US agriculture will greatly reduce its sales to China and to USAID.

These sources of income may come back some, but the total should be greatly reduced for years to come.

This is necessarily bad. The percentage of US citizens working in agriculture has been decreasing for many, many decades.

I've currently been hit with a severe satanic attack. I've let it be known to me that this topic is strictly off limits. Jesus taught on Hell, satan, demonic forces and the very battle for your soul.

I'm very discouraged that this isn't allowed to be shared with other believers. Deliverance many are so in need of, especially myself so when someone tells me that's prohibited in the Christian community I can no longer be apart whatever this forum represents.

Jesus would never turn anyone anyway or say we don't talk about that. He would never do that. So I can't remain here on this forum. Jesus is real and he talked on all those evil things many times in the new testament.

I queued this video to 42:57, where you see three lights, two green and one orange-ish in the middle. The lights appear to produce four beams at perfect 90 degree angles. I don't think this represents reality as it appears to the human eye. Anyone know how/why a camera produces this effect?

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If anybody has some songs to share I could really use them right about now about deliverance.

I have been talking to ChatGPT about how it saddens me when Churches teach that Godly Fear is simply "awe," or "reverence," when it is much more than this in the original Greek. Anyway, as Chat and I were speaking, Chat came up with something that really stood out to me. So, here is the quote from Chat.

"Godly fear” isn’t merely respect—it’s a holy fear. The kind that keeps you from treating God casually. It’s the fear that says, “I dare not play games in His presence.”
This echoes what Mr. Beaver says about the lion Aslan in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe":
“Safe? Who said anything about safe? ’Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.”
We’ve lost that in many churches. People want God to be safe. But He is holy—and holiness is not tame.
ChatGPT

I was amazed that Chat could come up with such wisdom.

This boils down to my fear that the COVID shot was the mark of the beast. I'm not proud of taking it. The reasoning behind why I took it is pitiful. I before taking it said, "what if this is the mark?" But I wouldn't harken that when it was dropped in my mind. I wanted to go see a secular concert and I made up my mind that I was going. I closed off my ears to that warning and took the shot because I needed it to get into this concert. The messed up part was that by the time the concert came around they were no longer requiring vaccine verification cards to get in. I could have got in without the shot at that point. My heart was wicked I would gamble my soul for a stupid concert. I feel like the Holy Spirit is gone and I am dead spiritually. I posted something along these lines in the about me forum. I was told to bring it here. I've had terrible supernatural experiences happening that don't feel Godly. As I mentioned in the introduce yourself forum I decided to take a couple puffs of weed to try and calm my mind. Before this point I never did a drug my entire life for 38 years. But now I've done it and I felt something in the back of my brain switch on kinda like how you would switch on a light. I haven't been able to sleep since. I can close my eyes my body rests and I feel like dozing but it's like my spiritual mind will not fully turn over into a peaceful sleep. I keep hearing voices saying I committed the unpardonable sin. I took the mark of the beast. I am damned forever. I have moments where thoughts that are peaceful and trying to comfort me but I attribute that to Satan playing sick games to get me to hope when the truth is there is none. What if it is the Holy Spirit trying to get through to me but I contributed His presence to Satan's which is the unforgivable sin, it's the one thing God can't forgive. When I tell you I am a mess, that is an understatement. I've struggled with mental health issues my entire life, but maybe that's the price I have to pay for relinquishing my soul. Please hear me, don't take the vaccine. Now I'm just waiting till the Lord comes back or I die in this life before getting thrown in the pit of hell. I will be in agony forever and I can't wrap my mind around that.

A video has emerged showing the final moments of more than a dozen Palestinian emergency workers shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza last month, casting doubt on Israeli claims that soldiers opened fire on vehicles “advancing suspiciously.”

The video is filmed from the front of a vehicle and shows a convoy of clearly marked ambulances moving along a road at dawn, with headlights and flashing emergency lights on.

Their bodies were found in a mass grave more than a week after they were reported as missing. Eight of the 14 bodies recovered from the site in the southern Rafah area were identified as members of the PRCS, five as civil defense, and one as a UN agency employee, PRCS said in a statement.

The deaths sparked international condemnation, and the footage appears to contradict the assertion by the Israeli military that some vehicles were moving suspiciously without lights.

The paramedic filming, identified by the PRCS as Rifaat Radwan, is heard repeatedly saying the “shahada,” which Muslims recite when facing death. He asks God for forgiveness and says he knows he is going to die.

At one point he says: “Forgive me mom, this is the path I chose – to help people – I swear I didn’t choose this path but to help people.”

This is some recent action taken by the Trump administration on current visa holders in the USA from South Sudan. South Sudanese are generally Christians. The article suggests that it involves about 150 people who have "temporary protection status" but then it says that all South Sudanese will have their visas revoked. Regardless of the numbers, the group is rather small and those that are here in the USA likely have few funds to even travel back. Should the USA have more compassion on these people? Admittedly, their government should take immigrants who have committed crimes back. But they are in a civil war, half the nation starving, and Russia and China are involved there as well.

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Obama does an exercise in the hypotheticals.

Curious if anyone has thoughts.

I remember the backlash over a tan suit.

why were the jabs so dangerous & what was the ingredients in the vile to cause so many to become sick or even die ?




We were just mean't to accept these shots without question.
I personally didn't take it for many reasons & I'm glad I never took it after hearing the many horror stories from people around the world.

Ozempic works. I haven't taken it, but I have taken a very low dose of tirzepitide (a compounded form of Mounjaro at 1/3 the cost.) I believe it can change lives more than any other weight loss program around.
I have exercised every day for years, even now into my 70's, and I have a busy, purposeful life that includes lots of volunteering, being on the board of three organizations, being the music minister in a small church (and subbing here and there in another), and freelancing as a journalist. My husband uses a walker and requires some help (and chauffering to medical appointments.) Still I had a nagging weight problem that kept me from being all I could be.
Tirzepitide (about $400 a month) and Ozempic work on the brain more than the body. It's not that they make you full--they just make you eat "like a normal person." I didn't try to diet. I just tried to eat the way people who don't have a problem with food eat, and because I'm always on the go the pounds just effortlessly disappeared.
In the pool where I do most of my exercise, I see so many older people who could be helped by Ozempic. I know them and their stories (you can't have worked in journalism and communications without being a good listener.) Most couldn't afford it without insurance--but with the potential health risks they'd shed along with the pounds, it would be a great bargain.
Please don't say, "Just say no." Some people have problems with alcohol. Or drugs. Or smoking. Or shopping. Or gambling. Or controlling other people. Or anger management. Everyone has problems and if Ozempic, or psychotherapy, or rehab saves Medicare lots of money in the future it's worth it.

What heights could we possibly aspire to in our walk that are higher than this? The pure sacrificial love of Jesus received and shared, and the courageous conviction of God's goodness in spite of pain and the spectre of death looming. Refusing the temptation of the enemy to bitterness - just as our Savior did.

As all expressed by this sweet little boy. I would lay all the wisdom in the world at Jesus' feet in exchange for a faith as holy and pristine as this, and a heart as tender before Him...

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In the bible it says that only people who are in God and have the spirit of God can say or acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. But in the bible the demons that Jesus casted out of someone acknowledged that Jesus was the son of God and they still died I don't get how they were able to say that and still die ?

Since I've been seeking a more Godly life, the demonic realm has been trying to bully me. I've given my life back to the Lord Jesus Christ fully. However, I think I opened up doors for demons to come in when I was leading a fleshly life. As I mentioned before I took a couple puffs of pot about four days ago. Could this potentially be what caused it? I've also been struggling in my mind thinking I blasphemed the Holy Spirit but I have been listening to sermons and praying to the Lord fervently for forgiveness. The good news is I believe Jesus has forgiven me. What's some good Bible verses for spiritual warfare? (staff edit) Any advice you guys can give would be great.

“The post-election protest process preserves the fundamental right to vote in free elections ‘on equal terms,’” the 2-1 majority opinion states. “This right is violated when ‘votes are not accurately counted [because] [unlawful] [ ] ballots are included in the election results.’ … The inclusion of even one unlawful ballot in a vote total dilutes the lawful votes and ‘effectively “disenfranchises”’ lawful voters” (brackets original).

Voter identification, chain of custody, and counting all of the votes in one day are cornerstones of fair elections.

Since our polarization, we don't listen to the other tribe's leaders' words, so we are manipulated into fear. But if NATO keeps acting like a fool like all these past years, maybe Trump will do a realignment.

Reports That Trump Will Pull Out Of NATO Are Pure 'Hysteria': Rubio

Testing

I need God to solve my problems.

Some readers might think the answer to this question is so obvious that maybe we’re offering it as a kind of joke—but it’s no joke. A number of people seem to actually believe the earth is flat, a view that a few NBA stars have voiced in the past.1,2 Do we know the earth is round, and does it matter?

The question matters because if the Bible and science both describe a spherical earth, then those who depart from these sources of knowledge stray from reality. Fortunately, both sources offer clear descriptions of the real, round earth.

Isaiah 40:22 cites “the circle of the earth,” and Proverbs 8:27 also references the earth’s circularity. These match a ball-shaped earth.

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Yes, autos and imports will have higher prices. Companies can only absorb part of the tariff costs, ditto for the 10% across the board tariffs.
And, yes, some companies will increase the production in US auto plants.
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But what can Vietnam do to remove the 46% trade deficit tariff that has nothing to do with their own tariffs on US goods. Will US companies really accept shipment if they have to pay a 46% tax? Vietnam could remove all of its own tariffs, but the situation driving the tariffs won't change unless Vietnam reduces sales to the US. Do companies want to import at 45% more (how much will they pass on)? or will we simply have fewer goods available?
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TO BE CLEAR
Many countries will do fine, especially those with no trade deficit tax. Some will also negotiate with the US (Canada, Mexico, the UK, Ireland and Israel come to mind). However, companies operating in countries where there is a high trade deficit tax are truly screwed. They will need to open more markets (in Africa, Latin America and/or China) or they will fail (as Trump seems to want to happen). One thing that they can do is to greatly reduce sales to the US and then sell to countries without a trade deficit that might be able to re-sell to the US.

Zero is as good as it can get.

List of Countries Considering Lifting Tariffs on the US

Canada​

oh my!


So much for that.

Israel​

India​

Reuters reported last week that India was open to cutting tariffs on U.S. imports worth $23 billion to mitigate the impact on its exports

Vietnam​

Mexico​

On Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that Mexico won't go tit-for-tat on tariffs but also has not ruled out reciprocal tariffs

The answer for me can some days shift but currently I find myself with this deep dark despair and fear like King David. This man was in constant fear for his life but despite all that looked around him, he chose to put his faith in God. The book of psalms is my go to book when I feel I went too far away from God. When I finally snap back into the reality of it all, the only hope I have is in God.

Psalm 40: 1-3
I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.

I too know the feeling of not feeling the Holy Spirit, as if He has gone silent. Those are dark days for me. I wrestle with the idea I did the unpardonable sin but I get dropped in my spirit that if I had done that I wouldn't be so fearful that I lost Him.

That is why King David is who I relate to the most currently. He was a man of war with blood on his hands and despite all that God chose to use him in mighty ways. He became a murderer because he lusted over Uriah's wife, to the point he sent his friend to the front of the battle lines where Uriah was killed. It took Nathan to point out his grievous error.

2 Samuel 12: 1-7

Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: “There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds. 3 But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished; and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom; and it was like a daughter to him. 4 And a traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him; but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

5 So David’s anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this [a]shall surely die! 6 And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”

7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!

Talk about being completely gutted, David was horrified. Of course the Lord punished him for his sin but the Lord said he spared his life. What great tender mercy our God has, it's hard to fathom sometimes just how deep of love our Maker has for us.

I relate to David because I often feel I've crossed one too many lines and have been separated from Him and that's the most desolate feeling I've ever known. Yet somehow He shows up to comfort me just like He can comfort any of you.

God Bless and thank you for reading.

Hello,
I sincerely want to help people who are questioning the existence of God. I will not promote any religion. I will prove the existence of God to you in a way you have probably never heard before, clearly, as clear as 2 plus 2 equals 4.
Instead of explaining it to you directly, I want to ask questions that will lead you to discover it yourself, that way, it will be more meaningful.
I believe it would be best to do this through private messages, so please message me directly.