades ago, we are left with the irrational state of affairs where progressives routinely defend a fascist dictatorship purely because conservatives hate them.

I was in bed, hoping to fall asleep, when a tune came into my head. I knew it was a song from the musical Les Misérables, but I could not recall the lyrics. The Lord does that with me sometimes, puts tunes in my head, and if I can’t recall the lyrics, I sing the tune into my phone and it brings up the song for me, if it is a well known song. Well the song is titled “Do You Hear the People Sing?” And the situation was a group of students and citizens of a nation preparing a war against the government in order to overthrow them.

By Alain Boubul and Claude-Michel Schonberg
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
From Les Misérables

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
.. Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

But their plan failed. All who protested were killed, with the exception of one young man who was rescued by the father of the woman he loved.

Now, I know that if the Lord puts a song in my head that it is there for a reason, so next I went to where I left off last in my reading of the Psalms, and next was Psalm 64. Immediately I began to make a connection between the lyrics to the song and this Psalm of David. For this Psalm is about a mob of workers of iniquity scheming against King David. They thought they had perfected a secret plan to overtake the innocent. But they would then face the arrows of God, with their own tongues turned against them.

Psalm 64:1-4 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


What I realized as I researched some of the meaning behind the words to that song, and then I read this passage of Scripture, is that the people in the musical were rebelling and fighting against the authority over them. And here we also have a mob of people scheming against David, which was also against God. And ultimately what this comes down to is a group of people who reject the authority of God over their lives, and so they fight against God, and against His messengers, so that they can keep on in their sin.

Psalm 64:5-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Those who fight against God and his messengers, because they don’t like the rules that they have to follow, they want to maintain their freedom to keep on in their sin. They don’t like the limits that God and his Word put on their lives and so they fight for the right to keep living however they want. And so they will reject the gospel of Christ for a “friendlier version” which does not require that they repent of (die to) their sins and that they must obey the commands of God. So they plot evil against God’s messengers.

Psalm 64:7-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Ultimately, those who oppose God and who despise His messages, via His messengers, and who devise evil against the messengers of God, they will have to stand before the Lord and to give an account for what they did with the gospel of Christ and with the messages God kept giving them over again. God will judge them for their wicked and evil deeds and for their rebellion against Him and against His messengers which He sent to them. For they fought against God’s rules so that they could continue in sin.

But Jesus Christ taught that to come to Him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) Him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to His commands, in His power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls Him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in Him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

The Mob of Workers of Iniquity
An Original Work / July 31, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hi Everyone, yesterday I visited with a young man in a local nursing home. He appeared to be a little over 30 years old. Let's say his name is John. John appeared to have a crippling disease that left his arms and legs drawn up and he was unable to focus his eyes. There was an archery and a basketball trophy on the shelf in his room. At one time John had been a good basketball player and involved in archery. Now John is in the nursing home and unable to care for himself. But another tragedy is that John has been abandoned by his family. In this facility there are at least 2 young men who get no visits from their parents, siblings, or cousins. I spent some time with John and did some bible reading with him. John is unable to have a conversation. But he can understand perfect English and can say yes or no to questions. After our visit I was so angry with his family and the world.

This situation reminds me of Matthew chapter 25:
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Abandonment is addressed in Matthew 25 and will be one of the issues dealt with on judgement day.

Thank you for listening. I had to get it off my chest.

Lonnie

Psalm 63:1 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


What should this look like, in all practicality, for the life of someone who believes in Jesus Christ? If God is truly our God whom we earnestly seek, then that means He is Lord of our lives, but not just in words only, but truly our lives are surrendered to Him, to doing His will, and He is the one guiding and directing and leading us each day in the ways of the Lord and in doing the things we ought to do in obedience to His commands and according to His leading daily in our lives. We live, not for the flesh, but to please God.

And if we thirst for God, and we yearn for Him, like we would yearn for water in a dry land, He will have top priority in our lives above all else. He will not be someone we go to just when we are in trouble, or when we need something, or when we have a prayer request, or who we worship only on a Sunday morning during a “worship service.” Our desire for Him will be continuous, daily, and not just for a few minutes during a daily “quiet time” with God. But He should be in our hearts and minds throughout every day.

Psalm 63:2-4 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


What is the sanctuary of God today? Another word for sanctuary is tabernacle and/or a sacred or holy place. And I remember when I was growing up and we attended church services in a building called “church,” that the room where we had the worship services was called “the sanctuary.” And another word for tabernacle is temple. Well, the temple of God today is the church, but not the building, but the body of Christ, the people of God. We who believe in Jesus are that temple in whom God dwells by his Spirit.

So if we see God today in the sanctuary, we see Him working in our lives and in the lives of others who are indwelt by the Spirit of God via God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ. We see God’s power and glory being displayed by the faith of those whose trust is in the Lord, who have repented of their sins, and who are now walking in obedience to God’s commands. And we hear of God’s love and devotion for his people as evidenced in the lives of His followers and in the words that we speak – we who bless God by our words and our deeds.

Psalm 63:5-8 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


These are the words of someone who is in a personal relationship with the Lord via true biblical faith in Jesus Christ, if what they speak is a reality in their daily lives. For this is not speaking of what is external, but of what is internal, of what is in the heart and mind and soul of the one who professes to know and to love God. This is someone who, by faith in Jesus Christ, gives glory and honor and praise to the Lord, but not in words only, but by how they live their lives in daily surrender to the will of God in obedience to Him.

If we are like this in our relationships with the Lord, then He should be on our minds and in our hearts throughout the day and night every day. And we should be willing to listen to Him and to do what He says even if it is in the middle of the night and it interrupts our sleep. And not only should we view Him as our help, but we are to serve Him with our lives in being and in doing what He has called us to be and to do. And if our souls cling to the Lord, our dependency is in Him and our will is to do His will, all in the power of God.

Faith: [Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Hebrews 12:1-2; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24]

My Soul Thirsts for You O God
An Original Work / July 30, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

Please pray to God and ask Him to please keep my husband Robb healthy and happy and please ask for a miracle for my son Jakeb to be healed mind and body with happiness. Please pray and ask God to give me peace. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

Psalm 52:1-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Those Who Boast of Evil

What does it look like if someone boasts of evil? It can mean to brag, to take pride in, or it can mean to put on display or to flaunt, to make it known to others. And that can be for various reasons, depending on the true intent of the hearts and minds of those who are putting their sins on display. For some, they may just want to brag about what they are getting away with because they take pride in the evil that they do. For others, they may be just wanting attention or the sympathies of others who may take pity on them.

But no matter the intent of the heart, which may be neither of the ones mentioned above, their sins are being put on display. And deceit is one of the aspects of the evil which they perform. And it is clear by their display that they love evil more than (or in place of) good, and they love speaking lies more than (or in place of) speaking the truth. And they could be lying about their sins and what they are actually doing, or about the degree of the sins, or about what leads them to sin or why they are still living in sin, etc.

Passing On The Blame

Some people, for whom sin is their practice, may speak lies about the cause of their sinful behaviors, perhaps to blame God or other humans for why they are on a sinful course, and/or for why they have not been delivered from their sinful course. For it is easier to cast the blame on God or on other humans rather than to take full responsibility for their sins themselves. For if they can put the blame on others for their failures then that relieves them of full responsibility for the evil that they do, which excuses them from fault.

But is it possible to be led into sin by other humans? Yes! The Scriptures cover the subject of those who deliberately, with full intention, lead other believers into sin, that they are committing a severe evil. But that does not relieve the one who sins of responsibility for their own sins. We all still have a choice to say “No!” or “Yes!” to sin. We all have a choice to say “No!” or “Yes!” to God. So both the one who leads the other to sin and the one who follows that lead into sin are guilty of sinning against God without excuse.

A “My Do It” Approach to Victory

There are some people who are captivated to sin who make many failed attempts at having victory over their sin because they take matters into their own hands, and they go at it the way that they choose rather than to follow the ways of the Lord and what the Scriptures teach is the road to victory over sin. And so victory over sin gets delayed because they keep trying in their own strength and according to their own decisions on how to go about this. For they let pride get in the way to having true victory.

And those who continue on this path, doing it their way, and not God’s way, they continue on a path of destruction, and so the same sins keep getting repeated over again. And if they do not change course, and if they do not yield to God’s control, and let go and let God, the ultimate end for them will be that they will be brought down to everlasting ruin, and their lives will be taken from them, and hell (not heaven) will be their eternal destiny because they loved their sins more than they loved God, and so they did not change.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

So, we all need to take this seriously. We cannot play with sin and think that God will be okay with that. He is not! Might we sin sometimes? It is possible (1 John 2:1-2). But if sin is what we practice, by habit, and not obedience to God, we will not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. By faith in Jesus Christ we all must deny self, die to sin, and obey God in life practice.

Tongues Which Devise Destruction
An Original Work / July 30, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Battle for Truth

Based off Malachi 1-4
An Original Work / May 18, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I love you. Honor me.
Tell the truth. You’ll be free.
Sing My praise all your days.
I will give all you need.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

Turn from sin; cleansed within.
Stand in awe of My Name.
Teach what’s true. Walk in peace.
Follow Christ, in His ways.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

Show to God faithfulness.
Do not be adult’rous.
Do not shed shallow tears.
Do not be insincere.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I have sent messengers,
Who have giv’n my address.
They call for repentance,
And they warn of judgment.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I, the Lord, do not change,
So return – blessings gain:
Healing comes; joyfulness;
Freedom from your distress.

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