The laws, passed by the Montana legislature in 2021, would have banned abortion at 20 weeks, barred doctors from prescribing medication abortions via telehealth services, required a 24-hour waiting period for medication abortions, and would have required doctors to offer an ultrasound before an abortion.

The laws had been blocked by a preliminary injunction that was granted in October 2021. Under the court's ruling, the laws cannot be enforced.

Krueger's decision referenced a Montana Supreme Court precedent from 1999 finding the state's constitutional right to privacy protects access to pre-viability abortion. The state's high court reaffirmed that precedent in a ruling last spring.

Stare decisis FTW!

Aloha,

I'm a 33 year old male who will be soon marrying a 35 year old woman from the Philippines. My fiance just turned 35 a few days ago.

We plan on living with my parents on their property, while we are building a separate home that is on the same land as my parents. This would help us save money rather than renting a home for ourselves.

My parents and my fiance are in support of this. However, when I discuss the issue of being intimate with my significant other, she is somewhat shy and nervous about the possibility of us having sex in my parents' house. My fiance thinks it might be disrespectful but I'm trying to persuade her that it isn't, since there are couples out there who are intimate while they are living with families. My parents' house is fairly big, and we can find privacy for our time to be intimate. Although, my fiance still kind of nervous about it, and I'm kind of frustrated that I won't be able to be intimate with her if she is not willing to be intimate with me in my parents' place. It will take probably 6-8 months for our house to be built on my parents' land. I want to save money just as much as my fiance, and just as my parents want us to save money. We are blessed with our situation.

However, I'm often anxious about the prospect that my fiance is getting older, and that we have only so many years to have a child of our own. We both want a child, at least two children. Of course, to do so means we have to be regularly engaged in sex.

Likewise, my fiance has a lower sex drive than me. We discuss this openly that I need more intimacy than she does, and that my fiance even proposed to have only three times a week of sex, but I think it should be at least once a day, or once every other day.

So, I suppose my question is how do I get my fiance to feel comfortable about us having sex in my parents' home, and also how do I reconcile our sex drives? How do I get my fiance to be as interested in lovemaking as I am?

Mahalo,
Kana

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As snow and rain showers moved across the Texas Panhandle early Thursday, a wildfire grew into the state’s largest on record, with fears it could again spread rapidly when hot and windy weather returns this weekend.

The Smokehouse Creek fire had burned 1,050,000 acres in Texas by early Thursday morning, and had also spread across 25,000 acres into Oklahoma, the Texas A&M Forest Service said. Another fire, the 687 Reamer fire, had also spread into the footprint of the Smokehouse Creek fire.

The fires killed one person, an 83-year-old woman in the town of Stinnett, Tex., the Associated Press reported.

Fueling the Smokehouse Creek were abnormal winter heat that set records across the Lone Star State, plus strong winds as a cold front approached in recent days. Temperatures surged into the 80s and 90s across the state early this week, including a high of 82 in Amarillo on Monday.

One argument I keep seeing in threads regarding trans in women's and girls' sports is that there are enough differences in biologic women/girls themselves that the tiny percentate of trans in the sports doesn't matter. However, we have separate sports for women and girls for a very specific reason, and that's because biologic males on significantly outperform biologic females in most sports on average.

But maybe that difference in men and women is unfairly exaggerated. I don't think it is. If it's okay for biologic males to participate in female sports, what's the point of having female sports at all? Maybe it's time to end the sex discrimination.

I'm okay with allowing trans if they fall within physical limits, as determined by the sports association.

I like some of the posts I see in r/Catholicism and felt like they're worth reposting here as conversation starters. Here's the OP's question from there:

I often wonder about this. Before I knew much about Church teaching, I didn’t know you couldn’t receive Holy Communion if you hadn’t been to confession for a mortal sin committed. Because the catechesis is so poor in some places, I’m guessing many Catholics are currently where I was. I even heard one woman say that confession was “Not a thing anymore,” I’m guessing the priests are probably aware of how poor things are, so I wonder if they should be responsible for instructing people about this? 1 Corinthians 11:29 speaks on the importance of discerning before partaking in the Eucharist and the judgement that occurs if not done. I know the majority of people in my parish probably haven’t been to confession in months, maybe years. I’m not trying to judge, it’s just the truth and in some cases may not even be their fault because they just don’t know they have to go. So what do you think, should the priest announce that anyone with a mortal sin cannot partake in communion or not?

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This is something I think about a lot at Mass. Sometimes I even question my own family's choices to go forward, because they go to confession less often than I do (I don't say that to sound pious, I just have reason to go as often as possible, perhaps they don't). It might be the most important area of catechesis a priest could do from the pulpit since who knows how many people are wrongly coming forward to receive, even just by mistakenly identifying a sin as venial when maybe it's mortal.

Revelation 14: 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" NKJV


Jesus deals with Babylon in chapter 14. In verse 13 John records a voice from heaven saying those who die in the Lord from now on are blessed. Revelation for the most part is God dealing with the unsaved by pouring out His wrath. Death and destruction worldwide is a setting most people wouldn't feel blessed during, especially if one has to die to get the blessing.


Daniel 12:11 "And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he who waits and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days. NKJV


Daniel records a blessing corresponding to the same time period. Blessed are those who wait on the Lord and come to day 1335. I say the time of both blessings is the same. Why would a Christian be blessed after God deals with Babylon?


Revelation 17: 6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. 7 But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition. NKJV


Babylon sits on seven hills and is the place where the Holy Roman, Catholic, Church's headquarters are. If this is true and God destroys the church they must be considered to be tares by God. Tares are people claiming to be Christians but are not true believers. The tares may not realize their religion is false. If a person who claims to be a Christian is still alive after the angels send the tares to hell they are blessed. If they did not know they were a child of God before, it's a certainty now. That would have to be a tremendous boost to their faith.


Matthew 13: 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn."' NKJV


At the time of the harvest, the Lords Day, the tares will be harvested before all other sinners. The sixth trumpet, chapter 9, is the first time in the book of Revelation when angels are sent out to kill unbelievers and send them to hell. Their destruction is also described in later chapters of Revelation.


Matthew 13:37 He answered and said to them: "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one........................41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! NKJV


The tares are harvested before Jesus gathers His church. At this time the Christians will shine forth like the stars in heaven.


Daniel 12: 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. NKJV


This is a blessing as it will be the best time in the last 2000 years for Christians to witness. Within 50 years of Jesus' death Christians had to deal with tares polluting the true doctrine. After God deals with them there will be no tares to confuse the unsaved with false doctrine. No tares to turn people away from Christianity by their outrageous and unchristian behavior.


Christians will be blessed because they will shine like the stars. Their testimony will be loud and clear. Plus if they are slain because of their witness they get the blessing from Revelation 14: 13.

Peace in Christ.

God …the Father of us all in Heaven….sent His Son….His ONLY begotten Son through whom we are saved.

John 3:16-18 KJV
(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
(18) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

It His only begotten Son (and not another “son” of the church “fathers”….a jesus barabbas) that we are to believe into so that we should not perish (mortally die) from this world but shall have an age-lasting life. “Barabbas” = “son of father”. They want us to choose their “jesus” the “son” of their church fathers.

Mat 27:16-17
(16) And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
(17) Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? (JESUS) Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

When we choose the Jesus who is the true Christ…believing into Him…we shall continue to live to the end of this age where then (at the last trump) this mortal (subject to die….meaning having not mortally died yet but liable to) shall put on immortality. We, who will not "sleep", will be changed...going from mortal to immortal.

1Co 15:51-55 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

We will then have completely defeated death in Him having not died mortally (we who believe into Him shall not “sleep”) throughout the remainder of this present evil age unto the moment….the “event horizon”…of the putting on of His immortality.

The last enemy to be defeated is death….and we shall have lived mortally until that moment when we achieve complete victory over death in Christ Jesus…the only begotten Son of the Father in Heaven. "Mortal"....subject to die mortal bodies....meaning we have not been put to "sleep"...that is, mortal death ...like those who have not received the true gospel of our mortal salvation.

(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
(55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Do not let a fleshly-minded man (who has no understanding of this true gospel of salvation) disqualify you from the receiving of His age-lasting (“eternal”) life in this earth.

He is throwing up a “road block” to obtaining the age-lasting life. He is putting up a stumbling stone where we ignorantly trip over and fall into the grave.

He seeks to “spoil” you through his church handwriting which is patterned after the “rudiments” (the founding principles) of the world. The outside world has their “handwritings” ….their documents (constitutions, statutes, ordinances ,etc) which they govern and judge themselves with rather than be in God’s government.

Col 2:8 KJV
(8) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

They…puffed up fleshly-minded men… want you to receive and serve their another jesus who is served by church “handwriting of ordinances/dogmas”. They want to lead you into bondage….and death.

But their church scribes’ handwritings are against us. They are contrary to us. They prevent us from taking hold of “eternal life”…an age-lasting life to be had in this current mortal body. They put a complete stop to obtaining an age-lasting life. We miss the mark of obtaining the prize: an age-lasting life in this world. They beguile of our reward….an age-lasting life…of worshipping their messengers…their handwritings.

Col 2:18 KJV
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

We perish with the using up of the doctrines and commandments of men which are only graven “images”. They are “shadows”…images.

Col 2:14-17 KJV
(14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Man wanting to be teachers of the Law come up with their own images of the Law through their church handwritings…and they JUDGE others with them. But they are “shadows”…images.

(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

A “graven image” is a church scribe’s handwriting of ordinances that is “set up”…a standing image…. in the churches of fleshly-minded men for them to serve and worship.

They use them to judge. We must get rid of these things and do God’s commandments instead and His commandments are written upon our hearts. The LORD is our “God” (Elohim)….that is, JUDGE…and not a church handwriting…..not another “god”…another judge. God and His commandments are our Judge…not a man’s handwriting.

Lev 26:1 KJV
(1) Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

Desiring to be teachers of the Law….they do not know what they say nor what they are affirming….making stable/rigid through their handwritings…their graven images.

1Ti 1:7-11 KJV
(7) Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
(8) But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

The Law is good if it is used lawfully….for giving the knowledge of sin to those who are lawless and disobedient…..

(9) Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
(10) For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
(11) According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

We use the Law lawfully by giving the knowledge of sin to the lawless: You shall have no other “gods”…that is, JUDGES…before Him. A church scribe’s handwriting of ordinances are being used to judge others with.

Exo 20:3-5 KJV
(3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

They are “graven images” that are patterned after the outside world’s documents (their constitutions, their statutes, etc). We must not copy them in these things. God’s commandments are written upon our hearts and not in the handwritings of man’s ordinances of which God did not write for us to serve and worship.

(4) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
(5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

What is happening now in Gaza, was foretold by zepheniah.
Judgment on Judah's Enemies (KJV)
Zep 2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Zep 2:2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
Zep 2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Zep 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Zep 2:5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD isagainst you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Zep 2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings andcottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Zep 2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. NKJV


Jesus did not come to destroy the law; He came to fulfill the law and prophets.


Ephesians 2:14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. NKJV


By His fulfilling the law and prophets (perfect adherence), He abolished the law that put enmity between Jew and Gentile. The law also put enmity between God and man.


1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. NKJV


Sin has lost its strength to produce death in all men. Before Jesus came there was no other choice for mankind but to die in sin because all men are sinners. God had a plan to end sin and those who believed He would end their sin were separated from those who did not believe. Everyone, before Jesus came, died in sin.


Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh NKJV.


Once Jesus succeeded in overcoming sin mankind had a choice. He could remain a flesh being and stay in sin.


Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. NKJV


Or he could become a sinless spirit being by believing in the Son of God.


Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. NKJV


If they remained in the Spirit, of Jesus, they would die a sinless spirit son of God.


Romans 7: 25 I thank God — through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. NKJV


Sons of God choose to serve the law of God. They agree that God's law is correct, good and right.


Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. NKJV


They choose to die, by the Spirit, rather than continue to sin thereby putting to death the sins of the flesh. Or they will choose to help the Spirit put to death the sins of the flesh one/two/multiple at a time.


Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. NKJV


By denying their fleshly desires they are following Jesus and proving their discipleship. These are sons of God.


Sons of God are judged by Christ when they die. They are judged for rewards not punishment. Do they pay for their sins? No! Jesus paid for the sins of everyone He redeems.

We went thru a very difficult time, as Americans this last 4 years... What amazed me was what I heard, from the Lord, but more than that, what my friends, neighbors, and even my family did NOT hear. Let me give you a couple examples.

When the news hit about the vax, I was walking past the TV, the news was on. They were talking about the shot.. All of a sudden, the Lord speaks and says "They are lying to you"

Then when news hit about the Ukraine war, I knew, Putin (even though a bad man) was not the bad guy in this, it was US.

So to my shock none of my family or Christian friends were hearing anything, and or definitely not the same thing as myself.

Now if it wasn't for my long history with the Lord and hearing His voice, and seeing it never fail, I guess I could say oh well, I guess I'm wrong. But I can not.

I'm still trying to sort thru all of this. But you can see my dilemma. Blessings

My older sister, who is a christian, came to stay with me for a few days.

She has always been a bit critical of me and cannot understand me at the best of times.

She says I frustrate her because I am not listening sometimes or don't read her instructions.


She came to stay with me a few days, bringing her daughter (who is an adult) with her
There was a miscommunication regarding some sausages(we are Australian) and my brother brought some sausages over
but she told me in two emails and a text message that they wouldn't be eating the sausages as her daughter may be allergic to them.

I did say, when she was with me, that we could perhaps eat them.
She got very angry with me and raised her voice and her arms and hands went up in the air
She was frustrated with me because she said she had clearly wrote in the emails and text messages that they were buying
the food and the sausages wouldn't be eaten.

I apologised sincerely for the mistake I made and she replied, "mistake? ...you make many mistakes!!

I encouraged her to focus on the things I was getting right.
I had prepared for their visit, I bought them each a nice towel to use, new pillows, cleaned the house
did the gardens, etc.

I feel at a loss now because I can never please her, although I know I only have to please God
but it seems, my life life has been one of 'disappointing her' because I frustrate her and make many mistakes.

I love my sister dearly.

What can I do not to make the mistakes again and improve our relationship?

She raises her voice at me and gets very angry when I forget something she has told me.
I have told her I have a lot on my plate now as a single person, focusing on paying bills,
making sure I have enough food, etc.

I feel deeply grieved and sad.

Pure curiosity topic .... I have a question.

But first let me define what a " Twin Flame " is , for people who don't know.

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Okey , pretty much okey definition, just for you to get a point.

Or in picture way:



Now when we defined it , I have some questions:

1. As my understanding goes - we are on Earth " after fall " and when we die , after some time , we return to " state before the fall ". Should be about true ?

2. And point of this topic - we know Eve was created from Adam's rib. Does this mean that everyone on planet has someone who was created from their rib ( maybe not literally ) in state before the fall ? Or to make it more simple: is there literal Eve ( female twin flame counterpart ) for every Adam ( guy ) on Earth ?

Thanks.

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the
18 criminal trial of any individual for the commission of a
19 criminal offense in the District of Columbia, the individual
20 on trial may choose venue for the proceedings and trial
21 to be in the district court for the district and division em-
22 bracing that individual’s primary residence

This is the Matthew Lawrence Perna Act of 2024. I support this bill, the government abuses need to stop. No more political prisoners, no more government spying on people because of their politics. The change of venue(see the excerpt) is important. I once wrote something that caused some trouble with a federal organization, the feds said not to show up in federal court because it was open and shut. By changing the venue to the state of Texas, instead of my liberal state, it was the federal attorneys who were a no-show.

This historical event was prophesied in Zechariah 9:9 ESV:


So, the Lord Jesus had need of the donkey, for this was to fulfill prophecy regarding the Christ (the Messiah) who had been promised and who had now come in the person of Jesus Christ. He was fully God and fully human when he lived upon the earth. For Jesus always was with God, and he is God, and although he was born of a human mother, he was conceived of the Holy Spirit, and thus his birth Father was God the Father. So Jesus was not born with a sin nature, in the image of Adam, as we are. And all the while he lived on the earth he never sinned, although he was tempted to sin of the devil.

Now Jesus had 12 men who he had chosen to follow him in ministry, but they were not his only disciples (followers). He had many other people, both men and women, and probably children, too, who followed him as their Lord and Messiah, at least temporarily they all did. And so as the Lord rode this donkey into the city of Jerusalem, this multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen the Lord do. And they said, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

So, the people were proclaiming that Jesus Christ was indeed the promised Messiah of Israel, their long awaited King. But some of the Pharisees, most of whom were opposed to Jesus Christ, asked that Jesus rebuke his disciples, that he silence them in their words of adoration and praise and thanksgiving to God for the coming of their Messiah. But Jesus’ response to them was, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” Amen! I love that part!!

Does the Lord Jesus need us humans? He doesn’t need us in the sense that he can’t do it himself or that he has to have us helping him out for him to be able to accomplish his work on the earth. For even if we are silenced, the very stones will cry out when God makes them cry out. But it is in God’s plan and purpose that he should use us humans to do his work and to carry out his purposes. And he created us for that purpose, not because he needs us but because he wants us, which is why he created us.

And presently we are living in a day and time when many hypocrites, like the Pharisees, want us silenced. And so they are going to great efforts to try to discourage others from listening to us and in order to dissuade them from following the truth of the gospel in order to go after a lie. But if they silence us who are the Lord’s true servants and messengers, the Lord can make the rocks cry out. That is not going to stop God, which is what they are trying to do. They cannot conquer the Lord Jesus. He will always prevail! Amen!

So, if you are being silenced, or if you are in a situation where it appears that will take place very soon, just know that our God is fully sovereign over all things, and nothing can thwart his purposes. What he purposes he will do despite all the opposition against him and against his gospel and against his messengers. So, just keep speaking, and don’t be silent. Keep sharing the truth of the gospel, and please be discerning of the lies, for the lies are what are permeating the church overall here in America.

So keep telling the people that Jesus died on that cross so that we will die with him to sin and live to his righteousness, and so we will live for him and no longer for ourselves. Keep telling them that he shed his blood for us to buy us back for God (to redeem us) out of our lives of slavery to sin so that we will now honor God with our bodies. And keep telling them that he died that we might be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness. And don’t forget to tell them that if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord, that we will not inherit eternal life with God. This is critical we get this!

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 15:1-11; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-24; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-11; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 10:23-31; 1 Co 10:1-22; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Should I Not Preach Jesus

An Original Work / July 4, 2013
Based off 1 Corinthians 9:16-10:13

Woe to me should I not preach Jesus.
I’m compelled to preach the full gospel.
I make myself a slave to ev’ryone
To win their hearts to Christ.
All this I do for my Lord Jesus,
And for the sake of His Name;
Do it for the sake of His gospel,
So that I, its blessings gain.

Scripture notates the sins of others;
Written down for us as examples
To keep us from setting our hearts
On evil as did those of old.
Do not worship other gods of man;
Do not give your hearts to them;
Not partake in immorality.
Do not test your Lord and King.

So, be careful if you think you are
Standing firm in your faith in Jesus.
God has given his word to warn us,
So through faith we will not fall.
No temptation has o’ertaken you
Except what is commonplace.
God is faithful to not let you be
Tempted past what you can bear.
He gives the way of escape.

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Why the heckness do we vote on a workday in November? Lets change it to a day that most of us can have off and it wont affect year over year economic productivity! What day is that? Feb 29 obviously.

Some might say its dumb to have it in winter. But winter aint what it used to be.... and even less so in the future.

What say you, good people?

Election denial poses an ongoing threat to U.S. democracy. Despite its widespread rejection in the 2022 midterms, efforts to undermine electoral systems have proliferated and expanded beyond Donald Trump’s charge that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

This analysis examines the role that election denial played during the midterms and makes an early assessment of how it will continue to evolve ahead of the 2024 election. It does so by outlining 14 tactics deployed by election deniers throughout the 2022 election cycle:
(1) election deniers’ bids for office,
(2) election deniers’ refusal to concede,
(3) counties’ refusal to certify election results,
(4) efforts to discredit voting machines,
(5) efforts to tamper with sensitive voting data and equipment,
(6) massive public records requests,
(7) efforts to recruit election deniers to serve as poll watchers and workers,
(8) threats against election officials and workers,
(9) voter intimidation,
(10) mass challenges,
(11) election police forces,
(12) anti-voter lawsuits,
(13) anti-voter legislation, and
(14) disinformation.

25 ELECTION DENIERS hold STATEWIDE OFFICE right now.​

People have long scratched their heads trying to understand how life ever got going after the formation of Earth billions of years ago. Now, chemists have partly unlocked the recipe by creating a complex compound essential to all life — in a lab.

The pathway, which has evaded scientists for decades, involved relatively simple molecules probably present on early Earth that combined at room temperature over months.

The new lab experiment focused on the origins of another primary metabolite: coenzyme A, which sits at the heart of metabolism across all domains of life (as one of its many functions).

Specifically, Powner and his team were looking to re-create a particular fragment of the coenzyme A molecule called pantetheine. Pantetheine is the functional arm of coenzyme A, often getting transferred and enabling other chemical reactions in our body to occur.

Some researchers, Goldman said, have proposed that early lifeforms could have used pantetheine to store energy before the evolution of the larger, more complex energy currency that cells use today.

The compound is such an odd duckling that scientists previously proposed it was too intricate to make from basic molecules. Others have tried to create pantetheine and failed, thinking that it wasn’t even present at life’s origins.

Nevertheless, the team took to the lab. They focused on primarily using materials that could have been abundant on early Earth, like hydrogen cyanide and water. The first few steps of the reaction each took about a day, but the final step lasted 60 days, which was the longest reaction that Powner’s lab has ever done. The team finally shut off the reaction “partly because we got bored,” he said. But the result was a lot of pantetheine.

The team chalked up its success compared with failed studies by others to the use of nitrogen-based compounds called nitriles.

“This is another beautiful example of how the molecules of life, even more complex ones like coenzymes, are predisposed to form,” said chemist Joseph Moran, who was not involved in the study.

Romans 3:10-12 NLT - "As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous--not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. 12 All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one."

Being controlled by the Spirit, is the most Gracious thing God can do for us. On our own, it seems that we're in big trouble.

John 6:44 LSB - "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day."

Does anyone remember my original post from 2004 I will provide the link...


But I want to share what has happened since 2004. It was not easy, when I went thru it, but I love my relationship with Jesus now, He is so faithful, even when we are not.

So let me share what happened:
Now many years later, what happened to me?

Great failure, habitual sin, followed by abundant mercy, grace, and a life of LIVING Hebrews Ch 4 (Rest)

Maybe your sin is different, but at the root it is the same. At one time I was in your place, a captive to sin, daily sin for 30+ years, multiple times a day. Lust, masturbation, etc.

I felt so bad, so guilty, how could I do this to God. Nothing brought relief. I confessed to friends, family, pastors. I wrote letters to Christian leaders, including Pat Robertson, I even fasted for 30 days. Nothing brought me freedom. Every day I failed.

Then one day I had an idea. I knew this Christian lady from Russia. I had seen her pray and get instant answers (this is a gift given only to some). So, I go to her and ask her if she will fast and pray with me for one week, that I might be closer to God, to receive some kind of brokenness.

Then about 2, maybe 3 weeks later, without me connecting the dots, not even remembering the fasting and prayers, my life literally feel apart. Car accidents, losing a 20-year job, lose friends, relationships with kids and family fall apart too. But my job... That was the killer, without it, I can't support my family, I would fail them. I couldn't bear it.

I was so crushed. I decided I had had enough; I would end this now. I'm done.

I grab my shotgun, load it with double ought and walk into the woods. I buried the stock in the dirt, asked God to please forgive me for what I'm about to do went straight on, and put the barrel ion my mouth, and pushed the trigger with my left thumb.

A few minutes later, I waken, and sight comes thru my eyes again. I'm lying flat on the ground, and I think, "I'm not in heaven, and I'm not in ****, oh no, I'm in the same place".

I notice blood all over, the gun laying perfectly parallel to me, on my right side? As if someone had been holding it, or guiding it, and laid it there, by me. I'm cold... I grab the shotgun, wrap it in the blanket, and walk back to my car, placing it in the trunk.

Every step, soaking the ground with blood. My pants are bloody, my boots full of blood, my car gets soaked, it's everywhere. I get to my house, no one is home. I leave a trail of blood with each step. I go upstairs to my bed room, I'm so tired. I lay down, but then get up. I walk into the bathroom, and see my face for the first time, and notice my injury. Half my face is gone, on the right side.

I hear someone enter the front door. I close and lock the bathroom door. I hear hurried steps, and someone shouts my name (Dad)... My son knocks on the door. "Dad are you alright, what's all this blood". Yes, I'm ok, just call your mom, she will know what to do. "Dad open the door, or I'll kick it down".

My son sees my face and runs to the phone, the ambulance and police come, and a helicopter flies me to Harborview. I'm there for 1-2 months, 3 or more surgeries. Lots of blood lost, as I had severed the carotid artery.

After the long hospital stay, I return home...

How is this possible, why am I alive? What does God think of me now? First, I live a life of backsliding and sin, then try to kill myself! Is He, now mad at me, hate me, what does He think now?

Every day my family has to clean my wound, a hole 3-4 inches into my head, opens up, and needs daily care, until it gets fixed and heals completely. Then one day...

I'm all alone. They all go shopping, and also need a break, from the intensity of the situation. As I'm sitting at the table, I look outside, and see the rain drops falling to the ground.

THEN... I hear His voice.

He says "Rod, why do you believe what you believe and who taught you". I say "Lord I don't know, maybe I just picked up things on the way, as time went by".

Rod you are like a piece of fruit in a bowl, with many other pieces of fruit (Christians), but you are the worse piece of fruit in the bowl. And that is why I will use you for my glory.

Some people, I put in the palm of my hand, I look at them, then I look away, but with you, I never take my eyes off of you.

He says "Do you think TRUTH, goes from THE MIND of one man, and into the mind of another"? I said "No Lord. I believe TRUTH is REVEALED".

He says "Do you remember the story of David, on his rooftop" "Yes, Lord I remember". "Do you remember what David wanted to do, and what I told him". "Yes Lord, he wanted to build you a house". "And I said NO". "But another would build my house". "He would have a son"

"NOW WATCH ME FULFILL THIS SPOKEN WORD/PROMISE".

One day David is on his rooftop, and he sees a woman, and says..."Get her for me"...

***No one but God could arrange these circumstances in order to fulfill this promise, her there at the right time, David seeing her, and liking her.

Then He says to me, "Do you have a problem with me using sin, to fulfill my will". I say "No Lord, for you created the law, you could make it vanish also, it is not possible for you to break it, for you are above it".

Rod "I don't want you to ever put your sin above my love and grace for you. Don't ever do it again"! "IT IS NOT YOUR JOB, TO CHANGE YOURSELF, that is MY JOB;

I am the farmer, you are the vine, I am the shepherd, you are the sheep. WHEN I want to change something in your life, I will bring it to your attention, and you JUST AGREE WITH ME"... "You just rest."

The first thing to happen for me was, freedom from the sin that bothered me.

One day I’m driving my car to work, I see, and I lust, the same as the last 30 years. All of a sudden I hear myself scream at God, “When are you going to help me with this”…Suddenly I hear, “When are you going to tell me the truth”. I say “What truth”… Then I suddenly know what He wants, as if someone pours the understanding into me…He wants me to agree with Him.

So I say “Lord I love my sin, I don’t want you to interfere in anyway, leave me alone with my sin, for I love it.

Almost immediately I find myself free. This was years ago now. Now I no longer live under the bondage of sin…

Then came the issue of trust, like the sin issue, it also happened while I was alone.

Oh, I could say the words “I trust you Lord”. But not with emotion, not from the heart. You know what I mean, about an emotional connection, so they just weren’t empty words right? It’s like a man saying to a woman “yea sure I love you” she knows he doesn’t mean it.

BUT if he says “I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART” and If I live, and I live without you, then I will surly die. My day begins with you, and it ends with you. Life is nothing without you. That is a statement with emotion behind it, and it’s real.

Anyway so How did God fix this issue of knowing what love was, and trusting Him?

It happened like this, I was driving, and was once again all alone. I was listening to (Led Zeppelin) it was blaring loud.

All of a sudden, I heard Him speak. He said “You still aren’t trusting me”. I said “I know Lord, I just can’t find it, and I don’t have the strength or will” ALL of a sudden, it’s as if something was poured into me and I understood. *Remember I hated this empty spiritual wilderness I was in, I just HATED IT with a passion.

To my surprise I hear myself say “Lord this place, this wilderness, it is the perfect place for me, and it was the best choice that you made for me” (yes, I sinned, and it was my fault… But I needed to learn to trust him, by going thru this).

I finished by saying “Lord I just trust you, with all my heart”

So that is what God did for me, he removed these mountains out of my life, when I could not. These kind of incidents continued to happen, He warned me several times to be totally, and bluntly honest, to sugar coat nothing, when he brought something to my attention, “Don’t play the pharisee”

**** I hope this helps/blesses you. Just rest. Sin is dead to us, even if we commit sin, it is DEAD, and it has been paid for. IT has no power over us, it has no meaning for us. Christ took it to the cross and killed it in the flesh, you NOW live in spirit, like changing cars. You went from a car, and now sit in a plane. The car (flesh and sin, which is in the flesh, can't fly, only a plane can fly).

You have been crucified in Christ, that is who you are now. But you still live in a BODY that is tied to sin. You cannot LET it have influence over you. No one condones or wants to sin, but when and if you sin, COUNT IT AS DEAD, as if it didn't happen. JUST walk on... It says Boo, and you just ignore it, it is dead

One of the better reporters In the news media.

Pure, USDA choice, Democratic red meat.

“Don’t fall for it. They’re not going to help you,” said an angry Bethany Stull, who believed that her coverage through a company called OneShare would cover her medications for treatment of a brain tumor. “Every single time I got a big invoice (from the doctor) and it said patient’s responsibility and it was 100% of the bill.”

That was when she learned that OneShare is not legally an insurance company. It’s listed as a “Health Care Sharing Ministry,” which has certain protections under federal law.

One of them is that, unlike a regulated insurance company, it does not have to pay claims for legitimate medical expenses.

Dea Dunfee of Selah received coverage through the trucking company he worked for and didn’t realize what it was until $40,000 in hospital bills from a stroke went unpaid.

He called a OneShare rep and was told, “If you read your policy further you will find out that we’re not an insurance company, that we are a Christian service.”

“We will pray for your health,” Dunfee said the rep told him.

What? Not even thoughts to go with those prayers?

When Congress approved the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Republicans and religious organizations pushed for a carve-out that allowed HCSMs to operate under broad exemptions from the Act.

Thanks, Obama.

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Please pray against instrusive and scary thoughts

“After carefully considering the pressure and attacks by the Washington Establishment Machine, my family and I have decided that there is no mission more important than continuing this race and standing strong for the patriots I committed to fight for,” J.R. Majewski said in a statement.

The latest controversy centers on comments that Majewski made on an episode of a conservative podcast that was released this month. Majewski said Democrats arguing with him on the internet was “like being in the Special Olympics.”

“No matter how good you perform,” he said, “you’re still a [doggone] [offensive term for an intellectually disabled person].”

[T]he Lucas County GOP censured him, calling the comments “reprehensible.” He apologized, saying his remarks were “extremely insensitive.”

Majewski is also a Jan 6 Capitol tourist.