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Celebrating the Feast of St. Valentine's Day

st. valentine

Saint Valentine’s Day is almost here!
Get ready for the familiar onslaught of Cupids shooting arrows, red roses, and little pastel candy hearts bearing messages like “Be Mine” and “Love You.” It’s that time of year again when parents feel the pressure to make sure their child has Valentines for every kid in class, and when couples rush to secure their dinner reservations weeks in advance.

But for many people, Valentine’s Day doesn’t feel romantic or celebratory at all. It can quietly exclude whole swathes of people, those who are single, widowed, divorced, grieving, or simply without a romantic partner. In a culture that so tightly equates love with romance, February 14 can feel less like a celebration and more like a reminder of what’s missing.

Valentine’s Day has also become a highly commercialized holiday. This year, consumer spending on Valentine’s Day in the United States is expected to reach a record $29.1 billion, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Shoppers are planning to spend nearly $200 on averageon gifts, experiences, and treats for partners, family, friends, and even pets, higher than ever before.

And yet, this wasn’t how the day began.

The Story of Saint Valentine​


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Dennis Quaid and Milo Ventimiglia say 'I Can Only Imagine 2' shows faith in middle of suffering

Nine years after the original film turned a chart-topping worship song into a box-office phenomenon, “I Can Only Imagine 2” returns with a more complicated question: What happens after redemption?

The first movie, which grossed over $83 million domestically, traced MercyMe frontman Bart Millard’s reconciliation with his abusive father and the birth of a song that would change his life. The sequel, hitting theaters Feb. 20, begins in the middle of adulthood, when forgiveness has already been offered, success has already arrived, yet old wounds still find a way to speak.

Andy Erwin, who directed the film with Brent McCorkle, told The Christian Post that “I Can Only Imagine 2” is about inheritance: what is carried on from one’s parents, passed to their children, and how faith collides with the messiness in between. It’s also a story about unfinished healing, he stressed.

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People who dedicate their lives to study the Bible, how far do they get when it comes to knowledge?

I know this will be dependent on when they started, and how old they go to live, time dedicated to studying, and also how fast they can absorb information, some people are information sponges.

If I at 28 years old decided to study the Bible full, time what can I expect on how much information I will acquire by the time I reached age 70? Probably still not enough to know everything.

Ever since I became a believer at age 20, It has been 8 years now time flies, I am still very interested to this day about the history of the Bible, and also Christian history, from the very beginning all the way up to the 1600's.

Gifts of The Spirit

“Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.” (1 Corinthians 13:8-10 NASB1995)

What do cessationists believe? According to Google’s AI, “Cessationists believe that miraculous sign gifts—specifically prophecy, tongues, and healing—ceased after the Apostolic Age (end of the 1st century) once the New Testament canon was completed. They argue these gifts were intended to validate the apostles' message, not to continue throughout church history. They still believe God performs miracles today but no longer uses individuals with specific ‘gifts’ of healing or miracles.” But is that biblical? No!

Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.” (John 14:12 NASB1995)

Jesus said, “greater works.” The cessationists say, “lesser works.”

And one of the Scripture passages the cessationists use to support their case is this passage in 1 Corinthians 13. So, let’s break that down to see if their theory “holds water.”

Yes, the passage of Scripture speaks of a time when the gifts of the Spirit will be done away with. But when is this to take place? When the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. And who is “the perfect” who is coming? Jesus Christ. When Jesus returns for his bride, and he takes us to be with him in glory, there will be no more need of the gifts of the Spirit. And then it goes on to describe that time:

“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.” (v. 12)

When will that take place? When Jesus Christ returns for his faithful ones, and he takes us to be with him for eternity, which is when we will then see him “face to face.” So what this is contrasting here is our time here on this earth compared to what it will be like when we are with our Lord in glory for eternity. Here our understanding and our knowledge of things is incomplete. But when we are out of these earthly tents, and we are in our glorified bodies with Christ for eternity, then we will have complete understanding.

So, the gifts of the Spirit are not to cease while we live here on this earth. And in our present reality we need to be exercising those gifts of the Spirit even more. But they must be exercised with much spiritual maturity and discernment, and done biblically, and of the Holy Spirit, and not of human flesh. For there is much fakery and misuse of the gifts of the Spirit going on within the gatherings of the church (or what is falsely being referred to as the church). So we must test the spirits to see if truly they are of God.

But what happened on the day of Pentecost when the believers in Christ (male and female) were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages (the languages of the people present)? They were accused of being drunk. So, what was Peter’s response to that accusation?

“For these people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is only the third hour of the day; but this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says,
‘That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind;
And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
And your young men will see visions,
And your old men will have dreams;
And even on My male and female servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days,
And they will prophesy.” (Acts 2:15-18 NASB; see also Joel 2:28-32)

And where are we now? Certainly we are in the last days, for they were, too. And who are these gifts bestowed upon? Male and female. No differentiation. And, poetically speaking, the way this is written does not mean that only young men will see visions and only old men will have dreams. And looking at the interlinear for Acts 2:17, it appears to me that all are included in those who will prophesy and see visions and dream dreams. But these prophecies, dreams, and visions must not contradict the teachings of the Scriptures. For God will not contradict himself and his word.

And to prophesy is not just in the area of future telling, but the word means to “speak forth” the messages of God, to proclaim the Word of the Lord. Another word for this is to “preach.” But this proclaiming of the Word of the Lord must be under the guidance and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, who will lead us in what to say, and in what subjects to discuss, and to make these messages relevant to our world today, practical, and applicable to our daily living. And this must not rewrite nor contradict the Scriptures. And all should be tested against the Scriptures to be sure they are of God.

Body of Christ and Spiritual Gifts

[Acts 2:14-18,42-47; 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 5:15-21; 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]

The Spirit Calling

An Original Work / November 12, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


Hear the Spirit calling.
He’ll keep you from falling.
Tenderly He’s calling,
“Come and follow Him.”

Walk with Jesus daily.
Don’t give in to lazy.
Folks may call you crazy.
Fellowship with Him.

Follow where He leads you.
Eat what Jesus feeds you.
His love will renew you
If you follow Him.

Do what Jesus tells you.
Don’t let your faith fail you.
His love will avail you
If you walk with Him.

Jesus, Lord and Savior,
Reigneth now forever.
He gave us His favor
So we’d live with Him.

Turning now from our sin,
Holy Spirit live-in.
Holiness we walk in,
Purified by Him.

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An Original Work / February 10, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Is making U.N.I.C.E (Bibleman’s computer) feasible with current A.I. technology?

Recently I was rewatching some of my favorite ye olde Bibleman Genesis episodes, including Jesus Our Savior and Shattering the Prince of Pride. A considerable part of the show is Bibleman’s computer, U.N.I.C.E, Universal Networking Intelligence Computing Entity.

U.N.I.C.E can:
-Talk and communicate with a seemingly developed female personality
-Has a mobile unit that can fly around beside Bibleman and shoot weapons and deploy force fields.
-Log events
-Recall Scripture on command.
-Scan and monitor human bodies for health and spiritual abnormalities

There is also a computer that the villains use called L.U.C.I. (Link to Underhanded Computer Influences) but we don’t have to make that. :p

Anyway, I’m wondering if making a copy of U.N.I.C.E. could be a way for Christians to use LLM technology for God’s glory and honor. Could it be done, and how far are we away from that point with today’s A.I. technology?

Life Apart From God is Meaningless

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“Life Apart From God Is Meaningless”
John 15:5 NIV
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15 has always been one of my favorite chapters in Scripture. I really like the illustration of the vineyard to describe how God is Gardener and Jesus is the Vine. This specific verse has always been important in my life as it clearly states that life without God is empty. Apart from Him, nothing eternal is possible.

Through the past many years of my life, I have learned more about myself, my relationship with my wife and my relationship with my kids. In the past few months, I realized that if I didn’t have God in my life, I would not have the life I have now.

My relationship with my wife is the best it has ever been. However, this has not come without struggles. We have had many ups and downs throughout our almost 22 years of marriage. When I look at my wife now, I am beyond grateful for how He brought us together and all that we have experienced. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I am more in love with my wife now that I ever have been before and it’s only because of the amazing work of God in our marriage. I can honestly say we would not be where we are in our marriage without God. It just wouldn’t be at all possible.

My relationship with my kids makes me a very proud dad. I know that I regret many things through the years of them growing up that I wish I could go back and do better or change. However, what’s done is done and I can only work on the future to still be the best Godly dad I can be. I have messed up a lot in things I’ve done and said to them. However, God is gracious and so are my girls. They love me as their dad and that often brings tears to my eyes that they still love me.

I cannot imagine life without God. Life is hard enough as it is even with my faith. I find myself often doubting and getting frustrated when I can’t understand what He’s doing. However, I know that I always must trust Him, no matter what. I am beyond grateful for the faith I have had for so many years and I’ve grown in that faith. It’s not easy by any means, but I am so thankful for what I have learned and how God has shown up in my relationship with my wife and my girls.

I am so grateful for the community I have at our church. God has blessed me with great people that I’ve known there for over 4 years. Some of them have become very close friends and it’s only because of God that those friendships remain strong. I am also grateful for the worship team I play alongside each month.

Life apart from God would not bring me any of these blessings I have mentioned. I am so grateful and I truly believe that apart from Him, I would have absolutely no hope.
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Trump Commerce Sec. Lutnick admits visiting Epstein island during family vacation


Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday admitted he and his family had lunch on the private island of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years earlier.
“I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation” in 2012, Lutnick said in testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
“My wife was with me, as were my four children and nannies,” he said. “I had another couple with — they were there as well, with their children.”
“And we had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour,” he said.
“And we left with all of my children, with my nannies and my wife, all together. We were on family vacation,” he said.
The secretary’s admission came as he faces bipartisan calls to resign following the release of records showing that his business and personal relationship with Epstein was more extensive than previously known.
Lutnick previously said that he cut off contact with Epstein after 2005 — years before Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to a state-level charge of soliciting a minor for prostitution, which required him to register as a sex offender.
So... he brought his family to the island of a known sex offender. He knew he was a sex offender at that time. After he claimed he cut off contact with him.

Large areas of agreement do exist between Bible Sabbath keeping groups and Sunday groups

1. If a church posted on its sign "IT IS NOT A SIN TO BREAK THE TEN COMMANDMENTS" a lot of Christian members of that church would complain and it would not matter if the church was keeping Sunday or the Bible Sabbath as given to Adam.

2. A lot of children in both Sunday School classes and Sabbath School classes are taught that breaking the Ten Commandments is a sin

3. A lot of Christians in both Sunday churches and also in the Bible Sabbath churches accept that we are saved by grace through faith and not saved by our own works. So then the Bible teaching that the "good tree" produces "good fruit" of obedience according to Christ in Matt 7 is affirmed. A person must having good fruit of obedience in Matt 7 had to have already been born again (been the good tree), to start with, to produce good fruit. producing good fruit does not turn a bad tree into a good one in Matt 7. Almost everyone can see this easy obvious teaching of Christ in Matt 7.

4. James 2 says "to break one , is to break them all" when it comes to the TEN. Many Christians today in Sunday keeping churches and (unedited) Bible Sabbath keeping Christians affirm that same point

5. "Moral law" differs from "ceremonial law" in that moral law defines what sin is and Rom 2:19-20 1 John 3:4, Rom 7:7 state that fact clearly.

You can find this in the Baptist Confession of Faith, the Westminster Confession of faith, the Catholic Catechism, D.L. Moody's sermon on the Ten Commandments etc (see my signature line). Most of them admit that the TEN were given to mankind in Eden.

* Jer 31:31-34 says the under the NEW Covenant the LAW of God is written on the heart. Paul quotes that fact verbatim in Hebrews 8

A "few" people here and there may not agree to one or two things here, but by an large this is the view of the largest segment of Christianity.

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Obviously a lot of differences still exist between Sunday groups and (unchanged) Bible Sabbath groups. But the above list is a good starting point for discussion based on points of agreement.

Divine Providence - According to Co-Pilot

@Harley. @Questioning Brother
I was asking Google about how God uses "chance" and "opportunity" and was told to look this word up for the answer to both and thought it coincided about both of your concerns on both threads and thought it would be useful here...

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I hope this answers both of your questions about God's presence and sovereignty...

Even though God may be "omnipresent"; he can, will, and usually does signify his presence if you be patient and ask for it.

And about divine providence, it can not be very farther enough in distance to the statement above. Just ask and let God make a way when there may be no way. Trust me, I've seen this before and it will happen again, and again.

Matt 7:7 Ask Him and you will receive...
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What Jamie Raskin saw in the unredacted Epstein files. Raskin: Trump in files "more than a million times."


Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."
At least one of the files Raskin found appears to contradict what Trump has publicly claimed about his association with Jeffrey Epstein, according to the House Judiciary Committee ranking member.

At some point you really just have to accept that people actually are like those they associate with.

Photos show armed potential subject on Nancy Guthrie's door camera

  • The FBI released surveillance photos and videos of a potential subject in theinvestigation into the disappearance of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother.
  • The four images depict a person wearing gloves, a mask, and a backpack appearing to tamper with the camera at Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance.
  • FBI Director Kash Patel said the potential subject is armed.
  • The FBI said yesterday that it had not identified any suspects or persons of interest.
  • Nancy Guthrie, 84, was dropped off at her home outside Tucson, Arizona, the night of Jan. 31 and was reported missing about noon Feb. 1.
  • The FBI said yesterday that it is “not aware of any continued communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers.”
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Parashat: "Yitro" (Exodus 18:1-20:26)

PARASHA: “Yitro” (Jethro) EXODUS 18:1-20:26

We see in this parashah a lot of wisdom on the part of Moshe and Yitro, his father-in-law. First, we learn that Moshe had sent his wife and children back to stay with their father and grandfather. I believe that, for safekeeping, when one sees danger, it is wise to care for one's family, as Moshe did. His wife and children might have been in danger, the Egyptians might have retaliated, might have kidnapped his wife and children, or killed them, so Moshe took precaution, which is a good thing. This is what all fathers and husbands must do. Protect their families when they sense danger is near.

The second piece of wisdom comes from Yitro. He is a man of experience, so he says, “Moshe, what are you doing to these people?” Hey, you are only one man, and a few million of them? Come on, dude, get wiser, this isn't a one-man deal here, no such things as “lone-rangers” in ministry, even the “Lone-Ranger” was not alone, he had “Tonto”. Ministry is to be shared with other believers; that is why the Ruach Ha Kodesh has given the Spiritual gifts, to be shared, to minister to others, by many, not just one. The rabbi cannot do it alone, nor can the pastor. The rabbi needs his co-workers, and so does the pastor; if not, they are going to run themselves ragged. This is called “pastor/rabbi Burn-out”

Another thing to point out, and it directs us to a question. The scripture says that Moshe sat in judgment of the people and made known the ordinances of God. But…Moshe and the people had not received the Torah yet. That came afterward. So, if Moshe hadn’t received the commandments yet, how did he know the ordinances of God with which to judge the people?

Two possibilities. This event might have happened after receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Another possibility is that God gave Moses a preview of the Law and ordinances with which to judge the people before receiving the Law at Mt. Sinai. It might have been during the time that Moshe was sent back to Egypt that God revealed his laws and statutes to him personally through visions or dreams. Remember that God spoke to Moshe as one man speaks to another. These are just possibilities; then on Sinai, they were given on stone tablets and written down on parchment papers or on lamb skins. From the “Oral Torah to the Written Torah.”

This is the parashah of the “Ten Mitzvoth,” the “Ten Commandments,” but before the giving of these, YHVH presents the deal to the people, kind of like when the bridegroom presents himself to the bride. These are beautiful words;


” Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself, therefore IF you harken unto my voice and keep my covenant, THEN ye shall be my own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine, and you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation” (19:4-6)

It is all conditional, like all contracts and covenants, we see the “IF” and “THEN”. He says that He bore Israel on eagles' wings. An eagle will carry her young on her wings to protect them from harm. So did YHVH. He brought Israel through the Sea on dry land, and brought them nigh unto Har Sinai. Now, they have to decide whether they will accept YHVH as their one and only God. And obey HIS words?

It is like asking the bride to accept the groom as her only husband, provider, and loving ruler, (not tyrant) BUT…even though Israel broke the covenant many times, YHVH has remained faithful and we are HIS HOLY PEOPLE, his ELECT, whether we were born and raised in Israel or from the nations, doesn't matter, we are HIS because we have accepted HIS sacrifice in YESHUA our “Goel” (Redeemer), and we choose the follow his Torah, his LIVING Torah.

The HE lays out the first 10 of the 613 commandments, which generalize, one can say “all” of the Torah: We need to realize that the first ten were given directly by Adonai to his people, HIS voice to HIS people, the other 603 were given to the people THROUGH Moshe, but still, they are all GOD’s commandments. Moshe simply did not make them up.

”ANOCHI YHVH ELOHEIHA” ( I AM ADONAI YOUR GOD) with the I AM emphasized, one can say “Ani” (I) or Anochi (I really AM) He is saying, I am who I have claimed to be, the God who took you out of Egypt and brought you here, I am ready to be your God, so if that is the case, there can only be ONE God in your life, that is ME, I don't want statues of me, that what the Egyptians did, so, don't do as they did, (It took one day to take Israel out of Egypt, but 40 years to take Egypt out of Israel, if you get the meaning). Don't bow down and worship other gods, that will NOT be accepted. It is interesting to see that the words “Egyptians” and “Egypt” is the same in Hebrew, it is the word “Mitzraim”.

Also, these words "Your God" and "took you out" (Eloheiha) and (Motziteha) are written in the singular, yet at the same time, plural. God is speaking to the "ONE Nation of Israel, the ONE people united as ONE (Echad), yet every individual is being spoken to. Yeshua died for each one of us, yet we are all part of one race, the Human race.

When Israel crossed the Red Sea, the “Egyptians” were drowned in the sea, yet “Egypt” followed Israel still, in the manner of “mindset” “philosophy”, “influence”. Today, when we reject the ways of the world and come to “Yeshua,” there are still “world-ways” one tends to follow; sometimes we do things even without thinking, which reminds us of the “ways of the world” (evil things).


Yet we see today, even though we don't make or bow down to silver, gold, wooden statues that symbolize who God is, or TRY to symbolize who he is, sorry guys, they didn't have cameras back then to take pictures, many bow down and consider more important things like; football, soccer, money, sex, TV, fast cars, work, you name it, if these come before our worship and service to our God YHVH, then those things ARE OUR gods!! put them in their proper places, lest YHVH take them from us by force!!

THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF YHVH IN VAIN.... What is being said here? When many take oaths, promises, many times the name of GOD is used, like “I swear to God I'll pay you back next week.” Well, if next week rolls around and you pay back what you owe, you will have HONORED the NAME of GOD, yet if you don't, you will have taken the NAME of God in vain! It is better not to make promises and use God's name; we can always say “I'll do my best to pay you back as soon as I am able” and leave it at that. One can take the name of the LORD thy GOD in vain without words; our mere actions and comportment speak of God and who He is. If we behave unlike born-again believers, like a lost person, then, our actions are "taking the name of YHVH in vain."

REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY....The Sabbath is, and always will be, Saturday; it was never changed to Sunday. Nothing wrong with going to church on Sunday, to me, it is a “double blessing” to worship Adonai two days straight. Yes, the early believers met on the first day of the week (Sunday) to break bread and have fellowship. This was “Havdalah”: the close of the Sabbath and the welcome of the new week. This was a “custom” that they did, and we still do; it was not a CHANGE of sabbaths. Yeshua resurrected on the first day of the week, Baruch HaShem!!(Praise the LORD) great! And we can also worship on Sundays at local churches, but it was NEVER a change of sabbaths. I think we can learn from God's WORD through God's appointed ministers, pastors, and rabbis on both Saturdays and Sundays. On both the Sabbath day and the Day of Resurrection (The 7th day and on the 8th day as well), Sunday is often referred to as the 8th day. The "beginning of the new week.

HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER...This really needs no explanation; it is common sense to honor our parents and respect them because of WHO they are, and what they have done for us. My mom and dad used to say to me; “We went without many times to give you the things that you have today” Our parents give us love, raise us, hopefully, to love God, ( I can't speak for all of you readers, since everyone is different) But, if our parents gave us love and taught us about God and Yeshua/Jesus, then, we ought to do the same for our kids. Honoring father and mother does not mean sticking them in a rest home when they are old and going off and forgetting about them, doesn't work like that. Were your parents rotten to you? Did they mistreat you? Well, love them anyway! It is what Yeshua taught.

THOU SHALT NOT MURDER, THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.....ever wonder why those three commandments are together? If one commits adultery, sleeps with another man's wife or husband, one is “murdering” a marital relationship, and “stealing” what does not belong to you, being another person's spouse. Yeshua explains it even better. He said if you only “think” of sleeping, having sex with another person's wife or husband, that person has already committed adultery in his or her mind. It gets pretty intense if you look at it that way. “Murder” does NOT include going to war and fighting for your nation; you are DEFENDING your family and homeland.

“Stealing?” That can be a two or three-page explanation. If you come back late from lunch, you are “stealing” time from your employer; if you do not do your very best, then you are “stealing” from your employer, your own ability, and usefulness. Can a man rob God? Malachi says, “Yes,” God speaking through his prophet, “You have ROBBED me of your tithes and offerings.” One can rob from God when we do not utilize our spiritual gifts or waste them on worldly things.

DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.... This is another lengthy subject, but with simple words, always tell the truth, and do not hide the truth from others. To know that some thieves are planning to rob your neighbor, and you remain silent and do not alert your neighbor, is if you opened your neighbor's door for the thieves; you are being false. To tell a half-truth is to be false. Yes, the truth at times can be costly and painful, but being false can be worse.

DO NOT COVET.... Be satisfied with what you have, the job you have, the bank account you have, with the car you have, with the wife or husband you have...Coveting can lead to worse crimes. Look at Aachen, who coveted the Babylonian tunic and gold from Jericho; it cost him his life, and his family's lives too. If you want more than you have already, take it to the LORD in prayer, if the LORD sees that there is nothing wrong with giving you a little more, HE will give it to you in HIS perfect time. World War II was started when Hitler and the Emperor of Japan "coveted" other lands, and it resulted in their own destruction and their countries' ruin.

All in all, we have this "Decalog" as it is sometimes called. Our guidance in righteous living. We are saved by faith, and not by works, yet our works show our faith. Pray that our lives will reflect what God has written down for our guidance, for our direct relationship with God, and our relationship with our fellow man. Amen


Every church in America needs armed security

On a recent Sunday morning in Minnesota, worshipers gathered expecting what Christians have done for 2,000 years: to sing, to pray, to hear the Word of God, and to seek peace in the presence of their Creator and Savior. Instead, they encountered chaos.

A group of activists forced their way into a worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, shouting slogans, interrupting prayer, and deliberately desecrating a sacred space. The message was unmistakable: Even churches are no longer off-limits.

For many believers, this moment seemed like a line had been crossed. For others, it confirmed what they have quietly feared for years: Our churches are now seen by some as soft targets. And pretending otherwise puts lives at risk.

This is not isolated. Churches have been under attack for years now, and Christians need an answer that is wise, firm, and biblical. The disturbing truth is this: Every church in America needs armed security.

Not because Christians are called to live in fear. Not because we worship violence. Not because we lack faith in God’s protection. But because God’s Word affirms both spiritual trust and practical responsibility.

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Pray The Holy Spirit guides Yumnam Khemchand Singh who is the new chief minister of Manipur, India as he deals with ethnic & racial tensions

Pray The Holy Spirit guides Yumnam Khemchand Singh who is the new chief minister of Manipur, India as he deals with ethnic & racial tensions between different people groups in Manipur


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He that believes in Him HAS (present tense) an age-lasting life….now in this mortal body...

Peace in Christ.

Again, everyone who is living and believing into Him will NOT DIE.... into the age.

This is not about “spiritual death” but about our mortal bodies not dying ever until we reach the last day of this age where then our mortal bodies are changed over into immortal. We are to be preserved whole: body, soul and spirit unto the last day of this age we are currently living in.

Literal Standard Version
John 11:26 and everyone who is living and believing in Me will not die—throughout the age;

Jesus died in the mortal flesh and was raised to life in the mortal flesh so that we might have His life in our mortal flesh. He was made a partaker of flesh and blood (that we all have) so that through His death (in the flesh and blood) He might destroy him that has the power of death. He was resurrected in the mortal flesh....flesh and bone.

Heb 2:14-15 KJV
(14) Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Isn’t it Satan’s ministers who “scare” us into going to a man-based church? They scare us with going to hell for all eternity. And so they (the false prophets) bring us into their bondage of serving their church handwritings of ordinances…where they are serving the sin and perish mortally. We are to be delivered from them who are presently perishing away in their mortal bodies.

(15) And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

After Jesus was resurrected, He appeared to His disciples in FLESH AND BONES. He was not a “spirit” to them. He was resurrected in the mortal body so that we might have life NOW in this mortal body.

Luk 24:36-40 KJV
(36) And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
(37) But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
(38) And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
(39) Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

(40) And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

He that believes in Him HAS (present tense) an age-lasting life….now in this mortal body.

Joh 6:47 KJV
(47) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath (present tense) everlasting (AGE-LASTING) life.

God has given (PRESENT TENSE) to us an age-lasting life.

1Jn 5: KJV
(10) He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
(11) And this is the record, that God hath given (PRESENT TENSE) to us eternal (AGE-LASTING) life, and this life is in his Son.

(12) He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

We are to know that we have (PRESENT TENSE) an age-lasting life by believing on the name/authority of the Son of God.

(13) These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have (PRESENT TENSE) eternal (AGE-LASTING) life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

These things has John written to us concerning those who seduce us. The false prophets are making it about “spiritual death”. They say we mortally die now but we don’t die spiritually until we are then resurrected at the last day. But this is erroneous. This is of the spirit of error that is leading many to their mortal death. They are not preaching a LIVING hope....just a dying on.

We have age-lasting life NOW in this mortal body.

1Jn 2:24-26 KJV
(24) Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
(25) And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal (AGE-LASTING) life.

(26) These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

We are to be begotten again unto a LIVING HOPE....not a dying one as being universally preached now. Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead already and is alive now so that we might have His life now. He already mortally died for us...in our place...so that we do not have to die but have His resurrected life now in this mortal body.

1st Peter 1:13
Literal Standard Version
Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness begot us again to a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out of the dead

If Christ is truly raised from the dead now, then we should have His resurrected life now. We only “die” to sin with Him so that we LIVE now through Him as He is alive now. We are to be "dead" unto sin, but ALIVE now unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rom 6:8-11 KJV
(8) Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
(9) Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
(10) For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

(11) Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

He has "abolished" death...that is, He has rendered it idle for us now.

2Ti 1:9-10 KJV
(9) Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

(10) But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

Austin Stone Worship - "How Deep the Father's Love For Us"

I love this song. I first found out about it when I first heard it from Celtic Worship (a great band that I recommend people check out).

So, I searched for "How Deep the Father's Love For Us" on YouTube, and this was one of the options. I decided to check it out, and I really like this rendition (I like Celtic Worship's rendition better, but I like both a lot).

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How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One,
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocing voice,
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that helf Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I knoww that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast inJesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom
(REPEAT)
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Hi Everyone

You know when you get that internal pull to read your bible and you don't listen to it? I have been ignoring it for years but due to a chain of events over the last 6 months I have picked it back up and opened my bible. I'm building my relationship with HIM and it is a work in progress. My goal for now is to read my bible every day and replace doomscrolling online with reading.

Trump Complains Canada Has Been Unfair

Oh Canada, you're so unfair!
Donald threatens to not open a bridge 7 years in the making.
Oh, and Canada funded the bridge.

The Gordie Howe International Bridge — a six-lane bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, that has cost about $4.7 billion to build — has been under construction since 2018 and is due to open early this year, according to the organization behind it.

On Monday, Trump said he “will not allow” it to open in a post on Truth Social, claiming that Canada had treated the U.S. “very unfairly for decades” and that the U.S. would not benefit from the project.

“I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve,” he said.


West Virginia worked with ICE — 650 arrests later, officials say Minnesota-style 'chaos' is a choice


What a difference from Minnesota. It never seems to be their fault, they blame Trump, even for their own bad behavior. Perhaps that the difference, a lack of responsibility.

Are We Lacking in Love?

“If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NASB1995)

What’s this in reference to? It is in reference to the teaching in the previous chapter which ends with “And I show you a still more excellent way.” For when this was written, there were no chapters and verses. This was all one continuous letter from the Apostle Paul to the church of God in Corinth, in which he gave them all kinds of exhortations. So, it is good for us to know the context here, which was Paul teaching on Spiritual gifts. And, the previous chapter, chapter 12, is a preface for what he taught in chapter 13.

The main point I get from chapter 12 is that, by the Spirit, we are all gifted in different ways, so we won’t all be the same. Even if we have the same gift category, we may not all exercise it the same way. All should be exercised in the power of the Holy Spirit, according to the teachings of the Scriptures on Spiritual gifts. But none of us should operate in “the gifts” from a worldly or fleshly perspective. And all of us who have been assigned by God our specific “body parts” in the family of God, we are not all going to be the same.

For, there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons, i.e. in all people of genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus whose lives are committed to the will and purposes of God, who have the Holy Spirit living within them, gifting them, and using them for the glory of God to minister God’s love and grace to the rest of the body of believers in Jesus Christ, and to share the gospel with the world.

Therefore, not one of us is to say to another part of the body of Christ that we have no need of them. Now, if they are living in sin, that is a totally different situation which must be addressed and resolved for them to be active parts of the body ministering to the rest of the body. But that is not the issue here. The issue here is body parts, operating in the power of the Holy Spirit, who are being told that they “don’t fit,” and they should go “someplace else where they will be a ‘better fit’.” This should not be!!

“But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.” (1 Corinthians 12:24-26 NASB1995)

And this then takes us to chapter 13. We who say we love God, and that we are filled with the Spirit of God, and that we are operating in the gifts of the Spirit, are not to be those who treat the other body parts with disdain and disapproval just because they have different body parts from us, or because the manner in which they exercise their spiritual gifts does not meet with our approval. Their exercise of their spiritual gifts, though, needs to meet with God’s qualifications, and his approval, and that should be enough for us.

For our approval of one another should not be based in human thinking and reasoning, nor in marketing schemes and goals, nor out of fear that the ungodly of this world might be offended by our actions. But how we view one another, and how we treat one another, should be based in the teachings of the Scriptures, and in the model set before us in the person of Jesus Christ. But I will give this one caution. The fruit of the Spirit is “self-control,” so if our “gifting” is “out of control,” it is not of the Holy Spirit.

And, lastly, this love we are to have for one another is not based in human feelings and emotions which fluctuate, for we are to love even our enemies, and those who do evil against us, and even those within “the church” who reject us and cast us aside as unwanted because we don’t fit in with their modern-day marketing schemes and goals on how to “draw in large crowds of people from the world” into their gatherings. But just because someone else’s gifts are different from ours, it doesn’t make them wrong or us right.

[Matthew 5:43-46; Luke 6:27-28; Luke 10:27; John 13:34-35; John 15:12]

Love Never Fails

Based off 1 Corinthians 13 NIV
An Original Work / August 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


If I speak
With tongues of men and angels,
But do not have love,
My speech is but noise;
It sounds like thunder from above.
If I have the gift of preaching,
Knowledge, faith and prophecy,
But I do not love my brothers,
Oh, what vanity!
If I give all I possess
To help a neighbor who’s in need,
But I do not love my sisters,
I gain not a thing.

Love is patient; love is kind;
It does not envy; is not proud.
It is not rude; not self-seeking;
Selflessly gives out.
Love does not delight in evil,
But rejoices with the truth;
Protects always; hopes and trusts,
And always perseveres.
Love is not easily angered;
Keeps no record of the wrongs.
It forgives when wrong’s intended;
Returns hate with love.

Love will never fail when it is
God’s love reaching out through us,
Selfless in its care for others;
Yielding to the cross.
Prophecies and tongues
And knowledge,
Wisdom, teaching, miracles,
Gifts of healing, helping others –
These will all be stilled.
When perfection comes
The imperfect will surely disappear.
Faith and hope and love remain;
The greatest of these, love.

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An Original Work / February 10, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
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Nigerian priest kidnapped along with 10 civilians

Assailants kidnapped Father Nathaniel Asuwaye, the pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Karku, Nigeria, along with 10 others, the Nigerian Diocese of Kafanchan announced Feb. 7 in a press release asking for prayers.

“This terrible event occurred at about 03:20 [AM] at his residence, and the situation was described by the villagers as an act of invasion by a group of terrorists,” read the release, which was written by the diocesan chancellor, Father Jacob Shanet.

"At the time of writing this report, the incident has resulted in the killing of three people (Mr Jacob Dan'azumi, Mr Maitala Kaura, and Alhaji), aside from those abducted," he continued.

Fr. Shanet asked for prayers for those kidnapped or killed.

“We kindly invite all priests, Christian faithful, and men and women of goodwill to pray for Fr. Nathaniel, the other ten people, and the repose of the souls of those who were killed during the attack,” he said in the release.

Continued below.

Federal appeals court hands Trump big win, ends protections for migrants from three nations


Sometimes the judges realize there is no way to get around the law.

Is this the real reality? What do you believe or think?

Alot of people say that you can't prove that there are other places other than this, and that whether there is or not is a matter of whether you think there is or not, or what you believe, and I think that they are correct in that mostly really, and that it really does just come down to what you think, or a choice to believe it or not actually, etc.

Personally, I think there is, or at least could be, and this is for a lot of reasons, most of which most of you probably won't believe, so I'm going to try to stick to just only the ones that you maybe can believe maybe, ok.

I don't think this is the real reality, and that what each of us is, goes well beyond this actually, etc. I think that this reality is just a sub-set of another reality which is the real reality, etc. That this is more like a program, or simulation, and that most of what we see/experience here is only temporary, and that this is not the greatest or highest reality, but is only a part or sub-set of that other reality, etc. Also that this reality is deterministic also actually, etc. And that some of us maybe even had a pre-existence before this maybe, but that memory of only just fails us right now currently, etc, but that also might be re-restored upon re-entering maybe. There are a lot of possibilities, etc.

Why this reality or our temporary existence here is another discussion for another time, although I do think I have some answers for that though actually.

Anyway, what do you think?

Can you exercise some sort of faith/belief that this reality might not be the only reality, or the highest or greatest reality? Or at least allow for the possibility of that maybe?

What do you think?

Take Care/God Bless.

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