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Catholic vice president pushes back against those who are framing his desire as disrespectful.

JD Vance hopes that his wife Usha one day becomes a Christian — and is pushing back against those who are framing his desire as disrespectful.

The vice president, who is a convert to Catholicism, took to social media on Oct. 31 to defend his wish, shared publicly at a speaking event two days earlier, that his Hindu-raised wife would one day come to “believe in the Christian Gospel.”

“My Christian faith tells me the Gospel is true and is good for human beings,” Vance said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “[Usha] is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage — or any interfaith relationship — I hope she may one day see things as I do.”

“Regardless, I’ll continue to love and support her and talk to her about faith and life and everything else, because she’s my wife,” wrote Vance. The vice president, who met his wife at Yale Law School when they both identified as agnostics, added that Usha is “the most amazing blessing” in his life, adding that she encouraged him to reengage with his own faith “many years ago.”

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# A. So you want to favor and keep. the LAW. , which is. the OLD COVENANT , was HARSH. ??

# B And the LAW there is no PLEADING. before the JUDGE !

# C WATER BAPTISM will never HELP. at ALL. !!

# D And your claim that you were BORN AGAIN. will never help you !!

# E Remember. that we are NOT under the LAW. BUT under GRACE , and Rom 6:14

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Amy Morrell, a beloved staff member at the Meadowridge Academy in Swansea, Massachusetts, has died after she was kicked in the chest by a 14-year-old student she was trying to restrain, authorities say.

Morrell, 53, of Riverside, Rhode Island, collapsed at the therapeutic residential school for "youth and young adults with mental health issues" after she was kicked on Wednesday, Oct. 15. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office said in a statement cited by WBZ-TV News that the incident occurred at around 6:55 p.m. when the female student was allegedly trying to leave a dorm building without permission.

“Based upon the initial investigation, the juvenile was charged with Assault and Battery causing Serious Bodily Injury," the district attorney's office said.

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If one considers ethics to an an agreed upon set of rules for conduct such as the code of Hammurabi and other ancient laws, one might consider "morality" as going beyond conduct to motives for behavior such as the danger of "coveting". One might even ask if philosophies such as Stoicism were influenced by Jewish law.

There are elements of ethics in Jewish law as well as proscriptions for activities to remind them of the God they were supposed to remember. However, one can find elements of morality beyond don't steal because you might be punished to don't steal because it is wrong to hurt someone else.

One might even say that God used Israel to introduce morality such that people would start doing less harm to others. One might then see in Christianity and advance in that the idea of even doing good for others is introduced.

Interesting possibilities.

2 Mississippi sheriffs, 12 officers charged in drug trafficking bribery scheme, officials say​

One of the indictments, which charges 15 people, says law enforcement officers provided armed escort services on multiple occasions to an FBI agent posing as a member of a Mexican drug cartel.

01 November 2025 – China​

Multiple branches of Beijing Zion Church were raided in June, with a large number of church members being summoned for questioning. Pray that the harassment of this influential church will ease and that the Lord will give its leaders wisdom to know how to respond.

31 October 2025 – Somalia​

Praise God that ‘Andrea’ (see previous day) has recently seen seven women and two men come to Christ. They are now part of the underground church that she helps to run.

30 October 2025 – Somalia​

Please pray for ‘Andrea’, an older Somali believer who has experienced considerable persecution since coming to Jesus. However, despite her life being at risk she continues to reach out with the gospel to local Somali Muslims through her small business.

29 October 2025 – Somalia​

Praise God for initiatives that our partner is taking to nurture and disciple Somali families in the word of God as well as to provide healing for the many believers who have experienced trauma as a result of persecution.

28 October 2025 – Pakistan​

Pray for Release International partners who serve the persecuted in Pakistan. One faithful partner was recently forced to leave his home after being maliciously targeted by a neighbour. Another partner has been trying to deal with serious false accusations, which have affected his physical and mental health.

27 October 2025 – Pakistan​

The wife of a Christian brick-kiln worker was brutally raped at gunpoint while her husband was out working. After harassing her over a long period of time, her attacker forced his way into the family home before assaulting the mother of five.

26 October 2025 – Pakistan​

Pray for a teenaged Christian girl who recently escaped after being kidnapped by a local Muslim man and his son. During her captivity, she was tortured, beaten and raped and suffered a miscarriage. She attempted suicide before managing to escape.

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Evangelist Franklin Graham condemned the face of “radical Islam” in Sudan after receiving videos showing paramilitary fighters executing civilians following their capture of the city of el-Fasher. Graham said the footage, which includes people being shot in the head and “piles of bodies,” was too graphic to share publicly.

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, seized el-Fasher on Monday, taking control of the last government-held city in Darfur after a months-long siege, The Associated Press reported. The RSF had already expelled Sudanese army troops from the region in recent weeks, marking a new stage in a war that has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced over 14 million.

On Wednesday, the Sudanese government reported that more than 2,000 civilians were killed since RSF entered the city.

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Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Nick Fuentes is another clear articulation of what Tucker is trying to do to the American right. Carlson knew exactly who Fuentes is and what he represents. He gave a platform to a man who openly admires Hitler, denies the Holocaust, and preaches white supremacism dressed up as “Christian traditionalism.” That was the point. The goal wasn’t to debate Fuentes. It was to mainstream him, to test how far this poison could spread inside the conservative movement, and to drive a wedge between Jews and Christians.

Ever since he left Fox News, Carlson has not been shy about his disdain for Israel and for Christians who support it. In his interview with Fuentes, he said he hates Christian Zionists more than anyone else and called their beliefs “heresy.” Think about that. A man who claims to defend Western civilization now mocks the very faith tradition that built it. He is trying to turn Christians against the Jewish people, to convince them that standing with Israel is a betrayal of Christ. It has never been clearer that Tucker doesn’t know his Bible.

Moreover, by hosting Fuentes, Tucker is stabbing TPUSA in the back. Nick Fuentes was an enemy of TPUSA. And now, just a short time after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Tucker, who claims to be one of Charlie’s closest friends, hosts one of Charlie’s enemies.

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Recently, Politico exposed a seven-month collection of Telegram chat conversations among 12 members of the Young Republican National Federation that were overtly hateful, racist, and antisemitic.

It’s easy to try to dismiss this abhorrent chat group as an outlier of immature kids who have very little impact. (Most conservatives are not hateful, after all.) We want to believe that this report is just another example of liberal media bias — especially when we, as Christian conservatives, are regularly demeaned and labeled as right-wing extremists, often called “white Christian nationalists” by those in the middle and left side of the political spectrum. In fact, Vice President J.D. Vance downplayed the story, saying that these chats paled in comparison to the outright violent rhetoric and actions of the Left.

While the vice president is right to point out that these 12 young Republicans are far less influential and violent than those on the Left like Antifa, Charlie Kirk’s assassin, and the Virginia attorney general candidate, Jay Jones (a man who could potentially become the state’s chief legal advisor and law enforcement officer), we should not disregard or excuse their disgusting words. Disturbingly, there is a growing trend of hateful language among young conservatives and even some other influential conservatives. What has typically been relegated to the “alt-right fringe” is pushing its way into normal conservative circles. This is something that we, as Christians, must stand up against and stop.

Conservative leaders raising the alarm​

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Ex-occultist and Catholic learns the Sabbath Truth from reading the Bible.

Love the comments as well.

God is good. Happy Sabbath!

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Family and friends of Jewel Harden, a beloved member of the Crown Kingdom Cultural Center in North Augusta, South Carolina, are reeling in grief after she was shot dead during a robbery on her way home from church on Sunday.

Harden, 76, who is from Hephzibah, Georgia, was fatally shot at a Sprint gas station on Edgefield Road along with another victim identified as 33-year-old Thomas B. Lilly Jr. of Williston, South Carolina. A WRDW report says officers were called to the scene at 2:05 p.m. to investigate a report of an armed robbery with gunshots.

“Officers were dispatched to a shooting and upon arrival one of our officers encountered the armed suspect in the parking lot where the suspect was shot by a North Augusta Public Safety Officer," the North Augusta Department of Public Safety reported at 3:45 p.m. on Sunday. "Further investigation revealed two victims that had been shot prior to Public Safety's arrival."

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All Saints propers & commentary (EF)

The Orations of All Saints’ Day (EF)

Solemnity of All Saints readings & commentary (OF)

Solemnity of All Saints readings & commentary (OF)
Other Titles: All Saints Day

Without spot or wrinkle: sermon on the feast of All Saints

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Saints of the Day

Sermons for Everyday Living - All Saints Means You Too! - 11/1/25

The Brief​

• • Some states are taking action to protect food assistance as the federal government plans to suspend SNAP payments starting Saturday.
  • The Trump administration says food stamp payments will be suspended on Nov. 1 because of the ongoing government shutdown.
  • Officials in 25 states filed a lawsuit to try to force the administration to continue payments. A ruling is expected late Thursday.

Payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could be suspended starting Saturday if the government shutdown continues or a judge doesn’t step in to stop the cuts.

The program, which costs around $8 billion a month and serves about 1 in 8 Americans, is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. It would be the first time in the program’s history that payments would be suspended.

Ahead of the Nov. 1 deadline, some states are taking action to protect food assistance for their most vulnerable residents.

Why are SNAP payments being suspended?​

What they're saying:

The Trump administration said it’s not allowed to use a contingency fund with about $5 billion in it for the program, despite an earlier plan that would have tapped the money to keep SNAP running amid the shutdown.

The other side:

Democratic state attorneys general or governors from 25 states, as well as the District of Columbia — filed a lawsuit challenging the suspension of payments. They argue that not only could that contingency money be used, it must be. They also said a separate fund with around $23 billion could be tapped.

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I am in the process of developing graphic tools to assist in memorizing scripture. I may collect said graphics into a book form.
The concept of graphic memorization tools began, to the best of my knowledge, when Jerry Lucas wrote a book back in the 75: "Remember the Word: Vol. 1, The Gospels: A Bible Memorization System." Lucas got a graphic artist to create pictographs that would assit the reader to memorize scritpure books, chapters, passages, and verses. The pictures use the association principle to lock subject matter into the memory of the student.
Here is one picture that I have created using Gemini AI.
The image is simple, silly, and should be easy to memorize. Silly is the key phrase here.
In the sky, there is the word "THe".
Below is a "JeeP".
Also in the jeep is a anthropomorphic "LoG."
Kamala Harris is driving = "VP". (Kamala was the VP when I first created this concept.)

So the motion of the picture (as displayed at the bottom) is "THe JeeP LoG VP".
Note the capitalization. This is just to remind you of a key principle. We do not use vowels in this memory tool.

So the functional letters would only be consonants:

TH
JP
LG
VP

In this case, each letter is the first letter in our memory verse:
True
Honest
Just
Pure
Lovely
Good report
Virtue
Praise.

You can probably guess the verse:

Philippians 4:8 KJV
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are True, whatsoever things are Honest, whatsoever things are Just, whatsoever things are Pure, whatsoever things are Lovely, whatsoever things are of Good report; if there be any Virtue, and if there be any Praise, think on these things.

Study the picture until you have it in your memory. Then, remember to only use the consonants of the words. Associate the letters with the words in the verse, and you will have the framework for memorizing this scripture.

What is a “Christian”? A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ, who follows (obeys) the teachings of Christ. And to be a follower of Christ means to be his disciple. And a disciple of Christ is a believer, a supporter, a devotee, and an adherent of Christ and of his teachings. They are those who obey, uphold, defend, and advocate for Christ, for who he was and is, for what he did for us on that cross, and for his teachings, and who aim to be more like him. A Christian is not someone who merely professes to believe in Jesus Christ.


For to hear his voice is not just to audibly hear him, but it is to listen to him. And to listen to him means that we pay close attention to his words to hear them and to obey them. An example of this should be understood by anyone who has ever been a parent of a small child. You talk to the child, but it is like your words are going nowhere, and so you say to the child, “Are you listening to me?” What is meant by the parent is, “Are you paying attention to my words, to take them into your mind, and then to do what they say?”

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).

But there are many people in this world calling themselves “Christians,” who do so for many different reasons. Some do so for nefarious purposes, either because they are trying to gain support from the Christian community, and/or because they are wolves in sheep’s clothing who have entered the sheepfold by another way, and for the express purpose to deceive and to teach them lies in hope that they will now follow and believe the lies, and that they will reject Jesus’s teachings. And they’ve been very successful.

Many have made professions of faith in Jesus Christ, believing all their sins are now forgiven, and that heaven is secured them for eternity, but who are not listening to the Lord, for they are not his true sheep, for they are not following him in obedience to his commands, but they are still living to please the flesh and are continuing to do what is evil in the sight of God. They may call themselves “Christians,” but biblically speaking they are not Christians, for they are not disciples of Christ, for they go their own way.

So, the passage of Scripture here is definitely making a division between those who suffer as murderers, thieves, and as evildoers, and those who suffer because they are Christians, as the Bible defines “Christian,” and not as the world does. So if you profess faith in Jesus Christ, but sin is still your practice, and not obedience to God, but you suffer, it is not because you are a Christian, even if you profess to be one. You could be suffering for all sorts of reasons, and even because you are living in sin while professing Christ.

So if the judgment of God first begins with us who believe in Jesus Christ, what does that mean, in context? Well, the context is the testing of our faith via trials and tribulations which come to us to test us to see if our faith is genuine, or to strengthen us in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, to teach us to rely on God and not on ourselves, and to cut out of our lives any weak areas. The trials either grow us or they destroy us, depending upon how we respond to them. But let them grow you, and not destroy you.

What they have done for me is to make me stronger and more determined to search out the truth, to stand by the truth, strong against the lies, to refute the lies of the enemy, and to continue boldly, in the strength of the Lord, to keep speaking the truth of the gospel, and to not give way to the enemy of my soul or to any human being who would try to convince me to back down and to “lighten up” and to not take life so seriously. And this is why I am who I am doing what God has called me to do for his glory.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

His Tender Mercies

An Original Work / January 26, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Fear not! I’m with you.
Be not dismayed!
God watches o’er you.
Trust Him today.
He’ll lead and guide you;
Give you His aid.
He’ll love and keep you
With Him always.

Walk in His footsteps.
He’ll lead the way.
Trust in His love;
Believe that He cares.
He will not leave you.
Faithful He’ll be.
His tender mercies
Now you will see.

Fellowship with Him
Throughout the day.
Tell Him your heartaches.
He’ll heal always.
Rest in His comfort.
He is your friend.
Your faith He’ll strengthen,
True to the end.

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An Original Work / November 1, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Release International’s partner in Central Asia provides on-going support to Christian workers, who are active in church planting and in pastoring often scattered and isolated congregations.

Pray for Pastor Pavel Shreider, who is currently in prison in Kyrgyzstan and is suffering with deteriorating health. As Release International reported earlier this year, he claims he was tortured during his interrogation.

Pray for gospel ministry in Kyrgyzstan after restrictions against freedom of religion and belief came into effect earlier this year. Pray that Christians and churches would stand strong.

Pray for the health of Nikolai Romanyuk, pastor of an Evangelical church in Moscow, who is currently serving a four-year sentence in a labour camp for speaking against the war in Ukraine.

The first expression I guess you can call it that is becoming more clear to me the more I trust God and centering Christ in my life. Is that I am so so gratful. You don't believe how grateful I am that God not only saved me which in itself is amazing and a testiment to how God knows us so well.

But that He also makes everything ok. He offers something more than this life. Which I know without Him I could have been anything evil that we see in the world. Even the persuit of this worlds riches. Which I had done.

That God can not only change individuals but families or groups of people and even moreso difficult situations that seem impossible if you believe.

I sometimes feel like the Prodigal son twice over and yet God still forgives me and loves me. The more I know this the more I want to please Him.

In some ways I see myself as lucky that I experienced what I did such as addiction and crime. Or becoming the world and experiencing all that this involves including the persuit of money and material gain.

But being raised a Catholic but leaving pretty early and into the public system. The result I might add of a divorce and family breakdown. Which has led to the family being seperated for years in different parts of Australia.

Nevertheless I always felt God somewhere in the background. So I wonder if I was always saved and then became the Prodigal son a couple of times. Because I was saved I think when in my 20s. After getting into a lot of trouble I ended up facing long term jail or rehab lol. Back in those days the whole drug rehab and courts was starting. They must have seen I had potential lol.

But after some years I drifted away from the church, got married, travelled the world, lived in England for a few years and came back. Then continued my lifestyle as Aussies do. I was back on home turf and knew the culture of sex and drugs and rock and roll. In reality it was heavy drinking and lots of pot. Then businesses again and it ended in a heart attack at the age of 45.

Then things began to change. Not right away. But I was reflecting on my life and what the meaning of everything was. But was also having these internal battles or perhaps arguements with myself about the typical stuff that skeptics bring up. Evolution and science is the answer and makes more sense ect.

But I began to want more meaning and knew there was more this this mystery that meets the eye. Which I think was Gods light still flickering in my mind or spirit. I began to work in the care industry and I think this was the gradual process that got me back to God. It was not easy as I had many doubts and I had a tendency to get fixated on ideas and arguements and rationalism and all that.

But then it all just did not matter. Still the persistent inkling tugging at my soul and conscience of God and the vision of Christs sole footprints in the sand because he was carrying me.

But I am glad for this as no matter what God was there and all those trials and mistakes were part of what got me to where I am and I don't think I would have the same meaning and fullness of life without this.

But heres the strange this and I am not sure others feel the same. But for some reason Kirks murder has caused me to be even more sure and careful of my belief. Seeing all the division and hate and chaos has sort of made me retreat and get back to the basics. To be more Christlike than ever before as it seems the culture itself is changing that it should cause Christians to reflect.

Everyone is different and that is the great thing that through Christ everyone becomes an example and together this is a force. More so now than ever I think Christians need to preprove their belief and be more Christlike regardless of the world. It is getter harder but also that is when Christ shines.

The federal government must now scramble to either ensure that some SNAP funding is made available by Monday or appeal the rulings.

In context, this was an exhortation to the church elders to “shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock” (1 Peter 5:2-3 NASB1995). And I have always loved these words because they describe what the overseers of our church gatherings are supposed to be like in character and word and deed.

But the following words (quoted first here) do not have to only be said to overseers of church congregations, but they can apply to all of us who are followers of Jesus Christ. For all of us (church elders and pastors included) are to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, not thinking that we know better than God or that we don’t have to seek his counsel, and that we can still run our own lives the way that we want to. But we are to see ourselves through the eyes of God and realize how much we need him.

As those who are of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ, we are to deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self), and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands. We are to surrender our lives to Jesus Christ, in submission to his will and purpose for our lives. And we are to regard our lives as no longer our own to be lived how we want, for via the blood of Jesus Christ shed on that cross, we were bought back for God out of our lives of bondage to sin so that we will now serve the Lord with our lives.

And we are to cast all our anxiety on him, because he cares for us. And why might we be anxious? For thousands of reasons, probably, for life is not always kind to us, and people aren’t always, either. And we will face difficulties and trials and tribulations to test our faith, for sure. And I am going through some of those personally myself. Although not nearly as severe as what Job faced, mine are just about as multifaceted as were his, for he was called upon to suffer in so many different ways and means.

So this speaks to me, as well, to keep giving my pain and my suffering over to the Lord, trusting him to accomplish his will and purpose in my life through what he has called upon me to suffer right now. And I pray every day that I would make the right and wise decisions, and that he would always lead me in where to go and in what to do and in what to say.

For I think this is way more than I have ever had “on my plate” all at the same time before, where I am dealing with heart failure, breathing difficulty, sharp chest pain and pressure, and the possibility of cancer in 3 different body locations. And that is on top of the neuropathy, the leg pain, the dizziness, the balance issues, the head twitchings, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, cognitive decline, fatigue, swelling in the legs and ankles and abdomen, cough, heart palpitations, and possibly surgeries, too.

And the devil is definitely attacking me and fighting against me in trying to get me to give up hope or to be anxious, because all this is overwhelming. But it is more of an oppressive kind of feeling that is non-descript and yet uncomfortable at the same time. And sometimes I do break down and cry, too. But I am resisting him, and I am fighting back strong in my faith and in my trust and hope in God, in the power of God at work within me, as I draw on HIS strength, despite what all I am suffering physically at this time.

I know God has a plan and a purpose for all of this in my life, and that he is going to work good in my life, and in other people’s lives, too, through this time of suffering he is taking me through. And I have to walk by faith because I don’t know what is going to come about through all of this, or how it is all going to turn out, or even if I am going to live and not die. But I know God is in control, that he is completely sovereign over my life and over my circumstances, and that good is going to come out of this somehow.

To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen!

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

His Tender Mercies

An Original Work / January 26, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Fear not! I’m with you.
Be not dismayed!
God watches o’er you.
Trust Him today.
He’ll lead and guide you;
Give you His aid.
He’ll love and keep you
With Him always.

Walk in His footsteps.
He’ll lead the way.
Trust in His love;
Believe that He cares.
He will not leave you.
Faithful He’ll be.
His tender mercies
Now you will see.

Fellowship with Him
Throughout the day.
Tell Him your heartaches.
He’ll heal always.
Rest in His comfort.
He is your friend.
Your faith He’ll strengthen,
True to the end.

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Resist him, Firm in Your Faith
An Original Work / October 31, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Ozempic is being produced for Diabetes 2 and to help control obesity. But apparently it owes its origin to the Gila Monster, or at least some of it.

Enter a poisonous lizard

In the 1980s John Pisano, a biochemist with a penchant for venoms, and a young gastroenterologist Jean-Pierre Raufman were working with poisonous lizard venom from the Gila monster, a slow-moving reptile native to the south of the United States and north of Mexico. By the 1990s, Pisano, Raufman and colleague John Eng identified a hormone-like molecule they called exendin-4. This stimulated insulin secretion via action at the same receptor as GLP-1.

Excitingly, exendin-4 was not quickly metabolised by the body, and so might be useful as a diabetic therapeutic.

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“Our Government lawyers do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP with certain monies we have available, and now two Courts have issued conflicting opinions on what we can and cannot do. I do NOT want Americans to go hungry just because the Radical Democrats refuse to do the right thing and REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT,” President Trump said on Truth Social.

People should not suffer because of a political stunt.

Vice President JD Vance says he's raising his children in the Christian faith, despite being part of a mixed-faith family.

The 41-year-old clashed with a student over immigration policy and religious identity during a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, where he paid tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Speaking alongside widow Erika Kirk, the new head of Turning Point USA, Vance addressed thousands in an arena, fielding questions in the mold of Kirk's trademark "Prove Me Wrong" sessions. The Ole Miss stop was Erika Kirk's only appearance on the tour, which has recently featured Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson at other campuses.

Kirk, Turning Point USA's founder, was shot and killed in September at Utah Valley University.

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In Vietnam's more remote areas, villagers follow traditional ethnic-animist religions, and persecution towards anybody who becomes a Christian from this background is fierce. Believers can have their homes destroyed and be expelled from the community.

Local authorities crack down on Christian meetings, evangelism or Bible teaching. They may break up church services and detain, threaten, fine and sometimes imprison church leaders, ordering them not to speak about Jesus anymore. They are particularly suspicious of Christians from minority ethnic groups such as the Hmong. Despite this, Hmong Bible teachers bravely travel miles by motorbike into remote areas to train believers in secret Bible schools.

The historical Roman Catholic churches enjoy more freedom than other denominations and groups but can still face interference by the state. Like all Vietnamese people, these Christians are still likely to be imprisoned if they speak out on political issues.

Who is most vulnerable to persecution?​

People who become Christians from Buddhist or traditional religious backgrounds face the greatest persecution from their own communities, and also from local authorities who are already suspicious of these minority people groups.

Meet 'Vahn'​

The villagers and the local authorities came and beat us... one of the officials tasered me. But because God loves me, then I will love others. I do not hate the ones who persecute me; I pray for them, and I love them so.
VAHN, A CHURCH PASTOR IN VIETNAM.

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What has changed this year?​

Vietnam fell by nine places on this year's World Watch List compared to last year. The government has sought to strengthen its diplomatic relations with the Vatican, which is best evidenced by the appointment of the first resident papal representative in December 2023. However, the Catholic Church is still monitored and suffers various forms of oppression.

Most alarming is the increased oppression of unregistered churches in Vietnam. There's a concern that the government wants to control the church and is pushing for smaller churches to join recognised denominations that are more cooperative with the government.

Additional concerns raised by churches and religious organisations include increased reporting and registration requirements, tighter control on foreign-linked activities, restrictions on religious gatherings, expanded government oversight on training and education, and the potential for broader surveillance.

What does Open Doors do to help Christians in Vietnam?​

Open Doors works through local partners to strengthen persecuted believers in Vietnam by providing relief and practical aid, advocacy support, Christian resources, leadership and discipleship training, and socio-economic development projects.

How can you pray for Vietnam?​

• Ask God to comfort Vietnamese Christians who are oppressed, abused and attacked because of their faith.
• Pray for blessing on the work of Open Doors partners as they help with Bible distribution, leadership training and more
• Pray that the believers who gather in unregistered churches will be able to follow Jesus without impediment.

This isn't going to be my verbose self.

I've been extremely unstable (internally, been able to put up a mask) and my faith is wavier than the ocean in a hurricane. Almost apostatized two days ago but the Holy Spirit dragged me kicking and screaming into a shouty prayer asking God for assurance. Yesterday I was reading "atheist to christian" stories to try to ground my belief rationally so I don't have a "faith lapse" and fall into sin blindly. Today I feel listless and confused. I want to cry to God for help but I also want to hide in bed and pretend nothing exists.

In general I feel incredibly weak. Please pray for me.